New York is known for its theater and there was quite a lot of drama there today.

The lead starts right now.

World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues

of our time, casting Russia's Vladimir Putin as global villain number one while fighting

against waning support for Ukraine.

And here in DC, a moderate-house Republican calling his party a quote, clown show while

infighting and name-calling, doing nothing to solve the more immediate problem a federal

government set to shut down in just 12 days.

Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward,

police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault against the disgrace

committee. Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. The

world lead dominates the week with so much poke focus on foreign policy right now at the

United Nations. This also comes against major accusations by one democracy.

Canada accusing another democracy, India, of directing an assassination on Canadian sovereign

territory. We'll dive into that democracy versus democracy action in a bid.

It also ahead Florida Governor Ron DeSantis coming out swinging against Donald Trump

on one of the most contentious election issues for Republican voters.

We'll discuss that with one of the biggest names in conservative talk radio,

who's also calling somehow Republicans hypocrites for their personal behavior.

Plus this hour, we're going to talk to the Hollywood a-lister who was in the room and then

the bunker in Ukraine when bombs started falling. We'll see how he documented it.

But first, a daunting United Nations agenda is the world faces the highest number of

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