President pushing $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill despite stalemate; U.S. economy shrinks in 2020, worst since 1946; Pelosi on security concerns: “The enemy is within the House of Representatives”; South Carolina detects first U.S. cases of South African variant; NY Attorney General report: NY state undercounted Covid nursing home deaths;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Police Affidavit: Armed man arrested near Capitol Wednesday had “stop the steal” paperwork with list of lawmakers; GOP leader McCarthy meets with Trump in Florida today; Gaetz rallies against fellow Republican Liz Cheney in her home state; GOP under pressure to react to freshman Rep’s social media posts; Lawmakers ask to use funds to beef up security; Fallout for GOP Rep. who voted to impeach Trump; Fauci says he’s troubled by South African variant, working on vaccine booster to ensure protection; FDA warns new Covid variants are affecting tests; Novavax says UK phase 3 trial shows its coronavirus vaccine has 89% efficacy; Biden Adviser: Cases will soar in 6-14 weeks because of variants; NY Dept of Health responds to Attorney General report; denies claims it undercounted nursing home deaths; Offers to wealthy donors, forged papers, shots for friends: How some are taking advantage of vaccine confusion; Philly student admits to taking vaccine doses from convention center, administering to friends; Florida “paramedic of the year” accused of forging vaccine papers; WA hospital apologizes for offering vaccine to financial donors; Donald Trump Jr. calls into rally against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney; Pelosi: GOP leaders willing to “ignore” provocative comments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; GOP Rep on Dem push to expel her: “They want to take me out because I represent the people”; Pakistan’s top court rules men convicted of kidnapping & murdering journalist Daniel Pearl should be released; Remembering pioneer photographer Corky Lee who died of Covid;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We're in a bizarre and disturbing moment in |
| 0:06.6 | American history were lawmakers who have opposed former President Trump |
| 0:11.0 | are not only expressing concern for their safety because of threats from far right groups and radicalized members of MAGA, |
| 0:19.0 | ones who staged a deadly attack on the Capitol three weeks and a day ago. |
| 0:23.2 | These lawmakers are also scared, in some cases of their own colleagues. |
| 0:27.6 | Dozens of members of Congress are now asking to use their congressional allowances to beef up |
| 0:32.0 | their own individual and office security. |
| 0:35.0 | And today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, for some members of Congress, the perceived threat |
| 0:40.2 | is coming from inside the house. |
| 0:43.0 | We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members |
| 0:49.0 | when the enemy is within the House of Representatives, a threat that members are concerned |
| 0:56.0 | about in addition to what is happening outside. |
| 1:00.3 | Speaker Pelosi saying she's referring to members of Congress who want to bring guns onto the House floor |
| 1:05.2 | and who have threatened violence against their colleagues. |
| 1:09.8 | CNN reported this week that Republican Congresswoman Marzery Taylor Green of Georgia like the social media comments in 2019 |
| 1:16.4 | about shooting. |
| 1:18.2 | Shooting Speaker Pelosi. |
| 1:20.4 | This afternoon, a prime example of the fears many are feeling police arrested a West Virginia man near the US Capitol yesterday |
| 1:27.4 | Armed with a handgun in 20 rounds of ammo police also say the man Dennis Westover had stop the steel paperwork with him |
| 1:35.9 | stopped the steel a reference to the big lie that Joe Biden didn't actually win the |
| 1:39.9 | election he also had a list of senators and representatives along with their contact information, police say. |
| 1:47.0 | Social media posts indicate that Westover attended the rally in Washington on January 6th. |
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