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
as where the republican contenders are campaigning today. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new details this morning about the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago golf club carried out by federal agents last year after a less redacted version of the search warrant affidavit was made public late yesterday. the newly public portions of of the document reveal that the federal agents investigating trump s connection to classified materials told the judge who signed the search warrant that they were concerned the location of some of the documents were unknown. the affidavit indicates that justice department officials became concerned after viewing security camera video from mar-a-lago that they had obtained from trump s company. the affidavit reveals the video showed a trump employee since identified as aide and former white house valet walt nauta moving
themselves saying this race is over. [ screaming ] i have news for all of them, new hampshire is first in the nation. it is not the last in the nation. [ cheering ] his race is far from over. there are dozens of states left to go. nikki haley vowing to stay in the race, despite a double digit loss to donald trump in new hampshire, after winning the iowa caucuses last week, trump beat haley by just over 11 points in the granite state. president biden, meanwhile, is hitting the campaign trail after cruising to victory in new hampshire without even being on the ballot. play for you portions of his passionate speech focused on the contrasts between himself and the republican frontrunner. it comes as new general election polling out of pennsylvania shows the incumbent president leading trump in the key battleground state. there s the trend going on in pennsylvania, not just with joe biden over the last two polls, willie, we ve also seen it with fetterman, his numbers going
dealings. i have never discussed with my son or brother anything having to do with their businesses, period. take a look at these new allegations from gary chapley, a long-time high ranking nonpolitical irs whistle-blower whose testimony just became public so everyone can now read it. he says hunter biden was protected and shielded from the law in ways that he has never seen in his long career. there s so much in his testimony that is shocking. but let s start here with this alleged message from hunter biden to chinese business man henry zhao who appears to have owed him money. this is a whats app text. i m sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. tell the director that i would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight. and z, if i get a call or tech from anyone involved in this other than you, chang or the chairman, i will make certain that my ability to hold a grudge that
battle ahead could take many more months. plus, just hours from now secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are set to meet with mexican president just as thousands of central american migrants make their way to the united states southern border. we ll break down what this means and the key issues up for discussion. and also ahead the detroit pistons made nba history but for all the wrong reasons. the record they just broke that has everyone talking. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we get right to the news and the israeli military has expanded its ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central gaza. the idf is also focusing on southern gaza s largest city as part of its stated mission to destroy hamas. officials say progress has been made in the north and that troops will continue to, quote, preserve and intensify t