The lead starts right now but first where disinformation prevails and democracy fails, putin celebrates a resounding when cementing another six years power, the lies that got him here, and the threat it could pose to the World Order Plus Chaos On America as doorstep, haiti collapses into a gang, stayed in get cnn is in their capital to capture how violence is now the law of the land. And we start with a moment to give us hope i finally got to meet Cj Ricin Person as he finally tastes freedom after more than 12 years behind bars for a shooting, he insists he could not have committed welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper in philadelphia and im going to start with some good news for once. Im in philly because there are major developments here and a legal case that weve been following for years here on the lead involving cj rice who is now a free man as of this morning, the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania officially considers ej rice to be legally innocent of the crimes he was convicted of in 2
This time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a serious one for our country. Thank you for being with us here tonight. We know you had every choice in the world. But we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. S. History as a black letter, bold faced date, August 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading president ial candidate of the Republican Party was indicted in Federal Court, accused of lead
The special coverage. He is of course innocent until Proven Guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didnt do what he is accused of. But if the allegations made by the Justice Department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a ser
joins us coming up. sandra: all right. first, a fox news alert to the economy. the numbers may not tell the full story. a new report shows the economy growing between july and september after falling two straight quarters as americans fight the worst inflation in 40 years ahead of an expensive winter heating season. hello. i am sandra smith, hi, john. john: that is putting it it mildly. john robert in washington. good to be with you. this is america reports. the labor department says gdp grew, but experts warn the u.s. is not out of the woods yet and recession is a distinct possibility over the next year. sandra: president biden still trying to capitalize on the rosy picture he keeps painting ahead of midterm elections, painting republicans as the party that will crash the american economy. biden speaking to reporters as he was departing the white house on the way to syracuse saying the gdp report this morning was great and things are looking good. john: you don t h
the reason is simple, russia is for big. ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it s the poorest country in europe. it s got an average annual income that s much lower than albania s. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that s not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it s still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn t just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a re