Lets not. Thanks for being with us. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. Jim, come back any time. Good luck, jim. I will. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. As the nation continues to head into an election where donald trump as of now seems likely to be the next republican president ial nominee, and according to pulse has a decent shot of beating President Biden in november of 2024, two pieces of news seem instructive. One you may have missed. From last friday. When mr. Trump took to his Social Media Platform and responded to a profile of outgoing joints Chief Of Staff mark milley in the Atlantic Magazine called the patriot. Describing the ways that milley tried to guide the nation through the chaotic and dangerous period surrounding trumps loss to Biden In November of 2020 including when learning that the Chinese Military believed that trump was going to order an attack against the chinese, in a phone call authorized by the then acting secretary of defense, General Milley saw
three children and their grandparents? a cop car out of control slamming into a packed restaurant stopping only inches from a firepit and tanks of propane on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s wednesday, december 28th. welcome to american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. so glad you re with us today. good morning, alina. up first, remember newt gingrich s pledge to keep his campaign positive? forget about it. with six days to go before the iowa caucuses the former house speaker kicked it into slice and dice mode. listen to newt gingrich in the situation room with wolf blitzer challenging mitt romney to man up. and the massachusetts governor was willing to return the fire. mitt romney s the guy running the most ads attacking me, and he s doing it through this disingenuous, oh, gee, i don t control all of my former staff and millionaire friends. it s baloney. he wants to defend his negativity, show up in io