Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour, oh, canada. The Standing Ovation that created scandal for our neighbors to the north. How a roomful of canadian lawmakers got a standing o for a ukrainian veteran who fought for the wrong side in world war ii. After he was found out he fought with the nazis, there was an apology from Justin Trudeau. Look at this video, a night in center city, philadelphia. Shocking images of lawlessness, prompting for ing more question basic safety in the cities in the united states. And leading this hour, yes, the election music. You know i love it. A critical night in the republican president ial race. Only seven will be allowed on the stage in this second debate instead of eight in the first round. Asa hutchinson, the one not making the cut tonight. Sorry, governor. The dominant candidate also will not be on stage, donald trump. Though that is voluntarily. Instead, hes going to michigan with a message for union workers, oddly hes chose on the do so at
Lot of drama there today. The lead starts right now. World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. Casting Russias Vladimir Putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. And here in d. C. , a House Republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. While infighting and name calling do nothing to solve the more immediate problem of federal government set to shut down in just 12 days. Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward. Police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against the disgraced comedian. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The world lead dominates the week with so much focus on Foreign Policy and this comes against major accusations by one democracy, canada, accusing another democracy, india, of directing an assassination. On canadian sovereign territory. Well dive into that democracy versus direction a
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa
here on the campus at unlv, students and faculty are still in shock after a mass shooting left three people dead. norah: the news from the white house, where do negotiations stand for another pause in fighting in gaza? congress opens an investigation into harvard, penn, and mit after their presidents testified about anti-semitism on campus. america s border crisis. we re there as migrant crossings reach near record levels. this is the breach in the wall that the smugglers have cut through, and this is what the border patrol is up against. the land here has blood, sweat, and tears of my ancestors. on this georgia barrier island, time, taxes, and zoning laws may have caught up with a piece of unique african american history. we have thrived and we want to continue to thrive but we cannot if it s snatched away. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and we have breaking news tonight. more legal troubles for hunter biden, president biden s son. hunter bi
america s late news. we begin by pointing out these anti-israel protests are not only continuing around the country they are getting bigger, more vocal and we ll show new detail how that means trouble at the polls for president biden, even though the president is now backing off his pro-israel stance. there is also major concern tonight about anti-semitism in the democratic party. especially following the highly controversial comments made by democratic representative pramala, regarding israeli women being raped by hamas. the senior national correspondent is live in d.c. with some brand-new information on that story. kevin, good evening. the controversy stems from sunday s comments by the representative, an while she condemned the sexual violence against israeli women by hamas terrorists back on october 7 she also quickly moved on to note that iaeli has killed 15,000 palestinians. morally, i think we cannot say that one war crime deserves another. that s not what intern