issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. i just want to clear this up once for all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with his son. so why the updated language? which statement is true? or is it semantics and they are both true? as i stated on monday, when i was asked this question multiple times, nothing has changed. nothing has changed. nothing has changed on this. and so you can ask me a million different ways on this quest
what are top cops saying about the disturbing scene. and decision time. will president biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of americans, and if he does that, might that make inflation worse? an announcement could be days away. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our world lead and the mystery of who murdered russian propagandist darya dugina, the daughter of russian writer alexander dugin. an imperialist who things russia should occupy all of europe, not just ukraine, extending from ireland to serbia. dugin watched from a different car as his 29-year-old daughter was exploded look with her toyota that burst into flames 20 miles west of moscow on saturday. fsb claims a ukrainian did it. ukraine insists that s false. russia says a woman who was a member of ukraine s far right azov regimen plotted the attack. they allege this assassin brought her 12-year-old daughter with her into russia and
the global economy is so troubled. we ll explain. next up, iraq. the nation is on the brink of disaster according to its former prime minister. i will talk to him about iraq s struggles, and we will ask two participants whether the iraq war was worth it. an important debate. here s my take, first. finally, it looks like former massachusetts governor mitt romney will win his party s nomination, so republicans are following a familiar pattern. they re nominating the mainstream candidate who has waited his turn, the guy who ran once before. this is the party after all, that had a bush or a dole on its ticket for about 20 years. it s also the party that nominated richard nixon on its presidential ticket five times. republicans don t like surprises. there is something surprise about this primary. it s the charges that are working against romney. see, romney s opponents have tried to change his upward trend at two levels. first, they called him a massachusetts moderate, but is th