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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Protesters Flood Israel’s Streets To Demand Ceasefire

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Protests erupt on the streets of Israel after the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas, including an American citizen, were found over the weekend. Today, Biden met with his top officials as he prepares to present a final deal for a ceasefire and hostage release. Plus, as his legal team braces for a whirlwind couple of weeks in multiple criminal cases, Donald Trump offers up his latest defense for his actions after the 2020 election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Grief, anger, and critical questions in Israel. The lead starts right now.

0:07.0

Protests erupt on the streets of Israel after the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas, including an American citizen, were found over the weekend.

0:17.0

Today, President Biden met with his top officials as he prepares to present a final deal for ceasefire and hostage release.

0:23.4

Plus, as his legal team braces for a whirlwind couple of weeks

0:27.2

in multiple criminal cases, Donald Trump offers up

0:30.4

his latest defense for his actions after the 2020 election.

0:34.0

And the United States makes an unprecedented move, seizing a plane considered to be in other

0:39.1

country's Air Force One.

0:40.8

Could this lead to a serious escalation.

0:43.0

Welcome to the lead, I'm filmatically in for Jake Tapper.

0:50.0

We start with our world lead and a sea of protests in Israel after the worst fears

0:54.9

came true for the families of six hostages. Their loved ones returned in body bags

0:59.7

this weekend. Israel's Health Ministry believes they were shot by their Hamas

1:03.4

captors in Gaza at close range shortly before the Israeli military reached

1:08.4

them. One of the six is 23-year-old Hirsch Goldberg, Poland, a dual-israeli American citizen whose parents have

1:14.7

joined this show several times.

1:16.5

Today, his mother, Rachel Goldberg, spoke at her son's funeral.

1:22.1

If there was something we could have done to save you and we didn't think of it I'd beg your forgiveness

1:26.4

We tried so very hard so deeply and desperately I'm sorry

1:40.8

Now my Hershey ask for your help as we transform our hope into grief in this new unknown brand of pain.

1:45.0

And now, grief has transformed to anger for hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

1:50.0

Today, a nationwide strike and many still on the streets of Jerusalem at this late hour

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