Trump: Iran "made a very big mistake" shooting down U.S. drone; White House briefing top lawmakers on Iran

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 21 June 2019

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Trump: "You'll soon find out" if U.S. plans to strike Iran; Trump: "hard to believe" drone shoot down was "intentional"; Biden refuses to apologize for comments about working with segregationists senators; Ebola cases surge as doctors scramble to stop disease; Senators receive briefing on possible UFO sightingsTo 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 facing his biggest test yet. The lead starts right now.
0:06.0	Boiling tensions between the United States and Iran.
0:09.0	An American drone shot down. President Trump teasing a possible counterattack and an Iranian military
0:15.3	commander sending a chilling warning. The debate overgoing to war exposing a
0:20.4	divide inside the West Wing what sources are saying about who has the
0:24.2	president's ear at this most critical time. Plus, the Biden backlash, Joe Biden
0:30.5	today defending comments about segregationist senators with
0:34.5	2020 Democrats about to face a major test with African American voters in the
0:38.6	heart of the old Confederate South.
0:40.8	This is CNN breaking news.
0:46.7	Welcome to the lead.
0:47.7	I'm Jake Tapper.
0:48.0	We begin today with breaking news and our world lead President Trump saying today that the
0:51.4	American people will soon find out if the United States
0:54.9	is going to war with Iran, saying the regime made a very big mistake shooting down a U.S. military
1:00.9	surveillance drone, like the one you see on your screen at
1:04.0	405 a.m. Iranian time over the Strait of Hormuz. Take a look at this map.
1:10.0	Iran says the U.S. drone violated its airspace and they claim they shot down the drone right off its
1:15.9	coast.
1:16.9	U.S. officials counter that claim.
1:18.4	They call it categorically false.
1:20.1	They say the drone was shot down in international airspace south and to the west.
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