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
Votes, in fact, johnson is the first to get every republican vote since john boehner in 2011. So who is he . He is a staunch social and religious conservative from louisiana in his fourth term in congress. Hes cosponsored a 20week abortion ban and voted for a National Abortion ban, and he served on one of Donald Trumps impeachment defense teams. But what he is most known for is not just refusing to certify the 2020 election but being the quote, architect of the objections. As the New York Times reports, quote, in december of 2020, mr. Johnson collected signatures for a legal brief in support of a texas lawsuit attempting to throw out the results of four Battle Ground states won by mr. Biden. The Supreme Court ultimately rejected that suit, but not before mr. Johnson convinced more than 60 of House Republicans to sign on to the effort. He did so by telling them the initiative had been personally blessed by mr. Trump, and the former president was anxiously awaiting to see who in congress
They fail to stand up or condemn the threats to democracy. That was part of President Bidens speech yesterday in arizona focused on the threats to our democracy, the former president and the Maga Movement. Well have much more on his remarks including his most forceful and direct criticisms yet of donald trump. Speaking of the former president , his defense team made a Surprise Move in the Georgia Election interference case. Well explain that, and well have the latest from capitol hill on any last ditch efforts to prevent a Government Shutdown before sundays deadline. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 29th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A busy day, and well begin this morning with President Bidens speech on defending the nations democracy. The president delivered the address in tempe, arizona, to celebrate a Library Being built in honor of the late republican senator, his friend john mccain. It came just one day after the sec
To our viewers, thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news, trump says he will no longer try to move his georgia case to a federal court, meaning his trial will now be on national television, international television. Also tonight, a court ruling in the new york case that could mean the end of his business. It is now going to be days away from verdict. Plus, as the nation barrels closer to a shutdown, the Republican Party is shutting down, the gops own impeachment witness says theres no evidence biden committed a crime. The war lord that putin wants the world to see, why this Proof Of Life video raises more questions about this absolutely crucial putin ally. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett, outfront tonight, the breaking news, we are following two major legal developments for trump. First a surprising move, the former President Saying he will no longer push to move his Fulton
Ill see you tomorrow. Happening now, Breaking News. A surprise. A surprise from donald trump in the Georgia Election Subversion Case. Stand by for new details on the trump teams decision not to try to move the criminal charges against the former president from state to federal court. Also tonight, President Biden attempts to sound the alarm about the threat to democracy here in the United States posed by trump, maga republicans, and gop hard liners in congress. Will his message break through as he prepares for a potential rematch with trump next year . And the Government Shutdown countdown is growing more urgent with just two days, two days, to the deadline. Tensions among House Republicans boiling over with no solution in sight. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the Situation Room. Lets get right to the Breaking News in the Georgia Election Subversion Case. Donald trump and his legal team deciding not to try to move his