defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
their home but also the wedding venue business, having guns, pointing guns outside their trucks and cars as they drove past and found bullet casings on their grounds. they were inundated with threats to the point where at one point a local fbi agent alerted ray to the fact there were credible threats against ray on the dark web, and even rickey shiffer who was the man who attacked the fbi office in cincinnati, ohio, referred to ray epps in his truth social biography. he began a focal point for the right-wing conspiracy theories and it took off and viewers began harassing and threatening both. mr. ray asked fox for a retraction in march. what was fox s response? we did not receive a response to that request, and then after an airing of a 60 minutes
residents in north nottinghamshire are campaigning against plans for a solar farm. the proposal, if approved, could occupy up to six hundred acres of open land in the village of gringley on the hill. developers claim the panels could generate enough clean energy to power 160,000 homes. local residents are concerned about the effect on the local landscape. tom ingall reports. this field, around here. cleaner than coal, but solar power can still generate strong feelings. pat has run a wedding venue business here for two decades. she hasjust found out a new solarfarm could come right up to her fence. what do you think the impact will be with the solar screens? well, i won t be doing the business. i don t think i could because i can t sell that when, really, i ve sold it as a picture. you know, and i m passionate about it. up to 600 acres between gringley on the hill and clayworth could be covered by a.5 metre high solar panels. and this is just one of four