Bahamas officials bracing for "unimaginable" death toll; Sources: Bolton & Pompeo have gone weeks without speaking; House Dems demand docs on Pence stay at Trump's Ireland hotel; Decaying school on military base loses money to Trump's wall

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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U.S. Coast Guard makes 200+ rescues in the Bahamas; Dorian Survivor: Water lifted my roof, carried away my son; At least 30 killed in Bahamas; death toll expected to soar; Nassau airfield now a staging ground for aid & rescue crews; Nassau hospital; scrambling to save lives days after Dorian; Sources: Bolton-Pompeo relationship now all-out hostility; Jobs report another sign U.S. economy slowing; Wash Post: Trump himself doctored hurricane map with sharpie; Trump campaign cashing in by selling Trump sharpies; Dems expand probes into Trump possibly profiting from presidency; Dems may call Stormy Daniels to testify on hush money payments; Decaying school on military base loses money to Trump's wall; McConnell blames Dems over diverting military funds; CNN: Investigators find evidence that seller of the gun used in shooting rampage was manufacturing firearms; Owner to CNN affiliate: Cousin borrowed Jeep left on beachTo 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	How do you get help to islands that were nearly wiped off the map?
0:04.0	The lead starts right now.
0:06.0	One town was cut off for two days.
0:10.0	Nearly every building has been destroyed.
0:13.2	The destruction and humanitarian emergency coming into clear view with the death toll
0:17.4	from Hurricane Doreen expected to explode.
0:21.4	As President Trump melts down over a mat, hot spots around the world are heating up and now new
0:26.8	CNN reporting that his two top national security officials are at war with each other.
0:33.0	Plus, path to a massacre.
0:35.5	New information today on the gun used in the Texas drive-by mass shooting,
0:40.0	was the firearm actually assembled for the killer and illegally sold to him.
0:49.7	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.
0:51.2	We start with the worldly today. Authorities in the
0:53.4	Bahamas say they are expecting even more horrible news in the wake of Hurricane
0:58.1	Dorian. Medical staff telling CNN as they treat the many wounded that they are dreading and bracing themselves to learn how many
1:06.8	are dead. The storm killed at least 30 people by last official count, but given the overwhelming damage to the islands and the
1:14.6	hundreds of people who remain missing, Bahamian officials believe the real death toll is quote, unimaginableimaginable.
1:22.5	New video today gives an example of Hurricane Dorian's forest.
1:25.7	You're looking right now at a Hummer.
1:28.2	That's around 6,000 pounds, the powerful floodwaters,
1:31.8	picked up that vehicle and slammed it through the side of a house.
1:36.7	Doreen is currently off North Carolina's Outer Banks as a category 1 hurricane, still flooding
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