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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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May 20, 2014
• GM Recalls; Primary Battles; First Polls to Close; When Did the White House Know?


May 19, 2014
• Clinton Faces Republican Blowback Over Potential Health Issues; An Eye Toward Midterm Races; "Godzilla" Gives Military Starring Role; Supreme Court Allows "Raging Bull" Lawsuit
• Mass Hacker Arrest; Rove on the Attack; Hollywood and the U.S. Military; "Truthers" to Protest 9/11 Museum; Deadly Virus Spreads to 3rd U.S. Patient; Deadly Long Waits


May 16, 2014
• Bashing The Koch Brothers; Feds Fine GM $35M; A Tribute To Teddy Kennedy
• California Wildfires; Interview with Mayor Matt Hall; General Motors Fined; India's New Leader; Is Arson to Blame for California Wildfires?; New Leader, Controversial Past


May 15, 2014
• New Case Of MERS Identified; How Can The U.S. Help Missing Girls?; GM Has Recalled 11.1M Vehicles In 2014
• Interview with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Arson in California?; MERS Worries; Fires Force Tens of Thousands to Evacuate


May 14, 2014
• Bill Clinton Addresses Attacks Against Hillary; First Look At National September 11th Memorial Museum With Michael Bloomberg; Fire Forces 11,000 Plus To Flee San Diego Area; Chelsea Manning May Be Transferred To Civilian Prison For Gender Treatment; "He Was Ready To Go To Prison"
• MERS Scare; Interview With Rick Santorum; Zodiac Killer Found?; Fires Force More Than 11,000 to Evacuate; Clinton Defends Hillary on Benghazi, Rove Attacks


May 13, 2014
• Ukraine: Seven Soldiers Killed In Ambush; Secrets Revealed In Jackie Kennedy Letters
• MERS Outbreak?; Rove Takes Shot at Hillary's Health; "She Doesn't Have Brain Damage"; Stocks Surge to Another Record


May 12, 2014
• Boko Haram Update; Clay Aiken's Opponent Found Dead; GOP Winning The Enthusiasm War; Going Up: Washington Monument Reopens
• Wildfires in Texas; Donald Sterling Breaks Silence; Will Nigerian Government Negotiate?; Sterling: "I Was Baited"; Is Ukrainian Secession Vote Valid?


May 09, 2014
• Hillary Hits The Speaker Circuit; "You'd Be Fired" If You Acted Like Bill Clinton; Sterling: "Do I Have Any Freedom Of Speech"; Smerconish's New Political Thriller "Talk"
• Putin Visits Crimea; U.S. Help in Nigeria; Interview With Arizona Senator John McCain; U.S. Airliner's Close Call With a Drone; Dr. Drew First Hip-Hop Billionaire?


May 08, 2014
• Can Clintons "Bury The Blue Dress?"; Life For The "Undrafted"
• The Full Lewinsky; Missing Nigerian Girls; Interview with DoD Spokesman RAdm. John Kirby; Hillary Clinton Accused of "Gross Hypocrisy"; Interview with Rep. Patrick Meehan


May 07, 2014
• Interview with Congressman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina; Disaster Politics: Obama Visits Arkansas; Cleveland Hero One Year Later
• Crisis in Ukraine; Carnage After Kidnapping; U.S. Military Team Heading to Nigeria


May 06, 2014
• Primary Day in North Carolina; Lewinsky Back in the Spotlight; More Flooding, Wildfires And Drought; Famous Hotel Boycotted Over Sharia Law
• Interview with New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez; North Carolina Senate Primary; Crisis in Ukraine; Eight More Girls Kidnapped in Nigeria; CNN Investigation: Vets are Dying Waiting for Doctors


May 05, 2014
• Donald Sterling Shopping For Lawyers?; Plane Search Reboot; Everything Is Awesome For Lego
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview With Tennessee Senator Bob Corker; Nigeria Kidnapping; "I Abducted Your Girls"


May 02, 2014
• GOP Donors Flocking to Jeb?; April Jobs Report Crushes Expectations; "Nerd Prom" This Weekend In D.C.
• Interview With U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt; President Obama Threatens New Sanctions Against Russia; U.S. to Russia: Stay Out of Ukraine Elections; Deadly Disease Now in U.S.; Parents Plead: Bring Our Girls Home


May 01, 2014
• "Closest Thing to a Smoking Gun"; Malaysia Releases Investigative Report; Riot Police Dominated By Separatists
• Interview with Former President George W. Bush; GW Bush: "I Hope Jeb Runs"


April 30, 2014
• Searchers Skeptical of Plane Claim; Ryan Clears Air Over Inner City Comments; Ryan Clears Air Over "Inner City" Comments; "There's "Uncle Tom" Clarence Thomas"; "Somebody's Gotta Do It"
• Interview with Florida Governor Rick Scott; Death Drugs; Extreme Weather; Who's Got Next?; Killer Dies After Botched Lethal Injection


April 29, 2014
• What the Rants Will Cost Sterling; Tornado Warning in North Carolina; Mississippi Braces for More Potential Tornadoes; A New Lead In Search For Flight 370?; Could Flight 370 Have Gone North?
• Deadly Tornadoes; L.A. Clippers Owner Banned for Life; Interview with NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas


April 28, 2014
• Clippers' Financial Fallout; Obama: Why So Eager To Use Force?; News Team Takes Cover In Studio; Tornadoes Hit Community Three Years Apart
• Severe Tornadoes; New Strategy in Flight 370 Search; Interview Mississippi Governor; Interview with NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul- Jabbar


April 25, 2014
• Divers Find Cabin Crammed With Bodies; Boehner Mocks Own Party On Immigration; GM's Profits Plunge; Life Animated
• Interview with State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; What Next for Flight 370 Search?; Crisis in Ukraine; Bluefin-21 May Expand Search Area; Divers Found Cabin Crammed with Bodies


April 24, 2014
• Rancher Branded A Racist; RT Editor-In-Chief: "Ukraine RIP"; Chicago's Top Cop: Murder Rate Is Down
• Malaysian Prime Minister Interview; Nevada Rancher Makes Controversial Comments; Bluefin-21 Nearing End of Search; Rancher Branded a "Racist"


April 23, 2014
• Pope Wades Into Divorce Debate; Economist Slays The Vampires; Outrage Over The Portrayal Of Islam
• Has Debris From Flight 370 Been Found?; Catholic Church And Divorce; Families of Flight 370 Demand Answers; Devastating Discovery for Ferry Rescue Team


April 22, 2014
• Michigan Affirmative Action Ban Upheld; Watching The Planet Get Warmer; Search Not Over, One Month After Landslide
• Ferry Disaster Search; Biden Warns Russia; Interview With Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline; Dive Teams Reach Cafeteria Area of South Korean Perry; Bluefin-21 on 10th Underwater Mission


April 21, 2014
• Death Toll In South Korean Ferry Disaster Rises to 87, 215 Still Missing; Families Demand Independent Review Of Flight 370 Data; Finally Finishing In Her Husband's Memory
• Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; Boston Marathon; Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Massive Security Presence for Marathon; Finding Strength to Move on After Bombings


April 18, 2014
• Separatists Reject Ukraine Deal; Avalanche Kills 12 On Mount Everest; Fallen MIT Officer Remembered; "An Investigation On Steroids"; Interview with Bob Corker
• Update on Ferry Disaster; Search for Flight 370 - Emergency Locator Mystery


April 17, 2014
• Chelsea Clinton Announces Pregnancy; Bluefin-21 Has Made Four Dives; Soaring Cost In Search For Flight 370; Running Out Of Leads In Search?; At Least 25 Dead From Capsized Ferry
• President Obama Meets with Media; Examining the President's Remarks; Reaching an Agreement to Curb the Violence


April 16, 2014
• Behind Twitter's Success Story; Why Only One Bluefin?
• Underwater Search Continues; Putin's Next Move?; "They Are Liars"; Nearly 300 Missing in Ferry Disaster


April 15, 2014
• Tax Day Surprises; Cashing In On Fantasy Sports; Ebola Kills 112 People In West Africa
• Tax Day; Flight 370 Search Resumes; Ukraine in Crisis; Too Deep for Bluefin?; Hurting the Search?


April 14, 2014
• Russian Fighter Jet Flies Too Close For Comfort; How Cell Phones Factor Into Missing Malaysia Air Flight; Congress And Unpaid Taxes; Obama, Putin Talk On Phone;
• Alleged Hate Crime; New Search Phase; Scouring the Bottom of the Sea


April 11, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Who Will Get The Black Boxes; Anti-Gun Politician Accused Of Arms Trafficking; Going Deep Beneath The Sea
• Ready for Hillary?; Confidence Growing in Search for Flight 370?; Malaysian Government; "Everyone Under Suspicion"; Ready for Hillary PAC Makes Big Haul


April 10, 2014
• Search for Flight 370; Interview with Sheryl Sandberg
• Motive Remains A Mystery; Three Vessels In Underwater Search For Flight 370; Sheryl Sandberg Doubles Down On "Lean In"
• Motive for Pennsylvania School Stabbings?; New Pings Detected?; Interview with Amb. Kim Beazley


April 09, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Focus Of Search Narrows; Obama Consoles Fort Hood After Shootings; The Cost Of Searching For Flight 370
• Stabbings in Pennsylvania School; Pings Detected in Search for Flight 370


April 08, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• How Flight 370 Hit The Water A Key Factor In Amount of Debris; Equal Pay For Women Becomes Forefront Issue In Washington; White House And GOP Tussle Over Equal Pay; Malaysian Government's Mixed Messages
• Crisis in Ukraine; Ping Search Continues; Interview With Florida Senator Marco Rubio; Desperate Underwater Search for Plane Pings; History of the "Black Box"


April 07, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Interview With Texas Senator Ted Cruz; Hearing Signals Or Something Else?; Flight 370 Families Hold Candlelight Vigil
• Flight 370 Pings Detected?; Different Devices Used; Stern Words for Russia


April 04, 2014
• Army: Over 150 Special Agents Investigating Shooting; Digging Into Shooter's Past; Growing Frustration with Malaysian Government; Interview with Rep. Tim Murphy
• Fort Hood Investigation Continues; Lt Gen. Milley Briefs Press on Shooting Latest


April 03, 2014
• Press Conference Analysis
• Fort Hood Investigation; Interview with Doctor at Hospital Treating Fort Hood Wounded; Briefing on Fort Hood Shooting


April 02, 2014
• Senate Committee Calls On General Motors Scandal "Criminal"; Malaysia Prime Minister Meets With Search Tears
• Flight 370 Search Zone Shifts; GM CEO On Capitol Hill; Malaysia Airlines Changing Cockpit Security; Limits on Overall Donations Struck Down


April 01, 2014
• What If They Never Find The Plane?; Global Airline Group Forming Task Force
• Flight 370 Transcript Released; Communication Problems Hurt Flight Search; President Reacts to Sign-Up Surge; Live Coverage Of President's Rose Garden Address


March 31, 2014
• Report: Time Running Out To Reverse Climate Change; GM Announces Another Recall; GM Recall: Why Did It Take So Long?; Mystery Of Flight 370
• Search for Flight 370 Wreckage Continues; Trading Fire; Captain's Daughter Lashes Out at Tabloid; North & South Korea Exchange Fire; Senator: White House "Cooking the Books"


March 28, 2014
• Obama To Putin: Pull Back From Ukraine; Teen: Change Font, Save Millions; Objects Spotted In Search For Flight 370
• The Search for Flight 370; Fears of War; Pilots' Psychological Testing Probed; Flight 370 Families Struggling to Cope


March 27, 2014
• Will Weather Clear Up For Searchers?; Russia Builds Up Troops On Ukraine Border; Obama Meets Pope Francis; Conspiracy Theories Surround Flight 370
• Ukrainian Crisis; The Search for Flight 370; How Long Will Investigation into Pilots Last?


March 26, 2014
• Interview With Gov. Jay Inslee; Were Landslide Warnings Ignored?; Hunting For A Moving Target
• Search for Flight 370; Washington Mudslide Death Toll Rising; The Search Zone; MH370 Family Hires U.S. Law Firm


March 25, 2014
• Theories Abound As Search For Flight 370 Continues; The Chinese's Role In International Mystery; 176 Still Unaccounted For In Landslide; Planes Expected To Take Off In Perth
• The Search for Flight 370; Rescuers Search for Mudslide Victims; Tracking the Pings From Flight 370; Mechanical Failure or Deliberate Act?


March 24, 2014
• Malaysian PM Declares Flight 370 "Ended" In Southern Indian Ocean; New Details On Flight's Final Hours; What New Clues Say About Flight's Final Hours
• Families Told All Lives Lost on Flight 370; Working Backwards to Find MH370; Desperate Search for Landslide Survivors


March 21, 2014
• More Data Deletions Discovered On Hard Drive; Critical Data Was Delayed In Flight Search; Descending On "The Roaring Forties"; Families Of Missing Torn Between Grief And Hope
• New Info in Flight 370 Mystery; Putin's Next Move?; FBI Searching Pilot's Hard Drive for Clues; Putin Could Push Deeper into Ukraine


March 20, 2014
• The Autopilot Theory; Did Autopilot Keep Plane Airborne?; U.S. And Russia Swap Sanctions
• Mystery of Flight 370; Objects Sighted on Radar Sought; Batteries on "Black Boxes" Running Out; The Exhaustive Search for Flight 370


March 19, 2014
• Time For A Tech Upgrade?; Cost Of Putting GPS Systems On Aircraft
• Putin's Next Move?; Grieving Families Dragged from News Briefing; Missing Plane's Pilot Deleted Data From Simulator; New Info About Flight 370 Route Change


March 18, 2014
• Ukrainian Officer Killed In Crimea's Capital; Putin Flaunts His Defiance At The West; Thai Radar Backs Up "Left Turn" Theory; Did Terrorists Play A Role In Missing Plane?; Vets Receive Belated Medals Of Honor
• Mystery of Flight 370; Thai Radar Backs Up "Let Turn" Theory; Did Smoke-Filled Cockpit Take Down Flight 370?


March 17, 2014
• Profiling The Passengers And Crew Of Flight 370; "If Anyone Survived, It's Him"; The Kremlin Strikes Back; Interview With Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut
• Mystery of Flight 370


March 14, 2014
• U.S. Officials Probe Batteries Theory; Officials: Plane Likely Crashed In Indian Ocean
• Mystery of Flight 370; Still No Closer to an Answer; U.S. Officials Probe Batteries Theory


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