ICE Appears To Escalate Aggressive Tactics Amid Controversy

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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A majority of Americans are revealing they do no approve of the way the Trump administration and ICE are currently operating. Plus, President Trump is refusing to take military action by the United States off the table in Iran after weeks of deadly protests there against the Iranian regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:07.0	We start with breaking news on several fronts.
0:09.0	Moments ago at the White House President Trump,
0:11.0	vaguely addressed anti-government protests in Iran.
0:15.0	He said this.
0:17.0	We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping.
0:22.5	It's stopped.
0:23.8	It's stopping.
0:25.2	And there's no plan for executions or an execution or executions.
0:30.3	So I've been told that a good authority.
0:32.3	We'll find out about it.
0:34.1	The comment was vague enough for us to wonder if he was just talking about executions set to happen in Iran today stopping.
0:42.2	One of those planned executions included that of 26-year-old Iranian protester Erfon Sultani.
0:47.2	His family has been in touch with the U.S. State Department.
0:49.8	President Trump did not clarify if the Iranian regime has vowed or is or has stopped killing protesters.
0:58.8	If that is what he meant and the White House did not respond to our questions about that,
1:03.2	there are no public reports indicating that the killings have stopped, as the president said.
1:08.2	The U.S.-based human rights activists news agency now says some 2400 protesters
1:12.6	have been killed since demonstrations in Iran, started last month. Also on the breaking news front,
1:18.9	the president insisting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland and anything less is unacceptable.
1:25.8	Top officials from both Greenland and Denmark
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