mass demonstrations. plus voting is underway in japan the country reels from the assassination of his longest- serving leader. a brutal summer hot spell continues with 39 million americans on alert. the sri lankan president and prime minister say they will resign after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the residences of both leaders as the seemingly endless economic crisis boils over. a short time ago four cabinet members also resigned.[ clip playing ] demonstrators broke through police barricades to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says he was moved earlier to a secure location. here is a look inside of the presidents home as protesters pushed their way in. meanwhile, the prime minister endorsed the establishment and appealed for calm after speaking to the president. translator: he informed me to tell the country he will resign on wednesday to ensure
afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
these are all problems we are experiencing every day. this all happened after joe biden and the democrats promised us it wouldn t happen. you put america in a position to tackle a worldwide problem that s worse everywhere but here. if you were in canada you would be paying over $7. in germany $8. we are talking about the united states and what the player can president can do. dan: so the way democrats are responding reminded me of something i heard in graduate school. the five stages of grief is a theory created by elizabeth cube kubler ross. the democrats know their time in power is short. they reacted in different ways to the five stages of grief. they are anger, bargaining, and depression. the writing is on the wall. biden s approval keeps going lower. let s look at the five stages of the democrats grief. first of course they just deny everything. we have seen them deny it. when inflation was starting to become a serious concern. inflation crisis? what crisis? th
realizing now that children his own age were murdered inside their classroom, inside their school, he s trying to process it all. and he saw my own anxiety this morning and i felt guilty for even causing a little bit of his own. and he actually said to me, don t worry, mommy. i will be home tonight. he said, i make a promise to myself every day that i will make it home at night. now, these should not be the promises any child has to make. not in a nation where our promises to keep them safe have not been kept. i remember when mr. rogers was trying to comfort kids like me by telling them when you see scary things, look for the helpers. look for the helpers. okay, well, as far as we know, the helpers stood in the hallway. the helpers heard shots even after they believed it was a barricade and not an active shooter, and when the helpers aren t being tight hp lipped, they re offering changing narratives but i m still going to look to these helpers. but this time it will be for an
infections. and likely unconstitutional. a florida judge appointed by ron desantis says the governor s proposed congressional map is not fair because the judge says it boxes out black voters. but we begin this hour in europe with a dramatic example of how vladimir putin s war in ukraine is backfiring. today finland s leaders say they support ending decades of neutrality and joining nato. the nato chief promises a quick welcome if finland follows through and applies to join the alliance. the kremlin says finland joining nato would definitely pose a threat to russia s security. the president of finland says putin has one man to blame for this decision. well, if that would be the case that we join, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. sweden could soon follow finland. new nato members would redraw the security map and expand along russia s border the alliance putin hoped to weaken with his assault on ukraine. we begin our coverage with h helsinki an