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
probably better than any that i ve seen. but when you talk to advisors to zelenskyy, two ukrainian officials, do they believe president biden when he says still there completely still there are thoroughly look, i think they do and they have to because they know that their survival and their success depends on the goodwill and the large of their allies in america is the biggest in terms of providing weapons. europe has been the biggest in terms of providing financial and other kinds of a but this is a fight in which everybody is all in or at least must be as ukraine keeps saying, we are not asking you to come here. unlike getting rid of the third reich when you send your own men and women boots on the ground, that is not what we re asking you to do. we just want the means and we will fight, but we can cannot fight for us or for you with our hands half tied behind our backs and i do think that this this these two days of meetings with zelenskyy in this atmosphere sharpened
with the kurds was cowardly and wrong and unamerican and now we look terrible and we don t have any guarantee of allies to fight against isis, who you just enhanced. chris, i guess you approve of men and women being in syria under our military banner and doing that without congressional authority. that s my fundamental objection. i ve been asking you guys to do your jobs are you haven t. you didn t speak out against this president when he bombed? syr syria. i don t know what this genuine belief is in terms of consistency. you did a double wrong here. i appreciate that judgment but what i will say, when you re bombing, seeking intelligence, thattes differe e that s different than putting men and women boots on the ground. true but they re both military first the only time the president can do it himself is imminent plthreat to us and tha bombing didn t qualify. you didn t say anything. and i m going to continue to