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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden meets with world leaders at first G7 summit as president; DOJ watchdog to review secret subpoenas in Trump era targeting data of house democrats; WH: “questions need to be addressed” on new bipartisan infrastructure proposal;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Biden, other G7 leaders meet with queen, senior royals; Biden invokes WWII: U.S. will "build a new arsenal" to fight COVID; Biden, G7 leaders address COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, threat from Russia & China; No joint news conference expected after Biden-Putin meeting next week; One-on-one with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki; Biden on message to Putin: “I’ll tell you after I deliver it”; Putin spokesman: “nothing to discuss” in Alexi Navalny’s case; WH calls Trump-era targeting of members of congress “appalling”; U.S. embassy in Afghanistan suspends visa operations, as thousands of Afghans who helped military wait for approval; Trump DOJ secretly subpoenaed Apple for data from house democrats, staff and family; Politico: Barr says he was “not aware” of any DOJ subpoenas for data from two democratic lawmakers; Group of bipartisan senators draft infrastructure proposal; Rep. Jayapal to Dems: “let’s move forward alone” on infrastructure; Group of house Dems as Rep. Omar to clarify statement seemingly comparing U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Taliban; FDA authorizes 10M doses of J&J vaccine from troubled Baltimore plant; FDA vaccine advisers debate authorizing vaccine for kids under 12; 2 cruise passengers test positive for COVID during end-of-cruise test; crew and guests were fully vaccinated; NY Gov. Cuomo weighs re-election campaign despite facing multiple investigations; NY Gov. Cuomo faces investigations into claims of sexual harassment, book resources, nursing home data; 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

The president, who once preached law and order apparently used the Justice Department

0:07.5

as something of a sock puppet, the lead starts right now.

0:12.6

Allegations that the Trump Justice Department seized data from the former president's

0:16.9

political enemies, including from Democratic members of Congress, and even from their

0:20.9

families.

0:21.9

Does President Biden intend to do anything about what critics say is yet another example

0:26.9

of Trump, egregiously abusing power?

0:29.9

President Biden today holding his first big meeting with allies as he prepares for

0:33.5

the showdown with Putin, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will join me live

0:37.8

in moments.

0:38.8

Plus, the first fully vaccinated cruise in North America returning to court with two

0:44.3

passengers testing positive for COVID.

0:47.7

Are these cruise ships shoving off too soon?

0:55.5

Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper, and we begin today with the world lead and the

0:58.6

official start of the G7 summit.

1:01.5

Today's gathering with some of the world's largest economies may be one of the most consequential

1:06.4

and recent memory with a pandemic raging throughout much of the world.

1:10.4

A global economy still in shock and, of course, threats from Russia and China rising.

1:16.7

This is a major moment and test for President Biden.

1:20.6

He has been near the center of American foreign policy literally for decades, but never

1:26.8

as a member of the World Leaders Club.

1:29.5

President Biden has likened the summit to a wartime gathering comparing the American

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