Dems take big step forward toward possible impeachment; filing suit for Mueller's secret grand jury material; Top Dem candidates signal aggressive debate strategies; Trump rips Sweden, France, Fox News and more in Twitter tear

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 26 July 2019

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Pelosi: "I'm not trying to run out the clock" on impeachment; Pelosi: I have no "hatchet" to bury with Ocasio-Cortez; Trump complains about Fox poll showing him losing to Biden; Harris on upcoming CNN debate: I was raised to be polite; Mayor Buttigieg calls out Pres Trump as racist; Yang jokes He'll attack Bennet at debate: "You know what you did"; Trump advisers point to Biden, Harris & Warren as biggest threats; Trump downplays North Korea missile tests this week; North Korea: Missile launch was "warning to South Korea"; Official: Iran test fires medium-range ballistic missile; Trump makes immigration announcement; Buttigieg: Trump's work for A$AS Rocky doesn't undo how his admin has "deepened the problems on racism in U.S." ; Trump demands Sweden release American rapper A$AP Rocky; George Conway on Trump's fight for A$AP Rocky: "Now do Khashoggi"; Trump was lobbied to review $10B contract bid involving Amazon; Inside the effort to turn Trump against Amazon's bid for a $10 billion contract; 2020 Dems aim to show policy is opposite of Trump's; O'Rourke, Castro clash over decriminalizing border crossing; Candidates split over reforming ICE or abolishing it; Sen Sanders: Immigration is "absolutely broken"; Harris: Trump's claim Dems support open border isn't trueTo 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	President Trump just declared American wine better than French wine, an expert opinion
0:06.0	from someone who does not drink. The lead starts right now. We've only just begun after Robert Mueller said his beast, Democrats now taking a major step
0:16.0	closer to impeachment.
0:18.4	What are the Democrats' plans to investigate the President's conduct and lies and possible crimes detailed by the former special counsel
0:25.8	posturing policy pointed attacks today new reporting on Democrats plans for your homes
0:31.2	health care paychecks and the playbook that Joe Biden is
0:34.4	throwing out from that first showdown on stage. Plus, Rocky Diplomacy
0:40.0	President Trump focused on an American rapper arrested in Sweden with nothing to say
0:45.2	about the American kid from Dallas who starved for weeks in an immigrant detention facility.
0:55.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:57.0	We begin today with the politics lead, a significant development.
0:59.0	Today is House Democrats taking a major step towards launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
1:04.8	Today, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House, Congressman Jerry Nadler, filed a lawsuit
1:10.4	to try to get access to secret grand jury material from former special counsel
1:14.6	Robert Mueller's investigation including interviews with key associates of
1:18.7	President Trump. Nadler insists that information will help inform Democrats on whether to introduce articles of impeachment in Congress.
1:27.0	This all comes as Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated today that Democrats will only move forward on impeachment based on the facts and the law.
1:35.2	She insisted she's not trying to run out the clock, though she is opposed as of now to impeachment.
1:40.1	CNN Sunland Sirfati starts us off today from the Capitol Hill on this very public democratic divide.
1:49.0	Significant development from the House Judiciary Committee today taking a big step forward toward opening up an
1:54.7	impeachment inquiry.
1:55.7	You're saying there's no difference between what you're doing now in an impeachment inquiry,
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