arthel: high drama in the nation's capital, the latest witness in the impeachment inquiry appears before house panels under the order of subpoena after the state department directed him not to show up and tried to limit his testimony. all this as republicans turn up the heat on democrats claiming there needs to be more transparency in the entire process. >> when they try to do this in the open of day and judiciary committee, it failed on them. so when they get in that room where they can keep the press out, they can selectively leak out this piece and that piece, instead of getting the whole storely out, and that's what we want. >> i probably share some of the views of my republican colleague, mr. burn, that we're

better off when this is a public conversation and we focus on the facts, all the opportunity to go deep into this information in a public fashion absolutely will happen. arthel: welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm ar arthel neville. eric: eric sean. this is a rare saturday session for the impeachment inquiry as house lawmakers are hearing from another key witness, this time philip reiker. it is behind closed doors, likely facing questions about the ouster of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. arthel: in a major victory for democrats, a federal judge is giving the justice department until next week to turn over robert mueller's grand jury evidence to the house judiciary committee. rich he'dson i edson is at the e

with. >> reporter: philip reiker was prepared to say that white house officials were attempting to block support for th the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine after president trump was looking to remove her. she was in ukraine, she was pulled a few months before her term there ended. the state department under secretary mike pompeo directed state officials to refuse to comply with house democrats' request to speak to them. the state argued since no attorneys are present to protect the officials, they should ignore the request. some official have appeared before congress any anyway l. this is all an investigation an to whether president trump held security from ukraine.

this morning, president trump tweeted, the ukraine investigation is just as corrupt and fake as all the other garbage that went on before it. democrats are defending there procedure. >> i think it's very important to understand, we're not having a hearing right now. we're having depositions. we're having an investigation. we are fact finding. >> reporter: federal judges sided with democrats, requiring the department of justice to share with the house judiciary committee information that they learned that was redacted as part of the grand jury investigation with the mueller report. the democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee on that decision says, quote, the grand jury information that the administration has tried to block the house from seeing will be critical to our work. meanwhile, the committee's top republican says of that decision, quote, this ruling is dangerous for every american. the grand jury secrecy rules exist to protect knifepoint inne

from public disclosure and hearsay that could unfairly harm them. the administration is expected to appeal that decision. the judge found that the house has jurisdiction and can proceed with its impeachment inquiry. back to you guys. arthel: rich, thank you very much. eric: how will all these dynamics play out as the republicans call the meetings unfair, while the democrats push back, saying they're doing exactly what republicans did in the benghazi investigation. joining us now, dave brad, the dean of liberty university. congressman, i'll call you dean. >> thanks, eric. eric: you heard the democratic congressmen say at the deposition, they're not doing anything wrong. do you agree with that? >> i don't agree. they're conflating several issues. one is a judge making an order on the executive brand. at the same time, the democrats are holding impeachment hearings

with no due process at all. maxine waters a few weeks ago said there are no criteria in law for an impeachment. she's just dead wrong. alan dee dershowitz took her onn the journal. high crimes and misdemeanors and clear language of offenses, and the democrats won't say what the offenses are so there can be due process. then they hold out these international buzz lines, sketching over the bidenish smews of the day. on -- biden issues of the day. on that, deer shall wits, who do limiting principle capable of being applied in a neutral manner. that's the charge against the president. and it's not even against the law and that's coming from a liberal jurist who still

believes in the rule of law. and so you'll find the republicans follows process, the rule of law. the democrats are completely political as maxine water says. there's no limiting principle of law. the whole thing is political. eric: the democrat democrats ae pointing out republicans are allowed in the room. they say it's an open and due process. the due process, this is an investigation. that comes during the trial. that's what the senate trial is about, say the critics. how would you respond to that? >> well, what that hasn't been the case historically if in the last two impeachment inquiries. there has been due process. that's been documented in the press over and over and over. the democrats are just very good at the politics and they own the mainstream media. so it's hard for the republicans to get their voice out on this. in the end, they'll prevail and graham, senator graham having

the 44 votes in the senate, that shows right off the bat that the senate can't reach impeachment and finalize it. so i think pelosi's just slow-walking the thing right now and knows they're not going to, not going to go forward with impeachment. they're just getting as much as they can out of this. they spent two years on the russia probe with nothing to show for it. eric: they do say the senate majority leader told the senate to get ready for potential hearings, a trial in the senate, later on this month and they're talking about -- or next month, sorry. they're talking about an impeachment proceeding in the house in the beginning to middle of november. let's say they have an impeachment vote, they impeach the president, and then we're talking about a trial that would start before christmas, so they clearly have the impeachment train going down the track. >> i a agree with you.

44 vows in the senate -- votes in the senate, you need two-thirds to win the impeachment trial. they don't have it. i don't think they will have it. as i said in the opening, there are grounds, there are legal grounds and criteria that have to be reached. they can never tell what you crime has been committed. they won't even put that forward. that's what the media asked them, what crime -- eric: they say you don't need to have a crime to be impeached. it could be violating the constitution, violating the oath of office. they say trying to get the partisan political purposes, the president holding up the ukrainian military aid, saying that's a violation of everything the country stands for. >> dershowitz, i cited the evidence on the law. they like fishing more than i do. they fished for two years on the russia thing. they ruined kavanaugh's reputation. eric: you're getting off the track. they'll say they're not fishing,

they'll say they're hunting. do you think republicans perhaps could -- when they say be careful what you wish for. let's say they are open hearings, and they will be open hearings, what do you think will be the effect of an a eight hour a day, watergate style hearings on television that will transfix the nation, will that sink president trump or do you think that will boo boomerang. >> i don't think they have any content. they can say they're searching for it. that's what they did on russia. they found nothing. they're saying okay, ukraine, we got this, we got this. won't tell us what crime's been violated, not even a hint. eric: had they say the crime is the fact that the president held up the military assistance to ukraine. they say it's in his own words in that text of the telephone call and what he said on the driveway in front of the white

house. they say that's the crime. >> yeah, they said -- what statute is that? ask them that one. they say that's a crime. okay, maxine and company, what statute has been violated. name the statute. eric: they would say it's the federal elections statute that says you can't accept foreign aid from a foreign country for your domestic campaign and that is the violation of the law. that's what they will say. we'll see if indeed they draw any impeachment proceedings when we get there. but looks like it's coming. in any event, dean, we're out of time. i thank you. good to see you. >> thank you, eric. eric: he's the dean of liberty university in virginia and academia, good to have you with us. arthel: rudy giuliani is back in the headlines after accidentally dialing an nbc news reporter and leaving a voice mail where he is overheard criticizing the bidens and discussing how he, wrote, needs some money.

jacqui heinrich is in the new york city newsroom with more on that. jackie. >> reporter: it was a three minute message, left while the reporter was asleep at 11:00 p.m. and evidently it's not the first butt dial for the president's personal attorney. the first butt dial came last month when the reporter was at a 5-year-old's birthday party. the call went to voice mail and guliani could be heard disparaging the bidens. they said he tried to stop the investigation of a ukrainian gas opinion because his son, hunter, was on the board. there has not been any proof yet in support of those claims. but house democrats are investigating whether the white house withheld military aid to ukraine while pushing them to get to the bottom of it, the subject of the impeachment inquiry against president trump right now. the most recent butt dial is less easy to decipher. it seemed to record a conversation between giuliani

and another man in the same room. it's unclear exactly what the context of the conversation is but it involves a man named charles, a man named robert and a need for a big sum of money, a few hundred thousand dollars. here's a snippet. >> you know, charles would have a hard time with the case because he didn't do any due diligence. tomorrow, i've got to get -- we've got to call robert again tomorrow. is robert around? the problem is, we need some money. >> reporter: the calls might have gotten the president's attention. he tweeted last night to tim, as in l tim cook, ceo of apple, the button on the iphone was far better than the swipe. mr. giuliani has not returned our request for comment. a arthel. arthel: jackie, thank you very much. eric: tomorrow marks one year since the massacre at the synagogue in pittsburgh killed 11 people. concern now remains that the jewish community in our country

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arthel: several wildfires burning across california are prompting evacuations and school closings while also leaving thousands of people in the dark. the state's largest you utility company is preparing for the possibility of cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. regina coleman has more from -- christina coleman has more from california. >> reporter: in southern california, the tick fire is 25% contained, a significant increase compared to yesterday. the winds have died down. there is still bad damage, at least 18 buildings have been damaged or destroyed, like this house you see behind me. you can see the debris, the

burned wood, the second floor is gone. i have been in touch with the man who actually lives next door. he says this whole situation is devastating. >> heart-broken. i told her like everybody's saying your life is saved. you can always rebuild. >> reporter: the fire has burned 2600 achesers so far. more than 1300 firefighters are checking hot spots to make sure the fire doesn't spread any further. the governor declared a state of emergency to state resources can be provided as necessary. fire crews are concerned about the wind picking back up many tomorrow l. >> sunday evening we expect a pretty significant santa ana cycle to move into the area again. it's an incident pry r order foo continue to reinforce our containment lines so that if that wind does kick up it's not going to cause any hot, smoldering debris to get kicked out of the burn area and get

hurled into vegetation and we see the ra the rapid rate of spd again. >> reporter: in northern california, the sonoma county sheriff's office issued further evacuations for residence that could be affected by the kincaid fire. another pg&e blackout is set to begin. the new evacuation orders will a affect approximately 50,000 people. here's a sonoma county woman who evacuated already. she is desperate to get back home. >>.>> i want to go back in andt my jewelry box because it's my dads' wedding ring and they wouldn't let me go back in and then now they told me the house is gone. >> reporter: pg&e admits a transmission power line medical functioned just before the kincaid fire started but the

cause of the fire is still under investigation. as a precautionary measure, pg&e execs said they're considering shutting off fire to approximately 850,000 customers because of potentially strong winds this weekend. so that is an evolving situation. we're going to continue to monitor that, as a lot of officials are, with these potentially dangerous fire conditions continuing. arthel: dangerous and devastating. christina, thank you very much for that update. eric: tomorrow marks one year since that shooting at the pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people. as you can imagine, security remains a big concern for jewish communities across the country. now according to a new report, our country continues to see historically high numbers of anti-semetic attacks. laura greene explains. >> reporter: the horror of the massacre at the tree of life congregation in pittsburgh is still in the minds of the rabbi,

jeffrey mines. >> i was there. i am a victim, witness and survivor. that's not what defines me, nor is it what defines the tree of life. >> reporter: he released this video to mark one year since a lone gunman, full of hate against jews, opened fire in the synagogue. the murders of 11 worshipers and wounding of six others forever changed him and all those in the community. people of all walks of life have come together in support, hoping to transform tragedy into try triumph. >> people of all faith, color and sexual orientation continue to reach out in love and solidarity. people discovered strength they didn't know they had and some found new purpose in their lives. >> reporter: the anti-defamation league says the u.s. continues to see a historically high number of anti-semetic incidents. the tree of life synagogue attack was one of the string of shootings targeting houses of worship world way, including

mosques and churches. the department of homeland security has funds dedicated to securing places of worship but say more money is needed. >> in the current year, there were $150 million of applications put in. so there's a real need there of greater funding coming from congress and the administration. >> reporter: this weekend in pittsburgh, a memorial service will honor the 11 victims of the tree of life shooting. it will give comfort to survivors and a hope for a future where hate is a thing of the past. laura greene, fox news. arthel: the mueller report could make ane an encore appeare after a federal judge rules the doj must turn over grand jury materials to democrats. what could this mean for the impeachment push and could there be an overlap between the russia and ukraine investigation?

we'll discuss that next.

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arthel: house democrats move full steam ahead with their impeachment inquiry. a federal judge ruled the house judiciary committee can have access to redacted grand jury material from former special counsel robert mueller's probe. the chief district judge has given the justice department until october 30th to hand over that information of. judge howell dismissed claims the trump impeachment probe is illegitimate and says the white house's actions are mor all thee reason to grand the material they seek. she writes the white house's policy of noncooperation with the impeachment inquiry weighs heavily in favor of disclosure. let's bring in reporter kate 0:when. wh0:owen, why is this important? >> this legi legitmizes the

impeachment probe. this is a counter reaction to the republicans that it's an illegitimate process. this gives democrats investigating the judiciary committee and other committees the parts of the mueller report that we didn't have access to before because they were redacted and as they decide whether to drop articles of impeachment on those grounds, that will be valuable information. arthel: the house democrats say they need unhe redacted mueller grand jury transcript to determine whether to bring articles of impeachment against president trump's conduct that was revealed in the mueller investigation. what is the early pushback from the white house? >> of course, they have said they do not want to give this information to the house democrats. they are planning to appeal the decision. but i think we'll have to see

how this plays out in the days going forward. they may find their hands are tied. arthel: as we said, the department of justice has until october 30th, next wednesday, to hand over, quote, all portions of the special counsel, robert mueller's report, on the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidentialal election that were redacted pursuant to grand jury stickse restrictions and ay underlying transcripts or exhibits in the report that were redacted. the department of justice is saying they're reviewing the decision. you mentioned it earlier. what is the likelihood that the doj will appeal, whichs is probably strong and if president trump appeals, yet another court ordered request, is there implication of trying to hide something? >> right. you know, arthel, i think there's a clear pattern here. the white house and house

republicans have made it very clear they do not want to p cooperate with house democrats, saying this is a ra radicalized witch hunt and they're doing anything they can to attack the president. the white house said in the past -- this is the judge's decision, that they don't plan to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. house republicans, they made news by interrupting the investigatioinvestigations thate happening behind closed doors, what many called a political stunt, flooding where the interviews were taking place. arthel: saying that the interviews are taking place in secrecy, in privacy. but the republicans are part of the committees so they have access to hear the interviews they say the democrats are being too secretive about. >> right. arthel: meanwhile, a judge, a chief judge in washington, he she ruled that even without a formal vote, the house impeachment inquiry is valid.

so how do you think the gop lawmakers will try to refute this? >> you know, the message is going to stay the same. they're going to attack the process of the impeachment inquiry. it's in their best interest -- it's interesting to note, as many have this week, that republicans are attacking the process that democrats are taking, rather than the content of what the democrats are finding. i think we'll see more of that this week. i think it is a blow to the gop, the fact that democrats you now, especially moderate ones, or vulnerable democrats, they don't have to he vote on the impeachment inquiry, they don't have to put their name on it. i think that's a blow going ahead into the election where this is going to be a huge issue, especially for republicans who want to cast democrat as being completely radicalized, too political and not doing anything for the american people. arthel: and that's not the case, some are more far left-leaning than others but not are all cut from the same cloth.

katlyn owens, thank you very much. >> thank you. eric: speaking of the mueller investigation, one noted person who got caught up in that is making headlines today. remember maria botina. she admitted to working as an agent for moscow. she returned to her homeland after being released from a florida prison yesterday. she pled gil you at this to -- pled guilty to conspiracy, trying to infiltrate groups and promote russia's agenda. we have a live report from long b dolondon. >> reporter: she arrived back in moscow early this morning after being formally deported from the u.s. yesterday. she was met at the airport in moscow by family and friends and the waiting press. of course, this came with much media attention in her country too. to mark her return, the russian embassy in the u.s. posted a

welcome home message a on the facebook page, describing the charges against her as, quote, trumped up. she is a pro-gun activist and she admitted to using her contacts in the nra to influence political groups in america but russia's foreign ministry again today said that botina is a victim of anti-russian attitudes in america. she was sentenced to 18 months in prison in all earlier this year after pleading guilty to acting as spy for russia. on friday, she was transferred from a florida prison to fly out to miami airport, back home to moscow. now boti envelopna says she haso intention of returning to america. that will no longer be an option for her he. eric: kitty, thank so much.

arthel: should turkey remain a member of nato. had that question looms large for some in washington. why our next guest says kicking turkey out would be a monumental mistake. plus, the u.s. has a plan to protect oil fields in syria from falling into the hands of isis. >> the united states will maintain a reduced presence in syria to deny isis access to oil revenue, as we reposition for the next phase of the defeat isis call pain. -- campaign

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police are aa waitin awaiting te autopsies of the victims in the truck. it's believed to be one of the deadliest smuggling cases in the country's history. they were. heatherarthel: mark esper annod vehicles and come pat troops into -- combat troops into eastern syria to keep oil fields from potentially falling into the hands of isis, this as renewed clashes between kurdish and turkish forces is testing a cease fire agreement in northern syria. benjamin hall is in northern syria with the latest. benjamin. >> reporter: hi, arthel. the cease fire has been shaky for the last few days. we're getting reports in the last few hours that it is has really fallen apart now. 50 miles from where we are, we're hearing of artillery, drone strikes, heavy machine gun

attacks on villages and there are a number of fighter as well as civilians killed. this all happening as u.s. forces are moving back into syria. mark esper, the defense secretary, said they will be there to protect the oil fields. that is not going to change in any way what's happening along the border. it's not going to affect those attacks further north. today, we met with families who had fled the recent fighting in the north. they were tellings us how radical islamic factions are fighting yofighting alongside t. they've been knocking door-to-door, look fo looking f, torturing some, killing some. they also burned horses to the ground -- house toss the -- houses to the ground. fighters are bearing mis mysters burns all over their bo bodies.

doctors believe it is white phosphorus. if that's the case, it's a violation of the chemical weapons treaty. that was something we saw earlier, another hospital as well. the acyou cue sayses of kim -- accusations of chemical weapons used here, they've sent the samples out to finland and norway. the picture we're getting is kurdish incursions into the villages. turkey is denying these accusations. we're talking to people who are saying this cease fire is no more. arthel: benjamin, thank you. eric: some critics asked why is turkey in nato and what kind of nato partner with partner with moscow. there is a piece they says expelling turkey from nato would be dangerous. some are saying they should be

kicked out of the international military alliance because of the incursion into northern syria and its coziness apparently with putin's regime. peter vincent joins us now, the director of the task force of national homeland security at the national advisory board. some say with friends like this, who needs enemies. they work against us in some ways, defied the united states interest by this invasion into northern syria and they're dealing -- had business with vladimir putin. why are they still in nato? >> well, you may be right, that eventually they might break with nato now. more than 20 years ago there was a great book written by samuel huntington called the clash of civilly saysecivilization -- cis and remaking of world order that said turkey would leave nato.

what that would be a catastrophe if that that happens. turkey is crucial to nato. most people don't know it's the second most powerful member of the nato aalliance in terms of military force. it has more tanks, more military aircraft, more troops than france, germany, britain, than any other nato member except the united states and in terms of its geography, its location, it's in one of the most important places in the world in terms of its strategic location. the only nato member in the middle east near the neighboring with syria and iraq and near lebanon and israel which since biblical times have been the crossroads for empires and making of human history and a it controls the bosberu u ual trai. because of the geographical position and military power, it has for decades been the

southern anchor of nato. if you were to lose turkey and it became aligned with russia, thethat would be a catastrophe o the united states. if we were to lose turkey to iran, that would be a catastrophe for nato and israel. imagine a powerful nation like tour kirks many call -- turkey, many call it the ninth more powerful in the world militarily, what would happen. if he with can have a policy of strategic patience with north korea, certainly we can have that policy with our nato ally, turkey, which has had a close, beneficial relationship with the united states for many decades. back in the 1950s, the united states stationed intermediate range ballistic nuclear miss mis on turkish territory. that enabled president kennedy to resolve the cuban missile

crisis without having to go to war with russia yo russia. eric: you mentioned what if they aligned with russia? aren't they already aligned with russia and aren't they a nato ally in name only? >> i wouldn't go that far. we have nuclear weapons still on their territory. they're stored at the air force base. eric: what do we do with those weapons that are ours. do we have to gettere get spurss permission to get them out? >> we shouldn't. i was the first person to recommend that we withdraw those nuclear weapons, three years ago, before it came to this crisis. if you were to try to do it now, it could bring about the very break and the very crisis that you fear. eric: quick question on that.

could he use the nuclear weapons? what would happen would we pull our service people out and keep the nuclear weapons there. can he use them without us? >> no. our personal have possession of those weapons. our people and a those weapons would come out at the same time n a worst case scenario, if turkey were to seize those weapons and get physical possession of them, even though they have action links on them, they could eventually figure out how to get around those links and possibly use them around erdogan has threatened to become a nuclear power. but i don't think that policy should be to beat up on turkey, ignore their legitimate security interests on the border, roman arowromanticize the kurds. this middle east could turn into a zone of chaos because most

middle eastern nations are not modern nation states like in europe. eric: quickly, finally, erdogan has been jailing journalists, lawyers, he's been called a dick dadictator, not the type of rege that would be similar to american values. quickly and finally, what do we do about him, if anything? he's all those things. eric: how do you continue this cooperation. >> if you continue to cooperate with kim jong un as obama did, as president trump did, and a policy of strategic patience, i say it's better to wait and he see if we get a yo a new leader. turkey has other actors inside of its own regime to value the nato alliance too. erdogan may not last forever. we need to outlast him. if we try to kick -- if we are the ones to kick turkey out of may he toe, if we do that, it could begin the unraveling of the whole nato alliance.

turkey is not the only nato member that's unhappy with being in nato. i find it ironic that people who accuse president trump of not being sufficiently intelligent and sensitive to the importance of our alliances are the very ones criticizing president trump for trying to acknowledge that turkey has -- for trying to balance kurdish and turkishs cd turkish interests. maybe the time for crossing path has gone but the divorce should not come from our side because we stand to lose a lot more than turkey does if turkey leaves nato. eric: strategic patience with the erdogan basically dictatorship, difficult relationship with one tha -- bue that is continuing. peter, thank you for your insight. >> thank you for having us. arthel: the 2020 democrats attending a big event in one key early voting state and it comes

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arthel: the campaign trail leading to south carolina this weekend as a who's who of 2020 democratic hopefuls attend a

bipartisan criminal justice forum. kristin fisher joins us live from columbia, south carolina. hey, kristin. >> reporter: hey, arthel. senator kamala harris is on stage right now, blasting president trump on the call pus of this historically black college for comparing the impeachment inquiry to a lynching. remember, just a few hours ago, kamala harris wasn't supposed to be here. she dropped out of this forum after president trump spoke here yesterday and received an award here, in fact. now, her campaign says that she came back in, decided to go forward with the event after she got the group that gave president trump the award removed as a sponsor. they put out a statement about an hour ago saying as a result of her leadership, the 2020 bipartisan justice center has been dropped from the event. the event was made free and open to the public and more hbcu students at benedict have been included in the event. here's a look at president trump receiving that you award yesterday for signing the first

step act into law last april. even as democratic rivals like cory booker and john delaney said president trump deserves some credit for that. booker sayses he's trying to take too much credit. booker accused him of preaching racism while on stage today and he took issue with the president's claim he's done more for black people than any other president ins history. listen to this. >> that outrageous at the nastt he's the best president for african americans when he pursues policies that disproportionately harm african americans. the data doesn't lie. he may lie, often, but the data doesn't lie. >> reporter: even though the candidates are competing against one another with the iowa caucus 100 days away, the focus today is all on president trump. arthel: kristin, thank you.

eric: the astros will punch back in game three of the world series. >> getting ready for houston, that's hammered down the line and it's fair, it's gone. eric: it is out of there and tonight houston sends a rookie to the mound to start the crucial day four. coming up we'll have a preview from nationals park. our 18-year-old was in an accident. when i called usaa, it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family and we plan to be with usaa for life. see how much you can save with usaa insurance.

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eric: the astros will try to even things up tonight. can they? mark meredith live at nationals park with a preview of the world series. hey, mark. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. it is a beautiful day for baseball. the astros last night claiming victory over the nationals in game three. anyone's guess what will happen in game four. we're here in nationals park. the stands are empty right now. it's going to be a packed house a few hours from now, 43,000 people expected to pack the stands. if you're going to be coming to the game, tickets are not cheap. right where you're looking, those are the cheap seats, standing room only particular t, that's going for $1,000. if you want to sit down, have you to spend a lot more money than that. we had a chance to speak with fans yesterday that said it was well worth the price of add a mission. president trump is expected to attend game five tomorrow. a lot of fans eager to see what happens tonight with game four. eric. eric: it's historic 678. it's so exciting.

this is the first world series since 1933. even though we're a nationals -- national league met fan, i still like it. arthel: mark has the best assignment of the day. we're back in one hour. please join us. paul: welcome to the journal edito"the journaleditorial repol gigot. democrats and the media claiming a bomb shell this week after william taylor testified before the house intelligence committee as the impeachment inquiry into president trump continues behind closed doors. the proceedings were disrupted wednesday when a group of house republicans staged a protest, storming a secure hearing room to demand transparency, accusing democrats of trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election in secret, all this as another investigation picks up steam with the justice department review of the russia probe now said to be a criminal