Dems to make their case in public hearings this week; Biden holds narrow lead in new NH poll; Klobuchar suggests women candidates held to "different standard"; Trump honors vets: "it's our duty to serve and protect them"
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 11 November 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Strap in. It's a critical week for the country and the future of a presidency. The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.0 | In front of the nation, public impeachment hearings set to begin as President Trump prepares |
| 0:14.8 | for them with more misleading claims and the resistance from within. |
| 0:20.8 | The former UN Ambassador Nicky Haley says when she was in the Trump administration, |
| 0:25.8 | two of the president's top men tried to recruit her to quote, save the country from |
| 0:30.6 | Trump, a warning or an audition. |
| 0:33.4 | Plus, pointing out a double standard. |
| 0:35.6 | Senator Amy Klobishar takes a shot at Mayor Pete Buttigic |
| 0:39.2 | saying a woman with his resume |
| 0:41.5 | wouldn't be near the debate stage. Is that fair? |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Dana Bash in for Jake Tapper on this Veterans Day |
| 0:52.0 | and we begin with the politics lead a monumental |
| 0:56.2 | week for the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. |
| 1:00.4 | Democrats are looking to make their case for impeachment to the American people with televised hearings. |
| 1:05.0 | As the president tells Republicans to abandon an increasingly popular line of defense involving the infamous Trump-Ukraine call. |
| 1:13.0 | And as CNN's Alex Marquard reports, |
| 1:15.0 | we may soon learn about another key presidential phone call. |
| 1:19.0 | The impeachment inquiry bursting into the open this week historic |
| 1:25.3 | appearances by witnesses who gave damning testimony behind closed doors |
| 1:29.3 | about quid pro quo in Ukraine now set to do it in front of the TV cameras for the world to hear. |
| 1:37.0 | Democrats hoping the hearings will make their case the inquiry is necessary. |
| 1:41.0 | Those open hearings will be an opportunity for the American people to evaluate the witnesses |
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