thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden warns democracy is in mortal danger with ballots packed with republican election deniers, the president saying your vote is an inflection point for the american experiment. you must in this moment dig deep within yourself and recognize we can t take democracy for granted any longer. plus, the midterm map offers no safe zones for democrats. solid blue territory in california, nevada, oregon, washington state now looks, well, not so solid. and are lawmakers safe? a congresswoman demands answers on hard questions. why didn t the force prevent the attack on paul pelosi and are capitol police capable of stopping future attacks on members of congress? up first for us, though, president biden making democracy the centerpiece now of his midterm closing argument. we are just five days out from election night. already 30 million votes cast across 46 states. this sadly, this part of it is the united states 2022 which means those ba
indeed, good to have you. i m jim sciutto. justice department facing a noon deadline, two hours from now, to give a judge and we should be clear a redacted version, perhaps highly redacted of the affidavit behind the search warrant for the mar-a-lago home of the former president. the judge will then decide whether to release that redacted version to the public or continue to keep it under wraps. plus, new details about the national archives multiyear effort to get former president trump to hand over classified documents from his time in office. a top white house lawyer at the time told trump he should hand those documents over. so why didn t it happen? key question. also overnight, the department of justice releasing an unredacted full memo from 2019 that unveils why former attorney general bill barr decided then president trump could not be charged with obstructing the russia probe. we ll break down what is ahead in all of that. all right, let s begin this morning with
It can. Com cnn this morning with kasie hunt next its monday, april 29, right now on cnn this morning protesters disrupting campuses from posted coste demanding schools cut ties with israel as police start cracking down. President biden delivering a warning to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his plans to invade rafah and a Tornado Outbreak in oklahoma four People Killed and millions from texas to missouri. Now in the path of deadly storms right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at the Nations Capital on this monday morning. Good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to have you with us protests against the war in gaza, expanding across the country today after a weekend with more unrest, heavy Police Activity reported on Virginia Techs campus last night. As officers worked to remove protesters from an encampment demonstrators began to occupy a campus lawn on friday and by sunday the University Said the situation had progressed and had the potential to become unsafe me
my question is why would you abuse that power by formalizing a baseless impeachment inquiry into president joe biden? we are bringing in congressman jim clyburn for his take on the expected inquiry vote next week and more. plus, the alarm bells of authoritarianism are getting louder. donald trump s tumbling down on his desire to be a dictator, and just for one day, he says he. we will get into how president biden is responding to trump s plans for revenge and retribution. and retired army colonel eugene vindman is running for congressional seat in virginia. he was targeted by former president donald trump after playing a critical role in trump s first impeachment. why he wants to put his name on the ballot now. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. members of congress are back on the hill tomorrow for their last week before the new year. but there is only one resolution house republicans want to focus on. and one that authorizes an impeachment inquir
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