♪ >> new reaction from former vice president joe biden after wall street journal report claims president trump repeatedly asked ukrainian president to investigate his son hunter's business deal negotiation the country, hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm arthel nfl. -- neville. >> as you know right now former vice president joe biden remains front runter in democratic primary and man o man, he had

harsh words, if this report is true, he says it's, quote, clear-cut corruption. >> i know what i'm up against, i know what i'm up against, a serial abuser, abuses power everywhere he can and he sees any threat to his stain in power, he'll do whatever he has to do but this crosses the line. eric: hi, peter. >> eric, former vp has been on site here for a couple of hours, finally on stage, there's an estimated 9,000 or so democrats in attendance, they are hearing from 19 different people but joe biden, of course, at the top of the heat and right now the president and the president focusing on joe biden saying

somebody needs to investigate this, so i asked the former vice president joe biden how many times he has spoken about foreign business deals and this is what he said? >> i've never spoke to my son, i know trump deserves to be investigated, he is violating every basic norm of a president, you should be asking him the question why on the phone of a foreign leader trying to intimidate a foreign leader if that's what happened, abuse of power in every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. >> that's not consistent entirely with the interview that hunter biden gave in july to the new yorker where they say hunter recalled his father discussed ukraine oil company at the heart of the issue with him just once,

that said, i hope that you know what you are doing and i said, i do, so the former vice president says they never talked, his son told the new yorker a couple of months before this really blew up they did talk once, we still haven't heard from hunter since the president took him on directly, eric. eric: probably more clarifications on that. busy day on the campaign trail, what else is going on? >> cory booker actually here actually with warning, he said if he does not raise $1.7 million in the next 10 days he thinks he might have to leave the race. >> we may not have as much money as some of the folks who are raising more than us, but we've got more heart, we've got more hype, we've got more hope and we are going to show them what the future of the democratic party looks like. [cheers and applause] >> booker insist that is asking for $1.7 million in a week and a

half is not a fundraising stunt and his campaign manager posted on social media a little while ago, they've raised more than a hundred thousand dollars of the $1.7 million goal that they say will help him stay in the race for more than a week and a half, eric. >> thanks so much. meanwhile as you said senator corey, could he be on the ropes, 17 2020 democrats making pitches to voters and one making the push to give joe biden a run for his money, take a look at the figures, according to real clear politics average of polls, senator elizabeth warren is gaining ground on the front runner, she is up 9% since june, significantly cutting into mr. biden's lead, so what about biden and booker, national political reporter for the philadelphia inquirer, jonathan, senator warren gaining traction, would that bang into biden or support from the progressive wing, specifically from bernie sanders?

>> well, i think honestly she's going after both of them, she's a threat to both of them. she is as you pointed out a potential alternative -- liberal alternative to joe biden and it's rising up, she competes with sanders, her and sanders are drawn from different audiences, warren seems to be affluent, more highly educated and sanders people from people of color, less educated, people who are normally less interested in politics but she's rising up as challenge to joe biden as candidate who has drawn more passion at rallies, at her events and is the kind of forward-looking ideas candidate right now where joe biden is the candidate of stability and returning to democrat as normal presidency. eric: what do you think the impact is if eventually is any with the president raising hunter biden's situation even e

hunter biden had been cleared by investigators of any wrongdoing and the president -- vice president calls it a spear by the trump campaign. >> the trump campaign wants this issue to be talked about in the news, even though all of the accusations have been debunked or -- there hasn't been any evidence found to be behind them but the president is great at finding weaknesses or promoting weaknesses of his opponents and hammering over and over again, at the same time this is something that raises an issue of the president's conduct once again of him using office for own political gain that could certainly cut against the president and the biden camp is pushing back very aggressive and more aggressively than we saw hillary clinton push back in 2016 when her e-mail scandal became something that hung over her campaign for pretty much the entirety of the race. eric: we are looking at the former vice president speaking live in iowa out in the campaign, you're right, maybe they are taking a page from what

hillary went through and at the same time you mentioned the president man oman, the democrats are going after him in the phone call with the ukrainian president acting him as the vice president said abusing power to try to get the ukrainian president to interfere politically by investigating biden's season, of course, the president said what he talked about was totally appropriate. do you think this could boomerang on the president? >> it could. democrats have made the case that he has abused his power, he has abused it for his own political gain, his own financial gain, and members to have military, vice president stay at his golf resorts, the one thing where i'm not sure whether it will affect the president is that i think that there are a lot of people who dislike the president's behavior and they've decided on this and so i don't know how much additional incidents -- how many people are left to sway when it comes to the president's behavior, a lot of people have decided whether they like him or don't like him and i'm not sure

one more controversy, how many views that changes. eric: as we said earlier senator cory booker sent out tweet, he's been raising money, at some point the democratic field has to windle down, here is the tweet from the senator, this isn't end of quarter stunt, under the hood of campaign of level of transparency unprecedented and presidential politics, they need money, if they don't get more pun like 9 days they say they are running out. look, in new jersey, look, the incumbent senator from new york, joe biden way ahead of elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and incumbent senators want to hit 9%, maybe they want him to stay as senator, do you think he's a real scare, he says it's not a stunt, do you think he could be one of the next to drop out, if the money isn't coming you can't keep up campaign?

>> i mean, his campaign manager was on the call to the press today and clear that if they don't get the money, they don't think they can continue, they don't think they'll have resources that have the race or campaign that can be run through tend of the year and into primary states into the next year, look, if it does turn out to be a stunt, he will lose a lot of credibility, he said explicitly that he needs the money and to put in perspective how much he's trying to raise, he got in the race by february and the end of june had raised $9.6 million, he's looking to get 20% of that now in the next ten days, a pretty big lift, but, he's gotten a a lot review for debate performances, he hasn't gotten traction in either fundraising or polling as you saw even in new jersey and so it does seem like this could be a make or break moment for him. eric: we will see, he has made a name for himself, we will see how his campaign goes, jonathan

of the philadelphia inquirer as always, thanks, jonathan. >> thanks for having me. eric: of course. arthel: iran ramps up its rhetoric threatening, quote, all-out war, strikes following last weekend's attacks on saudi arabian oil facilities, we have fox news team coverage on this. trey yngst in middle east bureau, we will start with garrett in washington. >> this is just the first step the u.s. is taking in response to these attacks that says iran is likely responsible for, defense officials are also stressing that this move is defensive in nature and meant to deter iran and proxies from carrying out any additional attacks, the exact details of who and what will be deployed are being worked out this week, air and missile defense units as

well as hundreds of u.s. soldiers adding to 70,000 deployed to the region. president trump said he hopes iran will do its part and take steps to make militant behavior. >> the easiest thing i can do, i can do it while you're here which i said, go ahead, fellow, go do it, knock out 15 different major things in iran, i can do that and all set to go, it's all set to go, but i'm not looking to do that if i can. >> the latest move by the pentagon is, again, raising concerns here at home and abroad that the u.s. is moving closer to a potential war with the iranian regime and lawmakers in both parties are urging the president to be cautious to avoid that. >> i think that the united states needs to be rightly weary of getting involved militarily,

this is clearly saudi arabia's, that is their fight, an issue that we can support them in. >> my concern here is they become a trip wire, that they may be deployed in a very dangerous part of saudi arabia and the uae and become a trip wire and therefore draws into a fighting war with iran. >> all this, of course, taking place just days ahead of un assembly where no meetings are expected to take place between the u.s. and iran, arthel. >> all right, garrett tenney, thank you very much. >> no one is watching iran closely than iran especially israel with response of tehran and tray yangst. >> hi, there, eric, strong rhetoric today by the iranian regime as they say they will destroy anyone who attacks iran, iran's top general in the revolutionary guard said today at ceremony these remarks as he

was displaying pieces of american drone that was shut down in june by iran, his forces carried out war exercises this weekend and are prepared for any scenario. he added that anyone who crosses iranian borders will be hit. >> a limited invasion will not remain limited, we punish and proven it before, we will not stop until the destruction of any aggressor and we will not leave out any secure spot, do not miscalculate and do not make a mistake. >> the comments come after announcement on friday that more u.s. troops heading to middle east following missile strike on saudi arabian oil plant. mark said that forces will be deployed to saudi arabia and uae for defense purposes only. both americans and saudi arabians believe iran is behind the oil plant attack leading

trump administration to target central bank, iranian delegation is in new york city preparing for general assembly, hassán rouhani and will not be president trump. eric: will be asked if secretary mike pompeo tomorrow, the secretary of state is john roberts guest, john is in for chris wallace, we will talk and asked about trump strategy on middle east fox news sunday here on fox news channel, you can also check local listings for the local time and the fox tv station where you live. arthel. arthel: all right, eric, breaking news in fight against terror, police in greece have arrested suspect in the death of an american navy diver during hijacking of twa flight 847 in

1985, you'll remember terrorists took control of the flight heading from athens to rome leading to 17-day stand off, the hijackers had demand release of hundreds of lebanese shiite prisoners in custody. the other people on board were released in stages, officials say the unnamed suspect was arrested thursday when he disembarked from a cruise ship. eric: that is wonderful, 39 years later shows that america will track you down if you kill one of ours, we will have more on that story and breaking news as we get it. there's a major chain banning e-cigarettes, the number of lung illnesses related to vaping, well, that's increasing, some areas down south recovering from flooding, worst than hurricane harvey two years ago.

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arthel: severe flooding in parts of texas forcing evacuations an reviving memories of hurricane harvey, the reminiscence of tropical storm imelda blamed for at least 5 deaths as emergency crews go door to door to rescue people trapped by the rising flood waters, casey steigel in texas with the latest. >> arthel, according to national weather service, the numbers shake out, this will be the seventh wettest tropical depression on record, it dumped so much rain, 30 miles east of houston where the heaviest rain actually fell east and north of metro houston and you can see days later this road back here in this neighborhood is still totally submerged and there are some homes in the lower elevations that have water inside, now, also want to show you pretty democratic video of damage that happened further

east of us to interesting 10 bridges, both the east and westbound lanes, two barges slammed into the concrete pilings after they broke free from their san jacinto river during height of the storm a few days ago, there's no timeline in terms of when the road will be reopened but engineers examining it for structural damage and so many people that we have talked to since we've been on the ground hearsay this brings up painful memories of harvey 2 years ago. >> we've got flooded in harvey last year, year and a half ago and we got about 2-inches in our house, my house was the last house to flood. so they used my driveway, my yard as boat ramp to pull everybody out from the back. >> now, remember, how i talked about it being worse further

east, beumont with 45-inches in just 48 hours, local officials estimate that more than a thousand homes and more than 250 businesses in beaumont alone have gone under water and a lot of the folks recovering from harvey and takes so long for the recovery as you well know, arthel, for them to be hit with this and now a lot are just starting back from square one again arthel: yes, and the emotional toll is definitely there. >> incredible. eric: well, wal-mart announcing it will stop selling e-cigarettes, fda are lunching criminal investigation into what is causing people to become

sick, mark meredith from washington. >> the number of people getting sick from vape asking on the rise as officials in missouri announced a new death believed to be tie today vaping, fda says also launched criminal probe into the matter, the missouri case brings the total number of vaping-related cases to 8, cdc has 535 confirmed and probably cases of lung injuries and impacting at least 38 states an one u.s. territory, health officials say so far there's no one single e-cigarette vaping product or brand that's been tie today this health emergency, the cdc calls a complex investigation but that is found vast majority of the people who are getting sick are men between the ages of 18 and 34. retail giant wal-mart announced friday it plans to stop selling e-cigarettes, the arkansas-base retailer says it it no longer stock after finishing with

inventory. given federal, state regulatory complexity regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue to sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at wal-mart and sam's location, some lawmakers say congress not just corporate america should do more about dangers of e-cigarettes. >> it's unfortunate that it takes so many people to get sick and even die across this country before we really pay the kind of attention that we should, we need to get these products out of the hand of our kids and we need to do it now, we are going to be working tirelessly to make sure that we keep these products out of the hands of our young -- >> congressional subcommittee will hold hearings on public health threats of e-cigarettes next week, this as trump administration works to formalize proposed ban on all nontobacco flavors including mint and menthyl.

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hunt. >> i don't know the identity of the whistleblower, i just hear it's a partisan person, i can say it was a totally appropriate conversation, it was actually a beautiful conversation and this is no different than -- the press has had a bad week with justice kavanaugh and all of those ridiculous charges, so this is another one, keep playing it up because you will look really bad when it falls -- >> democrats say they have questions about quid pro quo and they want to know whether president trump and allies tried to get a foreign leader to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid, the whistleblower come paint is said to be from intelligence officials with two sources familiar with the matter and based on series of events including a phone call on july 25th between president trump and the president of ukraine. according to wall street journal in a july phone call president trump pressured ukraine's president to investigate former

vice president joe biden's son to work with personal attorney to look into the former vice president, rudy giuliani suggested that push and then fire the then country's prosecutor general was dirty and related to that prosecutor's investigation into a gas company where the younger biden was on the board of directors, that's a claim that biden adamantly denies. >> one single credit outlet has given any credibility to his assertion, not one single one and so i have no comment except the president -- >> biden is now calling on president trump to release the transcript of that phone call between the ukrainian president and mr. trump. arthel. >> all right, ellison barber, thank you so much. >> eric. eric: the united nations hosting first ever youth climate summit in new york city, comes one day

after mass climate change protests occurred throughout the world. the summit today giving the young people a chance to present their solutions and engage with discussion makers and start here in new york once again on monday, jacqui heinrich in news room with more on what is going on at the un. >> hey, eric, more than 7,000 people ranging from 18 to 29 year's ole applied to attend the summit and chance to showcase solutions for climate change and also push for funding for projects that curve global warming, a day after estimated 4 million people took to the strengths by the thousands in cities and towns across the world striking for climate action, those protests believed to be a record-setter for having so many youth protesting at once. in new york estimated 60,000 people marched through lower manhattan and children excused to put punish on government and

companies, today young speakers around the world joins 6-year-old british activist who spear headed the movement. >> yesterday millions of people across the globe marched and demanded real climate action especially young people, we showed that we -- we are united and that we young people are unstoppable. >> chief among their concerns catastrophic loss of life of global temperatures rise more than 2.7-degrees, they want to shift away from foos sill fuels and toward clean energy, stop deforestation, protection for the world's oceans and more sustain.

>> they are the main victims. indeed, a question of justice and the question of fairness in the way the global economy is organized and the way power is distributed. >> the young secretary general has push today countries to come and push for emissions on 2050. eric: top at the agenda at the un. arthel: most of them in brazil, wild fairs happen every year during dry season, brazilian's government has been scrutinized, currently there have have been 0 fires, flames affecting indigenous people and 3 million plants and animals, environmental groups could have responded faster and should have accepted more help, one example

brazil refusing to accept a 20 million-dollar package from 6 of the g7 countries to fight the fires, the united states did not back the plan, joining me now richard solis, thank you so much for being here on the set with us all you all well know candidate who is now president he campaigned campaign promise was to destroy and develop some of the rain forest to boost brazil's struggling economy and since he took office in january, nine months ago deforest ration rates in the amazon have nearly doubled, 30,000 fires in the month of august, 3 times more of fires reported in 2018 one year ago, so how is it that your president can call the reports of this lies, he promised to do this? >> well, first he didn't promise to destroy the forest, he said they would develop the region in order to bring people for level

of economic development to live in prosperity like the rest of the country. it's quite different than destroying. on the other hand, members were busy compared to last year, last year more humid, more rain, this year it's dryer and hotter, completely different scenario, it's completely different thing. the government responded in a very intensive way by degree called the guarantied the law order environmental way that almost 40,000 military forces, 120,000 cars and airplanes, everything was -- arthel: but the criticism is he didn't do enough or fast enough. the purpose to boost the economy, help the local farmers if you have other countries withholding tens of millions of dollars in aid, boycott in brazilian beef or refuse to go buy brazilian leather, isn't severely damaging if not destroying but severely damaging the rain forest

counterproductive? >> no, not severely damaging the forest, the fact that people are there and need to have an opportunity. arthel: excuse me, why am i upset frankly about seeing the rain forest on fire, 30,000 fires in august, why is this not a big deal? >> president evo morales authorizing them to put fire because they really want to do so, it's a completely different thing, africa is on fire, alaska is on fire, yesterday epa administrator told me he was impressed by the move, so the things are completely different, one thing is the fact that we see and other that we disclaim worldwide. arthel: so no culpability on the part of candidate bolsanero. >> it's a seasonal part. arthel: seasonal problems because of the environment, i understand that, then there's also purposely burning parts of the rain forest for economic

purposes. >> that's true, that's true. that's why on purpose fires which is not 100% of the fires that's part of that it's being attacked by the decree that the president enacted. he's putting the whole military forces to work against it, no one had ever did it before, 2004 we had triple this year the number of fires. arthel: so what he's doing is completely okay? >> no, we are not saying it's okay, we are saying that we can do at this moment he's doing huge effort he's able to do. arthel: is it too little too late? >> it's not too late, the fires came up, there's a legal procedure to use the military forces internal territory and respond as quick as possible in this manner. we didn't refuse the g20 -- the g7 help. arthel: why are they saying, why would they say?

>> the government in a appropriate way, the government said that we received the help but we will decide how to use it. arthel: you don't have time really when you have the rain forest burning in a blaze. here is the question, can you or i breathe without our lungs? yes or no? >> of course, we cannot. arthel: the amazon is the planet's lungs. >> it's not true. the planet is like sitting in the car in a garage engine running for hours, garage doors closed and you die of carbon dioxide. >> completely wrong concept. it's being consumed by the forest itself, completely wrong concept that amazon is the lung of the world, but it is important and brazil knows it must be preserved and we are doing so. arthel: what can be done now?

>> brazil is the only country that's fulfilling the commit mipts in the paris agreement as opposed to other countries that have scrutinized us -- >> arthel: are they in the paris agreement? >> we are. arthel: organized conglomeration if you will to protect the rain forest? >> we need help to do that terms of financials. people need to bring the resources that they promised when the paris agreement were signed at the time. arthel: who is not living up to that? >> developed countries who promised $100 billion each year to developing countries. arthel: okay. >> we are still waiting for that. arthel:i appreciate your coming here onset to talk with us and i know that president bolsanora will address the assembly next week and i'm hoping he can provide clarification as you did

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>> the juvenile, adult? >> no, it's adults. >> i'm sorry, very upsetting. >> very upsetting indeed, a call made by umpire, just 13 year's old, little league game and the video went viral. the specific incident in area involving a 13-year-old umpire, the coach is unhappy with what josh was doing behind the plate and one of -- wanted him to change the call and josh said he's not going to change the call, of course, the next thing you know the parents are at each other. >> president of the national association of sports officials says that disrespect and even attacks against officials are only getting worse. >> not a week goes by that we do not feel the call in our offices from one of our members or even a nonmember sometimes having to do with behavior. >> in fact, organization surveys

to find out what has been going on. >> 13% has been assaulted being official and 14% have feared for safety, 57% had to break up a scrimmage between players in a contest and 64% had to reject a spectator because of unsporting like behavior. >> i love the spirit of the game, it's a true game. >> bob player has been a high school baseball you umpire for 4 years on long island new york. >> sportsmanship over the past several years is getting much worse in the field, something that you almost deal with every game in every single game. >> he's dealt with share of bad behavior from parents but says he will never give up dream job. >> a couple of years i was doing series and after my crew was walking off the field we had beer cans thrown at us and fathers berating us while we are

getting changed. it's a violation. >> bob concerned about the few hour of sports officialuating, they both see umpires quitting more and more every year. >> i think the verbal physical attacks a big part, when everyone resigns from my organization i always reach out to them, are you moving out are you -- what's the problem, i just can't take it anymore. it's just not worth it. eric: unbelievable. arthel: that's horrible, new report on student debt showing many graduates leaving school deep in the red, so what can be done about it?

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eric: student loan debt has been hitting new high, data from annual study finds out that graduate while, guess what, $29,000 in the hole even before they land their first job, that happens to be up 2% from their peers in 2017. so what can you do if you owe all the big bucks, president chief investment officer, dominic, we hear a lot about student debt, how bad is it? >> i like to kind of put my arms around it so people comprehend this and if we look at the total amount of credit card debt by

every single resident, 300 million people in the country, every single resident. every single wallet, every single credit card, everybody in the entire country $1 trillion. student debt one and a half trillion dollars. our kids owe more than 50% of all the credit card debt in the entire country. eric: how did we get there, how did we allow that to happen? >> we started a long time ago, 1-year education is very important, if you graduate, your potential earnings going forward are going to be greater, a wonderful path, let's provide financing, kids have to borrow, in the end it'll be worth it, kids borrowed, borrowed, borrowed and borrowed. and they have deep in a hole today. eric: if you are one of those and dealing with it, how do you get out of that hole? >> it's tremendously -- around 30,000, less than 30,000 is the average, we know how that works,

some cases a lot more, so most of the time $30,000 a debt is kind of large number but you can pay that off, good job, monthly payments, 2 or $300 a month, you budget and pay it out, you have people with quarter million dollar plus in debt, they may never get out of it. eric: they keep on paying -- >> affects their lifestyles, ability to buy home, ability to start a family, what kind of job they take, where do they take the job, we really have to start at the grassroots of their problem and solving it going forward and figuring. eric: nikki haley may run for president, look, she's taking on this issue, there's a recent tweet saying that schools have an obligation to respond to this problem and senator bernie sanders and congresswoman have proposal to get rid of student debt around the country, here is what they have said about it

recently. >> bottom line, we should not be punishing people for getting a higher education, it is time to hit the reset button, under the proposal that we introduced today, all student debt would be canceled in 6 months. >> the children of donald trump aren't asking or taking up student loans, canceling student debt is a problem of the poor and the middle class not of the rich. eric: so any answers? >> this sounds great, you're sitting in a mic, wonderful story. they paid that debt, right, and so taxpayers having to foot the bill for the other people that's a hard pill to swallow, i think conceptually it sounds great but i don't think it's going to fly hard.

eric: issue that we will hope for answers -- good to see you for answers -- good to see you and we will be right back with more news in a moment. thanks to sofi, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel as of 12pm today, i am debt free ♪ not owing anyone anything is the best feeling in the world, i cannot stop smiling about it ♪

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company when they were really in trouble, almost out of business. they were bankrupt. and now i think what we see are the workers saying this is a highly profitable company. some of those concessions we gave to help you get through that trouble, we think we ought to have some consideration. we ought to have some job security. arthel: the walk-out could affect consumers soon, especially with the closure of distribution warehouses for general motors parts. eric: president trump expected to address the issue of iran at the united nations this coming week. and he's doing something about its suspected aggression. the u.s. deploying additional troops and military equipment to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates following last weekend's attacks on saudi arabian oil facilities. welcome to brand new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: the pentagon upping the number of american forces in the

region after tehran threaten quote all out war in the event of a military strike. president trump levelling new sanctions on the iranian central bank. while he says he's not immediately inclined to authorize a retaliatory strike on the regime, he left the door open yesterday for a military response down the line. >> i think the strong person's approach and the thing that does show strength would be showing a little bit of restraint. much easier to do it the other way. it's much easier. and iran knows if they misbehave, they're on borrowed time. arthel: let's get more details from garrett tenney who is live in washington. >> this weekend the pentagon is working out the details of who and what will be deployed but defense officials are stressing that this is all defensive in nature. will include air and missile defense units as well as hundreds of u.s. troops adding to the roughly 70,000 american troops already deployed to the region. the u.s. is also maintaining its

maximum pressure campaign against iran on the economic front. on friday, the white house announced new sanctions against iran's national bank, claiming the u.s. has now cut off all sources of funding to iran, something president trump touted at a joint press conference with australia's prime minister. >> these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country. we've never done it to this level. and it's too bad what's happening with iran. it is going to hell, doing poorly. they are practically broke. they are broke, and they could solve the problem very easily. all they have to do is stop with the terror. >> u.s. officials argue the string of recent attacks by iran and its allies is proof that the maximum pressure campaign is working and that the regime is now lashing out. but that aggressive behavior is why lawmakers in both parties are concerned that adding more u.s. troops to the region increases the chances of the u.s. getting pulled into a war

against tehran. speaker nancy pelosi is suggesting the white house will face heavy resistance here at home if the president tries to carry out any kind of military action without approval from congress. >> he knows there's no appetite in our country to go to war. we're paying a price for one of the biggest mistakes in our history, going into iraq, and now we're in this war in afghanistan because we neglected it to go into iraq. >> -- also why the u.s. is trying to build an international coalition against iran, though, that effort has been difficult because many of our european allies are still trying to negotiate with iran to keep the nuclear deal alive. arthel? arthel: garrett tenney, thank you. >> here's what i know. i know trump deserves to be investigated. he's violating -- [inaudible].

eric: that's former vice president biden in iowa this morning responding the reports that president trump repeatedly pressured ukraine's president to investigate his son hunter biden during a phone call. the president says though he acted appropriately and you know all this stems from the secret whistle-blower's complaint over some alleged promise made between the president and an unnamed foreign leader, but reports are also saying that whistle-blower didn't even hear their phone call conversation directly. so there's a lot to unpack here. ellison barber live at the white house with the very latest developments. hi, ellison >> hey, eric. a whole lot of back and forth. this is already becoming a stand off between the trump administration and congressional democrats. democratic congressmen and the chairman of the house intelligence committee schiff says the acting director of national intelligence is withholding the whistle-blower's complaint from congress because of potential privilege. schiff and other democrats says congress has the legal right to see the complaint and they are preparing for him to testify on capitol hill this coming week. all of this has led to a new

call for impeachment from some on the left. former vice president joe biden saying this earlier today. >> depending on what the house finds, he could be impeached but i'm not making that judgment now. the house should investigate it. the house should investigate this. this appears to be an overwhelming abuse of power. to get on the phone with a foreign leader, who is looking for help from the united states, and ask about me and imply things, if that's what happened, that appears to be what happened, we know that's what giuliani did. this is outrageous. you have never seen anything like this from any president. >> president trump has dismissed the whistle-blower complaint as a political hack job. this morning twheeted this, quote -- he tweeted this, quote now that the democrats and fake news media have gone bust on every other of their witch hunt schemes they are trying to start as ridiculous as the others.

will fail again. a phone call on july 25th between president trump and the president of the ukraine, according to the "wall street journal," in a july phone call, president trump pressured ukraine's president zelenskiy to investigate former vice president joe biden's son and urged him to work with president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani to look into the former vice president. all that stemming from claims and questions in what joe biden pressed for in regards to corruption in ukraine when he was vice president and his son's ties to a gas company that was under investigation at the time. president trump has called all of these fabricated reports as it pertains to him and whistle-blower. he said he had a routine conversation with the ukrainian leader. vice president joe biden is calling on the white house to release a transcript of that phone call from july. eric? eric: ellison, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: meanwhile, on the campaign trail, democrats running for president are

spending the weekend in iowa, 17 candidates are attending the polk county steak fry today. peter doocy is live in des moines where a lot is happening. go ahead, peter. >> lots happening, arthel. some of the loudest applause here at the polk county demes steak fry was for pete buttigieg who continues trying to define himself and explain where it is that he falls in a field that goes all the way from democratic socialist to moderate democrat. >> people in my life have been saved by obama care and killed by the opioid crisis. my family's finances were rescued by medicare but pressured by six figure student debt. the course of my life was altered by the orders that sent me to a foreign war, and my marriage hangs on the balance of a single vote in the united

states supreme court. >> kamala harris came here a few days after her campaign insisted she is going to spend half of october in iowa, aiming for a strong top three finish. >> i don't know if you guys heard, i'm planning on moving to iowa. [laughter] >> oh, it's great to be back. >> though many candidates are trying to show strength, but cory booker is open. he's trying to be vulnerable, explaining that if his campaign does not raise 1.7 million dollars in the next week and a half, he may have to make a tough decision about the likelihood of him winning the nomination. >> won't have the resources to run a winning campaign unless we raise about 1.7 million dollars, and so this is the defining moment of my campaign. if people want my voice in this race, they want me to be a part of this fight, if they believe in me, please don't wait.

we need your help right now. >> booker's campaign says they have already made more than $100,000 towards that 1.7 million dollar goal, and the steak fry continues in the rain. you can see tulsi gabbard is on stage behind us. arthel? arthel: very good, peter. thank you very much. eric? eric: at least five people are dead after tropical storm imelda unleashed torrential rain in east texas that caused flooding. rescue crews are going door-to-door, trying to evacuate hundreds of people who have been trapped by the rising floodwaters. the damage in some places echos the devastation that we saw during hurricane harvey there two years ago. we are live on the ground in texas, with the very latest on the issue there. hi, casey. >> hey, eric. i can't believe first of all just when i hear hurricane harvey two years ago, it seems

almost like yesterday we were standing not far from here, reporting on that natural disaster, and all too familiar of a feeling this go around which was not a hurricane but just a system that sat here and dumped so much rain, and now this area is in recovery mode. you can see the intersection in this neighborhood back here of huffman, texas, is still under water. we've been showing that to you all day. although since we have been here, we've watched it recede gradually. but in the lower-lying areas, an awful lot of homes are still under water, and it is going to take a bit of time before they're able to dry out. now, we want to tell you that further east of here and north of here is where the heaviest rains fell, like in the communities of where we are and over in beaumont, port arthur texas where more than 2 feet of rain came down in 48 hours. can you imagine?

2 feet in isolated spots, and as we said, sadly so many went through this just two years ago. >> overwhelmed. we actually, my son and my daughter, both living here, my daughter has about 3 or 4 foot in her house. my son has 2 foot in his house. >> another big item to update you on, nine barges broke loose from their moorings during the height of the storm this week and sailed down the san jacinto river, two of those vessels ended up striking both the east and westbound bridges of interstate 10, a major u.s. interstate and major artery running east and west connecting cities like beaumont and houston and others. the u.s. coast guard says that structural damage is being assessed, but that major roadway, both directions, will be shut down for sometime, especially if there was a lot of damage, and they've got to make

repairs. so that's going to cause some big traffic headaches, even well after the water is gone. eric? eric: yeah, casey, unimaginable, getting hit again, just like you said, just seemed like yesterday. >> it really is. eric: arthel? arthel: eric, a tour bus crashed near a park in southern utah leaves at least four people dead and five others in critical condition. officials say the crash happened yesterday morning when the bus rolled off the road and slammed into a guardrail. a total of 31 people were on board. an investigation into why the crash happened is underway. eric: one day after their worldwide protests, young activists are now at the united nations, demanding bold action to combat climate change. what these leaders, young leaders are calling for, and what they want, straight hade. -- ahead. utter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell.

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eric: 13 marines at camp pendleton have been charged with connection of a human smuggling operation. it all started after two marines were arrested for picking up at least three undocumented immigrants close to the southern border back in july. all 13 now are facing a range of charges under military law including endangerment, larceny

and perjury. it's just another political hack job. it doesn't matter what i discuss, but i will say this, somebody ought to look into joe biden's statement because it was disgraceful. arthel: that's president trump firing back at the reports that he pressured ukraine's president to investigate joe biden's son hunter and his business dealings in that country. meanwhile, house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff is calling for an investigation into the whistle-blower's claim that the president made an unspecified promise to a foreign leader. >> it's hard for me to imagine something that essential to the mission of the director of national intelligence wouldn't involve a matter of the gravest national security. now, again, inspector general found these allegations credible, but he had only 14 days to investigate them, so they deserve a thorough investigation. that's what we're intent on doing and come hell or high water, that's what we will do. arthel: our legal panel, former

new york state assistant attorney general and former senior investigative council for the house oversight and reform committee and former u.s. attorney in georgia and partner in a law firm. let's talk about the law, guys. let's go down the line here and michael, i will start with you. is it legal for the doj or the white house to block the whistle-blower's information from getting to congress? >> i think that's going to be a tough road for them to go down. you've got to realize that apparently there was some determination made that there was some urgency with the report, and that means that it needs to be shared with congress. and so we'll see if in fact that information is put out. this administration has used to their full advantage claims of executive privilege. last week we had testimony about conversations with a candidate that was cast in terms of executive privilege. that's what they are trying to do here. they have done that to some success in all candor because

perhaps we hadn't had the will to call their hand on it. so they should be turning over the information. this is something that the house does have overnight in, and they need to look deeper into the allegations of the whistle-blower complaint. arthel: chris, if the president of the united states is not directly involved or implicated, is the info provided by the whistle-blower protected under executive privilege or does the law prevent the release of a transcript of a conversation that the president says was totally appropriate? >> well the transcript part of your question is a good one, and that depends really -- the president of the united states is the ultimate classification, the person who determines classification. obviously he's the person who is allegedly involved. i actually think and i agree with michael in terms of this is not an entirely clear area, but i think the way around this and i heard congressman schiff, congressman schiff, the intelligence committee, or the oversight committee, could issue a subpoena for the individual who allegedly made this complaint, not even necessarily

and this is an important distinction, i have seen it discussed i have heard it discussed about the report itself, what does this person actually allege? one way you can also get that information is subpoena the person who supposedly made this complaint and talk to them about it. the house intelligence committee could subpoena the individual and possibly get at the information that way as well. arthel: would his id be revealed at that point, and really thus far, subpoenas, congressional subpoenas haven't really produced anything, chris? >> you're absolutely right, arthel. congressional subpoenas to the administration, they've fought them. but this would be a subpoena to this individual who allegedly made the complaint, so he would be the recipient of the subpoena, and in some ways it could be considered a friendly subpoena, where they would subpoena him, and he would cooperate. so in terms of the identity of the whistle-blower, congress can't guarantee that they could protect that person's identity, no, but ultimately i don't think anybody could in the long run. arthel: michael, so the ig,

michael at kinson is appointed by president trump, he met with the house intel committee on thursday, and the inspector general told lawmakers that the complaint was based on, quote, a series of events, but he declined to provide the substance of the complaint or whether it involved the president. so does this follow the law? >> i think that's going to be a question of how hard the intelligence community wants to push the envelope here. we're in unchartered watters. think about how incredible it is we can repeat this to ourselves that is the president of the united states has asked a foreign power to investigate a political enemy. if you just say it out loud, it sounds absolutely ridiculous so i think you have to recognize that the congress is in the same position. we haven't had a situation where we have had to come out and look and basically look at an executive who has used the law as a shield, as opposed to a guide, on how to act while in office. and so these are new times for

them, but i do think at some point, they will be able to move forward. chris has a great idea, subpoena the whistle-blower. i represent these people. they're patriots; right? i represent whistle-blowers all the time, these are patriots who want to go forward and talk about fraud, talk about endangering, the national security issues, obviously this person is concerned about the well being of our nation. arthel: is it okay going after as michael is calling it a whistle-blower? >> setting aside the law, the right or wrong of it, nobody should go after a whistle-blower. to answer your question arthel specifically i'm sure it would be prohibited and it could come under a number of different laws. a lawmaker cannot attack a whistle-blower simply for blowing the whistle. that's the whole purpose of the whistle-blower laws in the federal government.

arthel: i want to share now some information i got from our research department, our brain room. here is one coming from fact check.org. it says quote however there is no evidence that hunter biden was under investigation or that his father pressured ukraine on his behalf, end quote. and from another, quote, we found no evidence to support the idea that joe biden advocated with his son's interest in mind, as the message suggests. it is not even clear that the company was actively under investigation or that a change in prosecution -- or prosecutors benefitted it. so michael, has joe biden broken the law? >> i don't hear anything in there that makes me think he's broken the law. i think this is classic spin by the administration here. so this idea that somehow they need to go back and look at biden strikes me as a red herring. i didn't hear anything that you said that -- as a matter of

fact, some of the reports i have read have been that there was a claim that there had been nothing improper by biden, and they had found no criminal conduct or even anything close to that. so again, this is classic let's blow some smoke. let's divert people's attention, and i think that's where we're at. what's concerning and we can say it a thousand times on the show if you had the air time, the president of the united states ask a foreign power to investigate a political enemy. that is a damming, damming allegation. arthel: chris, i have to go, yes or no, do you disagree with michael? >> arthel, yes and no. we'll save that for next time. arthel: that's a deep answer, but we have to end it because i don't have anymore time. this is a serious matter. chris and michael, thanks to both of you. eric? eric: arthel, the first ever united nations youth climate summit is taking place in new york city. it comes one day after millions of students around the world

took part in a march demanding action on climate change. jackie heinrich is live in our new york city newsroom with more on what the young people are calling for. hijack key. -- high -- hi jackie. >> hi, eric. this is all in response to what is being called slow action from nations and corporations to curb global warming. the summit asked young people to come with plans to limit the global increase in temperatures to 1.5 degrees celsius, above pre-industrial levels, with a focus on developing tools for an economic system that eliminates waste and reuses resources. attendees are pitching plans to shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy, stop deforestation, protect the world's oceans and provide more sustainable agriculture fearing catastrophic loss of life if no action is taken. >> i represent voices of millions of young people in

africa whose future remain uncertain due to the climate crisis. we had previously never experienced -- [inaudible]. >> it's happening the day after an estimated 4 million people took to the streets in thousands of cities and towns around the world, striking for climate action. those protests are believed to be a record setter for having so many youth protesting at once. in new york, an estimated 60,000 people marched through lower manhattan, students excused from school with parent's permission. they were led by a 16-year-old activist. >> our house is on fire. it's not just the young people's house. we all live here. it affects all of us, and we will not just stand aside and watch. >> the summit is happening days ahead of the u.n. climate summit, where the secretary-general has pushed for countries to come with action plans to reach net zero

emissions by 2050. eric? eric: jackie, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: eric, president trump sending more troops to saudi arabia in response to last week's attacks on the country's oil facilities as his administration levels new sanctions on iran. will this further escalate tensions with tehran or bring them back to the diplomatic table? ♪ the amount of student loan debt i have i'm embarrassed to even say i felt like i was going to spend my whole adult life paying this off thanks to sofi, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel as of 12pm today, i am debt free ♪ not owing anyone anything is the best feeling in the world, i cannot stop smiling about it ♪ iit's not "acceptable or nothing." and it's definitely not "close enough or nothing."

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eric: iran's regime fires back at the u.s., claims that it attacked the saudi oil facilities last weekend. this is ahead of president trump addressing the united nations this coming week as he is expected to lay out the administration's strategy on iran. jim walsh is here, international security expert and research associate at the massachusetts institute of technology, mit's security studies program. he's usually in boston. welcome you to new york. >> yes, it is good to be on set

for a change. see you in the flesh and blood. eric: absolutely. you were here for the u.n. events this week >> yes. eric: what do you make of the fact that we're sending more troops to saudi arabia? >> i think it is a perfectly appropriate response, the sort of typical thing you would do in a foreign policy tool box is send some troops. why? i mean, it is hundreds, not thousands of troops, and so one purpose is to reassure our allies, saudi arabia, to send the message that we have their back. maybe to work on their air defense system, which it looks like it needs some improvement. eric: what happened to that? if these were cruise missiles, wouldn't they have -- what would they have to protect them from that and why didn't it not work? >> those are the big questions. you will notice still now, whatever, a week, i lose count, we're still some days after this has happened. we still don't have a full inventory and accounting. it started off as it was ten drones. and then it's drones and cruise missiles. if it is cruise missiles, that

does implicate iran much more directly. i really hadn't heard anything suggested that the houthis had cruise missiles. i thought they only had drones. we haven't had a full accounting and the pentagon has yet to come out where they will detail what happened. still a lot of things unclear. eric: do you think it is really unclear? look, they almost know everything. they've tracked the flight path from iran, but they are not showing us that evidence or wherever it came from. >> yeah. i think it's still murky. i mean, i'm following it pretty closely. and people have been reluctant to say it came from iranian territory. could it come from iraq? could it come from iranian supporters in saudi arabia? if you look at the photos that were revealed some seemed to be short range missiles or rockets. i think there's still some questions. until they put out the evidence, it is hard to speculate.

eric: it could be a saudi issue. >> they have had domestic issues with the shiite population for decades, yeah. eric: sending a few hundred troops we think as well as defensive equipment against missiles and this sort of thing. here's what joseph dunford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said about all this. >> the saudis asked for enhanced defensive capabilities. we will take the president's decision. i will talk over the weekend. we will talk with our saudi partners and we will work the details of deployment and be able to share that with you next week. not thousands? -- >> not thousands? >> that's fair to say, not thousands. eric: here's what was also said. >> why would this be an effort to deter iran from further attacks >> we have to continually assess that. we think for now that would be sufficient. it doesn't mean there could be additional deployments as needed based on the changing situation. eric: talking about a few hundred, as you said, is that enough, or is it just enough that we are sending them as a message? >> whether it's enough or too

little depends on what your objective is. i think the objective here is again reassure the saudis and also partially deter iranians or others who might strike again. they're not going to intentionally strike where there are u.s. troops stationed because that would really raise the level of conflict that might tumble into something bad. so both reassurance and deterrence, but probably only on the spots where there aren't u.s. troops. there could be other facilities or other things in the region that if the conflict intensified, they might still strike out at, but they are not going to strike americans on purpose. eric: for now do you think it's been quelled? >> i do. when you look at -- yes, the iranians are saying we will destroy you if we attack us, but the key word in that is if we are attacked. the president doesn't seem -- he talked about restraint today. i don't really get the feeling that either side, the u.s. or iran is anxious to have a shooting war right now. eric: quickly this week at the u.n., the president will likely

have a strategy. what do you want to hear from him on iran >> i would like the see what his endgame is. how does this end well? right now even though we have reached this point of equilibrium that you rightly described, the basic cause hasn't gone away. we are still strangling them economically and they will feel compelled to take a punch at us if we continue to strangle them. that dynamic is still in place. i would like to know how do we get out of that dynamic to another place where we can be satisfied? eric: we will see if rouhani can pull it back. not taking any bets on him, but we will see. jim, great to see you. >> thank you, sir. arthel: president trump visiting the southern border this week touting the effectiveness of his wall amid congressional pushback. what the president has planned for the border wall. that's up next. of the ivory billed woodpecker.

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eric: a u.s. marine remains missing after he left arizona for camp pendleton in southern california leaving monday evening. his name is 20-year-old lance corporal jobe wallace, last seen at a friend's house in the town of surprise, that's located northwest of phoenix. a border patrol camera recorded his truck traveling east on i-10, just southeast of el paso. that was on last tuesday. the naval criminal investigator service is looking into his disappearance. >> this section is 14, but we're building that are 50 and 14 and 17, we are building many different sites along the border and they get hooked in, different contractors bid it out. this would be far too much for one contractor to build. you see the length of this. >> absolutely. arthel: that's president trump touting brand new sections of the border wall during an

exclusive interview with our ed henry. according to the washington post, the administration may be planning to divert more funds from the pentagon to pay for the wall's construction. let's bring in a congressional reporter if politico. -- for politico. what can you tell us? >> the administration is planning to divert more pentagon funds towards the wall which is a top priority for the president ahead of 2020. the administration has already tapped some of these funds a few weeks ago, something that has caused some anger on capitol hill among democrats, and they are looking to fight this, when the up coming spending bill comes up on capitol hill. so, you know, we're not sure exactly whether the administration is going to push forward through this. the washington post has reported this first they want to ask congress to fill the money, the and they want to ask congress to fund the department of homeland security and fund the wall, and if democrats don't give them that, then they will tap funds

once again from the pentagon. arthel: so the moneys that we're talking about right now, these additional moneys, is this in addition to the 3.6 billion already pulled from military projects to pay for the wall? >> that's exactly right. so this would be in addition to those funds that were already taken from elsewhere in the budget. essentially they would be doing that again. i think that shows that the administration is not worried about the potential backlash to tapping these funds from the pentagon. of course the pentagon has said that there could be dire consequences if these projects aren't funded, if there is schools that need repairs. there's housing for the troops, but they could ask congress to sort of backfill it in the up coming spending bills to sort of make up for those losses that the funds are being moved around for the wall. arthel: but you already know and i'm sure the president knows that that's a fight waiting to happen. so -- >> uh-huh. arthel: how is that going to play out? is it to show -- for the president to show he keeps fighting for that wall that he promised his supporters when he

campaigned for his run for the white house? >> you are right. democrats have already signalled in the up coming spending fight which will now be pushed back to november, they are not going to give a single dollar for trump's wall. they are not going to be inclined to sort of bail him out by backfilling these pentagon projects and they will fight for other things like less detention beds for i.c.e. and also be fighting for more standards of care for migrants at the border. we are barrelling towards a showdown in the fall over the wall. as you said, the president wants to show that he is fighting for the wall. he wants to show his base he's doing everything in his power. congress has refused to fund his wall. he is under a lot of pressure to get it done and he's had to bypass lawmakers in any way he can to get progress done here. >> time is on the president's side. if he stone walls, if you will, however he's able to do that work a fight from congress -- fight with congress, i should say, that's going to start in

the fall. by the time we know, it is thanksgiving and christmas and nothing happens. then you know we're into 2020 and the beat goes on. >> yeah, you're exactly right. these things tend to drag out on capitol hill. they tend to kick the can down the road. already the next time is september 30th. they are going to do a stop gap spending bill which keeps the current levels kick that down to november before thanksgiving, you could easily see this again being kicked to christmas and potentially even into 2020. arthel: one final question because of course the supporters back president trump, his staunch supporters. do they realize that they're paying for the wall and the u.s. military is paying for the wall and not mexico? >> the president campaigned on building a wall and having mexico pay for it. now the president is saying it's going to come from taxpayers' dollars and it is going to come from the pentagon. that could be a problem at least in some of these districts that

the projects are being impacted. like i said, the pentagon has said there could be dire consequences if these projects aren't filed. -- filled. overall the president's supporters want the wall, that's a top priority for them, as it is for the president. i hope this helps trump in the long run. arthel: we do need to get the border secured. thank you. >> thank you. eric: epstein accuser is coming forward with new allegations. her claims about prince andrew and his role she says in the alleged sex trafficking scandal that he denies. we will have that coming up. the weather's perfect... family is all together and we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. how could it get any better than this? dad, i just caught a goldfish! there's no goldfish in this lake. whoa! it's pure gold. we're gonna be rich...

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>> and he's going to keep denying that it ever happened, but he knows the truth. and i know the truth. >> there are now more reports about epstein's alleged sexual abuse and trafficking of young women including one victim who says she was forced to have sex of prince andrew when she was 17 years old. he admits to being an acquaintance of epstein but long denied accusations of any wrongdoing. we have more on this unfolding

saga. >> the accuser says prince andrew sexually abused her at least three times. he denies any allegations that he had any form of sexual contact with her or any minors. she appeared on dateline with other alleged victims and said she flew to london with epstein and his former girlfriend when she was 17. she says they had dinner with prince andrew, went to an elite nightclub and went back to the london home. she says that's when this picture of her, prince andrew and maxwell was taken. she says prince andrew sexually abused her that night and she claims he is one of several prominent men epstein directed her to have sex with, even though a medical examiner ruled epstein's death a suicide, his accuser still hopes those who enabled the abuse pay for what they allegedly did. >> justice now is holding accountable the perpetrators that helped him and participated with him, in encouraging more people to come forward so we can

try to put this puzzle together. >> the accuser said epstein had an elaborate system for how he controlled young women trapped in his sex trafficking ring. the miami herald reports it involved a number of people from recruiters and lawyers to dentists and doctors who allegedly prescribed some of the victims with drugs like xanax and lithium. >> very scared to get out. very scared to ever speak out against him, that he could take everything away. >> the miami herald is also reporting that a source told the paper that federal authorities in new york are targeting epstein's alleged madame, maxwell and investigating other possible co-conspirators. eric: thank you very much. arthel: the vaping crisis sparking concern across the nation as the cdc confirms a soaring number of related illnesses. what major retailer is now

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arthel: a who's who of washington gathering to pay tribute to legendary journalist cokie roberts. the 75-year-old passed away tuesday after battling breast cancer. a mass was held today in downtown washington, d.c. house speaker and long time friend nancy pelosi delivered a eulogy calling roberts, quote, a national treasure whose passing is a great loss for america. roberts is survived by her husband journalist steve

roberts, her two children and six grandchildren. eric: she will be missed. wal-mart announcing it will stop selling e-cigarettes as the number of deaths linked to vaping grows. the fda is launching a criminal investigation into what's making people sick across the country. mark meredith has more from washington. >> the centers for disease control and prevention says the number of people getting sick from vaping is on the rise, this as officials in missouri announced a new death believed to be tied to vaping. the fda says it's also launched a criminal probe into the matter. the missouri case brings the total number of vaping-related deaths nationwide to eight. the cdc says they have 530 confirmed and probable cases of lung injuries and this is impacting at least 38 states and one u.s. territory. health officials say so far there is no one single e-cigarette vaping product or brand that has been tied to this health emergency. the cdc calls it a complex

investigation, but that it's found a vast majority of the people that are getting sick are men between the ages of 18 and 34. retail giant wal-mart announced friday it plans to stop selling e-cigarettes. the arkansas based retailer says it will no longer stock e-cigarettes after selling through its existing inventory. the company put out a statement saying, quote, given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all wal-mart and sam's club u.s. locations. some lawmakers say congress not just corporate america needs to do more to convince the public of the dangers of e-cigarettes >> it is frankly unfortunate that it takes so many people to get sick and even die across this country before we really pay the kind of attention that we should. we need to get these products out of the hands of our kids, and we need to do it now. we're going to be working tirelessly to make sure that we keep these products out of the

hands of our young -- >> congressional subcommittee will hold hearings on public health threats on e cigarettes next week this all comes as the trump administration works to formalize its proposed bans on all nontobacco flavors of e-cigarettes including mint and menthol. eric: thank you very much. arthel: let's talk about close to vegas not exactly vegas, 2 million people had said they would storm area 51 this weekend. but it turns out far less actually did. actually about 1500 people gathered at the site near the alien research center in nevada. this is months after the facebook event got global attention from millions who initially responded. but the low turnout actually forced organizer keith wright to pull the plug saying it cost too much to staff the event each day, but the host of a similar festival in a tiny town nearby says that show will go on. i don't know what happened there, though. eric: did you see how they are

running? arthel: they are running from the aliens. the aliens shot and froze them. eric: yeah, they have martians there. they're still frozen. arthel: we're back tomorrow at noon eastern. please join us. jon: a serious whistle-blower complaint at the center of a growing political firestorm. democrats calling on the white house to release the transcript of the presidential phone call that sparked it. president trump dismisses the controversy as a new witch hunt. good evening i'm jon scott. this is the fox report. the complaint reportedly was filed over a july phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine. according to reports, the president repeatedly pressed the ukrainian leader to investigate the son of former vice president and current 2020 contender joe biden. biden on the campaign trail earlier today is calling for an investigation into the president's activities. >> here's what i know. i know trump deserves to be