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>> welcome to "the lead." i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. donald trump today invoked his fifth amendment right in a deposition with a new york attorney general who is investigating the trump organization's finances. this deposition lasting more than five hours. in a lengthy statement, the former president claims he had no choice, saying he's the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. this from the man who once asked if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth? this is one of at least seven criminal, sifcivil, and congressional...

that's why the world works with servicenow. former president trump was interviewed by sean hannity on fox news and when hannity brought up trump's claim he declassified the documents at mar-a-lago, he gave an interesting explanation. >> is there a process? what was your process to -- >> there doesn't have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, but if you're the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it's declassified, even by thinking about it. [ laughter ] hannity was like, i get it, you're going to plead insanity. no...

just about everything nowadays has silicon chips in it, from phones and computers to kitchen appliances and cars. but the world has been facing a chip shortage, which has exposed just how dependent we all are on semiconductor manufacturers in asia, with the vast majority of chips produced by the taiwanese company tsmc. among those who want to wrestle back some of that market share is the us. today, president biden will sign into law a bipartisan bill to boost microchip manufacturing in the us. the $280 billion package is aimed at addressing supply chain problems exacerbated by the co...

so let's get down to business. and we begin with president biden�*s trip to the middle east. when he arrives in israel today he will be the first us president to visit the middle east since 9/11 without american troops engaged in a combat mission there. the white house has said the visit�*s aims include "expanding regional economic and security cooperation". israel's finance minister says its hoped the visit will lead to a common middle east market that includes saudi arabia. with businesses on all sides poised to make the most of the opportunities. well, let's go live tojerusale...

it was finally hereconnected yesterday. here is sam kiley. he has the latest. this is very troubling news, sam. >> reporter: pam, the international community remain extremely concerned about the future of the nuclear power station with increased allegations again of shelling both from the ukrainians and the russians both accusing each other of threatening that nuclear power plant by shelling in the environment. so just about 20 minutes drive from here on the ukrainian government side, casualties, civilian casualties but that has been used and is being used as a fire base. a lot of pr...