Trump falsely claims he won the Arizona “fraudit”; Pushes Texas to conduct similar election review; Biden: meeting with lawmakers tonight ahead of crucial votes; Thousands of New York heath care workers could be fired today as the vaccine mandate goes into effect

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 27 September 2021

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DHS whistleblower: Trump appointees ordered me to manipulate intelligence on Russian interference & white supremacy to help Trump; Deadline nears for Trump allies to respond to subpoenas on Jan. 6; Jan. 6 cmte. member: panel ready for civil action if Trump allies do not respond to subpoenas; Trump admits he pressured Georgia governor to overturn 2020 election; GOP Rep. Cheney: republican silence on Trump and conspiracies are a “toxin” to American democracy; Biden admits two key priorities might not pass by end of the week; Pelosi: “never” bring bill to the floor without the votes; Clock ticks as U.S. on verge of default, Biden agenda at stake; Tonight: republicans poised to vote against raising debt ceiling; Pelosi delays infrastructure vote to Thursday; Pfizer: will ask FDA to authorize vaccine for kids 5-11 in “days”; CDC director: “mandates do get more people vaccinated”; 5K NYC hospital workers unvaccinated as today’s mandate deadline looms; President Biden gets COVID vaccine booster shot; Police: FBI targeting search for Gabby Petto’s fiancé in a Florida reserve based on intelligence; Family attorney: police ask for personal items of Gabby Petito’s fiancé to assist in DNA matching; Man who shot Reagan in 1981 granted “unconditional release”; Both sides playing on fears as Virginia Governor’s race goes negative; Dems look to VA governor’s race for early signs of trouble in 2022; Biden Agenda, Trump’s election lies looms over Virginia gov race;

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0:00.0	Biden can use a booster on Capitol Hill, too.
0:05.2	The lead starts right now.
0:07.4	One Democratic lawmaker is calling this the week from hell, as the Democratic Party
0:11.9	struggles to find a way forward to prevent the president's plans from going up in flames
0:15.5	and to stop the government from shutting down.
0:18.4	And then, democracy under attack former president Trump pushes more of his big lie.
0:25.5	As a whistleblower reveals, he was told to lie about threats to the country because
0:30.5	they might make Trump look bad.
0:32.4	Plus, President Biden gets his third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, but the problem in the
0:36.4	U.S. remains those still refusing to get their first shots.
0:42.1	Welcome to the lead.
0:46.0	I'm Jake Tapper, and we start with the politics lead.
0:48.4	New concerns about the state of American democracy today on CNN, a Homeland Security Department
0:54.8	whistleblower who once analyzed intelligence for the Trump administration, a self-described
0:59.7	conservative Republican who had voted for Trump, admitted that he had been ordered to lie,
1:05.4	specifically to manipulate intelligence, to downplay the threat of Russian election
1:10.7	interference, and the white supremacist threat in the U.S.
1:14.7	And why?
1:15.9	Because Homeland Security Department leaders and White House officials thought those facts
1:20.5	would make then President Trump look bad.
1:23.9	They were topics that the president, I presume, did not want to be addressed and did not
1:31.3	want to hear about and didn't want anyone else to hear about.
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