Israel bans Reps. Omar and Tlaib after Trump's push; House Dems subpoena former Trump campaign manager Lewandowski to testify publicly; Sen. Klobuchar takes gun control issue to Trump country; Hickenlooper drops WH bid as O'Rourke restarts campaign

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Former U.S. ambassador to Israel: Trump's racism and Netanyahu's dependency have brought us to this point; Sources: WH looking into invoking privilege for Lewandowski, despite never having worked at the White House; WH fears economic instability could threaten re-election; President Trump blames media, fed for economic woes; Man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers had AR-15 and handgun; Israel bans Reps. Omar and Tlaib after Trump's suggestion; O'Rourke restarts 2020 campaign with attacks on Trump; O'Rourke: Senate run "Would Not Be Good Enough For This County"; Hickenlooper ends White House bid, will consider senate run; List of house democrats calling for impeachment inquiry into president Trump grows to 112; Freshman Democrats in red districts weigh impeaching Trump; Dale Earnhardt Jr., wife, survive fiery Tennessee plane crashTo 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	From send them back to keep them here the lead starts right now
0:05.8	Under pressure from President Trump Israel has now banned Congresswoman Omar and
0:10.3	Talib from entering that country as President Trump continues his
0:13.6	smear campaign against the two minority lawmakers.
0:16.7	Bragging and blaming President Trump today insisting that the economy is
0:21.5	still going strong as he also tries to pin the market
0:25.0	plunge on the Fed. Does the President see his best argument for real action
0:29.2	possibly at risk now? Plus, exit strategy, another 2020 Democrat drops out of the race, but it might
0:36.2	not be the last time President Trump hears from him.
0:46.4	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and our world lead, an unprecedented decision by Israel. After an unprecedented and norm-busting message from
0:50.9	President Trump, Israel announced today it is blocking two sitting duly elected members of the
0:57.0	US House of Representatives from entering that country.
1:00.8	The announcement came less than an hour after President Trump tweeted, quote,
1:04.0	it would show great weakness if Israel allowed Representative Omar and Representative Talib to visit.
1:10.0	They hate Israel and all Jewish people and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds.
1:15.0	Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office.
1:19.0	They are a disgrace, unquote.
1:21.0	Congresswoman Omar and to leave have called for the economic boycott of Israel because of its treatment of the Palestinians.
1:26.0	They of course strongly dispute the president's characterization of their views on Jews.
1:31.0	Either way, we know of no time in this nation's history when an American
1:35.7	president urged a foreign country to ban American lawmakers from entry.
1:42.3	The move by Israel has been criticized by even staunch
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