Being persecuted. He writes, quote, our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly related to the January 6th protest concerning the rigged presi president ial election. By the way, that protest he is talking about is not why people are being prosecuted. They are being prosecuted for breaking the law, taking part in an attack on the capitol. An attack in which more than 100 Law Enforcement officers were injured. Officer Brian Sicknick died the day after being attacked during the riot. Four officers died by suicide in the aftermath. One Capitol Police Officer said he and fellow officers were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eyedamaging lasers. For the record, currently, 608 defendants have been charged. 78, already, have pleaded guilty. Six defendants have been sentenced. THree of them to prison. So lets start with the congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles At The site of that fencing near the capitol. So in light of
Ahead . Plus, more than 12,000 Undocumented Migrants gathering at the border waiting to be taken into Border Patrol custody. Were live on the ground with the escalating situation, ahead. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper, and we start with Breaking News. The u. S. Military admitting to a massive and deadly mistake in a targeted Drone Strike on August 29th that killed three afghan adults and seven afghan children in a kabul neighborhood. The military initially claimed that they had successfully targeted a member of isisk, someone who posed a threat to american troops at the airport. But just moments ago the leader of United States Central Command took responsibility and admitted they got the wrong vehicle. Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake, as the combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome. This is a total about face from the pentagons initial denial they got anything wrong days after the attack. At least one
The January 6 riot. Ill discuss with former Defense Secretary William Cohen in a moment. Well look at an new Poll D a fence going up around the capitol in anticipation of a new rally. Lets discuss now with William Cohen, former Defense Secretary. Secretary cohen, Thank You for joining us, good evening to you. President biden has great confidence in General Milley in the face of calls for his resignation, even courtmartial, because milley called together top Military Leaders to go over the process for launching nuclear weapons, telling them not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved. Did Milley Overstep in that moment . Don, first we have to wait for the book to be published so everyone can read it including myself. I know Bob Woodward since watergate days, i know hes very factual in his approach to getting information in a fashion that most Journalists Cant comprehend. Hes very thorough. I still want to wait to see exactly what happened. I think its very important that every
Thank you for watching. Don Lemon Tonight with the big star, d lemon, right now. How you doing . You all right . Im im confused, man. About what . Um, im confused about whats happening with this missing 22yearold. Beautiful kid. Going around the country. Im confused by this south Carolina Situation with this murdaugh family. Ive never heard of by the way, its not murdoch like media murdochs. Its a totally different family. I have never heard anything like it. And i am confused at how your senators how the senators believe that they can get righteous about milley for deciding to do something about an obvious risk that they ignored. And now, they dont want to give the benefit of the facts that he followed protocol and worked with the secretary of defense and had a roomful of people when he made these calls. And they still want to say he went rogue. So, you want to misrepresent what he did when he did the right thing and you did nothing and you think you are going to be the righteous agen
We start with the national lead. Any minute we expect the first Court Appearance for the prom innocent south Carolina Lawyer at the center of a series of family tragedies. Alex murdoch is in jail. Someone shot and killed his Wife And Son back in june. But its not that case that has him behind bars. His attorney admits the attorney hired a Hit Man to shoot him in the head for his son to collect Life Insurance but that failed and the setup is not half the story. Martin savidge starts us off from South Carolina. Reporter his life in a scandalous spiral. Alex murdoch surrenders to Law Enforcement to face charges in a scheme in which he was the target a warrant for arrest detailed the botched Murder Attempt meant to provide millions of dollars of Life Insurance Money Attorneys say. Murdoch arranged for Cur Missmith to shoot and kill him but the plan failed because the Shot Wasnt fatal. Smith is charged with an assisted suicide, pointing and presenting a firearm, Insurance Fraud and conspira