The Lead with Jake Tapper

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

Episodes

Total: 1230

Trump names 4th national security advisor amid Iran tensions; Feds: airline mechanic accuse of sabotage had ISIS video on phone; Trump to visit border wall as another top DHS official fired; Chilling back-to-school ads call for tighter gun restriction

2019/9/18

Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia, calls oil attacks "act of war"; Saudi show alleged Iranian weapons u

Corey Lewandowski testifies in combative hearing; Polls closed in Israel's election, results too close to call; Source: "high probability" Saudi oil field strikes launched by Iran; Warren sharpens electability pitch at massive rally;

2019/9/17

Lewandowski refuses to talk WH discussions despite subpoena; Rep. Speier: Lewandowski should be held

Trump: looks like Iran was behind strikes on Saudi oil fields; New York prosecutors subpoena 8 years of Trump tax returns; Six 2020 Dems call for Justice Kavanaugh's impeachment;

2019/9/16

Trump: Not looking to get into a new conflict, but sometimes you have to; Trump: Don't want war with

Julian Castro questions Joe Biden's memory, record; Fellow democrats push back on O'Rourke's debate line: "hell yes" we're taking your AR-15; Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison and 230 hours of community service; will pay $30,000 fine

2019/9/13

Castro, Booker retreat after questioning Biden's age, memory; Divisions on health care front and cen

Trump to speak at GOP retreat in Baltimore after calling city "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess"; Source: Possible dual role for Pompeo as Natl Security Adviser; Biden, Sanders & Warren on stage together for first time;

2019/9/12

Next hour: Trump leaves for Baltimore after disparaging city; Former WH official to New Yorker: Pomp

CNN: WH directly involved in pressing scientific agency to repudiate forecasters who contradicted Trump; Biden, Warren, Sanders the only democratic candidates with double digit support; Trump administration moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes

2019/9/11

Wash post: Trump ordered staff to deal with NOAA tweet that contracted him on Alabama & hurrican

John Bolton out as Trump's national security advisor; CNN poll: Trump's job approval at 39%, lowest since January; Sources: Trump Skeptical of using foreign spies to collect intelligence on hostile countries

2019/9/10

Trump says he fired Bolton, Bolton days he resigned; Source: Bolton's exit result of dysfunctional c

Trump defends plan to host Taliban at Camp David; NYT: Commerce Secy threatened firings at NOAA for contradicting Trump's hurricane tweets; Concern over Pres Trump's handling of intelligence prompted secret U.S. Mission to rescue Russian spy;

2019/9/9

Sources: Pence raised concern over Taliban talks around 9/11; Sources: Multiple advisers thought Tru

Bahamas officials bracing for "unimaginable" death toll; Sources: Bolton & Pompeo have gone weeks without speaking; House Dems demand docs on Pence stay at Trump's Ireland hotel; Decaying school on military base loses money to Trump's wall

2019/9/6

U.S. Coast Guard makes 200+ rescues in the Bahamas; Dorian Survivor: Water lifted my roof, carried a

Hurricane Dorian spawns tornadoes in Carolinas; Trump relentlessly defends claim Dorian threatened Alabama; CNN reporter spends 24-hours on ravaged Abaco Islands; James Mattis break silence after leaving Trump admin

2019/9/5

Deadly category 2 hurricane lashes the Carolina's; U.S. Coast Guard rescues 135 people from Bahamas;

Dorian threatens U.S. after devastating the Bahamas; CNN reporter gets look at obliterated airport in Bahamas; Walmart ends some ammo ales, tells congress to step up; Biden campaign lowering expectations for early states

2019/9/4

Rush to save lives in Bahamas after destruction from Dorian; CNN reporter in Bahamas: "level of deva

Hurricane Dorian growing in size as it starts to hit Florida; Dorian now second slowest-moving hurricane ever in Atlantic; CNN: Texas gunman purchased gun used in massacre in private sale; Coast Guard: Search for survivors of boat fire suspended

2019/9/3

Parts of Bahamas obliterated by hurricane Dorian: five killed , 13K homes destroyed or damaged; CNN

Hurricane Dorian batters the Bahamas, outer bands begin to hit parts of Florida; Mayday call released in dive boat fire: "I can't breathe"; Police: Gunman had called FBI tip line 15 minutes before shooting

2019/9/2

"Catastrophic" winds batter the Bahamas as Dorian lingers; 8-year-old boy first death reported in th

Dorian strengthens to major category 3 hurricane, on track to become cat 4 before hitting Florida; DHS & FEMA have acting chiefs advising Trump on storm; Biden dismisses questions about latest campaign trail gaffe

2019/8/30

FL Gov: Fuel shortages at gas stations ahead of Dorian; Dorian's slow speed poses bigger problems as

No more automatic citizenship for some U.S. military kids born abroad; Biden appears to conflate details in Afghan war hero story; Trump cancels trip to Poland because of hurricane threat ; Dorian on track to slam Florida as category 4 hurricane

2019/8/29

New citizenship rule fits into Trump admin pattern; Biden appears to conflate details in Afghan war

Hurricane Dorian slamming U.S. Virgin Islands; Hurricane threat grows for continental U.S.; Trump goes after Puerto Rico, Fox News in Twitter tirade; Next Dem debate stage likely set with 10 candidates

2019/8/28

Dorian gains strength, now hitting Puerto Rico as category 1 hurricane; Ahead of storm, Trump attack

Sources: Pres Trump fought with world leaders about letting Russia back into G7 alliance; Trump's banks respond to questions about his tax returns; Biden talks tragedy in new ad on health care; Brazil rejects $20M from G7 to combat Amazon fires;

2019/8/27

Three sources: Sharp & sometimes bitter arguments broke out at G7 welcome dinner on Saturday; Tr

Trump adds to confusion over China, Russia during chaotic G7; Landmark decision in opioid addiction epidemic; Sanders, Biden, Warren in virtual tie in new 2020 poll; Former GOP Rep Joe Walsh announces run against Trump

2019/8/26

Trump: I'm open to meeting Iran's leader under right conditions; Trump falsely claims Putin outsmart

Dow dives amid Trump's China trade war, recession fears; Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer; Putin orders "symmetrical response" to U.S. missile test; Defense Secretary 80 people indicted in massive web scam

2019/8/23

Dow plunges 600+ points amid Trump's tweets, jokes, trade war; Trump jokes about stock market dive i

Trump pushes back on recession warnings says "economy is doing really well"; Sanders criticized after changing "Medicare for all" proposal; Police: Employee planned mass shooting at Marriott hotel; World's largest rainforest engulfed by massive wildfires

2019/8/22

Trump touts good economy despite discouraging reports on jobs, manufacturing and deficit; Sources: t