Star gymnasts call out FBI over Nassar investigation failures; Capitol police request help from DC Nat’l Guard for 9/18 rally; Debate rages inside FDA over need for Covid vaccine booster shots; CNN speaks with Afghan women in hiding due to Taliban threats

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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FBI fires agent accused of failing to properly investigate Nassar; FBI director: “don’t have good explanation” for FBI failures; AG Garland will testify about decision not to prosecute FBI agents who botched Larry Nassar investigation; GA official: about 60% of state’s Covid outbreaks are in schools; Woodward book: Gen. Milley took secret action, worried Trump would “go rogue” & order military strike after Jan. 6th; Biden affirms “great confidence” in General Milley as Trump issues statement filled with name-calling and denials; Afghan women condemn Taliban repression: “we are in darkness with no way to get to a brighter future” 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	Demonstrating beyond Olympic strength, the lead starts right now.
0:07.2	How much is a little girl worth?
0:10.4	Emotional and powerful testimony today from elite gymnasts about Larry Nasser's abuse,
0:15.9	saying the FBI and so many others failed to protect hundreds of girls and young women.
0:22.6	Law enforcement on edge with another right-wing rally planned outside the Capitol this week
0:26.4	in support of the January 6 insurrectionists, what the organizer is claiming to see an N-plus.
0:33.5	The FDA about to decide whether you need another COVID shot and it is expected to get contentious
0:39.4	with dueling data and a president who already tipped the scales.
0:47.9	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.
0:49.1	We start today with heartbreaking and sobering and, frankly, infuriating testimony on Capitol
0:54.8	Hill.
0:55.8	Four-star US gymnasts appearing in front of the US Senate discussing how the FBI grossly
1:02.2	mishandled investigations into the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced
1:07.0	Dr. Larry Nasser.
1:08.5	But they also made it clear there is a long list of adults who failed them.
1:15.1	To be clear, I blame Larry Nasser and I also blame an entire system that enabled and
1:25.6	perpetrated his abuse.
1:26.9	Today, I ask you all to hear my voice.
1:29.8	I ask you, please, do all that is in your power to ensure that these individuals are held
1:34.5	responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report, for lying about my initial
1:39.7	report, and for covering up for a child molester.
1:44.6	This is arguably the biggest scandal in the history of athletics.
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