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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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December 17, 2014
• Interview With Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen; Interview With Florida Senator Marco Rubio; Movie Terror; U.S. and Cuba to Restore Diplomatic Ties; World Reacts to New U.S.-Cuban Relations


December 16, 2014
• 132 Children Killed In Taliban School Attack; Gunman Had "History of Violent Crime"; Clinton And Bush Could Square off In 2016
• Philadelphia Manhunt Ends; Terror Attack Threat; Taliban Attack School; Sony Hackers Invoke 9/11 in New Threats


December 15, 2014
• Tony Abbott Addresses Australia in the Wake of Terrorist Attack in Sydney; Lone Wolf Terror Threat On The Rise; Six Dead, Suspect On Loose Near Philadelphia
• Terror in Australia; Philadelphia Manhunt; Who Was the Sydney Gunman?


December 12, 2014
• Three Shot In Oregon School Shooting; Shooter On The Loose After Oregon School Shooting
• Aviation Mess; Dow Tanks; Three Shot in Potland, OR, School Shooting


December 11, 2014
• Less Than Eight Hours to Avoid Government Shutdown; 400,000 Rape Kits Untested; Sony Emails Joke About Obama and Race; USAID Fails to Infiltrate Cuban Hip-Hop Scene; The Battle for T-Rex
• CIA Director Defends Interrogation Tactics; West Coast Storm; BuzzFeed: James Foley's Body Up for Sale; Strongest West Coast Storm in Years; Michael Hayden Interview


December 10, 2014
• Stars Slammed In Leaked Sony E-mails; Obama's 3D Portrait: How'd They Do It?; ISIS vs. al Qaeda; Regulation on Drones Coming; New Safety Proposal from International Airline Air Safety Association
• Interview With Arizona Senator John McCain; Midair Threats; Interview with John Rizzo


December 09, 2014
• Release Of Report On CIA Enhanced Interrogation Technique; Interview with Senator Angus King About The Report; Uber Backlash Spreads Overseas; Flood Warning For Boston Metro Area
• Torture Report Released; American Terror Suspect Arrested In Israel; Did CIA Torture Lead to Bin Laden?; American Man Arrested in Israel


December 08, 2014
• Interview with UVA Student Council President Jalen Ross; New Details On Failed Hostage Rescue Mission; Friend Of South African Hostage Talks With CNN; Start Spreading The News: Royals In New York City
• Seeking Justice; Athletes and Controversy; Interview with NBA Legend Isiah Thomas; Marines on Alert at Embassies Consulates


December 05, 2014
• Rolling Stone Backs Off UVA Rape Story; Gas Could Drop Below $2 A Gallon; Mark Wahlberg Seeks Pardon
• National Protests; Magazine Apologizes for Rape Story; Chokehold Victim's Daughter Speaks


December 04, 2014
• Video Scrutinized In Chokehold Death; Few Grand Jury Details Released; Arrest In Mall Attack On American Teacher
• New York Protests; American Hostage in New Terrorist Video; Interview with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson


December 03, 2014
• No Indictment In NYPD Choking Death
• No Indictment in NYPD Chokehold Death; Did NYPD Officer Violate Choke Hold Ban?


December 02, 2014
• Who Is Ben Carson?; Biggest Republican Threat For Democrats?; Clinton Versus Bush Round Two; Ray Rice: I Wish For A Second Chance
• Riot Charges?; Major ISIS Arrest; 2016 Surprise; Family of ISIS Leader Detained; Kenyan President Vows to Fight Islamic Militants


December 01, 2014
• Do You Have Free Speech On Social Media?; Military Warned About ISIS Attacks At Home; Who Will Replace Defense Secretary Hagel?; Retailers Disappointed With Holiday Sales
• National Protests; ISIS Threat at Home; Obama's Response to Ferguson Events


November 28, 2014
• Ray Rice Wins Appeal, Is Eligible To Play; Who Wants To Be Secretary Of Defense?; Dramatic Rescue For Boys Buried Under Snow
• Ray Rice Reinstated; National Protests


November 26, 2014
• Travel Delays on Thanksgiving; Brown Family Attorney: "No Doubt" Wilson Is Lying; Businesses Destroyed After Fires And Looting
• Holiday Travel; Unrest in Ferguson; Darren Wilson Tells His Side of Story


November 25, 2014
• Fury In Ferguson Over Grand Jury Decision; Questions Surround Prosecutor's Case To Grand Jury; Office Wilson Goes on With His Life; Wave of Protest on East Coast; Rudy Giuliani Supports Grand Jury's Decision
• Ferguson Unrest; Missouri Governor to Deploy More Troops


November 24, 2014
• Secretary Hagel Resigns; Interview With Rear Admiral John Kirby; Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Is In; Protesters Prepare For Grand Jury Announcement
• Ferguson Grand Jury Reaches Decision; Ferguson Grand Jury Announcement To Come Soon


November 21, 2014
• GOP Blasting Obama Immigration Plan; Ferguson Police Bracing For Widespread Unrest
• Obama Pushes Immigration Plan in Vegas


November 20, 2014
• Ten Dead In Buffalo Snowstorm; Police: Shooter Was FSU Alum; Remembering Legendary Director Mike Nichols
• Will Chris Christie Run in 2016?; Exploding Airbag Maker Grilled Today; Tension in Ferguson; Remembering Director Mike Nichols


November 19, 2014
• Ferguson Organizers Call For Police Restraint; Synagogue Attack Sparks Tension Revenge; Former Supermodel Accuses Cosby Of Rape
• Immigration Battle; Killer Snowstorm; Interview with Congressman Steve King of Iowa; Interview with Senators Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Mark Warner of Virginia


November 18, 2014
• Extreme Weather Grips The U.S.; FBI: Attacks on Law Enforcement Possible; Achocolypse: Chocolate Supply Shortage
• Terror in Israel; Ferguson Tensions; Obama Orders Review of U.S. Hostage Policy; President's Immigration Flip-Flop?


November 17, 2014
• Threats to U.S. Cyber Security; Former NFL Fiancee Comes Forward to Talk About Domestic Violence; Doctor Dies Of Ebola After Testing Negative; Pope Francis Headed To Philly In 2015
• American Beheaded By ISIS; National Guard Activated in Ferguson; State of Emergency Declared in Missouri; Protecting America's Secrets


November 14, 2014
• Former Navy SEAL: "I Killed Bin Laden"
• WSJ: Govt Planes Spy on Cell Phone Calls; Ferguson Braces for Decision; Interview with State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Bin Laden Shooter; Putin's Ride


November 13, 2014
• Parties Go Head-To-Head On Immigration; Gas Prices Under $3 Per Gallon; "Duck Dynasty" To Become Vegas Musical
• Russia to Fly Bombers Near U.S.; Protests Over Missing Students Turn Violent; ISIS Safe Haven; Putin's Next Move


November 12, 2014
• Space Probe Trying to Land Comet 67 P; Jon Stewart's Directed Movie "Rosewater"; Social Media's Major Role In Joining Jihad; Eminem's Concert Potty Mouth Slammed
• Interview With Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers; Nukes in Crimea?; Interview With Jon Stewart; U.S. & China Reach Climate Change Deal; Interview with Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma


November 11, 2014
• Special Program for Imprisoned Veterans; Bush 43 Honors Bush 41 In New Book; Can Cosby Brand Survive Backlash?
• Arctic Blast; Cosby Backlash; President Obama in Asia; Winter Weather Pummels Plains, Moves East; Google Launching New Space Program?


November 10, 2014
• Prisoners Released from North Korea; Horrific Attack on School in Nigeria; Freezing Temps Across The Country; A New "Heartbreaker" For Zeppelin Fans
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; ISIS Leader Killed?; President Obama Visits Asia; Obama Arrives to Elaborate Show in China; Interview with Senator-Elect Thom Tillis of North Carolina


November 07, 2014
• Deadly Danger In Your Car; Pentagon Briefs On U.S. Troops Headed To Iraq; Kim Jong Un More Dangerous Than His Dad?
• More U.S. Troops to Iraq; Power Lunch: Obama Hosts Hill Leaders; Interview with House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer


November 06, 2014
• Taylor Swift's Platinum Prowess; The Secrets to Taylor's Swift's Success; Organizers Encourage Peaceful Protests; Bad Boys Survive to Win Re-Election
• Terrorist Bomb Maker Killed?; New Republican Majority; Boehner to Obama: Don't Poison the Well; Obama Sends Secret Letter to Iran


November 05, 2014
• Perspective Of Obama Interacting with Republican Senate; Interview With Senator-Elect Cory Gardner; The 2016 Campaign Starts Now; Exploding Airbags Linked To Three Deaths; "Terror" Attack In Jerusalem
• President Obama Holds Press Conference; Obama Pledges to Reach Out to GOP


November 04, 2014
• Reince Priebus Talks to CNN from War Room; Analysts Discuss Voting in Close States; Balance Of Power; Louisiana Senate Race Going Into Overtime?
• Election Day Arrives; CNN America's Choice 2014


November 03, 2014
• Election Night Preview; Misleading Ads: The Worst Of The Worst
• Will Republicans Take Senate?; Joe Biden Optimistic; Interview with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Interview with Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour


October 31, 2014
• Virgin's Spaceship Suffers Catastrophic Crash; Democrats In Danger Of Losing Senate; Fugitive Arrested In Cuffs Of Slain Officer
• Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crashes


October 30, 2014
• Has The 2016 Election Already Started?; Blackwater Guards Found Guilty; Lower Gas Prices Fuel Conspiracy Theories
• Khorasan Threat; Nurse Defies Maine Quarantine; Bush vs. Clinton?; Pentagon Gives Update on ISIS War; A Few of Our Favorite Senate Races


October 29, 2014
• Possible Presidential Contenders Visit Iowa; The State of U.S.- Israeli Relations; NASA-Contracted Rocket Explodes After Liftoff; Senators Face Off In "Rival Survival"
• Nurse Threatens Lawsuit Over Quarantine; President Obama Meets With Ebola Health Care Workers; Western Countries on Edge; Did the Russians Hack the White House?


October 28, 2014
• Getting Close to Election Day; ISIS Continues War in Syria and Iraq; Captured ISIS Fighters Speak To CNN; Obama Overreacting To Bush Foreign Policy; Unstoppable Lave A Few Feet From Homes
• President Obama Addresses Ebola Response; November Upsets?; Tracking Travelers from Ebola Zone; Ten Midterm Races Still Up for Grabs


October 27, 2014
• Grandfather of One of Schoolboys Shot in Washington Talks About the Tragedy; Upcoming Election; Does ISIS Have Anti-Aircraft Missiles?
• Ebola Fears; Washington School Shooting Investigation; Troops Monitored After Ebola Aid Trip; Second Victim Dies in School Shooting


October 24, 2014
• Hospital: All Three Patients Shot In Head
• High School Shooting Near Seattle Leaves Two Dead, Including Gunman


October 23, 2014
• UNC Admits To Massive Cheating Scandal; Leaked Evidence Fuels Tension In Ferguson; Possible Ebola Case In New York City; Dead Heat In New Hampshire Senate Race
• RCMP Holds Press Update on Ottawa Shootings; Terror in Canada; Possible Ebola Patient at Bellevue in NYC


October 22, 2014
• Police Tracking Suspects in Canada Shooting; U.S. Increased Security Status
• Chaos in Canada; One Gunman Dead in Canadian Parliament Shooting; Obama Comments on Canadian Parliament Shootings


October 21, 2014
• Midterm Elections; North Korea Releases American; Missing American Teen Girls Were "Radicalized"; Lone Wolf Attack "Most Likely" Threat; Candidate Accused Of Sexual Harassment
• North Korea Frees American Detainee; Teenage Jihadis?; Ebola Fears; Florida Politics Again in the Spotlight


October 20, 2014
• Turkey Allows Kurdish Fighters Into Syria; Candidate Under Fire Over Wages; Interview with Eric Holder
• Interview with Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Ebola Fears; Body of Missing Virginia Student Found?; Ebola Patient Released from Emory; Hannah Graham's Remains Found?


October 17, 2014
• Is It Time For A Travel Ban?; Ebola Search Widens In Ohio; CDC: Nurse Might Have Been Ill Friday; An ISIS Air Force?; Hunter Biden Tested Positive For Cocaine
• Too Late to Stop Ebola?; Banning Air Travel?; Two Hands on Deck; Obama Appoints Ron Klain as Ebola Czar; Interview with Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania


October 16, 2014
• Interview With Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings; White House Now Acknowledges Ebola Risks; Tide Turning In Syrian Border Town?; South Dakota Senate Race Has It All
• President Obama Under Pressure?; Ebola in America; Interview with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois


October 15, 2014
• Interview with Pam Cipriano of American Nurses Association; Battle Royale For The Senate; Spousal Support Crucial In Politics
• Second Nurse Tests Positive for Ebola; Political Spouses; CDC Interviewing Passengers Who Flew With Patient


October 14, 2014
• U.S. Coalition Bombs Syrian City 21 Times; Democrats Going Dark In Kentucky
• Ebola Cases Escalating?; ISIS Advancing; Fear, Confusion Spread in Wake of Outbreak


October 13, 2014
• Will Baghdad Fall To ISIS?; Protesters, Police Face Off In Ferguson
• Ebola Fears; ISIS Advancing; "Critical" 24 Hours for Spanish Nurse; Warning: Cops, Journalists Could be Targets


October 10, 2014
• Shots Fired Between North And South Korea; Candidate Faces Sexual Harassment Claims;
• North Korean Mystery; ISIS in Control; Passenger Removed After Ebola Joke; U.S. Official: Iraq's Anbar Vulnerable to ISIS


October 09, 2014
• Deadly Delays In Dallas Ebola Case?; Ebola Test Negative On Deputy; Nephew: Duncan Was Treated Unfairly; Heated Kansas Race Could Swing Senate; Is Kim Jong Un's Little Sister In Charge?
• ISIS Strategy; Mystery in North Korea; Alleged ISIS Wannabe Goes to Court; Stopping Ebola Before it Arrives


October 08, 2014
• CDC Press Conference; Update on Possible New Ebola Patient
• Battle Against ISIS; Ebola Patient Dies; CDC Comments on First U.S. Ebola Death


October 07, 2014
• Interview with Leon Panetta; Midterms Heat Up As Election Day Draws Near; Can Democrats Hold The Senate?; Actress: Hacked Photos A "Sex Crime"


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