quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
a us air national guardsman is being questioned, after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who s just 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. it also reveals the extent of the us s spying on its allies. here s what we know about jack teixeira. the 21 year old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard, based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, mr teixeira joined the force in 2019. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in shorts and a t shirt, with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside the family home south of boston. today, thejustice
in his first major speech since losing the house, biden says to hell with working with the gop to make your lives better. he is looking for a fight, dishing the kumbaya talk, and unleashing on republicans trying to rein in his reckless spending. this ain t your father s republican party. this is a different breed of cat, as they say. republicans inflict this pain on the american people. why? why? they seem determined to be the party of chaos and catastrophe. they want to eliminate the irs, going to eliminate it completely. only guys that look at the complicated tax returns that people have, and replace the iro taxes, right? except with a 30% national sales tax. let me be clear. if any of these bills somehow got passed the house and senate, i will veto them. jeanine: oh, wow. okay. well, let me start with oh, but joe isn t sorry, guys. i was so stunned by that. joe isn t going this alone. the white house seem to have sent democrats the same talking points. it s a sil
hello and welcome. pressure has intensified on the british prime minister, liz truss, following the resignation of a senior minister and chaos in parliament. on wednesday evening, opposition mps said they saw some members of the conservative party being physically manhandled into supporting the government in a key vote. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, used her resignation letter to criticise the prime minister, who has only been in office for six weeks. our political correspondent ione wells reports. another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it’s sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it s a turbulent her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time for her new home secretary. it s a turbulent time for the - turbulent time for the government but the most important thing is to make sure people in this country know they have secu
resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity, understanding not everyone starts out at the same place, and if we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we have to take into account those disparities and do that work. [applause] maria: no words, no words. as president biden used the storm as an excuse to rally his base against big oil, claiming that oil companies set the price of gasoline rather than simple supply and demand. i also want to say again to the oil and gas executives, do not, do not, do not use this storm as an excuse to raise gasoline prices or gouge the american public. the impact on oil production provides no excuse, no no excuse for price increases at the pump, period. maria: coming up, florida congressman byron donalds on the impact of hurricane ian and the dangerous politics of the biden administration. then, weakness on the world stage. putin once again taunting the world with nuclear we