starts right now. michelle obama s as she is terrified about what 2024 election results will bring. the lead starts now. a crucial week before the caucuses in iowa and trump is not there. he is in court. he is falsely calling january 6 criminals hostages. plus, a cnn correspondent embedded with migrants trying to get across the u.s. border from mexico, a desperate journey but they are not from latin america. these migrants are from china. and it could be the smoking gun in the investigation as to what went wrong in a the alaska airlines flight. a missing door found in an alaska backyard. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. only seven days until the first of voters get their say in the 2024 election. next monday republicans will gather across iowa and they will caucus for their favorite candidates. the latest contenders, once again, they are off the campaign trail because of his legal issues. trump is expected to be in court as his lawyers face off against special couns
ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
[background sounds] rachel Air Raid Sirens ringing out over tel aviv earlier as the war in israel enters its eighth day. This as Tens Of Thousands of Israeli Soldiers are getting ready for a full scale invasion of gaza. Pete the idf issuing a statement saying forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans. Which include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land. Will hamas is responsible for killing at least 1300 now israelis, 29 of which, u. S. Citizens. Israeli Prime Minister benjamin net an a ya a hue assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. You ready for the next stage . The next stage is coming. [inaudible conversations] rachel the New York Times reports that Israeli Forces have is delayed their initial plans as Weather Conditions in the area could worsen. Pete meanwhile, a second u. S. Aircraft carrier is on the way to the Mediterranean Sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show of force as the u
This hour, we continue to monitor the repulsive antiisrael protests on around the country. Last night, far left riotersit in new york city burned an american flag. They also vandalized a worldno war one memorial. Meanwhile, new yorks governor, kathy hochul, was caught on tape saying, well, something downright degradinggradin about African Americans. Were going to play that tape coming Ug Africay Thatp in. As democrats try to demagogue abortion. Well, guesabortions what . Were going to introduce you to one of the most prolife senatorsroduce to grace the halh of capitol hill. That persons name, joe biden. Weve got the record now, of course, joe has since flushed his deeply held, quote, catholic beliefs down the drain to appease the radical base that now makes his party just like he abandoned israel to appease the Radicatl Marxistsis that make up the radicals that run the party. Run the now, the full story is p up straight ahead. We do Begin Tonighstraightt Witn In A Manhattan courtroom w
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