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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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Episodes

House Votes To Hold Attorney General In Contempt

A Republican-led House vote is underway to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland after he refuses to hand over audio of President Biden’s interview with the special counsel. Plus, a hate crime task force is launched to investigate repeated acts of antisemitism and vandalism in New York City. We explore some of the acts under investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 20241 hr 22 min

Hunter Biden Found Guilty On All Counts In Gun Case

For the first time in the history of the United States, the child of a sitting president is a convicted felon. Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all charges on his federal gun trial. Will Hunter Biden head to prison and, if so, for how long? Plus, alleged leaked messages from the leader of Hamas reveal that he thinks Hamas is benefiting from the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 12, 20241 hr 22 min

Jury Deliberating In Hunter Biden Federal Gun Trial

A doctor who treated the recent four Israeli hostages rescued in Gaza says the hostages were beaten and were malnourished. New footage of the operation is just in as we learn new details about the mission and the dozens of Palestinians killed in the process. Plus, Donald Trump meets with a probation officer. Also, closing arguments are now done and the jury now has the case in the Hunter Biden federal gun trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 11, 20241 hr 23 min

Biden Apologizes To Zelensky For Delay In U.S. Aid

Starkly different messages from two starkly different men as President Biden warns about the state of democracy around the world and Trump vows for revenge. Plus, a dramatic turn in the Hunter Biden federal gun trail. Also, a look at the judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 08, 202442 min

Gaza Officials: Dozens Killed In Israeli Strike On School

Israel says it targeted a Hamas compound operating inside the school. Also, world leaders take the stage, marking 80 years since D-Day but it is the current conflicts that are top of mind. Plus, Steve Bannon is ordered to report to prison by July 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 07, 20241 hr 23 min

First Son On Trial

Dirty laundry is aired in court during Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial as his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend took the stand. We look at how testimony involving a crack pipe is being used to build the prosecution’s case. Plus, massive news in Donald Trump’s federal classified documents case as the judge delays hearings. The judge is also allowing more voices to weigh in on whether special counsel Jack Smith should have the case in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Jun 06, 20241 hr 23 min

Biden Unveils Sweeping New Border Restrictions

Brand new rules at the U.S. border as the president clamps down on how many people can seek asylum. But, why now? Numbers on border crossings are down, but so are the numbers on President Biden’s polling on immigration. Plus, another state is charging Trump allies with crimes related to a 2020 fake electors scheme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 05, 20241 hr 22 min

Republicans Slam Justice System After Trump’s Conviction

The question of the moment for the Trump campaign is if they should try to move the former president’s sentencing date in New York. The GOP convention begins July 15th in Milwaukee and sentencing begins July 11th. Plus, Anthony Fauci is back on Capitol Hill facing questions and some attacks about the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 04, 20241 hr 22 min

Trump Says He’ll Appeal His Conviction

34 convictions, but what happens next? Donald Trump takes to the mic, airing familiar grievances and railing against the historic guilty verdicts in the hush money cover up case. We’ll tell you what the Trump team’s plan is moving forward. Plus, Sen. Rick Scott from Florida who is running to replace Mitch McConnell as the Senate GOP leader joins to discuss the verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 01, 202442 min

Continued Coverage: Donald Trump Found Guilty

The historic verdict is in: Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, has been found guilty by a jury of his peers on all 34 New York State felony counts of falsifying business records tied to the alleged Stormy Daniels hush money cover up. The former president of the United States is now a felon. We bring you all the latest in this historic verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 31, 20241 hr 2 min

Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts

Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. A former juror from another high-profile case joins to discuss what likely happened behind the closed doors today. We bring you all the latest in this historic verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 20241 hr 51 min

Jury Asks To Re-hear Testimony

In just over four hours of deliberations, the jury in the New York hush money cover up trial is asking to hear read back of four parts of testimony. We bring you all the latest in the trial as twelve jurors will decide the fate of former President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 20241 hr 22 min

Prosecution Making Final Arguments

Donald Trump’s New York hush money cover up trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments. The prosecution argued that Trump corrupted those around him and that he got them to lie and cover it up. This follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from Trump’s defense attorney who attacked one of the prosecution’s witnesses, Michael Cohen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 29, 20241 hr 22 min

Israel Facing Global Outrage

We are less than 24 hours away from the defense and the prosecution making their final pitches to the jury in Donald Trump’s New York hush money cover up trail. How strong is the prosecution’s case going into this final phase? A panel of experts including a former New York judge join to discuss. Plus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming a military strike on Rafah was a tragic mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 28, 202441 min

Memorial Day Travel Surges Despite Economic Concerns

Millions of Americans put aside conceptions of the economy as record travel starts the summer season off with a bang. Can President Biden capitalize off of this sentiment as the 2024 election creeps closer? Plus, a horror story in Haiti after an American couple serving as missionaries are killed by gangs. Also, the future of law enforcement, drones in danger zones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 25, 202440 min

Senate Rejects Bipartisan Border Bill Again

In the Empire State, which no Republican presidential candidate has won in over 40 years, Donald Trump is setting his sights on New York and is trying to set inroads with Black and Hispanic voters. What does this political move say about the political moment we are in? Plus, Chinese fighter jets and warships encircle Taiwan. The Chinese government is insisting this is only a test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 24, 20241 hr 21 min

Hearing In Documents Case Devolves Into Shouting Match

The New York hush money cover up trial is quiet today but another case involving Trump is turning into a shouting match. Attorneys traded barbs in the federal classified documents case in Florida. This as Trump’s co-defendant accuses prosecutors of selectively and vindictively charging him with a crime. Plus, new footage shows the very moment three Israeli women were kidnapped by Hamas. This as Norway, Ireland, and Spain will recognize a Palestinian state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

May 23, 20241 hr 24 min

Trump Trial Moves To Final Phase

The defense rested in Donald Trump’s hush money cover up trail in New York. The jury is expected to begin deliberations next week in what will be no doubt a historic ruling in the very first criminal trial of a former president. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins live from Jerusalem a day after the decision by the International Criminal Court to seek an arrest warrant for both leaders in Hamas and also leaders in Israel, including Netanyahu himself. Learn more about your ad ch...

May 22, 20241 hr 33 min

Defense Calls Attorney Who Advised Michael Cohen

The prosecution has rested its case in the New York hush money cover up trial and now it’s Donald Trump’s turn. His defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello, an attorney who at one point advised Michael Cohen. Costello has claimed Cohen has lied about him under oath during this trial. Star witness Michael Cohen admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 21, 20241 hr 43 min

“Diddy” Shown In 2016 Video Assaulting Former Girlfriend

Shocking new video backs up allegations of domestic violence perpetrated by Sean “Diddy” Combs. The damning new video obtained exclusively by CNN shows clearly a violent assault. The video shows him throwing his ex-girlfriend to the ground, dragging her, and kicking her. This was in 2016. Why are we only seeing this tape now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 20241 hr 25 min

Defense Grills Cohen

If Donald Trump is acquitted in his hush money cover up trial, the history books could point to today’s testimony from Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer. Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche laid out Cohen’s past lies under oath and then introduced evidence claiming that Cohen has lied in this trial. Cohen’s cross-examination is set to resume next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 17, 20241 hr 33 min

CNN To Host First Biden-Trump Debate On June 27

President Biden and former President Trump have put into writing that they will face off in two 2024 presidential debates. The first debate will occur in just weeks on CNN. The political jabs are already flying. Plus, a look at the charges that could soon be on the way for Boeing, one of the biggest plane manufacturers in the world, after the investigation of deadly crashes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 16, 20241 hr 23 min

Michael Cohen Endures Intense Afternoon of Cross-examination

In the New York hush money cover up trial, Michael Cohen is facing incredibly aggressive cross-examination. Trump attorney Todd Blanche has gotten Cohen to confirm that he wants to see Trump convicted in this case and that he makes money off of his anti-Trump social media posts. Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson is the latest and most senior Republican official to defend Donald Trump outside of the courthouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 15, 20241 hr 27 min

Cohen Testifies About Payments to McDougal, Daniels

The witness at the center of the case, Michael Cohen, is testifying in New York for the hush money cover up trial. He is detailing how he came to pay $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels who came forward about an alleged episode with Donald Trump in the days leading up to the 2016 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 20241 hr 28 min

Prosecutors Use Friday Testimony to Get Docs Into Evidence

The next star witness in line to testify in the New York hush money cover up case is Donald Trump’s former lawyer known as the fixer. What is the impact of this trial on Trump himself? Former Trump White House aide Anthony Scaramucci joins to share his perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 20241 hr 24 min

Jake Tapper Describes Scene Inside NY Courtroom

Several witnesses including Stormy Daniels testified today in the New York hush money cover up trial. Jake walks you through what he saw while observing the courtroom proceedings today. At the end of the day, the proceedings heated back up as Trump’s attorneys argued, out of the presence of the jury, for a mistrial and to lift Trump from the gag order from speaking about Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan denied both motions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 10, 20241 hr 27 min

Biden: Polls on the Economy Have “Been Wrong All Along”

In the New York hush money cover up case, CNN is learning of a new legal strategy by Trump’s legal team in direct response to testimony from adult film star Stormy Daniels who returns to the stand tomorrow morning. Plus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is acknowledging a worm ate part of his brain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 09, 20241 hr 32 min

Daniels Testifies About Payment at Center of Trump Case

Israel is vowing to continue its operations in Gaza until Hamas is eliminated or another hostage is returned while Hamas has its own response. Plus, President Biden is condemning the alarming rise in anti-semitism in the United States. Also, Stormy Daniels is on the stand in the New York hush money cover up case, going into detail about her alleged rendezvous with Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 08, 20241 hr 29 min

Judge Shown Financial Docs at the Heart of Hush Money Case

A stern warning for Donald Trump today from the bench, keep violating your gag order in your hush money cover up case and you may well end up in jail. Judge Juan Merchan that Trump violated that gag order for the tenth time. He fined Trump $1,000, which is the maximum penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 07, 20241 hr 24 min

Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifies in Hush Money Trial

Today one of Donald Trump’s most loyal aides and the first former Trump White House employee to testify took the stand in the hush money cover up trial. Hope Hicks acknowledged to the jury that she was nervous to testify at times and she did in one instance cry on the stand leading to a brief delay in the trial. She testified about the campaign’s panic behind the scenes when they learned of the now infamous Access Hollywood tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

May 04, 202442 min
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