i usually like to say to you happy friday. happy friday eve. getting us started. russian missiles are blowing the top off an apartment city liviv. officials call it a heaviest attack yet. that city is near poland. more than 300 miles from the front lines in eastern and southern ukraine. dana: both sounds vowing to respond to this escalating violence as ukraine admits russia has been successful in slowing down its counter offensive. bill: a big story overseas. administration has gone back to china again. janet yellen arrived there a short time ago facing a high-stake test to calm tensions between the world s two largest economies as the u.s. and china have a tech war. mike pompeo on deck on this. first to jeff paul with the latest on ukraine. we re following two big stories involving russia. the first being that attack in ukraine but let s get to the possible new whereabouts of russian mercenary leader. he is in russia. originally set to go to belarus as part of a deal
biden administration is trying to focus on the jobs report and shut down accusations if the drugs belonged to anyone in the first family. lucas tomlinson kicks things off for us right now. what s the latest? good afternoon, griff and aishah. white house officials say they hope to have this investigation wrapped up as early as early next week. we re not sure if we re going to hear about a list of suspects or somebody being arrested or charged, however. now, jean-pierre has been asked about the caper and this pointed question. i m asking again, can we say once and for all, whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family. i was very clear when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked the question, as you know, and the media outlets reported this, the biden family was not here. so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible and i ll just leave it there. the biden family including first son hunter, who admitted to using crack every
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
lots of travelers already have frayed nerves amid all of that the ceo of united airlines is apologizing for taking private jet out of the new york area this week while his airlines canceled flights that left thousands stranded. that frustration has been spreading across the country. according to flight alert.com there are about the 800 delayed nationwide with the worst delays in dallas, atlanta, chicago, worst cancellations washington, chicago, not necessarily as it has been. how s it looking over there? there relates struggling to meet the record numbers look and wait times about 20 minutes or so. ~ flights delayed here in atlanta. you mentioned the numbers are simply record-breaking. posted pandemic levels four years ago be exceeded 17.7 million expected to travel by air in the u.s. during the holiday week for atlanta had to process more than 100,000 tsa just friday alone. the numbers up 11% over one year ago. try to tell people, get to the airport early. at least two or th
of ayman republican politicians know donald trump is a weak presidential candidate. the problem is they are just too afraid to admit it. then, new allegations of unethical behavior against ron desantis, could legal travel beyond the horizon? the gop s double standard on law and order, they want to protect their own while punishing their opponents. even when they have done nothing wrong. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republican politicians are scared. there is no way to hide that. it s becoming the worst kept secret in washington d. c. that donald trump is an unnaturally weak presidential candidate. but, no one will actually say it. and if you do, well, that spontaneous moment of courage doesn t really last long. here for example is speaker kevin mccarthy on cnbc this week when he was asked about trump s strength as a candidate. do you think he could win an election? could he win an election? can you win that election? yeah you can. the question is, is the st