fired from lebanon. israeli military announced new strikes on both gaza and lebanon days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites decided i hear the warm it was very, very scary peacekeeping force in lebanon stressed that neither side wants another war. one week ago. we had members take it upon themselves to rush the well and stop the people s business point. did we encourage violence . and we will never quit? justice thomas s luxury trips with the gop mega donor republika, revealing decades perks the supreme court justice received from texas billionaire harlan crow struck us in this reporting was just the frequency of these trips and just the lavishness. revelations in this report has critics in congress calling to impose serious ethical rules on the highest court in the land. you say better regulation would not have prevented they would have would have. so what s better? very often. when it comes to regulations you have. this is the problem. they try to fix
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
real estate tycoon and republican mega donor harlan crow. we found that thomas has been taking luxury trips from this dallas billionaire virtually every year for over 20 years trips to california, texas , georgia, new zealand and just a few years ago, mr crow flew thomas to indonesia on his private jet and then took him island hopping for nine days on his super yacht staff by stewardesses and private chef and we talked to um, we talked to. you know, we re told that if you were to charter that jet and that yacht yourself, it could easily cost over $500,000, the report says. often fellow travelers included big business people and the heads of prominent conservative groups. and it says crow once gave thomas a $19,000 bible that belonged to the legendary abolitionist frederick douglass. thomas declared that gift and
to our many other dear friends. justice thomas and jenny never asked for any of this hospitality, unquote. um, what did you learn about the types of trips? the thomases we re taking with harlan crow and his family. and has he ever had any influence before the court on any specific case. yes so we found that thomas has been taking luxury trips from this dallas billionaire virtually every year for over 20 years, so we found private jet flights around the world international cruises under the super yacht, um, regular vacations at an invitation only luxury resort, you know, for one example, recently is in 2019 the businessman, mr crow. flu thomas to indonesia on his private jet and then took him island hopping for nine days on his super yacht staff by stewardesses and private chef and we talked to we