Young people involved a pass. We have looked you dont come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs. And bring in 80s and bring other disruptive items. We believe there was some outside influencers that may have had attempted to aggravate the situation. Dana eerily similar to the looting of a gas station in chicago by a group of teens but the citys mayor also seems willing to make excuses. I talk about mob actions i didnt say that. These large gatherings hold on a second. I promise you we have time to talk. Its important that we speak of these dynamics in an appropriate way, that is not to obfuscate what is taking place. To refer to children as baby al capone is not appropriate to. Dana is crime rate just out of control people take matters into their own hands. Police say they are investigating a wild incident involving two 7eleven employees that thwarted a robbery and one of whom beat the thief with a stick and you saw that story on fox. Blaming outside agitators when thousands of
Other throwing smoke bombs and fireworks. Mayor eric adams taking some heat after appearing to give the young people involved a pass. We have looked you dont come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs. And bring in 80s and bring other disruptive items. We believe there was some outside influencers that may have had attempted to aggravate the situation. Dana eerily similar to the looting of a gas station in chicago by a group of teens but the citys mayor also seems willing to make excuses. I talk about mob actions i didnt say that. These large gatherings hold on a second. I promise you we have time to talk. Its important that we speak of these dynamics in an appropriate way, that is not to obfuscate what is taking place. To refer to children as baby al capone is not appropriate to. Dana is crime rate just out of control people take matters into their own hands. Police say they are investigating a wild incident involving two 7eleven employees that thwarted a robbery and one of whom
legal strategy from donald trump s defense and classified documents case. his attorneys are asking the judge for a lengthy delay of his trial. judge cannon who will oversee the case from federal court in fort pierce, florida, had originally said in august trial date, and special counsel jack smith asked for december. late last night, trump s lawyers submitted a 12 page filing, requesting the trial be delayed until after the presidential election. the filing says that trump is, quote currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy, and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. trump s team also implied that the case was political, calling it, quote, a prosecution advanced by the administration of a sitting president against his chief political rival, himself, a leading candidate for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administrat
defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administration. so far we ve gotten no response from judge cannon or the justice department. meanwhile, today, a georgia judge selected two new grand juries. they are likely to be tasked with deciding when to bring election interference charges against trump. fulton county d. a., fani willis, her investigation has been underway for over two years. these new jurors will be the latest panel to examine evidence in that case. remember, this all started back in a regular grand jury for district attorney fani willis was presenting witnesses who were willing to come in without being subpoenaed. there were lots of witnesses who were resisting those kinds of voluntary appearances. and she empaneled a special grand jury with the subpoena power. now, she is going to be heading back to a regular grand jury, that being the grand jury with the power to indict. the new grand juries will b