Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is a busy afternoon on the story. We are about to hear from President Trump at the border. Were also waiting for an update on President Bidens travel to brownsville, texas. So weve got a lot of activity, a lot of things popping. These two individuals obviously very serious about this issue with regard to the campaign. They both want to win the 2024 president ial election. Former President Donald Trump would like to be president again. President joe biden wants to keep his job. Theyll have to find their way through this issue in order to do it. Its a big issue on voters minds in this country. Its a crisis as we heard from the former Homeland Security secretary this morning on Fox And Friends. Obviously all of this has a huge impact on cities across the country and small towns as well as migrants have flooded in to all of these areas. For example, athens. Athens, georgia. The tragic death of laken riley at the alleged hands of this man who was he
well, thank you for joining us today, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. donald trump, nikki haley, new hampshire, tomorrow, the lead starts right now. can you hear that sound? [ cheering ] that is the sound of a 2 person race. and then there were 2, nikki haley hanging on as the lone candidate taking on donald trump, facing a uphill battle going into tomorrow s primary, and john king with his all over the map series, asking trump loyalists why they are so eager to vote for him again. nearly a year since a freight train crashed at palestine, ohio, how people feel about promises to make sure they re not living amongst a dangerous toxic site. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper, the 2024 lead, the final hours before the first of the nation primary, new hampshire voters, going to the polls, setting it for the november presidential election, only 2 major republican candidates left, nikki haley is making her last minute pitch in five campaign events, trying
your business partners if he had no involvement in your business? you have a dad? does he call you? yes. does he answer the phone? yes. okay. why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? that s all that anybody is talking about. hillary vaughn catching up with hunter biden as he showed up unexpectedly at this contempt of congress hearing. sending off a firestorm inside that hearing room. he agreed to appear precisely at a public hearing under oath to answer the committee s questions. coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a subpoena to be deposed what are you afraid of? the only folks afraid to hear from the witness with the american people watching are my friends on the other side of the aisle. we have no choice except to refer charges and find hunter biden in contempt. neil: its advanced from there. the house oversight committee considering whether the president s s
starts right now. martha: thanks very much. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. live in des moines, iowa. this is the story. we re just hours away from our third big event of this week. tonight we will speak with former president donald trump as he heads in to caucus week, monday night, very important night for him. he will take the stage here this evening with me and with bret baier. that will happen at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. here in iowa. we have a lot more ahead on tonight s town hall as we prep and get ready for all of that. we re looking forward to it. first though, a shocker on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden showed up at a hearing, no one was expecting him. it was his contempt of congress hearing that was getting underway after he defied a subpoena from house republicans to testify behind closed doors. that s the general procedure before you do a public hearing. so here s how that went over both sides of the aisle. watch. you re the epitome of whi
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the white house is lamb basting members of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s cabinet. specifically two right wing extremists who are calling for the ethnic cleansing of tony bl some are wondering if the netanyahu administration will have to choose between extremists and the biden administration. and a federal appeals court, a closer look at abortion since roe v. wade was overturned. we have a brand new court filing from donald trump. this time he s going to the u.s. supreme court to try to appeal the decision made by the colorado supreme court to remove him from its 2024 ballot for engaging in insurrection. let s get right to cnn s paula reed who is here with me. paula, i know you have a big stack of papers that you just printed out, but what can you tell us about this appeal? two weeks ago, the colorado supreme court removed trump from the ballot. that decision is on hold, because previously, the republican p