democratic money is freezing up on president biden for lead starts right now 90 million is reportedly being withheld from democratic efforts to keep the white house, as long as president biden stays on the top of the ticket, this along with more house democrats calling on president biden to step down from the campaign. and a blunt message from their leader minority leader hakeem jeffries, who met with biden right after last night s news conference plus only on the lead, our exclusive one-on-one with a brand new uk prime minister. what he said about his interactions with the president and his thoughts on donald trump and his relationship with king charles the third, after some not so kind words about the monarchy in his history. and a major shakeup in the alec baldwin trial, the actor s attorneys now accusing prosecutors of trying to hide evidence welcome to the lead i m jake tapper for the biden campaign. these are quote, bad effing weeks unquote those colorful words from b
i am totally going to launder my blazer because that s going to be a big day. yeah. because that might be what we chat about friday night. i don t think so. katie benner is the soundtrack to the survival of democracy. we re getting most of our information from her. i m curious about one thing she said to you about the ig report of necessity is methodical and thorough and could take a year. and as you get more information about the fact that this was a plan, this insurrection attempt this coup attempt was a real plan, how do we even translate that? how do we sit around and wait for a year for a inspector general s report about the fact that donald trump was calling up people and saying, flip this election for me? right, exactly. i mean, there s a i appreciate the sort of balance that she s talking about, that when you are talking about people having committed crimes in a political context in this case trying to overthrow the government, keep somebody in power, we don t
schools open and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have. i have four young children. and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. on the political front at home we are getting another account of the lengths to which the former president was willing to go in order to hold on to power. katie benner of the new york times was first on the board with reporting about the testimony of a former u.s. attorney in atlantic. he testified before the senate judiciary committee. the times reports b.j. told lawmakers his abrupt resignation in january had been prompted by the justice department officials warning that president trump intended to fire him for refusing to say that widespread voter fraud had been found in georgia. and the washington post now reporting that extrump attorney rudolph giuliani who took trump s elections fraud claims to court and failed told federal agents in 2018 it was okay to throw a
insurrection attempt, was a real plan, how do we even translate that, how do we sit around and wait a year for inspector general s report about the fight that donald trump was calling up people and saying flip this election for me? exactly. i appreciate the balance that she s talking about that when you re talking about people having committed crimes in the political context, in this case overthrowing the government, and keeping somebody in power, we don t criminalized politics. you can commit a crime in a political context, but it has to be approached so much that if you get voted out of office you end up in jail, that has to only happen if you are definitely a crook committing crimes while you are a politician. and so there is a balance that has to be found, but merrick garland has a justice department where all of these former high ranking officials may have participated in very serious crimes, and the justice department has to self police its own officials in a way to
our schools open, and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have, i have four young children, and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. on the political front here at home we are getting get another account of the links to which the former president was willing to go in order to hold on to power. katie benner of the new york times will join us in just a moment was first on the board tonight with reporting about the testimony of a former u.s. attorney, in atlanta, he testified before the senate judiciary committee. the times reports, b. j. pak told lawmakers quote, it is abrupt resignation in january had been prompted by justice department officials warning the president intended to fire him for refusing to say that widespread voter fraud had been found in georgia. and the washington post now reporting that ex trump attorney rudy giuliani who till trump s election fraud claims to court and failed told