alleged plot to assassinate former president george w. bush. the suspect was even planning on driving to bush s home in dallas. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. it is election day in america. voters now headed to the polls in five states. georgia, alabama, texas, arkansas, and minnesota. a number of the contests today will test donald trump s grip on the republican party, and there is no race that matters more to the former president than georgia s gubernatorial primary. it s a race that pits his choice, former senator david perdue, against the incumbent governor, david kemp. trump went all in on perdue. he begged him to run. his organization poured $1.5 million into his super pac. he wants to take brian kemp, the incumbent governor, down, because kemp refused to overturn the 2020 election. but as we have seen oftentimes, it is hard to beat an incumbent, especially one who is independently popular with his base, especially one that ha
growing problem of baby formula supplies. i will talk about president biden and what he wants to do to ease the crisis and why so far invoking the defense production act is not one of those things. we will start with the republican pushback on capitol hill. the january 6th committee delivered a stack of subpoenas to some republicans, including the top ranking house member. and joining me here, good to see all of you on this friday morning. ali, what information are they looking from these lawmakers? what they are looking for is a whole range of things. we had seen letters from the january 6th committee to these individuals and those letters were detailed in the case, for example, of scott perry, talking about the roles he may have played in trying to install jeffrey talk, a trump ally, to move forward with the debunked fraud claims. and another was talking about ways into looking to bolster ways to ask for a presidential pardon, if you need a pardon because you knew somet
Too, when you dont get the answer you want, you reask the same question. Youre more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now hes giving me an i dont know. You ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where youre going to go next. You can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question again, he was surprised with the answer Michael Cohen gave him. You cant write your questions in stone because youre dealing with someone who on every question is trying to throw it back in your face. You have to be able to do improv. I want to say thank you so much for joining us this morning. Its the top of the hour, and give a quick reset for viewers who may be joining us now. Michael cohen back on the stand. Day three of crossexamination. He has been testifying before jurors for about an hour and a half this morning and todd blanche asking questions that ultimately go to his credibility an
You are getting a live look at 100 Centre Street. We are covering and on the air minutes after learning Breaking News, setting the stage for the ultimate confrontation in Donald Trumps historic criminal trial a person familiar with the case so the prosecution intends to call Michael Cohen to the stand on monday cohen, of course, is the former trump attorney and personal fixer, whose actions or at the very the heart of this case. Moments ago, the former president of the United States walked past cameras and into that courtroom for the 15th day of his trial. Back on the stand and moments is a very important witness, one who seemed to help both sides yesterday. A Trump White House insider who functioned as a courier for the checks at the center of this his case . Im Kaitlan Collins and new york and you are watching cnns special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial and im jim acosta and Washington Circle monday on your calendars, thats now when we expect Michael Cohen to go unde
Inside with jen psaki starts now. Okay. This may come as a shock to you but donald trump actually didnt spend the day in court today. But, not to worry, he will be back in court tomorrow. Plenty to watch, im sure. When it comes to the case in manhattan, he is, of course, innocent until proven guilty. That is how it works. He has already been found liable for Business Fraud and for sexual abuse. He is still facing criminal charges in washington, d. C. And in florida. And, in georgia. He was also just named and unindicted coconspirator in arizona and in michigan. Right now, the basic thrust of his Campaign Message is that president s should be immune from prosecution so they can attempt a coup and commit crimes at will. That is basically where we are right now. And yet the leaders in the Republican Party are closing ranks around their likely nominee, including many who clearly know better. Consider this. Just a few months ago, Florida Governor ron desantis basically mock people who bend