The ‘Big Lie’ And Other Conspiracy Theories Flourish

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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A new poll finds the ‘big lie’ and other conspiracy theories flourishing with 30% of Republicans saying violence may be justified to ‘save the U.S. and 20% of Americans agreeing with the core tenets of QAnon. Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, joins to give his perspective on the results of his organization’s non-partisan survey. As internal tensions continue to rise within the Democrats, Senator Manchin says he will not support Biden’s spending bill "without clarity" on the long-term effects of inflation and deficit on the U.S. Economy. That, as Youngkin and McAuliffe make their final pitches for votes in their dead-heat race to become the next Governor of Virginia. 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	Democrats were approaching the finish line, but did Joe Manchin just throw out their
0:06.1	banana peel?
0:07.1	The lead starts right now.
0:09.2	President Biden is in Europe pushing Russia and China to do more to combat climate change,
0:14.3	but back here in D.C., his members of his own party standing in the way of an agreement.
0:19.2	Then, an alarming new poll showing a third of Republicans in the U.S. believe that they
0:25.5	might need to resort to violence to save the U.S. and that's just one of the troubling
0:31.0	results.
0:32.0	And another airline hit by massive cancellations, and if you make it on the plane, you might
0:37.6	be met by aggressive passengers, the serious new action, proposed by the Transportation
0:42.9	Secretary ahead.
0:45.9	Hello and welcome to the lead.
0:49.9	I'm Jake Tapper, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, now publicly refusing
0:54.8	to commit to vote for the President's economic and climate agenda without seeing the final
0:59.4	text first and working through some issues.
1:02.4	Now, the House of Representatives had hoped to vote on this legislation this week, and
1:06.0	now, it's not clear that that's going to happen.
1:08.9	The timing could not be worse for President Biden, who is trying to rebuild trust with world
1:13.3	leaders at the COP26 climate talks in Scotland.
1:16.7	President Biden today apologizing to the world, saying U.S. actions under President Trump
1:20.7	put America, quote, behind the eight ball, Biden eager to convince his peers in Scotland
1:25.2	that America is recommitted to slowing the warming of the planet, and world leaders
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