Democrats release key witness testimony transcripts; Four WH officials refuse to appear for testimony; Muller docs: Manafort pushed conspiracy theory blaming Ukraine for 2016 election interference; New poll shows Trump in tight races with top democrats

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🗓️ 4 November 2019

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Ex-ambassador to Ukraine said she felt threatened by Trump; Testimony: former ambassador to Ukraine was told to show support for Trump; Testimony: ex-ambassador said Ukrainians told her to watch her back; Trump: "the whistle blower should be revealed"; Lawyer: whistleblower willing to answer written GOP questions; Trump: written answers from whistleblower not acceptable; Dems gear up for public phase as WH defies subpoenas; WAPO: GOP senators consider acknowledging Trump's quid pro quo; Muller docs: trump repeatedly pushed for stolen Clinton emails during 2016 election; Swing state democrats in Wisconsin aren't talking impeachment; Wisconsin GOP thinks impeachment will help Trump; Democrats try to flip Wisconsin again after Trump's 2016 win; Warren faces escalating attacks from fellow 2020 democrats over new "Medicare for All" plan; Warren pushes back against criticism of her "Medicare for All" plan; Trump loses appeal to keep taxes secret, judge dismisses immunity claim;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 former US ambassador to Ukraine said she felt threatened by President Trump.
0:06.6	The lead starts right now.
0:08.5	Breaking today transcripts from key testimony released in the impeachment probe detailing the way
0:14.6	President Trump allegedly abused his power with Rudy Giuliani as his
0:19.3	pit bull in Ukraine. Deny and delay for four White House officials snub their scheduled testimony today as Democrats
0:27.2	on the hill say the Stonewall strategy is actually helping their case.
0:30.6	Plus, red alert for Democrats Democrats new polls suggest President Trump
0:34.9	still might have an edge in battleground states depending on who they
0:37.8	nominate what voters in critical counties are saying if anything at all
0:41.6	about impeachment.
0:42.6	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper.
0:47.6	We begin with the politics lead, the House Intelligence Committee earlier today released
0:52.2	the depositions of two key witnesses
0:54.6	in the impeachment inquiry and it provided much more detail about the
0:58.4	shadow Ukraine policy that is leading to the president's likely impeachment.
1:03.6	For his part, President Trump continues to attempt to defend himself, mainly by attacking
1:08.4	his accusers and lying about them, for instance, claiming that the whistleblower complaint has been proven false,
1:15.1	even though it has not, multiple former and current Trump administration officials who have testified
1:20.1	have backed up the whistleblower's allegations that American foreign policy and taxpayer dollars
1:25.3	were being used to force Ukrainian government officials
1:29.2	to investigate former Vice President Biden and his son.
1:32.4	In addition to his attempt to change
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