We continue our special, three-hour edition of The Lead, as Jake and a bevy of guests discuss the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 26 min
In hour #1 of a special, three-hour edition of The Lead, Jake and a bevy of guests discuss the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 08, 2022•37 min
The Washington Post reports FBI agents found nuclear documents at Mar-a-Lago, material so secret that only a tight circle knew they even existed. So, why were those documents there? Plus, former Russian spies, operatives who defected from the Kremlin’s secret service agency, tell all about the inner workings of the FSB. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min
CNN obtained a new video showing a fraudulent Trump elector escorting operatives into an elections office on the same day a voting machine at that very office was breached. Authorities are now investigating whether this is yet another coordinated effort to subvert the democratic process. Plus, explosive wildfires out west, major flooding on the east coast, and fear of blackouts due to record heat. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 19 min
A judge sided with former President Donald Trump allowing a special master to sift through documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago, forcing a major delay in the Justice Department’s case. Plus, President Biden is on the road with a midterm message to voters in key swing states just 64 days out from Election Day. Then, a billionaire’s granddaughter was abducted on a jog. Police say they know who is responsible but they just don’t know where she is. To learn more about how CNN protects listener ...
Sep 05, 2022•40 min
As we wait for a judge to decide whether to appoint a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago, we have just learned that the FBI recovered empty folders that were marked as classified, raising a host of new questions. Then, the unemployment rate edges up. Plus, climate change is reshaping the landscape of flood zones. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 02, 2022•40 min
One of the ways Trump’s legal team describes the dispute over classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago is that it is like an overdue library book. We have new details to determine if a judge will order an independent review. Then, President Biden is just hours away from delivering a rare primetime address. He’s expected to issue a dire warning about extremism. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...
Sep 01, 2022•41 min
Donald Trump’s lawyers have only hours left to respond to the DOJ’s blockbuster court filing complete with a stunning picture and details about how prosecutors say Trump’s team tried to hide classified material to obstruct the FBI investigation. Then, we explore the frightening reality where election workers are getting their instructions from conspiracy theories. Plus, it is day three without water in Jackson, Mississippi. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/pri...
Aug 31, 2022•41 min
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. Plus, President Biden spoke in Pennsylvania today and remarked about his determination to ban assault weapons. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 30, 2022•37 min
The Justice Department takes the lead on reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as team Trump keeps up its fight to get in on the process. Plus, wild scenes of violence as a grocery store is shot up in Oregon, an apartment is set on fire to lure shooting victims out in Houston, and an NFL rookie is shot in an attempted robbery in DC. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 29, 2022•40 min
The Justice Department revealing significant concerns over Top Secret documents and lax security at Mar-a-Lago and it's push for the FBI's unprecedented search at the former president’s home. Plus, Donald Trump’s reaction to the affidavit's release. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min
A redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit will be released tomorrow. How much could we learn tomorrow about why the FBI executed its unprecedented search at Trump’s home? Plus, the U.S. responds after three service members are injured in Syria by rocket fire. Then, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to respond to some of the criticisms of Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 20 min
President Biden comes through on a campaign promise after announcing his plan to forgive student debt for certain borrowers. Plus, Florida congressional candidate Maxwell Frost joins after being projected to win Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Also, we examine a proposal to tackle homelessness which includes offering empty hotel rooms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Team Trump just curiously confirmed that hundreds of pages of secret documents had been held at Mar-a-Lago. A letter from May of this year just released reveals that the National Archives made it clear to team Trump they worried about classified material being stored improperly at Mar-a-Lago. Also, the U.S. urges Americans to leave Ukraine immediately after warnings of a possible Russian attack. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 20 min
The daughter of a spiritual guide to Putin was killed in a car bomb attack. Russia is blaming Ukraine, but it might be more complicated. Then, a viral bystander video captures a man being beaten by three law enforcement officers in Arkansas. Plus, will President Biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans? If he does, will it make inflation worse? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choi...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Prosecutors in Georgia outline why they want Senator Lindsey Graham to appear before a special grand jury as this latest case investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election takes a new turn. Also, Russia threatens to take Europe’s largest nuclear power plant offline. Plus, the tech giant Apple is warning a security flaw could allow iPhones and iPads to get hacked. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Multiple courtrooms had former President Donald Trump on their agendas today. In Florida, a judge decided the public will get to see new documents related to the FBI's unprecedented search of the former president's Mar-a-Lago property. In New York, Trump's long-time CFO Allen Weisselberg pled guilty and agreed to testify against his former boss' organization. Also today: Walmart, Walgreen's, and CVS were all ordered to pay up in a multimillion-dollar opioid settlement. To learn more about how CN...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Rudy Giuliani, a target in Atlanta’s 2020 election probe, wrapped up six hours of grand jury testimony today. Meanwhile, former Vice President Pence discussed weighing his “unique role,” amongst other "Constitutional" concerns, in considering whether he would testify for the Jan. 6 Committee. Plus, updated Covid boosters targeting the Omicron variants are expected to come in September. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Trump White House lawyers Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin have been interviewed by the FBI regarding the records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office. Then, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s political future will be determined by Republican voters tonight. Plus, new water cuts have been ordered by the federal government for several states in the southwest. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Grand jury subpoenas from Georgia and the Justice Department show investigations of top Trump allies are intensifying. At the same time, top Democrats are joining with Republicans to press for answers about the unprecedented FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. Also, it has been one year since the fall Kabul and CNN shows what life in Afghanistan is now like under Taliban rule. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min
A federal court in Florida unsealed the warrant that investigators used to search the home of former President Trump. The warrant cites three laws: obstruction, removing of government records, and the Espionage Act. The warrant listed the classification of documents that were seized from Mar-a-Lago on Monday including four sets of top secret documents. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 12, 2022•41 min
Trump has yet to release the warrant and list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago. Now the Justice Department is asking the courts to unseal the documents. Then, a standoff between law enforcement and a gunman armed with an AR-15 style rifle and a nail gun who tried to get into an FBI field office. Plus, will the good news about the recent economic recovery continue? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
Aug 11, 2022•41 min
Former President Donald Trump refused to answer questions while under oath, invoking his 5th amendment right after years of mocking those who did just that. Also, the Justice Department reveals an Iranian man’s dramatic plot to kill high level officials who worked for President Trump. Plus, where to see the most savings as inflation rates start to cool. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Aug 10, 2022•41 min
Republicans rally around Trump, questioning the DOJ’s stunning search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago. Congressman Mike Turner of the House intelligence committee joins to discuss why now and what documents could be so important. Plus, we look at where leaders are making homelessness a crime. But, are their tactics only complicating the problem? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 09, 2022•40 min
President Biden is one step closer to a major legislative victory after the Senate passes the climate, tax, and health care bill. White House chief of staff Ron Klain joins to answer what is in the bill and will it actually ease the pain in Americans’ wallets. Plus, a community is on edge after four Muslim men are killed in ambush-style shootings. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 08, 2022•41 min
Tensions between the U.S. and China get worse as the White House summons China’s ambassador and Beijing sanctions Nancy Pelosi. Then, the U.S. economy has regained all of the jobs lost during the pandemic. We’ll explain what the July jobs report means for the high cost of gas, food, and housing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 05, 2022•40 min
Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony. Now that she is convicted, could this speed up a possible prisoner swap? Plus, a jury has decided that right-wing radio host Alex Jones will be responsible to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Voters send a resounding message to Republicans about abortion rights in Kansas while in other states Trump-backed election deniers sail to primary victories. Plus, radio host Alex Jones has been caught lying on the stand about Sandy Hook. Then, a stunning report claims Equifax erroneously issued millions of Americans lower credit scores that they did not deserve. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 20 min
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, ignoring threats of retaliation from the Chinese government. Plus, the U.S. kills one of the 9/11 masterminds as he stood on a balcony in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. Then, WNBA star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian courtroom as she possibly learns of her fate in the Russian penal system. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 20 min
China is warning their army is standing by and ready to respond as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prepares to make a controversial visit to Taiwan anyway day now. Then, deadly fires burn in California as the state’s largest fire of the year explodes. In Kentucky, the threat of flooding is far from over as the death toll rises. Plus, there are growing questions about the six-game suspension issued to NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. To learn more abo...
Aug 01, 2022•41 min