Republicans block bipartisan investigation into capitol attack; One in ten Americans expected to travel for holiday weekend; CNN investigation revels Al Qaeda still thriving, may be able to attack the west by late next year;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Six republicans side with Dems on Jan 6 commission; vote fails; Mother & partner of fallen capitol officer react to senate republicans blocking insurrection commission; Partner of fallen officer: “very disappointed” with failed vote; Partner of fallen Officer Sicknick’s plea to lawmakers: “the time to do something is now”; Mother of fallen officer: meeting with some in GOP were tense because “we knew they weren’t sincere”; Mother of fallen Officer Sicknick on GOP senators who voted ‘no’ on commission: “they just don’t care”; At least one in ten Americans have contracted COVID; Nearly half of Americans ages 12+ are fully vaccinated; Poll: 26% of parents of children under twelve won’t get kids vaccinated; CDC: fully vaccinated kids don’t need to wear masks or socially distance at summer camp; Afghan intel officials: terror group Al Qaeda getting shelter and support from the Taliban; Afghan intel officials: Al Qaeda may be able to attack the west from Afghanistan by late 2022; Afghan intel officials: dead Al Qaeda leader’s computer revealed global terror connections; Southwest bans passenger accused of assaulting flight attendant; 37 million Americans expected to hit the road for holiday weekend; Gasoline prices at a 7-year high for memorial day; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Their workplace was attacked, their lives in danger, somehow that wasn't enough for Senate
0:08.7	Republicans.
0:09.7	The lead starts right now.
0:12.0	Even the grieving mother of a fallen Capitol Hill police officer could not stop the Republican
0:17.8	party from fully embracing Donald Trump's big lie and blocking a bipartisan commission
0:23.4	to investigate what went wrong on January 6th.
0:27.7	The late officer, Brian Sicknick's mother and his partner will join us to react and
0:32.7	an interview you will only see on CNN.
0:35.2	Then, it's the CDC guidance parents across the country have been waiting for for months
0:39.9	to do kids need to wear masks at summer camp, plus it's the first normal holiday weekend
0:46.9	in more than a year, which means lots of planes, trains and automobiles, but prepare
0:51.2	for some stress, as gas prices soar and masks remain a must on planes.
1:02.7	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.
1:03.9	We start today with our politics lead, and even though it was almost guaranteed to fail,
1:08.4	it was still stunning to watch almost every Senate Republican this afternoon block a bill
1:13.9	which would have created a bipartisan commission to investigate what went wrong and what caused
1:19.8	the Capitol riot.
1:21.1	Only six Republicans sided with Democrats on today's vote.
1:24.4	Velkacity, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Ben Sass and of course Mitt Romney,
1:29.5	despite so many of today's nay votes having previously called for an investigation in the
1:35.7	aftermath of January 6th.
1:37.9	That was of course before Donald Trump started making it clear that he opposed any closer
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