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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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April 06, 2015
• Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; What Will Hillary Candidacy Look Like?; Selling the Iran Deal; Manhunt Underway for Mastermind of Kenyan Campus Terror Attack; Hundreds Killed in Developing Civil War; Jury Has Case in Boston Bombing Trial. Aired 4-4:30p ET


April 03, 2015
• Feds: Two New York Women Plotted Bombings; More Than 100 Rescued In Kentucky Flooding; Tornadoes, Hail Possible In Midwest, South; Man Missing For 66 Days Goes Home; "A.D." Hopes To Continue Bible Ratings Boom. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton; Interview With U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz; Flight 9525 Investigation Continues; Selling the Iran Nuclear Deal; Second Black Box Reveals Horrifying Detail. Aired 4-4:30p ET


April 02, 2015
• Al-Shabaab Says It's Behind University Massacre; Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Researched Suicide Methods; Senator Menendez Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption Charges; Cute Robots Helping Children With Autism. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Domestic Terror Plots Foiled; Iran Nuclear Deal Reached; Fed Source: Two Women Planned to Build Bombs; Texas-Born Al Qaeda Member Captured in Pakistan; 147 Killed in Terror Attack on Kenyan University. Aired 4-4:30p ET


April 01, 2015
• Negotiations Extended 24 Hours; Will Amazon Dash Change The Way We Shop? Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Arkansas Religion Bill Raises Controversy; ISIS Pushed Back; Sen. Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges; Publication Defend Reports of Crash Video; Technology to Steer A Plane Away from Disaster; 11 Educators Convicted in Cheating Scandal. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 31, 2015
• New Deadline For A Deal With Iran; Interview With General Anthony Zinni; One-on-One With Senator Harry Reid; Senator Minority Leader Hopes Jeb Bush Loses In 2016; New "Daily Show" Host Slammed Over Tweets. Aired 4:30-5p
• Iran Nuclear Talks Extended; Flight 9525 Investigation Continues; Airline Knew About Co-Pilot's Depression; Indiana's Governor: "The Law Must Be Fixed." Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 30, 2015
• Update on Germanwings Crash; Deadly Shooting On NSA Campus; Ex- Intel Official: U.S. Foreign Policy "Willful Ignorance"; Iran Warns U.S. To Stay Out Of Yemen. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• 'Daily Show' Names Replacement Host; Flight 9525 Investigation; 150 German Investigators at Crash Site. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 27, 2015
• Evaluating A Pilot's Mental Health; Saudi Airstrikes Pound Iran-Backed Rebels; Obama Surprises Harry Rei On The Radio; Experts: Airline Could Pay $1 Billion. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Plane Crash Investigation; Airlines Revamp Cockpit Rules in Wake of Crash. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 26, 2015
• Desperate Search For Second Black Box; Prosecutors: Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane; Co-Pilots Mental Health Questioned In France Crash. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Investigating Germanwings Crash; Building Collapses in New York City; Co-Pilot Intentionally Locked Captain Out of Cockpit. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


March 25, 2015
• Three Americans Killed In France Plane Crash; Capitol Police: Too Much Partying On Capitol Hill. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bowe Bergdahl Charged; Air Crash Investigation Continues; Cockpit Voice Recorder Could Hold Key to Plane Crash; Sources: FBI Cross-Referencing Passenger List. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 24, 2015
• Israel Accused Of Spying On U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks; Angelina Jolie Has Ovaries And Fallopian Tubes Removed. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• One Black Box Found at Crash Site in French Alps. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 23, 2015
• Should TSA Agents Carry Guns?; Stephen King Demanding Apology From Governor; Pontiff Performs Miracles, Takes On Mafia. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Ted Cruz Running for President; Yemen in Crisis; Police: No Evidence of "Rolling Stone" Attack; Witness: Suspect Researched Bombs, Jihadi Websties. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 20, 2015
• Democrats Tiptoe Around Criticizing Clinton; Can Elizabeth Warren Be Convinced To Run?; Report: TSA Let Convicted Felon Through Pre-Check; Toddler Revived After 101 Minutes Of CPR. Aired 4:30-5p
• TSA Security; Mississippi Death; ISIS Terror; Police Update on Mississippi Hanging; Obama Reassessing Relationship with Ally. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 19, 2015
• Veteran Found Dead After Pleading For Care; Kim Jong Un Expected To Visit Moscow; FBI Investigating Durst's Ties To Unsolved Murders. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview with Mark Regev; ISIS Claims Responsibility for Tunisia Attack; North Korean Leader Heading to Russia; U.S.-Israeli Relationship; ISIS Claims Responsibility in New Audio Message; Black Man Found Hanging in Mississippi; UVA student Seen Bleeding from Head After Encounter. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 18, 2015
• New Poll Shows Hillary Still Front-Runner for 2016; Controversies Cast Shadow on Fraternity Culture; Charles and Camilla Arrive for Whirlwind DC Tour. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Suspect in Arizona Shootings Captured; Hillary's Poll Numbers; Museum Terror. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 17, 2015
• Jim Webb Says He Has A Lot Of Support To Challenge Hillary In 2016. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Israeli Election Coverage; Israeli TV Exit Poll: Election Too Close to Call; U.S. Veteran Charged With Trying to Join ISIS. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


March 16, 2015
• Robert Durst Arrested; CNN/ORC Poll: Trustworthiness Down 6 Percent From Year Ago; Blackberry Unveils New Porsche-Designed Smartphone; Cyclone Flattens Homes On Pacific Island. Aired 4:30- 5:00p ET
• Vladimir Putin Reappears; Arrest Made in Ferguson Police Shooting; Suspect: Police Were Not the Target; "Jihadi John's" Chilling Mock Executions. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 13, 2015
• New Video May Show Teens Crossing Into Syria; What Makes The Terror Group So Attractive?; Clinton Expected To Launch Campaign Next Month; Con Artists Dupe Taxpayers Out Of $15.5 Million
• Russian Threat; Terror Teen; VA Hospital Troubles; Sources: V.A. Lying About Wait Times at L.A. Hospital; Mayor Reacts to Calls for His Resignation


March 12, 2015
• Police Search House For Shooter; Holder Calls Suspect A "Damn Punk"; DHS Investigating Drunk Crash Claims; Brown Family: Violence Cannot and Will Not Be Tolerated
• Manhunt for Gunman Who Shot 2 Officers Durning Ferguson Protests


March 11, 2015
• Will Jury's Decision Impact Music Industry?; Is The Fountain Of Youth On A Greek Island?
• Ferguson Police Chief Resigns; Racist Chant; SAE Alumni: Song Going On For Years; Desperate Search for 11 Service Members


March 10, 2015
• Escalating War Of Words Between White House And Republican Senators; Interview With Sen. Barbara Boxer of California; Jurors See Tsarnaev Note Inside Hideout Boat; Surveillance Videos Capture Tsarnaev Actions; New And Brutal Execution Video Released By ISIS
• Hillary Clinton Responds to E-Mail Controversy; Oklahoma University Students Expelled; School Expels 2 Students Caught on Tape; Dems Call Letter to Iran "Sabotage"


March 09, 2015
• Group of GOP Senators Send Letter Directly To Iranian Leaders, Bypassing White House; Interview With Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas; Clinton Could Address Email Scandal This Week; Apple Unveils Details On New Device
• Protests Over Wisconsin Police Shooting; Apple Watch; Racist Chant; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kicked Off OU's Campus


March 06, 2015
• Senator Robert Menendez To Be Charged By DOJ; White House Expressed Concern To Clinton Camp; Kasparov On Putin's Culture Of Fear


March 05, 2015
• Snow and Ice Warnings in 22 States; Survivor Describes Seeing Bomber in the Crowd; Clinton: "I Want The Public to See My E-mail; Feds Warn About ISIS Recruiting Teens; Ringling Bros Say Bye to Elephants
• Winter Storm; Delta Jet Skids Off Runway; Hillary Clinton Under Fire Over E-Mails; Delta Flight Skids Off LaGuardia Runway; Snow & Ice Impacting 22 States


March 04, 2015
• Hillary Clinton's E-Mail During State Department Tenure Under Fire; Obamacare Faces Supreme Court; Tsarnaev's Attorney: "It Was Him"; First Late Night Host To Visit Nation Since 1959
• Ferguson Police Department Under Fire; Conan O'Brien in Cuba; Recruiting for ISIS; Virginia Teen Accused of Supporting Terror Group; Iraqi Forces Battle to Retake Key City; Hillary Clinton Hiding Sensitive Emails?


March 03, 2015
• Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email During Tenure At State Department; ISIS Butcher Said 9/11 Was "Wrong" In 2009; Michael Jordan Joins Billionaire Club
• Interview With Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise; Israeli Prime Minister Addresses Congress; Deadline to Cut a Deal Approaching


March 02, 2015
• Moscow Assassination Of Boris Nemtsov Deepens; Homeless Man Shot Five Times While On Ground; Cleveland Blames 12-Year-Old In His Own Death; Ice And Snow Storms Stretch Nationwide
• Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress; LAPD Shooting Death; More Than 30 Democrats Boycotting Speech; Iraqi Forces Battle ISIS for Key City


February 27, 2015
• Police: Gunman Killed Himself After Rampage; Jeb Bush Speaks At CPAC; Should Airlines Stop Underage Fliers?; ISIS Shown Destroying Artifacts In Iraq
• Stopping Jihadi John; American Blogger Killed; Missouri Murders; Is U.S. Changing Timeline to Retake Mosul?; Police: Gunman Killed Himself After Rampage


February 26, 2015
• Conservatives Gather to Woo the Base; Tensions Grow Ahead of Israeli PM Visit; D.C. vs. Capitol Hill in Pot Showdown
• Interview with Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Jihadi John Unmasked; FBI: Suspect's Mom Took Away His Passport; Report: ISIS Holding 262 Christians Hostage


February 25, 2015
• Stopping the Spread of ISIS Recruiting; South Facing More Snow and Ice; Is Scott Walker New Leader Of GOP Pack?; Ron Paul "Food Stamp" Comment Raises Eyebrows
• ISIS Arrests in New York; Interview with Adam Kinzinger


February 24, 2015
• Western Governments At A Loss To Deal With The Effective Recruiting ISIS Does; Veterans Affairs Secretary Called Press Conference To Apologize For Making False Claims About His Military Record; Some Veterans' Advocacy Groups Leery Of Secretary McDonald's Leadership Now; Missionary Taken By Armed Men In Nigeria; Report: Jet- Setting Congressman Used Taxpayer Dollars
• Train Wreck; Travel Warnings; ISIS Recruits; NTSB Heads to Train Wreck Site; Teenagers Flew to Turkey Last Week


February 23, 2015
• New Propaganda Video From ISIS Released Today; Midwestern United States Slammed With Wicked Winter Storm; Red Carpet Revolutionaries; Violence Rages on Despite Peace Deal; Hollywood's Biggest Night Gets Political
• Interview With Ohio Congressman Michael Turner; Malls Under Threat?; Oscars Get Political; Mueller Family Slams "No Ransom" Policy; Families Fear Missing Teens Have Crossed Syrian Border


February 20, 2015
• Former Mayor Says Obama Doesn't Love America; Record Cold Freezes Niagara Falls; Key Town Collapses As Cease-fire Crumbles
• ISIS Rampage; Deadly Cold; New Twist in Road Rage Case; Missing Teen Girls May Be Heading to Syria; Another Cold Front


February 19, 2015
• Former Mayor Says Obama Doesn't Love America; Record Cold Freezes Niagara Falls; Key Town Collapses As Cease-fire Crumbles
• Arrest Made in Road Rage Incident; Fighting ISIS; ISIS Grows Presence, Builds Strength in Libya; Interview with U.S. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas


February 18, 2015
• Obama: Extremism A Fight For Hearts And Minds
• President Obama on Terror Threats; ISIS Pushed Back in Iraq; Obama Speaking at Violent Extremism Summit


February 17, 2015
• Examining the Ukraine Ceasefire; Judge Blocks Obama's Immigration Orders; Nashville Struggles Through Ice Storm
• New Details on Paris Terror Attacks; Terrorist Hit List; Report: Hebdo Terrorist Texted Market Gunman; Gunman Had Gang Past Became Radicalized; U.S. Fights ISIS Propaganda Machine


February 16, 2015
• Fifty Five Million Feeling Freezing Temps, Snow; Sleazy Politics Isn't A New Thing
• Terror in Denmark; Egypt Attacks ISIS; Killer Freeze; CNN Poll: 58 Percent Say ISIS War Going Poorly; Copenhagen Gunman May Have Had Help


February 13, 2015
• Ginsburg And Scalia's Wild Adventures; Coast Guard Sent To Save Fishing Crew; Oregon Governor Resigns During "Ugly" Scandal; "New York Times" Media Critic David Carr Dies
• Battle Against ISIS; North Carolina Muslim Students Killed: FBI Looking Into Case As Possible Hate Crime


February 12, 2015
• Obama Uses Selfie Stick To Sell Obamacare; Deadly Parking Dispute Or Hate Crime?; Boston Braces For Another Blizzard; Legendary Newsman Killed In NYC Car Crash
• Suspected ISIS Terrorist Breaks Silence; North Carolina Murders; Interview with Republican Congressman Mike McCaul; Vladimir Putin Agrees to new Ceasefire


February 11, 2015
• Man Accused Of Killing Three Muslim Students; Stewart To Leave "Daily Show" Later This Year; Williams Suspended From NBC For Six Months
• Interview With New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez; President Obama Requests Authority for War on ISIS; North Carolina Murders; Intel: Mueller Possibly Given to ISIS Fighter; Ukraine Fighting Intensifies Ahead of Talks


February 10, 2015
• Growing Concern Over ISIS; Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Heavy Snow Caving In Roofs In New England; Massive Security Flaw Exposed At U.S. Airports?; Chris Christie Takes "Straight Talk" To Iowa
• U.S. Hostage Killed; Airline Safety Fears; ISIS Sent Family Proof U.S. Hostage is Dead; Interview with U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona


February 09, 2015
• Kayla Mueller's Fate Remains Unknown; Kurdish Forces Hope to Retake Key City; Interview with Rep. Peter King; Measles Outbreak Spreads To Three New States, D.C.; Exit Stage West
• More Snow Targets New England; Russia's Aggression; Dangerous Snow Piles High In Northeast; Battle Between Ukraine and Pro-Russia Rebels Escalates


February 06, 2015
• Conflicting Accounts On Chopper Claims; Pilots May Have Shut Down Wrong Engine; ISIS: American Woman Killed In Airstrike
• ISIS Claims Jordan Airstrike Killed U.S. Hostage; Brian Williams Controversy


February 05, 2015
• What Went Wrong with Flight 235?; Jordan Steps Up Airstrikes in Syria; New Cases of Measles Confirmed at Daycare
• Interview with Ohio Congressman Michael Turner; Ukraine on the Brink; Brian Williams Under Fire; Williams Apologizes for False Iraq Story; Chopper Pilot Speaks Out; 12 Missing After Plan Clips Bridge


February 04, 2015
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Interview With Rep. Lindsey Graham; Six Killed In Fiery New York Train Wreck; Surgeon General Pushes For Vaccination
• Plane Crash Caught on Tape; New York Train Crash; Flight Clips Bridge, Plunges Into River; Jordan Vows to Avenge Pilot's Death


February 03, 2015
• Shocking ISIS Video of Execution; Interview with Michael Steinbach; Carson: No Religious Exemptions For Vaccines; Harper Lee Releasing Second Novel Ever
• ISIS Terror; Stabbing Attack in France; Interview with Congressman Mac Thornberry; 2 Soldiers Attacked Outside Jewish Center


February 02, 2015
• Cancelation and Delay for Air Travel; Dropping Temperatures in the Northeast; Escalation of Conflict in Eastern Ukraine; Are Brash Ads A Thing Of The Past?; More Commercials Target Dads, Families; "American Sniper" Top War Film Ever
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Snowstorm Batters Northeast; Terror of ISIS; CDC Warns Large Outbreak is Possible; Strong Storm Hits Midwest & Northeast


January 30, 2015
• Fight For Wounded Warriors Pays Off; Mitt Romney Says No To 2016 Run; More Snow Hits New England; Rap Mogul Accused In Fatal Hit And Run
• Interview with Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark; Paris Terror Video; FAA Calls for a "No Drone Zone"; Fight for Wounded Warriors Pays Off


January 29, 2015
• Indonesia: Co-Pilot At Controls; North Korea Restarting Nuclear Reactor?; Costner Confronts Race In New Film; Super Bowl Caps Season Of Scandal
• U.S. Contractors Killed in Afghanistan; ISIS Hostage Swap?; Vaccine Recommended for Kids 12 Months & Up; Cuba's President Makes Demands of U.S.


January 28, 2015
• Israeli-Hezbollah Clashes in Golan; Dire Situation in Nantucket; Some Claim Link To ISIS, FBI Investigating; Questions Raised About Drone Safety
• ISIS Deadline; Flooding Worries; Attack in Libya; ISIS Says It's Behind Fatal Hotel Siege in Libya; New England Digging Out From Blizzard


January 27, 2015
• FBI Busts Alleged Russian Spy Ring In NYC; Storm Kills Power On Nantucket; Charging Bo Bergdahl; Dangerous Flooding in Massachusetts; Storm's Effect on Aviation and Air Travelers
• Snowstorm Batters Northeast; Flooding Concerns Along Massachusetts Coast; Source: Army Nears Bergdahl Decision


January 26, 2015
• Snowstorm Coming to Northeast; Empty Shelve in Stores as People Stock Supplies; Floods, Winds and Snow Hitting Northeast; Drone Crashes On White House Lawn; New York Governor Talks Storm Prep
• Massive Snowstorm Hits East Coast; State of Emergency Declared Across Northeast; Interview with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh


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