defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms, such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive, and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attack. may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much into the finding out phase. we are told this is a serious risk to us national security and a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to find out how t
on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the potential impact is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day wit
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the poten
cream in it. red sox may not have a baseball team, but they have coffee. coffee franchise. need the extra caffeine. we have a lot to get to. democrats are reacting after their bill to expand abortion rights nationwide failed in the senate. democratic senator joe manchin voted against the bill but says he does support turning roe v. wade into law. we ll play his explanation. we re also following new reporting on where the supreme court stands right now on the issue, as justices prepare to meet for the first time since that leaked draft opinion. and from pennsylvania to georgia, some top republicans are urging primary voters to reject candidates endorsed by donald trump. we ll have that new reporting from the campaign trail. i ll tell ya what, it is getting ugly. getting crazy in pennsylvania. you look at who the republicans may be electing in pennsylvania. democrats, they may just go to france for the next six months and win. where d she come from? yo