TRUMP: IRAN TAKES MY THREATS SERIOUSLY; SOME DEMS WORRY BORDER BILL ENABLES HARDLINE TRUMP POLICIES; INTENSE PREPARATION FOR 2020 DEMS AHEAD OF HIGH-STAKES DEBATE; COURT DOCS: GOP REP. DUNCAN HUNTER USED CAMPAIGN MONEY IN AFFAIRS WITH FIVE WOMEN

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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TRUMP: I DON'T NEED AN EXIT STRATEGY ON IRAN; TRUMP THREATENS "OVERWHELMING FORCE" AND TO DESTROY IRAN; IRAN: WHITE HOUSE SUFFERS FROM "MENTAL DISABILITY"; BOLTON: TRUMP HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO TALKS WITH IRAN; DIVISION ERUPTS AMONG HOUSE DEMS OVER $4 BILLION BORDER BILL; SOME DEMS WORRY ABOUT BORDER BILL ENABLES TRUMP ADMIN POLICIES; SPEAKER PELOSI: HOUSE BORDER FUNDING BILL WILL PASS; TRUMP: "VERY CONCERNED" ABOUT BORDER FACILITY CONDITIONS; 100 CHILDREN TRANSFERRED FROM "INHUMANE" FACILITY MOVED BACK; ACTING CBP COMMISSIONER RESIGNS AMID ESCALATING CRISIS; REP. TIM RYAN: TRUMP SHOULD "GO FIX THE DAMN PROBLEM" INSTEAD OF RUNNING "THE APPRENTICE" OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE; GOP REP ON DETAINED MIGRANT CHILDREN: "THERE'S NO LOCK ON THE DOOR, ANY CHILD IS FREE TO LEAVE AT ANY TIME"; INTENSE PREPARATION FOR 2020 DEMS AHEAD OF HIGH-STAKES DEBATE; CAMPAIGN SOURCE: HARRIS PLANS TO "PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST FOUR MORE YEARS OF TRUMP"; BIDEN STUDYING HIS RECORD, PREPARING FOR ATTACKS FROM RIVALS; COURT DOCS: GOP REP. HUNTER USED CAMPAIGN CASH TO PAY FOR TRIPS, CONCERTS, DINNERS WITH WOMEN; WARREN, SANDERS BATTLE FOR SUPPORT FROM PROGRESSIVE DEMS; SOME SANDERS VOTERS HAVE NEVER FORGIVEN WARREN FOR EARLY CLINTON ENDORSEMENT IN 2016 RACE; SANDERS AIMS TO PAINT WARREN AS A MORE "ESTABLISHMENT" CHOICE; WARREN SUPPORTERS SAY SHE'S THE FRESH FACE OF THE LEFT; STEPHANIE GRISHAM NAMED NEW WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY; ARMY STAFF SGT. DAVID BELLAVIA AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR FOR SAVING FELLOW SOLDIERS DURING BATTLE IN IRAQ; TRUMP AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO FIRST LIVING IRAQ WAR VETTo 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	Iran provoking President Trump in a very Trumpian way.
0:05.0	The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Insults and the edge of war, President Trump threatening Iran with obliteration after Iran's president said the White House has a quote
0:14.0	mental disability. How serious should Iran be taking President Trump's threat?
0:19.2	The crisis on the border now dividing Democrats the battle over emergency funding as migrant children go without toothbrushes and soap and sleep.
0:28.8	Plus one candidate is watching Trump, one is watching himself, and one is apparently working on his guns.
0:35.7	How the 2020 Democrats are training for their most visible moment of the race so far.
0:45.0	This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to the lead up, Jake Tapper.
0:47.8	We begin today with breaking news in the world lead moments ago, President Trump told reporters,
0:52.2	he believes Iran takes his threat seriously
0:54.7	and he does not need an exit strategy from the escalating confrontation.
0:59.7	This comes after the president delivered an unmistakable threat to Iran's leadership
1:03.5	tweeting this morning that any attack on the US will be met with quote
1:06.9	great and overwhelming force and in some areas could result in quote
1:11.3	obliteration the comments a direct response to
1:14.2	Iran's president saying that the mixed messages coming from the White House
1:18.0	suggest a quote mental disability as CNN's Boris Sanchez reports for us now neither side is showing any signs
1:25.3	of backing down.
1:27.9	After deploying a round of threats on Twitter, President Trump insisting Iran takes his threats seriously.
1:34.2	They take your threats seriously.
1:36.8	I think everybody does.
1:38.6	I think you do too.
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