FBI Director calls Capitol attack “domestic terrorism”; Mississippi and Texas to lift mask mandates, fully reopen in defiance of dire CDC warnings “we aren’t out of the woods yet”; Biden gives update on Covid vaccine effort; Inside look as Chicago schools reopen after nearly a year; NYT: Third woman accuses Gov. Cuomo of unwanted advances;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
FBI Director rejects GOP conspiracy theories, says no proof antifa or fake Trump supporters involved in Capitol attack; Wray: Report warning of Jan 6th violence was sent to law enforcement agencies in 3 different ways; Biden: Merck will help J&J manufacture one-shot vaccine; Biden: We’re now on track to have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of May; Biden: Prioritizing efforts to vaccinate K-12 educators by the end of March; Schools plan reopenings across U.S. still far from Biden’s goal of full return; Source: NY State lawmakers moving to repeal Cuomo’s expanded executive Covid powers;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with our politics lead. |
| 0:08.4 | Today, the director of the FBI attempted to completely shut down conspiracy theories and |
| 0:13.7 | attempts to rewrite history by former President Trump and his supporters on Capitol Hill and |
| 0:18.4 | in media about that deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. |
| 0:24.0 | Director Ray Christopher Ray told senators what happened on January 6 was an act of domestic |
| 0:28.8 | terrorism, and he said there are no signs that the insurrectionists were fake Trump supporters |
| 0:34.9 | or members of Antifa. |
| 0:37.2 | Here's how he described the domestic terrorists. |
| 0:40.5 | We've got a number who self-identify with, you know, the proud boys or the oath keepers, |
| 0:46.4 | things like that. |
| 0:47.4 | There's no doubt that it included individuals that we would call militia violent extremists, |
| 0:53.1 | and in some instances individuals that were racially motivated violent extremists who advocate |
| 0:59.0 | for, you know, the superiority of the white race. |
| 1:02.6 | This is, of course, a far cry from the claims we've heard from many Trump supporting |
| 1:06.9 | Republicans who have been trying to push this lie that it was actually members of Antifa |
| 1:11.9 | dressed up disguised as Trump supporters who are really to blame for the attack. |
| 1:17.7 | For instance, Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin who used the accounts of an alleged |
| 1:22.7 | eyewitness to make these wild allegations just last week. |
| 1:26.7 | A very few didn't share the jovial friendly earnest demeanor of the great majority. |
| 1:32.5 | Some obviously didn't fit in, and he describes four different types of people playing close |
| 1:38.2 | militants, agents provocateurs, fake Trump protesters, and then discipline uniform column |
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