insight into former president trump s strategy in this ongoing back and forth over the documents kept at mar-a-lago. and the legal advice and from whom he s getting from conservative activist tom fitton. one person close to the former president said once trump took fitton s advice, quote, it was all downhill from there. this was sources tell cnn trump and his allies have become increasingly concerned about the potential legal implications from all this. plus, president biden fresh off what democrats believe are a winning streak, kicking off the midterm campaign season with a fiery speech in maryland. the president rebuked some trump-supporting republicans calling the extreme maga philosophy as it is known semifascism. his terms. so a lot to get to this morning. our reporters, correspondents are here covering all of the top stories this morning. let s begin on what we will get from doj sometime in the next three hours with our senior justice correspondent evan perez. talk ab
production in the united states and it is called the bankers on wall street. putin s words are hurting americans at the gas pump. putin gas hike. of the consequences of putin s price hike. the republicans have lobbied plenty of blame but have not offered a single solution. greg: it as a result of his genius mastermind problem-solving abilities. the white house called out for taking a victory lap on the 50-cent drop in gas prices even though they are still at record levels. we ve seen gas prices go down the last 34 straight days. a gallon higher than when you took office though. first of all we have to look at how we got there. if you think about the war that russia has taken on in ukraine. he greg: at the biden oval office the buck apparently does not stop there but if it did, hunter would probably give it to a stripper. after coming home empty-handed with no oil deal from the saudis, biden is going all in on green energy. they say that biden will take add
revealing new details about the justice department s criminal investigation into the capitol riots. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. oh, really? yes. how worried should donald trump be? first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administration s new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. that s the offer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. more crushing economic news for the american people this afternoon. the federal reserve announced another massive interest rate hike. three-quarters of a percentage point. a move that seemed unfathomable to many has happened twice in a row. the increase translates to americans paying more money for things such as mortgage loans, car loans, student loans. today s hike, of course, was not unexpected. feigni in fact, je
and houston rushes out. the country that put the first man in space is quitting the international space station. the impact on future missions just ahead. but first, your money and cnn business reporter matt egan is here with us. today s consumer confidence report was the first major data point in this critical week for the u.s. economy. what did it show? simply put americans are not happy with this economy. consumer confidence dropping for a third month in a row in july. to put this into context, the lowest level for consumer confidence since february of 2021. not only is confidence well below the peak of last year, it s not even close to the pre-covid levels, closer to the covid lows, which is pretty amazing. this is a telling stat despite the very strong jobs market, just 17% of consumers said business conditions were good. 24% say conditions are bad. now this is a big deal because consumer spending is the biggest driver of the economy. if people slow their spending, a
seizing control of kabul with hardly a shot fired. on the program the entire u.s. military effort is collapsing. the embassy has been completely evacuated. it has been a year since the fall of kabul. sheer desperation. afghans trying desperately to board outgoing flights. a year since then-president ghani fled afghanistan. for a year he has been virtually invisible. what a difference 24 hours made. today, we will hear from him directly. why he left so hastily. had no plans to flee. whether he took tens of millions of dollars with him. this is part of a disinformation campaign. and why he wants to go back to his country. the place that every cell of my body belongs. it s an exclusive that you will not want to miss. but first, here s my take. on august 16th, 2021, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction released a report, what we need to learn, lessons from 20 years of afghanistan reconstruction. it got overtaken by the new