despite its record on human rights and the killing of jamal khashoggi. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. and we start with our politics lead. and the fallout from the first primetime hearing of the january 6th committee, where it laid out new evidence and its attempt to prove former president trump concocted a massive conspiracy to stay in power, despite knowing he lost the 2020 election. republican congresswoman liz cheney detailing what she calls a seven-part plan by trump and his allies to steal the presidency. and she says as part of that plan, trump, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. and then became angry when advisers told him to call off the rioters. the committee also played a jarring new video showing exactly how the events of january 6th unfolded, including possible coordination between two of the far-right groups who were among the first to breach the capitol. committee chairman
survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
police officials now say, i was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. i was misled. i m livid about what happened. texas governor, aiming his iron at law enforcement. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. after a damning new admissions from texas authorities they incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. this was a barricaded subject there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and reach the door and take on the officials explained how the shooter got into the school. was propped open by a teacher. investigators clarified the timeline as police arrived. they went directly to the door and two received grazing wounds at that time from the suspect. while the door was closed. 11:37, there was m
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Live on a rooftop overlooking tel aviv, israel. Its just after 11 00 p. M. Here. Its been 16 days since the horrific Terrorist Attacks by hamas caught this country and, frankly, much of the world by complete surprise. Well start with breaking news. Hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from israel during the october 7th terrorist attack. Thats according to multiple sources who say the hostages are nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz. The lifshitz family said in a statement the women were handed over to the red cross and will shortly return to israel. We happened to be at the time with Israeli Defense spokesperson Jonathan Con Reek Cass when the news came in. This is part of his reaction. They are differentiating, distinguishing between only israelis and double citizens or perhaps only foreigners which rings familiar for me as a jew and Third Generation holocaust survivor, rings familiar from other types in our history. Israel belie
Hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, canada, and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel war. Im kim brunhuber. We begin with a major development, israel is calling for all civilians in gaza city to commit day ahead. The u. N. Spokesperson calls the request impossible, saying he could turn an already tragic situation into a calamity. Now it is likely the clearest sign yet of his really plans to intensify its military operations in gaza following hamass attack on israel which killed at least 1300 people. Tens of thousands of his early troops, tanks, and other Military Vehicles meanwhile there is enormous and worsening suffering for the civilians in gaza. Palestinian Health Ministry says there are more than 1500 people who have been killed by israeli airstrikes and shelling. Without power and water, the Health System is on the brink of collapse. Your Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken is in georgia right now, with meeting