And make up your own mind. What we try to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and a cast of characters is make this as easily digestible and understandable as possible. For lawyers, and nonlawyers alike. We understand there are various rationales for the decisions made. As part of that mission we tried in this hour to explain some of the choices. And the implications for all of these delies. And we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hour long special. We really appreciate it. Im melissa marie. Im andrew weissnan. Goodnight. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. We are 235 days away from the election. We have a very special night cap we will get to in a moment featuring an amazing lineup of Student Journalists. We start with the news of the day. Fulton coupty Da Fani Willis will remain on the trump case. The judge ruled she could stay if nathan wade, the prosecutor, stepped down. Wade in fact did just that. Here is my colleague Blayne Alexander w
The sleeves up because we are 235 days away from the election. Every day we are getting closer. The stakes get even higher. This week President Biden and donald trump wrapped up their primaries and other presumptive nominees. At the same time, all four criminal trials against trump are facing even more delays. In georgia, District Attorney forney willis can proceed with her case. With that, lets bring in our night and get ready because i could not be more excited about who is joining because they are the future stars of journalism in this country. Four outstanding Student Journalists from across the nation who have done amazing work. They have not in and graduated from college yet. Get ready to feel like you are and under performer. Theo baker, former spotlight editor at the stanford daily. The youngest ever recipient of the prestigious polk award. You have seen him before. Caitlin 80 joins us. Editor at the daily tar heel. The Student Newspaper at the university of North Carolina in c
plagiarism? what we are learning today from harvard insiders. plus, the deadly airport runway inferno. two lanes collide, five on one jet nearly killed, 400 escaped alive. how did the planes and up on the runway in the first place? and the senior member of hamas assassinated at an explosion in beirut. is the situation in the middle east about to get even worse? happy new year, and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start out with raking news. harvard university s claudine gay is stepping down as president, resigning after just about six months on the job. the student journalist who broke the story of her stepping down for the harvard crimson newspaper noted that this is the shortest presidential tenure in harvard s august history. it has been quite a tumultuous month for the now former present. when asked for calling for the genocide of would violate harvard campuses code of conduct. yes or no. it can be, depending on the context. from that, to multiple allega
detroit news. apparent recordings of donald trump himself in 2020 allegedly pressuring to election officials in michigan not to sign the certification of joe biden s victory. plus, the special counsel strikes back, urging the supreme court to immediately consider trump immunity claims, as his former lawyer, rudy giuliani files for by cropsey, hours after being ordered to pick election workers for lies he told for trump. will he pay up? giuliani s attorneys are here. even more accusations of plagiarism against harvard embattled president. the two student journalist who broke the story joining us this hour. kaitlan collins is off tonight, i m brianna keilar, and this is the source. we begin with breaking news. there is brand-new work reporting on another recording of a phone call allegedly made by donald trump in 2020, pressuring local election officials. this time in michigan, on november 17th 2020, two weeks after he had lost the presidential election in that states by
i m boris sanchez. and i m paula reid. it is great to be with you. great to be with you as well. i was looking at amara walker s social media. looks like she is skiing somewhere with her family. great for her. and there is a lot to get to. here is some of what we re watching for this morning. wake up, wake up, your house is flooded. and i looked on the ground and there was a flood. he seems to be in a good food fo mood for a natural disaster. california was soaked with another storm and prompted evacuations. would we have the latest on where the severe weather is headed next. and overall we ve created more jobs in two years than any administration has created in their first four years. president biden takes a victory lap following a strong jobs report. where we re seeing those jobs. plus the stunning bank collapse that has some small business owners wondering how they will pay their employees. and in politics, testing the waters. presidential hopefuls swarming i