Trump adds to confusion over China, Russia during chaotic G7; Landmark decision in opioid addiction epidemic; Sanders, Biden, Warren in virtual tie in new 2020 poll; Former GOP Rep Joe Walsh announces run against Trump

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump: I'm open to meeting Iran's leader under right conditions; Trump falsely claims Putin outsmarted Obama, forced Russia out of G8; Trump: I "sincerely" believe China wants to make a deal; Trump returns to Washington after confusing 3 days at G7; Judge orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for part in fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis; Warren draws massive crowds as she surges in polls; New poll highlights divide between progressive, moderate dems; GOP candidate Joe Walsh: "We have a child in the White House"; Walsh: Trump is "tweeting this country into recession"; Walsh on gun control: background checks are not the issue, white nationalism is; Walsh: I regret falsely claiming Obama is a Muslim; Walsh apologizes for rhetoric "that lead to Trump"; Trump skips G7 meeting on climate crisis as Amazon burns; Aerial tour of Amazon fires reveals endless devastation; Trump considering hosting next G7 summit at Trump FL resort, says he won't make money; CA deputy accused of faking sniper shooting under criminal investigationTo 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 says it's not about the money it's location location
0:06.5	location as in the president's golf resort the lead starts right now.
0:13.8	An empty chair and a story that doesn't add up.
0:17.2	President Trump absent from a keen meeting another head scratching moment at a summit heavy
0:21.5	on chaos and confusion.
0:24.3	He has a long history of racially charged, bigoted comment.
0:27.4	Now former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh is taking on Trump in 2020 and going after the President's
0:32.4	rhetoric. How is he the alternative?
0:35.0	I'll ask him this hour. And breaking now a judge just moments away from ruling
0:40.0	in what could be one of the biggest financial penalties in U.S. history
0:44.0	against a company we all know and you may even use their products
0:48.8	that company accused of helping get America hooked.
0:57.0	Welcome to the lead on this Monday. I'm Erica Hill in for Jake Tapper,
0:59.0	and we begin today with the politics lead.
1:01.0	President Trump on his way back to Washington right now
1:04.1	after an often chaotic, confusing, contradictory three days at the G7 summit with
1:09.6	world leaders. Speaking with reporters earlier today, Mr. Trump claimed China, in a series of high-level
1:15.4	calls, indicated it wants to make a deal to stem the rapidly escalating trade war.
1:20.9	The president saying, he'll only sign on though if it's quote
1:23.3	fair to the United States. He also opened the door in a meeting with Iran's
1:27.8	president under certain circumstances and continue to suggest he may invite
1:32.0	Vladimir Putin to next year's G7 summit,
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