defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
kanye west s brazen anti-semitism is rolling on. spreading anti-semitic holocaust denying filth. god forbid one comment. the tide of anti-semitism is rising. kyrie irving suspended by the brooklyn nets for defending his decision to tweet a link to a film kritcriticized as anti-sem. the oldest and deadliest hate now alive and thriving. the threat level against the jewish community is historic. hate once limited to extr extremists, fanatics. you will not replace us! now mainstream. a meeting between the former president, kanye, and a holo holocaust denier. alarmingly in the open. i think it s disgusting. there s no question that anti-semitism is being normalized. across america, hatred hanging above the 405. someone sprayed anti-semitic threats. another public display of anti-semitism in beverly hills. online. we ve seen people live stream their actual attacks. this is disgusting. on college campuses and in politics. it s become a politic
republicans to launch several investigations into the matter. among the burning questions, why did the president s lawyers conduct the search instead of the feds and why are there no visitor logs at the president s home in delaware? shouldn t the secret service keep track of who is coming and going? bill: all fair questions. the white house and secret service say there are no such records. republicans are not taking that for an answer. mr. comer s investigation will look at that and like to get the logs of who had access to the biden family residence. why did they keep this from us? maybe the most important question we ve asked for over a week is why did they keep it from the american people when they knew about it before the election? we wonder if the secret service had records. he still had secret service protection and you would assume that the secret service would vet people that would be allowed on the premises of the dwelling for the president of the united states
bill says it s new structural racism. some schools think it s ok to discriminate against one group in favor of another. this has been six years in his garage, probably had a lot of people come over there, whether it s workers, whether it s staff, whether it s friends, like who knows. and they say they are being transparent but they are really not. why didn t they tell us about the ones in the garage when they knew it at the time. be transparent with the american people and treat everyone the same. that s all we are asking for. sandra: all right. lawmakers sounding off. begin america reports with a live look at the white house at this hour, a press briefing is scheduled this hour amid growing backlash for president biden as he struggles to explain how the classified documents ended up at his home and private office. hello, and welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. john, welcome back to you. john: sandra, good to be with you. what about the guy who was detailing the
efforts to overturn the 2020 election. let s get starts. kristen holmes is live. a lot of secrecy, kristen and this hearing and this witness and what we could learn today. reporter: kate, that s right, we re told in part that secrecy is actually about concerns about hutchinson s access to the testimony. given the proximity to trump s chief of staff mark meadows also proximity to events and sources described hutchinson as always by meadows side. and given the urgency at which the committee brought this hearing it just goes to show you how explosive they believe that this testimony may be. reporter: her testimony had rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any other reporter: once awe top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, i know, both advocated for blanket pardons of all members involved in that