The Lead with Jake Tapper

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

Episodes

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Biden announces his first cabinet picks, names top members of foreign policy and national security team; Astrazeneca: vaccine shows 70% “average efficacy”; Michigan State board votes to certify Biden’s election win

2020/11/23

Biden names Antony Blinken as Secretary of State; Trump campaign drops lawyers who pushed conspiraci

Biden, Harris meet with Dem leaders Schumer, Pelosi; Pfizer requests FDA emergency use today for its COVID vaccine; U.S. sees record -setting 187,000+ cases in a single day; President stalls transition process by refusing to concede;

2020/11/20

Trump falsely claims “I won” the election; President Trump continues quest to overturn election, mee

Trump fires election security chief who debunked his fraud claims; Biden meets with health care workers about Covid response; U.S. hospitalizations at record 76,830, up 20% in one week; GA Secy of State: audit found no widespread voter fraud

2020/11/18

Source: HHS staffers told not to communicate with Biden team; official: Trump in “bunker mentality”

Biden team seeks Covid backchannels as transition blocked; New daily cases skyrocket to 153K; Hospitalizations hit record 67K; White House: Two Covid vaccines may be authorized by end of year; Trump speaks for first time since election loss to Biden;

2020/11/13

Biden to take "deliberative" approach to filling cabinet; SF halts all indoor dining, NY closes bars

Trump remains out of public sight, refusing to concede; Biden talks COVID stimulus with Pelosi, Schumer in first post-election call with Dem leaders; Dr. Gupta: COVID surge “humanitarian disaster”; 14-day quarantine before Thanksgiving should start today;

2020/11/12

Some Republicans begin to recognize Biden as President-elect; Record 144,000 new cases in one day in

Trump fires defense secretary Esper after election defeat; McConnell: Trump “within his rights” to wage legal fight; Pfizer CEO: vaccine more than 90% effective; U.S. surpasses 10 million coronavirus cases;

2020/11/9

Source: Trump personnel chief threatens to fire anyone looking for another job; Trump refuses to con

Biden urges patience, as Trump threatens lawsuits; Biden speaks as vote count continues in seven states; CNN projects Joe Biden wins Michigan, nearing 270 electoral votes

2020/11/4

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Trump, Biden crisscross critical Midwest battleground states; U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 9 million; Biden blitzes upper Midwest in quest to rebuild “blue wall”; 85 million ballots already cast nationwide;

2020/10/30

Multiple states report record high daily COVID-19 cases; Donald Trump Jr. claims COVID death numbers

Trump, Biden hold dueling rallies in crucial state of Florida; U.S. reports third highest number of new daily COVID cases ever; CNN investigates COVID spread linked to Trump rallies; A look at Trump’s & Biden’s plans to create jobs;

2020/10/29

Trump, Biden in Florida as state sees coronavirus surge; Biden tells rally crowd “if Florida goes bl

Biden takes questions at campaign stop in PA; DOW plunges as COVID cases hit record, stimulus talks drag out; More than 60 million Americans have cast early ballots; Nearly half of all registered voters in NC already cast ballots;

2020/10/26

Biden on Trump holding rallies: “the example you set matters; Trump falsely says U.S. “rounding the

CNN poll: Biden has a 10-point lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, no clear leader in Florida; Covid cases surging across nation, hospitalizations highest in 2 months; Trump, Biden make last minute appeal to senior voters

2020/10/21

Trump: “what the hell is going on” with lockdown measures; Azar: “I am the president’s health secret

Trump: “people are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots”; Biden to Trump: Americans are “tired of your lies about this virus”; Infectious disease doc warns “darkest” weeks of pandemic ahead; Exploring the possible paths to victory for Trump, Biden;

2020/10/19

Trump repeats attack on Fauci as COVID cases surge in U.S.; Trump calls Fauci a “disaster,” says peo

Trump expected to host event at WH tomorrow despite having COVID; Trump on his COVID diagnosis: “I was not in great shape”; 13 charged in domestic terror plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.; COVID cases rising across all regions in the country;

2020/10/9

Trump: I might not have recovered “at all” if not for experimental antibody therapy; Trump claims th

Trump pulls out of next debate after it goes virtual; First interview with former vaccine director after leaving gov’t; FBI: militia plotted to kidnap Michigan governor, overthrow gov’t

2020/10/8

Trump wants to restart rallies, claims he’s no longer contagious; Biden campaign rejects Trump’s dem

Stocks drop as Trump tweets he’s ending stimulus talks; Republicans push ahead to confirm Amy Coney Barrett; Biden: Mask wearing, social distancing aren’t political statements; Pence team objects plexiglass barrier at tomorrow’s VP debate;

2020/10/6

Trump’s physician: Trump reports no symptoms, doing “extremely well”; No signs Trump’s battle with c

Trump says he’s leaving hospital tonight as he downplays COVID; Brand new CNN polls on Trump’s handling of coronavirus; Biden campaigning in Florida today after negative tests; Coronavirus cases rising across the country;

2020/10/5

Trump tweets that he’s leaving hospital tonight; Trump’s doctor: president to leave hospital even th

President & First Lady test positive for COVID-19; Meadows confirms WH knew Hicks positive before Trump went to NJ; Biden: I’ve had two COVID tests since this morning;

2020/10/2

Trump campaigned despite top aide being symptomatic; WH Press Secy: President Trump being treated wi

Trump again refuses to explicitly condemn white supremacists; Debate commission: more structure will be added to debates; Masks politicized debate, Trump mocks Biden for wearing one

2020/9/30

Trump claims he doesn’t know who Proud Boys are, now says “stand down” after telling far-right group

NYT: Trump paid just $750 in federal taxes in 2016 & 2017; Trump announces plan to deploy 150 million rapid tests to states; Democrats prepare for Trump to disrupt the election; Some senate Dems say they won’t meet with Trump’s nominee;

2020/9/28

NYT: Trump squandered millions, faces crippling debt, Trump & his company wrote off $70k for hai

Biden: “Trump panicked; The virus was too big for him”; U.S. approaches 200,000 deaths from COVID-19; Trump speaks about Supreme Court vacancy; Dems need two more GOP senators to block Trump’s nominee

2020/9/21

Biden: Trump “froze, he failed to act, he panicked” about COVID-19; Biden slams Trump o pandemic as