Corey Lewandowski testifies in combative hearing; Polls closed in Israel's election, results too close to call; Source: "high probability" Saudi oil field strikes launched by Iran; Warren sharpens electability pitch at massive rally;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Lewandowski refuses to talk WH discussions despite subpoena; Rep. Speier: Lewandowski should be held in contempt and fined; Source: missiles may have been launched to avoid radar; Warren: Dems can't win if "scared and looking backwards"; Spicer deletes tweet after saying judges were against him; Trump spars with California's gov ahead of fundraisers; Journalism legend Cokie Roberts dies at 75;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	John Spicer was the best salsa dancer with the biggest audience ever in TV history period
0:06.0	the lead starts right now happening right now the president's former campaign
0:11.3	manager testifying in the House's first impeachment inquiry
0:16.0	and not giving an inch in defense of his old boss.
0:19.6	Cruise missiles allegedly launched in a way meant to mask where they came from a source
0:24.2	telling CNN there's high probability the attack on Saudi oil originated in
0:29.6	Iran will that move President Trump and the US closer to war?
0:35.0	Plus, she's got a crowd for that.
0:38.0	Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking to her biggest in-person audience yet in the shadow of Wall Street but will that energy
0:44.9	translate to the votes she needs to beat Joe Biden and ultimately
0:48.9	President Trump.
0:52.0	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with breaking news House
0:56.2	Democrats right now holding their first impeachment inquiry and it has
1:00.1	gotten ugly, fast.
1:02.7	Testifying today is former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who at the direction
1:06.9	of the White House, is refusing to answer most questions.
1:10.9	Lewandowski never worked in the White House, which makes the White House's
1:14.6	claim of executive privilege quite questionable, according to legal scholars.
1:19.7	Democrats want Lewandowski to talk about meetings with the president described in the Mueller report
1:25.0	including one in which the president told Lewandowski to order the attorney general Jeff
1:29.8	Sessions to say publicly that the special counsel's investigation was not fair and to announce
1:35.5	that sessions would be instructing Mueller to refocus the investigation to look at future
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