U.S. Official: Iran mistakenly shot down Ukraine plane with two missiles; Iranian Officials: Ukraine plane was on fire before it crashed; CNN on the ground where Iranian missile hit in Iraq; Pelosi: McConnell not guaranteeing "fair" impeachment trial;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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CNN obtains video that purports to show missile striking object in sky over Tehran; Iran State Media: U.S. invited to be present for plane crash investigation; Iran Officials: Black box of crashed Ukraine flight is "damaged"; Iran Official: May need outside help reading data on black box; Report: Ukrainian plane changed directions before crashing; UK Prime Minister: "Body of information" plane was mistakenly shot down by Iranian missile; Trump defends Iran strike, claims Iran was looking to blow up embassy; Pelosi: Cavalier attitude of President Trump is "stunning"; Pence: No doubt Iran was trying to kill Americans in revenge strike; GOP Rep Collins, Nikki Haley falsely claim Dems are mourning death of Iran's General; Iranian commander vows "harsher revenge" still to come; Iranian commander contradicts leaders, says strike is part of larger operation against U.S.; Pelosi defends decision to hold impeachment articles: I'll send when I'm ready, probably soon; Source: Pelosi privately signals she may send impeachment articles to Senate soon; Pelosi bucks Sen Democrats calling for her to send over impeachment articles; Dem Rep. Schiff: No plans for Bolton testimony in House Intel Cmte. ahead of Senate trial; Trump Admin delays disclosing secret service costs for first family's travel until after 2020 election; WaPo: First family's travel costs U.S. $13.6 Mil in one month; Trump Admin says protection costs would be used politically; Trump announces overhauling of 50-year-old rules, could hurt environment but speed up building projects;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	It's becoming clear that the crash that night was not just a deadly coincidence.
0:06.8	The lead starts right now.
0:09.2	Breaking just minutes ago, a U.S. official now giving CNN details about how Iran shot down a passenger
0:16.6	jet pack with innocent people, as the UK says there's a body of information to back up this
0:22.0	belief.
0:23.0	While the pressure mounts on Speaker Pelosi to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate a new move by the majority leader McConnell,
0:30.0	which might result in no impeachment trial at all.
0:34.0	Plus the tab for protecting the trumps when they travel.
0:38.2	Why doesn't the White House want you to see how much the Secret Service is spending of taxpayer dollars until
0:44.7	after the election.
0:48.6	This is CNN breaking news.
0:51.8	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start today with breaking news and our
0:54.8	world lead multiple US officials and the prime ministers of Canada and the UK
0:59.1	are all now saying intelligence indicates the passenger plane that crashed in
1:03.7	Iran Wednesday morning killing all 176 people on board was shot down by
1:08.9	Iran possibly accidentally the British Prime Minister saying just minutes ago there was a quote
1:13.8	body of information showing an Iranian surface-to-air missile brought down that
1:18.6	passenger plane. Brand new video sent to CNN reports to show a missile fired into the sky and striking an
1:26.7	object right around the time that Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed.
1:30.8	CNN is trying but has not yet
1:32.9	independently verified the authenticity of the video.
1:36.0	And another new video purporting to show the fiery moment
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