democrats would agree that our border is wide open. it s almost impossible to ignore the unprecedented numbers of migrant encounters. we are averaging 2,450 a day. that s 300,000 known got aways. the amount of drugs seized is more than seized in all of 2019 and 2022 combines. enough to kill he american. yes, that s you. the border crossers evading our own acts up 40% in the del rio sector alone. it makes total sense that the republicans would choose the border as the first place to hold hearings. with these hard facts, both sides would have to agree there is a problem. and the point of contention would be on how to solve the problem. we can agree on that, right? no. the first hearings will have the extreme maga faction of the republican party. many republicans in congress seem intent on demonizing migrant families and asylum seekers portraying them as violent criminals. we keep hearing that the border is open and biden caused this crisis. we don t see that. we experie
implications of this international distinct let s start with former green buret in florida congressman mike as well as general anthony tata congressman i want to start with you first, obviously, i want to know what took so long to do this apparently military was given the green light to do something about this. they advise president not to do that i want to know why but a quick response to china saying that we escalated things even though they just have a drone just floating in our air space. yeah well look apparently, lawrence, this has been happening for years. that this is happened over florida, over texas, over hawaii i ve been talking to a number of senior administration officials from the last administration when the trump administration say they weren t informed and had they been they would are advised president to shoot it down so for the dhiengz say this was our escalation is ridiculous about as ridiculous as saying this is a weather maroon but lawrence, thes other
it s 4:00 in new york. s.w.a.t. teams, secret phone calls, testimony from some of the most prominent political figures in america and a windowless conference room in which 23 people investigated a plot to end democracy. an exclusive and extraordinary piece of writing and reporting from the atlanta journal constitution pulls the curtain back on the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia, one of the two criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex president. it could result in anything truly historic and unprecedented. the indictment of a former president of the united states. from that piece of reporting, quote, in an exclusive interview with the atlanta journal institution, five of the 23 special grand jurors recounted what it was like to be a pivotal but anonymous part of one of the most momentous criminal investigations in u.s. history. they described a process that was, by turn, fascinating, tedious, and emotionally wrenching. one juror said she woul
welcome to our viewers in the united states and watching around the world. i m jake tapper. the fact she grew up as an immigrant child. her parents emigrated to the united states from india. she grew up in a situation where she did face challenges because she was different in her words in a video she will put out yesterday and talk about her time leading this state of south carolina as the first female governor, two-time governor in this state, what she did to bring people together after the awful shooting at mother emmanuel ame church that happened in 2014 while she was governor. that s just blocks from here. she will likely talk about her time as ambassador to the united nations and told that in the context of having worked with trump in the trump administration, she will raise the former president, but what she s not expected to do is really take him on or criticize him in this speech. that is in line with what we ve seen from her in recent comments where she s talked abou
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration