maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
continuing with our politics lead and what appears to be the most aggressive move yet in special counsel jack smith s rather aggressive investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. as paula reid reports, federal prosecutors have told a judge they believe there s evidence of a possible crime or fraud and they need more answers from one of trump s attorneys. reporter: the justice department making its most aggressive move yet in its investigation into former president trump, prosecutors saying they have evidence trump may have xlilted a crime through his lawyer in an effort to compel evan corcoran to provide grand jury testimony about classified material and alleged efforts to obstruct federal investigators. they rifled through the first lady s closet drawers and everything else. reporter: sources say in corcoran s first grand jury
these men are. they have started a mini war on the homeless people here. basically playing a music clip that lasts for a few seconds and plays 180 times an hour. developed by the nazis, devastating to a person s mental condition, it s psychological torture. mike: the justice department making a major announcement regarding the first step act a few hours from now under the bipartisan cripple tall justice report bill that president trump signed a few months ago, thousands of prisoners being released. alice marie johnson whose sentence was commuted by the president after lobbying by kim kardashian west, say more people deserve a chance. i m blessed to be given a second chance. and that people who have, who
department of justice decides to not allow him to get his pension a couple days before he is eligible to do so. the question is whether the internal justice department report, the office of inspector general s investigation actually reveals that he did something that is a firing offense and that report hasn t been made public so as an outsider we don t have the basis to judge that i wonder why this is a decision for the attorney general. this could be a decision, i want to know what fbi director wray considers with respect to this matter considering it s an fbi employee. normally management issues in the department of justice would be handled if not by the fbi by the deputy attorney general so it s curious and it has more of a political angle to it when the decision appears to be coming up to the attorney general if that is what is happening. and it comes following the fact he was under fire for so long by the president and other supporters of the president for