John Bolton out as Trump's national security advisor; CNN poll: Trump's job approval at 39%, lowest since January; Sources: Trump Skeptical of using foreign spies to collect intelligence on hostile countries

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Trump says he fired Bolton, Bolton days he resigned; Source: Bolton's exit result of dysfunctional cutthroat, snake it atmosphere in Trump admin; Bolton's exit comes after repeated clashes with Trump, Pompeo, and others; Sen. Menendez reacts to John Bolton's exit; Sources: Bolton's exit comes after argument with Trump over Taliban meeting at camp David; CNN poll: white men only demographic where majority approves of Trump's handling of jobs; CNN poll: 60% say president Trump doesn't deserve re-election; CNN poll: approval of Trump on economy dips below 50%; New CNN poll: 43% say Trump doing a good job keeping campaign promises, down from 52% in October 2018; New CNN poll: 71% say they do not trust most of what they hear from the White House; CNN: CIA spy extracted from Russia had access to Putin, could photograph Russian government documents; Heated NC congressional race tests Trump's 2020 chances; New iPhone features multiple cameras for wider shots.To 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	I guess maybe he really should have shaved that mustache after all. The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Breaking news today, National Security Advisor John Bolton has been shown the door and President Trump is not giving
0:14.6	him a soft landing. What we're learning about the fierce divisions between Bolton and
0:19.3	the President and what now for the security of our country.
0:23.1	Also breaking right now, fresh new CNN polls making their debut on the lead and showing
0:27.9	President Trump may be losing his biggest selling point for re-election.
0:33.0	Plus, new CNN exclusive reporting on President Trump
0:36.6	shunning foreign spies for the US.
0:39.0	Why the president thinks it's a bad idea,
0:41.0	having secret informants so close to enemies such as a Vladimir Putin.
0:45.6	This is CNN breaking news.
0:50.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we start with breaking news in the politics
0:54.3	lead and President Trump today firing his National Security Advisor Ambassador
0:58.4	John Bolton. The two had a long well-documented history of disagreeing on matters all the way up to today
1:05.3	when the two had different takes on how Bolton ended up on the wrong side of the White House
1:10.9	fence. The president tweeting in part, quote,
1:13.5	I informed John Bolton last night that his services
1:16.2	are no longer needed at the White House.
1:17.8	I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions.
1:20.7	According to John Bolton's tweet, which came just 12 minutes later.
1:24.3	I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, let's talk about it tomorrow.
1:28.6	The news came just before a White House briefing that Bolton was scheduled to attend, Secretary
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