aircraft. you can see the breadth of the areas hit. president vladimir putin, the russian leader, threatened further harsh responses. this is following a huge explosion over the weekend on a strategic bridge between crimea, illegally annexed in 2014 by putin and mainland russia. and moments before the attacks in ukraine, duelling in the united nations general assembly where delicates are expected to vote on the annexed regions in ukraine. met with silence while the ukraine ambassador received applause after saying this translator: but my day has started almost 14 hours ago. we started 14 hours ago, because my country was under attack. my immediate family was in a residential building under attack unable to go to a bomb shelter, because there was no because russia has already killed some of my family members, and we see no end to that cruelty. in a rare public appearance today the top british intelligence officer sir jeremy fleming is expected to say exhausted rus
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
had yesterday, and don t have today. we are going to continue to follow these protests all across the country this evening, so make sure you stay tuned in the coming hours here on cnn. look at this map. 13 states already have trigger laws that would pan ban apportion. at least six wept into effect as soon as the supreme court struck down roe. the rest, in a matter of days or weeks and at least one justice would like this to go forgoter, justice clarence thomas writing quote in future cases, we should consider all this court substantive due process precedence, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefeld. that means a court a court that says there is no right to abortion could also take away more rights, like the right to birth control, the right to same-sex relationships, the right of gay couples to get married. tonight, i am going to talk to the plaintiff in the land mark case that legalized gay marriage that is coming up later in this program. but listen to what the jus