therefore, today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >> but the good news is the voters get it. this is why they say it's good for the election but you know what? it's bad for the country what she's doing is very bad if it's true i can't even believe that it's true how can you do this and you haven't even seen the phone call >> today the complete and unredacted transcript of that presidential phone call with ukraine's leader may become public full details on the house impeachment inquiry ahead. a political crisis overseas for britain's boris johnson, who faced a stunning defeat at the hands of their supreme court now crie sentencing in

prison, fines and more as the the college admissions scandal build-up to lori loughlin's trial grows moree "joker." families of the colorado movie theater shooting victims are outraged this morning. and 21 new york firefighters children of men who died as a result of the 9/11 attack, honoring their dads and inspiring america. "early today" starts right now good to be with you on a busy wednesday morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. the stage is set for a historic clash between congress and president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi is launching a formal impeachment inquiry into the president, calling his burgeoning ukraine scandal a breach of his constitutional responsibility. so what comes next mr. trump says the white house will release a transcript today of his call with the ukrainian president where he pushed for his counterpart to investigate his potential 2020 rival, joe biden. some reports allege mr. trump may have linked nearly $400 million in aid to pressure

ukraine. >> and this afternoon he is slated to meet face to face with ukraine's leader in new york at the u.n. general assembly. tomorrow the white house says it will turn over the whistleblower complaint to congress that set all of this in motion. nbc's peter alexander has more >> reporter: after a high-stakes closed-door meeting with house democrats, speaker nancy pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into president trump >> the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> reporter: pelosi, who for months had resisted those impeachment calls, making the dramatic move after nearly 75% of house democrats demanded action >> the actions of the trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. >> reporter: the president firing back on twitter, calling pelosi's move "more breaking news witch hunt garbage" and "presidential harassment." the democrats' declaration

sparked by the president's july phone call with ukraine's president. president trump tweeting that he's authorized the release of the complete full declassified and unredacted transcript of the conversation >> we have the whole transcript of the call, which will be released tomorrow, and comments will be put with respect -- it was a perfect call >> reporter: president trump's insisted he never mentioned withholding military aid on that call, arguing there was no quid pro quo that ukraine investigate joe biden and his son hunter but earlier the president acknowledged he initially delayed that aid over frustrations europe wasn't paying its fair share. >> my complaint has always been, and i'd withhold again, and i'll continue to withhold until such time as europe and other nations contribute to ukraine because they're not doing it >> reporter: two administration officials tell nbc news the military aid was put onhold on week before the ukraine call the controversy erupted after a whistleblower complaint that according to the "washington post" president trump pressured the ukrainian president to investigate hunter biden, who

was given a paid position on the board of a ukrainian company while his father was vice president. there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by biden, who called for the president to cooperate with congress or be impeached. >> but if we allow a president to get away with shredding the united states constitution, that will last forever. >> reporter: all of it setting up a political gamble for nancy pelosi, where the democratic-controlled house could vote for impeachment but the republican-run senate could give the president a victory following a trial. republicans blasting the democrats' push for impeachment now. >> if you're sad that donald trump was elected president, my advice to you is to fill out a hurt feelings report and let us move on and run government in another year and a half you'll get a chance to vote again. >> reporter: the president defiant. >> i think it's ridiculous it's a witch hunt. i'm leading in the polls they have no idea how they stop me

the only way they can try is through impeachment. >> reporter: president trump is complaining the democrats never even saw a transcript of the call before acting while pelosi is demanding the administration turn over the whistleblower complaint tomorrow frances? >> all right peter alexander to start us off. thank you, peter all right. let's bring in next news legal analyst danny cevallos now thanks for joining us early this morning here what comes next here what's the difference between impeachment inquiry and proceedings? >> traditionally the judiciary committesenate did the recommending but that's not required. congress has a lot of leeway congress could take it up themselves or they could dole out the responsibility as it sees fit once they decide to essentially indict, because that's what an impeachment is, then it moves to the senate for a trial they need only a majority to accuse or indict the president and then it moves to a trial in the senate where 2/3 is required to convict and then remove

so we're really in the preliminary stages now and i should add that once impeachment proceedings begin congress's power to investigate, as the supreme court has said, increases to beyond its normal level. so as long as congress can enforce those subpoenas it has an even broader power to collect information. >> and we have also rudy giuliani to look into here because by his own admission he himself personally was urging those ukrainian officials to look into biden. he actually talked about it on fox news and we'll talk about it on the other side >> insiders saying you mucked this up. your response. >> man, i really did and you know who i did it at the request of the state department i never talked to a ukrainian official until the state department called me and asked me to do it. why am i doing it, laura can't you figure it out? i'm his defense lawyer i'm defending him. he's my client >> all right you've got it right there. what does that tha mean for giuliani >> giuliani's setting himself up for an they ordered me to do it,

i was just following orders of the state department it's a little unusual because he's not a member of the state department he's not technically a government official. he's a private individual. but nonetheless, if he was ordered or asked to do something by the state department, in his mind that probably ratifies it and insulates him from criminal liability. but keep in mind all of the immunities that the president enjoys and the powers that he enjoys to conduct foreig affairs, rudy giuliani does not. so from the outset he is always exposed more than the president is to any potential criminal liability. >> in your article on nbcnews.com right now you say that singling out joe biden's son could ultimately compromise the president's potential defense. what do you mean by that >> the president has broad foreign affairs powers, and sometimes he can even withhold foreign aid if the statute allows it. so if the president wants to withhold foreign aid to a country and arguably just say look, your corruption in your country is affecting my country,

so i'm going to use my spending power, my impounding funds power to force you, to induce you to help our country, then he might have an argument but once he singles out joseph biden's son and someone whose prosecution would indirectly aid his own campaign, then it doesn't really pass the smell test for is this a proper use of his presidential power and if you look at all the bribery and corruption statutes in america, the key is whether the person acted with corrupt intent, with an improper purpose because the same act often done with a proper purse, a non-corrupt purpose, might be perfectly legal. >> all right danny cevallos for us. thank you for helping us digest all of this. >> it's a lot. >> we're going to i'm sure have you back to digest even more thanks as always meanwhile, mps are back in parliament this morning after a historic supreme court ruling. there are growing calls for prime minister boris johnson to resign after the supreme court

there ruled his suspension of parliament was illegal the prime minister cut his u.n. trip short and here's what he had to say about the supreme court's decision >> obvly verdict we will respect and the judicial protests i have to say i strongly disaagree with what the justices have found i don't think it's right >> the ruling is a blow for johnson who critics accused of trying to block debate before britain could leave the european union under brexit at the end of next month >> there is an update in the case of a fatal boat crash linda o'leary, the wife of "shark tank" star kevin o'leary, has now been charged she was driving a boat in ontario when it collided with a larger boat. two people were killed and three others injured o'leary has been charged with careless ofrpgs of a vessel. and the driver of the other boat has been charged for not having navigation lights. ought learys released a

statement saying their hearts go out to the family and friends of the victims. a second parent has been sentenced in the college admissions scandal l.a. executive wasenced to four bars sloan pleaded guilty to fraud after having his son photoshopped as a water polo recruit and paying $250,000 to get him into usc the wealthy executive is now the second parent to be sentenced in the college cheating scandal he is to report to federal prison in a few weeks. at least one tornado touched down in western wisconsin as severe weather moved through the state. rescue crews are beginning to see the extent of the damage with debris scattered everywhere this happened along the chippewa and dunn county lines. a semi was toppled over blocking part of the lane on highway 29 the chippewa county sheriff says so far only a few people have reported minor injuries. forest fires in indonesia have residents seeing red. scientists at the country's agency of meteorology say this ruby haze is caused by

myscattering it occurs when pollutants contaminate the air. particles in the pollutants scatter the light which is what causes that vivid effect indonesia suffering an especially severe fire season. >> it's called myskatdering. i've never heard of that >> bill karins >> i'm trying to remember if i heard of that before >> myscattering. what's scattering over puerto rico right now >> they had some flash flooding. i haven't heard of any reports of structural damage or injuries or deaths. we have a tropical storm warning but karen is beginning to move away from the island you can see the heaviest rain is to the northern shore of puerto rico and we just got some scattered showers around the british and u.s. virgin islands as we go throughout the day the storm will be lifting up to the north. it is going to be an ocean storm for the next seven days at least. does a little loop-de-loop the question is what happens after that one of our ensemble members, american gfs computers, does try to bring it toward the bahamas now. would be seven, eight days

we hav e five tornado reports yesterday. today isolated strong storms this heat is relentless for the southern part of the country details ahead. >> thank you teenage climate activist greta thunberg, she turned the tables on president trump after he trolled her saying she seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future, so nice to see. in response to her u.n. speech he did that. so she updated her twitter bio to say a very happy girl looking forward to a very bright and wonderful future she played it very well. >> we'll see if the president plays right back still ahead, a new generation of first responders following in their loved ones'

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people personally affected by mass shooting. >> we have people that are suffering with ptsd and the corporate that is making money off of gratuitous violence needs to be taking care of society as well >> reporter: the phillips are calling on warner brothers to take a stand against gun violence while the movie's lead actor defended the film in an interview with ign >> i don't think it's the responsibility of a filmmaker to, you know, teach the audience morality or the difference between right or wrong >> reporter: warner brothers acknowledging gun violence is a critical issue, adding neither the fictional character joker nor the film is an endorsement of real world violence of any kind "joker" is slated for release next week but t at that aurora theater, where there's no plan to show the film steve patterson, nbc news. just ahead, ellen gives a talented 5-year-old the surprise of a lifetime. and now we're cooking. the first look at the new

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my dad and as that happened is only made me want to do the job more and more >> reporter: 21 graduates are children of men who died in the line of duty 13 of them lost their dads on >>d to play ing greg compel. baseball growing up and my brother was always the one that was his little shadow. >> reporter: six of the graduates have seen their fathers pass away from illnesses linked to their time at ground zero robert tolarsio jr.'s dad died of brain cancer two years ago. >> i'm making my dad proud definitely something that he wanted me to always do >> reporter: these 21 firefighters say they're like family now >> they are honoring their fallen loved ones. they are continuing their family's legacy of service and they are making all of us immensely proud. >> reporter: keepers of a legacy shining bright to a new generation joe fryer, nbc news, new york. >> it is not just on 9/11 when we remember and say we'll never forget every day, especially

with these kinds of families >> yeah, nothing's closer than here but there were a lot of people who were moved to serve after 9/1137. >> we've seen that time and time again. celebrating birthdays today rapper t.i. turns 39 fresh prince himself will smith 51 melrose place actor heather locklear 58. potsie is 70 and broadcast news legend barbra walters turns 90 thanks for waking up with us i'm frances rivera and>>

a good wednesday morning to you, september 25th. take a look at the hot temperatures on their way to the bay area today. another spare the air alert, power outages already happening. we're getting word up in calistoga this morning, and some of the outlying areas are already seeing those power outages as a precaution. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington.

this is all to protect the areas because of the danger. >> because of the high wind and the low humidity that we have. any fires that could develop will spread rapidly today and that's going to be the case through now through at least 11:00, and then so we do have the red flag warnings that continue for all these areas shaded in red. we also hav