Kent testifies Trump wanted to pressure Ukraine to commit to probes of Biden; House could impeach President Trump by Christmas; Source: Trump wanted AG Barr to hold news conference to clear him on Ukraine;

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🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Kent: Giuliani wanted to discredit U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine; State Official Kent says Volker reached out to Giuliani because he "had influence" over Trump's thinking on Ukraine; Pence aide who was concerned about Trump-Ukraine call testifies; Source: Pence aide said Trump's July 25th call with Ukraine was political, not a normal diplomatic call; Trump denies AG Barr declined his request to hold news conference on Ukraine; Trump allies offer scattered defense of Trump's Ukraine call; NYT: Trump warned Jeff Sessions he'd attack him if Sessions ran for Senate in Alabama; VP Pence refuses to say if he'd campaign for Sessions in 2020; Macron: Trump doesn't share the same view of NATO alliance; Warren and Biden's escalating fight gets personal; Pence files for Trump-Pence 2020 ticket for NH Primary; Trump 2020 team organizing small gatherings in key states; Prosecution makes line chart showing Stone's close ties to Trump & Campaign associates; Steve Bannon & Rick Gates to testify against Roger Stone;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	Could impeachment
0:02.0	could impeachment be the Grinch that steals Christmas?
0:05.0	The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Breaking just minutes ago,
0:09.0	new testimony released in the impeachment probe,
0:11.0	a State Department official who worked directly on Ukraine. and the Also breaking today the spotlight now on Vice President Pence and what he knew as a top
0:26.9	aide to Pence who was on the Ukraine called just finished testifying in the
0:30.8	impeachment inquiry plus harsh words echoing around the world,
0:35.5	the French president, blaming President
0:37.4	Trump for causing NATO to go brain dead.
0:41.0	What might Putin be thinking right now?
0:45.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:48.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:50.0	We begin with this breaking news. A new transcript released just minutes ago from the
0:54.6	House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Trump. George Kent, the
0:59.3	deputy assistant secretary of state who oversees. policy on Ukraine at the State Department
1:04.3	providing even more corroboration that those working on foreign policy regarding
1:09.3	Ukraine had been told by U.S. Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sonland,
1:13.7	that President Trump, quote,
1:15.6	wanted nothing less than Ukrainian President Zolinsky
1:19.0	to go to the microphone and say,
1:21.0	investigations, Biden, Biden and Clinton.
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