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Is keeping them alive. plus, as the amazon burns, president trump wants to open for business the largest national forest in the united states. why chopping away at this natural wonder could affect all of us. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we begin with the 2020 lead after the third democratic presidential debate last night in houston, today democrats and observers are asking a number of crucial questions. starting with how solid is the front-runner status of former vice president joe...

While millions along the east coast keep an eye on hurricane dorian, were watching a disaster already in the making, thats the fires tearing through the amazon rain forest. brazils president is refuse to go allow burning for land clearing anywhere in the country. critics believe his openness to that practice helped lead to the amazon emergency. cnns nick paton walsh takes us to the front lines of the fire with a rare look at the people directly impacted by this disaster. >> reporter: dusk isnt w...

Matters into their own hands and becoming firefighters, leaders have agreed to meet on policies, but these raging wildfires are devouring chunks of the rainforest every hour. nick payton walsh just returned from the front lines. tell us about these indigenous tribes and how theyre battling the fires? >> this is what they call mother, the earth, where theyve lived for centuries, increasingly depleted by government. we heard today the president issuing a wide federal ban on people using fire to cl...

Electrical infrastructure. we have a fiscal control board that is really working for wall street rather than working for the puerto rican people. and its almost the perfect storm, so to speak. so there are a lot of challenges that have taken place. and president donald trump continues to remind us of how awful it is to have a person who calls himself a leader that sees himself as having the responsibility to belittle, to lie, to distort information, and to try to make a group of people invisible...

Electrical infrastructure. we have a fiscal control board that is really working for wall street rather than working for the puerto rican people. and its almost the perfect storm, so to speak. so there are a lot of challenges that have taken place. and president donald trump continues to remind us of how awful it is to have a person who calls himself a leader that sees himself as having the responsibility to belittle, to lie, to distort information, and to try to make a group of people invisible...

Would have to go before a judge or jury with these facts because these are not good facts for these defendants. >> i assume if something like the sackler family made yesterday would have been made in the last two days. >> its not something they easily make. this case is hardly over. theres a large number of plaintiffs that have to decide whether or not theyre even interested in accepting that offer. and thats a lot of folks whose needs need to be satisfied. it may lead to nothing but may be an e...

Agricultural and logging companies could exploit its natural resources. much of the world disagrees and there are protests at home and abroad. this demonstration took place in london. world leaders at the g7 summit are talking about it and u.s. presidential candidate kamala harris tweeted this. as the amazon burns, brazils trump-like president isnt acting. trump must not seek a trade deal with brazil until bolsonaro reverses his catastrophic policies and addresses the fires. we need american lea...

Pursue his own interests in europe. >> and what he does want to talk about is the global economy because hes worried about the domestic economy, and what hes likely to do, although far be it from me to predict donald trump, but what he is most likely to do, i think, is to say to our allies why arent you doing more? youre ruining us. youre hurting us. this is your problem. youre making a problem for me. an i think theyre worried about that as well, because he is the bull in the china shop. and th...