Trump mocks calls for supporters to be “peaceful”

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

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As New York prosecutors weigh indicting Donald Trump, the former president belittles keeping protests peaceful. Then, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a subpoena threat as lawmakers order him to turn over documents related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) of the Foreign Relations Committee joins to discuss Xi-Putin talks producing no meaningful path forward on Ukraine. Plus, the CEO of TikTok is called before Congress to answer how much data from users the Chinese government can access. 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	Donald Trump says the prosecutor investigating him in New York is doing the work of the devil.
0:09.9	Yes, he really said that.
0:12.4	The lead starts right now.
0:14.7	Trump attacks on another level, belittling the importance of keeping protests peaceful
0:21.4	as New York prosecutors weigh in indictment and the DA leading the Hashmoney case sends
0:26.0	a letter to Republican leaders with a few choice words of his own, also protests taking
0:30.3	over parts of Paris, setting fires, disrupting train and airline travel, the uproar over
0:37.4	the Macron government's plan to raise the retirement age.
0:41.2	Plus, in the new, in the US, feared news confirmed near collisions on airport runways are
0:48.0	actually happening more, in fact, they've doubled this year, but why?
0:58.0	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.
0:59.3	We start today with our politics lead.
1:00.9	The New York grand jury is in session.
1:03.0	The district attorney is really steamed.
1:05.7	And Donald Trump is back to screaming in all caps on social media.
1:09.8	The legal headlines are aplenty today, starting in Manhattan, where the grand jury hearing
1:14.2	the Hashmoney case involving Stormy Daniels is meeting today, sources say, however, they
1:18.7	are not discussing Donald Trump, the grand jury, which means the decision on whether to
1:23.8	charge the former president in the Stormy Daniels Hashmoney case, that decision slides into
1:28.8	next week.
1:29.8	Meanwhile, the man prosecuting the case, district attorney Alvin Bragg, is unleashing
1:34.9	on House Republicans who have been taking steps to investigate the team investigating Donald
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