and she s so amazing thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. it ll be sad to say goodbye to pat sajak, but you can say hello to jake tapper is the leader starts right now the themes of the 2024 race today, democracy and revenge, the lead starts right now starkly different messages from two starkly different men, president biden s warning about democracy on the world stage, while donald trump to gain much more personal approach, plus a dramatic turn in the hunter biden gun trial defense scrapping. it s witness list on some level, leaving one major question about the case, yet to be answered. and the judge presiding over one of the most consonant sequential cases in america described as isolated in an experience with judge aileen cannon is really up against as she takes on the criminal classified documents case against donald trump welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly info jake tapper. it s friday. we start with our world lead and president biden today drawing on the
actually okay with or happy if they could. be fair. and we re talking about a very complicated notion when it comes to a former president who has a secret service detail. but now i do not think donald trump actually wants to be in prison and he s okay with it. one of the allies, former allies, coronado is never totally sure that was calling fresh bhushan, steve bannon, like he s headed to jail as woke as for the question, i always have which is how in the loop is he right now, how directly connected to the former president is c. it s a good question. so a couple of things. i mean, i think steve bannon is still hoping that there s going to be some kind of supreme court intervention in his case. so we ll see if that happens. but if not, he is supposed to report to prison on july 1. bannon has both direct contact with trump and during for contact with a lot of people around trump. so he has a bunch of different inputs. but bannon s biggest influence right now comes from his, his p