Sources: Pres Trump fought with world leaders about letting Russia back into G7 alliance; Trump's banks respond to questions about his tax returns; Biden talks tragedy in new ad on health care; Brazil rejects $20M from G7 to combat Amazon fires;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Three sources: Sharp & sometimes bitter arguments broke out at G7 welcome dinner on Saturday; Trump falsely claims Congress approved record $92B for Puerto Rico (Congress only approved $42B); Storm to reach near-hurricane strength as it spins closer to Puerto Rico; FEMA: Tropical storm Dorian cold have "significant impact"; New Biden ad defends Obamacare record; Biden rejects "Medicare for all" in new "personal" ad; NYT: Warren courting top Dem officials to convince them she's "a team player"; Firefighters training new teams to battle raging Amazon fires; Lori Loughlin appears in court over college cheating scam; Trump-supporting farmers say trade war may affect 2020 vote.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	President Trump tries to feed world leaders a spoon full of Putin. The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	Breaking news, brand new details on President Trump's tense and bitter summit with world leaders
0:14.6	and how he just would not let go of the issue of throwing Russia back into the group
0:19.7	plans and policy versus getting personal.
0:23.7	Joe Biden tugging at voters heartstrings in a new ad as his campaign chooses a different
0:28.2	lane than his closest challenger.
0:30.6	Plus Puerto Rico and Florida in the danger zone
0:33.2	gracing his Dory and picks up steam with thousands still living under blue tarps
0:38.4	after Hurricane Maria.
0:39.7	This is CNN Breaking News. Welcome to the lead on Hill in for Jake Tapper and we begin today with Breaking News.
0:49.0	Brand new reporting on just what happened behind the scenes at a G7 welcome dinner.
0:54.8	Sharp, sometimes bitter disagreements breaking out over President's push to let Russia back
1:00.1	into the group.
1:01.1	That's according to two diplomatic officials and a senior US
1:04.4	official with knowledge of the exchange. Those sources telling CNN the
1:08.8	president repeatedly insisted at a summit dinner that Russia be included in the talks and continue to
1:15.4	falsely blame his predecessor Barack Obama for kicking Vladimir Putin out of the
1:20.3	alliance. Boris Sanchez brings us the insider details from the White House.
1:26.4	President Donald Trump returning to Washington from the G7, calling it a great success
1:30.9	on Twitter, but two diplomatic sources and one senior US official tells
1:35.5	CNN behind the scenes there was feuding between world leaders in France over his insistence
1:41.0	that Russia be invited to rejoin the group.
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