Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper this hour, a forceful moment today from the israeli ambassador to the United Nations trying to get the world holds attention about atrocities of war against israel. The rape cannot continue. The Sexual Violence cannot continue hamas must be eliminated rapist mass murder, and must never be given a free pass by the un. And terror cannot, can never be tolerated hey underscoring that he says acts of Sexual Violence by hamas, including raping women held hostage, have not stopped. What the Ambassador Says needs to happen before any kind of ceasefire between israel and hamas can be reconsidered. Plus the election days so big it goes by Super Tuesday. Were on the cusp of it primary contests in 16 states plus American Samoa cant forget them. Why tomorrow means so much, no matter which date you may live in. And leading this hour. Efforts to take donald trump off 2024 ballots in maine, in illinois, and colorado now shut down that in the wake of todays unanimous
flaws. indeed there s none who is righteous, no not one as the good book teaches. then we went through a phase where we wanted someone we could relate to, someone likable, someone we wouldn t mind sharing a drink or a meal with. being fun or likable is not the same as being competent. we don t pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we don t pick an accountant based on his or her sense of humor. we pick the person with the most talent and experience and character and ability, the person who would be the most competent at doing the job. now it seems our politics leans towards someone who captures our frustration, our angst, disappointment, anger, and fear, someone who can list the grievances, someone who provides a reflection of where we are, but not necessarily where we should be heading. do we really need someone to tell us where we are? wouldn t we be better served with someone telling us how to get where we want to go. as we reflect on the my
on vacation, this time ate in a very sunny tropical, lush destination. a full report straight ahead. but first, let s begin with joe biden s unyielding commitment co free speech. he loves the to free speech. he loves the first amendment. here is press secretaryre s p karine jean-pierre with more. takree a look at this.rine-j eahour. h support for free speechupport and free press is well documented. just twitter, as you know, is a private company and they will make their own decision. so content moderation. but our support again for free press and free speech has been well documented. and so i ll leave it there.il okay, that that s laughable.s obviously, in reality, the documents tell a dramatically different story and a new batch of internalerna twitter files published by david zweig show that the biden white house frequently attempted to strongen arm social media platform into censoring speech, especially surrounding covid-19. here s a quote, the biden teamte was very
so the first and most important thing people can do is go out and get vaccinated. that will keep people, kids, adults, everybody out of the hospital at very high rates. that is probably the most important thing. and then we know how to manage rsv. most children, most adults, relatively mild. small somebody of kids that get sick from it, we can take care of it. we need to make sure the beds are open for children which is why it is important to protect yourself from influenza and covid as well. are we going to be seeing makeshift hospitals or wards for children this winter? i hope not. we re seeing a lot of rsv right now. my hope is that turns around. what worries me is if we then add in influenza and covid on top of that, that s where we can get into trouble, but we don t have to. we can t control everything, but there are things we can control. the two most important things now are going out and getting the influenza shot, the flu shot and getting the new updated covid sh
of a mass shooting. this one at an elementary school. in about a half an hour, we expect an update from greg abbott on yesterday s shooting at rob elementary school. police say the shooter, armed with an ar-style rifle and wearing the type of vest tactical teams use, entered the school, barricaded himself in a classroom, and opened fire. police say they eventually had to break windows to evacuate other students and staffers. as investigators continue to piece together what transpired, they re learning more about the suspect himself. they have identified him as 18-year-old uvalde resident. no friend or girlfriend that we can identify. it s hard to identify what caused or sent this individual to, you know, complete this heinous act, this evil act. it shows you pure evilness with this individual going into a school, barricading himself inside a classroom, and shooting children and teachers. meanwhile, in washington flags are flying at half-staff outside the white house the d