Pelosi: Dems moving forward with Articles of Impeachment; Trump calls on House to impeach him "fast" so Senate can give him "fair" trial; Biden to voter: "You're a damn liar" about Ukraine claims;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Pelosi: Trump has left us with "no choice" but to proceed with Articles of Impeachment; Sources: House could vote on four Articles of Impeachment in two weeks; Pelosi fires back over whether she hates Trump: "I don't hate... don't mess with me" on that; Sources: Democrats considering articles on abuse of power, bribery, obstruction of Congress & justice; Sources: White House legal team mounting robust defense for likely Senate trial; Sources: Trump legal team plans to dig in on unproven Biden corruption claims in Senate trial; Ukrainian lawyer claims he met with Giuliani in Kiev today; WH won't say why Giuliani appeared to repeatedly call OMB; Joe Biden angrily confronts voter over age, Ukraine claims; Joe Biden says world is laughing at Trump in new ad; Nearly 700,000 Americans could lose food stamps under new policy;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	Both sides in agreement on one thing that today is a sad day in the United States.
0:07.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	Breaking today, Speaker Pelosi saying the Democrats have no choice but to go ahead with articles of impeachment
0:13.9	against President Trump as the speaker warns a reporter not to quote mess with
0:17.9	her over whether hatred for the president is driving impeachment and
0:22.3	where in the world is Rudy Giuliani during all president is driving impeachment.
0:22.6	And where in the world is Rudy Giuliani
0:24.6	during all this, apparently in Ukraine?
0:27.3	Meeting with a conspiracy theory pusher
0:29.3	with a KGB pedigree, plus,
0:31.9	Smokin' Joe. Biden explodes on a voter in Iowa calling him a
0:36.0	damn liar challenging him to a push-up and IQ contest what caused so much tension
0:41.6	at an Iowa town hall?
0:43.6	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:49.1	We begin today with our politics lead and history
0:51.9	with President Trump now almost certain to become the third
0:55.8	U.S. President to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
0:59.2	Speaker Pelosi announcing earlier today, House Democrats are moving forward with articles of impeachment
1:04.6	against the President, Pelosi saying that Mr. Trump left her with no choice but to act.
1:10.4	Members of Congress are now faced with these two key questions.
1:14.0	One, what do we know about the President's actions?
1:17.5	And two, do they rise to an impeachable offense?
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