my fellow kentuckians and i are especially proud that lieutenant general scott howell, kentucky native is currently leading the joint special operations command and oversaw this daring mission. lieutenant general howell is a career air force pilot who spent his career in deploying with and commanding special operations forces. our nation's lucky to have this son of the blue grass serving where he is. and i commend president trump, secretary esper and the entire administrative team for making the tough call to act on our intelligence and send u.s. forces into the breach. that decision's never easy, but it was the right one. a total operational success. this victory offers us an important strategic reminder about the value of our nation's investment in advanced military capabilities, american military presence abroad, and deep relationships with foreign allies and local security partners. without such factors, operations such as this become much, much more risky. the name of this terrorist is now headed straight for the trash bin of history. there are other names i'd like for us to remem

and because of that, judge beryl howell ruled that the department of justice must turn over to congress all of the grand jury material that has been redacted in the mueller report by next wednesday. even more specifically, judge howell said, "the department of justice claims that existing law bars disclosure to the congress of grand jury information. doj is wrong." now, i should tell you, usually congress does not have a right to view grand jury material, but back in 1974, in the midst of the nixon impeachment proceedings, the court ruled that lawmakers were allowed to look at grand jury material so they could weigh in on impeachment. and so now, a lot of the stuff that we did not know from the mueller report will be turned over to the democratic-controlled house judiciary committee, pending appeal of the ruling. the decision is a big win for democrats, who have wanted to see the full mueller report since it came out, but it also boosts the legitimacy of their court claim related to the impeachment inquiry. just today, the house impeachment committee subpoenaed depositions from two offi

well, judge howell addresses that in a sort of kidney punch of a footnote here. quote, when queried about for recognize use in impeachment inquiries, doj responded its position has, quote, evolved. the judge continues, no matter how glibly presented, the evolved legal position may be estopped. and consider yourself estopped. so attorney general bill barr tried to make it so congress couldn't see the evidence that was collected by robert mueller. this judge in this ruling today says, actually, congress gets that. now, the other important implication here is that there's been this attempted argument among the supporters of the president in congress and you've seen it picked up some in conservative media. there's been this argument, this sort of pseudo-legal argument that maybe the house could have a more legal impeachment proceeding. maybe the house could be doing something more proper if they took a full vote authorizing the impeachment. right? that's been part of what the president's defenders have argued. unless the house takes a full vote supporting this impeac

and will it directly implicate trump well what we do know is that the material covered by george howell includes redacted grand jury material mentioned in the report it's unclear how much new material at related to the president is contained in the grand jury transcripts but it could reveal basically previously hidden details about trump's actions during the 2016 election code become part of the polish to impeach him so what's next. well for the time being we have no response yet from president trump or the white house although we are expecting president trying to get on twitter as we know that's generally how he responds to these sort of situations now a justice department spokeswoman said it was reviewing the decision and president trump has repeatedly attacked the russia investigation even in the months after he had concluded so in many respects we kind of expect what he'll say in some ways but for now we also mustn't forget that the u.s. justice department has in fact have begun an investigation into the origins of the mourner inquiry and the department basically began a review into

i'm george howell with the headlines this day. in northeast syria, they say troops will be deployed along the turkish border to help repel the offensive by turkish troops. some troops moving north, according to syrian state media. syria's government has not yet said whether this is part of any sort of a deal with the kurds. turkey launched its military operation last week after the united states pulled back troops. now the u.s. defense secretary says president trump is ordering the remaining u.s. forces out of northern syria. pro-turkish forces have cut off a key road leading to kobani. kobani, a largely kurdish city where troops have been based. >>> let's get the context with bob baer, cnn's intelligence and security analyst. also a former cia operative. it's good to have you with us. >> thanks. >> so, bob, as the turkish military continues to push into syria, many of the kurdish fighters who once fought alongside u.s. troops to defeat isis, they now find themselves targeted by another u.s. ally, turkey. and with americans leavin

but if they do get what judge howell is ordering them to get, judge howell goes out of her way to highlight a number of subjects that are addressed in this material that congress doesn't yet have that she's now ordering that they should get. she goes out of her way to address subjects in this material that would seem to be quite relevant to these impeachment proceedings against president trump, including, as she describes it, "evidence suggesting that then-candidate trump may have received advance information about russia's interference activities." she also describes indications that, "then-candidate trump may have had advanced knowledge of damaging leaks of documents illegally obtained through hacks by the russians." she's like, that's what's in the grand jury material, evidence about trump having advanced knowledge about what the russians were doing. so, if you're thinking about impeaching him in terms of foreign election interference, you're going to want to see this! so, i mean, there's some major takeaways from this ruling. the first, as you can see clear as day, plastered on the fron

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i'm george howell. the cnn "newsroom" starts right now. at 5:01 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast, the u.s. president is lashing out at his critics, singling out reps who have criticized his now infamous call with ukraine's president. in this case the u.s. president signaling out mitt romney, who had his own rocky relationship with president trump. romney, one of the few members of his own party, speaking out. the senator from utah saying it was wrong and appalling that a leader would solicit a foreign power to look at one of his a little bit rivals. it triggered the formal impeachment inquiry now in the u.s. congress. the president responded with crude insults to romney. we get the very latest now from cnn's jeremy diamond. >> reporter: house democrats are already ramping up their impeachment inquire into the president and this administration after already issuing subpoenas for the state department. at this point it's unclear how this administration is going to comply with this. what they are considerin

but the importance of judge howell's order today can't be underestimated. she said what a series of lawyers have concluded themselves. lawyers for witnesses who have all been filing one by one into a secure basement room in a house office building and giving their first-person accounts of what they knew about the trump -- about the president's role in pressuring the ukraine to dig up dirt on his democratic rivals. and what she has essentially said is give me a break. the department of justice is wrong. their legal arguments are flawed and weak and nobody believes that. nobody with a law degree believes that you can argue a house impeachment process is not authorized and you don't have to cooperate with it. that's already happening right in front of our eyes. another three witnesses have been subpoenaed from omb and other places. there are more to come. nine in the rearview mirror. and it strikes me, brian, as important to know that when charles kupperman's lawsuit moves forward, it will answer the question about whether a senior white house advisor may be a

i'm george howell at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. again, these live images that you see in hong kong, these unauthorized rallies that have grown tense and hostile here in the last hour. huge crowds of protesters are on the streets for the 20th straight weekend, some of them vandalizing shops and subway stations, even setting fires and putting up barricades in the streets. police are responding with tear gas and water cannon. we are watching this. our anna coren is in the middle of it all. we have spoken with her earlier. we may be able to bring her in. but, again, she told us last hour when the protesters start moving, that's when police are moving in. anna coren live on this story. anna, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, george, we have now moved down to where the protesters are. earlier when we spoke with you we were 200 meters away with the riot police. as you can see, they have set up a makeshift barricade. this is what they do. they have their umbrellas. no doubt they have their petrol bombs ready to throw at police. the w

. >> roger's public defender, anthony howell, believed his client was innocent. >> i was looking forece of evidence that would be ah, that's the thing i can't explain. and there just was nothing. >> but here was the rub. howell knew juries, and as trial approached he was deeply unsettled. >> i was worried he was going to be convicted regardless of what i tried to do. >> why? >> because this is the kind of case where a jury would be worried that if they didn't convict then they would be letting a murderer go free. >> but howell didn't get the opportunity to defend his client in court. the reason was that phone call to the utah county sheriff's office, a call from a woman named rachel bingham. and here's what she had to say. what she had been blocking out was a bombshell. her ex-husband, martin bond, told her he and a friend named benjamin retig, went to kay's house to steal his guns. bond, she said, told her everything. >> took him to the bathroom and bent him over the tub. >> and cut his throat. and then -- >> the two were roger and pam. and we know the rest of the story. rachel bing

i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. from cnn headquarters in atlanta. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> president trump is again lashing out at house democrats as he faces a growing impeachment inquiry, resorting to name calling and throwing around more baseless allegations against his critics, including house speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence chair adam schiff. >> the u.s. president tweeted about it, saying the house speaker and intelligence chair, in part, they are guilty for high crimes and misdemeanors and even treason. this comes, again, as a second whistle-blower has come forward in the scandal. cnn's jeremy diamond has the latest now from washington. >> reporter: we now know there are two whistle-blowers from within the intelligence community who have raised concerns about president trump's call with the president of ukraine. attorneys for the first whistle-blower now say they're also representing at least a second whistle-blower from within the intelligence community. and this whistle-blower proclaims to have firsthand information a

my fellow kentuckians and i are specifically proud of general howell a kentucky native who is currently leading the joint special operations command and oversaw the steering mission. a career air force pilot who spent his career deploying with an commanding special operations forces. nation is lucky to have this son of the bluegrass serving where hee is perk i commend president trump and secretary esper and the entireea team to act on intelligence and send us forces. that decision is never easy a total operational success. this offers us a strategic reminder about the value of our nations investment in its military capabilities and american military presence of broad and deep relationships with strong allies and local security partners. operations such as this become much much more risky. now headed for the trash bin of history there are other names i would like for us to remember today instead. peter kesner born and raised in indianapolis humanitarian worker isis beheaded him in 2014. he was 26 years old. stephen, grandson of holocaust survivor born in florida and a dual citizen of the

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ >>> thank you for joining us. 5:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia. we appreciate it. we begin with the white house and the impeachment inquiry. the ukraine scandal now engulfing the trump white house and it's moving rapidly on multiple fronts. here are the latest developments. house democrats have subpoenaed the white house to turn over documents and other records related to ukraine, after the administration ignored a request to do so voluntarily. >> and the vice president of the united states, mike pence, he's in the mix now. his meetings in poland with ukraine's new leader have prompted a request for documents. >> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo missed a friday deadline to provide lawmakers with ukraine documents and records. the house foreign affairs committee says it is hopeful that information will be handed over soon. >> and then there's this from the "the new york times." the "times" reporting a second possible whistle-blower is considering filing a

i'm george howell. next here on "newsroom," pulling out. the trump administration announces plans to withdrawal all remaining troops from northern syria. the move that many fear could give isis a chance to regroup and could put syria, kurds in a great deal of danger. >>> the impeachment inquiry. u.s. lawmakers back on capitol hill as new impeachment political proceedings take place. >>> and a deal in ecuador. after weeks of deadly protests there, the government is giving in to the demands of anti-austerity protesters. >>> 2:01 on the u.s. east coast. around the world, good day to you. the u.s. defense secretary says president trump has ordered all remaining u.s. forces out of northern syria. a move with far-reaching impolitical indications for the ongoing what are in syria. the kurds already feeling abandoned by this white house are facing an all-out offensive by turkey ask now they're turning to the syrian government, an ally of iran and russia, to help. they are sendi -- the kurds say it is part of the deal with damascus after u.s. pulled

i'm george howell. cnn "newsroom" starts right now. >>> at 5:01 here on the u.s. east coast in atlanta, georgia, it has been one week since president trump announced american troops would pull back in northern syria. now come the criticisms of betrayal. they led the syrian democratic forces against isis now a commander is slamming the u.s. president's decision to withdrawal troops. he said this to the u.s. envoy in a readout obtained exclusively by cnn. he said, and i quote, you have given up on us. you are leaving us to be slaughtered. you have nothing for us. you are not willing to protect the people but you do not want another force to come and protect us. you have sold us. this is immoral. he goes on to say, i need to know if you are capable of protecting my people of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. i need to know because if you're not, i need to make a deal with russia and the regime now and invite their planes to protect this region. president trump told fox news saturday that it was fine if the kurds wanted to find someone else to fight with them

he was stopped by protesters as howell coleman from the san francisco chronicle reports, there are few times that the dhs secretary speaks in public unless he takes question from anyone besides lawyers and occasionally the press. many in the crowd seemed very frustrated that this chance was canceled. here's a look. >> good morning. good morning. this time i'm interrupting you for real. good morning everybody. good morning. welcome to those of you in the room welcome those of you joiningus on c-span as well, i'm president of the migration policy institute . along with our conference partners catholic legal immigration network incorporated click the georgetown law, we are very delighted to welcome you to the 16th annual duration law and policy conference. you'll get a welcoming a moment from executive director gallagher i wanted to join with clinic and first of all take thanking the georgetown law center for hosting us once again for this meeting and particularly to the dean william trainer. to andy schultz was here on stage and all the georgetown staff were involved in putting this toge

. >> in studio 7 at cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm george howell. "newsroom" starts now. >>> there is a new whistle-blower in the ukraine skanl scandal facing the u.s. president donald trump. the lawyer for the first whistle-blower says his team represents the second client who works in the intelligence community who has firsthand knowledge backing up claims of the first whistle-blower. >> mr. trump insists he did nothing wrong by asking ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden after withholding military aid, but he's already been lashing out on twitter over this second whistle-blower. and he's launching baseless accusations at two of the top democrats in the house, accusing them of high crimes, misdemeanors and treason. cnn's jeremy diamond has more from washington. >> reporter: we now know there are two whistle-blowers from within the intelligence community who have raised concerns about president trump's call with the president of ukraine. attorneys for the first whistle-blower now say they're also representing at least a second whistle-b

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judge howell is a careful judge. it's a well-reasoned opinion. it cites ample precedent. it's very solidly grounded. we'll see if these trump judges actually follow the law or whether they're going to try to tilt the courts in his favor. but on the merits that decision should be upheld and upheld all the way up. >> i know we're digging back when it comes to the mueller investigation and we've moved on to an entirely different controversy, but digging back and thinking about what we were waiting to learn in the mueller investigation, what will you be looking out for in particular, evan, on what we might see in those grand jury documents? >> well, you know, as far as the mueller investigation is concerned, what i still really am waiting to see, which will not necessarily come out in these grand jury additional pieces of information, are the c.i. elements of the investigation. i believe there was still a lot left out of the that report, including a lot about michael cohen and his travels and contacts and there are other pieces of the investigation that for some reason were n

one other interesting piece about judge howell's opinion, ari.ancy pelosi has said to president trump, i don't need a formal vote for impeachment. he said you need it. otherwise it's illegitimate. she said no. then you have this judicial decision saying you don't need a formal vote of impeachment and now, in what can only be a technical legal term that i guess we lawyers would call it as a baller move, pelosi says i'm now going to seek the formal vote of impeachment. i think the reason for that is she knows she's got the goods. the house of representatives has the goods. the president is going to be impeached. it's in black and white in what he said on july 25th. >> i always love it when neal katyal gets to the legal equivalent of balling. you make such an interesting point there, to those who are following you closely. a lot of our viewers are. that the speaker waited to move in a position of strength. they laid out and won procedural victories in court to say that they don't need to do this. they're not doing it in response to the president, a

judge howell very specifically says, you don't need a resolution. that many impeachments have gone forward without resolutions. so, you know, the process arguments, which have been the core of the republican objection so far, seem to be falling away. and judge howell's decision is very much a weapon in getting rid of those. >> it's also a great reminder to the administration and the white house, wolf, that there is a third branch of government twhathat wants -- that has a say in some of this stuff. this has been a fight between congress and the white house and it's a great reminder that there's a third branch. and judges in new york and here in d.c. have been reminding the white house that, hey, you know, there is a process here. and you don't exactly have it right. >> susan, no official reaction from the justice department yet or from the trump administration for that administration, but i suspect they will appeal this and this could go up to the supreme court. >> it is, i think, extraordinarily likely to be appealed. there was a recent decision in

today, journal howell ruled d judge howell ruled they must turn over he materials from the mueller investigationand red the impeachment investigation is valid even though it has not been approved by a vote of the full house. lou: new developments on general michael flynn's case. his attorney, sidney powell, joins us tonight. the justice department's office of legal counsel has written a letter to the intelligence community michael atkinson upbraiding him. stating that the inspector general should never have treated the so-called whistleblower's complaint as an urgent concern saying it was outside the intelligence community and not a matter of urgent concern. the u.s. and china appear to be closing on a number of certain aspects of the deal. ed lawrence has the latest from washington. reporter: chinese state media signaling the vice president's speech walked a fine line between the hard talk an and th- accommodating language. lighthizer said they are close to the finalizing an agreement, not a treaty. president trump said chain a still needs a deal. president trump: the farmers will do better tha

. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. news room starts right now. 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we start with the u.s. impeachment into the u.s. president. momentum is building with the second report now of a whistle-blower. a u.s. intelligence officer with firsthand knowledge of the president's actions on ukraine may file a formal complaint. >> meantime, the white house has been subpoenaed for documents after ignoring a request to produce documents voluntarily. mike pence is being asked to turn over information about his meeting in poland with ukraine's new leader. >> what we're seeing is house democrats escalate this impeachment request by sending out these subpoenas. they call for documents related to what is at the heart of what they say is this impeachment inquiry into president trump and that is his phone call that he had over the summer with ukrainian president zelensky. the question will be whether or not the white house is going to comply with the subpoena. if you've been paying attention, it doesn't appear t

which have to be turned over by october 30th now what we do know is that material covered by george howell includes redacted grand jury material mentioned in minors report but it could reveal previously hidden details about trump's actions during the 2016 election and that could become part of the push to impeach president trump took to twitter as expected on friday where he once again called the impeachment inquiry a scam and a witch hunt and this latest development it must be noted colmes as it was revealed this week by media here in the united states that a criminal inquiry has been launched by the department of justice into the arjun's of the mauler inquiry so another busy week here in this ongoing inquiry. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the united states is running its highest budget deficit in 7 years that's according to the u.s. treasury reporting its figures at the end of the u.s. fiscal year the ballooning debt is largely due to the trumpet ministrations tax cuts it's the 1st time since the early 1980 s. at the deficit has risen over 4 consecutive ye

i'm george howell. the cnn "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ >>> an early 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. thank you for being with us this day. we start with the u.s. president in a rare instance of mr. trump reversing course due to outside pressure. it happens to do with where the g7 summit will or won't be held. jeremy diamond explains. >> reporter: president trump will not host next year's g7 at his resort near miami, florida after all. in the face of blistering criticism from democrats, as well as some republicans, the president reversed course. in a tweet late saturday night, the president acknowledged the criticism tweeting while he thought he was, "doing something very good for our country, democrats and the media, quote, went crazy. the president tweeting, therefore based on both media and democrat crazed and irrational hostility, we will no longer consider doral, miami, as the host site for the g7 in 2020. we will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of camp david, immedi

which have to be turned over by october 30th now what we do know is that material covered by george howell includes redacted grand jury material mentioned in miller's report but it could reveal previously hidden details about trump's actions during the 2016 election and that could become part of the push to impeach him and president trump took to twitter as expected on friday where he once again called the impeachment inquiry a scam and a witch hunt and this latest development it must be noted colmes as it was revealed this week by media here in the united states that a criminal inquiry has been launched by the department of justice into the arjun's of the mauler inquiry so another busy week here in this ongoing inquiry. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in iraq at least 30 people are dead after police fired at government demonstrators at several protests are protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and bezerra and set fire to around 50 official buildings they were. want the government to resign and are calling for anti corruption

which have to be turned over by october 30th now what we do know is that material covered by george howell includes redacted grand jury material mentioned in minors report but it could reveal previously hidden details about trump's actions during the 2016 election and that could become part of the push to impeach president trump took to twitter as expected on friday where he once again called the impeachment inquiry a scam and a witch hunt and this latest development must be noted combs as it was revealed this week by media here in the united states that a criminal inquiry has been launched by the department of justice into the arjun's of the mauler inquiry so another busy week here in this ongoing inquiry. to norway now where one of scandinavia is larger sculpture parks is attracting lots of attention because in addition to its nearly 50 sculptures by norwegian and international artists it's now a stunning new feature created by the danish björk english group the twist serves a triple function as a bridge sculpture a new museum in itself. the weld of architecture is all the buzz everyone

i'm george howell. the cnn "newsroom" starts now. 4:01 on the u.s. east coast. we start with the ukraine scandal. and now reports of a second potential whistle-blower. it all seems to have caught the u.s. president's attention. mr. trump on twitter saying the first whistle-blower has been discredited, so a second whistle-blower is being brought in, also armed with secondhand information. keep them coming, he said. none of what he said is true. let's go point by point with the facts at hand. the first whistle-blower did not get the president's conversation wrong. that's borne out by the white house's own rough transcript. and as for the second potential whistle-blower, the "new york times" describes this person as an intelligence official who corroborated the first whistle-blower's complaint with firsthand knowledge of the call. only a few republicans are stepping up to criticize the president's actions. susan collins for one now the third republican senator to do so. collins told a newspaper in maine that it was, quote, a big mistake for the president to ask chi

judge howell is a good example on friday. and then when you look at the number of hours of testimony, and i'm going to full screen seven here, 65 plus hours of testimony, 14 subpoenas that have been issued. and you see the number of those who have given testimony. and then you go to our nbc survey monkey impeachment poll in terms of the numbers growing independence is the number that if you are running for president or you are going for an office in any one of the districts across the country, you are watching that middle group, right? 53% saying yes in removal from office. how is this resonating in the white house as you look at the countercurrent that is coming up against what the white house is trying to fight? >> well, there has been a reckoning that is happening in real time and at times it seems perhaps more slowly here than outside of the gates of the white house, a sense that there is this push toward public opinion where people are learning more about this. it is one of the reasons that the administration has been fi

indeed, as you pointed out, judge howell last friday in the d.c. district court said as much. however, we do need a vote in order to do a few things. one, publish the transcripts of the closed door proceedings. two, transfer this evidence to the judiciary committee for their consideration later and then, three, among other things we need to have staff-led questioning in the open hearings, something which currently is not the norm in most public hearings. >> so in the public hearings it's -- the questions are going to be, what, from attorneys on the staff as opposed to from members of congress? >> i think it's going to be primarily led by staff. i think one of the problems that your viewers might notice with our public hearings is that most times we as members each get about five minutes of questioning and although you can pack a lot into five minutes, there's -- there's kind of an abruptness to the way that they start and end and so we hope to have lengthier question periods and also done by folks who are probably going to get into even more details than is normally the case i

one of my favorites of the book doctor howell audie who has this life limb and everything really againstedible odds to open and sustain health clinics for tens of thousands of displaced people in somalia and the list goes on and on. what is the common denominator of gutsy nice in all these women? how did you each define it? what were the metrics you had to apply to whittle that giant down to the 103 women in the book? >> some of the whittling down really had to also be just kind of the visceral relaxants we had really thought about not including them. for us really was gutsy is in all these women's lives because they were not only driven by their own leading their own life they felt called to do but they were determined to make the world a better place and sometimes the world was defined as a family. whether school and community and sometimes really as the global community. so all the characteristics that you mentioned particularly persistent switch i feel very keenly as one of the core competencies for any life well lived. just kind of embedded in the gutsy nest these women demonstrated

from your perspective, how big a deal was judge howell's statements and the homework she put into this. >> it's important for two reasons. first, congress will get to see information that bill barr said congress shouldn't see. so typically grand jury information is secret, even congress can't look at it. an exception is when there's an impeachment. during the nixon impeachment hearings, a court ruled that congress could, under those circumstances, see information that previously is briktd federal law. and so, again, a lot of it depends on how much you have confidence in the attorney general. a lot of us think he acted more like trump's personal attorney than chief law enforcement officer of the united states. now congress gets to see everything that made a difference to the mueller investigation. more importantly, richard, for the investigation for the ukrainian investigation, the judge said that this is the fact an impeachment inquiry. as you noticed, she wrote a long scholarly decision where she basically threw trump's defense that because they hadn't authorized an impeachment inquir

along the way, chief judge ber ill howell, eviscerated arguments. republicans have argued since the full house hasn't voted to start the impeachment proceedings and the inquiry isn't legitimate in their words. but the judge called that argument, quote, cherry-picked and incomplete. she noted the house judiciary committee began considering impeachment against president andrew johnson before the full house later approved that resolution. and here's what she says of the justice department's rationale for how it says it tried to find a workable solution. quote, these arguments smack of farce. the reality is that doj and the white house have been openly stonewalling the house's efforts to get information by subpoena and by agreement, and the white house has flatly stated that the administration will not cooperate with congressional requests for information, unquote. phil mattingly joins us now from capitol hill tonight with the latest reaction. phil, what's the word there tonight? >> reporter: there's really one word from a lengthy statement from speaker

the judge, chief judge barrel howell said wrong under the law. i've been saying all along, richard, the state of our judiciary is strong and judge howell just proved that once again with this really thorough, authoritative, 75-page order. >> one of those statements, not a long sentence, she says, doj is wrong. in three words, no more than that. natalie, if you look at the headline coming out of that particular opinion and also what leanne was telling us as reeker is on the hill, does this empower the democrats leading the inquiry, adam schiff, the chair at the moment, might we expect a pickup in depositions that he might be requesting after this opinion comes down -- came down i should say? >> well, democrats are certainly celebrating their victories. i think every time nancy pelosi has spoken publicly, she has mentioned their victories in court as a sign that the judiciary is on their side, as glenn noted. and when i've been talking to democrats on the hill, they've made note that while they're investigating the ukrainian-focused allegations, th

jones was found guilty of the 1999 murder of paul howell who was shot to death in the driveway of an admin home. he spent the past 20 years at the state pen and still maintains he's innocent. >>united states supreme court twice declined to lunch the issues in chile this case. issues related to free system. >>claims that a juror made a racially charged statement during trial and a lack of solid evidence at the center of recent filings by jones legal team we are now out court a in the next option available to julius is to ask the pardon or 2. >>a look case consider nation recommendation of a taisha the petition for clemency filed this week and the people who know him best holding out jones will one day walk free for a plan for mercy. >>on his behalf us 20 long years. >>appreciate everybody's support. you know the voice makes a difference. >>the catholic church is also a minute to the archbishop of oklahoma city has publicly called on the oklahoma pardon and sentence. next at 6 o'clock companies sic used to live perpetuating the nation's opioid epidemic may be close to settling how much

lou: the justice department, before judge howell, seeking to block the house from getting grand juryestimony from the mueller witch hunt, it's -- the judge making clear to the justice department attorneys that precedent is on the side here of releasing that because as she points out, impeachment per se is considered a judicial proceeding, but this is not like any proceeding before it. >> it's not. and the law is clear, grand jury proceedings and transcripts and evidence collected as part of a grand jury can only be released as part of the judicial proceeding. there is no way under the law that this thing in the house that they haven't even voted on to start can be considered a judicial proceeding. this is one of the things i think americans are frustrated with our courts and system of justice. they can read the plain letter of the law and the what it's interpreted is entirely different. this is something i think the supreme court once they get this case will rule the house is not entitled to this evidence. lou: we are looking at a lot of different polls about their confidence of the