the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here s at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and why did it take a reporter asking about it for us to hear about it fully 11 minutes into a white house press conference. questions will be asked of the top republican on the armed services committee. key democrat on the senate foreign relations committee tim kaine. they are both here and how will our relationship would try to play out in the 2024 campaign? maybe it already is. new hampshire repub
texas state senator roland gutierrez is here. this is american voices. hello everyone, i am julian castro, in for alicia menendez. we start this hour with that mountain of evidence recovered from mar-a-lago and the worrying signs from some top secret some top secret files may still be missing. the justice department sharing a detailed inventory of former president trump stash, showing he took more than 11,000 government documents for the white house. that includes more than 100 classified records and dozens of empty folders also marked classified. we don t know why the photos were empty. we also don t know who has the documents that are supposed to be inside them, but we do know that trump has a habit of hiding how the sensitive material from the doj, even former attorney general bill barr says trump, quote, this even federal prosecutors. in fact, barr argues that trump should not have had the documents in the first place. people say that this was unprecedented, well, i
plus, buckle up. gas prices hitting a hideous high, but it s the prediction for the next ten days that may be even scarier. and a jury finds both johnny depp and amber heard liable for defamation, though let s be honest. depp won this trial. the significance of it all, beyond the gossip, spectacle, and social media snark. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and no clear answer in uvalde, texas, as to whether the chief who told cops to not storm the classroom where the shooter was during the massacre is actually cooperating with investigators. cnn s shimon prokupecz caught up with the police chief pete arredondo this morning. he insisted he s been in contact with the texas department of public safety every day, he says, but just last night, dps officials said arredondo had not responded to the request for a follow-up interview about his actions or lack thereof during last tuesday s massacre. today, uvalde is saying its final good-byes
hostages believed to be held in gas ga sa has gone up to 240. this comes as israeli troops and tanks push deeper into the gaza strip. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is rejecting calls for a cease fire and refusing to halt the ground and air assault to wipe out hamas. calls for a cease fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. the bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. this is a time for war. the israeli military tells cnn special forces operation was able to rescue a hostage held in northern gaza. she is an idf soldier who was kidnapped during the october 7th terror attack. this is video of the emotional reunion, that s her with her grandmother. meanwhile on the ground in gaza, the idf says troops have been battling terrorist cells armed with machine guns and anti-tank missiles. israeli forces advance, hamas released a new hostage video of three israeli women
oldest, the smallest in the least ready it has ever been and its entire history. if you take out the ghost other dod agencies, the air force has been underfunded for 30 years in a row. there needs to be a wake-up call to rebuild our air forces. prince general thank you very much of your service to this country that goes without saying. general david deptula all this. maybe the next commander in chief a lot of people are interested in the job for nikki haley s pointed view a campaign run this week. i wonder what chris sununu isng thinking the a same thing alonge with dozens of other republicans. republicans. more after . and that s. how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. i m feeling better. body pain? headache?