and protests in hong kong turn violent again. a police officer hit by an arrow. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we are live in atlanta. i'm michael holmes from cnn world headquarters. "newsroom" starts right now. would you say insiders are telling congress disturbing new details about president trump's now infamous phone call with ukraine's leader last july. they include how the call transcript ended up on a highly classified server and who blocked $400 million in military aid to ukraine. now, on saturday, a senior white house budget official said he was confused by the aid had been put on hold.

a trump political appointee apparently took control of the ukraine account outside the normal budget process and then signed documents freezing the funds. also on saturday, transcripts from two earlier depositions were made public. cnn's lauren fox with those details. >> reporter: on saturday, we got new details about tim morrison, a former nsc official, who testified to congressional investigators last month that he came to understand that eu ambassador gordon sondland was getting direction from donald trump when he was pushing the ukrainians to announce investigations into the political rivals. morrison testified behind closed doors i believed sondland and president trump had spoken five times between july 25erbgs the date of the phone call between president zelensky and president trump, and september 11th when

the aid was finally released. he spoke with sondland after sondland had gone off the phone with president trump. here's what he told. "he told me he had just gone off the phone with the president. he told me as it relates to ambassador taylor's statement, there was no quid pro quo, but president zelensky must announce the opening of the investigations and he should want to do it. the fact that that was put in a secure server, there are questions of course why it was put in the server. morrison said he came to understand from the top nsc lawyer that it had been put there by mistake. here's what he told investigators. john eisenberg related that he did not ask for it to be put in there but the executive secretary kwrat staff misunderstood his recommendation for how to restrict access. next week both individuals will testify publicly in front of the

congressional investigators and the american public. for cnn on capitol hill, lauren fox. joining me now professor of government at the university of essex in england, good to see you, professor. we have this testimony from two more people saturday, one calling the trump/zelensky call concerning and unusual. and also more concerns about the role of eu ambassador gordon sondland. what is the impact of their testimony? is there becoming a cumulative effect given the number of people testifying? >> i think there definitely is. we are just seeing how extensive this push was to try to get the ukrainians to investigate the bidens. and we are also learning a lot more about sondland's role in all of this. he was the key link between the president and the ukrainians and that he -- tim morrison had heard from sondland that usaid

was conditioned upon ukraine announcing this investigation and that sondland was acting at trump's direction. and more about this irregular foreign policy channel. we have heard from other people that they thought giuliani was leading this. in morrison's testimony, he said sondland was leading this and the regular foreign policy channel was not the formal process, that this was a real problem. so there will be a lot of questions for sondland when he testifies. . >> and the walls are starting to crumble. because trufdonald trump said h hardly knew sondland. but he can call a gentleman from a cell phone from a ukrainian restaurant. sondland said he believed and related to me that the president

was giving him instruction. yet trump says he hardly knows the man. >> right. i don't know how we could really believe that he hardly knows him when sondland, july 26th places a phone call and was directly able to talk to him and they had this very audible conversation about highly sensitive issues. i think we can see from all the witness testimonies thus far that sondland and trump had a close relationship because sondland was moved from being u.s. ambassador to the eu to being this main foreign policy negotiator on ukraine, which is not part of the european union. and that he was having visits to ukraine and that he was acting at the behest of the president and seemed to know a lot of information about what trump wanted and what he wanted the ukrainians to do. and so getting back into the testimony that's going to happen

on wednesday, sondland will have so many questions to answer. because originally he testified very differently. then he changed his mind. he never mentions the july 26th phone call. >> take that a little bit further. he's already offered up two versions under oath, which the first was then amended by a second one. and there being questioned on whether he may have even lied under oath. what is he facing in terms of jeopardy when it comes to version three? i suppose he has the option of pleading the fifth, but that's not going to look good. >> he would purger himself and that could get himself into trouble. i don't think he knew what he was getting himself into this when he took on this role, not just the ambassador, but this irregular foreign policy channel. he has to decide if he wants to

maintain loyal to trump, which is i think what he was originally doing, to whether he wants to testify according to the second version, which corroborated all of this testimony. he now knows all of this testimony that has taken place. that will be difficult to refute. and that he places himself in danger of purgering himself if he decides to be incredibly loyal to trump and go with the first version, there's no quid pro quo, there's nothing to worry about here. he would be taking on a huge risk if he decides to remain super loyal to trump and not reveal what happened in particular on that july 26th phone call. >> natasha, appreciate your insights. we're not done with you yet. we will come pack to you, professor, about more questions about other things. and let's turn to those things. democrats who think they can defeat president trump next year. well, after weeks of static standings among the top-tier

candidates, pete buttigieg is having a breakout moment in iowa. jeff zeleny with the latest polling. >> reporter: there is a new democratic front-runner in the 2020 race in iowa and his name is pete buttigieg. for the first time, the south bend, indiana mayor claims to 25% in a new cnn/des moines register iowa poll. warren, biden and sanders are locked in a three-way race for second place. amy klobuchar, the only other candidate to broke out of the lower tear with 6%. buttigieg has risen 16 points. the race remains fluid with 30% saying they have made up their minds. still 62% of likely iowa caucusgoers could still choose another candidate. that gives a sense of hope to a dozens other democrats still in

the race here. this is why second choice so important. elizabeth warren is the second choice of 20% of likely caucus tpoers, followed by buttigieg at 14%, which sanders and biden each at 13%. electability is a critical question for democrats. that remains the core bit of bind strength of the four top candidates tested a majority, 52%, say biden could beat trump. this is where the race is standing right now. there is a sense of pragmatism hanging over iowa voters as well. 63% prefer a candidate with a strong chance to beat trump, compared to 32% of someone who shares all their views. 80 days before the voting in 2020 begins. now the question for pete buttigieg is how does he handle the pressure of being a front-runner. jeff zeleny, cnn, washington. and in the u.s. state of

louisiana, democrats celebrating a significant win and setback for president trump. the incumbent democratic governor beat his challenger. that challenger had been heavily backed by the president. mr. trump won louisiana in the 2016 presidential election by a crushing 20 points and held two rallies in the state the past 10 days to support the republican candidate. let's go back to natasha. thanks so much for sticking w e around. pete buttigieg is leading the pack. how important is it? on what do we read into an iowa poll? the national polls do look very different. >> right. this is one of the most interesting primary races we have seen because there has been so much movement going on. biden had been in control and leading the race for a long time. what we are seeing with iowa is

buttigieg registers with the midwest voters. he has a centrist agenda that is appealing, his military background and doubled his on-the-ground staff. the other thing to mention is that pete buttigieg has difficulty attracting minority voters. that's been his one weakness. he doesn't seem to appeal as much as some of the other candidates to hispanic and african-american voters. iowa is 91% white. this is one state. he has to win over many different states, many different demographic patterns. that might be more of a challenge at the national level. >> good point. this louisiana governor's race that was decided to saturday, fascinating really. the democratic incumbent edwards beating out the republican challenger. this is a deeply red state. donald trump invested an awful

lot in this race. two rallies in two weeks, three in the last five weeks. a whole bunch of tweets leading up to the actual vote. do you think the result is a reflection on the president's problems, or perhaps more of a local issues election? >> well, it's hard to say. we do see a pattern occurring. when he has really stumped for people, whether it was the senate race in alabama or the governorship in kentucky, these races haven't been won by the people that he has backed. louisiana was a state that in 2016 trump won by 20 percentage points. it was a huge margin for him. but that wasn't going to be enough for the republican to defeat the incumbent john bel edwar edwards. john bel edwards was a popular governor. he had over 50% approval rating and still won by a close margin. i think we can take away a couple of things. this was a fairly popular governor.

it may not help republicans to have trump be on the campaign trail for them. >> yeah, it's interesting. he is a popular governor. he's not your typical democrat. he is very strong on second amendment, pro-life and leans right on a lot of issues that democrats would lean left on. so there is that aspect which helps his popularity in a deeply red state. when it comes to the president, this for a man who takes pride. he's always bragging about turning around races and that it's him that does it. it's a real smack to the ego. he has been booed at a couple of sports events lately and so on. >> right. we don't have any proof that he has an impact on these other races in a positive way. >> right. >> he thats his own appeal and developed his own what some say is cultive personality for those who love him and will love him

no matter what he says. that doesn't seem to translate. they don't have that same type of mysticism that he seems to have. he is a largely unpopular president if you look at the national polls. his poll ratings have never gone much higher than 40%. that is something that he doesn't seem to be aware of pause he keeps campaigning in these stronghold areas to these arenas where he has all of these adoring fans. this magic touch he thinks he has on other candidates may not be working. >> dangers of an echo chamber. professor at essex university, thanks so much. . >> thanks for having me. the u.s. president surprise those track his every move by going to the hospital unexpected on saturday. he went to the wolverine medical center in maryland to begin some procedures, including lab tests as part of his annual regular

physical. the white house insists is healthy and energetic. we'll take a short break on the program. when we come back, protesters in iran denounce a hike in fuel prices. but the controversial move gets the support of a major figure in the country. we will tell you who that is. also still to come, police in hong kong trying to remove protesters from one of their stronghol strongholds. but one of their officers gets shot with an arrow. we will show you what happens in a live report. ver know what might be behind you. (kristen bell) does the sloth come standard? (kristen bell vo) looking to buy? enterprise makes it easy.

a live look there at hong kong, where protesters are still in the streets, along with bricks and also petrol bombs. a standoff there between authorities and protesters getting even more violent. hong kong police say an officer has been shot with an arrow as they attempted to remove protesters from a university. he was wounded in the calf and taken to a hospital. let's go now live to hong kong. fresh violence and even arrows. and i see you have the gas mask on. bring us up to date. >> reporter: yeah, michael. some tear gas was fired a very short time ago.

hence, we have all put on our gas masks. but we are on top of the balcony of the university looking down at the place where all of these hardline protesters are positioned with their petrol bombs, their bricks, catapults up here. it is the staging ground, if you would like, for the battle that they are waging with police. i just want to show you, michael, give you a bit of a tour of this area that has been active for days but certainly has picked up in the last 24 hours. you can see the bricks that have been dug up and then broken into bits so they can be catapulted at police. there are crates of petrol bombs that are ready to go. reporter brad olson, if you can bring your camera around here.

this is just one area. you can see all of these protesters armed with petrol bombs. we will move further around and i will show you this catapult protesters have set up. they were firing eggs a short time ago. they were firing phraopbs filled with pai balloons filled with paint. if i can get brad to give you a bit of a vantage point, stand on this chair, we will help him out. this is what the protesters are looking down on. so throughout the afternoon we have had these ongoing skirmishes with the police. the water cannons, there are two of them. they fire. they try to move in, the armored police vehicles as well try to move in. then they reverse.

they have been firing tear gas. but it doesn't really seem to be getting anywhere. there were reports that police were coming from a different direction. that is what the protesters are anticipating. you mentioned that a police officer a little bit earlier in the day was hit with a bow and an arrow. an arrow was shot at him. we are going to get out of this position only because there has been tear gas-fired up here just before we came to you. i think it is safe to move to a better position. this really, michael, is the staging ground. this is what protesters believe give them the advance over police because they are above. and the university, this is a strategic position because we are very close to kowloon. that has been closed for days. really these protesters, and we

have spoken to a number of them, 22-year-old archer said he has done archery all his life. he said they were just training arrows but they were going to fire them to defend their university. and as far as they're concerned, michael, these students are at war. . >> one of the ongoing questions is mainland china and its responsiveness. tell us about the optics of soldiers, mainland china soldiers who left their base and they got involved in cleaning up. i mean, it's just cleaning up. but is that a concern sign for hong kongers that they were out on the streets? >> reporter: yeah. look, they said it was a cleanup operation, something responsipo

from where we are. this has become a major flashpoint here in hong kong. certainly hong kongers were alarmed by this. there was a lot of chat on social media. people were concerned does this mean the chinese troops are going to move in, the military is going to move in? but the government said they did not ask for the pla to take part, that this was merely a cleanup operation. we should know the pla has been in hong kong since the hanover. there are bagarrisons. but we have heard from the hong kong government that if it needs to call on china, it will. xi jinping has made it perfectly clear that the sovereignty of china will not be threatened by

any external forces, i should say. sorry, the threat is there that the chinese could move in. certainly no sign at this stage, michael. they reiterate it was merely a cleanup operation. for many it was an on mouse side. . >> appreciate it, ana. we will come back to you as things develop. now to iran. demonstrations against a gas price hike have turned deadly there. the government says at least one person has been killed in the unrest. protesters on saturday flooding the streets of the capital tehran. they jabbed roads and clashed with authorities. iran's supreme leader said he supports the government's decision to raise prices. for more on all of this, now live from istanbul. tell us the latest.

we have seen protests before but they usually fizzle out. is there a sense of momentum at all? >> reporter: well, michael, when you see the videos coming out of iran at this point, you see the protests are wide bread and across iran. some of the new images that we are seeing show government buildings that have been set on fire as well as banks. there are videos of nighttime protests where demonstrators have gone out in the street and chanting slogans. there is a lot of momentum around all of this. as you mentioned, the iranian government does have a ten ten say to crack down on these protests. there is one casualty so far. iranian opposition and protest sympathizers say there could be more. up to 10 people have lost their

lives, that is according to a local journalist in iran. and cnn cannot independently confirm that. but the videos do show that at some parts of the country these protests have grown and taken on a whole different kind of look, if you will. the supreme leader came out and said while he's not an expert, he supports and trusts the decision made by the government for this price hike. and that's really the spark that set all of this off. a substantial hike in the price of fuel in a country like iran. it is one of the top oil producers in the world. yet with winter right around the corner, people are going to be having to spend much more money on fuel for warmth with winter just right around the corner. so there is a lot of frustration out on the street. and the fact that people are

risking their lives to go out in the street and protest against the regime just goes to show you how far that frustration runs. >> yeah. true. gul there in istanbul. thank you so much. oil reserves and very little refining capacity. that's part of the party. the 2020 election is one year away. but the impeachment hearings of president trump right now. we will travel to the u.s. heartland. to find out. we will bring you that after the break. also, a rising tide in venice threatens more historic treasures. a live report from scott mcclain in venice when we come back.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn "newsroom". i'm michael holmes. i'm update you on the headlines now. in the impeachment inquiry, a white house budget official testifying saturday about who put a hold on military aid to ukraine. a source familiar with mark sandy's testimony said he didn't know why the aid was frozen but a trump political appointee insisted on taking hold of the account and signed documents to withhold the funding. a new iowa poll finds buttigieg surging to first

place. the iowa caucus was the first real test for democratic candidates on february 3rd. hong kong police say an officer has been hit with an arrow as they attempted to remove protesters from a university. he was wounded in the calf, as you can see, and taken to the hospital. all schools in hong kong will remain closed on monday. well, as the impeachment inquiry plays out on television and behind closed doors, the question remains whether the american voters will be swayed one way or the other or if they even care. ousted u.s. ambassador to ukraine issued a dire prediction if nothing changes. marie yovanovitch said she was targeted in a smear campaign and attacked via twitter while she testified. >> i remain disappointed that the department's leadership and

others have declined to acknowledge that the attacks against me and others are dangerously wrong. this is about far, far more than me or a couple of individuals. as foreign service professionals are being denigrated and undermin undermined, the institution is also being degraded. this will soon cause real harm, if it hasn't already. >> here's what wisconsin voters had to say. >> reporter: in the politically important state of wisconsin, we watched the impeachment hearing with six voters who were undecided about 2020. . >> do you think that this day was problematic for the president? >> it definitely opened doors, opens a lot more to discussion. >> reporter: each say they could go for republican or democrat in the next presidential election. regarding how this day went for the president. . >> i think it could have been a lot worse. and i was really -- i really

thought it would be a lot worse. >> they may have watched the same hearing but our group had different takes. >> i think that overall the testimony that ambassador taylor gave is making me think and doubt donald trump's intentions behind his actions. >> i think they have to have a lot higher evidence against him to think this was impeachable. >>. >> i feel like he's leaving a wave behind him of problem after problem after problem. >> how many of you were impressed with the witnesses? all of you. so you believe what they said. do any of you doubt what they said? yet not all of you think it was a bad day for the president. they said things that were pretty negative about the president.

>> they did. but they were only able to say what they heard or what they gleaned through multiple different venues. that's what i mean about the president not providing evidence to defend himself. >> that leads me to this question because you set it up very well. it's a catch-22, isn't it? the republicans are saying you don't have firsthand knowledge. but the trump administration is not letting people with firsthand knowledge testify? does that trouble you? >> yes. it remind me of the secret courts of russia where i was born. people during the soviet union time weren't able to bring witnesses forward because they might digs credit the government. >> if we heard all the evidence i think that would solidify the answer. >> do you think the white house is making a mistake by telling people they can't testify? . >> it is causing a problem certainly, as if they are covering up something or hiding

something. >> one person said she cold vote for a republican just not donald trump. they all say they will continue to watch the hearings. >> who was it a better day for, republicans or democrats? >> republicans. >> democrats. >> republicans. >> neither. >> neither. >> republicans. >> democrats. quick break in the program now. when we come back, venice on alert for more flooding and fierce winds. we're live in italy next. the flip-phone could be headed for a come back. how motorola looks to resurrect one of its iconic designs. turn on my tv and boom,

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now. give us a sense of the situation where you are. >> reporter: hey, michael. so we wanted to show you a bit of a different angle. we are in murano, famous for the glass that you often see in venetian tourist shops. you can see the water has already started to come up a bit. this flooded tuesday when the water hit its peak. this gentleman has a shop. he is expected to pump out the water as it starts to come up. remember, the flooding today, the tide will peak 160 centimeters above sea level, 20 centimeters beyond what they consider extraordinary flooding and not far off what they saw tuesday. john, i will get you to whip around the other way and show you how much they are experiencing already. we drove in this canal, this channel, and it is flooded all up and down the sidewalks here. one of the things that people in

venice and people here often have is flooding protection, the flooding doors that you see here that are meant to be water tight to keep water out. they can definitely deal with some level of flooding but not the level we are expected to see here. one of the things i wanted to show you is these bricks. it is built on solid stone, marble. but what is not supposed to get wet is these bricks. this is all saltwater, remember. yes, the water might come up and leave quite quickly. but what stays behind is the salt, which deteriorates some of the bricks. we were at st. mark's early this morning. the square is the lowest part of venice. it is under water already. there is water inside the basilica in the outer atrium area. they worry about this continual flooding that seems to be getting worse the last couple of years. it is eating away at some of

this precious marble. they are finding it hard to replace. obviously it's a costly repair bill when we are talking about a basilica 9 00 years old. the mayor said 30 years ago he didn't believe in climate change. today he says the evidence is undeniable. something needs to be done about it, he says. >> a lot of damage being done to priceless plates. we'll check in with you later. thank you, scott mcclain, in venice. details emerging about what could be the largest public offering. saudi aramco giving details to retail investors, giving them a chance to own a piece of the world's most profitable company. the range is below $10 a share. now, even if it prices at the lower end, it could still raise $24 billion, just shy of the 25 billion raised by alibaba, the world's biggest ever ipo.

john joins me live from london with more of this. what do you make of this price range with the oil joint? is it still ambitious? >> reporter: well, it is conservative compared to what the original range was. we could get them into the number one category on two different measurements here. let's take a look first at the evaluations. if they go out as planned, it would be 1.6 to 1.7 trillion dollars. original target was $2 trillion. it is, and this is something i've been talking about the last few months, it is still at the high end of 1.5. if they get to the higher end they can beat alibaba at $25.4 billion. originally the crown prince was looking at $2 trillion to list in london, asia.

this is limited to riyadh. it will be 1.5% of the overall company. half a percent will go to saudi investors. they have until december 4th to make all of their decisions. the price on the 5th. we know the crown prince wants to get this out the door before the end of 2019 because it's been delayed several times. nothing you can't question at all about aramco. it's a profit machine. $68 billion for the first three-quarters of 2019, although that is slowing down from the pace we saw a year before. >> john, thank you. appreciate that. well, are people ready to flip over foldable phones? you remember samsung released its galaxy phone. now a phone from the past is getting a smartphone makeover. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer,

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ask your doctor about ibrance. welcome back. a favorite from 15 years ago is back. motorola updating its razr phone for the next generation. we look back at the famous

flip-phone. >> remember, hello moto? and the super cool flip-phones which looked like they were sent from back to the future. the original cutting-edge razr was reinvention which starred in movies like "my best friend's wedding." >> turn back the clock even further and moat row la sold walkie-talkies. fast forward a few decades and it went on to pioneer cell phones. yes, those big bricks citibankers loved to lug around. from big to small, it was 20 years ago that they shrank their phones to the palm of your hand. put it all together and the in carnations of famous designs they hope they will be making a big come back. >> hello, m on to.

that was then. this is now. technology columnist, "washington post". good to see you again, sir. it was a household name back in the day. that first razr. what happened and will this recapture the mask? is it a disruptor? >> yeah. well, 2004 is back. a lot of people are very happy about that. what did happen to motorola? this other little thing came along called the iphone. and then all of a sudden everybody said, whoa, we want smartphones. motorola held onto the razr design a little bit too long and the rest of the industry and the world moved on without it. pretty much every cell phone in the world looks something like an iphone. a long piece of glass with a

screen on it. moat row la said can we use the new technology to break things up again. >> in reading your article in the "washington post", this is a folding phone that goes completely flat without a visible crease. what are the concerns, though -- and i have read a few, things like battery life, processor, no real idea of the durability of hinges and so on. what other pluses and minuses? >> yeah. i think the big question mark for everybody is how well is this new foldable screen technology going to hold up over time. this is not the first phone that has used it. the first that came to market was galaxy fold by samsung. folks who follow the tech world might remember it had some problems. they want to pull back on their original release of it. when they finally came out with it, when i got my hands on a

review, it came with all of these warnings. keep it away from sand, keep it out of pockets and keys. so motorola has all the same kind of questions with this new flip phone design. what happens if you take it to the beach? what will happen after year two if you open and snap it shut over and over again. >> who is the target consumer then? these things are not cheap. >> yeah. this is where the real problems comes in for most folks. it will cost 1,500 u.s. dollars, about twice the price of iphone 11 and twice the price of the original raz rbac in the day. most phones that cost that much

are high end luxury devices. . this phone doesn't really have fancy features. so i think for now it will be more of a niche device, for people who want that pull they can get from having the retro look again. i think the general idea is kind of right here, right? that phones are too big now. it would be good to fit in our pockets again. >> i like the idea. you touched on my next question. where is apple on a foldable? missing the boat or waiting and

seeing? >> they haven't done much with the iphone the last couple of years. yeah, they have added nice new things to the camera, but they really haven't, you know, pushed the al ga rhythm. it is known for refining a market and figuring out how to make a high-end product. there is nothing in the immediate future. it could come if they start to nip away at them with these folding screen designs. >> going to be interesting. good luck to razr, good old motorola. i thought they were around. so good luck to them. jeffrey fowler with the "washington post", always a pleasure. good to see you. >> you bet. the singer john legend is the sexiest man alive. one rap legend said they have it wrong. snoop dogg posting this photo

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another day, another look at what's being said behind closed doors on capitol hill. one name keeps coming up. >> not warren, not biden, not sanders. buttigieg is leading the pack. and putting it all on the line. government workers in hong kong speaking out about police brutality. an interview you will see here only on cnn. live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. cnn "newsroom" starts right now.