The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekd

Episodes

Total: 1236

Manchin floats $1.5T price tag for package, progressives want $3.5T; Congress passes bill to avoid government shutdown; More Republicans are embracing a racist conspiracy theory; Facebook grilled over its platforms’ negative impact on kids

2021/9/30

Congress passes bill to avoid government shutdown; Biden’s own party threatens to blow up his domest

Bogus AZ audit backfires on Trump, confirms Biden won; CDC director breaks with advisory panel, expands booster eligibility; Sources: Afghan evacuees in Europe straining U.S. bases; Biden admits Dems are at a “stalemate” over his economic plans;

2021/9/24

Trump looks for new ways to undermine democracy after “fraudit” backfires in Arizona and confirms hi

DHS temporarily suspends use of horse patrol in Del Rio; Now: CDC advisers voting on Pfizer vaccine booster; Police: 12 injured, one killed in TN grocery store shooting; Right Now: crews search for Petito’s fiancé at nature reserve

2021/9/23

CNN on scene as migrants try to cross river into U.S.; Mexican authorities form human chain to block

Democratic divide pushes Biden agenda to brink of collapse; CNN on the Mexican side of border as migrants cross into Texas; Daily death average in U.S. tops 2,000, highest in 6 months; FBI asks for tips as search intensifies for Petito’s fiancé

2021/9/22

NOW: Biden meets with key Dems at crucial moment for his agenda; Pelosi after WH meeting: “we are ca

Up to 30,000 Haitians could be traveling to U.S. border; Biden urges global unity in first United Nations address; Trump critics among some lawmakers facing new threats of violence; Dems try to force vote on govt spending, debt ceiling showdowns

2021/9/22

Texas border town slammed with nearly 9,000 migrants, 30,000 more could be on the way; WH: horrified

U.S. COVID deaths surpasses 675,000; Higher than 1918 flu pandemic; Critical week for Pelosi to unite party, get Biden agenda passed; Biden’s domestic agenda enters pivotal time on Capitol Hill;

2021/9/20

Pfizer: vaccine is safe for children 5-11, generated “robust” antibody response; Ex-FDA chief: vacci

America’s Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan, Part 2

2021/9/18

In the second part of our special miniseries, “America's Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan

America’s Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan, Part 1

2021/9/18

Today, we want to share a special miniseries CNN put together during the final months of America’s w

DOD: Kabul drone strike mistakenly killed 3 adults, 7 children; FDA advisers vote to recommend Pfizer booster shot for those 65+ and high risk; France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over security spat;

2021/9/17

US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike; DOD: Kabul

Right now: attorney charged in botched suicide plot in court; Republican lawmakers keep Saturday’s right-wing rally at arm’s length as Democrats spotlight GOP extremism; CDC predicts decline in hospitalizations for first time since June

2021/9/16

SC authorities open investigation into 2018 death of housekeeper at Murdaugh home; Trump speaks out

Star gymnasts call out FBI over Nassar investigation failures; Capitol police request help from DC Nat’l Guard for 9/18 rally; Debate rages inside FDA over need for Covid vaccine booster shots; CNN speaks with Afghan women in hiding due to Taliban threats

2021/9/15

FBI fires agent accused of failing to properly investigate Nassar; FBI director: “don’t have good ex

Pediatric group warns cases in kids are rising “exponentially”; Final stretch of voting in election to keep or replace Gov. Newsom; Blinken defends U.S. Afghan exit in testimony before congress;

2021/9/14

New data: cases in children Jump 240% in three months; Former FDA head: vaccine for kids could be ap

Surgeon General: Biden to announce new COVID measures soon; Biden pushes infrastructure and climate agendas on first West Coast trip; Biden Admin to resettle 60,000 Afghans inside U.S. in coming weeks;

2021/9/13

New COVID cases slowly declining, deaths up 4% from last week; NYC starts vaccine mandate as schools

Biden dares GOP to sue over vaccine mandate: “have at it”; Second passenger flight departs Kabul with Americans on board; Thousands of documents turned over to house select committee;

2021/9/10

Biden implements vaccine mandate to blunt COVID surge; Republicans reject Biden’s vaccine mandate as

Child Covid hospitalizations hit all-time high as schools open; Party split threatens to derail two key Biden agenda items; Abortion activists seek legal loopholes for Texas abortion plan; Dem Gov. Gavin Newsom nationalizes California recall race

2021/9/8

Study: unvaccinated adults 17 times more likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated adults; 13 Miami-

Biden tours damage caused by Ida in Northeast; Multiple Louisiana nursing homes ordered closed after residents die; U.S. surpasses 40 million total cases, 4 million in last 4 weeks;

2021/9/7

Biden speaks after touring storm damage in NY, NJ; Biden: storm damage shows need for infrastructure

Doctors worry Labor Day travel could fuel another surge; Taliban claim capture of final holdout province; WH pivots to domestic agenda as Biden faces several crises;

2021/9/6

Hospitals face tough choices about who gets ICU beds; Fauci predicts three doses of COVID vaccine ma

President Biden tours Hurricane damage in Louisiana; Source: WH may have to scale back ambitious booster plan; Job growth slows as delta variant surges;

2021/9/3

800K+ homes, businesses still without power in Louisiana; Louisiana grappling with power outages, fu

Unprecedented rain & flooding kill at least 23 in Northeast; Possible tornado damage outside Philadelphia; Biden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana tomorrow; U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion ban

2021/9/2

Homes underwater, transit shut down as Ida hits Northeast; Rescues ongoing as rivers burst at banks,