election lies. he also slammed the justice department for indicting him on federal charges over his decision to government secrets at mar-a-lago. sentiments he echoed once again in new attacks this afternoon on his knockoff twitter. the gop front runner feeds grievances to his base, president biden will his showcase his economic achievements. friday, the president highlighted new efforts to lower health care office things that sneak into your cable bill or surprise charges when you check out of a hotel. biden also emphasized the importance of his infrastructure legislation. biden and other administration officials have been going to republican held congressional districts to tout the white house is the administration hopes to show their policies have spurred job growth, domestic manufacturing and economic development while reminding the public the republicans largely opposed the measures. the job report shows biden s economic with another 209,000 jobs added. and
environment. that s fine, yeah, they are both important in their own way. in different ways, some important for tomorrow, less than yesterday. i don t even know what i mean by that. have a great weekend, chris. you too, alex. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. this january 6th rioter, the one in the queue shirt at the front of the pack here, his name is douglas austin johnson. he has now famous for having chased capitol police officer, eugene goodman, up the stairs in the capital. he actually did not even know what building he was invading on january 6th. this is me touching the white house. bring the white house! that s what we do! touching the white house, very close but still a few blocks down pennsylvania avenue, mr. johnson. anyway, despite not knowing where he was, johnson didn t know why he was there, wherever there was. this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you k
right now. republicans working feverishly to bring articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, even though those same republicans say an immigration bill is dead on arrival. nikki haley meeting with some of the richest people in america tonight. will they give her the cash to take on trump? a gop donor is up next. any takers to have a computer chip implanted in your brain? good evening. house republicans taking a major step towards impeaching a sitting cabinet official, something not done in 148 years in the united states. the target is the homeland security alejandro mayorkas. they are working right now and frankly expected to keep working well past midnight. they re making the claim that he s committed high crimes and misde misdemeanors. what they re not working on is stopping people from coming over the u.s. southern border. they could be meeting to discuss the bipartisan bill negotiating by gop senators, a bill that republicans
a ziplock baggy filled with cocaine found just steps from the west wing where guests are often ushered through the white house. now the question who dropped it, setting off sunday s hazmat evacuation. then, the phenomenon unique to the united states, gun violence in america reaching a new level of horror. 356 mass shootings so far this year. a stunning 15 of them just this past holiday weekend. coming up, why these tragic shootings always seem to spike in the summer months and what can be done about it. plus, a federal judge slapping the biden administration with new restrictions on social media saying the biden administration cannot decide what is and is not misinformation. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we begin with something of a mystery in our political lead. who left a baggy of coke at the white house? there was a brief evacuation sunday night after the powdery substance was found in an area of the west wing that is accessible to some tour groups. this
this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the