Sources: Trump intends to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court; Comey to publicly testify on Capitol Hill next week; Trump renews threat to disregard November vote; Coronavirus cases in U.S. reach 7 million, most in the world; Exhausted by Trump, some WI consider flipping to Biden; California passes landmark recycling law;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Meadows attacks FBI Dir for saying there’s no massive voter fraud; Barr briefed Trump on probe of discarded ballots; Surge of ballot requests already setting records; NC Republicans accuse Dems of trying to make fraud easier; New York creates panel to review every FDA approved vaccine; Key model projects 371,000 deaths in U.S. by January 1 with 3,000 deaths daily; Virginia governor and wife test positive for COVID-19; Cases trending up in 23 states, most in West and Midwest; PAC-12 Football to kick off in November; Florida Gov. allows bars & restaurants to fully reopen, suspends fines for those who refuse to wear a mask; New York City to allow outdoor dining all year; DeSantis expects Florida to host Super Bowl in February; WH Chief of Staff attacks FBI Dir for stating U.S. has never seen “coordinated national voter fraud effort”; James Comey: “Of course” it’s dangerous for Trump to refuse to commit to peaceful transition of power; New series takes on Comey’s tumultuous dealings with Trump; Jeff Daniels on portraying James Comey in new series; Actor Jeff Daniels agrees with Comey’s decisions as FBI Chief: “Having done the movie, I have seen what Jim was up against”; Jeff Daniels on why series needed to come out before the election; Trump and supporters defend the false memes and conspiracy theories flooding their feeds; Biden off campaign trial, preparing for Tuesday’s debate; WI voters weigh backing Biden after voting for Trump in 2016; Signs of Biden support in traditionally red Wisconsin suburbs; “John Lewis: Good Trouble” premieres Sunday at 9p ET;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:06.0 | We begin with some breaking news on the US Supreme Court. |
| 0:09.0 | President Donald Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice according to multiple |
| 0:16.7 | senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process. |
| 0:19.8 | Judge Barrett is a federal judge and Notre Dame Law Professor with a conservative record. |
| 0:23.8 | She's also a former law clerk to the late justice Anton and Scalia. |
| 0:27.4 | CNN's Pamela Brown and Arian Devoge are breaking this story for us right now. |
| 0:31.7 | Pamela, what are you learning? |
| 0:32.8 | Well Jake my colleague Jamie Gangel and I have learned that President Trump |
| 0:36.4 | intends to choose Amy Koney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice. |
| 0:41.4 | This is according to multiple senior Republican sources |
| 0:44.6 | with knowledge of the process. Now in conversations with some senior |
| 0:48.9 | Republican allies on the Hill, the White House has indicated suggested that Barrett is the intended |
| 0:55.0 | nominee these sources said but we should note all sources have cautioned Jake |
| 1:00.1 | that until it is announced by the president there was always that possibility |
| 1:04.4 | that he could make a last minute change but the expectation as of now nearly |
| 1:08.6 | 24 hours away from that announcement is that Judge Barrett is the choice and he's scheduled to make that |
| 1:14.1 | announcement tomorrow afternoon. She's been the leading choice throughout this |
| 1:18.1 | week since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. She is the only potential nominee known to have met with the |
| 1:24.3 | president in the White House in person this week according to two of the |
| 1:27.3 | sources and one source said that Trump was familiar with Barrett already as we |
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