The Lead with Jake Tapper

Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis face off in a debate tonight, just five days before the Iowa caucuses. Can either win over the Trump vote or is this a fight for second place? Plus, Hunter Biden shows up unexpectedly on Capitol Hill, crashing a hearing on holding him in contempt of Congress. Also, a judge says not so fast to Donald Trump taking the stand.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Jan 202443min

Donald Trump has a day in court and his legal team argues that the former president cannot be prosecuted even if his actions were criminal. Plus, with six days before the crucial contest in Iowa, a new CNN poll from another key early primary state shows a candidate gaining ground on the GOP frontrunner. Also, the defense secretary has been treated for prostate cancer. The Pentagon has been pressed on his hospital status and why the president didn't know one of his top cabinet members was in the hospital and couldn't do his job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Jan 202442min

A crucial week before the caucuses in Iowa and Trump is not there, instead preparing for court. He is falsely calling the January 6th criminals "hostages." This as Michelle Obama says she is “terrified" about what 2024 election results will bring. Plus, a CNN correspondent is embedded with a group migrants trying to get across the U.S. border from Mexico. Also, a missing door found in an Oregon backyard could be the smoking gun in the investigation as to what went wrong on an Alaska Airlines flight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Jan 20241h 22min

The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot. This as Trump is back in Iowa expected to speak at a live event ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Plus, a new batch of documents related to convicted dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has just been released. Also, subject of TV dramas for years, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admits she helped in the plot to kill her abusive mother, is fresh out of prison and talking to CNN.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Jan 20241h 10min

A 17-year-old gunman killed a sixth grade student and wounded five other people Thursday at Perry High School near Des Moines, Iowa, authorities said. The gunman, who died of a self-inflicted wound, was armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small caliber handgun. Also, we look at key takeaways from the latest trove of unsealed documents from a lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, ISIS is claiming responsibility for the deadly blast in Iran which killed dozens on Wednesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Jan 20241h 26min

The White House is lambasting members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet. Specifically, two right-wing extremists whom critics say are calling for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza leaving some in the Biden administration to wonder if Netanyahu will have to choose between Biden and extremists in Netanyahu's government. Plus, in his first CNN interview since becoming House speaker, Mike Johnson joins from the Mexico border to discuss the border crisis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Jan 20241h 25min

Dr. Claudine Gay is stepping down as the president of Harvard University. Was it the poorly received congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus or the mounting accusations of plagiarism? Plus, a deadly airport runway inferno in Tokyo after two planes collide. Also, a senior leader of Hamas was assassinated in an explosion in Beirut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Jan 20241h 24min

Russia launches its biggest air attack on Ukraine, unleashing unprecedented missiles and drones across the country with schools, factories, warehouses, and hospitals hit in one of the largest air assaults of this war. Plus, President Trump has been removed from the 2024 primary ballot again, this time in Maine. We examine how his rivals are responding. Plus, a rogue wave is causing chaos in California and officials say the threat isn't over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Des 202341min