the supreme court for more than two decades and was at the center of some of the most impactful decisions impacting the lives of all americans. thank you for joining us. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. team trump just took out its first new hampshire ad against nikki haley. the lead starts now. by this time, next month, we will know if the polls are right. do you hear that sound? that s the sound of us surging. this hour i will speak with haley s biggest supporter in new hampshire where she has got to stop trump if she wants to be president, plus democratic senator john fetterman from pennsylvania will be here taking headlines and waves in his party for backing israel wholeheartedly, pushing border security, and saying he s not a progressive. what is going on? and the volcanic eruption creating warnings and wonder around the world. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. off the top are live images of that incredible volcanic eruption in iceland. the largest
von hilliard. 2:00 p.m. eastern andrew mitchell picks up the coverage right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports the white house with a strong message to israel s prime minister. scaled-down, large-scale offensive in gaza after thousands of civilian deaths. all i will say is we had an intent detailed conversation on this transition and i can t share publicly the details of that because again if i laid out for you either what i thought the is really right now or what i am inking that would just give fodder to the enemy. also this hour new hampshire s republican government governor on his decision to back nikki haley for president ahead of his state critical primary contest and on the backlash from president trump. rudy giuliani s financial fate in the hands of a d.c. jury that could award tens of millions of dollars in damages to two georgia election workers who the different disgraced former attorney publicly defamed asus claims about election fraud. go
a record tenth australian open, beating greece s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets in the final. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury
the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zaha