U.S. Navy Blockades Iranian Ports After Peace Talks Collapse
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump says he was supposed to be a doctor in that AI photo, not Jesus. |
| 0:07.0 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:10.0 | The White House McDonald's delivery that came with a side of surprise, President Trump's wild explanation for a fake AI image depicting him as Jesus. |
| 0:19.0 | And why he insists he has good reason to keep criticizing the |
| 0:22.4 | pope plus his new warning to Iran threatening to sink any fast attack ships that dare to intercept |
| 0:29.0 | his blockade on the strait of Hormuz and the tension is costing you the American consumer |
| 0:34.5 | and Democrat Eric Swalwell first dropping his campaign for California governor. |
| 0:38.3 | Next, could he be pushed out of Congress? |
| 0:40.3 | The new investigation launched into the congressman accused of sexual assault. |
| 0:49.3 | And welcome to the lead. |
| 0:50.3 | I'm Anderson Cooper, Pail invitation of Jake Tapper. |
| 0:52.3 | We begin with our faith lead, which today intersects with, actually collides with our politics lead. I'm Anderson Cooper, Pail invitation of Jake Tapper. We begin with our faith lead, which today |
| 0:54.7 | intersects with, actually collides with our politics lead. Over the past day, we have seen |
| 0:59.8 | President Trump directly criticize the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo the 14th. Now, the |
| 1:04.8 | Pope, for his part, has not been shy about sharply criticizing, in his words, quote, those who wage |
| 1:10.6 | war. |
| 1:11.5 | The back and forth reach a crescendo today with on-camera comments by both men. |
| 1:17.8 | No, I don't, because Pope Leo said things that are wrong. |
| 1:21.8 | He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran. |
| 1:26.5 | The things that I say are certainly not meant as attacks on anyone. |
| 1:31.3 | And the message of the gospel is very clear, blessed other newspapers. |
| 1:37.3 | Also today, the president posted on social media then deleted this AI image of himself dressed like Jesus as light emanates from his hands |
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