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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekday afternoon program, with headlines from around the country and the world, the top stories in national and international news, politics, health, money, the environment, sports and popular culture. The Lead also concentrates on bringing stories that aren't found on front pages—buried leads—to the forefront.
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President Biden hits Russian with dozens of new sanctions; Chauvin invokes 5th amendment right, chooses not to testify; Pfizer CEO: Third vaccine dose likely needed within 6 to 12 months; IG Report: Capitol police ordered to hold back on riot response;

No action on Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers, despite Biden criticizing Trump for lack of response; U.S. confirms Paul Manafort associate gave internal Trump polling data to Russia; Closing arguments start Monday after defense rests; Pulmonology expert: “No, I do not believe” Floyd’s carbon monoxide levels could have been as high as defense proposed; Judge denies prosecution request to introduce evidence that Floyd’s blood showed normal carbon monoxide levels; Juror will be sequestered during ...

Apr 15, 202138 min

Multiple deadly police encounters amid Derek Chauvin trial; George Floyd’s brother testifies in Chauvin trial; U.S. averaging more than three million vaccine shots per day;

Police chief releases body cam video, says he believes officer accidentally discharged gun instead of taser; Three officers shot during police car chase in Georgia; One suspect dead, another in custody following GA police chase; Army lieutenant files lawsuit alleging excessive force by two officers; Police: multiple gunshot victims including a police officer in shooting at high school in Knoxville, TN; Phil Floyd remembers his brother, George: “he just knew how to make people feel better”; Cardi...

Apr 12, 202140 min

Tenth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; Medical examiner: George Floyd’s death was a homicide; Pfizer asks FDA to authorize vaccine for children ages 12-15; House Ethics Committee opens probe into Gaetz;

Medical examiner: I believe heart disease, drugs played role in death; Fauci “not surprised” by small number of fully vaccinated Americans dying from Covid; GOP Congressman calls on Rep. Matt Gaetz to resign; Gaetz to speak at women’s summit today amid sex trafficking probe; 42-year-old volunteer firefighter dies of coronavirus; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 09, 202121 min

Day eight of Chauvin trial testimony focuses on use of force; U.K. variant now most dominant strain in U.S.; Trump denies GOP Rep. Gaetz asked him for a pardon; Biden argues definition of infrastructure is evolving

Unclear what George Floyd said about drugs while detained by police; EU mises first key vaccination target for elderly and health care workers; Biden moves up vaccine deadline, all adults eligible by April 19; Sources: Rep. Gaetz sough preemptive pardon during end of Trump presidency, but request never seriously considered; Mississippi Secy of State decries “woke” students and “uninformed” people being “forced” to vote; “Huddle” illuminates the power of women coming together; One-on-one with Bro...

Apr 07, 202140 min

Sixth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; U.S. vaccinating nearly five times faster than global average; Tensions between GOP & GA-based businesses over voting law;

Chief: Chauvin did not use reasonable force with George Floyd; Chief: Chauvin “absolutely” violated neck restraint policy; MN Rep. Omar: Chauvin trial has “been really traumatizing”; Expert: U.S. at beginning of forth wave of infections; U.S. administers 4M+ shots in one day for first time; Nearly 40,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19; One-on-one with GA Secy of State on new voting law; GA GOP tries to strip Delta of tax credit after CEO blasted voting law; 500+ dead, thousands detained...

Apr 05, 202142 min

New video shows medics trying to revive George Floyd; Paramedic: I thought George Floyd was dead when I arrived; Parents of marine vet held in Russia turn to Biden admin for help;

Paramedic: Even from a distance I could tell George Floyd was unresponsive, not breathing; Floyd’s girlfriend: We both struggled with opioid addiction; Floyd’s girlfriend: His neck injury led to his opioid use; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 01, 202117 min

Eyewitness in tears rewatching video of Floyd incident; Pfizer: vaccine 100% effective in children aged 12-15; President Biden unveils $2T infrastructure proposal

Worker testifies about getting alleged fake bill from Floyd; Pfizer: vaccine 100% effective in children aged 12-15; CDC: Covid-19 was third leading cause of death last year To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 202151 min

Five witnesses who saw Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck testify; Second day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial;

Witness: I stay up at night apologizing to George Floyd; Witnesses to Floyd’s death: “It wasn’t right. He was suffering”; Witness: No violence from bystanders, only from officers; Witness who recorded video of Floyd’s final moments testifies; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 30, 20219 min

First witnesses testify in trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin; This week: Biden to unveil multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan; COVID cases up in 27 states, national average jumps by 16%;

Trial begins for Ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death; Prosecution, defense offer competing causes of death for Floyd; Prosecutors show video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck; Defense: Chauvin “did exactly what he had been trained to do”; First witness is 911 dispatcher who watched Floyd’s death on live video & called police sgt over use of force concerns; Prosecutor: “it’s a homicide. You can believe your eyes.”; Biden: 90% of U.S. adults will be eligible for vaccine by April 19; B...

Mar 29, 202140 min

Biden admin facing surge of unaccompanied children at border; AstraZeneca: vaccine 79% effective against COVID symptoms, 100% effective against severe cases; Fmr prosecutor: sedition charges likely against some rioters;

Number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing U.S.-Mexico border continues to rise; New images show conditions for kids inside border facility; DHS secy: Border “closed but still accepting unaccompanied children; DHS chief won’t give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of accompanied children; Biden says he’ll visit border “at some point”; Biden officials travel to Mexico amid surge of unaccompanied minors crossing border; 4,900 unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody...

Mar 22, 202140 min

Cuomo accuser calls impeachment inquiry cynical and corrupt; Atlanta shooting suspect charged with eight counts of murder; 14 states report new cases at least 10% higher than last week; Biden: Putin “will pay a price” for undermining 2020 election

Cuomo response to Biden: that’s true, if you committed a crime you can be prosecuted; CDC director won’t say if she believes President Trump is responsible for 500,000 American Covid deaths; Biden on vaccine hesitancy: “why don’t you be a patriot and protect other people?”; 14 states report new cases at least 10% higher than last week; CDC: strains first detected in California are “variants of concern”; Biden to would-be migrants: “don’t come… don’t leave your town”; Migrant children staying on ...

Mar 17, 202140 min

President Biden touts “shots in arms and money in pockets”; Growing number of Dems ask Biden to make urgent changes at border; NYC mayor: Cuomo scandals “making it harder to get things done”; CDC: 1 in 5 Americans has gotten at least one vaccine dose;

Biden announces former economic official Gene Sperling will lead implementation of $1.9T stimulus package; Biden, Harris & spouses sell stimulus on “help is here tour”; Biden: local doctors, leaders would be more effective at convincing skeptical Americans about vaccine than Trump; CNN poll: 46% of republicans say they will not try to get a vaccine; Ex-Trump testing czar: Trump and Pence should tell supporters to get a vaccine; U.S. averaging 2.4 million vaccine doses administered per day; S...

Mar 15, 202140 min

CDC green lights some activities for fully vaccinated Americans; Prince Harry & Meghan interview airs in U.K. after 17M+ people watched in U.S.; White House event marking International women’s day;

There are now more Americans fully vaccinated than Americans who have ever been infected with COVID; New daily cases in the U.S. level off around 60,000; CDC recommends no travel even if you are fully vaccinated; CDC guidance: vaccinated Americans can gather without masks, distancing in some situations; U.K. prime minister: no comment on Harry & Meghan interview, says he has “the highest admiration” for the queen; Prince Harry, Meghan: unnamed member of royal family worried about darkness of...

Mar 08, 202148 min

U.S. passes 500,000 COVID-19 deaths; Biden’s AG pick Merrick Garland testifying on Capitol Hill; Supreme Court allows release of Trump tac returns to NY prosecutors;

Garland: I will be a lawyer for the people, not the president; Garland chokes up as he speaks of immigrant family and his desire to pay back the U.S. by serving as Atty General; Garland: will pursue “ring leaders” involved in Capitol attack; Garland: have not discussed Hunter Biden case with president; Garland: I don’t see why Durham should not continue in role investigating origins of Trump-Russia probe; Sources: NY prosecutor expected to have access to Trump tax records within next few days; T...

Feb 22, 202140 min

New cases, hospitalizations declining sharply in the U.S.; Pelosi announces 9/11-type investigation into deadly riot; Trump faces mounting legal trouble dispute impeachment acquittal; Cuomo denies he covered up COVID deaths in nursing homes;

CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; CNN: 89% of U.S. kids live in “red zones” where CDC advises in-person classrooms can stay closed; CDC director: guidance for school reopening developed from the science and conversations with teachers; CDC director: not all schools can take the recommended steps to reopen right now; Researchers identify seven new virus strains in the U.S.; Newly released videos show extreme levels of coordination by g...

Feb 15, 202140 min

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

Impeachment managers finish presenting case, Trump lawyers next; Impeachment managers wrap case after citing Trump’s words, tweets, lack of remorse, danger he still presents To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, 202156 min

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 20211 hr 1 min

Vaccine doses given outnumbered new cases 10-to-1 this week in the U.S.; Biden: I don’t “have the conscience” to agree to smaller bill; GOP plots a path forward after votes expose fractures in party;

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA for emergency use authorization of CVOVID-19 vaccine; CDC to give guidance on schools in coming week; CDC director says schools should re-open, WH says those remarks made in “personal capacity”; New study: convalescent plasma treatment, touted by Trump admin, may have fueled COVID mutation; Biden administration considering sending masks to all Americans; Biden: “can can’t do too much… but we can do too little”; WH “not going to sit here and wait” for GOP on COVID b...

Feb 05, 202140 min

Soon: Biden, Harris to meet with 10 GOP senators on stimulus; Fauci: Biden admin will keep following two-dose vaccine plan; Trump legal team gets overhaul on cusp of senate trial; White House: Biden hopes to sign new exec. actions on immigration tomorrow;

Moderate Sen. Manchin on Harris pushing relief bill with local WV media: “that’s not a way of working together”; WH says they are in touch with Sen. Manchin after he slams VP Harris for doing interviews with WV media; Funding for state & local govts a sticking point in stimulus talks; GOP Sen. Ernst: Trump holds “some responsibility” for Capitol attack, but concerns over trying ex-president; WH: ramping up production of first fully at-home COVID test; NYT: 9 top health officials quit over te...

Feb 01, 202139 min

Biden signs flurry of Executive Orders on racial equality; Senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial; Biden to announce plans to order 200 million more doses of vaccine; State GOP officials push conspiracies, condemn anti-Trump Republicans;

Senators vote 55-45 against questioning trial’s constitutionality; Five GOP Sens. vote with Dems on impeachment procedural vote; GOP Officials in AZ & OR condemn anti-Trump Republicans; Republican party faces reckoning in post-Trump era; CNN KFile: GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019; Source: States will get about 16% more vaccines starting next week; CDC: New study finds very few Covid cases in schools when precautions are in ...

Jan 26, 202140 min

Biden: I think we can get to 1.5 million doses per day; Trump plotted to install loyalist as acting AG to overturn election; Moderna expects vaccine to protect against highly-contagious variants;

Biden pledges to “eliminate the vitriol”; President Biden announces plan to strengthen manufacturing in U.S.; Biden: I think we will be able to vaccine 1.5 million people per day; Senate impeachment trial to begin in two weeks; Sources: Trump wanted to replace acting AG with lawyer who would tell GA officials to halt Biden win certification; Ohio GOP Sen. Portman wont seek re-election in 2022; Pro-trump GOP mobilizing against Rep. Cheney for impeachment vote; 17 GOP senators would have to join D...

Jan 25, 202139 min

President Trump impeached for second time

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Jan 13, 20211 hr 8 min

Insurrection in Washington following Trump encouragement; Biden speaking about U.S. Capitol mob violence; CNN projects Ossoff wins, Democrats gain control of Senate; Trump tells rioters to go home while repeating election lies

Biden to Trump: “step up”; VA Gov. dispatches state police to U.S. Capitol; Woman treated for gunshot wounds on Capitol grounds; DC mayor ordering 6pm curfew To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 06, 20211 hr 1 min

Trump unleashes chaos on his way out the door; December on track to be the deadliest month of the pandemic; House GOP votes against raising stimulus checks to $2,000; Health care workers spend holidays on the front lines;

CNN: Trump has told people Pence isn’t fighting hard enough for him; Dingell: Trump “doesn’t give a damn” about people needing relief; Trump throws nation into turmoil: Pardons allies, upends relief for Americans, vetoes defense bill; New pandemic air travel record with nearly 1.2M flyers Wednesday; U.S. heads into Christmas with 1M+ vaccinated; IHME Model: 567,000+ Covid deaths by April, up from last week; Growing gap between vaccinations delivered vs. administered; Trump sends Congress into sc...

Dec 25, 202043 min

Trump vetoes massive defense bill despite bipartisan support; Officials: second new Covid strain is “more transmissible”; Massacre survivors slam Trump’s pardons for Blackwater guards; Biden says he hasn’t been briefed on suspected Russian hack

Trump unleashes chaos with veto, pardons, stimulus deal objection; Trump does not take reporter questions on his way to Florida after vetoing defense spending bill; Warp Speed using Defense Production Act to get supplies necessary to expand vaccine production; Iraqi foreign minister: Trump’s Blackwater pardons did not consider seriousness of the crimes committed; Arizona rancher: border wall won’t make America more secure; Biden’s plans to stop construction on border wall may be costly and diffi...

Dec 23, 202044 min

Biden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; Michigan congressman leaving the Republican Party; U.S. deaths surpass 300,000 as first Covid vaccinations begin

Biden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; WH Adviser: Trump looking to “long shot” challenge in Congress; The Electoral College is casting its votes for president To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 202046 min

FDA panel to vote on emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; 853,000 Americans file for first-time unemployment benefits

U.S. reports more Covid deaths in one day than Pearl Harbor or 9/11; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; Biden adds more former Obama staffers to his team; New Yorker: “Dianne Feinstein’s missteps raise a painful age question among Senate Democrats”; Critical vaccine meeting happening as U.S. hits 3,000 daily deaths; Poll: 61% of Americans say they would get the vaccine; 12 million Americans will run out of benefits after Ch...

Dec 10, 202045 min

Trump falsely claims he won; Biden vows 100M vaccine doses in 100 days; U.S. tops 15 million COVID cases, record 102K hospitalizations; Senate Dems slam GOP for allowing discredited vaccine sceptic to testify at COVID hearing;

Trump falsely claims he won the election during vaccine event; NYT: Trump admin turned down Pfizer’s offer to buy more vaccine doses months ago; Source: Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis tests positive for COVID-19; Biden’s goals for first 100 days: 100 million vaccine doses, universal mask wearing, reopen schools; President-elect Biden introduces key members of his health team; Biden team to meet with operation warp speed officials Thursday; Pfizer vaccine may give some protection after just first dose;...

Dec 09, 202045 min
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