under the very same espionage act that trump is complaining about being charged under. and more than three years after the murder of george floyd under the knee of a minneapolis police officer, the doj finally releases the damning findings of their investigation into the minneapolis pd. but we begin tonight with the rantings of a twice indicted former president who seems to forget that history is well chronicled and easily searched. at his bedminster golf club earlier this week where it s cited in the special counsel s indictment that he on two occasions shared classified documents with people lacking security clearances, donald trump attacked the use of the espionage act under which he s being charged. charming a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917 wasn t meant for this. an act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of
con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze
to hunter, drone bombs, logging their kids in slaughterhouses to work, who knows. joining me now is presidential historian douglas brinkley, professor of history at rice university, and michael steele, former rnc chair, msnbc analyst, and host of the michael steele podcast. when i get in these situations i like to ask wwrd, what would a republican do? because republicans are good at countermessaging and strategy. so michael, if you had a democratic president twice indicted, liable for sexual abuse, and facing 37 counts in florida, do you think that democrats that you would counsel republicans to speak about it or to stay silent like biden is doing? they would be blowing that up every day, 24/7, every which way you could flip it, whip it, and slap it down. flip it, whip it, and slap it down. absolutely, they would. you know they would. but here s the deal.
democracy. and that is what we want. reporter: on february 1st, 2021, myanmar s top army general announced a military coup, imposing martial law and throwing members of the elected government in jail. a deadly crackdown crushed anti-coup protests, forcing the opposition underground and into the jungle. armed rebel groups calling themselves people s defense forces sprouted up across the country, allying themselves with armed ethnic militias that have battled the military for decades. no foreign country publicly offers them support. so these fighters arm themselves, using ammunition produced in a jungle workshop. homemade rounds stored in a refrigerator. he shows drone bombs, mortar rounds and something he calls rifle grenades, testing nearby.
resistance when we need them. we should ask trump to join a drug cartel and then they would fight like hell because now they are human and drug smuggling operations are running like a well oiled conveyor belt directly into america. new reporting shows this mexico s most powerful cartel, are now working with middle eastern jihadi to learn taliban inspired tactics. like using landmines. drone bombs and those things kill anybody that flinch including police, rival gangs and soldiers, even. we know how easy it is for them to get into this country. so what s our government doing to prepare for this new threat? the cartels are now working with the chinese and the jihadis. does joe biden even know about this? here now robert almonte security consultant on mexican cartels and it u.s. marshal. all right. robert, what is the extent of the cooperation between some of these and the cartels?