Biden hosts South Korean leader, shifts focus to east Asia; ADL: 50% spike in U.S. hate crimes fueled by Middle East conflict; Crowded events this weekend across U.S. as more people get vaccinated;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Violent skirmishes threaten fragile Middle East ceasefire; Biden credits his team’s “quiet and relentless diplomacy” for helping broker a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas; Sources: Biden believes close relationship with Israel’s Netanyahu helped him negotiate ceasefire; Soon: Biden speaks after meeting with South Korean president; Gaza in shambles after 11 days of destruction; Biden pledges to help rebuild Gaza after deadly Israeli airstrikes; Source: one person arrested in “gang assault” of Jewish man at pro-Palestinian protest in NYC; LAPD: violent altercation outside restaurant investigated as possible hate crime; CNN obtains more body camera video of Ronald Greene kicked, tased, dragged by police officers in 2019; Louisiana state police: “premature” to release body cam video showing Ronald Greene; Greene’s mother: police said in 2019 my son died in a crash after a chase, never mentioned he was tased, beaten; Greene’s mother: the coverup by Louisiana state police started within hours of my son’s death; CNN obtains autopsy report: mentions cocaine, physical struggle, inflicted head injury; Daily pace of vaccinations down nearly 50% from April peak; CDC: 12 to 15-year-olds made up nearly a quarter of new vaccinations in past week; San Francisco general hospital has no COVID patients for the first time in fourteen months; CDC: cases 37% lower in school when staff wear masks; Biden to NYT: progressives don’t like me because I’m not prepared to take on the “socialist agenda”; Rural counties in liberal Oregon vote to join conservative Idaho; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There is a battle over the border and it's in Idaho.
0:06.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	Vile slurs and even physical attacks, hundreds of reports of anti-semitic,
0:13.0	hate-filled incidents in the United States.
0:16.0	Can we get a ceasefire at home now?
0:19.0	Swipe right for a vaccine, the White House teaming up with dating apps
0:23.0	so you could safely meet your next date at a bar again.
0:28.0	And life, liberty, and the pursuit of potatoes,
0:31.0	why a big chunk of Oregon wants to join Idaho.
0:40.0	Welcome to the lead everyone, I'm Jake Tapper
0:42.0	and we start today with our world lead and foreign policy front and center
0:46.0	at the White House this afternoon after praising his own administration's role
0:51.0	in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
0:54.0	President Biden today tries to shift his focus to East Asia right now,
0:59.0	posting his South Korean counterpart at the White House.
1:02.0	President Biden has long said competition with China is one of the biggest challenges
1:07.0	facing the U.S. today and next hour we will bring you remarks from both of the leaders
1:12.0	that are speaking live.
1:14.0	But the obstacles in the Middle East are far from over.
1:18.0	That ceasefire touted by the president which ended 11 bloody and deadly days
1:22.0	of fighting appears to be extremely fragile right now.
1:25.0	With new skirmishes erupting between Israeli security forces
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