With jake tapper starts right now the man trump calls old crow, is flying the coop the leads Ich Mcconnell there with his own 2024 plants, stepping down as Senate Republican leader, though hes going to stay on as a senator from kentucky. The new era of republican politics. Now, loading as a new highstakes restate kicks into gear to replace mcconnell, odds are the winter will likely be an old white guy named John Plus A Monster Wildfire in Texas Exploding at one point burning through 150 football fields a minute charring through land 11 size 11 times the size of washington, dc. Were going to go live on the ground as this fire and wide open land prompts evacuations in its path and President Bidens date with the dr. The report, do any moments after his annual physical welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We start with our Politics Lead and the end of an era on capitol hill, senator Mitch Mcconnell, the longest serving Congressional Party leader in american history, announced today hes ste
deciding factor was what ohio state investigators were able to determine. that is that the 25 year old jalen walker reportedly shot at least one time at officers doing the vehicle pursuit portion of that night back in june of last year, and because of that, when the 25 year old man bailed out of his vehicle and then initiated that foot chase, according to the attorney, general officers believed that he was still armed. and that is why authorities established that when he reached toward his waistband. okay? they assumed that he had a weapon, and that s when they opened fire. of course , we still have to find out if that use of force will actually be justified, but this certainly is going to raise a lot of questions about a potential about what might happen in the community there in akron. i should tell you, jake. i ve been speaking to people there in the community they have prepared for this for weeks. for this announcement that you re about to hear from the state s attorney g
the argument that mike pence was making was the best one legally. so i think what we re really looking for is when could we see mike pence in front of a grand jury and sarah cnn s learning that former trump national security officials from the department of homeland security , chad wolf and ken cuccinelli have testified to a federal grand jury about trump s efforts and desire to seize voting machines. after the 2020 election. they said that they told the president and his team that he had no authority to do so. this really speaks to how special counsel jack smith is zeroing in. on the various ways . trump tried to overturn his election loss. that s right. i mean, this is excellent reporting from my colleagues at cohen sort of looking at how the special counsel is digging into a bunch of these schemes the trump team considered to try to overturn the 2020 election. of course, we know that one of these sort of crazy ideas under consideration was seizing the voting machines, and
murdered. why did he live stream the attack? why did he target his colleagues? the investigation to get answers as we learn the actions of heroic officers who took out the gunman before he took even more lives, plus. the mayor of louisville with an urgent plea to elected leaders in his state. let us the people of louisville make our own choices about h w gun violence in our city. but will anyone in power he d his request and setting the stage for the blockbuster trial. dominion versus fox, a judge s stern warning today as the murdoch network faces a $1.6 billion lawsuit for its many lies to the american people. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead next hour. we expect louisville officials. to release police body camera video of officers responses to yesterday s mass shooting at a local bank. the city s mayor says the video will be played at a press conference scheduled right now for five p.m. eastern , which we will bring to you live as
Us this afternoon for a small sliver of it. Jessica, thanks for being with us this week. Stay would see an end because the lead with jake tapper starts right now i heated hearing today for a different criminal cases involving donald trump, who lead starts right now the hush money coverup trial is quiet today, but another case is turning into a Shouting Match. Attorneys Attorneys Trading Barbs in that federal classified documents case in florida. As trumps codefendants, walt nauta accused his prosecutors of selectively and vindictively charging him with a crime plus new video showing the very moment that five young israeli women were kidnapped by the terrorists of from us. The footage is horrifying and graphic why their families wanted this video released. Now and uh, judges ruling today on the Iconic Graceland Mansion did something im im trying to scam their way into buying the property once owned by elvis welcome to the lean on jake tapper. Were going to start today with our Law And J