welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the fbi investigation into new york city mayor eric adams, his connection to the turkish government and what the feds might have been looking for when they seized his cell phone and ipad, a reporter following the money will be here. one of the most upsetting videos from october 7th, which says a lot. it shows a kidnapping victim being taken out of a hamas jeep. her pants are bloodied. her mother will talk to us about why that video was so important for the world to see. leading this how, the world s reaction since the mms attacks, divisive, ugly, even leading to deadly demonstrations. some people ripping down posters of children kidnapped. anti-semitism reaching dangerous alarming rates worldwide. also a spike in islamaphobia, anti-arab and anti-muslim incidents. not just in the united states. let s start with the ongoing conflict fueling this. a u.s. official telling me american intelligence backs israel s showing terrorists are usin
former u.s. secretary establishing by to break it all down. former trump attorney and the star witness in this case michael cohen is also here with his say. we are now 364, days away from the presidential election. brand-new polling sites everyone kind of freaking out, steve kornacki is at the big board later this show that tells us what s actually happening. pennsylvania governor is also going to join us later on. we have a packed show, but we do want to start today with what was a truly surreal and weld in lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that this was a former president on file, it s a big deal in itself, today began like many other court cases, what the defendant took the stand, he raised his hand and swore an oath to tell and nothing but the truth. it s all pretty standard in the beginning part. until the defendant opened his mouth. that s when things got a little crazy. suddenly, the guy on the stand acted like he was at a campaign rally, doubted a courtroom
lean. i m jake tapper this hour, the trump campaign pushing back on a new report from pulp from propublica, which says quote, witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president and have gotten pay raises new jobs, and more. i m going to talk to one of the journalists behind the new report, plus that flagrant foul on caitlin clark. why is everybody hating on the woman bringing so much attention? the women s basketball and leading this hour for israeli hostages taken by hamas on october 7, are no longer alive. that today, according to the israeli military which says that the terrorist group hamas is holding the bodies of ami ram cooper and you re on metzler frame perry, and adopt popplewell paris family today calling on the israeli government, calling on netanyahu to pursue this ceasefire deal to save those who are still alive that is a question causing so much confusion is israel close to a ceasefire deal in exchange for hostage release, president biden pro
watching symone. palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. that message from anthony blinken, during a surprise trip to the west bank, as he wraps up another round of diplomatic meetings, on the israel-hamas war. and here, the united states how officials will make sure that hatred from this war overseas does not spread across america. even as protests and tensions on college campuses increase. the head of the white house foreign policy council is here, and we re going to discuss the plan. in less than 24 hours, folks donald trump will be the first former united states president to testify in his own defense. and the former presidents campaign team tells nbc news they are, quote unquote, ready to take advantage of all the attention the comes along with it. we will discuss, what we should expect from this historic moment. and, this all comes as we are exactly one year out from election day. one year today. we are checking the pulse of the biden harris campaign. where is thei
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber, it s 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 10:00 a.m. in gaza, where egyptian sources say more than 7,000 foreign nationals are expected to leave southern gaza through the rafah crossing today. among that group are nearly 400 americans, british, french, germans. this floels the devastating air strike outside a hospital in gaza city. we want to warn you the video obtained by cnn is graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance just outside the hospital, an explosion left a scene of carnage and chaos with at least 15 people reported killed according to hamas-run health authorities. the ambulance was said to be part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza. the ambulance was being used by hamas which it said was using emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. we have developments from abu dhabi, eleni, let s start with the strike o