Cheney loses leadership job, pledges to fiercely fight Trump; Biden gives update on pandemic response; Dozens killed in worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Acting defense secy didn’t speak with Trump on Jan. 6; Republicans vote to remove Rep. Cheney from GOP leadership; Rep. Cheney on potential challengers backed by Trump in 2022: “bring it on”; Biden: U.S. on track to get 60% of adults with one shot by next week; Biden speaks after CDC panel endorses Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 yr olds; Biden comments on gas shortage, long lines at pump; Biden: good news coming on pipeline attack; Tensions escalate between Israel & Palestinians on second day of violence; Civilians tell atrocities, executions as Ethiopian and Eritrean troops expand siege of central Tigray; Tense confrontations as troops block key ad route; Widespread trauma fighting and atrocities in Tigray 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	Another ugly divorce related to Donald Trump, the lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Minutes after Republicans boot her from her leadership post for not pushing the big
0:12.4	lie, Congresswoman Liz Cheney warning, she's playing the long game and will do all she
0:17.5	can to keep Trump out of the White House.
0:21.3	Vaccines for the TikTok crowd, hey besties, the CDC panel now says that you can have
0:26.1	Pfizer shots if you're between 12 and 15 in a major step.
0:30.6	For it's squashing this pandemic plus, rockets and explosions, more death and destruction,
0:36.1	the mid-east leading toward war, with no off-ramp on the horizon.
0:45.5	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper, we're going to start with major developments in our
0:48.6	health lead any minute we expect to hear from President Biden speaking at the White House
0:52.8	after a CDC panel recommended the use of the Pfizer vaccine in kids 12 to 15, we will
0:58.6	bring you his comments live.
1:01.4	But first we're going to turn to politics and our politics lead, the President hosting
1:04.6	a crucial meeting in the Oval Office today for the first time since taking office, the
1:09.0	Republican and Democratic leaders of both the House and Senate were all together and
1:14.0	in one room, but things got pretty interesting after that meeting.
1:18.4	When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was asked if it's hard to make a deal when
1:22.2	Republicans continue to lie about the election having been stolen from Donald Trump.
1:28.2	I don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.
1:33.4	I think that is all over with.
1:37.1	You don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election?
1:42.9	And President Trump won this election so everyone who's listening do not be quiet.
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