Candidates amplify attacks on Sanders ahead of Nevada caucus; Long lines, tech issues plague early voting in Nevada; More than 2,000 former DOJ employees ask Barr to step down; Barr in 1991: the AG must keep the law away from politics

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Dems turn focus to Nevada with early voting under way; 26,000 Dems turn out for early voting in Nevada so far; Bernie Sanders biggest challenge in Nevada: major state union opposes "Medicare for All"; Dems criticize Bloomberg's $400 million ad spending; Nevada volunteers, campaigns express concern over caucuses, campaign aide says they "have a lot more questions"; Ex-DOJ officials: AG Barr's actions in Roger Stone case "outrageous", he should resign; Trump campaign manager tweets pic of Air Force One in 2004 at Daytona 500 instead of Trump's visit; Soon: Bolton to make first public comments since impeachment; Short: Pres Trump is frustrated with bias of justice dept; Trump confident Roger Stone set to be sentenced this week; WH official: no change in Trump's view of Barr despite calls for AG's resignation; AL senate candidate knocks Sessions' record as AG: "he let the president down and got fired"; 300 Americans let off cruise ship face new quarantine in U.S.; 14 Americans with coronavirus arrive back in U.S. from cruise ship; CDC: 467 people in U.S. under investigation for coronavirus, not including American evacuees from Diamond Princess cruise; World Health Org: not classifying coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic; At least 140 travelers denied entry to U.S. over coronavirus travel ban; Wine prices are dropping fast;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	In Nevada you don't even see lines this long for slot machines. The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Democrats hungry to vote showing a surge of enthusiasm and hoping the system doesn't unravel like it did in
0:15.2	Iowa.
0:16.6	As the candidates focus on a much more diverse group of voters in Nevada, they're telling
0:22.4	the attorney general to quit for the good of the country.
0:26.0	More than 2,000 people who worked at the DOJ
0:29.0	blasting Bill Barr after he went easy on President Trump's former consigliere.
0:35.0	Plus hundreds of Americans now back in the US, freed after being trapped on a cruise ship,
0:40.7	contaminated with the coronavirus. But not all of them made it out healthy.
0:45.0	Welcome to a special edition of the lead. I'm Dana Bash in for Jake and we begin with the
0:54.0	2020 lead on this President's Day. This week is the third Democratic presidential
0:59.2	contest of the year and right now early voting is taking place in Nevada with some 26,000 people already
1:06.1	turning out over the weekend.
1:08.3	As CNN's Jeff Zellany reports, Senator Bernie Sanders is looking to Nevada to cement his front-runner status and
1:15.1	his opponents are training their attacks on the Vermont senator.
1:20.4	With your help we're going to win here in Nevada.
1:24.0	The fight is on for Nevada.
1:26.0	It is so wonderful to be out of the snow and in this beautiful sunny state of Nevada.
1:33.6	The first 2020 Democratic contest in the West.
1:36.4	I know that people in Nevada are taking your responsibility,
1:40.8	your influence, your power, that thumb on the scale that you have so seriously.
1:46.0	Five days before the state's caucuses, early voting is already underway,
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