Special Edition (1): The White House in Crisis. Pompeo accuses House Dems of bullying, Dems warn Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses; Intel watchdog defends whistleblower as Trump steps up attacks;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Dems fire back, warn Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses; Ukraine's Pres: "No one can put pressure on me"; Ukraine's Pres: I never met or spoke to Giuliani; Trump adviser: Inquiry "nothing less than a coup d'état"; Trump adviser compares House Dems to China, Russia, N Korea; Source: Secy of State Pompeo was on Trump's call with Ukraine; Trump allies & advisers entangled in impeachment probe; Giuliani hires Watergate prosecutor as his attorney in impeachment inquiry; Some Trump allies defend him as many Republicans stay silent;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	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:02.0	Welcome to a special edition of the lead, the White House in Crisis.
0:08.0	I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, and we begin today with Breaking News in the politics lead.
0:12.0	Moments ago, House Democratic leaders fired back. we begin today with breaking news in the politics lead.
0:12.6	Moments ago, House Democratic leaders fired back
0:15.0	at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
0:17.0	They accused Pompeo of potential obstruction.
0:19.5	After Pompeo claimed Democrats were intimidating and bullying State Department officials who the Democrats
0:25.5	plan to depose.
0:27.1	Pompeo tweeted, quote, let me be clear, I will not tolerate such tactics and I will use
0:31.6	all means at my disposal to prevent and expose any
0:34.2	attempts to intimidate the dedicated professionals whom I am proud to lead
0:39.4	and serve alongside at the Department of State unquote., Pompeo, has as of now had no comment
0:45.3	about the revelation that he was in fact listening in on that July 25th phone call in which
0:52.0	President Trump asked the President of Ukraine to
0:54.6	investigate his political rival Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter. This is a fast
1:01.2	moving story and we have it covered from the White House to Congress and all the way
1:04.9	to Ukraine.
1:05.9	Let's start on Capitol Hilda with Manu Raju and Manu what did the House Democratic
1:10.0	Chairman have to say to the Secretary of State.
1:15.0	Well, they push back rather aggressively, Jake.
1:17.2	They are saying that any efforts to deny these witnesses from coming forward,
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