are above the law? certainly not. let me tell you something, funny boy. you know that little stamp the one that says new york public library. that may not mean anything to you but that means a lot to me. one whole hell of a lot. none of these rules would matter if there weren t any consequences. it s common sense. but the idea of if you can t do the time don t do the crime is dead. nobody does time anymore. back in 2015, gang banger andrew catch chew gunned a man down during a robbery. the victim was held down onto the ground and shot twice in the back. catch chow was sentenced to 50 years in prison. but because it s california he only served six and got out last fall. fox obtained a jailhouse recording of a phone call between catch chew and his mom. when they found out the soft on crime l.a. district attorney was getting involved george gascon. you know that was? and you know who that was? who is it. gascon s special adviser, oh my god. she has been studying your c
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
for the raid. the wall street journal editorial board warning the fbi search on trump suggests that garlands may be committed to pursuing and indicting the former president. and if so, he is taking the country on a perilous row. meanwhile, we are learning more about exactly what went down during that unprecedented raid. there are reports that agents ransacked trump s personal office for hours. they broke into his safe and they even went through melania trump s wardrobe. and an attorney for the former president says his legal team was not even allowed to watch as agents searched his estate. when it was all over, the feds reportedly seized about a dozen boxes on monday. and some of the items were covered in the first stash from earlier this year included letters from kim jong un, though north korean leader and former president obama as well. a birthday dinner menu. moments ago, reporters pressed president biden to comments on the raid. kayleigh: the details, kennedy, get wo
warning as president biden and president xi jinping talking on thursday as tension continues to grow over taiwan. border officials and lawmakers as the washington, d.c., mayor calls for the national guard to be activated to assist with the migrants they. busses arriving from texas and arizona. president biden there is no surprise economy is slowing down, but he insists he still has the nation on the right path. good evening. good evening, janet. on thursday, they re widely expected announcement of american economy officially entering a recession became a reality because the gdp shrank by 0.9% in april through june, the second quarter of decline, but the president at the white house continue to dispute the traditional definition of recession. president biden: let me greg: to one other issue, gdp. and whether or not we are in a recession. peau chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say were not in a recession. come that the white ho
Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held by hamas were released. These two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect a team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course were very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted fo