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live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. starting with breaking news this hour, take a look at these images on the streets of hong kong this hour. we have seen a lot happen here in the last hour. people protesting, marching through the heart of that city. just moments ago, police and demonstrators squared off we saw as police fired tear gas into the crowds before the crowds started to disburse. let's listen in for a moment. it seems to be much more calm than we saw earlier. we saw police shoot dye out into the crowds. they use that blue dye to help identify the protesters that were there at these events. let's see what's happening there. people are jumping over the highway barrier there. we saw demonstrators hurl petrol bombs that started small fires.

and police forcibly subdued a protester. this is the 17th street weekend we have seen protests in hong kong. this pro-democracy movement started with many of the people there in hong kong who were upset about an extradition bill that would have given mainland chain more ability to extradite people from hong kong into mainland china. that bill has been withdrawn. now people are upset. they are frustrated. they want more freedoms. they are protesting in the streets. this comes days before china's national day, which is expected to be a flashpoint as well. cnn will continue to monitor the images for you and bring you developments as we see anything happen there. turning to our top story, the backlash to the u.s. backlash with president trump and his counterpart may put mick mulvaney on shaky ground with

his boss. the president is upset that mull vane ya failed to contain the negative reaction to the phone call after it was made public. we have learned that the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell pushed the white house to release the rough transcript of that phone call, thinking it would exonerate the president. jeremy diamond reports from the white house. >> reporter: with democrats moving quickly towards impeachment, president donald trump on saturday, after a day of golf, going on the counter offensive. in a series of twists, he insists he should not be impeached because the good job he says he's doing for the country. and he also writes this, the conversation with the good and new very good ukraine president, who told the fake news at the united nations that he was not pressured by me in any way, shape, or form. should by and of itself bring an end to the new and most recent witch-hunt. others ended in ashes. this is a familiar refrain we have heard from the president not only in the matter of this whistle-blower complaint but as it related previously to special counsel robert mueller's

investigation. the president is still directing some of his ire at his white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is what we are learning from multiple sources on saturday. he is directing his ire at mulvaney not because of releasing the transcript but because lack of a strategy to handle a fallout of that complaint. the white house has been caught quite flat-footed at the pace and speed of which house democrats have moved toward impeachment. press secretary stephanie grisham denied this report saying the story is manufactured. the fact is president trump and this administration have done nothing wrong. why would we need to implement a strategy to explain the contents of a document we willingly released? white house officials insist now, white house officials say there is no war room being set up here at the white house as democrats move forward with their impeachment inquiry. three democratic chairs have

subpoenaed mike pompeo about the foreign policy toward ukraine. that's as the questions have been swirling whether the president has been outsourcing u.s. foreign policy of ukraine to his personal attorney rudy giuliani. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. jeremy, thank you. as we mentioned, sources tell cnn, the special envoy to ukraine plans to appear at his deposition this week on capitol hill. kurt volker stepped down friday from his post. this was one day after his name came out in a whistle-blower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry. he helped to set up a meeting in madrid between a ukrainian official and rudy giuliani. giuliani was trying to get ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. cnn has the first reaction.

our chief international correspondent clarissa ward in kiev. clarissa, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, george, the ukrainians have been very tight-lipped up until now. on the news of the resignation of volker, we heard from poroshenko who called it disturbing. and we heard from a top aide to the current president zelensky who said volker had shown enormous amount of support to ukraine. so it is fair to say there is disappointment here about his resignation, primarily because there is a real sense from ukrainian officials that they have been getting mixed messages from the u.s. for quite some time now. they have been unsure to know which message they are supposed to be following. the official diplomatic message coming through the state department or is it the messages that they have been receiving

through the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. and whatever comes of the hearings on thursday and everything going on with impeachment hearings against president trump, ukrainian officials primary concerning is this country's well-being and the relationship with the u.s. ukraine is very much dependent on the u.s. $400 million in u.s. military aide this year alone. ukraine cannot afford to have a bad relationship with america. and their concern right now is they are becoming a casualty in a political tug-of-war. it does not behoove them to take one side or the other. what is in ukraine's interest is to maintain a strong relationship with the u.s. no matter who is in charge. and right now that is a very challenging exercise for the ukrainian government, george. >> clarissa ward following this story live in kiev.

thank you so much. u.s. house republican congressman says he supports the formal impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump. we are talking about nevada's republican. he makes a clear case that he supports the probe, not impeaching president trump. let's talk more about all of this now with a political science lecturer at university college in london live this hour in our london bureau. good to have you with us. >> thank you, george. >> are you starting to see some republicans speak up about this. some say privately they might actually have strong opinions on it. we are seeing more democrats move toward impeachment. the question here, where do you see these efforts going? >> welsh i think that there's a reasonable likelihood that we will see impeachment in the house. but i think the odds of a conviction in the senate are almost zero. you are seeing some cracks like

those looking into this whistle brother complaint. but still he spent much of yesterday kind of walking back his statements, clarifying his statements and saying basically, you know, i support congressional oversight but that doesn't mean i'm endorsing an impeachment inquiry. there is a big concern that any time you voice opposition to donald trump you will be called from the herd and that will be the end of your life in professional politics. i think those pressures in washington are real. i think republicans are feeling them. that is why you will not have many individuals breaking with party lines. . >> as this impeachment inquiry gets under way, which party has a better favor with voters? public opinion is key here. they may have say finally the evidence, this is it. or republicans who say, and they have said famously, another witch-hunt. which works here? >> well, i think both sides are

trying to make the political argument for why they're on the right side. indeed, i think both on the democratic side, as well as the republican side, this is going to energize the bases. impeachment inquiries are going to be polarizing. inevitably that is going to happen. there are a political act. i think what you will see is polarization on both sides of the political aisle. i think for the democrats, the real question is, you know, to what end when it comes to these impeachment inquiries. that's a question they will have to answer as they provide through the next couple of weeks. >> the public opinion, where it falls on the issue, this is what a recent maris poll found. slightly less than half, 49% of people approve of a formal impeachment. that's almost as much as those

who disapprove, within the margin of error. 88% of democrats approve, 93% of republicans don't. these are one-night polls. they are limited in how they represent what people are having to say given the windows are short to get responses. but given the numbers, as you see them there, what do you think of the political risks to democrats moving forward with this? >> there are real political risks and land mines they will have to navigate throughout this process. i think the chance for nancy pelosi is to say, well, we can do this well or we can do this poorly. in order to 1/2 gate this well, i think democrats need to do two things. one, they need to stay on message. this really has to be about ukraine. it can't be just about enumerating a number of complaints they have about donald trump broadly. second, they have to do this swiftly. they have to be quick about it.

i think they have the momentum. it could end quickly. it should stop on a dime. sometimes impeachment inquiries can take on a life of their own. if you don't get it done, you don't do it fast and you don't stay on message, the odds that the democrats are going to win from this politically i think diminish significantly. . >> thomas gift giving us perspective on all of this. thomas, thank you. >> thank you, george. the prime minister of the united kingdom is trying get his party behind him as he pushes ahead toward brexit. but he may not have as long as he had hoped. we'll explain why for you. plus, migrants stranded at sea are offered rescue, but many are rejecting it. we'll explain why that is happening. stay with us. how do you get skin happy aveeno® with prebiotic oat. it hydrates and softens skin.

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cold reception for the brush prime minister boris johnson. he will meet with fellow tories in a few hours time. a senior parliament members say a vote could take place next week. the goal is to remove him from office and secure a brexit date extension. if that happens, he could be replaced to or a time by his

political arch enemy, labor leader jeremy corbyn. >> we are not going to allow the people of this country to be taken over a cliff, knowing it would damage food supply, and have a donald trump-inspired free trade. we are not going there. >> many believe they have to rally behind him if they want an extension. simon cullen joining us in our london bureau. good to have you with us, simon. the week ahead may be pivotal. tell us more. >> reporter: it will be a crucial few days before british

prime minister boris johnson. he is under pressure from his own conservative party. he is facing intense criticism over his choice of parliamentary language. he is facing a coordinated campaign from some opposition lawmakers to stop brexit from happening without a deal. they are asking for an extension if there is no deal. something he absolutely himself does not want to do. now they are talking about possibly removing him from the prime minister's job. it would be crucial to replace him with someone who is prepared for that october 31 deadline. they would replace johnson with an interim prime minister, in this case labor leader jeremy corbyn. he is on the defensive.

but you wouldn't know it from speaking from his interview with the bbc where essentially his message to those is to bring it on. let's take a watch. >> we have twice asked the leader of the opposition to see if he will fill his constitution and try to deprive me of office. he seems to be curiously reluctant. the other night i asked mps not just the labor party but all parties -- they looked at their shoes. >> let's see what they did. >> so that was boris johnson there on the bbc. challenging opposition lawmakers to follow through with their threat. but because boris johnson himself wants to go through with this election.

he will talk a lot about uk domestic initiatives such as extra funding for hospitals and extra money for police. and schools. and expecting to talk a lot about brexit and his insistence they will leave october 31st, deal or no deal. george? >> simon cullen in london for us. simon, thank you so much >> the vatican is calling on all of us to remember those willing to risk everything to make a better life for themselves. he has worked world day for migrants and refugees presiding over mass over st. peter's square. as well as victims of trafficking. the impeachment probe of the u.s. president is dividing americans. one democrat thinks he has a solution, and it involves something else for the president. >> all this talk of impeachment

we will revisit. the last president to be impeached, bill clinton. stay with us.

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we're monitoring these live pictures from hong kong this hour. 5:23 in the evening there. you see an american flag much we have seen this with so many protesters. they have continued 17 straight weekends of these protests. demonstrators have been holding an unauthorized strike in the city. riot police fired water cannons containing blue dye to help identify protesters who were there.

and they threw petrol bombs by the protesters to start small fires. we will continue to bring it to you live the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is on shaky ground. the white house denies mulvaney is in trouble. in ukraine, reacting to the special envoy kurt volker. a top aide to the ukrainian president said he had deep respect for volker. he also said he is the official who meet with rudy giuliani in spain. volker helped to set up that meeting. u.s. republican congressman said he supports the formal impeachment inquiry into u.s.

president donald trump. as congress moves ahead with the impeachment inquiry, dre theic presidential candidate is calling for the resignation of the president. beto o'rourke said the u.s. is highly polarized and he believes if mr. trump resigned it would help the country. listen. >> the single best thing to bring the country together would be donald trump's resignation. yes, we are divided right now. impeachment is not easy. but if we were, because of a fear of division or the politics or polling of this issue, to desist in the necessary effort to hold this president accountable, we will, by extension, have destroyed any chance of this country being able to continue as a democracy. >> u.s. house speaker nancy

pelosi had been cautious of trying to impeach because of the political risks to democrats. now she explains why she changed her mind. >> but, this is again, about the oath of office. it is not about politics, partisanship. i have handled this with great care. this is very bad news for our country. if it seems to be our president edge gauged in something so far beyond what our founders had in mind. >> one battleground state is the state of pennsylvania where miguel marquez kent to ask some voters there if they have changed their minds as well. >> reporter: quakertown burrow, p.a., voted for the president in 2016. today, some of its supporters aren't so shore. >> i think he's crossed the

line, but that's the way he is. >> he voted for obama twice. bernie sanders in 2016. then donald trump over hillary clinton. >> in 2020, it's an open question for you. >> only because i didn't -- i didn't see another -- a better opportunity there. >> a chef at quakertown's carlton cafe. he said with impeachment, democrats may be going a step too far. >> do you have it's overreaching right now? >> i think so. i think they are. i think -- they want him out, i'm pretty sure. >> third generation shoe star owner ralph became a democrat in 2008 so he could vote for barack obama in the primary. he voted for owe bomb ma again in 2012. in 2016, he voted for donald trump. in 2020, he says, no way. >> what is it about the president?

>> the way he manages himself. that reflects on what our country is all about. our country is better than the way we are being perceived as. >> but he thinks impeachment will further divide an under hyper partisan country. >> i think it is ugly now. we should focus on not being ugly. >> hard-core trump supporter rocky says democrats will only harm themselves in going after the president. >> in this town, there's a lot of people that are turning pause they say it's just stupid. >> quakertown is part of bucks county, in the philly suburbs. it supported clinton in 2016. in new hope, a democratic stronghold, many voters say impeachment, about time. >> show people that a president can't do these things and get away with it. >> i think democrats need to show some spine. it is a good way of showing power and what's right and doing everything by the law. >> reporter: over the years i have done a lot of stories in

pennsylvania, the midwest, the states that filmed from obama to trump. i have never heard president supporters in 2016 as open and as candid about why they cannot support him in 2020. at the same time, the president's supporters have only become more resolute in their belief in him. it is going to be a long, hard, polarizing year. miguel marquez, cnn, bucks county, pennsylvania. miguel, thank you. president trump's contact with ukraine isn't his only call that's fueling controversy. sources say the white house tried to limit access to calls with other foreign leaders. they included russian president vladimir putin and mohammad bin salman. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson has details from london. >> reporter: with these details that president trump had calls can king salman and his father

will cause some tensions in the relationship between saudi arabia and president trump. of course it's been a strong and very close relationship. these calls we now understand of which there was no transcript kept and only previous calls or calls with other leaders where there would be a number of white house officials listening in on that call, the only other official secretary of state mike pompeo and national security adviser john bolton were in on those calls. saudi officials do have concerns about president trump. and they are specifically focused more around iran. but also the very fact that president trump does tend to change his mind. very likely from the saudis. we will hear them say this is a

matter, internal matter for the united states. we don't know the contents of those calls. it could look positive for the crown prince and the king or detract from the relationship. president trump at that time around the killing of jamal khashoggi was under incredible pressure to put pressure on the crown prince to find out his responsibilities in that killing, something that the crown prince and the government of saudi arabia has denied. but president trump said, look, it's important to keep a strong relationship with saudi arabia. we have sent them a lot of weapons. if they don't buy them from us, they will buy them from china or russia. do the calls give us an indication of that? we don't know if these calls will ever make the light of day. it does seem for the leaders who have perhaps less open relationships with president trump than others, this closeness of the relationship, if there are more calls like this, it just draws attention to those calls and ultimately if they are put in the public, then this can have a backlash on the saudi kingdom.

at the moment, that's where we're at. of course it points a spotlight in that direction to find out why they were somewhere such a close hold. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> nic, thank you. we're watching what's happening in hong kong this hour. i'll ask the director to bring us the live images back up. we have seen the last two hours many things play out. we have seen police use the water cannon. also with blue dye. blue dye used to identify people at these protests. we have seen demonstrator the hurl petrol bombs. in the middle of the streets, police forcibly subdued a protester. let's look at what's happening right now. police certainly in their gear.

that's where we are looking at right now, toward the police side. you see protesters typically with umbrellas, keeping in mind that many remembering this particular weekend remembering the umbrella movement. many of them thinking back to 2014. that movement of course police fired tear gas to disburse the crowds. let's listen in for a moment to get a sense of what's happening on the streets. just a little history for viewers around the world. again, these started 17 weekends

ago with the pro-democracy movement. the extradition bill would have given more ability to extradite people from hong kong into mainland china. if you're a tourist or someone in hong kong and mainland china has an issue, through that bill they would have the right to extradite people. what you are seeing now is the pro-democracy movement have rallied around other issues. we're looking at several images. several different cameras. we will continue following here to show you what's happening on the streets. this is staged and ready. we have seen some clashes on this day alone.

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our team is on the ground keeping a close eye of what's happening in hong kong. we want to bring you the latest. the protesters just a moment ago, a second ago, under the umbrellas. we have seen police in their

gear. police have disbursed the crowds, squaring off with people there firing tear gas in some instances using a water cannon in blue dye. it helps to identify the protesters who were there on the streets. this is a live image taking place right now at 5:36 p.m. in hong kong. as we have seen, as this continues hour after hour, we typically see police get to where they are more force. in the streets. we have seen them forcibly subdued a protester. looking to the right of the screen, your left. this is a flashpoint.

i think we will be able to bring in will ripley on the streets of hong kong. just trying to monitor. >> reporter: i believe you are looking at legislative council building. protesters started their march in causeway bay, moved through here, headed toward the legislative council building. everything that happens was against the law, which is why we have seen such a quick police response. they have been hurling bricks over the barricade.

the main thoroughfare completely shut down because of this. up over that flyover road there are riot police. they shot tear gas and that caused protesters who worked up on the bridge to work over this way and move down here. let's see if we can get a walk through without getting hit by the bricks they are throwing. they are trying to set up a front line with police. what makes this weekend different is this is the leadup to what is expected to be a much larger day on october 1st, the

day they celebrate the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the peoples republic of china. it was thought this weekend would be somewhat tame. mostly young people out here in all black with their gas masks, goggles, umbrellas, basically ready for whatever the night will bring. just when you thought things were slowing down, they are now starting to kick off once again, george. it was september 2014, the umbrella movement was taking place as well.

>> i remember being here five years ago for the umbrella movement. i have to say this has evolved into something very different. the first time they used tear gas they had just arrived from the assignment in istanbul. it was shocking for people here in hong kong to see police use tear gas against hong kong citizens. people have gas masks. theme know to stay home, to expect public transportation in areas like where we are, admiralty, and other places where protests are going to be

taking place will be shut down. you wonder if this is going to keep happening, even after october 1st. if this has now become something that the young people feel is just part of their life, something that they have to do to fight for their future they feel is very much in jeopardy if mainland china does not allows things like freedom of expression, does not allow people to select their own leaders. and that's one thing they say will not be allowed. >> will ripley, stand by for just a moment. i want to remind our viewers what we have seen. if we could pull up images from earlier to take the full screen. i want you to get a sense of what happened. earlier we saw police as they used water cannons, blue dye to spray into the crowds. we will see it here in a moment. it is used to identify

protesters who have taken part in unauthorized marches through the city. we have also seen police sub due a protesters in the streets. this is the 17th straight weekend we have seen it. again, these protests clog up the city. they shut down traffic. a major financial hub. they stop people from getting to the airport. protesters are determined to make their voices and the movement impactful. it seems to be a tug-of-war with protesters not giving up. the city, the police pushing back as well. let's bring back in will ripley. will is live in the middle of it all. will, do you get a sense on this day on whether protests will continue throughout the evening. as we have seen for 17 straight weekends, we have seen that as these protests continue. policing really dig in and disburse the crowds

>> reporter: this is probably the biggest escalation i have seen here in a couple of weeks, george. we saw the huge fire barricade for the first time. this is pretty significant. they are about to light it on fire. yeah. they have an act sell rant. they are trying to block our camera view with umbrellas. they are lighting it on fire. they are trying to set up a barricade, set it a blaze. it looks like they weren't able to get it on fire. but the strategy has been --

okay. they're throwing bricks. let's get out of this area. come over here, guys. i wouldn't be surprised if this goes on for a while. if you look down this way towards the couple building, you can see there's a pretty large group of people off in the distance. on social media they are saying head in this direction, head where we are now. so this could go on. if they get moved out of this spot, see these protesters here just standing by for whatever happens. if they get pushed out by police, they might very well go to another location in the city and keep up the fight throughout the night. that is certainly the pattern we have seen time and time again. >> will ripley live on the streets of hong kong. you and your team be safe. we'll come back to you after the break. this is a leaderless unit. organized through social media telling people where to go, when to go for different events this he staged. these are unauthorized protests in many cases. we see here a live image here at

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live image right now of what's happening on the streets of hong kong. hong kong police say operations will continue through that area after protesters threw petrol bombs at police, vandalized let tr metro stations and started small fires as you see there, posing a threat to safety for everyone at the scene. we have seen police respond with tear gas. we have seen police use water cannon, with blue dye to identify people who have taken part in these protests. you're looking at a live image on the streets at 5:52 p.m. we have seen the 17th straight weekend we have seen these

protests. they started after people were upset about an extradition bill imposed by the city's chief executive that would have given mainland clean to extradite people from hong kong. protesters continue to push back. that bill was withdrawn. but the protests continue. our will ripley is in the middle of it all. will is live on the streets in hong kong. will, tell us what you are seeing. >> reporter: george, a few minutes ago, and it's largely dissipated, a large plume of smoke coming from the station. protesters set it on fire. this protester here has two molotov cocktails, petrol bombs they have used as their weapon of choice against riot police. pretty roll palms, along with bricks they pull up from the sidewalk as well. we know there are riot police down in this direction here. we know water cannons are

approaching this area. what the protesters have done is set up barricades here. you see another one down there to try to foil the authorities as they approach. we see the firefighters just now arriving on scene here. no fire that i can see in our immediate area. a very large plume of smoke down the block. we wonder if perhaps they're coming from there. take a look over this way just to see what's happening. it is incredible how this is so fluid and how the front line continues to change. earlier it was causeway bay. the front line keeps moving as police and fire officials move into the area, protests move to a different area. we were in this area when it was relatively quiet. people had moved in that direction. a whole crowd of people came here in a short period of time. hong kong island is all pretty

close together. you can get to most places fairly quickly, even on foot if you have to. that's what these people are doing. this is another interesting thing i haven't seen before. we see a lot of protesters using umbrellas to guard themselves against tear gas. can i see your sign here? he used a street sign. do you use this if they fire the tear gas? yeah. can you tell me why you're out here fighting. a fight for their future. thank you very much for speaking. a fight for their future that continues. that's partially why you have -- you see more smoke rising here. that's why you see the young people weekend after weekend risking arrest, risking injury. we have seen a lot of arrests. we have seen people injured just today. so you see that fire engine we saw racing by is now at the mtr

station where we saw a smaller plume a short time ago. it just continues out here, george. all i have to say is it feels like a broken record weekend after weekend. still the situation finds a way to escalate and intensify and keep you on our toes. and you never quite know what to expect, what's going to happen next. oh, look. a lot of people running down this way. so we will watch this way, george. hundreds, maybe a thousand running toward admiralty now heading back to the causeway bay. so it continues here, george. . >> will ripley on the streets of hong kong. stay safe with your team. we will continue to watch this. the 17th straight weekend of protests. many have been peaceful before. the numbers, the sheer numbers show the size and some of these protests have turned violent.

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