The Lead with Jake Tapper

We are less than 48 hours from a federal shutdown the United States. CNN is learning lawmakers are emerging from House Speaker Johnson’s office saying that there is an agreement between Republicans on a funding plan that could avoid a shutdown.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Dec 20241h 22min

In a surprise reversal and secret vote, the House Ethics Committee decides to release its repot on Matt Gaetz, the original Trump pick for attorney general. What did the committee learn about the allegations of sexual misconduct? Plus, a Trump ally in Congress recommends that Liz Cheney should be criminally prosecuted. Is this the beginning of criminally prosecuting people who opposed Trump?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Dec 20241h 25min

Luigi Mangione has now been charged with first degree murder in the death of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Prosecutors released an 11 count indictment. Mangione faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Dec 20241h 24min

New details about today’s tragic school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin. A law enforcement source now tells CNN the shooter was a female teenage student at a private K-12 school. Plus, Tulsi Gabbard declines to answer if she regrets meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the former president of Syria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Dec 20241h 6min

New mysterious drone sightings, first in New Jersey and now beyond. Even a sitting U.S. senator has seen them. What is behind them and why won’t anybody tell us? Plus, a major change of plans in the investigation into the CEO killing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Dec 20241h 23min

A slew of questions emerge surrounding mysterious drone sightings. Should Americans be worried? Should the United States military shoot them down? Who is controlling them? Plus, after pardoning his own son, President Biden sets a record by granting clemency for 1,500 people.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Dec 20241h 22min

A positive match, the gun and shell casings, along with fingerprints are among the brand new details from detectives which add layers in the case of a CEO’s murder. The suspected killer’s manifesto also cements a motive. Plus, a padlocked prison cell in Syria is shot open only to discover an inmate alive and CNN cameras were there as it happened.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Dec 20241h 23min

Detectives say they have new evidence that proves the suspected CEO killer is responsible for the murder. Plus, CNN is in Syria, inside the palace of former President Bashar al-Assad. Also, in one single hour a California wildfire tripled in size.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Dec 20241h 23min