des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
several democratic officials. then a new discovery about a revolutionary weight loss drug. patients say it actually helps curb other addictions such as smoking or drinking. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. the first public reaction from former president donald trump in response to cnn s blockbuster reor thing, since matched by the new york times and washington post, in his classified documents case. mr. trump refused to directly answer questions about a recording now in the hands of federal prosecutors where trump is said to be talking about classified materials he kept in his possession after leaving the white house. but the former president did go after those investigators with his usual complaints of being a victim of a witch hunt. in moments i ll be joined by trump s former lawyer, tim parm tory who left the legal team a few weeks ago and played a key role in the classified documents investigation. first, we ll start
this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme
heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor