the lead starts right now. for the first time since the start of britain s war, ukraine will be getting an aid package from the u.s. that includes cluster munitions, bonds that are banned by most countries. president biden gave an exclusive interview where he tried to defend that controversial decision, and the special counsel zeroes in on an oval office meeting during donald trump s final days in office, a meeting described as nuts. follow-up from the exclusive cnn reporting and what it tells us about the investigation into trump in january 6 and a possible third indictment of mr. trump. there then, he survived the taliban and decades of war working as an interpreter in afghanistan during the war, only to be shot and killed while driving a lift in the united states. the latest on the search for suspects. welcome to the lead. we start today with our worldly deadly cluster munitions or bombs, a lethal weapon that can disperse hundreds of smaller explosives over an area up to
look, we are not the nine greatest internet experts that ever lived picks i believe that . it also reflected in a court that is so divided, they were a little that nervous about messing with the mechanics of the internet. and essentially the internet is built on this idea that you and i can post something and the companies cannot be sued for it. so, what happens when we post something about eating disorders or something tuxes or bullies somewhere else. over and over again the courts and congress, to some extent, tend to lead toward free speech. now, i think with the families hope is that this will be kind of a big tobacco moment, that there will be a critical mass of public scrutiny that will draw attention to stories around youths specifically, that will start to put pressure on legislatures to act. we are seeing legislation moving california and utah and montana. it is dovetailing with the nt tick-tock movement some
coal companies are subsidized to the tune of $11 million a minute. that s both in, you know, tax breaks. it s in giving them money to keep gas prices low. but it s in what they don t pay for the pollution that makes people sick and kills them prematurely or the storms and the droughts and the floods that are as a result of all of this burning. so what s interesting on thursday, some of the democrats on the house oversight committee led by ro khanna, they called in the heads of the big oil companies, the four biggest ones. they re looking for that big tobacco moment, accusing them of false advertising. you knew that your product back in the 80s was going to cook the planet, but you got away from it. those guys, when pressed, couldn t even put a price on a ton of carbon even though they say they re for it. but if he manages to do that in some meaningful way, that could have a big ripple effect. you know, that s an interesting tale off this narrative, by the way. so ro khanna has the o
admit some of the past misstatements that were clearly climate denialism. so chairwoman maloney and i talked and said we have to subpoena and get these documents. we re going to get the documents. unfortunately it s turning out like a big tobacco moment. well, you know, it s interesting that you make that the analog. they better hope not. but the paper has to be there. it s going to take you some time. they ve got a lot of money and a lot of lawyers but you do have the u.s. government behind you. we will be tracking this. you are always welcome to make the case. huge implications for the american people. congressman ro khanna, you are really right at the crux of some very big goings on in our government. it s good to have you. thank you for taking the opportunity. thank you, chris. safe travels in italy. all right. new pictures tonight of alec baldwin. he s far from the southwest a week after a deadly accidental shooting on his movie set in new mexico.
we re going to get the documents. unfortunately it s turning out like a big tobacco moment. well, you know, it s interesting that you make that the analog. they better hope not. but the paper has to be there. it s going to take you some time. they ve got a lot of money and a lot of lawyers but you do have the u.s. behind you. we will be tracking this. you are always welcome to make the case. huge implications for the american people. congressman ro khanna, you are really right at the crux of some very big goings on in our government. it s good to have you. thank you for taking the opportunity. thank you, chris. safe travels in italy. all right. new pictures tonight of alec baldwin. he s far from the southwest a week after a deadly accidental shooting on his movie set in new mexico. the focus of this investigation is now on two people. baldwin is not one of them. but no one is in the clear yet. they don t know anything yet. so we have the sheriff leading