look it up. the lead starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears he s being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and he s just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in the race against trump and chris christie believes he can both them both. i ll ask governor christie how ahead when he joins me live on the lead. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin today with our health lead. as much of the eastern united states is being choked right now by a dangerous haze of smoke caused by more than 400 raging wildfires in canada. air quality alert are out for more than 55 million people across the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic. the air is so unhealth
for machines and computers to learn and think. musk now reveals what he sees as the frightening truth of what is to come in his interviews this week with tucker carlson. i think there should be some government oversight because it affects it s a danger to the public. regulations are only put into effect after something happens. that s correct. if that s the case for a.i., it may be too late to put the regulations in place. the a.i. may be in control at that point. it s conceivable that a.i. can take control that you can t turn it off and it will be making the decisions for people. yeah, absolutely. absolutely? that s definite where things are headed. martha: it was a fascinating interview. more on that in moments. this is one real-world example of what a.i. is capable of. watch this. people are using a.i. to pretend to kidnap you and call your parents and demand money like a ransom situation. this guy had my voice. i was balling. i said mom, i don t want t
routine training exercise. the helicopters involved were hh60 blackhawks. they can transport a dozen people at a time. fort campbell is the army s only aerial assault division. number of casualties is not known but there are several. we expect to learn more when they address the media under 60 minutes. a big area in southern kentucky goes up along with border with tennessee. the 101st airborne division sent out a tweet minutes ago. this is the latest we have. we can confirm two aircraft from the 101st were involved in an accident last night resulting in several casualties. the focus is on the soldiers and their families who were involved. that s the latest as of this moment. knowing it happened on 10:00 last night. those families are bill: the bulk of that information will come out in the news conference and hold our breath and say our prayers along with u.s. army families involved there and have a connection to that base. stand by. another breaking news story now. am
in just a few moments, with former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, meanwhile we have new reaction from donald trump s lawyers after the four person for the special grand jury investigating alleged investigative interference gave a series of candid interviews earlier today. trump s lawyer say her comments could impact a possible trial. we ve lost 100% confidence in this process. we feel this process has been compromised. this 30 world foreperson has actually provided us a lens, and made us aware that every suspicion we have as to this questionable process was in fact a reality. a new reaction to the marjorie taylor greene s proposal for a national divorce. earlier today, her republican colleague michael mccaul dismissed her tone, and stated goal to divide this nation by red and blue states. divisive rhetoric, i think polarizes this nation, and i think it hurts this nation. i think we need a voice that can unify this nation on things that matter. like the econo
paw. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. ever. bret: breaking tonight, an all-day testimony, the south carolina lawyer accused of murdering his wife and son took the stand today. alex murdaugh admitted lying to authorities but insisted he did not kill his family. correspondent jonathan serrie has details tonight in what has been a very long day. good evening, jonathan. indeed, bret. a bold move by the defense putting their client on the witness stand and asking him some very direct questions. did you shoot a 300 blackout into her head causing her death? mr. good win, i didn t shoot my wife or son any time. in front of the attorney disbarred. bret: we have tape difficulties there. we will go back to jonathan serrie and once we figure that out we will go back to the piece. jonathan just to ask you a question about this. at times it was emotional. at times that testimony really got heated between the prosecution and alex murdaugh. ye