The Lead with Jake Tapper

As we wait for a judge to decide whether to appoint a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago, we have just learned that the FBI recovered empty folders that were marked as classified, raising a host of new questions. Then, the unemployment rate edges up. Plus, climate change is reshaping the landscape of flood zones. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the ways Trump’s legal team describes the dispute over classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago is that it is like an overdue library book. We have new details to determine if a judge will order an independent review. Then, President Biden is just hours away from delivering a rare primetime address. He’s expected to issue a dire warning about extremism. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump’s lawyers have only hours left to respond to the DOJ’s blockbuster court filing complete with a stunning picture and details about how prosecutors say Trump’s team tried to hide classified material to obstruct the FBI investigation. Then, we explore the frightening reality where election workers are getting their instructions from conspiracy theories. Plus, it is day three without water in Jackson, Mississippi. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. Plus, President Biden spoke in Pennsylvania today and remarked about his determination to ban assault weapons. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department takes the lead on reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as team Trump keeps up its fight to get in on the process. Plus, wild scenes of violence as a grocery store is shot up in Oregon, an apartment is set on fire to lure shooting victims out in Houston, and an NFL rookie is shot in an attempted robbery in DC. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department revealing significant concerns over Top Secret documents and lax security at Mar-a-Lago and it's push for the FBI's unprecedented search at the former president’s home. Plus, Donald Trump’s reaction to the affidavit's release. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit will be released tomorrow. How much could we learn tomorrow about why the FBI executed its unprecedented search at Trump’s home? Plus, the U.S. responds after three service members are injured in Syria by rocket fire. Then, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to respond to some of the criticisms of Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden comes through on a campaign promise after announcing his plan to forgive student debt for certain borrowers. Plus, Florida congressional candidate Maxwell Frost joins after being projected to win Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Also, we examine a proposal to tackle homelessness which includes offering empty hotel rooms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Team Trump just curiously confirmed that hundreds of pages of secret documents had been held at Mar-a-Lago. A letter from May of this year just released reveals that the National Archives made it clear to team Trump they worried about classified material being stored improperly at Mar-a-Lago. Also, the U.S. urges Americans to leave Ukraine immediately after warnings of a possible Russian attack. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The daughter of a spiritual guide to Putin was killed in a car bomb attack. Russia is blaming Ukraine, but it might be more complicated. Then, a viral bystander video captures a man being beaten by three law enforcement officers in Arkansas. Plus, will President Biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans? If he does, will it make inflation worse? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prosecutors in Georgia outline why they want Senator Lindsey Graham to appear before a special grand jury as this latest case investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election takes a new turn. Also, Russia threatens to take Europe’s largest nuclear power plant offline. Plus, the tech giant Apple is warning a security flaw could allow iPhones and iPads to get hacked. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple courtrooms had former President Donald Trump on their agendas today. In Florida, a judge decided the public will get to see new documents related to the FBI's unprecedented search of the former president's Mar-a-Lago property. In New York, Trump's long-time CFO Allen Weisselberg pled guilty and agreed to testify against his former boss' organization. Also today: Walmart, Walgreen's, and CVS were all ordered to pay up in a multimillion-dollar opioid settlement. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rudy Giuliani, a target in Atlanta’s 2020 election probe, wrapped up six hours of grand jury testimony today. Meanwhile, former Vice President Pence discussed weighing his “unique role,” amongst other "Constitutional" concerns, in considering whether he would testify for the Jan. 6 Committee. Plus, updated Covid boosters targeting the Omicron variants are expected to come in September. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump White House lawyers Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin have been interviewed by the FBI regarding the records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office. Then, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s political future will be determined by Republican voters tonight. Plus, new water cuts have been ordered by the federal government for several states in the southwest. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grand jury subpoenas from Georgia and the Justice Department show investigations of top Trump allies are intensifying. At the same time, top Democrats are joining with Republicans to press for answers about the unprecedented FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. Also, it has been one year since the fall Kabul and CNN shows what life in Afghanistan is now like under Taliban rule. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal court in Florida unsealed the warrant that investigators used to search the home of former President Trump. The warrant cites three laws: obstruction, removing of government records, and the Espionage Act. The warrant listed the classification of documents that were seized from Mar-a-Lago on Monday including four sets of top secret documents. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump has yet to release the warrant and list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago. Now the Justice Department is asking the courts to unseal the documents. Then, a standoff between law enforcement and a gunman armed with an AR-15 style rifle and a nail gun who tried to get into an FBI field office. Plus, will the good news about the recent economic recovery continue? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump refused to answer questions while under oath, invoking his 5th amendment right after years of mocking those who did just that. Also, the Justice Department reveals an Iranian man’s dramatic plot to kill high level officials who worked for President Trump. Plus, where to see the most savings as inflation rates start to cool. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republicans rally around Trump, questioning the DOJ’s stunning search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago. Congressman Mike Turner of the House intelligence committee joins to discuss why now and what documents could be so important. Plus, we look at where leaders are making homelessness a crime. But, are their tactics only complicating the problem? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is one step closer to a major legislative victory after the Senate passes the climate, tax, and health care bill. White House chief of staff Ron Klain joins to answer what is in the bill and will it actually ease the pain in Americans’ wallets. Plus, a community is on edge after four Muslim men are killed in ambush-style shootings. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tensions between the U.S. and China get worse as the White House summons China’s ambassador and Beijing sanctions Nancy Pelosi. Then, the U.S. economy has regained all of the jobs lost during the pandemic. We’ll explain what the July jobs report means for the high cost of gas, food, and housing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony. Now that she is convicted, could this speed up a possible prisoner swap? Plus, a jury has decided that right-wing radio host Alex Jones will be responsible to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voters send a resounding message to Republicans about abortion rights in Kansas while in other states Trump-backed election deniers sail to primary victories. Plus, radio host Alex Jones has been caught lying on the stand about Sandy Hook. Then, a stunning report claims Equifax erroneously issued millions of Americans lower credit scores that they did not deserve. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, ignoring threats of retaliation from the Chinese government. Plus, the U.S. kills one of the 9/11 masterminds as he stood on a balcony in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan. Then, WNBA star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian courtroom as she possibly learns of her fate in the Russian penal system. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China is warning their army is standing by and ready to respond as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prepares to make a controversial visit to Taiwan anyway day now. Then, deadly fires burn in California as the state’s largest fire of the year explodes. In Kentucky, the threat of flooding is far from over as the death toll rises. Plus, there are growing questions about the six-game suspension issued to NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First it was the Secret Service with deleted texts, now Homeland Security is missing records. Messages reportedly missing from key days and weeks before the Capitol attack as the January 6th committee shares more of its secrets with the Justice Department's criminal probe. Also, rooftop rescues happen as lives are lost and hundreds are still missing after devastating flooding in Kentucky. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Traditionally, two successive quarters of negative economic growth has been deemed a recession. Unfortunately, confirmation of that ugly reality arrived today. But, the Biden White House insists the job growth is too strong for this to be a recession. We speak with Gene Sperling, a top economic adviser to President Biden. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Interest rates are being hiked, raising the price to borrow on everything from bank loans to credit cards. Plus, a former Trump White House insider reveals new details about the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the Capitol riots. Also, the Biden administration’s new offer to Russia for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attorney General Merrick Garland just weighed in on the chances of former President Trump being charged with a crime. Plus, monkeypox cases surge as the White House considers upgrading the virus to a public health emergency. Also, WNBA star Brittney Griner is set to take the stand in Russia. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New video from the January 6th select committee features Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump speaking about events after the insurrection. Also, why the FBI believes some cell phone towers could be equipped with Chinese spyware strategically placed throughout the United States. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After another January 6th select committee hearing, will Attorney General Merrick Garland take action against the men behind the Capitol riot? This as Steve Bannon is found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. Plus, Republican congressman Lee Zeldin was shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 but insists he’s doing fine as the White House releases details about his symptoms. Plus, the January 6th select committee returns to primetime and delivers its last scheduled hearing, accusing former President Trump of failing to act while watching the violence unfold in realtime in the White House dining room. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A witness interviewed by the January 6th select committee goes on an extremist rant. Hear what the former Trump White House aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. Plus, the United Kingdom has narrowed down the final two candidates to determine who will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Extreme heat alerts appear in 21 European countries and more than 100 million people in the U.S. are also in danger zones. Disasters sparked by the climate crisis are now threatening travel, food supply, and health. Plus, while moving to ban abortion outright, one state is leaving lower income pregnant women with few resources, little support, and almost nowhere to turn. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New polls indicate Americans are giving President Biden his lowest marks yet on some of the most pressing problems of our time. Plus, a trial begins for Steve Bannon who faces criminal contempt charges. Then, increased shark encounters at some east coast beaches have caused some closures. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, announcing several new areas of cooperation aimed at reshaping US-Saudi relations. Plus, Chef José Andrés joins to discuss providing meals to Ukrainians as Russia targets Ukraine’s wheat fields. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden and the Israeli prime minister both agree Iran can’t develop nuclear weapons. They don’t agree on how to stop it from happening and it was made public today. Will this prove problematic? Plus, a dead wife, a dead son, a botched hit, and an alleged fraud scheme. Murder charges have now been filed against a once prominent South Carolina attorney. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest inflation numbers confirm what American families already know: just about everything -- food, gas, rent, electricity -- costs more, forcing many people to choose between buying groceries or having enough gas to get to work. Plus, the families in Uvalde, Texas are understandably furious and frustrated that they didn't get to see the hallway surveillance video before the rest of us, and even more so about the 77 minutes of inaction that the video shows. And, Starbucks is closing several locations, but not because of slow sales. Is this about worker safety ... or unionization? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The January 6th select committee presented a number of new details today including evidence that Trump allies Michael Flynn and Roger Stone worked with far-right militia leaders ahead of the riot. Also, Rep. Liz Cheney of the panel says Trump tried to contact a witness who has not yet been publicly identified. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The January 6th select committee is planning to lay out the role violent extremist groups such as the Oath Keepers had in the 2021 insurrection, including a death list and potential connections to Trump allies. Then, new testimony from the Uvalde Sheriff about the bungled law enforcement response to the school shooting. Plus, a new Covid-19 variant is spreading at an alarming rate throughout the United States. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a better than expected June jobs report, we discuss why the good news presents a problem for inflation. Then, the shocking assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan. The suspect appears to use a handmade gun in a country with very little gun violence. After, America’s national parks are disappearing faster than ever before due to flooding, fires, and drought. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The father of the Highland Park parade shooter explains why he approved his son’s guns purchase and reveals they talked about another mass shooting before the massacre. Then, Brittney Griner pleads guilty to the drug charges that have led to her being held in Russia. Could this help her get released? The former DOJ legal advisor to the US Embassy in Moscow joins to answer what factors could be considered by a Russian court. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A confession from the alleged gunman in the Highland Park, Illinois parade shooting. This as we learn he contemplated carrying out a second attack at another Fourth of July celebration. Then, a key interview has been granted to the January 6th committee from the man who reportedly warned White House aides about Trump going to the Capitol. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part of the Illinois mass shooting suspect's plan was dressing in women’s clothing to blend in with the crowd as they fled in terror. Investigators provide another update on the deadly mass shooting that left dozens injured and seven dead. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six people have been killed and over two dozen more have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a shooting during a 4th of July parade in Illinois. The suspect remains at large as law enforcement provide more details about the investigation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you thought it would be easier to fly than paying soaring gas prices this weekend, brace yourself. Flights are so overbooked and the schedule is so precarious that one airline is offering $10,000 for passengers to give up their seats. Plus, sources reveal who may have tried to influence Hutchinson’s testimony to the January 6th select committee. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources tell CNN Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims she was contacted by somebody from the Trump world trying to influence her testimony. Plus, President Biden calls for dropping filibuster rules to pass abortion rights into law. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MAGA media, Rudy Giuliani, and even former President Trump all trying to discredit star witness testimony that may actually reveal crimes committed in the days leading up to and on January 6th. Also, more undocumented migrant deaths linked to a tractor trailer abandoned in the hot Texas sun. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave her testimony to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection today where she said Trump and his chief of staff were warned about violence. Hutchinson recounted a secondhand incident where Trump reached for steering wheel to turn and head to the Capitol. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the streets, court rooms, and legislative chambers nationwide, new actions occur as abortion rights wade into a new post Roe era. Actions include peaceful demonstrations to scuffles to vandals also trying to inflame the debate. Plus, a CNN exclusive one-on-one with Vice President Kamala Harris about her take on such a pivotal decision which divides the nation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices