Trump brags about crowd size while visiting El Paso after shooting, mocks "Crazy Beto" O'Rourke; Exclusive: El Paso suspect's mom called police about son's gun; New Iowa poll: Biden keeping lead, Warren surging, Sanders falling

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump posts political-ad style video of visit to El Paso hospital set to triumphant soundtrack; Source: White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priority; Sources: House Judiciary considering coming back from recess to work on gun legislation; Dayton gunman's friend: I saw him physically abuse his sister; Crying children left without parents after immigration raids; Sources: Acting DHS Secretary was prepared to resign; Inside the power struggle at the homeland security dept; Dems descend on Iowa, Biden, & Bullock give state fair stump speeches; Six months before caucuses, Dems make pitches to Iowa voters; New Iowa poll: Biden keeps lead at 28%, Warren surges to 19%, Sanders falls to 9%; Harris rolls out first TV ad of campaign in Iowa; Report: Climate crisis threatens worldwide food supply;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	A massive ice raid on undocumented immigrants leaves children without their parents today.
0:06.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	President Trump offering praise and consolation and bragging about his crowd sizes to El Paso medical staff who just
0:15.2	responded to a racist mass murder. How and why the White House is celebrating
0:19.8	the President's trips to El Paso and Dayton today?
0:22.0	My dad didn't do nothing.
0:25.0	He's not a criminal.
0:27.0	Families torn apart, children absolutely terrified
0:30.0	as hundreds of suspected undocumented immigrants are ripped out of their places of employment in ice raids
0:36.0	with Latinos across the country already living in fear after El Paso.
0:40.0	Plus, buttering up the voters, it's opening day at the pivotal Iowa State Fair as a brand
0:45.7	new poll shows a big time surge for one of the 2020 contenders.
0:49.4	Who is it?
0:50.4	Well, we'll tell you. Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:56.0	We begin with our politics lead today, President Trump,
0:58.0	right after his call for unity,
1:01.0	in the wake of 31 people murdered in the United States and right after his claim
1:04.9	that his rhetoric brings people together, decided to then publicly complain
1:09.3	about media coverage, attack his political foes, and he discussed the size of his crowds in the middle of visiting
1:16.5	an El Paso hospital treating victims of that city's horrific racist terrorist attack.
1:22.4	Moreover, in this newly obtained cell phone
1:24.3	video from his hospital visit showing the president talking about how many people
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