execution. up week later a judge makes a key ruling on the body cam video in the shooting of andrew brown jr. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with the politics lead. an extraordinary move that had to have been approved by the highest levels of the u.s. department of justice. sources telling cnn that law enforcement officials today raided the new york city apartment and office of rudy giuliani who was president trump s personal attorney, of course. this raid first report by the new york times included agents seizing giuliani s electronics devices to advance the criminal investigation into the former new york city mayor. it s unusual to say the least for prosecutors to execute a search warrant on an attorney because theoretically that could uncover privileged attorney-client information. keep in mind since 2019 cnn has been reporting that the feds were investigating giuliani s lobbying activities in ukraine while he was also simultaneously trump s perso
africa, and so far several other places such as belgium, hong kong, and israel have confirmed cases. in europe, travel restrictions are being weighed against seven african countries, six of those being added to the uk s red list. all flights from those locations suspended. today the world health organization meets to determine how they should classify the new variant. meanwhile, dr. anthony fauci says despite there being no indication the variant is in the u.s., we need to be prepared to take proactive measures. first of all, you want to find out if, in fact, it does evade the vaccines that we have. there s always the possibility of doing what the uk has does, namely black travel from south africa and related countries. we don t know that. that s certainly something you think about and get prepared to do. you re prepared to do everything you need to do to protect the american public, but you want to make sure there s a basis for doing that and that s what we re doing right
easy to understand why. above all, never lose faith in america. its faults are yours to fix not the curse. america is a family. there may be difference and disputes within the family but we must not allow the family to be brokeen into warring factions. from the diversity of our people, let us draw strength and not see weakness. believe in america with all your heart and soul, with all of your mind, remember that it remains the last best hope of earth. powell would go on to serve as secretary of state under george w. bush. his influence did not diminish after he left that administration as a republican. recall the seismic effect of his words in the leadup to the 2008 election. i think he is a transformational figure. he is a new generation coming into the onto the world stage, onto the american stage. for that reason, i will be voting for senator barack obama. it was a political earthquake. after decades spent providing counsel to some of the most powerful people on
forces, also in the programme, chinese made surveillance cameras in british officers, high streets, and even government buildings. the bbc s panorama has investigated security flaws involving the two top brands. and broadband in the usa. joe biden has been outlining his plans for internet infrastructure across america. with me on the panel for the next hour is miles taylor, a republican and former official at the department of homeland security, and lord kim darroch, a former british diplomat who served as the british ambassador to the us from 2016 2019. who served as the british ambassador to the us from 2016 2019. but first, russian tv has broadcast an address by president vladimir putin late on monday evening in which he gives his version of what appeared to be a mutiny led by the head of the wagner group, which had been fighting alongside the russian army in ukraine. the speech was broadcast late on monday evening and was apparently recorded in moscow. in it, he said st
water continues to surge down the dnipro river, which divides russian and ukrainian controlled territory, and thousands of people have been moved from their homes in the region of kherson. ukrainians and russians are blaming each other for the damage. water levels are still rising rapidly, and ukraine s prime minister has urged the united nations, the international red cross and other agencies to act immediately to help those in areas controlled by russian occupiers. president zelensky says hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have been left without drinking water. emergency services are searching far and wide for people stranded by the floods. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports from kherson. this eastern bank of the dnipro river is currently a no man s land. neither russia nor ukraine control here. now, no one can live here. the ukrainian army drone spotted catalina trapped in her home. they tried to drop her water no luck. her son then makes the crucial cat