and she s so amazing thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. it ll be sad to say goodbye to pat sajak, but you can say hello to jake tapper is the leader starts right now the themes of the 2024 race today, democracy and revenge, the lead starts right now starkly different messages from two starkly different men, president biden s warning about democracy on the world stage, while donald trump to gain much more personal approach, plus a dramatic turn in the hunter biden gun trial defense scrapping. it s witness list on some level, leaving one major question about the case, yet to be answered. and the judge presiding over one of the most consonant sequential cases in america described as isolated in an experience with judge aileen cannon is really up against as she takes on the criminal classified documents case against donald trump welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly info jake tapper. it s friday. we start with our world lead and president biden today drawing on the
the right-wing ecosystem do. and so some of it is hearing from trump directly and some of it is the show helping program what trump says when we ve spent so much time focused on the trial are focused on $1. trump talks about revenge when you talk to campaign folks right now, it brings a ton of money or the course of alaska weeks. no question. i think republicans have, once again kind of coalesced around him and the. wagon new york case where do they feel like things stand six months out they don t know it look, five months is a very long time electorally. most republican die hard. donald trump republican supporters are adamant that this is going to help him republican strategist who have run in past campaign, run past campaigns would like him to talk about this less they just don t think that this is especially helpful to be talking about the court case are the details or retribution all the time that it can scare swing voters and it can scare others, and it can have a secondary effe