Trump defends planned military display at July 4th event; Biden campaign raised $21.5 million in second quarter; Trump to Iran: Threats can come back to "bite you"

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Source: Military chiefs concerned about politicization of July 4th; WH refuses to say how much July 4th event will cost taxpayers; Wash. Post: Parks dept. to divert $2.5M to help pay for July 4th event; Trump says he's "absolutely moving forward" with census citizenship question contradicting his own officials; 2020 Dems descend on Iowa ahead of July 4th celebrations; Biden campaign raised $21.5 million in second quarter, more than Sanders but less than Buttigieg; Harris: President Trump is a "predator"; 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg on Trump's July 4th plan; Trump: Migrants are living far better now than where they came from, in safer conditions; Buttigieg takes in $24.8M last quarter in fundraising; DHS chief orders investigation into report of "disturbing" social media posts by border agents; Border patrol agent warns of derogatory culture at CBP; DHS watchdog report: A manager described conditions at border facility a "ticking time bomb"; Pediatricians share drawings from migrant children of their time in U.S. custody; Judge rebuked for saying teen accused of rape deserves leniency because he "comes from a good family"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	How much will tomorrow's 4th of July speech by the president be my country tis of me?
0:07.0	The lead starts right now.
0:09.0	A site you don't see every day in the nation's capital, tanks and armored vehicles lining the national mall as
0:14.6	President Trump incorrectly touts just how easy and cheap it is to pull off his big 4th of July
0:20.3	extravaganza and the cost is not the only concern. Then donors are
0:25.9	showing Joe Biden the money and lots of it but one Democratic candidate you
0:29.3	might not expect has a bigger hall than the former vice president.
0:33.8	That politician joins us this hour.
0:36.0	Plus, the heartbreaking artwork for migrant children
0:39.2	taken out of customs in border protection custody,
0:41.6	black and white images showing people being held behind bars
0:45.0	now the government's own watchdog calls the situation at the border a quote
0:48.8	ticking time bomb.
0:53.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:55.0	We begin today with our politics lead and growing fallout over President Trump's
0:59.5	July 4th Extravagansa, what the Commander-in-chief call today the show of a lifetime.
1:04.8	A source telling CNN that some military leaders are expressing concerns about the
1:08.7	politicization of the event which will feature American military hardware
1:12.8	including tanks, bombers, and elite vehicles
1:15.7	for all the world to see.
1:17.2	The Pentagon says that some members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1:19.7	and other top military officials
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