virginia. a rising star in the gop hits the road to put his party over the top. virginia governor glenn youngkin joins me exclusively ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is jittery, anxious about the economy and news overseas including north korea, iran and ukraine. the risk of, quote, armageddon, because of vladimir putin is the highest since the cuban missile crisis almost exactly 60 years ago. red russia suffered a major blow, a truck bomb slicing in half the only bridge that connects russia to crimea. this afternoon we ll ask a critical member of the senate foreign relations committee what happens now and a former amend about what he heard during his recent trip to moscow. with 30 days until the midterms, swing state polls reminding us that the economy remains the top issue for most voters. gas prices are going up. inflation is persistent. jobs numbers are strong as well. it s a complex midterm picture with plenty of races that wil
everything? we have important equities with the saudis. it s naive to think we shouldn t be talking to them. but we can remove any hint of legitimacy that meeting gives by downgrading our security relationship, removing their liability. there are steps we can take to make it clear to the saudis there there s going to be a price to be paid if you take our weapons, if you accept the royal cover we give you for your human rights crimes and you get in bed with the russians on oil production. another reason the u.s. has been aligned with the saudis is because the saudis are enemies of iran, another evil regime, violent clashes between human rights protesters and four more civilians killed yesterday, bringing the total number of those killed to 185 according to a human rights group. it s probably much more than that. are you satisfied with president biden s response to these protests? first, i think it s far higher than the number
out. thank you so much for your expertise as always, shan wu, former federal prosecutor. thank you. good to see you. so, we move from a legal battle in washington to another in new york as the former president was questioned under oath for 4 1/2 hours on monday. he sat for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by human rights protesters who say they were assaulted by trump security detail during a demonstration. you can see there outside trump tower back in 2015. trump calls the claims baseless. we get more on all of this from cnn s kara scannell. reporter: former president donald trump answered questions under oath for four hours on monday. the videotaped deposition was several years in the making. and part of of a lawsuit brought by men alleging they were assaulted by trump s then head of security during a demonstration outside of trump tower in 2018. here s how he described the deposition. i can say he answered the questions. whether or not it was satisfactory we ll leave up to a
take selfies. i m a bit tired of selfies right now. no more selfies for her. it bears mentioning, time conducted its own poll for person of the year, and 27 million votes were cast. the hong kong protesters were chosen by a majority, 30%, but i guess time believes climate change protesters are more important than human rights protesters. the time editors selected entertainer of the year. you will be excited about this. lizzo. there she is. laura: i don t know who that is. this is the same singer went to lakers game, wore a dress with the rear cut out of it, and she twerked in front of children, god, and everyone. i don t know how we got from ella fitzgerald and frank sinatra to lizzo. she sat back in a lakers seat. this is the disinfectant of the year, which i hope the next guy who sits in that chair will be using.
it is just more talk, basically. and, of course, they want to take selfies. i m a bit tired of selfies right now. no more selfies for her. if there is mention, time conducted its own poll for person of the year, and 27 million votes were cast. the hong kong protesters were chosen by a majority, 30%, but i guess time believes climate change protesters are more important than human rights protesters. the time editors selected entertainer of the year. lizzo. there she is. laura: i don t know who that is. this is the same singer went to lakers game, wore a dress with the rear cut out of it, and she twerked in front of children, god, and everyone. i don t know how we got from ella fitzgerald and frank sinatra to lizzo. she sat back in a lakers seat. this is the disinfectant of the year, which i hope the next guy who sits in that chair will be