welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. donald trump today invoked his fifth amendment right in a deposition with a new york attorney general who is investigating the trump organization s finances. this deposition lasting more than five hours. in a lengthy statement, the former president claims he had no choice, saying he s the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. this from the man who once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth? this is one of at least seven criminal, sifcivil, and congressional investigations trump is facing. that includes the probe that led to the fbi search at his mar-a-lago home on monday. that was died to the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents cnn s sara murray has more on today s derailed deposition against the backdrop of the extraordinary legal jeopardy trump faces. what s your message to your supporters? as donald trump s legal woes
seemingly more divided than ever, is there a new axis of evil on thrise? i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to start the week off with you. congressman darryl issa just back from a trip to taiwan, tensions with china are the highest point in a generation. sandra: begin new at 2:00 with the crisis on our own shores, this is a fox news alert. and it is just eight weeks now from the midterm he thinks loos and a problem across the country, crime, leading candidate for mayor in the second largest city said she felt unsafe, felt safe in los angeles, shatter this weekend when a thief broke into her home and stole two of her handguns. john: the same time, this weekend in memphis, disturbing new information about the accused gunman in last week s deadly shooting spree, huge questions why he was not locked up to begin with. sandra: even as the democratic mayor of memphis complains about repeat offside offenders, some leaders are not learning the lessons of progr
what are top cops saying about the disturbing scene. and decision time. will president biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of americans, and if he does that, might that make inflation worse? an announcement could be days away. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our world lead and the mystery of who murdered russian propagandist darya dugina, the daughter of russian writer alexander dugin. an imperialist who things russia should occupy all of europe, not just ukraine, extending from ireland to serbia. dugin watched from a different car as his 29-year-old daughter was exploded look with her toyota that burst into flames 20 miles west of moscow on saturday. fsb claims a ukrainian did it. ukraine insists that s false. russia says a woman who was a member of ukraine s far right azov regimen plotted the attack. they allege this assassin brought her 12-year-old daughter with her into russia and
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a