The Lead with Jake Tapper

The Lead with Jake Tapper


Latest Episodes

DOW Closes Down 400+ Points after Trump Announces Tariffs; Fmr. Trump Aide Says Mueller Asked About Hicks Denials; WAPO: Trump Derided Sessions as "Mr. Magoo" in Private; CA Agents Using Rare System to Hunt for Illegal Guns; Trump: WH Will Roll Out O
March 01, 2018

BLOCK A DOW Closes Down 400+ Points after Trump Announces Tariffs; NYT: Kushner's Business Got $500M in Loans after WH Meetings; White House Struggles with One Crisis after Another; Trump Announces Intent to Impose Tariffs on Aluminum, Steel; Kelly Jokes

Trump Pushes For "Comprehensive" Gun Bill; Jared Kushner Stripped of Top Secret Clearance; White House Communications Director Hope Hicks to Resign
February 28, 2018

Rep. Deutch: "You Can Get This Done, Mr. President"; Trump: "You Have to Fix Mental Illness"; Attorney General Pushes Back at Trump After New Insult; Kushner's Interim Clearance Significantly Downgraded; 2016 Trump: Carelessness with Classified Info "Disq

Sources: Jared Kushner Loses Top-Secret Security Clearance; Trump Silent on Questions about Kushner's Downgraded Clearance; U.S. Cyber Chief: Russians Haven't Paid Price for Meddling; Sheriff says he got 23 Calls about Shooter's Family, but Records S
February 27, 2018

BLOCK A Sources: Jared Kushner Loses Top-Secret Security Clearance BLOCK B Trump Silent on Questions about Kushner's Downgraded Clearance; NSA: Trump Hasn't Directed Us to Disrupt Russian Threats; Sources: Jared Kushner Loses Top-Secret Security Clearanc

Trump Met With NRA Leaders, Spoke With Ryan On Guns; Trump: It's Okay To Fight The NRA Sometimes
February 26, 2018

Trump On Massacre: "I'd Run In There," Even Unarmed; Gov Inslee To Trump:"less Tweeting...More Listening"; WH: Trump Supports "Concept" Of Raising Fun-Buying Age Limit; Congress Returns Facing Growing Calls To Tighten Gun Laws;CNN Poll: 70% Favor Stricter

Secret Service: Vehicle Strikes Security Barrier Near White House; Trump: School Security Guards Don't "Love the Children"; Today, Trump Doesn't Mention Raising Age Limit to 21; Sources: Coral Springs Police Were Stunned And Upset Some Deputies Didn'
February 23, 2018

A BLOCK CNN: Driver Intentionally Rammed White House Barricade; Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Becomes Fifth Person to Plead Guilty in Mueller Probe; Manafort Maintains Innocence After Gates' Guilty Plea; Gates' Guilty Plea Puts Pressure on Ex-Campaign Chair; Co

Trump Vows to Push Congress on Gun Law Changes; Trump Backs Changes to Background Checks, Age Limits; Shooter's Original Host Family Warned Law Enforcement; Sources: McMaster Could Leave WH after Tensions with Trump; Pentagon: WH Will Make Decision o
February 22, 2018

Trump Vows to Push Congress on Gun Law Changes; WH: We Don't Expect to Agree with NRA on Everything; Trump on Gun Reforms: Raise Age, Ban Bump Stocks; Trump Calls for Arming & Training "Only the Best" Teachers; Trump Proposes Bonuses for Teachers who Get

Special episode: Facing the hard questions after Parkland's school shooting
February 21, 2018

On February 14, a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17. One week after the horrific mass shooting, the victims' classmates, parents and community members attended a nationally televised CNN to

Students, Politicians & NRA Participate in CNN Town Hall Tonight; Student Survivors to Lawmakers: "We Will Not Be Silenced"; Trump Hears From Students, Families & Teachers About School Shootings
February 21, 2018

Trump: We Must Now Focus On Background Checks; Any Moment: WH Listening Session With Gun Violence Survivors; FL Gov: We Must Come Up With Solution to Keep Students Safe; Trump Holds Listening Session On Mass Shootings

Trump Directs Atty General to Propose Bump Stock Ban; Lawyer Linked to Ex-Trump Aide Pleads Guilty to Lying; Trump Claims He's Been Tougher on Russia than Obama; Shooting Survivors Bus to State Capital to Demand Action; Trump Jr's Trip to India Raise
February 20, 2018

Trump Directs Atty General to Propose Bump Stock Ban; WH Holds First Briefing Since Shooting, Russia Indictments; WH: "Very Clear" Russia Meddled in the Election; WH Tries to Walk Back Trump's Tweet on FBI Mistake on Parkland; WH: Would Like FBI "Not to b

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Asking About Jared Kushner's Business Discussions During Transition; Unleashed: Trump Goes After Everyone Except Russia; CNN Visits Russian "Troll Farm" From Mueller Indictment; Shooter Had Obtained At Least 10 Rifles
February 19, 2018

Mueller's Interest in Kushner Grows to Include Foreign Financing Efforts; Special Counsel Mueller Inquiring About Jared Kushner's Talks with Potential Chinese Investor; Ex-Trump Campaign Aid to Plead Guilty, Cooperate; LA Times: Gates to Plead Guilty, Tes