The Lead with Jake Tapper

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

Episodes

Total: 1235

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;

2021/2/22

Garland: I will be a lawyer for the people, not the president; Garland chokes up as he speaks of imm

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;

2021/2/15

CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; CNN:

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

2021/2/11

Impeachment managers finish presenting case, Trump lawyers next; Impeachment managers wrap case afte

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

2021/2/10

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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;

2021/2/5

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA for emergency use authorization of CVOVID-19 vaccine; CDC to give gui

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;

2021/2/1

Moderate Sen. Manchin on Harris pushing relief bill with local WV media: “that’s not a way of workin

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;

2021/1/26

Senators vote 55-45 against questioning trial’s constitutionality; Five GOP Sens. vote with Dems on

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;

2021/1/25

Biden pledges to “eliminate the vitriol”; President Biden announces plan to strengthen manufacturing

President Biden, Vice President Harris now inside White House; Biden signs executive orders on pandemic, climate, race, economy; VP Harris swears in new Senators, including Georgia Democrats

2021/1/20

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the White HouseTo learn more about how CNN protects listener

President Trump impeached for second time

2021/1/13

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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

2021/1/6

Biden to Trump: “step up”; VA Gov. dispatches state police to U.S. Capitol; Woman treated for gunsho

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;

2020/12/25

CNN: Trump has told people Pence isn’t fighting hard enough for him; Dingell: Trump “doesn’t give a

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

2020/12/23

Trump unleashes chaos with veto, pardons, stimulus deal objection; Trump does not take reporter ques

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

2020/12/14

Biden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; WH Adviser: Trump looking to

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

2020/12/10

U.S. reports more Covid deaths in one day than Pearl Harbor or 9/11; More than 100 House Republicans

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;

2020/12/9

Trump falsely claims he won the election during vaccine event; NYT: Trump admin turned down Pfizer’s

One million Americans diagnosed with Covid in just five days; Make-or-break week for congressional action on Covid relief; Sources: Trump campaign legal efforts may be coming to an end; CNN analysis: first shipments of U.S. vaccine doses will fall short

2020/12/7

Fauci: middle of January could be “dark time” for Covid in U.S.; New York may close indoor dining in

Barr to AP: No evidence of fraud that would change election; Biden vows to build back an economy for all Americans; Average of U.S. daily cases increased by 95% during November; Hospitalizations have doubled since Nov 1 & tripled since Oct 1;

2020/12/1

AG Barr appoints special counsel to investigate 2016 campaign & Russia; Trump Campaign dismisses

Biden, Harris receive first presidential daily brief today; Operation warp speed official: 100% of Americans who want a vaccine will have gotten one by June;

2020/11/30

Trump repeats baseless, debunked election conspiracies; Biden names econ team, picks Janet Yellen fo

Trump announces full pardon for Michael Flynn; Biden urges Americans to recommit to fighting pandemic; Staggering Covid numbers going into Thanksgiving

2020/11/25

Biden: “every decision we make matters” in fighting Covid; Biden urges unity: “we’re at war with a v