U.S. officials: Iran seizes two tankers, including British-flagged ship; Trump calls crowd "patriots" after chanting "send her back"; Harris and Biden gearing up for rematch at second dem debate; Trump accusers feel left behind by the #metoo movement.

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Armed U.S. aircraft escorting commercial cargo ship after Iran seize two tankers; UK: no British citizens abroad ship seized by Iran; Trump: I believe all people are "good people", after attacking dems; Booker campaign signals he'll target Biden in debate; Warren: "delighted" to share debate stage with Sanders; Trump accusers grapple with furious backlash, death threats; Women who accused trump wonder what justice looks like; Soon: 6th day of protests in Puerto Rico to begin over political crisis; Crowds gather to call for Puerto Rico governor to resign; Puerto Rico gov. Ricardo Rossello says he won't step down; Trump says he can't imagine using debt ceiling as negotiating tactic after saying republicans should in 2012 tweet;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	The crisis with Iran getting closer to a boiling point as we speak. The lead starts right now.
0:06.0	Breaking news, President Trump just responded after Iran seized a second tanker in the span of just a couple of hours today, the confusion in a crisis
0:16.0	where one mistake could possibly lead to war.
0:20.4	President Trump today slinging even more insults at a prominent freshman African American
0:26.0	Congresswoman and calling the crowd the chanter, send her back a chant he just yesterday said
0:30.9	he didn't like calling them patriotic.
0:33.0	Plus, they say they're the forgotten ones.
0:36.0	The women accusing President Trump of sexual assault and misconduct who say the Me Too movement has left them out.
0:47.0	This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to the lead up, Jake Tapper.
0:48.5	We begin today with breaking news.
0:50.0	U.S. officials now saying Iran has seized two ships, one a British flagged oil tanker
0:55.8	and the other a Liberian flag tanker. The president just moments ago responded to this report.
1:01.2	The country is doing really well.
1:03.8	And this only goes to show what I'm saying about Iran.
1:09.3	Trouble, nothing but trouble.
1:11.7	The managing editor of the shipping industry publication Lloydless telling CNN that the seizure
1:16.4	of the British flag tanker is creating, quote, probably the highest level security threat
1:21.5	we have seen in the region since the late 1980s.
1:25.1	This all of course comes after tensions between the US and Iran have escalated over the past few
1:30.0	weeks.
1:31.0	Just yesterday President Trump announced that the US had downed an Iranian drone in the
1:35.0	Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the Iranians are denying.
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