People killed by helene. And that number is expected to rise. The lead starts right now from Florida To Virginia and points inbetween. Tragedy worsening in the United States by the hour as rescuers reach areas hard hit Fire Hurricane just to see the destruction of our town, of our community that we love so much it is, it is heartbreaking were standing by for an update from authorities in Western North Carolina, which seems to be among the areas hardest hit. Plus Donald Trumps Weekend Dystopian Vision in a speech, even when he called, quote, dark, the republican nominee takes Campaign Rhetoric to a new and horrifying place. His unprecedented comments this weekend on his democratic opponent on migrants and on what he wants to do to stop Retail Theft and one day before the Vice President ial debate, cnn is learning one of the candidates is nervous and worried about how Tomorrow Night might go down the lead. Im Jake Tapper, apocalyptic scene its in the Southern Appalachians right now ameri
Absence. The court does usually give an explanation for a justices absence. And weve also seen justices take part in arguments remotely when they are sick and the context here is not just the lack of transparency, but that it also comes just one week before the Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on whether or not donald trump is protected from criminal prosecutions because a president ial immunity because he was president when the acts were committed. A case critics of thomas argue he should recuse himself from because of his wifes jeannies efforts to help trumps team overturn the 2020 election thomas is 75 years the most senior Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He missed several arguments in 2022 with an infection and tonight the Supreme Court is not responding to our requests for Additional Information about thomass leave of absence today leaving many important questions unanswered. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper in this our criti
Dietary supplement and why the president is so interested in it . Reporter well, right off the bat, no studies on oleanderin have been published in any jurms. There is no public proof that it has been used. And just like hydroxychloroquine the plearesident wants to listeo the nonexperts and this case it is mike lindell, the ceo of my pillow and chairman of the campaign in minnesota and he told our colleague betsy klein that the president was enthusiastic and decided about the possibility of plant exact. Listen to how the president reacted today when he was asked about it. No, i havent. Is it something you would support . Is it something people are talking about very strongly. Well look at it. Were looking at a lot of different things. Reporter and now despite the president s reported enthusiasm behind the scenes you could see hes not going too far, at least in public as of now. Certainly not giving the same level of enthusiasm in public remarks as he did with hydroxychloroquine, anothe
Is minutes away. Plus, a resounding rebuke, 128 countries reject the trump decision to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem in israel. Will President Trump stick by his threat to take names and cut off foreign aids to countries that voted against them . This is cnn breaking news. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Breaking news in the politics lead as a crescendo of criticism grows from trumpfriendly politician and Media Outlets against the special counsels russia investigation, a brand new cnn poll shows that more americans approve of bob muellers handling of the probe than President Trumps approach. I want to get to david challion. This poll was done shortly after the president s former National Security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with the russian ambassador. How are the American People perceiving muellers general overall investigation . Thats right, jake, this brand new cnn poll was done a