con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze
democracy. and that is what we want. reporter: on february 1st, 2021, myanmar s top army general announced a military coup, imposing martial law and throwing members of the elected government in jail. a deadly crackdown crushed anti-coup protests, forcing the opposition underground and into the jungle. armed rebel groups calling themselves people s defense forces sprouted up across the country, allying themselves with armed ethnic militias that have battled the military for decades. no foreign country publicly offers them support. so these fighters arm themselves, using ammunition produced in a jungle workshop. homemade rounds stored in a refrigerator. he shows drone bombs, mortar rounds and something he calls rifle grenades, testing nearby.