that is that sense of superiority. he took government secrets and he buried them in an attempt to sell them for his own gain. he brought all this on himself. hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." and i'm rosemary church. today begins a crucial week in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump. and a short time ago we learned what the white house plans to do. also ahead. >> the war here is not over yet, and ukraine is still very much dependent on the support of the u.s. >> cnn's clarissa ward on the front lines in ukraine's ongoing battle with russian separatists. plus, we are live in hong kong, a pro-democracy politician

is among those injured. and we begin in washington. lawmakers have summoned at least 11 officials this week to discuss president donald trump's dealings with ukraine. but we have learned several of them are refusing to testify. these four men were set to appear on monday. but a source says they don't plan on showing up. former national security adviser john bolton has also been asked to testify. several witnesses interviewed so far have said bolton raised concerns about mr. trump withholding military aid to ukraine. bolton's lawyer has said his client would not appear unless he is subpoenaed. well, as the impeachment inquiry heats up, we are getting a better idea of what americans think about the issue. three new polls show about half support impeaching president trump and removing him from office. all three polls were conducted between october 27th and october

30th. and despite the findings, president trump remains defiant. he is what he told reporters when asked about those surveys. >> president, according to several recent polls, more americans want you to be impeached and removed from office. >> you are reading the wrong polls. >> nbc, abc "washington post." >> the cnn polls are fake. the fox polls have always been lousy. i tell them they ought to get themselves a new pollster. you look at the polls that came out this morning, people don't want anything to do with impeachment. it's a phony scam. it's a hoax. and the whistle-blower should be revealed because the whistle-blower gave false information. >> all right. let's get more on all of this from jacob. he is an associate with the foreign policy thinktank lse ideas. he joins us now via skype.

good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> so president trump wants to expose the whistle-blower. we heard it there because he thinks that person is making up false stories despite all the testimony we have already heard so far from the impeachment inquiry, and of course the transcript from the now infamous july 25th ukraine call backing up what the whistle-blower has said. so how significant is it that a u.s. president wants to expose a whistle-blower given what we know so far? >> i think it's less significant with respect to what the whistle-blower testified to than to a chilling effect affecting all federal civil servants. if the standard becomes that if you reveal information that's politically damaging to the president, the whistle-blower protections enshrined in law will no longer be respected and no longer be valid that your identity can be made public, that you can face the sort of storm of public interest and probably from what we have seen a great deal of threatening

commentary and sort of legal threats. i think that'll have a chilling effect on other federal employees who are in this witness and future administrations who witness potentially undesirable behavior and have again enshrined in law legal protections. if they aren't followed through, then you are going to have people decide that it's more important for themselves and their families to stay quiet than to come forward with what they know. >> and in addition to this president trump isn't happy with the white house impeachment inquiry. witness alexander vindman, he is calling him a never-trumper. does that amount to intimidation and witness tampering or a similar sort of thing is what we are seeing with the whistle-blower? >> yeah. it's i think all part of the same strategy too, aggressively attack and attempt to delegitimatize what the witnesses day. i don't think it changes how the

context in which we should see vindman's testimony. we are going to see much more. the house is saying this week they are likely to release the full transcripts of the investigation, interviews that have been carried out behind closed doors so far. so we'll have a much better idea by the end of the week with what the witnesses said. but it is part and parcel of the idea that the president is using the powers of his office to try to stifle people from speaking out. >> and we just heard president trump rejecting all those recent polls showing a divided country with about half of america's voters calling for the president's impeachment, or certainly supporting that and his removal. he calls those polls fake. even the one from fox news. he says he has his own secret polling that show that people support him and don't want him

impeached. what is your response to that? >> i don't think the president has earned the benefit of the doubt when he says that he has secret information. i am still waiting for him to come up with that secret information about barack obama's birthplace that he promised in 2012. i think after a certain amount of time we have to assume that the president says these things because, either because he believes there is actually some other poll that justifies his leaf in the true voice of the american people or because we understand that just seeing that will be taken by enough of the population as the truth that he can just muddy the waters. but i don't think, you know, given the amount of false, misleading or out of context information the president supplied over his entire public career, i don't think he is entitled to the benefit of the doubt in saying that there is some other public polling that will be released that somehow contradicts what we know from a very large number of very reputable pollsters. >> many thanks to you for

sharing your analysis and perspective. we appreciate it. well, at the core of the u.s. impeachment inquiry is the allegation president trump suspended military aid to ukraine as a way to get dirt on one of his political rivals. months ago the president put nearly $400 million on hold, money meant to help ukraine, a u.s. ally in its battle with russian-packed separatists. cnn sent clarissa ward to the front lines to see what the situation looks lying right now. and here's what she found. >> reporter: on the front line of ukraine's war with russia, conditions are basic, and the enemy is near. this position just 600 yards from russian-backed separatists. soldiers stand guard in dirt trenches, reminiscent of the first world war. this commander tells us one of his men was shot dead by a sniper ten days ago. he says ukraine needs all the

help it can get. >> he is saying that when he heard the news that president trump had frozen the military aid, he was unhappy because he says america is our most important, our strongest ally. >> reporter: that aid was released in september. but the temporary freeze left a chill. the nearest village used to be a popular seaside resort. now there are no people left, just devastation. even the church was hit. in war nothing is sacred. after five long years, the world's attention has basically moved on from ukraine. but the war here is not over yet. and ukraine is still very much dependent on the support of the u.s. ukrainian marine alexander shows us what is left of the

local school that was destroyed by russian artillery at the start of the war. it will be ten years before people can come back he says. all this territory needs to be demined. but that process can't even begin until the fighting stops. our guide has asked us now to put on our helmets because apparently the separatists have actually been using drones to drop coordinates on some of the soldiers here. alexander says it's time to move on. concerned we may have been spotted. we push further north to the mining down, once under the control of russian-backed separatists, was taken back by the ukrainian army in a bitter battle in july 2014. you can now see the flames shooting out of the top of the building. theresa watched it all from her home. the florida native runs a christian charity called his kids too and has lived here for

many years. >> we were shelled for days on end. i would go to sleep and i'd literally just lay there and just say god protect me. >> reporter: during the worst of the fighting she would bring home-cooked meals to ukrainian troops on the front lines. >> so when you start knowing those people and putting a name and a face together, i mean, i have friends that were killed. i am not going to minimize this. >> reporter: were you aware of the fact that the white house had temporarily frozen military aid to ukraine? and what was your reaction? >> probably frustration because as far as i'm concerned we are in a david and goliath situation, that we are outmanned and outgunned. >> reporter: that hasn't slowed filman down. her days are a blur of activity, distributing food to the needy and displaced. across this country more than a million people have been forced from their homes.

like this pensioner. she was hit by shrapnel while picking tomatoes in her garden. she fled and has been living in this care home ever since. >> translator: what can i do? i can never go back she says. it's five years since we left. like so many year she no longer cares who wins this war. so you just want peace? you just want an end to the war? ukraine's president is trying to make that happen. but peace is best negotiated from a position of strength. and having the u.s. as an ally is key. in the west of the country familiar from the front lines, ukrainian forces carry out military exercises under the watchful eye of their american trainer. >> they will be engaging targets and shooting.

>> reporter: captain matthew chapman has been working with these people for two months. can i ask what you thought when military aid had been frozen to ukraine? >> personally, i don't pay attention to politics. we are solely focused on the mission at hand. >> reporter: and it didn't create an awkward atmosphere? >> it has not even come up in conversation with our oc's. >> reporter: his ukrainian counterpart agrees. >> you know, i don't like to speak about politics. my mission and my main role is to protect my land, my country. that's all i want, and it's all i know for myself. >> reporter: do you believe that america is an ally ukraine can rely on? >> completely yes. >> reporter: privately some ukrainian soldiers admit to feeling uneasy. they fear that the white house's fickle behavior may strengthen russia's position. but all agree that with or

without america's help, they have no choice but to continue this fight. clarissa ward, cnn, ukraine. and a little later i will be speaking to a russia expert who says u.s. voters are starting to see the shadow of the kremlin looming over president trump's dealings with ukraine. back in just a moment. alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too!

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to make into the iranian consulate in karbala. they tried to bridge the building's fence and iraqi security forces opened fire to disperse the crowd. we are told at least 60 people were wounded. meanwhile, iraq's prime minister is begging anti-government protesters to return to normal life saying the unrest is costing the economy billions. across the country angry iraqis are demanding the government step down saying it's corrupt and there are not enough jobs or basic services. well, anti-government demonstrations are also sweeping through lebanon. thousands flooded the streets sunday in the largest protest since the prime minister resigned. many are calling for the removal of the president. but the president still has supporters. they held a big rally and say he is the only one who can bring reform. well, police in hong kong say four people were injured

sunday by a man who went on a knife rampage. it happened outside a mall where pro-democracy protesters had gathered earlier. he joins us now live. good to see you will. so what more are you learning about the attacker and his motivation? >> reporter: well, we know that the attack her himself was seriously injured in this incident which happened at a crowded shopping mall, one of a number of malls across hong kong that protesters targeted on sunday going after businesses that they interest pro-beijing including this one. you can look, protesters absoluteliy smashed through the entire front doors here. they have been trying to put up a barricade. but businesses across this country to be considered pro-beijing has been hit.

the video shows him clearly holding onto the side of his head. a piece of his ear on the floor, apparently bitten off according to news reports. and, in fact, police are holding a press conference right now to give us more information about the attacker, the suspected attacker about his condition. at least four people injured. however, journalists inside that press conference, some of them have put anti-government slogans on their helmets. now the press conference has stopped. so once again, rosemary, just yet another example of the division that is sweeping across this city. >> yeah, absolutely. and of course crowds were smaller over the weekend. but there was still a significant amount of disruption. talk to us about that and why we are seeing that. >> reporter: yeah. you know on, saturday there were the largest protests. and it's safe to say that there were thousands of people out on the streets but not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or perhaps even over a

million like we saw in june. the crowds are indeed smaller. and because of those protests and then the violent confrontations that happened for hours afterwards, transportation was shut down in a number of areas both here in hong kong island and across victoria harbor. so it just goes to show that those who were still out demonstrating and particularly these front-liners who were continuing to hurl bricks and petrol bombs, they know how to disrupt the city. they know how to shut things down. so here on week 22, it really does seem at this stage very difficult to see a resolution to this given just how far apart the two sides are. and this division inside the city between people who support beijing and people who are against beijing is getting more nasty. that knife attack, a man getting his ear bitten off. and we've seen activists beaten with metal rods. and also attacks towards people who support mainland china as

well. >> that is a real concern for so many. will ripley will bring us up to date. a thick blanket of toxic smog is causing travel chaos in the indian capital of new delhi. dozens were diverted from the city's international airport on sunday due to poor visibility. new delhi's chief minister says conditions are unbearable as air quality reached hazardous levels. the u.s. environmental protection agency is planning to relax rules on toxic waste from coal power plants. they will scale back obama-era regulations that affect the disposal of coal ash. that's a waste product which can contain mercury, arsenic and other dangerous metals. the epa website says the rules were created after waste spills caused widespread economic environmental damage. but they say the regulations are

unaffordable and they have found a champion in president trump. well, we are a year away from the u.s. presidential election in 2020. u.s. voters could choose to give republican donald trump another four years in office or replace him with a democrat. three new national polls are shedding light on who might end up as the democratic nominee. all three show former vice president joe biden and senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders at the top of the pack. biden leads the polling with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders trailing behind. well, on sunday elizabeth warren took aim at democratic rivals who criticized her medicare for all plan. >> reporter: political pundits, even people in our own party don't want to admit it. they think that running a vague

campaign that nibbles around the edges is somehow safe. but if the best democrats can offer is business as usual after donald trump, democrats will lose. >> and she made those comments during a townhall in iowa. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren spent much of her time in iowa this weekend at the lnj celebration where lots of democrats came together and really hosting some townhalls. this is an area that right now she is topping the poll. the latest poll shows her as the top candidate in iowa but talking about her recently released plan for how to fund medicare for all. she stayed consistent on three points. she was quick to make the pitch directly to the middle class saying, look, i am not here to raise taxes to the middle class.

in fact, i will put $11 trillion right back in your pockets. but that's something that her opponents have criticized saying that's not feasible, not okay. vice president biden saying it is mathematic gymnastics. now she sort of flipped the script saying that she wants to know where her opponents are with their plans for funding their health care proposals. then this was interesting. sunday morning senator sanders criticized her plan saying that his was proper progressive and that hers could hurt job creation to which she responded saying bernie and i have the same idea and the same goals. we just have different ways of getting there. how long she will plan to stay aligned with him. we'll have to wait and see. in iowa i am leyla santiago, cnn. pete buttigieg is among the democrat candidates criticizing warren's plan calling her math

controversial. the south bend, indiana, mayor is on a bus tour chriscrossing the state of iowa. he's been pushing warren to release her plan of how she would pay for it. he says he hasn't had a chance to dig through all the numbers recently put out by her, but he is still voicing concerns. >> i think the biggest issue i'm hearing from voters, even above how are we going to pay for this is am i going to lose my private plan. and that's something that i just haven't heard -- well, we have heard an answer. but i think it's the wrong answer, which is to kick people off their private plans. so even as the economists argue over the numbers and the math, the other core concern has not been answered. >> and if you are watching internationally, thank you so much for being with us. iconic hanoi is next for you. and if you are joining us from here in the united states, do stay tuned. we have more news for you just ahead. here, it all starts with a simple...

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this is cnn, the most trusted name in news. washington is bracing for a big week in the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. lawmakers have scheduled interviews with 11 current and former u.s. officials to discuss mr. trump's dealings with ukraine. but we have learned several of those set to appear are refusing to testify. former national security adviser john bolton has also been asked to appear. but bolton's lawyer said his client would not show up unless he is subpoenaed. well, at the heart of the impeachment inquiry, the allegation that president trump withheld military aid to ukraine to get dirt on a political

rival. ukraine is extremely dependent on that aid as it's been locked in a bloody five-year battle with russian-backed separatists. white house senior counselor kellyanne conway told yovanovitch she stands by the administration's response that there was no quid pro quo between mr. trump and the ukrainian president. >> you feel totally confident that at the heart of this there was no -- >> i feel confident about the fact that ukraine has that aid and is using it right now that it's because of this president that they have it. >> kellyanne you won't say yes or no. quid pro quo, yes or no. >> i just said to you i don't know whether aid was being held up. i know there were two senators, a democrat and republican who called over from ukraine and inquired about the aid. but we are trying to impeach a president now. why? because nothing in in this conversation so far resonates throughout the country.

>> joining me now to talk more about this is mitchell, professor of russian and east european studies at the university of pennsylvania. thank you so much for being with us. >> absolutely. happy to be here. >> so let's start by looking at just how dependent ukraine is on support from the united states and how far president trump is willing to go to help kiev, do you think, given he has recently made it clear he wants germany and france along with other e.u. nations to do more to share the load. >> absolutely. i think, you know, i think that's a little bit of a canard in the sense that britain and france and germany, the european union have done an incredible amount to support ukraine. but primarily economically. primarily with economic aid, government's aid and soft powers. i believe that what president trump was referring to was specifically military aid.

and there the united states has taken up a bigger burden. but overall, the european countries are supporting ukraine to a much greater extent than the united states. >> interesting. and how important is ukraine to the u.s. now, of course, and how much has that changed under trump's presidency? >> well, ukraine is important in european affairs right now because it's at war. it's at war with russia. it's been attacked in 2014 and has lost 13,000 people in the conflict. and i think it's super important essentially because there's been a principle that's guided european affairs which is that countries shouldn't attack one another. and russia's unprovoked attack on ukraine was a huge violation of european security norms, something that's really sent reverberations across the

european continent. and that's why ukraine is primarily important to the u.s. it's been very important for the united states, which, as you may remember, has fought two wars in europe in the previous century, has been drawn into european wars to prevent conflict in europe. and therefore to support ukraine in its struggle, legitimate struggle against the invasion and aggress it's had from russia. >> and that's certainly how the united states felt in the past. but what about now under president trump? he doesn't feel the same way about ukraine, does he? he's been talked into believing it's not of the significance that the united states has recognized it to be in the past. >> i think for trump, it's pretty clear that everything is about trump, right? so the united states now has two separate foreign policies. it has the traditional foreign policy of the foreign policy establishment. that's supported both by the

democrats and the republicans in congress, which is to support ukraine for the reasons that i just mentioned. and then in addition we have the trump foreign policy run out of the white house or maybe with some friends of president trump, his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, which is essentially about what can you do for us, what can you do for our election campaign? and that seems to have been the top priority for trump in ukraine is to obtain assistance from the ukrainian government to smear his likely political rival in the 2020 election. >> and how do you convince the american public that they should care about what happens to ukraine? >> it's pretty interesting that democrat and republican congress men who are both -- who get elected very frequently every two years are very solid on support for ukraine.

and i think that, you know, it's truthfully in the united states a lot of people don't necessarily vote on foreign policy issues. it's probably pretty secondary concern for a lot of people. but i do think it's very possible in the united states to talk to people about european security and to talk about the importance of this particular conflict. and with regard to the -- and i think also there's a really widespread awareness of russian intervention in the 2016 election. so people are listening to this or understanding this or certainly learning a lot more about ukraine. it's become a central aspect of the impeachment inquiry. so i do think that people are looking and listening about this topic. and they understand the sort of long-standing u.s. commitment to european security. >> all right. mitchell, thank you so much for joining us. we do appreciate it. >> absolutely. any time.

thank you. well, one of the central figures in the impeachment inquiry has been president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani. cnn's tom foreman looks at the role giuliani has played right from the start. >> reporter: the president of the united states says i didn't. >> truth is a truth? do you realize -- >> this is going to become a bad meme. >> don't do this to me. >> reporter: in the swirling storm of the ukraine scandal, as much or more than the president. >> shut up, moron. >> reporter: rudy giuliani, his lawyer, is at the center. >> you are just repeating -- >> oh, but you're not spinning anything? >> i'm not spinning a damn thing. >> reporter: calling him a shadow secretary of state. even his witnesses have told congress it was giuliani who set up back-door communications with the ukrainians bypassing the state department. giuliani who trump wanted the

ukrainians to talk to when the president requested an investigation of democrat joe biden saying in that infamous phone call if you could speak to him, that would be great. and giuliani who continues to claim with zero proof that russian interference to help republican donald trump was not the problem in the last election, but meddling to help the democrats was. >> it was actually real collusion that involved the ukrainians. but the fbi did everything they could to keep this information away. he's been a great crime fighter. >> reporter: the president's defense of giuliani has been at times strong, at times tepid as giuliani's behavior has careened into the surreal. for example this week when he attacked democrats into the probe into trump's actions that trump did ask for a ukrainian investigation or when he apparently butt-dialed an nbc reporter who overheard him complaining about biden and looking for cash. >> the problem is we need some

money. >> are you concerned that rudy giuliani is going to be indicted in all of this? >> i hope not. >> reporter: soviet-born american business men were charged with circumventing u.s. election laws. giuliani has been showing up in the media to defend the president less often. sources say he's been shopping for an attorney of his own. >> laura, this stinks. >> reporter: it's impossible to imagine that giuliani will remain out of the spotlight because, like trump, he clearly enjoys attention. but this kind of attention, maybe not so much. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> it was donald trump's signature campaign promise to build a wall along the border with mexico. well, now the structure is being tested. why trump is shrugging off a new report saying it's being breached. back with that in just a moment. it's time for the veterans day sale

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to president trump's border wall now. and is served as a central pillar of his 2016 campaign. now it's fueling his re-election bid, touted by the white house as impenetrable. but according to a new "washington post" report, it's been breached on a regular basis. they say smugglers have been cutting holes through the new section of the wall large enough for adults and drugs to fit through. they are using a simple and relatively inexpensive household tool known as a reciprocating saw. the president was asked about this on saturday. take a listen. >> i haven't heard that. we have a very powerful wall. but no matter how powerful, you can cut through anything. >> border agents told the "post" that due to the height of the slats, it's easy to push the

steel to the side and pass through. agents say despite fixing the damaged areas, smugglers often return to the same spot since the metal and concrete have already been weakened. so let's talk more about this with david kyle. he is a professor of sociology at the university of california davis and an expert on human smuggling and trafficking. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> so this "post" article suggests the border wall offers very little resistance and deterrence to these smugglers. so what does that say about president trump's biggest 2016 electoral promise and now his new commitment to build that wall? >> well, first we have to recognize that walls do nothing by themselves. they are merely a useful barrier to slow down invaders. but of course this isn't a real wall, and these aren't real invaders. >> and we just heard president trump admit himself no matter

how powerful a barrier, you can cut through anything. doesn't that suggest the wall might not be a worthwhile investment? >> not only does it suggest that. i think that when we go down in medieval strategy, at least we need to go all the way. the medieval fortresses around major cities in europe required hundreds of thousands of personnel to man them, to defend them. they're only useful barriers to slow them down. we don't really have a functioning wall. we have a fence that can easily be cut through. it's only creating more chaos on the border, not less. >> so despite president trump's efforts to strengthen this current barrier along the u.s./mexico border, law enforcement officials involved in security say the smugglers and cartels continue to find new

ways to sneak through. so what is the answer to this? and at what point will president trump need to admit to the u.s. public that the border wall or certainly the one he proposes is not the answer. can you see that day coming? >> well, i think those are two questions. one is when will the american people realize, and i believe that many people, if not most people, realize that this is not really a wall. it's metal fencing. and it was only a matter of time that the creativity of a wide range of people would come under play for a hundred dollars you get a reciprocating saw at home depot and cut through it. but there are also many, many ways to go through it. >> a separate question is will trump admit it or change strategy. that's not my area. but that certainly doesn't look like it'll be the case. >> so you mentioned of course in medieval times. and humans have been trying to stop each other crossing borders for a very, very long time. what is the solution here in

2019 coming into 2020? >> i think that having less chaos on the border, most migrants today, which is actually putting many smugglers out of business, are not trying to evade law enforcement. they are merely trying to get over, under, through the fence, raise their hand, and then ask for asylum. and they are trusting the american people to do the right thing. we are a nation of laws. they do have a right to claim asylum. they trust us more than they trust many of their own governments and cartels. and instead what we are getting at the border is chaos and possibly something that we will have to be dealing with for years. but in terms of dealing with the migration crisis, we need a legal pathway or at least processing it. the wall only create a false illusion of security on the one hand, then more chaos on the

other. >> david kyle, we thank you so very much for joining us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. well, mcdonald's has ousted its ceo steve easterbrook after learning he had a consensual relationship with an employee. he gave up his seat on the board of the fast food chain as well. the board says easterbrook violated company policy and showed poor judgment. he will be replaced as ceo by the president of mcdonald's usa. air bnb is banning party houses. >> reporter: after a shooting left five people dead in california. its ceo announced the change on twitter saying the company will redouble its effort to combat unauthorized parties. cnn has more. rrjts a halloween house party turns deadly. five people shot and killed at this airbnb rental.

>> orinda is a very small, very safe, very family-oriented community. it is not accustomed to violence. >> reporter: the shooting is still under investigation. but airbnb is banning party houses at its rental properties to prevent similar incidents from taking place. the company's ceo tweeting we must do better and we will. this is unacceptable. in additional tweets, it says it is implementing a more stringent guest screening program and anyone found in violation of the upgrade policies could be removed. authorities say the halloween party in orinda, california, was advertised on social media. and more than 100 people showed up. the deadly shooting took place thursday night in an airbnb rental that does not allow parties. and still to come, peculiar punctuation. why three little dots in the

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weather has dislodged a boat that has not moved from its rocky perch since 1918. high winds and heavy rain have now pushed the boat closer to the falls on the canadian side. the vessel became stuck when it dislodged from its tug boat in the final months of the first world war. well, who knew three little punctuation marks would become such a big deal in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. >> reporter: we look at the president's love aware with dot, dot, dot. >> reporter: president trump is forever saying that ukrainian phone call summary was. >> word for word, comma for comma. >> reporter: forget commas. now people are connecting the dot, dot, dot. >> and i wonder, right? i kept saying dot, dot, dot. >> reporter: trulily known as an ellipse yes. >> because in legal documents that means there is something

left out. >> reporter: there was so much dot, dot, dotting on "the view" that meghan mccain got annoyed. >> we got it. >> and they got it too. >> reporter: but, oh, the irony. the ellipses comes back to haunt a president who was besotted by dots. >> he will soon be dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. >> reporter: president trump's tweets are so dotty, they read like morse code. [ beeping ] the president might begin a tweet with a random seven dots. he shared tweets with as many as 23. occasionally he mixes a stray comma in with them or combines his dots with a typo. colbert once did an obit where the tweets expanded to 280 characters. >> dot, dot. [ laughter ] adding dot, dot, dot.

>> reporter: but announcing the death of trump's dots was premature. >> the dots are back. i missed you little guys. you are the only part of trump's tweets that aren't lies. >> reporter: the other day the president actually tweeted nothing but dot, dot, dot, dot provoking responses like anyone speak dots? and another coded message to putin. remember the time president trump stared directly at a solar eclipse? no wonder he is seeing dots everywhere. might as well blame all those ellipses on eclipses. >> this is not dot, dot, dot time. it's not, not, not. >> that's enough to make you dotty, isn't it? thank you so much for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. remember to connect with me any time on twitter. "early start" is next. have yourselves a great day. so we're in this little town near salerno and everyone has dad's eyebrows!

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four witnesses scheduled today, now refuse to testify in the trump impeachment inquiry. joe biden tops three new national polls with just three months to go until the iowa caucuses. mcdonald's ceo forced out over a consensual relationship with a fellow employee. the baltimore ravens hand tom brady and the patriots their first loss of the season. wah, wah, wah. >> wow. >> i don't usually weigh in