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controversial about whether that should happen. we will have his story for you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. this is cnn "newsroom". republican lawmakers in the united states congress are getting a clear message from the democrats. their latest request regarding the impeachment inquiry pretty much nonstarters. cnn's jeremy diamond looks at what they want and how the democrat leading the investigation is responding. >> reporter: house republicans on saturday putting forward a list of witnesses they would like to see come forward as the house impeachment inquiry moves

into its public phase. the list of witnesses seems mostly an attempt by republicans to divert attention from the allegations that president trump is facing over his handling of ukraine as well as to bolster the president's case as he mounts his case in the face of impeachment. the list includes hunter biden, former vice president's son, as well as that anonymous intelligence whistle-blower that republicans have been clamoring for. the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff would need to approve any of the witnesses to have them come forward. he has said that he will give due consideration to the republican list. he says this inquiry is not and will not serve, however, as a vehicle to under take the same sham investigations into the bidens or 2016 that the president pressed ukraine to conduct for his personal political personal political benefit or or to facilitate the president's effort to threaten, intimidate and restal kwraeut against the whistle-blower who courageously raised the alarm. that seems a pretty clear

message from the chairman that hunter biden and the whistle-blower will not be part of this investigation. the president will release the transcript of another call with the ukrainian president, the first call he had with zelensky after he was elected in april. >> now, they want to have a transcript of the other call, the second call. and i'm willing to provide that. we will probably give it to you on tuesday. monday being a holiday, we will probably give it to you on tuesday. but we have another transcript coming out, which is very important. they asked for it, and i gladly fifth it. give it. >> reporter: while he is transitioning this as an act of transparency, his decision to release a second rough transcript of a call with the ukrainian president comes a week after the white house has directed numerous officials not to comply with the house impeachment inquiry. mick mulvaney, white house chief of staff, and several other officials, not appearing despite the threat of congressional subpoenas this past week. jeremy diamond, cnn, new york. let's talk about these

developments with professor at the london school of economics. good morning to you. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. very happy to be here. >> well, first up, republicans requested the whistle-blower and joe biden's son hunter to testify in public hearings this week. any surprise that democrats pushed back on that. >> not really. each side is trying to paint a picture, project an image. and i think the republicans's kind of last throw of the dice is to muddy the waters, switch it onto the democrats. maybe the line in some way is the whistle-blower. i think it is not a surprise. given that we are moving toward a tv show in the middle of the week, i think this kind of ploy is probably going to be practiced a lot more. >> right. well, early on when the whistle-blower first made the

complaint, the testimony was seen as paramount. weeks into the inquiry, democrats don't think so. what does that say about the strength of evidence they believe they have a massed against president trump? >> i think it's clear that they believe that the overall evidence is overwhelming. they have got enough witnesses, enough testimony, enough transcripts. i think what they want to now do is to focus the attention of the american public. i think you can say democrats have polarized, republicans are already polarized. a section of them are willing to listen to the facts. the majority of independent voters are willing to listen to the facts. i think that is now where the game is going to be played. it is going to be trying to convince those who are not fully convinced yet that any wrongdoing has occurred and whether articles of impeachment ought to be launched and so on. that is really where we are.

and i suspect that the democrats don't believe that the rights of the whistle-blower need to be protected as far as they possibly can. i think the attention needs to be focused entirely on the telephone call and other conversations that have been had already. and i think that's going to be their primary concern. >> what do you make of it that here we are with a presidential election coming up in 2020 campaign well under way, that this is coinciding with an impeachment inquiry. that is unusual. >> well, not entirely unusual in the sense that richard nixon was also taking on in regard of to impeachment in the run-up to the next election sort of thing. i don't think it's unusual. it shows the depth of the crisis of authority within the united states, within the white house, within the broader political

system, has not deeper and deeper. and i think it really shows us one major thing which very often isn't raised in this impeachment process. that is there is a fundamental schism between president trump and his ideas about america's role in the world, and those who, if you like, the traditional national security establishment. that's where president trump talks about, for his own reasons despite wrongdoing, he talks about a deep state. and the fact that the majority of the people who are coming forward are from the policy service or intelligence community or military community so on, i think it gives a little bit of credence to it. you have been after me since 2016 when i got elected about russia and now you have moved on to the ukraine. and i think that is what he is going to play his major card on. if you like also finally his

greatest strength was he was a transactionalist, a doer of deals, he could make america great again by doing great deals. in a a now trying to do a deal with ukraine has been his achilles' heel himself. he will will be on trial for the greatest strength he claimed to have. >> that is a very good point you make there. meantime, we have learned a few hours ago, that john bolton, who left when their relationship souder, as a book deal that may come out during the 2020 election. we know that bolton's lawyer indicated this week he has something to say about that ukraine call. does it seem to you that bolton could be a major player in this process? >> i think he knows he is. i think he is keeping his own counsel, using little means to avoid being called as a witness to give testimony. i think the ruling on the court

will be on the 0e of december. i suspect that national security adviser, there were other people on the call to the ukrainian president. john bolton wouldn't have been very far away. he's been present at so many different meetings. he will have a great deal to say. he will represent, as president trump said. when john bolton departed the administration, he represents many things that president trump argues against in regard to foreign policy. i think this will be a very, very powerful testimony if and when it comes. but the book deal does suggest a cynical attempt to withhold information until it can have its maximum impact. he may well hold onto it for quite some time. the book isn't due out until just before the election. >> right. and, you know, republicans continue to call this impeachment process a sham. it's been opaque.

it's been vague. but this week it comes into the public arena. do you think they will be able to continue to make that claim? >> it's starting to be more and more difficult. it wasn't convincing to most people who watched with attention in the first place. for a large number of people in the world and in the united states, when things come on the television the television is the visual medium in which we are used to watching the news on. and i think the issue now moves to how clearly and how responsibly in my view media outlets can really show what the true facts are, explain to people what impeachment really means and who is in charge or a conviction in the senate really means, what the constitution says about these processes. in a way it is not like a demeaning 101 american constitution lesson. but i think by doing news well, presenting facts, i think the

media could regain a great deal of authority and really, if you like, puncture a hole in the whole idea of the fake news media that president trump tries to paint all the time. that's where we are moving on now. it is a real test of the watch dog role on great power that the american media claims to represent. and i think this is going to be one of his biggest tests ever i would think. >> well, we appreciate that. especially the news media here at cnn. we will try very hard to stand up for that. we always appreciate your expertise. thank you for joining us. have a good morning. . >> thank you very much. well, president trump took a break from the impeachment heat in washington to attend a college football game in alabama where he has plenty of support. that state does. but there were protests. look what showed up. the balloon has become famous.

it is called baby trump. but baby trump didn't last long. a man slashed it would a knife. local media report he was arrested. not sure what the charge would be there. for more on the otherwise friendly reception in tuscaloosa, here's cnn's sarah westwood. >> reporter: president trump attended the pivotal football game between alabama and lsu here in tuscaloosa saturday. he received a warm reception. he has attended three major sporting events the past two wee weeks. the president received a mixed reception, some boos at madison square garden. not here. many of them had very supportive things to say about president trump. take a listen >> i think it's a bunch of [ bleep ]. i think they're fishing. it's a fishing expedition. it's been like that for three

years now. . >> how much are you following what he is being impeached for. . >> for something in the ukraine where he told the president take a look at biden for his misdeeding while he was in office. if he was corrupt, he's corrupt. put him in jail. >> did you vote for trump in 2016? . >> absolutely i will. even if i have to go in there in a wheelchair. >> mostly clears from the more 100,000 fans in the stadium. he had alabama republicans joining him in the box. one of those was congressman bradley byrne. he is running against jeff sessions. no sign of sessions at this game. but the president attending this major football game is something of a respite. he's been weathering an impeachment inquiry.

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there are already dozens of brush fires spread across the state of new south wales and queensland. firefighters are scrambling to contain the firefighters already going before new ones flare up. we have more about it. >> reporter: the bush fire emergency in new south wales and queensland is heading into unchartered territory. residents in the greater metropolitan area are being told to brace for catastrophic conditions tuesday. it will be hot and dry and windy conditions. it will be the first time sydney has ever been met with such catastrophic conditions. 40 schools will be closed with emergency crews warning residents to get their evacuation plans in place now. as it stands, more than 70 fires are burning across new south

wales. 150 homes have been destroyed. and three people killed. across the border in queensland, people have also been forced to flee with more than 40 fires burning across the sunshine state with dire warnings that the worse is yet to come. ivan cabrera joins me now. they have so many fires. >> fire seasons come and go. it is a natural process here. the problem is in california and australia is climate change. they are getting longer and worse. the fires are out of control. 43 of those bush fires there just out of control. firefighters have been having a hard time doing that because of the wind. take a look at the few thousand feet up. but still you can kind kind of paint the picture here. those are the fire areas in new

south wales, queensland, getting pulled to the east. we mentioned tuesday. the heat, that's a problem. temperatures in the 90s or 30 celsius. my concern is the wind. that hrpb a huge deal. catastrophic fire danger. that's the highest level that they go. that's going to be for tuesday because of the wind. now, right now we are doing okay. and i think monday in australia, winds anywhere from 10, 20 miles per hour will be in decent shape. but this boundary, this front will be coming in and sweeping through. as that happens, it will be pushing a lot of air. winds as a result. anywhere from 35 to 45 miles per hour. that will be a problem. by the way, the drought continues in new south wales. queensland, one of the tightest correlations. we will continue to see the

seasons becoming longer and longer and more severe as time goes on unfortunately. >> ivan, thank you. one of the world avenues most dangered animals faces a threat. they are in danger already due to deforestation. as fires burn and deforestation increases, the population of orangutans. >> a grinding battle deep in the jungle. firefighters on the indonesian island of borneo struggle to control a tpoefrt fire that threatens a national park. this is just brutal, brutal work they are doing here. toxic smoke in the tropical heat. the rain forests in indonesia

are burning. firefighters have been battling this blaze for weeks. and at its peak this summer, there were thousands of similar fires in other parts of the country. the fighting on the ground and in the air. these are aerial firefighters. right now we are on a water-bombing mission. helicopters dump giant buckets of water on the flames. bombs away! this crisis was ignited by man. you think humans started this? >> yes. >> reporter: this inferno visible from space. the haze engulfed cities in neighboring countries like singapore and malaysia. in indonesia, the smog closed schools, creating apocalyptic skies.

this doctor saw panicked individuals flock to his hospital. about a million people suffered respiratory problems. the forest fires threatening one of asia's last great rain forests, home to orangutans, symbols of an entire ecosystem under threat. this is poppy. she's a 1-year-old example of one of the world's most endangered species. right now she's attending a class in jungle school. activists from the center for orangutan protection take orphaned animals and teach them to survive. hopefully one day return them to the wild. as the forest shrink, the population has lessened.

>> maybe because of conversion of the forest to make buildings or something by humans. >> reporter: they rescue and relocate stranded by mass deforestation. the clash between man and nature on display when an a confronts the heavy machinery ripping down its home. this is replacing much of borneo's jungle. sprawling plantations of palm trees. it makes a vegetable oil used in around half of all household products sold in your neighborhood grocery store. as palm oil exports ballooned the past 20 years, so did the indonesian territory used to gray palms. it is now bigger than entire countries like england or greece. >> it is now way out of our control in indonesia.

>> reporter: they are calling for a stricter regulation of palm oil industry. >> if we should always expect t in the future. >> reporter: it has lifted millions out of poverty. people like this farmer. before i grew palms, i couldn't even afford to feed my children chicken. i have been able to buy a tv and refrigerator. the cheapest way to clear land for farming is to burn it. the government says it's trying to crackdown on manmade fires. >> for us the forest fire is a serious crime. >> reporter: officials show me how they use thermal energy to prosecute palm oil companies. they have opened cases against 21 companies in the last four years. but some activists fear it's too little too late.

>> we need the forest to live. so please protect the forest. >> reporter: he is trying to return the rescued orangutan to the wild. now now it is in the shadow of a growing coal mine. michelle's protectors fear that in 20 years's time there may be no forests left for these incredible animals. ivan watson, cnn, indonesian borneo. so sad for those animals. a tough situation there. all for palm oil. next year, he's come to donald trump's defense many times. now this u.s. lawmakers is on the defense after being accused of turning a blind eye to sexual misconduct years ago back in his home state. we'll tell you about that.

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months after the socialist party failed to form a coalition government in april. on the eve of the election, pro independence protesters clashed with riot police in barcelona. now we turn to iraq. four protesters were killed saturday in the capital of baghdad. security forces used live ammunition and tear gas in one area. they also burned several tents at a sit-in. the independent high commission for human rights said more than 300 people have been killed since anti-government protests began last month. in bolivia, a home belonging to the president's sister was set on fire. at least three people have died in riots since the disputed presidential election more than two weeks ago. u.s. house democrats say the

whistle-blower whose complaint launched the impeachment investigation will not be called as a witness. they say facts about the ukraine scandal have been corroborated by multiple witnesses. they also say the whistle-blower's safety could be jeopardized about a public hearing. cindy mccain is telling cnn how her husband might think about the latest developments in the trump administration. before he died in 2018, senator john mccain was an outspoken critic of the president and was a target of mr. trump's personal insults. >> reporter: one president who wasn't there obviously was president trump. why? >> well, i had to worry about my

family. and the family was somewhat bitter about things that had been said about their dad. it would have been very disruptive to my children. and so i took their lead on this whole thing. it was ultimately my choice and my decision. but it just -- i just didn't want any disruption. i didn't want anything to overshadow john mccain that day. that's why we were there. >> words matter. >> words matter. words matter. especially to a dieing man. >> what would john mccain be saying right now? >> oh, gosh. i think he would be disgusted with some of the stuff going on, i really do. what he would be saying is he would be railing against what is going on. i think john provided a lot of cover for other members. he would do it and they would get behind him kind of thing. i know he would be terribly upset about this whole thing.

he was upset before he died when he saw what was going on. so i just wish he were here. but we need him more than ever. we really do. >> that's just part of the interview. you can catch the rest on the axe files with david axelrod. jim jordan made headlines for defending donald trump against his impeachment inquiry. now jordan is making headlines for entirely different reasons. a new lawsuit accuses him of failing to take action against sexual misconduct back when he was an assistant wrestling coach at ohio state university in the 1990s. jean casarez has more on the case. >> reporter: this case was just filed, and the complaint is loan is 165 pages. there are 43 accusers.

some are named. many are anonymous. but they all say they were abused in some form or fashion by dr. richard strauss. all the appellees from the various sports of osu are in this complaint. baseball, cheerleading, wrestling. one of the accusers was not a student at osu. he was a paid referee and says that in 1994 or 1995, after he had refereed a game he was in the locker room and he was going to take a shower. he was alone with dr. richard strauss. and as he went into the shower, strauss followed him in. he said the two of them were alone, and he suddenly saw that the doctor, the physician in charge of male athletics and all of those associated with it, was pleasuring himself in the shower. he said he had some words for him, went out, and then he went to the head coach and also

assistant coach jim jordan to say what he just witnessed. he said the response by both men were, yeah, that's strauss. the attorney for the accusers told cnn this is not a political issue in our estimation. this is an issue about ohio state. this isn't about jim jordan. he happens to be a witness. he just happens to be a name or a person who was present. now, a spokesperson for congressman jim jordan said congressman jordan never saw or heard of any kind of sexual abuse, and if he had he would have dealt with it. multiple investigations have confirmed this simple fact. ohio state university has told cnn that ohio state has led the effort to investigate and expose the misdeeds of richard strauss and the systematic failures to respond, and the university is commit to a fair resolution. jean casarez, cnn, new york.

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there is a growing outcry in the u.s. state of texas to stop the execution of rodney reed. his supporters picketed the state capitol in austin saturday. he was convicted for the brutal killing of a 19-year-old woman. dna links him to the crime, but backers say evidence actually points to a different suspect. cnn's ed lavandara has the story from texas.

>> reporter: in 1996, 19-year-old stacy stites was found dead on the side of a road in bastrop, texas. she was bruised and strangled with a belt. she was raped and murdered just after 3:00 in the morning. on her way to work at a grocery store. for months, the prime suspect was her fiancee, a police officer named jimmy finnell until dna pointed to another man she knew. tests confirmed rodney reed's seemen was found inside stites. a jury convicted him and he was sent to death row. >> it almost reads like a book. hopefully we don't execute the wrong man for this murder. >> reporter: his attorney said evidence points to jimmy fennell. reed talked about this in an

interview. >> she said that if jimmy found out we were together that he would kill me. i just took it as a figure of speech. i didn't take it literally. >> that is clear motive for him to have killed stacy and ultimately having rodney reed take the fall for the murder. >> reporter: it has gathered celebrity attention. kim kardashian and others are taking action. reed's lawyer said the murder investigation is full of holes. they say the time of death is inaccurate and police never searched the apartment where fennell and stites lived together. the bush to exonerate reed is a circus that was rejected by appeals courts. >> he is a garden variety sociopath and convinced his lawyers and lots of other people that he's just a poor, unfairly

charged black man being railroaded to the death chamber. >> reporter: they maintain rodney reed is guilty and deserves the death penalty. they pointed out that reed was alleged to have assaulted six other women. there's also this. jimmy fennell spent 10 years in prison for kidnapping and reigning a woman in 2007 while he was on duty as a police officer. in a court affidavit, an aryan brother inmate claimed when they were in prison, he said i had to kill my n-word loving fiancee. >> the next surprise witness will be mother teresa appearing via epiphany. each of these stories is

laughably lacking in credibility. >> reporter: rodney reed has one advocate that once lived by him on death row. >> you spent 18 1/2 years on texas death row. you were fully exonerated, released. you were wrongly convicted. why do you relate to rodney reed? >> i relate to rodney because i know for a fact that those same players didn't give a damn about whether i was innocent or not. >> reporter: anthony graves was wrongly accused of murdering a family of six people in 1992, the same judge, million examiner a also worked rodney reed's murder trial. >> i was in his seat. i know his story. it sends chills up my spine. >> reporter: graves has been free 10 years and works as a criminal justice reform advocate. >> a young white woman was murdered and a black man was convicted of it. that is their case. they're not listening to anything else.

rodney reed was definitely framed. and they are taking it all the way to the execution table. >> reporter: while prosecutors who work the case say the thought of rodney reed getting out of prison is absolutely terrifying. ed lavandara, cnn, texas. atlanta police say a murdered college student filed a police report against one of the suspects in her killing just days before she disappeared. authorities found the body of alexis crawford friday in atlanta's dekalw county. crawford had described unwanted advances by her roommate's boyfriend. we'll get more on this story from natasha chen. >> reporter: the medical examiner's office found her dead in a park on friday after one of the two suspects led police there. both suspects are now in custody

charged with murder. and they are crawford's roommate jordan jones and the boyfriend, barron brantley. the family first reported her missing november 1st when they hadn't heard from her for a couple of days. police noted in that report that jones, the roommate, was not on speaking terms with crawford. here's why they may matter. crawford herself filed the police report just days before she disappeared. that was for unwanted touching and kissing from brantley, the roommate's boyfriend. that report was taken from crawford at grady memorial hospital where she was taken at the time for a rape indicate to be administered. she told police she had been drinking with the roommate and roommate's boyfriend when brantley started touching and kissing her. crawford told police that she then went into a bathroom and closed the door by herself. but later the roommate found that brantley was in there with her and he emerged with no shirt on and that crawford was found with just a bra on.

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an historic moment in japan at the imperial enthronement parade. thousands turned out to see japan's new emperor and empress in toeeo. there was music and ceremony as the imperial couple greeted them. will ripley has more about it. it went off according to plan, down to the minute. it was supposed to last 30 minutes, and that's exactly what happened. the emperor and empress were

traveled on heavily guarded routes past the diet, the legislative building. it was picture-perfect weather for them. 26,000 police officers lining the route to make sure that the imperial couple and spectators remained safe. it does say a lot about japan that the emperor and empress were able to ride in an open top vehicle through one of the most crowded cities on earth. japan is a country with very strict gun laws. almost no civilians have firearms. it says much about the country that they were able to do that. we are expected to see them in an open top vehicle once again at the tokyo 2020 olympics. now that celebrations are over, they can get to work. they meet with hundreds of dignitaries every single year. they often have a grueling travel schedule. there is a lot of official duties they need to perform. they also face the challenge of

remaining relevant, of continuing to break down the barriers between the imperial family and the japanese public. it was something that the emperor emeritus did to masterfully. he has had most of his adult life to watch and study from. so his approach moving forward, well, we have to wait and see. we will have to see what role his wife will play. remember, she was not born into a royal imperial family. she was the daughter of a diplomat. she herself ivy league educated, promising diplomat who gave up her modern life for the confines and careful control of life behind palace walls. now that she is empress, will she be given a bigger role? will we hear more from hadar? we will continue to watch going forward in this new era for japan. will ripley, cnn, hong kong. now we have this story from

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