the supreme court for more than two decades and was at the center of some of the most impactful decisions impacting the lives of all americans. thank you for joining us. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. team trump just took out its first new hampshire ad against nikki haley. the lead starts now. by this time, next month, we will know if the polls are right. do you hear that sound? that s the sound of us surging. this hour i will speak with haley s biggest supporter in new hampshire where she has got to stop trump if she wants to be president, plus democratic senator john fetterman from pennsylvania will be here taking headlines and waves in his party for backing israel wholeheartedly, pushing border security, and saying he s not a progressive. what is going on? and the volcanic eruption creating warnings and wonder around the world. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. off the top are live images of that incredible volcanic eruption in iceland. the largest
millimeter mortar rounds landed inside the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. gillian: iran-backed forces hit 75 times in the last two months. we will bring you developments as they come in. my son has done nothing wrong. i trust him, i have faith in him. my son did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. did not do a single thing wrong as everybody has investigated. one single bit of evidence, not one little tiny bit to say anything done was wrong. john: well, president biden has defended his son for years, but now new legal trouble has emerged for hunter biden. nine federal charges for alleged tax crimes. good friday afternoon to you, i m john roberts. nice to spend it with you. gillian: you as well, john. gillian turner in for sandra. this is america reports . three of the nine charges are felonies that carry up to 17 years in prison if convicted. according to the indictment filed in california by special counsel david weiss, hunter failed to pay nearly $1.5 million in
an end here in new york city. defense team expected to call an accounting professor as an expert witness. so the president may take questions from reporters before going inside and if that happens, we shall bring it to you. first the fireworks from last night. nikki haley, she caves any time the left comes after her. any time the media comes after her. he continues to lie about my record. the only person for fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. he has insulted nicki highlyy s basic intelligence. not her positions, her basic intelligence. bill: wow, tough night in alabama. republicans honing in on nikki haley while largely ignoring the elephant in the room that wasn t in the room. good morning, everybody. thursday. hope you are having a good day. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we re ever closer to the first votes in iowa. bill: yes, we are. dana: that was the final debate before the iowa caucuses. the brunt of
university leaders. free speech is an important part of enlightened self-governance but so is learning the american principles and holding true to those values. there is a difference between rights and what is right. it is sad and disappointing and heartbreaking that after an atrocious terrorist act against the nation of israel and against its people, we can t call it for what it is. dana: senator kirsten gillibrand will join us for reaction to rampant anti-semitism on campus and the mind blowing response of presidents. we ll talk to the u.n. ambassadors about the war and the miracle of hanukkah. bill: the story is moving and changing by the day at harvard. good morning, there. good morning, bill and dana. leading politicians and we just showed some of the leading academics across the country are joining the core use of voices including students and donors with their loud denouncements of the december monies given by presidents of mitt, harvard and u penn after stefan
assaulted in the library by a fellow student while i was wearing an american israeli flag and having my attacker roam freely throughout the campus. bill: remarkable testimony. jewish students accusing colleges of ignoring rampant anti-semitism. the presidents of three american universities trying to defend themselves on the hill. lawmakers not buying it. that s where we start today midweek. it s wednesday, bill hemmer. good morning to you. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be with you again. a lot half en yesterday. the hearing was in response to a surge of pro-palestinian and anti-israel protests erupted on campuses in more than two dozen states and some turned violent. [shouting] bill: some protestors calling for the mass murder of jews. lawmakers grilling the president of harvard on that very issue asking whether or not she was okay with hate speech. doctor, a harvard student calling for the mass murder of african-americans is not free