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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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SC authorities open investigation into 2018 death of housekeeper at Murdaugh home; Trump speaks out in support of insurrectionists just days ahead of controversial right-wing rally; DHS warns DC officials of potential violence before right-wing rally; Capitol fenced off again ahead of pro-insurrectionist rally Saturday; Trump speaks out in support of insurrectionists just days ahead of controversial right-wing rally; CNN poll: 78% of GOP say Biden did not win in 2020; Biden to the wealthy: I’m asking you to pay “your fair share”; WH offers rapper Nicki Minaj a phone call with doctor to answer her Covid vaccine questions; Judge blocks a Trump Covid-era order that allowed Biden administration to expel migrants at border; Right now: first all-civilian space crew orbiting earth 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	A fortress around the capital, once again, the lead starts right now.
0:08.3	The fencing is back up, the National Guard is activated, and President Trump is sending
0:12.7	support to insurrectionists, the fears of a January 6 2.0.
0:18.9	Two murders, a hitman and a dead housekeeper.
0:22.0	The prominent South Carolina lawyer arrested for arranging his own shooting and appearing
0:27.1	in court any minute now.
0:29.9	Plus President Biden up against his own party when it comes to his agenda and Nicki Minaj
0:35.2	when it comes to COVID, how the White House is now involved, up ahead.
0:44.2	Welcome to the lead.
0:45.2	I'm Pamela Brown, in for Jake Tapper, and we start with the National League.
0:49.0	And any minute, we expect the first court appearance for the prominent South Carolina
0:53.1	lawyer at the center of a series of family tragedies.
0:56.9	Alex Murdoch is now in custody after turning himself in today at the Hampton County jail.
1:02.3	Someone shot and killed his wife and son back in June.
1:06.1	But it's not that case that has him behind bars.
1:09.4	Murdoch's attorney admits his client hired a hitman to shoot him in the head so his surviving
1:14.6	son could collect $10 million in life insurance.
1:18.2	But that murder plot failed, and the alleged setup is not even half the story.
1:23.4	CNN's Martin Savage starts us off from Hampton County, South Carolina.
1:28.8	His life in a scandalous spiral, prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdoch surrendering
1:33.3	to law enforcement to face charges in an alleged murder for hire scheme in which he was the
1:39.2	target.
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