special counsel jack smith calling on the supreme court to make a decision and make it fast. the former president, will he stand trial for the alleged crimes he committed while in office? and flight fallout, the white house slammed the texas governor for sending migrants up north. the administration, called it a political stunt, live in chicago where the influx of migrants is causing a crisis. nightmare before christmas along the west coast, how an atmospheric river in major flooding are threatening holiday plans for millions. following these major stories, coming in from cnn news central. no holiday break for the nine justices of the supreme court. there are three hugely significant disputes tied to donald trump that for their pocket. the latest special counsel jack smith reiterating that he wants to leapfrog the appeals court and have the supreme court way in now on whether trump can be prosecuted or if he has presidential immunity. the other two they are poised
protest for gun control. their republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum. the lead starts right now. debate and voting underway right now, as tennessee state house republicans try to expel three statehouse democrats, they protested on the statehouse floor in the wake of the nashville school shooting, but should they really be kicked out of office plus airspace over northern israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from lebanon. this is just one day after israeli police raided a mosque in jerusalem all of the moves, sparking fears of a greater conflict and luxury trips. travel on yachts, all on the dime of a republican mega donor, a new bombshell report alleging that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted at all and disclosed almost none of it. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start in our national lead any moment now the republican controlled tennessee state house will be voting on whether to expel three state house democr
criticized by members of both parties, as antisemitic, statements which she subsequently apologize for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. both of whom have had close ties to the far-right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know has prepared masking rules to the holocaust, she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook, along ramble about california wildfire, solar power spottings, of what looked like laser beams and the rothschilds, a jewish family antisemitic tropes. congressman gosar, was responsible for a violent anime style video, showing a character with his head killing the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and alexandria ocasio-cortez, who spoke out today. i had a member of the republican caucus, threatened my life, and you all, and the revoking caucus rewarded hem. with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don t tell me
the narrative. new reporting from the team showing they are kicking off a million dollar ad blitz today as they try to get their candidates some badly needed momentum. the stetd day drum beat on monday his team got one of the biggest wins to date. a judge granting their request for a special mast tore look through the thousands and thousands document seized. and who in the world is going to step forward and take the job of special master. and then finally, liz truss just hours into her new job as the british prime minister only the third woman ever to hold that position, she s going to take over at a time when british people are facing inflation and energy crisis that could literally force millions to choose between heating their houses and buying food. liz truss was always smiles as she was given the job by the the queen, but now the real work is beginning. we ll have a live report from london later on in the show. we want to start back at home with the midterm season. we
show yesterday. i believe in that. we re hoping to have him on again today. when i asked him what gun laws he wants. i mean, the first thing he talked about was a red flag law. that s that s hardly uh, radical proposal. let s bring in liz crampton, a state policy reporter for politico and liz. these lawmakers as jeff just pointed out, they can run to fill their own seats in the special election if they are ultimately expelled, and one would think they re going to be able to raise a lot of money because of how the republicans are turning them into martyrs nationally among democrats. that s right. this is really turned into a fundraising boom for these three democrats, you know, there s already a go fund me covering their potential legal fees if they decided to challenge this lawsuit of the boat is successful, and like they re turning into into hometown heroes, and representative gloria johnson just told me the other day that she will run again if she believes that her constituents want