Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper this hour, a forceful moment today from the israeli ambassador to the United Nations trying to get the world holds attention about atrocities of war against israel. The rape cannot continue. The Sexual Violence cannot continue hamas must be eliminated rapist mass murder, and must never be given a free pass by the un. And terror cannot, can never be tolerated hey underscoring that he says acts of Sexual Violence by hamas, including raping women held hostage, have not stopped. What the Ambassador Says needs to happen before any kind of ceasefire between israel and hamas can be reconsidered. Plus the election days so big it goes by Super Tuesday. Were on the cusp of it primary contests in 16 states plus American Samoa cant forget them. Why tomorrow means so much, no matter which date you may live in. And leading this hour. Efforts to take donald trump off 2024 ballots in maine, in illinois, and colorado now shut down that in the wake of todays unanimous
Thats the center of jack smiths case. Donald trump is not being prosecuted for lying. Hes being prosecuted for the deliberate and criminal steps he took alongside his six coconspirators to stay in the white house and the quote, unlawful means they pursued to subvert the results in several key states. After the election, in michigan, the indictment noting this, in a private oval office meeting, with the States Senate majority leader, donald trump raised a false claim of an illegitimate vote dump in detroit. The Senate Majority leader told trump that he, quote, had lost michigan, not because of fraud, but because the defendant had underperformed with certain voter populations. Prosecutors then say trump brought his false vote dumping claim to his ag, who told the former president what happened in michigan was, quote, the normal vote Counting Process and that there was no indication of fraud in detroit. The very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in mich
In an a Tourist Arctic Penal Colony early this month. His body was then withheld, say navalnys team. What is widow calls and abuse that prolonged the familys agony he was starved in a tiny stones glad you from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls. And then even letters and then they killed him. Even after that, they abused his body. And itd be used. His mother the kremlin denies allegations of wrongdoing and any responsibility for navalnys death the kremlin meanwhile, western ambassadors have been remembering the loss of another russian Opposition Leader, navalny. But boris nemtsov, gun down here back in 2015, the kremlin denies any involvement in this killing two but anyone who takes on russias Position Mantle knows theyre taking huge risk. Well, erin, its still unclear tonight where in moscow exactly Alexey Navalny will be varied. The Funeral Service is being held at a church in the area of the russian capital where the late Opposition Leader lived. But the valleys team s
Today at the State Capitol building demand ending new laws on the books after that controversial ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court classifying frozen embryos as children plus a must see Special Report disturbing discovery after cnn spent weeks combing through video of damage in gaza, comparing that with satellite imagery. And two accounts of those who survived strikes in the war ravaged region. And leading this hour, the moment House Republicans have been trying to score for months and their Impeachment Inquiry into joe biden, the president today star witness, the president s son, hunter biden, finally giving closed door testimony as republicans try to connect hunters sketchy Business Dealings to his father with us now to discuss democratic congressman robert garcia, hes a member of the House Oversight committee. He was in the room for Hunter Bidens testimony today. Congressman, thanks for joining us. So hunter biden in his Opening Statement today, were told said, quote, i did not in
Guilty. But if convicted of bribery, faces up to 20 years. Wei, if convicted of espionage, coud get life. Norah. Very serious charges. Mark strassmann, thank you. Now to a tragedy on the southern border. Mexican authorities have recovered the bodies of two possible drowning victims in the rio grande. Cbss Omar Villafranca reports one of the bodies was found near a floating barrier that was recently installed by the texas government to deter migrants. Reporter the two bodies were discovered in this remote stretch of the rio grande. The first migrant from honduras was found by Texas Troopers tangled on the controversial floating barrier buoys. Later, mexican authorities found another body three miles upstream. Officials are investigating what led to their deaths. He spoke to his emotional mother, who says he was her oldest son. Before he left, she told reporters he gave her one last hug and said, we cant keep starving here. I have to go. Mexican officials blame the drownings on the barri