Biden’s Threat To Putin

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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U.S. intelligence leaders are growing more concered that Russia is planning another military invasion of Ukraine. According to the White House, Biden told Putin there will be “strong economic measures” if Russia invades Ukraine. Rep. Mike Turner of the House Intelligence Committee joins to discuss today’s call between President Biden and Vladimir Putin and what future between the U.S. and Russia will look like if Ukraine is invaded. To 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	The most critical Zoom call of the pandemic era so far.
0:07.4	The lead starts right now.
0:09.9	President Biden today virtually staring down, Vladimir Putin, as Russia licks its chops
0:15.2	gazing at Ukraine across the border.
0:17.2	Can President Biden help find an off-ramp for a Russia invasion?
0:23.5	Is Omicron as dangerous as Delta?
0:25.7	Or some promising news in early data on the new variant?
0:29.4	Plus, clamming up to cover up, Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, now says he
0:34.6	will not cooperate with the Committee Investigating January 6th.
0:38.8	Of course, willing to sell books about it.
0:47.6	Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper, and we start today with breaking news in our world
0:51.5	lead in one of the most consequential moments of the Biden presidency to date today, President
0:56.0	Biden holding a video call.
0:58.0	With Russia's Vladimir Putin, as U.S. intelligence leaders grow more concerned, Russia is planning
1:03.4	yet another military invasion of Ukraine.
1:07.1	Immunately, moments go, Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, detailed the
1:11.4	call saying that President Biden was direct and straightforward with Putin, and warned Putin
1:15.8	that any invasion would lead to strong economic measures against Russia.
1:20.2	And also said that if Russia does invade Ukraine again, the U.S. could send more American
1:25.0	forces and military equipment into allied countries in that region.
1:29.1	We're going to cover every angle of the story today, CNN's Matthew Chance is on the ground
1:33.5	in Ukraine, but we're going to kick it off with CNN's Caitlin Collins at the White House.
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