That are populated by iran, Islamic Revolutionary guards, quds force, which is the Paramilitary Arm there are, there are some other options. The former head of the mossad is israels former spy agency a couple of hours ago, also said the Israeli Cabinet is considering targeting Iran Nuclear Infrastructure which would definitely be an escalation i think they are considering a lot of the options and probably trying to take an action that makes him look serious. But not get them into a complete allout war. Of course, though the every single one of these things that you say, i think anybody watching is fearful you think its just a small escalation, but none of these things really are. Were in unchartered territory seth. Thank you so much. Thanks erin thanks for joining us. The lead starts now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We start this hour with Breaking News and what we do just heard from House Speaker mike johnson live right here on the lead just minutes ago, he i
Im going to allow an opportunity for every Single Member of the house to vote their conscience and will on this. Im willing to take personal risk for that because we have to do the right thing and history will judge us. I do not spend time Walking Around thinking about the motion to vacate. I have a job to do here and im going to do the job. Regardless of personal consequences, thats what were supposed to do. Speaker mike johnson pushing forward with a series of aid bills despite push back in his party. The question is how much will he need to lean on democrats to get that funding passed . Plus the senate dismisses articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. And what to expect today when Jury Selection picks up again in former President Trumps hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 18th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin this morning on capitol hill where House Speaker mike johnson is digg
Johnsons here and boy, do we have some questions . The lead starts right now urgent action on the hill as Speaker Johnson finds a way to allow votes on aid to israel and taiwan and ukraine but its johnsons a forward that has his rightward flank in an uproar i dont know how much longer are members are going to tolerate the republican speaker . For that, we elected is it all just talk just johnson need democrats to be his lifeline. Ill ask the speaker himself here on the lead, plus more drama im on the senate, sayyed and Impeachment Trials underway democrats are trying to save Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but republicans, well, theyve got their own plans and a brand new filing. Justin from the new york Hush Money Case a line of questioning that the prosecution may take if donald trump makes good on his pledge and takes the stand welcome to the lead on jake tapper and we start today with our politics lead and just 15 minutes or so, im going to be join live by the Speake
republican congressman chip roy of texas congressman. thank you so much for joining us. i want to play a clip what speaker johnson just told me about his view of the importance of passing the foreign aid bills that are going to come before the house. i believe on saturday, take a listen and we re going to stand by. israel are close ally and dear friend, and we re going to stand for freedom and make sure that vladimir putin doesn t march through europe. these are important possibilities. a strong america is good for the entire world since world war ii really, really the responsibility for the free world has been shifted onto our shoulders but you disagree with them. why is that case not good enough for you? will, jake? yeah. thanks for having me on and look. i don t really disagree with any statement that might just made he didn t abroad. sense of the words in fact, i wrote an op-ed yesterday about our need to stand right alongside israel. i believe that in strongly, i tried last ni
i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. and we begin this morning on capitol hill where house speaker mike johnson is digging in on his foreign aid package despite the threats to his job if he moves forward with it. one is roughly $61 billion for ukraine, another provides $26 billion for israel, and the third $8 billion for indo-pacific allies. the fight heads to the rules committee where johnson needs republicans to support the bills. democrats for their part appear inclined to approve the package that after president biden gave his full support yesterday. and despite all the threats from his colleagues, johnson is pushing forward. going to stand for freedom and make sure that vladimir putin doesn t march through europe. we re an exceptional nation. we re the greatest nation on the planet and we have to act like it. and we have to project to putin and xi and iran and north korea and anyone else we ll defend