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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Poll: Most Americans Say Trump Focused On Wrong Priorities

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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President Trump heads to the Capitol for his State of the Union address where he is expected to speak on his plans for the economy and for Iran. Plus, an emotional plea in the search for Nancy Guthrie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Time for this hour. A huge night here in Washington, D.C.

0:07.5

And for the nation, President Trump heads to the Capitol for his State of the Union address.

0:11.5

What will he say about his plans for the economy and for Iran? Well, a bunch of us just got a preview from the president himself, and I'll tell you some of what he said.

0:20.6

Plus an emotional plea in the search for Nancy Guthrie.

0:24.5

Savannah Guthrie, her daughter, announcing a $1 million reward for information leading to her

0:30.0

return will bring you all the latest on the search.

0:32.9

Also new questions from the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

0:36.7

Congressman Robert Garcia of

0:37.6

California says the Department of Justice withheld documents referencing President Trump from the

0:43.1

Epstein files. What evidence is he pointing to? And what is the Justice Department saying about it?

0:53.3

Good evening, America.

0:54.7

During a lunch at the White House with TV news anchors, including me, the president said that tonight's pitch will be that, quote,

1:01.0

the country is about to have the best three years economically in the nation's history.

1:05.9

And it's already started, unquote.

1:07.8

Now, while much of the lunch was off the record, this much we can say.

1:10.7

The president talked about his plans to advocate for new tax cuts or forms of tax cuts and

1:16.9

other economic advancements, including a deal with a bunch of AI and tech firms to pay for

1:22.0

their own electricity for the data centers they're building throughout the country.

1:25.8

Now, on the massive military buildup and tensions with Iran, President Trump said that Iran wants

1:31.6

to make a deal to avoid a U.S. military strike even more than he does.

1:36.1

But so far, Iran has been unwilling to say explicitly what the president referred to as a

1:41.7

sacred phrase that it will not build nuclear weapons.

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