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
News tonight, the head of the United Nationscainfor Maxim Restraint as israel ways its response to an unprecedented attack by iran, the Israeli Defense forces says orawn launched some 350 rockets, missiles drones into it lets territory overnight, the vast majority of them shot down by israel and its partners. Before they could hit israeli territory. Tonight, the israeli war cabinet says, it is not yet reached a decision on the scale or timing of its response, but did it is determined to act with one cabinet Member Calling for israel to quote, exact a price on iran. President biden spoke with g7 leaders today hoping for a diplomatic path forward saying in a tweet just moments ago, we will continue to Work Together to stabilize the situation in the region and avoid further escalation. Students International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is in jerusalem. Nick, what do we know about israels current thinking in terms of a response youre hearing a lot of messages calling for restraint, inc
Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.
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Politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. On todays programme, the bill allowing theresa may to trigger article 50 is now law. What will be the british governments next move . How will the eu respond . The head of the Eu Commission unveils his blueprint for the eu without britain. The European Court ofjustice rules companies can ban workers from wearing the headscarf. And breaking up is not always easy to do. What can czechoslovakias Velvet Divorce tell us about brexit . First, our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. The dutch Prime Minister, mark rutte, celebrated victory in his countrys election, easily defeating geert wilders. Eu leaders staunchly backed the dutch in a diplomatic row a diplomatic row with turkey. Commissionerjean Claude Juncker said he was scandalised. We will never accept this comparison between the nazis and the current government. The European Court of human rights ruled that hungary unlawfully kept two mig