on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
[cheers] greg: happy thursday, everybody, sometimes the universe remind you that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. like jesse watters getting the 8:00 p.m. hour after being diagnosed with micropenis. can we really say that? greg: yes. here s another example. the wildly popular comedian named shane gillis. if you ve never heard of him tonight is the case. tonight the leader of isis is killed. trump goes is dead. he died like a dog. in front of the whole world. abu, we could hear him crying, abu, don t cry. let me tell you something, abu cried, he cried quite a bit. i wouldn t have cried. cry baby baghdady, that s what we were calling him. greg: he s funny and he does track better than alec baldwin plus he hasn t shot anyone yet. but what is special about gillis is he beat cancer culture in 2019. he was hired as a cast member on saturday night live but was fired before he appeared on the show after people dug up old jokes when he made jokes
before he appears before a judge. now trump says that he ll plead not guilty to charges connected to his handling of classified documents. and of course as you may know, this is his 2nd indictment in 3 months. despite that growing legal peril that he finds himself and during an interview with political last night, trump vowed to continue campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now that s not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the 2020 election, he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. there s more to this move then his inability to back down. it s not about politics, trump s 3rd white house bid has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, for donald trump 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison, legal experts believe it s unlikely that the criminal trial be resolved before the 2024 election whoever wins the president could
not guilty to charges connected to his handling of classified documents. and of course as you may know, this is his 2nd indictment in 3 months. despite that growing legal peril that he finds himself and during an interview with political last night, trump vowed to continue campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now that s not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the 2020 election, he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. there s more to this move then his inability to back down. it s not about politics, trump s 3rd white house bid has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, for donald trump 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison, legal experts believe it s unlikely that the criminal trial be resolved before the 2024 election whoever wins the president could see the position to influence trump s caseposition to influence t
record numbers of migrants crossing the u.s. border, a dire humanitarian crisis. the lead starts right now. with border crossings at an all-time high, the biden administration warns times ahead will likely get even worse now that a key immigration policy that had been used to turn away migrants has expired. the scenes at the u.s.-mexico border today as we learned of two u.s. migrant children who died in u.s. custody. all this as the debt crisis intensifies. we won t in some cases be able to pay our troops. the impact as the nation gets closer to defaulting and not being able to pay its bills. plus, surrendered. a u.s. marine veteraning himself in on manslaughter charges after holding a new york street artist in a deadly choke hold on a new york city subway. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start today in our world leader with theen anxiety and uncertainty at the u.s.-mexico border. record numbers of migrants are entering the u.s. including near