several democratic officials. then a new discovery about a revolutionary weight loss drug. patients say it actually helps curb other addictions such as smoking or drinking. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. the first public reaction from former president donald trump in response to cnn s blockbuster reor thing, since matched by the new york times and washington post, in his classified documents case. mr. trump refused to directly answer questions about a recording now in the hands of federal prosecutors where trump is said to be talking about classified materials he kept in his possession after leaving the white house. but the former president did go after those investigators with his usual complaints of being a victim of a witch hunt. in moments i ll be joined by trump s former lawyer, tim parm tory who left the legal team a few weeks ago and played a key role in the classified documents investigation. first, we ll start
it s the top of the hour in cnn newsroom. we re following multi-. concerns about that chinese spy balloon hovering over the u.s. secretary blinken just postponed his stop in china. the pentagon is about the size of three buses. it s huge. it was spotted soaring over montana at 60,000 feet. just moments ago the balloon was spotted over columbia, missouri. the national weather service tweeted these images of what they say is a large balloon in the kansas city area. despite growing calls to shoot it down, for now president biden is opting against that. the chinese are saying it s a weather balloon that blew off course. we re aware of the statement. the fact is we know it s a surveillance balloon. i can t be more specific than that. we know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law which is unacceptable. we ve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us abo
word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. as he said, and i thought to myself, is that not the horse medicine? have i ve been getting it wrong? it s all in the category of stuff that was not supposed to be talked about during covid. it s all stuff that has nothing to do with the curing you if you have covid. it s for other things, and it s in that box in my mind. i do not want any horses to be given the wrong medication. as you know, we take our health care very cc. as we should. and also the truth. thank you for that. i appreciate it. have yourself a great weekend, we ll see you next week. you too, ali. ek donald trump has spent six years stress testing our democracy, our laws, our norms, our sense of decency and today, two years after he left the white house and disgrace after his failed attempt to overturn joe biden s presidential victory, he s likely to test us again. donald trump is out of power and facing legal and financial peril for which he believes running
and also the truth. thank you for that. i appreciate it. have yourself a great weekend, we ll see you next week. you too, ali. donald trump has spent six years stress testing our democracy, our laws, our norms, our sense of decency and today, two years after he left the white house and disgrace after his failed attempt to overturn joe biden s presidential victory, he s likely to test us again. donald trump is out of power and facing legal and financial peril for which he believes running for public office concealed him. his hasty presidential announcement in november, nunes before marco island as a special prosecutor to investigate him. all this pressure that trump is facing is likely to make him more desperate to recapture his position and our attention with these same fluid in the zone playbook, lies, hateful rhetoric, undercutting democracy, he s been doing it at a breakneck pace online over the last few days. a church in florida called donald trump out for doing j
to pay the bills. they will need to reach a deal with the new house republican majority by early june. otherwise, the u.s. will default on debt payments for the first time ever. at the white house yesterday, president kateri discussed a potential meeting between the president and speaker mccarthy. the president is looking forward to meeting with speaker mccarthy. we have been very clear about where we stand when it comes to the debt ceiling. i have been clear, the president has been clear. it should not be used as a political football. we have nbc news correspondent standing by for us. julie, what more can you tell us about this debt ceiling flight? they immediately responded on twitter to that invitation. president biden, i accept your invitation to sit in and discuss the irresponsible government spending. i m told no official meeting date or time has been set. this is for the continued public back and forth between mccarthy in president biden. we will sit down, we w