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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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September 01, 2014
• Rare Access to American Captives in North Korea; Did Militants Have Pool Party at U.S. Embassy?; Interview with New York Congressman Eliot Engel & California Congressman Ed Royce; Americans Held in North Korea Plead for Help; Civil Liberties vs. Security


August 29, 2014
• Obama's Foreign Policy Problem; "Worst Week" Since Ebola Outbreak Began; Google Enters The Drone War
• Britain Raises Terror Threat Level; Russia Denies Invasion of Ukraine; Ebola Outbreak Growing


August 28, 2014
• Barack Obama Answering Questions about Ukraine, ISIS and Immigration; Second Killed American ISIS Member IDed; Why Terrorists Target Minnesota for Recruits
• President Obama Holds Press Conference


August 27, 2014
• Children's Access To Guns; Mitch McConnell's Strategy And Political Style
• Interview With Rear Admiral John Kirby; Will U.S. Strike Syria?; Gun Range Death; Mother Pleads with ISIS to Release Her Son; American Student Missing in Israel


August 26, 2014
• New Possible Evidence in Michael Brown Shooting; Burger King Accused of Tax Dodging; Will Congress Close Tax Loophole?; Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; American Jihadi; Audio Recording of Ferguson Shooting?; Burger King Controversy; Interview with Former Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford; American Missing in Israel


August 25, 2014
• Syria Ready to Cooperate with the U.N. to Fight ISIS; Is Burger King Moving To Canada?; Remembering Michael Brown
• Remembering Michael Brown; Interview With Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay; Wilson Supporters: Media Choosing Sides; Hunting for the Man Who Beheaded Foley


August 22, 2014
• Obama Criticized Over Handling Of ISIS; How Big Is ISIS Threat In U.S.; Could Foley Have Been Saved?
• Police Report Released on Ferguson Shooting; ISIS Threat; Interview with Missouri State Representative Courtney Allen Curtis; Hamas Leader: We Did Kidnap the 3 Israeli Teens; Russian Convoy Rolls into Ukraine


August 21, 2014
• National Guard Leaving Ferguson; Holder Assures Family Of Fairness; Controversy Over St. Louis Shooting; U.S. Refused To Pay Ransom For Foley
• New Details on Failed Hostage Rescue Attempt; Hagel: ISIS Beyond Anything We Have Seen; New Details on Failed Hostage Crisis; Witness Says Brown Didn't Run Toward Officer


August 20, 2014
• Foley's Death Raises Questions About Obama Administration; Obama's Evolution Over Use Of Military Force; Eric Holder Arrives In Ferguson, Missouri; Grand Jury Hearing Evidence In Brown Case; What Will Happen Tonight In Ferguson?
• Eric Holder Visits Ferguson; American Journalist Killed; Obama: ISIS Militants Are A "Cancer"


August 19, 2014
• Interview with Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin; Interview with Missouri Democratic State Senator Jeff Roorda; "Outsiders" Inciting Violence in Ferguson?; Brown's Mother: The Violence Needs to Stop
• Rescue Attempt in Arizona; Protests Continue in Missouri; Interview with Mayor James Knowles of Ferguson, Missouri


August 18, 2014
• Missouri Governor Calls In National Guard
• Protests in Ferguson Continue; Brown Toxicology Report Completed; Obama Remarks on Iraq & Ferguson


August 15, 2014
• Officer Who Shot Brown Interviewed Twice; Ukraine: We Destroyed Part of Russian Convoy; Brown Family Holding News Conference
• Repeat of Interview with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon; Controversy Continues Over Teen Shooting; Crisis in Ukraine; Brown Family Accuses Police of Victim Blaming


August 14, 2014
• Bracing For Fifth Night of Protests; Gov. Nixon: Highway Patrol to Take Over Protest Response; Family Demands Answers In Brown's Death; Interview with Ryan Reilly
• Protests in Missouri; New Robin Williams Revelation; Gov. Nixon's News Conference on Ferguson


August 13, 2014
• Clinton: Looking Forward to Hugging It Out; New Details on Officer Who Killed Teen; Palestinians: Cease-Fire Extended; Tourist's Body Turns Up In Blood-Smeared Suitcase
• U.S. Advisers Heading to Iraq; Israel Says Cease-Fire Violated; Clinton: Looking Forward to Hugging It Out


August 12, 2014
• Obama Administration Reportedly Sending Around 75 Additional American Military Personnel to Iraq; The Atrocities Of ISIS; Seeds Of Anger Sprout From Ferguson, Missouri; Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Sparks More Protests; The Comedian And Combat
• Remembering Robin Williams; Unrest in Missouri; Crisis in Iraq; Robin Williams: Public Life, Private Pain; Daily Beast: Obama Outraged Over Syria Criticism


August 11, 2014
• Hillary Puts Political Distance Between Herself and Former Boss; Call for Calm in Ferguson, Missouri After Michael Brown's Shooting Death; Fragile Cease-Fire Holds as Negotiations Continue in Middle East; Tragic NASCAR Death Under Investigation
• Hillary Clinton Distancing Herself From President Obama?; Aid Drops in Iraq; Unarmed Teen Killed; Alleged ISIS Sympathizer Arrested at JFK; Hillary Clinton Slams Obama Foreign Policy


August 08, 2014
• Second Round Of U.S. Airstrikes In Iraq; Chances Of Resurrection Cease-Fire Talks?
• Cease-Fire Shattered; U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; New Round of U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; Interview with Tony Blinken


August 07, 2014
• Will Putin's Forces Invade Ukraine?; CDC Looking Into Experimental Ebola Treatments; Behind the Recent Middle East Tensions
• Official: U.S. Considering Airstrikes in Iraq; Russia's Next Move?; Crisis in Iraq Escalates; Cease-Fire in Israel


August 06, 2014
• The War Against Peace; Foreign Policy Under The Gun; Is the Ebola Outbreak Spreading?
• Interview with New York Congressman Steve Israel; Interview with State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Middle East Cease-Fire Holding; Ebola Outbreak; Hamas Caught on Tape?; Interview with Saeb Erekat; Russia Retaliates for Latest Sanctions


August 05, 2014
• Can The Cease-Fire Hold?; Second American Ebola Patient Arrives In U.S.; Protecting Jerusalem's Old City
• U.S. General Killed in Afghanistan; Truce in Gaza; Interview with Israeli Defense Forces Spokesman; Russian Troops Ready for Battle


August 04, 2014
• Israeli and Hamas Spokesmen Dicsuss Latest Attempts to Reach a Ceasefire; Israel, Palestinians Agree To 3-Day Cease-Fire; New York Patient Being Tested For Ebola
• Update on War in Gaza; Ebola Fears; Egypt Proposes New 3-Day Cease-Fire; Palestinians Agree to 3-Day Cease-Fire


August 01, 2014
• Americans With Ebola to Be Evacuated; U.S. Backs Plan to Keep Russia At Bay; Russia "Destabilizing" Ukraine; Sponsored Children Dying in Gaza; CIA Chief Sorry for Senate Spying
• Interview with Ron Prosor, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations; Ebola Patients Coming to the U.S.; Crisis in Israel; Ebola Fears


July 31, 2014
• Interview with Maen Areikat; Hamas Militants Attack Through Tunnels; Ebola Scare Forces Highest Travel Alert; Interview with Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Investigators Reach MH17 Site
• Latest on the Ebola Outbreak; Crisis in Israel Continues


July 30, 2014
• Rebel Keep Investigators from MH-17 Crash Site; Could Ebola Come to the U.S.?; Anti-Semitism Rising With Gaza Bombings; Putin Wants All The Chips
• Crisis in Israel; Ebola Fears; White House Condemns Shelling of U.N. Shelter


July 29, 2014
• Health Officials Say Man Who Died From Ebola After Collapsing at an Airport in Nigeria was an American; Ukraine Denies Firing Short- Range Ballistic Missiles at pro-Russian Rebel Targets
• Israel: Ball in Hamas' Court; Interview with Ghazi Hamad, Hamas Official; Palestinian Authority Cease-Fire Rejected by Hamas; Interview with Mark Regev; Severe Ebola Outbreak


July 28, 2014
• Fighting Keeps Away MH17 Investigators; Israelis Criticize Kerry Over Proposal; What the Black Boxes Are Telling Us
• Flight 17 Crash Site Not Secure; Crisis in Israel; Interview with White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken


July 25, 2014
• Challenge Of Identifying Flight 17 Victims; An Optics Problem?; No Survivors Found In Air Algerie Crash; Dutch Anger Targets Putin's Daughter
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Crisis in Israel; Russia and Ukraine


July 24, 2014
• U.N. Shelter Hit, Civilians Killed; Punishing Putin For MH17; Clinton On Russia: The Reset Worked; Looters, Scammers Target Flight MH17 Victims; Interview with Sen. Kelly Ayotte; Interview with UN Spokesman
• Russia Doubling Down in Ukraine?; Still Safe to Fly?; U.S.: Proof Russia Firing into Ukraine; MH17 Crash Site Unsecured; Journalist Working for CNN Detained


July 23, 2014
• Interview With Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat And Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
• Two More Planes Shot Out of the Sky Over Ukraine; Report Details Collapse Of Peace Process; Long Journey Back For MH17 Victims
• Interview With Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Netherlands Mourns Flight 17 Victims; John Kerry in Israel; Dutch Mourn As First Caskets Arrive


July 22, 2014
• U.S. Intelligence Bolsters Case That Surface-To-Air Missile Was Shot From Eastern Ukraine; Parents Of MH-17 Victim Believe She Is Still Alive; U.S. Bans Flights To, From Tel Aviv; Netherlands Awaits Return Of Bodies
• Investigation Into Downed Malaysian Airliner Continues; Flights to Tel Aviv Banned; Outrage Mounts, Action Lags


July 21, 2014
• Americans Point Finger at Putin for Downed Plane; Seven Israeli Soldiers Killed In Past 24 Hours; What Plane Strike Means For Terrorism; The Dutch Devastation
• Russia Accused of Tampering; Conflict in Israel; Grieving Families Left in the Dark


July 18, 2014
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; Invading Gaza; Who Shot Malaysian Plane Down?; Interview with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Olexander Motsyk


July 17, 2014
• Ukraine: Pro-Russia Separatists Shot Down Plane
• Israel Launches Ground Invasion of Gaza; Malaysia Airlines Flight Crashes in Ukraine


July 16, 2014
• Canadian Recruits for ISIS on Video; GOP: Ex-Labor Secretary Illegally Fundraised; CDC Forced to Answer for Security Lapses; Time Warner Turning Down Murdoch Offer; The Prince of Parody Makes a Comeback
• 2016 Presidential Race Already Started?; New Cease-Fire in Israel?; Four Young Palestinian Boys Killed in Shelling


July 15, 2014
• Storms Threaten 30 Million Along East Coast; Ceasefire Falls Apart In Mideast; Interview with Amb. Ron Dermer; Time to Spit Out the Chew
• Interview with Former Vice President Dick Cheney; 40 Immigrants Flown Back Home


July 14, 2014
• Israeli Cabinet Meeting About Egyptian Proposal For Ceasefire; United Air Boeing 777 Forced To Land on Tiny Pacific Island; Cleveland Revival?; CNN Launches Theme Parks Investigation
• Crisis in Israel; Is Israel Holding Back n Ground Invasion?; Holder: "It's More Frightening Than Anything"


July 11, 2014
• What About The Border?; Who's To Blame For The Border Crisis?; Germany Kicks Out CIA Station Chief; John Walsh Back On "THE HUNT"
• Vladimir Putin Visits Cuba; LeBron James Returning to Cleveland; Fear in Israel; Cleveland Rocks Over LeBron Return; Putin Visits the Castro Brothers in Cuba


July 10, 2014
• Finger Pointing Over Border Crisis; "He Did Not Get The Care He Needed"; No Monkee-ing Around
• Interview with State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Crisis in Israel; Obama Leaves Texas Without Border Visit; Interview with Texas Congressman Michael McCaul


July 09, 2014
• Julian Castro To Be Next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Israeli Military Air Strikes In Gaza; Forty Countries Still Lack U.S. Ambassador
• Interview With Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn; President Obama Heads to Texas; Violence in Israel; Snowden Leak: Muslim-American Lawyers Targeted


July 08, 2014
• Recreational Weed Shops Open Doors Today In Washington State; German Intelligence Worker Arrested For Allegedly Selling Secrets To U.S. Intelligence Community; Why Won't Washington Work?; Senator Suggests Cubans Behind Sex Scandal
• Interview With Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar; Immigration Controversy; Tensions Rising in Israel; Obama & Perry to Meet After Much Conflict; Interview with Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi


July 07, 2014
• Pope Francis Apologiezes To Abuse Victims; Hillary Clinton Tours Book In Europe;
• New Details in Toddler Death Investigation; Tensions in Israel; Interview with Mark Regev; No Border Visit on Obama's Texas Schedule; Interview with Congressman Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma; Investigation Deepens in Hot Car Death


July 04, 2014
• Border Battle on the 4th of July; Clinton: Snowden Has Right to Legal Defense; The '90s: The Last Great Decade?
• Immigration Battle; Hurricane Aftermath; Crisis in Iraq; Fighting for His Right to Read; Growing Up in the White House


July 03, 2014
• Dad in Court Over Son's Hot Car Death; Charges Stand, No Bond in Hot Car Death
• Probable Cause Hearing Held in Toddler Death Case


July 02, 2014
• Revenge Killing?; Will Pay Gap Unchanged Under Obama; Playing With Your Emotions; Tim Howard National Airport?
• New Airport Security Measures; Palestinian Teen Killed; Facebook Under Fire; U.S. Military Advisers Assess Iraqi Military; Revenge Killing?


July 01, 2014
• Serena Williams Appears Disoriented During Match; UNC Chapel Hill in Hot Water Over Student Athletes; Blackwater Back On Trial; College Cheerleader and Lion Killer
• Interview With Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily; Serena Williams Drops Out of Wimbledon Due to Illness; Who Pays for the Trips Congress Takes?


June 30, 2014
• Supreme Court Sides With Hobby Lobby's Religious Rights; Live Coverage: Obama Nominates Bob McDonald As New Veterans Affairs Secretary; Tornado Warnings
• Bodies of Israeli Teens Found; New Terror Threat; The Terrorists' Newest Tools; Court Rules Against Obama


June 27, 2014
• Obama Dubs Himself "The Bear"; "Why Don't You Become Legal?"; Movies, Now With Smell-O-Vision
• Without a Trace; CDC: 1 in 10 Die From Excessive Drinking; Alcohol-Related Deaths; Crisis in Iraq; Interview with John Kirby


June 26, 2014
• Investigators: Flight 370 Crew Likely Unconscious; Case Of The Missing Emails; GoPro Goes IPO; Danger And Death On The Dance Floor
• Team USA Advances in World Cup; Investigators: Flight 370 Crew Likely Unconscious; Iraq in Crisis; Interview with Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson


June 25, 2014
• Republicans Plan To Sue President Obama Over Issue Of Executive Orders; ABC's Diane Sawyer Will Step Aside As "Evening News" Anchor; Ebola "Epidemic Is Out Of Control"; Chew On This: A World Cup Ban?
• Hillary Clinton Under Fire; Air strikes in Iraq; Near Miss in Mississippi; Interview with Congressman Charlie Rangel of New York


June 24, 2014
• Soccer Player Luis Suarez Bites Member of Opposing Team; The Politics Of Hillary
• Interview With Texas Congressman Michael McCaul; Iraq in Crisis; Primary Elections; Cochran Reaching Out to Black Democrats; Rep. Rangel in Tough New York Fight


June 23, 2014
• VA Cannot Investigate Itself; President Obama Pushing For Paid Maternity Leave; White House Sending Millions South; Egypt Convicts Three Al Jazeera Journalists


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