U.S. Troops deploy to Iraq as siege of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad ends; Sen. Sanders raises $34.5M just weeks before Iowa caucuses; Report: Unredacted White House email calls Ukraine aid hold "clear direction" from Trump; Australian towns evacuated as wildfi

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🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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N. Korea, Iran threaten Pres Trump as impeachment trial looms; Defense Secy Esper: Iran will regret additional provocations; Kim Jong Un threatens to test new strategic weapon; Iran: We are not afraid of war & can "break" the United States; Sanders & Buttigieg out raise Biden in 4th quarter fundraising weeks before Iowa caucuses; 4th quarter fundraising: Sanders $34.5M, Buttigieg $24.7M, Biden $22.7M, Yang $17.5M, Gabbard $3.4M; Trump raises $46 million in 4th quarter; Biden lands first congressional endorsement from Iowa; Julian Castro ends his 2020 presidential bid; Biden pulls in his biggest fundraising haul with $22.7M in 4th quarter; CNN: Sen. McConnell expected to speak tomorrow on impeachment; Pelosi responds to new Ukraine docs: Why won't Trump & McConnell allow a fair trial?; Report: Uredacted White House emails reveal Pentagon's concern over Ukraine aid freeze; Wait and seethe: Trump fumes during impeachment limbo; NY orders more patrols & security after wave of violence; Family of Hanukkah attack victim: Prognosis isn't good; Trump uses homeless crisis to hit Pelosi after impeachment; Australian towns evacuated as wildfire threat levels rise;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	Two US enemies greeting President Trump in the new year. The lead starts right now.
0:06.0	Facing threats from Iran and from North Korea while seemingly preoccupied with impeachment,
0:12.0	can President Trump turn his attention away
0:14.3	from Washington to deal with these new menacing moves. As the calendar turns
0:18.6	to 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders announces a bonanza, the massive fundraising hall just a few weeks
0:24.3	away from the Iowa Caucasus plus they're calling them fire nados the new threat
0:29.8	from raging deadly wildfires that have evacuated thousands and is only getting worse.
0:35.1	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:40.4	We begin today with our world lead lead two of America's most dangerous
0:44.0	adversaries the leaders of Iran and North Korea testing President Trump.
0:48.3	Iran today declaring it is prepared for war if necessary and vowing its military is strong enough to break the
0:55.0	United States.
0:56.3	The escalating tensions heating up during a dramatic 48-hour siege of the U.S. Embassy in
1:01.0	Baghdad by an Iranian-backed militia, new images showing the extent
1:05.5	of the damage inflicted on the American embassy, as more U.S. service members are reportedly
1:10.4	on their way to that embassy.
1:12.1	This, as North Korea is warning the world will
1:15.1	witness a quote new strategic weapon one feared to be a nuclear weapon. The
1:20.2	regime also dismissing any talk of denuclearization.
1:24.0	Here's how Richard Haas, a top former Republican diplomat explained it to the New York Times,
1:28.0	quote, after three years of no international crises,
1:32.0	Mr. Trump is now, quote,
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