Trump denies recession threat, instead blames Fed chair; Reps Omar & Tlaib speak after Israel ban, Trump insults; Warren to Native American voters: "I have made mistakes"

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Any moment: Reps Omar & Tlaib hold news conference on Israel ban; Trump slams Scaramucci after he announces anti-Trump coalition; Trump lashes out amid experts warning of recession; Trump admins and allies downplay recession threat; Trump falsely claims Google "manipulated" votes in 2016 election, citing no evidence; Reps Omar & Tlaib slam Trump, Netanyahu for Israel ban; Sen. Gillibrand reacts to Warren's apology to Native American voters; NYPD officer in Eric Garner case fired; Sen. Gillibrand supports mandatory buyback program for assault weapons; Sen. Gillibrand: Israel must be held accountable for banning CongresswomenTo 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 everyone in America is loaded with money.
0:05.0	If you believe that, I have a giant melting Danish owned island to sell you.
0:09.0	The lead starts right now.
0:11.0	Breaking news, the first two Muslim women in Congress who were barred from
0:14.8	visiting Israel speaking in moments. What will the so-called squad have to say to
0:20.0	President Trump? Apologies and promises Senator Elizabeth Warren tackles the controversy over
0:26.0	her self-proclaimed Native American heritage head on after President Trump promises to
0:31.1	revive a racist slur to attack her.
0:34.0	One of Warren's 2020 opponents is here to react to that.
0:37.5	Plus, a mysterious blast fears of a doomsday weapon and now radiation stations are going silent.
0:45.1	How do you say cover-up in Russian?
0:47.6	Welcome to the lead.
0:51.8	I'm John Berman in for Jake Tapper today and we do start with the
0:54.8	politics lead. Any moment now Congresswoman Rashida to Lieb and Ilhan Omar
0:59.0	will step to the microphone together for the first time since Israel banned their visit over their support for an economic boycott
1:05.8	against Israel.
1:06.8	Now that ban came less than an hour after President Trump suggested it.
1:12.2	Israel agreed to lift some restrictions for Congresswoman to leave,
1:14.8	who wanted to visit her grandmother in the West Bank,
1:17.2	but she declined to go, saying a visit under oppressive conditions
1:21.0	stood against everything she believed in. Now both women are back to
1:24.8	square one protesting Israel and taking on President Trump. See it as Ryan Young
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