time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice, tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the front-runner. he s saying i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me live next and out in the open. trump s team starts to prepare his defense. what do experts charge with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago? house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and former trump defense secretary mark esper will be here exclusively. plus a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice and a new mayor is delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this does not catch us off guard nor will it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy
l.a. mayor karen bass joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy father s day as we mark the beginning of summer and with it campaign season. president biden kicked off his re-election effort with his first real rally on saturday in philadelphia where he unveiled endorsements of labor unions critical to his coalition and centered on the american economy. what you didn t hear, any mention from biden of the trump indictment currently dividing the republican party. we re just two months from the first republican presidential debate and the legal crisis facing front-runner donald trump is consuming the race making it difficult for any of his competitors to get oxygen they need to gain support and late this week the republican national committee said it would refuse to give candidates a carveout in the debate loyalty pledge the rnc is demanding. in order to debate, candidates must pledge to support the eventual republ