as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
win, you will be their next target. that s why israel s victory will be your victory. but make no mistake, regardless of who stands with israel, israel will fight until this battle is won. israel will prevail. just part of a defiant speech yesterday from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, where he rejected calls for a cease-fire and his resignation. we ll have more of his comments and get a live report from the israel-gaza border straight ahead. meanwhile, aid for israel is a top priority on capitol hill, but the two chambers have very different plans for delivering it. we ll go through that potential funding fight. also ahead, an update on the expected testimony from donald trump and his three oldest children in his civil fraud trial. plus, why a tentative new deal for auto workers is a win for the union and president bide biden. and the continued support for actor matthew perry, with his friends, co-stars, releasing a statement following his passing. we ll r
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. The battle to save lives as President Trump sends a tweet about the fire that baffles even his own staff about the cause of it all. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In the politics lead, rick gates, former number two on the Trump Campaign grilled right now about the plea deal by Defense Attorneys for former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort. Gates describing today in vivid detail of he says manafort engineered an elaborate scheme to avoid taxes. Prosecutors say manaforts own emails show him directing the money to multiple offshore accounts. Now, although conspireing with russia on the 2016 election is not officially on the docket, the sub text of it is looming over the trial. Gates says that manafort gave some control over a bank account in cyprus of a man of a
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bloody war potentially entering a new phase. this man says a bomb blew a 30 foot hole in his backyard. how did you survive? translator: i don t know, he says. reporter: russian state tv bluntly warning viewers we should not be expecting good news, and airing this video of draftees training before heading to ukraine. but around half of the soldiers conscripted in a region of the far east now being sent home after being deemed unfit, according to a russian official. the leader of chechnya releasing this footage claim to go show his teenage sons, including his 14-year-old preparing for war. days after the putin ally called for russia to use low yield nuclear weapons on the battlefield. nbc s erin mclaughlin reporting from ukraine for us. joining us retired u.s. army general steph twitty, he served a number of combat tours in iraq
family member of herschel walker asked him not to run for office because we all knew some of his past, every single one. he decided to give us the middle finger and air out all of his dirty laundry in public while simultaneously lying about it. i m done. he went on, i don t care about someone who has a bad past and take accountability, how dare you lie and act like you re a moral christian man. you ve lived a life of destroying other people s lives. how dare crow. that is from herschel walker s son. joining us now, elena schneider, good morning, what more can you tell us about these accusations from the daily beast, who christian walker is besides being herschel walker s son because i think that s important as well, and what this means for herschel walker s campaign. georgia republicans don t seem to mind any of the accusations we have seen come down the pike. these allegations came out