The Lead with Jake Tapper

New COVID cases slowly declining, deaths up 4% from last week; NYC starts vaccine mandate as schools reopen for 1 million kids; CDC director: Delta variant in kids is more transmissible & dangerous; Arkansas Gov: Biden’s mandate “hardens the resistance” to vaccines; NY hospital to stop delivering babies as staff quit over vaccine mandate; New CNN poll: growing support for vaccine requirements; CNN poll: most Americans want to keep mitigation efforts even after COVID cases drop; Former FDA head: vaccine mandates could “discourage” some vaccination; Fauci supports vaccine mandate for airline travel; Two outgoing FDA advisors say boosters are unnecessary for most; Biden heads to California to support Newsom hours before race ends; Dems give final push to keep Newsom in office one day before recall; Official: 8 U.S. bases become “small cities” to house Afghan refugees; Measles outbreak among Afghan refugees in U.S. pauses incoming flights; U.N.: Taliban increasingly violent towards protesters and journalists; Reuters: Taliban official says Afghan women shouldn’t work with men; More than $1B in aid pledged for Afghanistan at U.N. conference; Law enforcement warns of potential violence during Sept. 18 rally; Pelosi: security plan for Saturday’s rally “seems much better”; U.S. Capitol police arrest man with bayonet & machete in his truck near DNC headquarters; Bush likens U.S. extremists to foreign terrorists in 9/11 speech; Tropical Storm Nicolas hours away from Texas landfall; Tropical storm to bring torrential rain, flooding along Texas coat before moving over Louisiana; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Syys 202137min

Biden implements vaccine mandate to blunt COVID surge; Republicans reject Biden’s vaccine mandate as “overreach”; GOP Govs promise legal action over Biden’s vaccine order; Appeals court sides with FL Gov, allows ban of school mask mandates; 21 U.S. citizens & 11 permanent residents onboard flight leaving Kabul; State Dept: at least 100 Americans still in Afghanistan; Jan 6 committee: “majority” of social media companies are cooperating but “much more information” needed; Social media and telecom companies vague about their response to records request from January 6 committee; Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national; America’s evolution after the attacks on September 11, 2001; A military family’s transformation after the Pentagon attack; White House calls discussion “candid in tone” but not lecturing; China says Xi told Biden U.S. policy is causing “serious difficulties”; Communist leader pushes nationalism, orders sweeping crackdowns; China cracks down on businesses, accuses celebrities of disloyalty; China steps-up policing of what people say on the internet; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Syys 202136min

Study: unvaccinated adults 17 times more likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated adults; 13 Miami-Dade school staffers die of Covid since mid-August; Florida judge allows mask mandates to continue in schools; Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return with in-person viewing; CNN: Biden’s Covid-19 speech tomorrow will include announcements on mandates and testing; Progressive Dems: no infrastructure bill without budget deal; Party leaders reject Manchin’s call for “pause” on budget bill; Gov. Abbott claims Texas will “eliminate rape” when pressed on impact of abortion ban on victims of rape and incest; VP Harris campaigning for Gov. Newsom ahead of next week’s election; Dana’s podcast “Total Recall: California’s Political Crisis” releases today; Heavy rain, tornadoes possible in Northeast areas hit by Ida; Licenses revoked from seven nursing homes that sheltered evacuees in a warehouse during Ida, seven people died To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Syys 202137min

Biden speaks after touring storm damage in NY, NJ; Biden: storm damage shows need for infrastructure deal; NJ Gov,: no commitment from Biden admin to expand disaster declaration; Biden: climate change a “code red” for the world, hurricane Ida is the latest example; 5 found dead in New Orleans senior apartments declared unfit for occupancy after hurricane; Power company says 50% of electricity restored but more than 400,000 still waiting amid heat advisories; New concerns about possible surge following holiday weekend; Fauci: not smart to go to crowded, unmasked outdoor events right now; Military deploys 60 medical personnel to support Idaho, Arkansas & Alabama hospitals; New data: more than 1 in 4 of weekly cases in children; Fauci: Third COVID dose may be part of full vaccine regimen; New poll: Americans turn on Biden’s response to COVID; Texas governor signs voting restrictions bill into law; Gov. Abbot: abortion law wont force rape victims to carry pregnancies to term, Texas will eliminate all rapists in state; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Syys 202148min

Hospitals face tough choices about who gets ICU beds; Fauci predicts three doses of COVID vaccine may be best; Fauci: Moderna booster may come later than Pfizer; Average of new daily cases is up 800% since Memorial Day; Israeli officials to brief FDA on booster shot data next week; Labor Day travel slows from summer highs amid COID surge & CDC warning to the unvaccinated; 1.63M travelers passed through airports on Sunday; Biden White House defends Afghanistan evacuation efforts; Source: U.S. not aware of Americans held hostage by Taliban, as claimed by GOP Rep McCaul on Sunday; Taliban hope to announce new government in “a few days”; Biden approval rating hits new low after Afghanistan withdrawal; WH: Manchin “very persuadable” on $3.5T reconciliation plan; Unemployment benefit expire today for 7 million Americans; Kinzinger: GOP shouldn’t win house majority if it embraces conspiracies; Some GOP wary Texas abortion law could cost seats; Attorney General Garland pledges to protect abortion clinics in Texas that may come “under attack”; Big push by Dems in final days before recall vote; Newsom puts focus on union workers one week before recall; 510K+ in Louisiana still without power one+ week after Ida; Hundreds still displaced in Mamaroneck, NY; Caldor fire evacuation orders lifted for South Lake Tahoe, but new CA fires ignite; Droughts & fires threaten California’s sequoia trees; Police identify ex-marine as gunman in rampage that leaves 4 dead; ex-marine charged with killing 4, including mom holding infant son; Sherriff: ex-marine had no known connection to victims of rampage; Sherriff: suspect’s girlfriend says he suffers from PTSD; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Syys 202139min

800K+ homes, businesses still without power in Louisiana; Louisiana grappling with power outages, fuel shortages; 2/3 of gas stations in New Orleans & Baton Rouge out of fuel; Heat index tops 100° in Louisiana as 800K+ are without power; Four nursing home patients die after being evacuated; LA gov pledges investigation into nursing home residents deaths; At least 50 killed in the northeast due to flooding, tornadoes; Sources: booster rollout on Sept 20 may be for just Pfizer vaccine recipients, Moderna recipients would have to wait; Moderna: booster data submission to FDA completed; Biden’s leadership tested this week: COVID, Afghanistan, deadly storms; U.S. adds 235,000 jobs in August, far fewer than expected; Manchin calls for “pause” on democrats $3.4T reconciliation bill; Evolution of Wisconsin’s GOP senator into a conspiracy promoter; GOP Wisconsin senator losing support amid his conspiracies & lies; GOP Wisconsin senator hasn’t said if he’ll run for re-election in 2022; Potential 2022 challengers take aim at WI GOP senator’s rhetoric; Biden speaks after touring Hurricane IDA damage in Louisiana; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Syys 202144min

Homes underwater, transit shut down as Ida hits Northeast; Rescues ongoing as rivers burst at banks, spill into towns; NYC suburb: 200+ stranded cars block major parkways; County Exec: At least 3 dead in Westchester County, NY; Philadelphia's Schuylkill river swell 16 feet above flood level; Officials estimate thousands rescued from NE floodwaters; More than 900k still without power across Louisiana; Sotomayor: Some justices "Opted to bury their heads in the sand" over Texas abortion law; Biden condemns Supreme Court ruling on TX abortion ban; U.S. Supreme court opens path for end of Roe V. Wade; Biden directs "Whole-of-government" response to Texas law; Mask debate turn usually-quiet school board meetings int shouting matches, fights nationwide; School board member gets death threats from anti-maskers; CDC: Cases & hospitalizations much lower among children in communities with high vaccination rates; Fauci: FDA should have data on vaccines for children under 12 by end of the month; More than 80% of Americans have some immunity to covid, blood survey finds To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Syys 202135min

Officials: WH plans to shift focus away from Afghanistan; Social media video appears to show Taliban parading military vehicles taken from retreating Afghan forces; Top U.S. general says he feels “pain and anger” over Afghanistan; Book reveals Dick Cheney was nearly assassinated by Taliban; FEMA: $5m+ in assistance now approved for hard-hit households; Nearly 50% of gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge almost out of fuel; Louisiana governor: 220+ Covid deaths in last four days; Child Covid-10 hospitalizations in U.S. reach new high; 30-40 mph winds & dry air fuel wildfire near Lake Tahoe To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Syys 202136min