birds. the lead starts right now. the rioter who smashed in that capital window, and another who helped organize the violent attack new quite lengthy prison sentences for the so-called proud boys and we begin to see the u.s. justice system come down on those who played lead leadership roles in trying to over turn the 2020 election. plus two years has gone by and where are we? to be frank, we re knee deep in bullshit. a demand for answers from grieving parents. 13 u.s. service members were killed in that chaotic withdraw from afghanistan. gold star families this week were asking their leaders pointed questions today, where we re going to try to begin to start to get some answers. but first, the judge s decision expected at any moment that could change the trajectory of the fulton county case, including donald trump. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and we begin with our law and justice lead. at any moment, a u.s. district judge could decide if former trump
co-defendant rudy giuliani. the title america s mayor was always mostly a myth. and now, reports say he s begging trump for help to pay his mounting legal bills. plus, president biden is touring the devastation left by the deadly maui wildfires. as the search continues for hundreds of people who are still missing. but we begin tonight with a manhunt for a man named christopher woral. he s a florida proud boy convicted of seven felony counts for his actions on january 6th, including physically attacking police officers and pepper spraying them. he was set to be sentenced last friday and was likely going to face several years in prison. but he nench showed up. and now no one knows where he is. and the thing that is like actually mind-blowing is that despite committing violent acts against police, he could go missing at all. but he could because he was allowed to leave jail and be under house arrest in florida since november of 2021. after he claimed he was not getting prope
almost 100 people evacuated in less than an hour. we have new details about the mission to get u.s. diplomats out of sudan. now, the white house must decide how to help thousands of other americans still trapped in a war zone. well, the aviators are hitting the trail again. president biden expected to launch his re-election bid tomorrow. that means he ll have about 19 months to tell voters about his accomplishments from term one, as well as his ability to keep going well into his 80s. ron desantis hasn t thrown his hat into the ring yet, but his travel itinerary indicates otherwise. the florida governor discussing trade with the japanese prime minister. this is just his first stop. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. the u.s. says it is actively helping americans get out of sudan as violence in that country continues to intensify. it comes after u.s. special forces pulled off a daring rescue oper
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government s mini budget is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could do with a boost. bills are going up and interest rates are rising. across the country as a whole, the economy has been growing too slowly. and the chancellor has come up with a very bold solution tax cuts worth billions of pounds. he plans to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19p and the pound in england, wales and northern ireland next april and abolish the 45p top rate of tack for people ear
michael cohen testifying. i watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. defense started their cross- examination. we have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. how it has been going. asanother pivotal day. michael cohen back on the stand. trump s former fixer michael cohen taking the anstand. it is a whole new game this afternoon. this is the moment we have been waiting for. the cross-examination. will cohen keep his cool when trump s lawyers begin an intense cross-examination? it has been an explosive last hour of testimony. it is getting testy. michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanche s cross-examination. donald trump s attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. that is some of what went down. prosecutors have you confirmed something new. cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will jus