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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

FBI: Ransom Note In Guthrie Case Has First Deadline Of “5PM Today”

Law enforcement authorities reveal new details in their search of the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Plus, the new jobs report in America shows layoffs way up and hirings way down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 06, 20261 hr 27 min

Trump Warns Iran’s Supreme Leader Should Be “Very Worried”

The FBI is facing a new lawsuit from Fulton County Georgia one week after its raid, seizing boxes of ballots and other information from the 2020 election. Plus, President Trump’s new warnings to the leaders of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 05, 20261 hr 30 min

FBI Pleads For New Leads In Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance

What happened to the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie? Investigators say they believe she was taken from her home against her will. Plus, facing a contempt of Congress vote, President Bill and Secretary Hilary Clinton now say they are ready to testify about their connections to dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 04, 20261 hr 30 min

Revelations From The Latest Batch Of Epstein Files

President Trump attempted earlier today to distance himself from the dead pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A look at the revelations inside the Epstein files. Plus, an urgent search for the mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 03, 20261 hr 31 min

Some Survivors’ Names Are Unredacted In Files

New Epstein files were released today which include new unverified sexual assault allegations that list President Trump and former President Bill Clinton. Plus, former CNN anchor Don Lemon appears in federal court. He is one of two journalists arrested for being at a protest that interrupted a church service in Minnesota. The charges are setting off a major First Amendment debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jan 31, 20261 hr 31 min

Border Czar: ICE & CBP Working On Minneapolis “Drawdown Plan”

Hundreds of 2020 ballot boxes are seized by the FBI. But, why and why was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on the ground there? Plus, an attempted jail break at the New York facility holding Luigi Mangione. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 20261 hr 30 min

Trump Ups Rhetoric On Minneapolis, Despite Calls For De-Escalation

One day after calling for a little bit of a de-escalation, President Trump is now accusing the Minneapolis mayor of playing with fire, bucking calls to fire his Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and accusing a Democratic congresswoman who was attacked of staging it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 20261 hr 30 min

Trump On Alex Pretti: “You Can’t Walk In With Guns”

President Trump says he is going to personally oversee an honorable investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse shot and killed by federal agents on Saturday. Plus, Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania joins to discuss how he’s preparing for possible immigration raids in his state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 20261 hr 35 min

Sources: Border Patrol Chief To Leave Minneapolis Tomorrow

The top Border Patrol official and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as CNN learns the Trump administration is deeply frustrated with how Gregory Bovino handled the fallout after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 20261 hr 30 min

Millions Brace For Catastrophic Ice, Heavy Snow

The first phase of the most extreme widespread winter storm the United States has seen in years is starting now. We break down the forecast. Plus, protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown are underway in Minneapolis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 20261 hr 30 min

Source: 5-Year-Old & His Father Held In Texas ICE Facility

Did he try to unfairly take down Trump or was he standing up for democracy and the rule of law? The extreme partisan divide as lawmakers question former special counsel Jack Smith. Plus, a father and son in custody, church protesters arrested, and a fake image from the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 20261 hr 30 min

Trump Questions NATO Commitment To Defending U.S.

Trump now claims he’s one step closer of the United States acquiring the arctic island of Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) joins to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, 20261 hr 31 min

Trump Touts First-Year Accomplishments In Rambling News Briefing

President Trump sends world leaders scrambling as he speaks on Gaza, Greenland, NATO, Venezuela, and more. Plus, a major winter storm is brewing and is threatening snow and ice from Texas all the way to the Carolinas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, 20261 hr 30 min

Trump Escalates Push To Acquire Greenland

President Trump sends an extraordinary message to the prime minister of Norway saying that since he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize he no longer needs to think purely about peace in his efforts to take over Greenland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 20261 hr 30 min

Hearing In Charlie Kirk Assassination

A new CNN poll on the economy and foreign policy and everything in between showing that most Americans believe Trump’s job so far has been a failure. Plus, a new round of presidential pardons including one woman getting a Trump clemency for the second time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 20261 hr 30 min

Federal Agent Shoots Man After “Ambush” In Minneapolis

President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to put military troops in Minnesota. How far will he go in his immigration crackdown? Plus, what Venezuela’s opposition leader revealed about her face-to-face with Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 20261 hr 30 min

ICE Appears To Escalate Aggressive Tactics Amid Controversy

A majority of Americans are revealing they do no approve of the way the Trump administration and ICE are currently operating. Plus, President Trump is refusing to take military action by the United States off the table in Iran after weeks of deadly protests there against the Iranian regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, 20261 hr 31 min

Resignations and Protests: Minnesota's DOJ Ice Shooting Fallout

Jake provides in-depth coverage of the recent resignations at the US Attorney's Office in Minnesota, following the Justice Department's handling of an ICE agent's deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Goode in Minneapolis. The show dives into the protests erupting in Minneapolis, featuring first-hand accounts from the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, 20261 hr 31 min

Minnesota Sues Trump Admin Over Twin Cities Immigration Operation

Minnesota officials just announced they are suing the Trump administration over its ramped up immigration operations in the state. Plus, a growing number of Republicans are pushing back against the White House after the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 20261 hr 26 min

ICE Agent’s Cellphone Captures Fatal Confrontation In Minneapolis

Another day of tension two days after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in her car. CNN has now obtained the video captured by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on his phone of the tense moments just before he fired the deadly shots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 20261 hr 36 min

Minnesota Officials Say FBI Blocked Them From ICE Shooting Probe

Growing tensions in Minneapolis after yesterday’s shooting by an ICE officer that killed a 37-year-old woman. Minneapolis officials now say that federal officials are blocking them from investigating the shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 09, 20261 hr 33 min

U.S. Citizen Shot, Killed By ICE Officer

Crowds are gathering in south Minneapolis after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car as Trump officials and Minnesota officials clash on what exactly unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 08, 20261 hr 48 min

WH Discussing Options For Greenland, Military Not Off The Table

The world reacts to Stephen Miller telling Jake that the United States is going to take Greenland. Plus, a new Capitol rally after the deadly riots there five years ago today incited by President Trump who then refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 07, 20261 hr 32 min

Colombia Increases Military Presence Along Venezuela Border

A classified urgent briefing to top lawmakers is taking place on Capitol Hill over the extraordinary situation in Venezuela. The briefing comes after President Trump ordered the United States military to conduct unprecedented strikes on Venezuela and capture its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 06, 20261 hr 35 min

HHS Freezes Child Care Payments To MN After Viral Fraud Allegations

The fraud allegations are starting to mount as the Trump administration turns its attention to Minnesota. Hear from one lawmaker who says Republicans have a larger goal to cut funding from the entire state. Plus, new video as more protestors take to the streets of Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 03, 20261 hr 31 min

U.S. Says New Year’s Eve Strike On Alleged Drug Boats Killed 5

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City. What will his first action be? Plus, a New Year’s tragedy occurs at a ski resort in Switzerland leaving about 40 people dead. How champaign bottles lit with sparklers may have ignited the disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 02, 20261 hr 31 min

Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike On Port In Venezuela

The countdown to January 1st is on and we look at what authorities will be watching one year after a deadly attack. Plus, an iconic bourbon brand stops production at one of its distilleries. Also, new details on the first known United States attack inside Venezuela. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 31, 20251 hr 32 min

Trump Meets With Netanyahu In Florida On Day 2 Of Peace Push

Global diplomacy is on the menu at Mar-a-Lago but is President Trump making progress toward ending foreign conflicts? Plus, more than 20 million Americans are under winter weather alerts as a powerful storm sweeps across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 20251 hr 31 min

DOJ Says It Found 1M+ More Docs Potentially Related To Epstein

One week after what was mandated to be the total release of the Epstein files, we are now learning that task is proving far more ambitious by the day amid continued questions over what has been redacted and what hasn’t. Plus, a Mar-a-Lago meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky is reportedly set for Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 20251 hr 34 min

FBI Emails From 2019 Refer To Epstein’s “10 Co-Conspirators”

Many mentions of President Trump in the latest DOJ release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, what the Justice Department says about the letter signed by a “J. Epstein” sent to imprisoned pedophile Larry Nassar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 24, 20251 hr 33 min
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