18 dead and 145 still missing 8 days after condo collapse; Trump Org CFO indicted on 15 counts, alleged 15-year scheme; Biden speaks after meeting with Surfside families; Speaker Pelosi appoints GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to serve on select committee to investigate January 6 insurrection
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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WAPO: Majority of Surfside condo board quit in 2019 over frustrations about repair plans; Lawsuit accuses inspector of failing to keep occupants safe; Rescue work halted over fears rest of tower could fall; Mayor: Search operation to resume as soon as it is safe; Prosecutors: Trump Org CFO evaded taxes on $1.7M; Trump Org & CFO Weisselberg plead not guilty to charges; Trump on Org indictment: It's a "witch hunt"; Biden: Families of condo residents are "going through hell"; Biden: Families of condo victims have hope but are "realistic"; Biden: I'm impressed by the strength of the condo families; Biden: We "cut through the bureaucracy" to help condo families; Sources: GOP Leader McCarthy threatened republicans over Select Cmt. to investigate January 6 insurrection; GOP's McCarthy: "Shocked" Cheney accepted Pelosi's offer to serve on Jan. 6 committee; GOP Rep. Chip Roy joins Trump at border after calling his actions on January 6 "Impeachable" Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy: Biden admin has failed to secure U.S. border and put Americans in danger; DHS: 1M+ migrants arrested at border since October 2020, surpassing entire 2019 tally
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| 0:00.0 | President Biden embracing families who are running out of hope. |
| 0:04.7 | Elite starts right now. |
| 0:06.9 | The consolar in chief at the community in Surfside, Florida, as rescue teams, have to stop |
| 0:13.4 | because of fears the rest of the tower could fall. |
| 0:16.8 | Criminal charges filed against the Trump Organization, the man who may know more than anyone else |
| 0:21.7 | about Donald Trump's finances in court today accused of, quote, sweeping and audacious illegal |
| 0:27.5 | payment scheme, how worried should Donald Trump be? |
| 0:31.4 | Plus, quadrupling down on the big lie and the attempt to change the subject for Republican |
| 0:37.1 | leader Kevin McCarthy issuing a threat over any Republican accepting speaker Pelosi's |
| 0:41.3 | invite to investigate January 6th, but Congresswoman Liz Cheney calls his bluff. |
| 0:50.6 | Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start with breaking news in our world-lead |
| 0:54.4 | Any minute, President Biden is set to speak in South Florida where at least 18 people |
| 1:00.1 | are dead and 145 remain missing one week after that tragic condo collapse. |
| 1:06.1 | Moments ago, the President met with some of the families of those killed and unaccounted |
| 1:09.5 | for. |
| 1:10.5 | Earlier today, the President met with first responders thanking them for their service while |
| 1:14.0 | we're counting how much he had relied on law enforcement officers during that horrific |
| 1:18.5 | experience earlier in his life that car crash that killed his first wife and daughter |
| 1:22.8 | in 1972. |
| 1:24.5 | We also saw what is a sadly rare and pleasant moment in American politics when Biden and |
| 1:31.0 | the Republican governor, he may even face off against in 2024, Ron DeSantis, came together |
| 1:36.7 | for the benefit of the people of Surfside, Florida. |
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