That are populated by iran, Islamic Revolutionary guards, quds force, which is the Paramilitary Arm there are, there are some other options. The former head of the mossad is israels former spy agency a couple of hours ago, also said the Israeli Cabinet is considering targeting Iran Nuclear Infrastructure which would definitely be an escalation i think they are considering a lot of the options and probably trying to take an action that makes him look serious. But not get them into a complete allout war. Of course, though the every single one of these things that you say, i think anybody watching is fearful you think its just a small escalation, but none of these things really are. Were in unchartered territory seth. Thank you so much. Thanks erin thanks for joining us. The lead starts now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We start this hour with Breaking News and what we do just heard from House Speaker mike johnson live right here on the lead just minutes ago, he i
can we read? should we read into that so the supreme court often leaves some of the most controversial cases for the final day and then they leave town. and it also doesn t then have an effect on their other parts of their caseload in terms of how they or their opinions or received i do think that there s almost no chance that donald trump will be vindicated with a maximise view of presidential immunity. and i think when we see the case on monday, big question will be, what is it also me for future presidents? is there this blanket immunity or not? i do not think the court is going to give that that s so interesting, it s always great to have you here. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you thank you for joining us. the news continues here on cnn save from the source. tonight, a fiery president biden says he s not going anywhere is the new york times editorial board is calling on him to drop it out of the race for the good of the country. and the fallout tonight
breaking news hello everyone. thanks for joining me on. alison chemla, radha, and for fredricka whitfield, we have an exciting program for you today because within the next half an hour, we expect to witness the first ever boeing starliner spacecraft launched from cape canaveral, florida to the international space station. this is not a practice run this its launch has to american astronauts on board but officials and spectators are holding their breath a bit because this mission was already postponed a few times, veteran nasa astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams are on board. and boeing is trying with this to compete with its rivals space x as nasa tries to collaborate with private industry partners. if successful, suni williams would become the first woman aboard any crewed test flight like this years of work has gone into this moment and it has not been without setbacks, as i ve mentioned. so let s bring in space and defense correspondent kristin fisher. she
don t know. i mean, it s a good question. i think understanding why a jury reaches a verdict is something that every single trial lawyer in the country would love to be able to answer honestly look, a lot goes into a jury verdict that doesn t even include what happened at the trial. the decisions that are made before the trial, the decisions that the court makes, and that the parties decide about witnesses a call, what evidence to put in i think that at the end of the day it remains true that if the word of michael cohen was not accepted at all, then you could not have convicted president trump. and the jury convicted. so at the end of the day they they looked past what we thought were were fatal flaws and mr. cohen s story and his past and they ve reached a guilty verdict right. but it wasn t just the word of michael cohen. i mean, there was other evidence in this case, the documents they wanted to rehear, david pecker s testimony. i mean, they took all of that into consid
the news continues. see you tomorrow. the source of kaitlan collins starts now so during the source tonight, notes on a scandal, the four questions coming from the jury room or well, new yorkers are deliberating the fate of the former president or sharpest legal minds will help us dig into our first clues about what s the jury may be thinking and after weeks so testimony about sucks lies, and an audio tape. what happens next is out of donald trump s control for the first time in his life. and the strain is showing will tell you how also justice denied samuel alito is slamming the door and those calls for his recusal from the january 6 related cases before the high court his extraordinary letter to congress i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source as we are now 45 days into the trial of the 45th president, donald trump, weights. he s going to now wait as a jury of seven men and five women deliberate over whether he is guilty or not. to be a fly on the wall and that jury