WSJ: Trump urged Ukrainian president "eight times" to work with Giuliani to investigate Biden's son; Trump announces new sanctions, says Iran "going to hell"; Millions march demanding action on climate crisis
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So President Trump says he does not know what the mystery whistleblower complaint is about or who it is, |
| 0:07.0 | but he does know it's ridiculous and partisan and that the person is a hack. |
| 0:11.0 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:12.0 | Breaking news. is a hack. The lead starts right now. |
| 0:13.0 | Breaking news, brand new reporting in the Wall Street Journal on the mystery explaining that |
| 0:21.0 | President Trump directly asked the Ukrainian president eight times to investigate |
| 0:26.5 | Joe Biden and his son. |
| 0:29.4 | A close-up look at the destruction that impacted oil prices worldwide, CNN teen on the ground in Saudi Arabia as President Trump claims he's quote showing great restraint by not attacking Iran. |
| 0:39.6 | Plus the global strike over the planet what could be the biggest day of climate |
| 0:45.2 | demonstrations in world history. We'll talk to the Trump administration |
| 0:48.7 | officials who resigned in protest over the crisis. |
| 0:56.0 | This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to the lead up, Jake Tapper. |
| 0:59.0 | We start with breaking news and our politics lead, President Trump urging the President of Ukraine to investigate |
| 1:04.5 | Joe Biden's son Hunter multiple times. That's according to the Wall Street |
| 1:09.6 | Journal in a breaking news story just minutes ago. |
| 1:12.5 | Sources telling the journal that President Trump made the request |
| 1:15.2 | about eight times on a July phone call |
| 1:17.6 | and told the President of Ukraine |
| 1:19.4 | to work with Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal attorney who just last night admitted to asking |
| 1:26.1 | the Ukrainians to investigate Biden. |
| 1:29.1 | CNN's Caitlin Collins joins me now live from the White House with this breaking news. |
| 1:32.3 | Caitlin what are we learning? |
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