welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the fbi investigation into new york city mayor eric adams, his connection to the turkish government and what the feds might have been looking for when they seized his cell phone and ipad, a reporter following the money will be here. one of the most upsetting videos from october 7th, which says a lot. it shows a kidnapping victim being taken out of a hamas jeep. her pants are bloodied. her mother will talk to us about why that video was so important for the world to see. leading this how, the world s reaction since the mms attacks, divisive, ugly, even leading to deadly demonstrations. some people ripping down posters of children kidnapped. anti-semitism reaching dangerous alarming rates worldwide. also a spike in islamaphobia, anti-arab and anti-muslim incidents. not just in the united states. let s start with the ongoing conflict fueling this. a u.s. official telling me american intelligence backs israel s showing terrorists are usin
specialized home for wounded veterans. thank you so much. wolf blitzer picks it up right now in the situation room. see you tomorrow. happening now, president biden says gaza s largest hospital should be, should be protected as israel insists it s striking medical centers hamas is using as cover. hospital officials reporting catastrophic conditions and increasingly desperate measures to keep premature babies and others alive. cnn goes inside gaza with israeli forces getting an up close look at the enormous scope of the destruction. the idf showing tunnels use bid hamas including beneath a children s hospital. donald trump jr. wraps up the testimony for the defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump organization. trump jr. praising his father as a real estate artist, even as the case threatens the family s entire business empire. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we beg
one best served cold. that s tonight on news night. good evening. the former president s to-do list if he s elected again is looking more autocratic than democratic, more vengeance than governance. how do we know that? well, his own words. item number one, revenge. the washington post reports that he and his allies are plotting to take control of the justice department to punish his perceived enemies. this includes president biden and his former officials from john kelly to bill barr. it s something that trump also admits out loud. if i happen to be president and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly, i say go down and indict them. mostly that would be you know, they would be out of business. they d be out of the election. he floated the death penalty for retired chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley. item number two, he s planning to purge the government of employees to install his own loyalists. axios reported that 50,000 worker
the news continues, the source with caitlin collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, he became the base of abortion rights in a deep red state. the personal story that may have helped sweep the democratic governor to victory. she is here tonight. plus, the fbi seizing the phones and the ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight he has nothing to hide. after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago, over a scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mccready, once back into politics. he is here to make his case for a second chance. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. making abortion access presenter of their campaign and their campaign
state. but the searing personal story that may have helped sweep this democratic governor to victory. and she s here tonight. plus the fbi seizing a phone and an ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight that he has, quote, nothing to hide. and after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago over a sex scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mcagree vi, wants back into politics. he s here to make his case for a second chance. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances, in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. by making abortion access the center of their campaigns and their campaign ads, democrats are now moving to get more abortion rights measures on ballots next year in 2024. they v