Trump suggests reading Ukraine call transcript on TV; Pelosi: Public impeachment hearings will begin "soon"; Warren insists $20.5 Trillion health care plan won't raise taxes on middle class

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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White House: Trump "Is the war room" on impeachment; Poll: Americans split on impeachment & removal of Trump; Life-long New Yorker Trump making Florida primary residence; Biden camp: Warren's health care plan is "mathematical gymnastics"; Warren releases new $20.5 Trillion plan to fund "Medicare for all", hopes to silence Dem rivals; U.S. troops guardian Syrian oil could confront Russian forces; Russia fills gaps as U.S. steps back, widening power globally; Russia expanding military & economic influence across the globeTo 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	It could be the first fireside chat where someone says out loud dot dot dot the lead starts right now
0:07.6	story time with Trump President Trump saying the whole impeachment push will backfire on Democrats as he plans to
0:14.8	take the fight right to the people and read the Ukraine call on live TV.
0:19.5	Plus Mayor Pete's moment and unknown until a few months ago now in a statistical tie for first
0:26.0	in a brand new Iowa poll, and tonight what could be a make or break moment.
0:30.8	And he's here, there, and everywhere.
0:33.0	Vladimir Putin's growing influence around the globe,
0:36.0	including on a possible collision course with the U.S. troops that Trump left in Syria.
0:41.0	Welcome to the lead.
0:45.0	I'm Brianna Heeler in for Jake today and we begin with the politics lead.
0:48.0	President Trump making a pitch to defend against impeachment and make the case for his re-election in 2020.
0:54.8	President Trump seemingly arguing that not only did he do nothing wrong when it comes to the
1:00.0	Ukraine scandal, but that it's just part of his unconventional style is a tough
1:04.4	leader who gets things done. As CNN's Caitlin Collins reports, the president
1:09.2	is now even suggesting that he may read the transcript of his infamous call with Ukraine's
1:14.0	leader in a quote fireside chat on live television.
1:18.8	Those in favor please say aye.
1:22.1	On the heels of a House vote that could lead to his impeachment
1:26.8	President Trump is taking the defense strategy into his own hands. He is the
1:31.8	war room telling the Washington examiner he's
1:34.0	considering reading the transcript of his call with the Ukrainian president as a
1:38.4	fireside chat on live television. His own aides have testified that they were alarmed by that
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