Biden: “the big lie is just that, a big lie”; Gov: Texas Dems could face arrest upon returning to state; 45 states see rise in new COVID cases over past week; American hostage spending his 59th birthday in captivity;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Pressured by allies, Biden makes the case for election reform; Biden: election was “most scrutinized” in history; “Don’t bring down the American experiment just because you’re unhappy” with results; “That’s not democracy”; Passing voting rights act “is an imperative”; Texas Dems pressure congress to pass voting rights legislation; Texas Republicans slam Dems: “you don’t run from a fight”; Texas Dems meet with Schumer to “plot out strategy”; Doctor: “this is primarily a pandemic of the unvaccinated”; CNN: 7 states ban COVID vaccine requirements in public schools; Top Tennessee vaccine official fired for memo about law, which says some teens don’t need parental consent for COVID vaccine; 25% of kids 12-15 are fully vaccinated, less than any other eligible age group; New CNN reporting: Biden in standoff with Dem senators over next FDA chief; Bipartisan fight heats up over funding capitol police; Senate Dems’ proposal would give money to other projects, sparking funding fight with GOP; Pentagon: U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan more than 95% compete; Sister of American kidnapped in Afghanistan begs Biden admin to bring her brother home; U.S. offers $5M reward for info leading to return of kidnapped American Mark Frerichs; U.S. Navy veteran is last-known American hostage in Afghanistan as troops leave; 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	President Biden laying out what the White House calls the moral case for voting rights.
0:07.6	The lead starts right now.
0:09.8	The president slams Republicans as anti-American for new voting laws and for lies about
0:15.0	the last election, but can Mr. Biden convince all 50 Senate Democrats of his case?
0:21.7	Politics poisoning the effort to vaccinate more Americans with kids now caught in the middle
0:26.6	of this fight and COVID cases nearly doubling compared to a week ago, and as the U.S. pulls
0:33.6	out of Afghanistan, one American family is begging President Biden to not forget the
0:39.1	last American hostage held by the Taliban and his sister joins us for an exclusive interview.
0:49.9	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today with breaking news in our politics
0:54.0	lead president Biden just moments ago making an impassioned high profile speech on voting
0:58.9	rights in the United States as civil rights activists and progressives criticize the president
1:04.2	for not having done enough on the issue.
1:06.5	Speaking in front of a crowd in the city of Philadelphia, the president called various
1:10.9	state-led efforts to limit ballot access, unconscionable and un-American and he slammed Republicans
1:16.9	who continue to tell lies about the 2020 election.
1:22.4	The big lie is just that, a big lie.
1:26.0	In America, if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the Constitution, you try again.
1:36.2	You don't call facts fake and then try to bring down the American experiment just because
1:42.4	you're unhappy.
1:44.8	That's not statesmanship.
1:47.8	That's selfishness.
1:55.8	That's not democracy, it's an denial of the right to vote.
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