Iran Strikes Approved By Pres. Trump, Then Pulled Back; Pres. Trump Faces Assault Allegation From New Accuser

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🗓️ 22 June 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Pres. Trump Says He's Not Looking For War With Iran, But Warns If It Comes There Will Be "Obliteration Like You've Never Seen Before"; Pres. Trump Faces Assault Allegation From New Accuser; Pres. Trump: We Were "Cocked & Loaded" For Strike On Iran, But I Called It Off With 10 Minutes To Spare; Source: After Pres. Trump Called Off "Cocked And Loaded" Attack On Iran, He's Focusing On Sanctions Instead Of Military Action; Pres. Trump: I Called Off Iran Strikes With 10 Minutes To Spare, Was Told "150 People" Would Die, Decided "Not Proportionate"; Writer Says Pres. Trump Assaulted Her In The Mid-1990s; President: It's A False Accusation, Never Happened; Marchers Confront Buttigieg Over Fatal Police Shooting; WSJ: Barr Looking Into U.S. Intel Finding That Russia Wanted Pres. Trump To Win; SC Voters On Biden's Comments About The "Civility" Of Segregationist Senators; Meet A Pioneer Of Historic Apollo 11 Moon Mission; "Apollo 11" Premieres Sunday At 9PMTo 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 president first said you will soon find out about military action against Iran.
0:06.2	Then he took no action against Iran.
0:08.8	Now New remarks tonight, he is threatening that if it comes to war, quote, obliteration
0:13.4	like you've never seen before.
0:15.7	So what should you believe?
0:17.2	Good evening, Jim Sudo here in For Andersen tonight.
0:20.1	That is the breaking news.
0:21.1	And the wake of President Trump's decision to abort a strike on Iran just minutes before
0:25.5	it was set to begin.
0:27.2	And it is not the only breaking news.
0:29.1	Sudo tonight a new and very serious allegation against the president, a woman coming forward
0:34.2	accusing the president of the United States in terrifying detail of sexually assaulting
0:39.3	her.
0:40.3	We begin though with Iran.
0:41.3	CNN's Abby Philip joins us now from the White House.
0:44.6	So Abby, the president speaking to NBC tonight and seemingly simultaneously promising the
0:50.0	possibility of military action, but also saying he wants to talk.
0:53.5	Well, Jim, the tough talk from President Trump is back from President Trump in the
0:59.0	interview with NBC News.
1:00.6	And even as he explains his decision to hold off on that attack on Iran that was expected
1:06.0	last night, the president is also saying that he wants to talk.
1:10.0	And if Iran doesn't want to talk and wants to threaten the United States instead, that
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