No more automatic citizenship for some U.S. military kids born abroad; Biden appears to conflate details in Afghan war hero story; Trump cancels trip to Poland because of hurricane threat ; Dorian on track to slam Florida as category 4 hurricane
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Has President Trump just given some parents in the military a new reason to worry? |
| 0:07.0 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.0 | One Navy officer says military spouses are freaking out |
| 0:13.1 | over a new rule that could make it more difficult |
| 0:15.9 | for children of service members living abroad |
| 0:18.8 | to become US citizens. |
| 0:20.6 | Trump administration official Ken Kucinelli will join me live. |
| 0:25.1 | He said it was the God's truth, but a new report says Joe Biden mixed up almost every |
| 0:30.6 | detail of a moving anecdote he often tells on the campaign trail. |
| 0:35.3 | Plus President Trump reportedly considering a new plan that would get him in Putin's good graces |
| 0:40.8 | that might make even his supporters mad. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the lead. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Dana Bash in for Jake Tapper. |
| 0:50.0 | We start with the National lead and the Trump administration changing the rules again |
| 0:54.9 | creating a new obstacle for some members of the military who risked their lives |
| 0:59.8 | to serve the United States. Now it may be harder for some of their children |
| 1:04.5 | to become U.S. citizens. It's part of a pattern by this administration to |
| 1:08.4 | crack down on legal immigrants. Never mind illegal immigration. |
| 1:13.0 | Just yesterday, two officials confirmed to CNN. |
| 1:16.3 | President Trump said he was willing to pardon any AIDS who might break the law trying |
| 1:21.3 | to finish construction of his border wall. He ordered the raids |
| 1:24.8 | on nearly 700 undocumented workers in Mississippi, with the roundups left children crying wondering |
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