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The Lead with Jake Tapper

WH struggles to explain claim of "imminent threat"; Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Pilot's last words sounded "peaceful" before crash; Sen Bernie Sanders makes appearance with Larry David; Pelosi reveals she's ready to send articles of impeachment to Senate

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Trump now claims at least 4 embassies were potential targets; Pompeo claims Congress briefed on Soleimani embassy threats but several lawmakers say they weren't; Pompeo on attack: Didn't know when or where, but threat imminent; Pompeo won't define "imminent" on threat from Iran; Surveillance video captures moment of Ukraine plane crash; Pompeo: U.S. believes Iran "likely" shot down passenger plane killing 176 on board; Newly weds, young children among 176 victims of plane crash; Russian ship comes dangerously close to U.S. Navy destroyer; ignoring repeated warnings; Russian ship nearly collides with Navy destroyer in Arabian sea; DOD: Video shows Russian aggression towards U.S. Navy ship; Pelosi reveals she's ready to send articles of impeachment to Senate next week; Trump: Pelosi should have sent impeachment articles to Senate long time ago; GOP Sources: Republicans want Trump acquitted by State of the Union on Feb 4; Sanders raises more money in fourth quarter than any other candidate; Biden, Warren, Buttigieg & Sanders tied at the top in NH poll; Steyer qualifies for debate, Booker says he bought his way onto stage; Biden uses Iran tensions to tout leadership experience in new Ad; DOJ review of Clinton's business dealings fizzles; DOJ: Not enough evidence to open formal investigation into Clinton's business dealings; Area roughly the size of South Carolina destroyed by wildfires; 30,000 attend climate change protest in Sydney amid wildfires; 18-million acres torched, 2,000 homes destroyed across country; 24 people charged with deliberately starting fires, scientists say climate change also to blame;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

First they said they didn't know what Solomani was targeting then they said it was one embassy now they say it's four the lead starts right now

0:09.5

breaking just minutes ago President Trump changing his story now claiming four embassies were being targeted

0:14.8

by Iran's top general killed in a US air strike last week as his administration the President's

0:20.0

scrambles to try and back up his story hitting send speaker Pelosi now planning the

0:26.0

hand impeachment articles to the Senate next week she wanted the guarantee of a

0:30.9

fair trial in the Senate but now CNN is learning Senate Republicans

0:34.4

have a plan to fast track and acquittal for President Trump.

0:38.2

Plus, danger close, scary video showing a Russian warship making an aggressive

0:43.8

past nearly colliding with the US Navy destroyer.

0:46.8

Why the game of chicken at sea?

0:57.5

Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with breaking news in the politics lead President Trump today ratcheting up his claims about the threat allegedly posed by Iran that the administration is using

1:05.3

to justify the strike on Iranian general Solemnine.

1:09.4

Now President Trump suggesting not one, but four embassies were potentially going to be

1:13.7

targeted by the Iranians Trump administration has yet to publicly provide any

1:18.0

evidence or intelligence to back up this new claim or many previous claims of imminent attacks against the US.

1:25.2

This all comes amid a wave of bipartisan criticism about the congressional briefings on the

1:30.3

intelligence that led to the strike.

1:32.2

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today said,

1:34.5

lawmakers had been told of the embassy threat,

1:37.2

but not one lawmaker has yet confirmed that.

1:40.3

President Trump's credibility at home and abroad

1:42.3

has of course been an issue now for years.

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