and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if it s an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. i
called a january 6th rioter. plus, what new text messages from mark meadows reveal, and why a former congressman pressed the january 6th committee to press the wife of a supreme court justice. ten straight days of protest in iran for a woman killed over a hijab. now the regime is out with its own crowds pushing a different narrative. welcome to the lead i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with politics lead, we are less than 48 hours away from the next public january 6th committee hearing. cnn is learning about text messages from then trump chaief of staff mark meadows linking the white house with a pro trump operative who was trying to seize voting machines. we re going to have more on this exchange in just a moment. we re also learning about new links between the white house and a rioter on january 6th. denver riggleman who was an adviser to the january 6th committee is telling cbs 60 minutes. riggleman will join us on the lead in a moment. cnn s sara murr
i think that s right. i think that s this. what if memory serves, does the federal charge in 2020. basically, they were saying to trump supporters, tonight to this fund. we re going to privately financed the construction of a southern border wall. and steve bannon and the other defendants allegedly pocketed that that. money steve bannon, hundreds of thousands of dollars, up to 1 million dollars that is a straight-up standard fraud. and as i said, two of the other codefendants have already been convicted of that over the federal system. and now steve bannon reportedly is going to have to face that in the state system. thank you elie, thank you abby, thank you john sale, i appreciate it. i ll see you guys soon. so, new video obtained by cnn shows the former gop chairman of coffee county, georgia, who is under criminal investigation for allegedly posing as a fake elector in 2020 discording a team of pro trump operative to the county s election office on january 7th of 2021, the same