producing countries to increase their oil output. ali she hobby, a study analyst, told the new york times that it is certainly not a hostile, anti biden act. it has nothing to do with biden, it is to keep the price in unacceptable band. and quote. okay. so how should we analyze this set of facts? the summer, saudi arabia paid former president donald trump to host a tournament at his golf courses, which is a move much criticized as so called sports washing, attempting to launder its reputation on human rights abuses with people who don t care about that sort of thing. people like the former president, who bragged to reporter bob woodward that he, quote, saved mohammed bin salman, after a saudi death squad had washington post reporter killed and dismembered with a bunch of. his words, as quoted in woodward s book called rage, i saved his ass, i was able to get congress to leave him alone. i was able to get them to stop. and quote. those were trump s actual words about helping a
and grief i feel every day? and we meet the british woman who, after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment. within the past few hours, japan s coast guard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, which appear to have landed in the sea outside japan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,600 kilometres before falling into the pacific ocean. it was north korea s first missile launch overjapan since 2017. the us ambassador to the united nations has accused china and russia of enabling north korea. the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of this council. these two members have gone out of their way to justify the dprk s repeated provocations and blo
and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] - this is a big one
2020 election results. if they are denying about the past while seeking power you can bet they will act on those lies in the future. you can see the quote here from the washington post. they are running in every region of the country and nearly every state. over half, 174, are running for what are called safely republican seats, while another 51 are in tightly contested races. a sobering account from the washington post. the reason those numbers matter is if you follow politics you probably know while we hold these elections across the country, the midterms have every house seat for example up for grabs, the numbers, the way the districts are drawn and other factors mean of the races are all by decided. when they refer to safe seats they re referring to republicans who are vowing in the future to do what they failed to do in the past in some sense, which is act on the lies and say, whether they win or lose, they ll work to keep their party in power. if that lie becomes a
on biden s classified documents, the white house has begun to construct its stonewall. the lead starts right now. i m going to refer you to the department of justice. i m not going into any specifics from here. i would refer you to the white house counsel office. the white house refusal to answer questions is not going to stop them from mounting. why did the biden white house wait so long to acknowledge classified documents have been found at biden s private office and home and garage and who has access to those rooms. plus a rising death toll after tornados sweep through alabama and georgia. today the search for even more victims as homeowners sift through piles of debris. and body cam footage caughting the family member of to end up tase and dead. what went so terribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the politics lead with the white house on defense amid the growing probe into president biden s handling of classified documents which