afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
they say there s a mechanism in place, and they certainly don t want to get any details out in the public. they say if any details get out, exchanges can t take place, jake. does griner s appeals process stand in the way in any way of any potential swap? i was talking to her legal team about that today. they certainly don t believe that it does. they were the ones who originally said they believe a verdict needed to be in place against brittney griner. that s happened. she was sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. they also say with the appeal they filed today, that could be withdrawn at any time if there s some sort of exchange. they also say they re not part of any prisoner exchange talks. they don t know whether or not those talks are going on, but they hope they re going on because the appeals process can still take a very long time. can take a month or two, and there, like in general in russian courts, the acquittal rate or the reverse rate of verdicts certainly i