troops. how many more sparks can this powder keg take. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the politics lead. it is official, secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the president of ukraine this week in kiev. arriving after the top diplomat there, bill taylor who testified in the impeachment inquiry was encouraged to leave his post. and as we learn new details about the white house efforts to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to ukraine to at least in part push ukraine to commence an investigation that might help president trump political has admitted in emails obtained by the new york times mulvaney asked about with holding the aid nearly a month before that now infamous trump/ukraine conversation and only to be cautioned by one to say expect congress to become unhinged and a known meeting with top security officials trying to convince him to release the aid arguing it was in the best interest of the united states, ome only
thousand words. trump is right, which is why i like to look presented by toyota, let s go places. welcome to cbs this morning. john tully came up to me and said i used to hit tennis balls with charlie when i was 14. he sang me the charlie rose theme song. he sang it with gusto and asked me the question everybody has been asking all of us. when is he coming back. we are happy to report to you today, drum roll please, he ll be back at this table starting monday sitting in that chair. he underwent open heart surgery on february 9th to replace his aortic valve. everything went great. he s been resting up the last few weeks. he wrote this note, do you remember this, he said i look forward to seeing you in march. true to his word he will be back here on monday. that s so exciting. by all accounts, looks better than ever. that is so true. he looks like a ralph lauren ad or looks like he stepped off a tennis court. you ve seen him, too, norah. had lunch with him. he
video will help lead them to suspects. but first, your world in 90 seconds. i wish i could come up with another word. it is pathetic. not on is it sad, it is a real threat to this country and the world. do you believe co 2 is the primary control knob for climate? i would not believe it a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. this is the closest we will ever get to repealing replacing bla replacing obamacare. big story after the storm is going to be the arctic blast of air that comes in. police have arrested a man with an ax in germany. the country s first woman leader was thrown out of office. it ends in a social media circus. this is crazy as hell. in san francisco, a freeway face-off. a group of biographers caught punching and kicking an ub are driver. and a little girl literally blown away by the wind in ohio. and all that matters great news for trump. he finally has someone in his administration who is actually supposed to me
suspects. but first, your world in 90 seconds. i wish i coulde com up with another word. it is pathetic. not on is it sad, it is a real threat to this country and the world. do you believe co 2 is the primary control knob for climate? i would not believe it a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacblingar replacing obamacare. big story after the storm is going to be the arctic blast of air that comes in. police have arrested a man with an the country s first woman leader was thrown out of office. it ends in a social media circus. this is crazy as hell. in san francisco, a freeway face-off. a group of biographers caught punching and kicking an ub are driver. and a little girl literally blown away by the wind in ohio. and all that matters great news for trump. he finally has someone in his administration who is actually supposed to meet with the russians. the president an
even bother. how so? we know that republican senator lindsey graham wants the impeachment process to, quote, die quickly. and the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, also said the impeachment case will be dead on arrival. one way or another, history will be made this week, and both sides are digging in. also on tonight s show, the next democratic lineup is set, but as you can see here, there will be no black or brown faces on that stage. we ll talk to a supporter of mayor buttigieg, pete buttigieg, and ask about how he plans to earn the trust of black voters. and later, reverend jesse jackson will join me live in studio. he has a new book coming out that you all have to read. but of course we ll get things started with impeachment and the upcoming house vote. joining me to discuss that is someone who will be voting on the articles of impeachment this week, democratic congresswoman karen bass. she s a member of the judiciary committee and the chairperson of the congression