Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking of minors; Rep. Eric Swalwell drops out of 2020 race for president; Trump: U.S. will no longer deal with U.K. ambassador who called me "inept"

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🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Prosecutors: Epstein "was well aware" many victims were minors; Prosecutors: Epstein sexually abused "dozens of minor girls"; Prosecutors charge politically-connected financier Jeffrey Epstein with operating trafficking ring, sexually abusing minors; Trump on accused predator Epstein in 2002: "terrific guy"; Any moment: Women's soccer world champions return to U.S.; Warren raises $19.1M in 2nd quarter, more than Sanders & Harris; Swalwell is first Dem to drop out of 2020 race for president; Poll: Biden is only 2020 Dem with wide lead over Trump in hypothetical matchup; Harris courts South Carolina voters after sparring with Biden; Harris struggles to clarify her busing stance after attacking Biden's past positions at debate; Daily Mail: U.K. ambassador said Trump administration "uniquely dysfunctional"; Daily Mail: In leaked cables, U.K. ambassador said Trump survives controversy like Schwarzenegger in "Terminator"; NYT: Scabies & shingles outbreaks at detention center; children left unfed, unbathed; Trump: Migrants in detention centers "very happy... in much better shape"; Trump administration continues fight for census question; Barr: Decision on census "in the next day or two"; Barr: Mueller testimony is being done by Dems for "public spectacle"; Trump lauds admin for leadership on environment as U.S. rolls back regulations, pulls out of Paris accord; Trump offers revisionist history on California wildfires; Trump puts questionable price tag on Green New Deal at $100 trillion; Happening now: Women's soccer world champions return to U.S.; U.S. women's team arrives home after winning World CupTo 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	So how many powerful men out there are right now really nervous because Jeffrey Epstein's been
0:07.1	arrested in charge. The lead starts right now.
0:10.5	He has rubbed elbows with the likes of President Trump and President Clinton and Prince Andrew.
0:15.8	And today, the feds charge to multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein with running a network for the rape of underage girls.
0:25.0	And then there were 23.
0:27.0	The Democratic Field is about to start shrinking this hour,
0:30.0	as another candidate shows she is not going anywhere
0:32.0	with a powerful fundraising hall. Plus
0:35.0	Friendly Fire, the president hitting back after the British Ambassador is caught
0:39.8	privately trashing Trump, is the special relationship on shaky ground?
0:48.8	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with the national lead and a day of reckoning for a wealthy, well-connected
0:56.2	alleged child predator.
0:58.4	Jeffrey Epstein today pleading not guilty after federal prosecutors in New York revealed many disturbing details of how the politically connected
1:06.3	a multi-millionaire allegedly operated a sex trafficking ring and sexually abused dozens of underage girls among the evidence presented in court today.
1:16.0	The discovery in a safe in Epstein's Upper East Side mansion of CDs containing quote nude or partially nude photographs that appear to be of underage girls
1:25.2	with handwritten labels describing the CDs contents as young name plus name or girl picks nude. Say the prosecutors of Epstein he is not or Girl Picks, Nude.
1:33.0	Say the prosecutors of Epstein, he is not reformed, chastened or repentant.
1:37.5	He is a continuing danger to the community.
1:40.3	The general accusations that the multimillionaire has preyed against girls have swirled around Epstein for years,
1:45.8	though he has avoided any serious punishment.
1:48.5	Epstein previously avoided similar charges by securing a secret deal for a much lesser offense
1:54.4	with prosecutors back in Florida in 2008 led by then US attorney now US
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