along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
nation. zelenskyy says when? the lead starts right now. let me in the message from the ukrainian president who showed up at the nato summit, cheered on in a city square as he pushed to join the international alliance. his criticism about the process as russian strikes were hitting his cities back hoeme. and will donald trump be indicted a third time? today a new grand jury was selected to decide just that while a different federal grand jury in d.c. is also hard at a work. plus do you believe that white nationalists are racist? yes, if that s what racist is, yes. it s not really a difficult question. white nationalists are racists. that s what the term means and yet senator tommy tuberville of alabama keeps making a spectacle of himself and his struggle with trying to discuss this issue. he just gave yet another answer on the topic. welcome to the lead , i m jake tapper. we start with the world lead in one of the most consequential gatherings. today the alliance
military? one single senator is so determined to make a point about abortion, he s blocking the pentagon s most senior promotions. that republican is here with me in just moments. also tonight, i have some new reporting inside donald trump s thinking regarding the special counsel s january 6th probe. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. tonight, the window until the first votes are cast in 2024 narrowing and trump headed to trial, is there still time for a viable alternative to emerge? ron desantis is still number two in the gop race. he s trailing trump by more than 30 points in most polls. so what is the florida governor s strategy? what is he doing to turn things around? blaming the media. the media does not want me to be the nominee. i think that s very, very clear. if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after? pretty clear that the media does not want me to be the candidate. i think that they ve tried to tik create a narrative
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may