maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
europe? obviously. when you put it in the contemporary context, well, you know, tough call. it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan
it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan corcoran and christina bobb are now in need of their own legal representation. as the new
this former oan host really the best a former president of the united states could do. meanwhile the republicans can t break with trump though we re seeing cracks in the blind loyalty. we begin the the reidout are a food note. in an overnight filing about stunning revelations about trump s happened lipping of highly classified material, the doj wrote this investigation is not simple police about efforts to recover improperly retained presidential records. moreover, 18 uscc 2071 criminalizes the concealment or removal of government records, including presidential records. in short, this is an investigation about lies, about deceit and potential obstruction of justice. that s all spelled out in the doj s 36-page response to trump s request for a legal for a special master in what is nothing short of a damning report about the lengths to which trump and his legal team went to withhold subpoenaed information. just remember, it took eight months for trump to turn over the fi
appearance he invoked attorney/client privilege to some questions. investigators now want to ask him about all that led up to the fbi s search of mar-a-lago last august. and even did a deep and ugly search of the room of my 16-year-old son. [ boos ] leaving everything they touched in far different condition than it was when they started. can you believe it? the fbi and the justice department have become vicious monsters. reporter: investigators had subpoenaed any classified documents still in trump s possession after he turned over an initial batch of government records to the national archives. they should give me immediately back everything that they ve taken from me because it s mine. it s mine. reporter: corcoran helped to draft a statement attesting that there were no more classified records at mar-a-lago before the fbi scoured the florida property and found hundreds more. corcoran is one of three trump lawyers who have gone before the