Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The first guilty plea in the Georgia Election case for efforts to steal electoral votes. This guilty plea from a Bail Bondsman scott hall, one of 18 codefendants carjack chad alongside donald trump. Plus a fight over the home of glamorous actress Marilyn Monroe. Should this home be protected as an Historic Site or should it be knock ed down to make room for new red hot real estate. And leading this hour, the odds of a Government Shutdown are now higher than Willie Nelson taking a tour of a. M. Dam. One day until the government runs out of funding and theres no clear path to a solutions. A lastditch measure failed in the house. 21 republicans crossed over to vote with democrats, eeb House Republican leaders say they are in the dark about where to go from here. Its up to the speak er. Its not including active duty troops or any of their families. On average, federal workers earn between 55,000 and 65,000 a year. Average pay for an Army Staff Sergeant
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Hard line republicans. Our rachel scott with who could feel the impact. Do you worry you wont be able to pay your bills if congress doesnt act . Im trying not to cry. Im trying not to cry. Federal Emergency Declaration. Louisianas governor asks President Biden for help, due to a salt water intrusion into the Mississippi River. Officials say that it could impact the water supply. Not stepping down. Indicted senator bob menendez, defiant. The new jersey democrat refusing to resign after federal prosecutors say he took money, gold bars in exchange for political favors. Under investigation. The Baton Rouge Police department accused of abuse allegedly humiliating detainees in a warehouse. Now facing a series of lawsuits. Sudden severe turbulence. Eight people injured on a jet blue flight to florida. Federal regulators investigate the incident and why its happening more often. Student loan scam. The new warning with a three year pause on federal student loan payments set to end. How criminal
Lawmakers. The lead starts right now. Volodymyr zelenskyy in d. C. Making his rounds on capitol hill and now he is at the white house. His pleas as House Republicans cant agree on how to fund the u. S. Government, much less a foreign war. And chances of a deal now stalled as lawmakers are sent home for the weekend. Plus, a border emergency. Migrants flood a texas Town Crawling under barbed wire costing a little boy his life as his family tried to swim across the Rio Grande River. And alleged horer in a warehouse dubbed the brave case, strip searches of suspects including a grandmother, it is alleged. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper and we begin with our world lead as right now President Joe Biden meets with ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the white house. Zelenskyy on a laser focused mission in washington, d. C. , secure more aid at all costs quoted as saying if we dont get the aid, we will lose the war. Russia even after 19 months of relentless attacks against ukraine sh
African americans . And what impact will donald trump make . Gabriel gatehouse has more. Band plays in the final week of the Obama Presidency, a Louisiana High School Marching Band Rehearses for the big day. We dont see colour, we dont see race, we dont see gender, we dont see ethnicity. We see potential. They are one of ten School Bands Chosen to play at the inauguration. There has been a lot of talk about how we need healing, and sometimes. Healing happens, you know, you just have to quit picking at it. But as it marks the transition from obama to trump, america is having two very different conversations about race. This is the life that black people live, and people of colour, but this is the life we live so it is not necessarily a conversation about race it is just a conversation. Amid tension over the issues of Police Killings, White Supremacists feel emboldened. Hailtrump, hail our people, hail victory and for some, talk of a return to The Good Old Days signifies nothing good at