NYT: emails show Mulvaney's role in freezing Ukraine aid; 5 Jews stabbed at New York Hanukkah celebration; Hero church member who stopped TX gunman speaks; Buttigieg takes aim at Biden over Iraq war, "the worst foreign policy decision" in his lifetime

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🗓️ 30 December 2019

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NYT: Bolton, Pompeo, Esper tried to convince Trump to release Ukraine aid in August meeting; NYT: top aide warned Mulvaney to "expect congress to become unhinged" if Ukraine money frozen; White House confirms Trump spoke to Putin Sunday; NY man charged with stabbing 5 people at Hanukkah celebration; Prosecutors: anti-Semitic writings found in suspect's home; Fed hate crime charges filed against accused Hanukkah attacker; Stabbing survivor used table to fend off attacker; At least 9 anti-Semitic incidents reported in the last week in NY; Church member stops church gunman in six seconds; Biden responds to Buttigieg: I put my foreign policy record against anybody's; Biden open to republican running mate, but "can't think of one right now"; In last days as mayor, Buttigieg puts focus on 2020; U.S. military strikes Iran-backed forces in Iraq and Syria; Iran threatens attack after U.S. strikes; "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" premiere Jan 1 at 9pTo 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	And on the fifth day of Christmas, Putin gave Trump a ring. The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	It was a, quote, Podesle decision, a New York Times investigation digging deeper on the White House denying Ukraine
0:15.3	almost 400 million dollars in security aid and President Trump bent on keeping that
0:21.0	money on hold.
0:22.0	Federal hate crime charges now five on keeping that money on hold.
0:29.0	Federal hate crime charges now filed against the man accused of a Hanukkah attack on Orthodox Jews. What is behind all this hate continuing to rise?
0:32.0	Plus, Iran vows revenge after the US drops
0:37.2	bombs on malicious sites in Iraq and Syria. How many more sparks can this
0:42.2	powder keg take?
0:44.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:50.0	We start today with our politics lead.
0:52.0	It is official Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
0:54.8	will meet with the president of Ukraine this week in Kiev. Arriving after the
1:01.3	top diplomat there, Bill Taylor, who testified in the impeachment inquiry,
1:05.0	was encouraged to leave his post.
1:08.0	And as we learn new details about the White House efforts to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine
1:16.4	to at least in part push Ukraine to commence an investigation that might help
1:21.8	President Trump politically as admitted by the White
1:24.2	House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
1:26.3	An emails obtained by the New York Times Mulvaney asked about withholding the aid nearly
1:31.4	a month before that now infamous Trump Ukraine phone call in July
1:35.8	only to be cautioned by one advisor quote expect Congress to become unhinged
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