the senate message to tech ceos today. you have blood on your hands. the lead starts right now. the heads of facebook, tiktok and other social media companies tumble today with bipartisan criticism on capitol hill over what the companies are and are not doing to protect your kids. what led mark zuckerberg to stand up in the hearing and apologize. that is coming up. a pennsylvania man accused of decapitating his father then posting a political rent online. why was the horrifying video left up online for hours? we are expecting a major ruling at any moment from a judge that could come and will have serious repercussions for donald trump and his future. welcome to the lead with jake tapper . big tech ceos face blistering questions about what they are and are not doing to protect kids and teens. the u.s. senate judiciary committee hearing today focused on the leaders of tiktok, meta, which owns facebook and instagram, x, lee forman onus twitter, snap, which owns snapchat an
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
painful chapters in their lives, hats off. yeah, agreed. thanks, chris. agreed. thanks, chris. thanks to you at home for watching this hour. one of the most watched cable news programs in this country, is defending a violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they are doing it with the explicit aid and support of the highest ranking elected republican in the country. last night fox news tucker carlson aired his first exclusive report, showing from inside the capitol on january 6th footage that tucker carlson by speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy were not gonna show you all of tucker carlson s defense of the january six rioters here. this is a sample of what the fox news audience heard last night. very literal about january 6th was organized or violent, it was neither an insurrection nor deadly. they were peaceful, they were orderly and make, these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. they re not destroying the capitol, they obviously revered the capitol.
of tomorrow! of tomorrow! thanks to you at home for joining us this hour, one of the most watched cable news programs in all of the united states is rewriting the history of january 6th, defending the violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they are doing it with the explicit aid and support of the highest ranking elected republican in the country. last night fox news tucker carlson aired his first exclusive report, showing security footage from inside the capitol on january 6th footage that tucker carlson by speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy were not gonna show you all of tucker carlson s defense of the january six rioters here. this is a sample of what the fox news audience heard last night. very literal about january 6th was organized or violent, it was neither an insurrection nor deadly. they were peaceful, they were orderly and make, these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. they re not destroying the capitol, they obviously revered the capitol