ukraine. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with breaking news, the united states military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the united states this afternoon. the white house announced the object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern time at the direction of president biden. u.s. officials say it was flying off alaska s northern coast at an altitude of 40,000 feet and was approximately the size of a small car. as of now, the administration is not offering many more details than that. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s it s state owned or corporate owned or privately owned. we just don t know. the context, of course, is crucial. last saturday, less than a week ago, the u.s. military shot down what the biden administration says was a chinese surveillance balloon. they did this off the coast of the united
and while all eyes have been on manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, as the nation s been watching literally his every move. special counsel, jack smith, appears to have reached a turning point. when it comes to his, investigation surrounding the former president. there are signs of the special counsel now four months into the job may get the testimony of two of the closest people to the former president. at the two people who knew presumably everything when it comes to trump. his attorney, evan corcoran, and his former number two in the white house. mike pence. today, recorder spotted attorneys for trump heading into the d. c. federal courthouse, where the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago documents case and the january six riots, where they were meeting behind closed doors, one of the special counsel prosecutors investigating january six of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also spotted entering the building. you know who else was there? an attorney n
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t train from the test site. The insult hurled. The north koreans now, it seems they could work with the United States. And that is why you saw that statement. They said President Trump was brave for taking steps. And willing to talk with the United States at any time. North korean diplomats have reopened. And trying to see if they can work out and make something happen. To make this summit occur on june 12th. So what happens now . What are the next steps . They can agre
By now that the Department Of Justice is not going to be extorted. Doctors note. The president s former long time personal physician admits what many suspected at the time, the glowing medical report he issued during the campaign was dictated by his patient, donald j. Trump. That letter that showed up about his health rgs he wrote it state visit. President trump making his first trip to the State Department to swear in his top diplomat, mike pompeo. Ive absolute confidence he will do an incredible job as the nations 70th secretary of state. Good day. President trump is reacting to a strange of headlines about Robert Muellers tense negotiations with the president s legal team and the Deputy Attorney general overseeing the russia investigation. Tweeting the probe is a rigged system and then threatening that at some point i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved. Thats a clear response to Rod Rosensteins unambiguous push back against House Rep
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. The outcome of the midterms. And even future president ial elections. Essentially, alex jones has been deleted from these websites. You wonder if hell have any influence Going Forward because the private companies who have an incredible amount of control over the internet. Laura thats the point. Controlling who has a voice and who doesnt on these Monster Platforms is tantamount to limiting speech and its also viewpoint discrimination. Back in february, facebook launched a new algorithm that would cause top conservative pages to see a dramatic drop in traffic. And this included personal pages. President trumps Facebook Page saw a 45 drop. Diamond and silk said their content was similarly blocked on facebook. Facebook along with other social media sites have taken aggressive actions to silence
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