Trump defends plan to host Taliban at Camp David; NYT: Commerce Secy threatened firings at NOAA for contradicting Trump's hurricane tweets; Concern over Pres Trump's handling of intelligence prompted secret U.S. Mission to rescue Russian spy;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sources: Pence raised concern over Taliban talks around 9/11; Sources: Multiple advisers thought Trump's idea was a bad one; Trump: My idea to host Taliban, my idea to cancel; Liz Cheney: No Taliban member should go to Camp David; Dems & some GOP Reps criticize Trump's now-cancelled plan for Taliban talks at Camp David ahead of 9/11 anniversary; Pompeo: We have an obligation to do everything we can; Trump: I'll give a financial report on my properties before election, you'll be extremely shocked; Trump on Air Force, VP Pence visits to his resorts: "Nothing to do with me'; House Democrats investigating how Trump may be profiting off his presidency; Key impeachment vote set for Thursday as House Democrats press on with investigations; Dorian survivors forced off ferry boat leaving Bahamas; Trump Admin blames ferry company after hurricane survivors forced off boat to Florida; Trump: The Bahamas had tremendous problems, all evacuees need proper docs to enter U.S. ; Record summer hear wave hits huge parts of Alaska.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 just moments ago saying he took his own advice on meeting with the
0:06.4	Taliban at Camp David. The lead starts right now. On the week of the 9-11
0:12.2	commemoration President Trump shocking much of the world
0:15.0	with a plan to invite Taliban leaders for a get-together at Camp David. Today
0:20.0	we're learning not even the president's most loyal advisor thought that a good idea.
0:24.5	And facing new questions today about profiting off the presidency, President Trump literally
0:29.8	saying, a la Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing nothing following news that the Air Force now
0:35.2	makes increasingly frequent layovers near Trump's resort in Scotland. Plus
0:39.2	Hurricane Doreen survivors with children in their arms kicked off a ferry headed for the United States
0:45.4	The confusion prolonging their suffering and who it is that messed up that's coming up
0:55.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:56.0	We begin with the politics lead President Trump this afternoon saying that talks with the
0:59.4	Taliban are dead as he attempts to defend his now cancelled plan to host the Taliban
1:04.8	leaders at Camp David days before the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks,
1:08.3	attacks for which the Taliban has even in recent weeks expressed support.
1:13.3	CNN is learning that Vice President Pence and National Security
1:16.1	Advisor John Bolton advised President Trump.
1:18.8	That would be a bad idea.
1:21.4	But the president calls that report fake news and the vice president weighing in with a
1:25.2	slyly written tweet, quote, that's absolutely right, Mr. President, more fake news, the
1:30.3	vice president tweeted. The dishonest media never contacted our office before
1:34.5	running with this story he continued which is not accurate in CNN's case the
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