Trump lashes out at Mueller ahead of Wednesday's testimony; Dems, GOP preparing to question Mueller on report findings; Massive protests in Puerto Rico after gov. refuses to resign

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🗓️ 22 July 2019

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Trump calls four Dem congresswomen of color "racist"; Trump: Four Dem congresswomen of color are "easy to handle"; Nadler: Mueller lays out Trump's high crimes & misdemeanors; Justice Dept. does not have a copy of Mueller's opening statement; Sources: Dems focusing on five specific areas of obstruction; Republicans plan to question Mueller on origins of probe; Trump says he's "best thing" to happen to Puerto Rico; Trump says U.S. is "ready for the absolute worst" with Iran; Iran claims it arrested 17 Iranians accused of spying for the U.S.; Trump says it's "totally false"; Warren says financial crash is coming, unveils new plan; Biden says he supports $15 minimum wage for campaign staffers, jabbing Sanders amid pay controversy; "Avengers: Endgame" passes "Avatar" as highest-grossing movie ever; "Lion King" shatters multiple records after opening weekendTo 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 he'll probably dip into the Mueller testimony, you know if there's
0:05.3	nothing else good on. The lead starts right now. President Trump today trashing former
0:10.2	Special Counsel Robert Mueller ahead of Wednesday's testimony that could
0:13.9	change the course of his presidency. As a top Democrat says the hearing could kick
0:18.9	off impeachment proceedings. And right now CNN live on the ground during what could be the biggest
0:24.6	protest in Puerto Rico yet, hundreds of thousands stopping traffic in an
0:29.2	attempt to drive their governor out of office. And breaking today, Iran says it's executing American spies.
0:35.6	President Trump says they don't even exist.
0:38.3	Olive L ask a former defense secretary how close we could be to war.
0:47.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Brianna Kieler in for Jake Tapper,
0:49.0	and we begin today with the politics lead.
0:51.0	It may be must-see TV, but President Trump says he's
0:54.6	not sure he'll watch Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress
0:58.7	Wednesday. The president going after Mueller's credibility today tweeting quote
1:03.3	highly conflicted Robert Mueller should not be given another bite at the apple.
1:07.8	In the end it will be bad for him and the phony Democrats in Congress.
1:12.1	As CNN's Abbey Philip reports the president also the As Washington and the White House prepare for Special Council Robert Mueller's big day on Capitol Hill this week,
1:26.0	President Donald Trump tamping down expectations.
1:30.0	I'm not going to be watching Mueller because you can't take all those bites out of the apple.
1:37.0	The president winding up familiar attacks against Mueller and his credibility.
1:41.0	Robert Mueller, I know he's conflicted.
1:44.0	He had, there's a lot of conflicts that he's got, including the fact that his best friend
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