a stunning announcement from capitol hill. nancy pelosi says a formal impeachments inquiry into president trump is being opened and the president is is dismissing it with a quote that it's a witch hunt garbage. >> we could get a look at the whistleblower gecomplaint. the white houser is expect ed release a trupt of the call. plus new reporting about rudy giuliani's role in thee ukraine scandal. the president's lawyer appears to have been involved at nearly every stage of the entanglement with ukraine.e

good morning, it's wednesday, september 25th. in the wake of a growing scandal involving president trump and ukraine, house speaker nancy pelosi announced plans to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. she argued yesterday that trump's actions reveal a betril of hisac oath of office. >> the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution, especially whenly the president s says, article 2 says i can do whatever you want. i'm announcing the house of representatives isan moving forwardre with an official impeachment inquiry. i'm directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> pelosi's announcement the came after a meeting with the

caucus where 187 house democrats voiced support for some kind of impeachment action. a democratic said who was in the room, pelosi said we have to strike while the iron is hot. this is a national security issue, a a national security issue and we cannot het him think this is a casual thing. she told members about a phone call with president trump yesterday morning. three sources tell nbc news that president trump asked pelosi can we do something about the whistleblower complaint. she responded saying, yes, you can tell your people to obey the law. >> the president says he will release the complete transcript of his july phone call with the president of ukraine today. under pressure from democrats and republicans, the white house is s,reversing the decision to withhold the complaint from congress. a senior administration official telling nbc news that the complaint is undergoing a classification review and will provided to congress by tomorrow. that followed a rare moment of

bipartisan shup earlier in the day whenp mitch mcconnell agre to fastcc track a nonbinding rz lugs by chuck schumer resulting in a unanimous vote calling on themo trump administration to release the complaint to the house and senate intelligence committees. thete whistleblower's attorney reached out to the acting director of national intelligence for guidance of arranging a meet iing. "the new york times" citing the white house and intelligence officials are now working on a plan to make that happen. house intel chair adam schiff says he looking forwardan to th testimony as soon as this week while a bipartisan letter obtained claims the committee wants to meet with the whistleblower no later than friday. >> amidst all of ntthis, there' the president shifting explanation on why he chose to freeze the $400 million in military aid to ukraine. on monday hee said this. >>s it's very important to talk about corruption.

if you don't talk about corruption, why would you give money to a country that you think is corrupt. >> 24 hours later, he had this to say. tha >> i'll continue to withhold until other nations contribute to ukraine. why is it only the united states putting uply the money? and by the way, we paid that money. it's unfair we put up the money. people said let it go and i let it go. >> it's also important to note the time line in allmp of this. the aid was release d two days after the inspector general alerted congress of the whistleblower's urgent concern. >> shortly afterng speaker nanc pelosi announced that the house was launching a formal impeachmentg inquiry, the president lashed out on twitter. in a series of tweets he wrote, such an important day at thet united nations, so much work and the and can the democrats purpose purposely had to ruin it with

witch hunt garbage. so bad for our country. can you believe this? they never saw the transcript of the phoneaw call. a total witch hunt. presidential harassment. secretary of state receiveden permission from ukraine to release the transcript of the telephone call i had with their it president. they toept know either what the big deal is. a total witch hunt scam by the democrats. here's thehe president yesterda. >> our country is doing the best it's ever urdone. they are going to lose the election. they figured this never happened where we're in the election. and if she does that, they all say it's a positive for me from the election. and they wonder why they don't get gun legislation done or drug prices lowered. because all they do is talk nonse nonsense. and other countries look today with iraq and other countries during the day. >> as details to use leverage

with ukraine for political gain continued to unfold, it's division in the white house that reveals the president's personal lawyer inserted himself in the trump administration's to pursue a shadow agenda. according to the post, the sequence whicha began early th year involved the removal of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. from these agencies struggled to piece together the activities from news hereports. >> a u.s. official telling the paper, he did all of this. this expletive show we're this. it's him inject iing himself in the process. he was directed to contact officials about evidence on the the political opponent.

>> i did it at the request of the state department. i never talked to an ukrainian b official until the state department called me and asked me to do it. then i reported every conversation back to them. i'm a pretty good rterlawyer, b it's all here. the first call from the state department. i never knew the depth of this corruption. it's massive.f it'srr shocking. and if i played a role in getting that out, i did a service to my country and i'm proud of it. everything i did is defensible and everything i did is legal and most of what they are doing is to cover up for a crime.de >> giuliani returned to the broadcast with an explosive response to comment by chris hahn, who challenged his account and said giuliani's remarks would be libeliu if they were n public figures. >> i should sue you for libel because --

>> please. >> you usually say incredibly stupid things. >> you're a public figure. >> yeah, and by the way, do you have any idea that the state department -- >> so you know the libel. >> shut up, moron. you don't know what you're talking about. you don't know what you're talking about, idiot. he said about me i was asked by the state department to go dig up political dirt on trump's opponent. totally false. the state department asked me -- >> you just said it. >> no, i didn't. you did, you lie liar. >> just let him finish and then you can respond. >> turn him off. i do not want to be interrupted. >> wow, joining us now from washington nbc f news correspondent leann caldwell. let's talk about how nancy pelosi's announcement moves the needle on the topic of

impeachment. is there any concern that this could be a double-edged sword to unitege the because going into 2020? >> pelosi throwing the weight of her office behind this impeachment probeis is significant. it's a big moment in this entire process. he said they have a new captain of their impeachment inquiry and that's speaker pelosi. the fact that 190 democrats have come out in support of this is is also significant. there wast. a newfound energy. they were thrilled there was such unity behind this. so what it does to the base, it can motivate the base, but democrats are pretty confident that the politics are behind them. i had several lawmakers tell me yesterday as well that their phones are ring iing off the ho and the overwhelming amount a o

those calls are in support of them moving forward on this. they are also telling me that they are hearing in their district when is they fwo home that more and more people are telling them that this needs to happen. thn ou also had this rareups. moment of bipartisanship. what do you make of the swift push for the release of the transcript with the conversation with ukraine's president? >> i actually think it's pretty significant. the factin p that the senate republicans are not blocking access to information, every senate republican we talked to says they need to get the facts, they need to know what happened before they can make any sort of opinion or comment on this situation. so on the one hand, they are not blocking those facts. but on the other hand, some of the democrats fury was about the constant stone walling from this president and i think that the republicans calculated that it would be dangerous to block more information from the white

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danny seth va loss. help us break that down. criminal versus impeachable. >> all crimes are not necessarily impeachable and not all impeachable offenses must be crimes. that's a view that some academics disagree with. he believes ail all offenses must be crimes. but in this case, the president has very broad power to conduct foreign affairs. the president has such broad powers it headache it is difficult to decide whether he does things like obstruct justice or commits other crimes the way ord nar citizens commit those crimes. the way remoudy giuliani commit that crime. but here's where it gets tricky for the president. even if he does have the power to call up another country and say i'm withholding aid.

you want something good for the united states. like investigating corruption. assume that's perfectly legal. where it takes a turn into arguably corrupt activity is the request to specifically investigate, if it happened, an individual connected with an opponent to him in the presidential campaign. that's where it fails to pass the smell test. even if the president can ask broadly, hey, i want you to investigate corruption in your country and i'll withhold aid until you do. the improper purpose appears to be singling out someone who could potentially benefit his campaign, if it that other person is investigated. >> let's zero in on yesterday for a moment. because if you have been following what republicans have been saying, we have already had impeachment inquiries over the course of the past several months. to that point, what changed yesterday with what nancy pelosi

asked for? >> i think one of the the things that's jumping out about me that make it is so different from the mueller investigation is that the evidence involved here is going to be so much more clear cut. it's essentially going to be a transcript. you could even make the argument that the whistleblower complaint sort of falls by the wayside in terms of importance. if there's a transcript and an accurate transcript, that alone could contain all of the evidence that you need with no other evidence required. if again, it's true and accurate and complete. that we don't know for sure yet. >> who is to say this is just about the phone call? >> that's right. >> it's important to make sure you see the whistleblower complaint as well to make sure it's not just about the phone ca call? >> it may be all of the evidence necessary for impeachment could be contain ed in the transcript. but you're right, there may be a lot more information in the whistleblower complaint that adds to this investigation, adds to the impeachable offenses.

we don't know yet. but based on what we know today with the president has admitted to, what we apparently know is going to be contained, to some degree, in the transcript. we know he was talking to ukraine and he edadmitted essentially to asking them to investigate biden. i'm faparaphrasing, but he he's admitted those things. what we know so far, those strongly towards different kinds of impeachable offenses including an abuse of power. >> quickly, does this inquiry need to be ratified by the house. it was for nixon. >> congress has broad authority when it comes to impeachment. they can go through judiciary committee. that's the way they have traditionally done it and doll out the work to different committees or handle it as an entire body themselves.

they have a lot of leeway. there aren't a lot of rules set out for impeachment. we don't know what the burden of proof is. we don't know -- all we know is a majority of the house is required to get the impeachment articles rolling and get the trial started in the senate. >> always a pleasure. thank you. let's switch gears and bring in bill karins for a quick check on the weather. >> tropical storm karen was over puerto rico. heavy rain and flash flooding and now it's beginning to move away. you can see the radar has cleared up. so we'll still have a flash flood watch that should be drop ed during the day today. the worst of it was 4 to 6 inches of rain fell. 45 mile per hour winds. there's the center of the storm. so where does karen go from here? we go away from puerto rico as we go throughout the day. then it does a loop and it jumps back to the west. this is the latest forecast from the hurricane center that just came out. you see what's to the west in

the bahamas. there's florida. so the question then is going to be after we get past monday is does it keep going west or will it stall. and what intensity will it be. when the storm sits over the same spot it can weaken. it churns the water up. the hurricane center has 50 or 65 mile per hour winds. they leave it at 65. there's a lot of questions about what the intensity will be and exactly how far west it will go. we'll keep our eyes on it. it's no threat to florida or the bps for at least the next seven days. we have plenty of time to watch it. here's the spaghetti lines that show that trend to the north and then to the west. there's only quitting the that goes to the west. so the forecast for today, another hot day through the deep south. also the great lakes looks pretty good. a chance of thunderstorms today in areas like st. louis. we had a tornado strike wisconsin. i'll show you pictures of the damage. >> new polling shows joe biden

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stories. this morning more than three quarters of house democrats are on board with an impeachment inquiry into president trump. with nancy pelosi's announcement, democrats supporting the move have tipped the scale to more than 200 lawmakers. here's how some have reacted. >> the fact that we would have a president by his own admission and after having sought foreign help in the last election, now using the power of his office to once again try to get foreign help by getting ukraine to manufacture dirt on his opponent, i think that compels us to travel town the road towards impeachment. i fully support the speaker's decision. the big club has been brought out. i think it's forcing thunderstorm to agree to provide the transcript and the whistleblower and that club is the club of impeachment. >> one thing to say. full speed ahead. >> meanwhile, top the senate democrats who were previously on the fence have backed an impeachment inquiry.

>> i think this maybe the straw that broke the camel's back. there's so much cumulative evidence here and many many of us have wondered if this would ever see the light of day of an impeachment inquiry, but now we have to move forward. >> i think we have crossed a line where if congress does not take action, the president will receive a message that he can act impunity in trying to rig the 2020 election. >> republicans were swift to condemn nancy pelosi's decision to launch an impeachment inquiry. in a statement, much mitch said, washington democrats event searching for ways to reverse the 2016 election defeat since before president trump was even inaugurated. the result has been a two and a half year impeachment parade in search of a rational. when investigations by special counsel mueller and the senate select committee on intelligence deflated their breathless accusations of a campaign

conspiracy with russia, democrats have simply shifted to new arguments for their predetermine predetermined conclusion. it simply confirms that house democrats' priority is not making life better for the american people, but their nearly three-year six sags fixation on impeachment. >> clearly, this is embarrassing that they continue this witch hunt for impeachment. they were hanging everything on the mueller report. it was clear there was no conclusion. they should have given it up then, but they kant let it go. >> i just listened to the speaker of the house. she happens to be the speaker of this house, but she does not speak for america when it comes to this issue. she cannot decide what happens here. they have been investigating this president before he even got elected. they have voted three times on impeachment on this floor. twice they voted before one word of the mueller report came back.

our job here is a serious job. our job is to focus on the american public. our job is to make tomorrow better than today. our job is to legislate. not to continue to investigate something in the back when you can't find any arenreason to imh this president. >> in a statement the ranking member of the house judiciary committee said that this is the first partisan impeachment in the history of the republic and the real victims are the american people. they elected donald trump to be our president and represent i-s to solve the border crisis. instead of accepting those facts, democrats are sewing chaos, not producing solutions. the chaos began in the judiciary committee and now seeping into the rest of the the house. >> president trump addressed the united nations general assembly for the third time yesterday. trump pushed a different philosophy. >> the essential divide that

runs all around the world, and throughout history, is once again thrown into stark relief. it is the divide between those whose thirst for control dill luds them into thinking they are destined to rule over others. those people and nations who want only to rule themselves. the united states after having spent over $2.5 trillion since my election to completely rebuild our great military is also by far the world's most powerful nation. americans know that in a world where others seek conquest and domination, our nation must be strong in wealth and might and in spirit. the free world must embrace its national foundations.

wise leaders always put the good of their own people and their own country first. the future does not belong to globalists. the future belongs to patriots. the future belongs to sovereign and independent nations who protect their citizens, respect their neighbors and honor the differences that make each country special and ewe niek. unique. one of the most serious challenges our countries face is the specter of socialism. it's the wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies. socialism and communism are about one thing only. power for the ruling class. today i repeat a message for the world that i have delivered at home. america will never be socialist

country. >> joining us is president of the council on foreign relations is richard hass. what did you make of the tone of the speech and the message behind it? >> it was largely aimed at a domestic audience. this talk about socialism and about immigration and then his message was a really old fashioned message about nationalists. juxtaposing patriotism with globalism. it's quite offensive. it should be patriotic, but want the united states to play a responsible role in the world. the president seems to miss, not just yesterday but repeatedly, we play a large role in the world not simply because we're generous, not to help others, but to help ourselves. if the world goes to hell in a hand basket, we will pay a price. these two oceans that happen to surround us, there are many things. the one thing they are not, they are not motes. that's what seems to be missing

from the president's approach to the world. >> we want to get your thoughts on the meeting between the two most powerful leaders with equally troubling days. you had president trump and boris johnson having a sidelinesover the general assembly and occurs just hours before plans of an formal impeachment inquiry against the president and then just hours after the uk supreme court ruled that prime minister johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for political gain. and the prime minister's advice to the queen on the matter was unlawful as well. these two men had quite a few things to talk about and some things in common to say the least yesterday. >> embattled to say the least. >> it was a great day for democracy. on both sides of the atlantic. what happened in britain, the suspension of parliament was obviously uncalled for. the idea that you have to jam brexit through.

the only way to do it is by sidelining parliament tells you something. that means you're doing something against the will of the people and elected representatives. it's not over. even knthough he's lost votes, there's an election, he can well win it just given how weak the opposition is. we're probably in the fifth inni inning. we'll see what happens. this was a a pushback against president trump. it shows on both countries there's a recivil yens. democracy is not just going to roll over. we'll have to see how it plays out. >> let me get your thoughts on the way the president framed. he talked yesterday about the success that the u.n. being overshadow overshadowed by the democrats trying to demean america. what can we look forward to come out of the general assembly in terms of substance that the president is saying this was successful? >> you're silting down. now i'm going to disillusion you. not a whole lot. the climate day was a lot of talk. very little action on climate.

and it just shows there really isn't a consensus to do a lot, even for those who are inclined to do something. then other issues in terms of iran. until the united states puts forward a proposal and iran reacts to it, i don't think anything happens there. nothing on north korea happened. tough language on china, but that's going to be resolved in the trade talks, not at the u.n. the u.n. was never designed to be a place where you'd resolve the world's problems. it's a place where we can get as much accomplished as the major powers of the day want to get accomplished. oerpz it's like blaming madison square garden for the knicks. the u.n. is where the game gets played. and right now the major power, russia, china, the united states are not on the same page. so it's unrealistic to look to the u.n. as a a place where a lot of magic happens. >> the president seems to have this unique ability to shift a new cycle when big things happen. if he were able to secure a

meeting with the iranian president for that reason, in this context, it would help things for the president right now. it would shift the conversation away from what's happening in washington to iran. what is will a likelihood of that happening? >> i think it's given. what the president said yesterday was a call for regime change. given the politics of iran. even if there were a meeting, one of the things we should have learned is one summit r or two summits is not diplomacy. unless things are well prepared and there's followup and the willing and the ability to compromise, it doesn't really matter. i don't think there will be a meeting, but even if there was a meeting, absent both sides to 5d just policies, i don't think would walk us back. >> always a pleasure. thank you. still ahead, the trump administration takes new steps to cut down the number of people

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during the comments period. children affected by the children would lose eligibility next school year. let's get a check on your weather with bill karins. >> good morning. a tornado struck in wisconsin last night. this is elk mound, wisconsin. i'm told it was a storage shed area that was hit and a couple homes. you can see the significant damage and cleanup is going to be necessary as we go throughout the day. no reports of any injuries or fatalities. you can see from pictures there, i think that was the storage unit shed that was destroyed and levelled. let's get into the forecast. that cold front that was responsible for the storms in iowa and wu is now pushed to the south. there's a weak line of storms going through illinois. kansas city, you're fine. that's weakening as it moved to okay. during the day today, we'll continue to push this cold front through the ohio valley. we'll spark a few storms near

st. louis and southern missouri. anywhere around indianapolis, heading to cincinnati. we're not talking severe in tornadic, but at least a period of rain. by the time the cold front gets to the east, it's dry. there's no moisture available for any tomorrow storms. but that's about it. the other huge story is the heat. now we're going coast to coast. we have heat advisories that are up for areas of california. it's going to be almost 90 degrees near the coast. so above average high temperatures will continue. chicago, cincinnati, we're going to be near 90 degrees in areas like atlanta, savannah, we'll be in the 80s. you get the idea. it cons to be unusually warm. >> thank you for that. still ahead, global markets are under pressure this morning over the impeachment preeldin

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welcome back. the stock market saw different reactions globally following the formal request for impeachment proceedings against president trump. we are live in london on this. good morning to you. how has the news of trump's possible impeachment affected the markets so far? >> i have to say, pretty negative across the board. wall street ended up in the red

yesterday. we had the s&p down about .8%. the dow closed 140 points lower. overnight in asia, we had a lot of weakness in equities. it's not just this investigation that also fears of the trade war gripping investors at this point. shanghai is down 1%. the investigation was being launched in european indexes. we have the top 600 down 1.5%. so a lot of red on the screen. but u.s. futures are actually pointing a little steady now. i would say going into the u.s. open, we're pointing slightly negative. it was seen opening up 30 points lower. you know i like my stats. as stocks have struggled in episodes of impeachment, in '98 when the impeachment of clinton was going on. i want to take you the e-cigarette maker ju, l is undergoing a restructuring on

slower sales. this on the u.s. proposed ban of 80% of the products that would affect the flavored e-cigarette tastes. the company employs 4,000 people today, has been growing at a huge rate. in 2017 they only em employed about 200 people. you can see how much it's grown there. they said going forward they're concerned about the regulatory scrutiny remains to be seen how it's going to impact their overall revenue. they were on track to post $2 billion in revenue this year. >> let me ask you about another big company, wework ceo adam newman, one of the most recognized companies in the u.s. stepped down following multiple post po postponements to its ipo. why specifically were there calls for him to step down? >> big question for investors. actually, technically they shelved the plans for the ipo a couple of weeks back after an

increasing about of scrutiny. he did announce he's formally stepping down. he came under a lot of pressure from soft bank, the japanese company having stake in wework. the ceo put a lot of pressure on him personally to step down. he has announced he's stepping down. he's remain on as a nonexecutive chairman of the we company. the biggest question is what this means for wework as a whole. the company has not made a profit. it's lost $2.9 billion in the last three years. they were commanding a $20 billion premium on their ipo. investors were bulking at that high valuation, and it remains to be seen whether or not they can find investor appetite to buy into the company at this point, especially with the turnover at the ceo love. "axios"'s mike allen has a

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welcome back, joining us here on set to look at "axios" a.m., the cofounder of "axios" mike allen. >> thanks for having me at the adult table. >> we like to think so. what is "axios'"s one big thing. >> impeachment day locked and loaded. what was it like at the capitol yesterday? like the amazing thing is that

what mueller didn't do in two years happened in six days with this story. it's something people could understand. it's something that democrats could rally around, and so amazing that this tipping point came so quickly, so what democrats are saying is that they're the most unified they've been since nancy pelosi took the gavel. you saw aoc saying this is a in if era for the party. these investigations which have been going on. we don't always get this. there was actually an impeachment inquiry. that's why the speaker said yesterday this is an official inquiry, but she says it has new weight. what are they saying on the other side? republicans saying to us locked and loaded, and that's the headline in "axios" a.m. you don't want to be the third person since andrew johnson to face impeachment. republicans see political upside or at least they see how they

can benefit politically as this unfolds. >> lay out for us what we can expect to unfold over the short-term, medium term, long-term. >> democrats say they want to confine this in 2019. this goes back to the speaker's original idea. we talked to democrats across the country. this isn't good for democrats in tough districts, tough states like people out in america, this is not their topic. they want democrats to get back to those kitchen table issues. they're trying to confine it to 2019. what has the white house strategy been at every turn? it's delay and send things to court, and drag their feet. so it may not be possible to do it as ziply as democratic leaders want. >> what was the speaker's calculation making the announcement she did yesterday evening versus waiting to hear from the whistleblower, seeing the readout from the phone call? >> it's a smart point. it's one things republicans are hanging their hat on. they think that by having this

announcement before the transcript is out there raises expectations for the actual words of the transcript, but what one person said to me is the speaker is a numbers girl. someone very close to her said that, and she was responding to what was happening in the caucus. all weekend yesterday, all day long, she was taking her temperature. nobody knows the barometric pressure of her caucus the way nancy pelosi did. her strategy has borne out. she waited. there was a moment people could rally around and they did. she did. >> we were at the united nations general assembly. a lot of people expected president trump to be meeting with the iranian president. the biggest headline is he's meeting with the ukrainian president. what can we expect with that meeting? >> timing you can't script. the reality tv star, and then there's president trump, so president trump who in a big

part of america got to be known through "the apprentice." he's meeting the president, zelensky. he was known in that country as the comedian who played the president of the country. the script writers didn't give up there. zelensky's big issue as he rose to power, elected in april, inaugurated in may, ending corruption, so exactly what was said about corruption and by whom on their call is going to be a meeting today less than 24 hours after the speaker of the house went on global television and pointed exactly to a phone call between those two people as the sign that no one's above the law. >> lots to watch. i'm sure it will be an incredible performance. mike allen always a pleasure. >> thank you. we're going to be reading in just a bit. you can sign up for that news letter. that does it for us. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. of course he's my client and therefore i can't tell you what i talked to him about,

particularly at a time like this. it's attorney/client privilege. you know who i did it at the request of? the state department. i never talked to a ukraine official until the state department called me and asked me to do it. >> he can't make up his mind. by the way, hey, rudy you're doing that in public. >> that's the outside voice. >> you're claiming -- >> it's not inside your head. >> you're thinking should i go with the attorney/client privilege thing or should i go with the state department thing. you're saying both of them, so. >> so swinging wildly between two different positions. is rudy giuliani the president's private lawyer? >> says he is. >> or someone tasked by the state department to conduct government business? boy, that changes the equation. >> both of them changed the equation. >> kind of an important detail as the house of representatives launches an official impeachment inquiry into donald trump's growing ukraine scanda