FBI releases new videos of suspect placing pipe bombs outside RNC, DNC headquarters; Tomorrow: House to vote on Biden's $1.9T Covid relief bill; CDC still advising fully vaccinated Americans to avoid travel; Queen's statement: We are "saddened" to learn how challenging it has been for Harry and Meghan; Republicans attack two Biden nominees of color up for top spots at DOJ; Report: 2 Mil Uyghurs & other minorities held captive in China, former detainees allege mass rapes & sterilization;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Covid relief deal includes $1,400 checks, more unemployment aid, billions for small businesses, vaccines & school improvements; WH still won't call influx of migrants at the border a "crisis"; Debate starts at 9am tomorrow on massive stimulus bill; About 60% of Americans 65+ have received at least one vaccine dose; Texas to lift mask mandate, fully reopen businesses tomorrow; First royal reaction to explosive interview: "While some recollections may vary, they are taken seriously"; Biden DOJ nominee denies support for defunding police after false ads; GOP accuses Kristen Clarke, nominee for DOJ's civil rights division of "reverse racism"; RNC denies Trump's demands to stop using his name for fundraising, say they have "every right" to do so; Trump tells supporters to give him money, not "RINOS"; Report: Chinese gov responsible for genocide, sent 2 Mil Uyghurs & other minorities to detainment camps; CNN Exclusive: Sister of Uyghur detained in China speaks out, says brother "looks like a bone with a human face"; Lawmakers honor a SC high school coach who died of Covid;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead-on-jake tapper and we begin with breaking news for you today. |
| 0:08.4 | Moments ago, the FBI released new videos of the suspect who left pipe bombs outside |
| 0:14.4 | both the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters |
| 0:18.4 | the night before the Capitol insurrection. |
| 0:21.7 | Officials believe the pipe bombs may have been intentionally placed there, away from |
| 0:26.0 | the Capitol in order to divert police attention as the insurrectionists stormed the Capitol |
| 0:31.7 | on January 6th. |
| 0:33.0 | A law enforcement official tells CNN that the pipe bombs had been filled with an explosive |
| 0:36.9 | powder and rigged with egg timers. |
| 0:39.3 | They were detonated by robots, CNN's Evan Perez joins me now live. |
| 0:44.0 | Evan, what other new details are your sources in the FBI telling you about the suspect? |
| 0:49.2 | Well, Jake, these are new images and new videos showing the movements of the person |
| 0:55.8 | who is believed. |
| 0:57.5 | The FBI believes place these two devices outside the RNC and the DNC. |
| 1:03.4 | It's remarkable that two months after the insurrection, after the attack on the Capitol, |
| 1:08.2 | they still have very little to go on. |
| 1:10.7 | But that doesn't mean that they don't have a lot of clues from these videos. |
| 1:16.0 | For instance, the FBI says that the suspect is seen wearing Nike Air Max speed turf shoes, |
| 1:22.7 | yellow and black and gray. |
| 1:25.0 | You can see in the images he's wearing, he or she is wearing a hooded sweatshirt as well |
| 1:30.4 | as a mask. |
| 1:32.3 | One of the things that is interesting, Jake, is that the FBI says that the devices are |
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