Amid recession fears, Trump says he's weighing payroll tax cut; New CNN Poll: Biden regains double-digit lead over 2020 Democrats; Trump seems to backpedal on gun background checks

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🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Pompeo admits ISIS is "more powerful" in some places now than it was four years ago; Trump on gun legislation: There are "very, very strong background checks" in place already; Trump: "Any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat" show "great disloyalty"; Trump: Would "certainly" back Russia's return to G8; Pentagon: ISIS regaining strength in Iraq and Syria; New CNN Poll: Beating Trump is Democrats' top priority; New CNN Poll of Democrats: Biden leads double-digits, then Sanders & Warren. Harris falls to tie with Buttigieg; New CNN Poll: Castro qualifies for September Democratic debate; Scientists fear Kremlin cover-up as Putin denies increased radiation risk after deadly blastTo 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	Happening now breaking news another tax cut hours after a White House denial the
0:06.5	president says he's weighing a payroll tax cut even as he insists the economy is
0:11.4	great amid recession fears the president says he's prepared to stick with his China trade war
0:16.4	even if it brings a recession.
0:19.1	Reinstating Russia, President Trump says the G7 should once again become the G8 calling for
0:25.0	Russia to be let back into the elite group of industrialized nations even though it
0:29.4	was kicked out for invading a neighbor and also tonight new evidence Russia may be trying to cover up a nuclear
0:35.6	explosion.
0:37.4	Biden's bounce.
0:38.4	Joe Biden launches a new ad in Iowa touting his electability even as he surges in a new CNN poll with voters
0:45.1	saying the most important thing to them is picking someone who can beat
0:49.0	President Trump and ISIS heats up Secretary of State Pompeo admits the terror group is stronger in some
0:55.9	places now than it was years ago.
0:58.6	That comes after the Pentagon reveals an ISIS resurgent months after the president proclaimed a 100% defeat of the ISIS
1:06.3	caliphate.
1:07.3	Wolfitzer is off, I'm Brianna Kiele, you're in the situation. This is CNN breaking news.
1:13.0	This is CNN breaking news.
1:21.0	Breaking news as concerns grow about an economic downturn
1:24.8	President Trump confirms he's considering a payroll tax cut and is again
1:28.7	slamming the Fed saying it should cut interest rates but with a top financial firm saying that his tariffs could cost American families
1:36.0	a thousand dollars a year, the president insists he's not ready to make a deal with China,
1:40.7	saying he'd stick to his trade war even if the US falls into a recession.
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