justice department for pursuing charges in the first place. they have sunk back to school yard antics. whining, and what about-ing, and an echo of eight years, the phrase, but her emails has made it back into the gop s political rhetoric. which is a reference to hillary clinton s use of private email server when she was secretary of state. it was a controversial and flawed decision that the state department ultimately did say increased the risk of compromising classified information. but after multiple investigations, the episode concluded with officials finding no evidence of deliberate mishandling of classified information, and a republican appointed fbi director says no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges in the case. just like she was never found to have done anything wrong from the countless benghazi investigations. which the current speaker of the house kevin mccarthy once admitted on president were deliberately orchestrated by republicans as a political endeavor
look it up. the lead starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears he s being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and he s just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in the race against trump and chris christie believes he can both them both. i ll ask governor christie how ahead when he joins me live on the lead. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin today with our health lead. as much of the eastern united states is being choked right now by a dangerous haze of smoke caused by more than 400 raging wildfires in canada. air quality alert are out for more than 55 million people across the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic. the air is so unhealth
drove off when the officer opened his vehicle s door. tonight the teen s condition and why the police union will not represent the officer. the battle for control of congress. four weeks until the crucial midterm elections. republicans line up behind senate candidate herschel walker in georgia, despite the abortion controversy. plus, sharp reaction to a speech by alabama senator tommy tuberville. why some critics are calling it racist. the new missile launches from north korea, where they landed, and are they a prelude to a nuclear weapons test? protests raging in iran growing more brazen. hackers infiltrate the airwaves by interrupting a newscast. iranian women openly fight with security forces. tonight we hear from a protester inside iran concealing her identity fearing for her life. what she s calling for tonight. the urgent search for a toddler missing since wednesday. today police are going back over areas already searched as the fbi joins the investigation. ne