ann saved all of her fan mail. a lot of her letters when people were wishing her to recover after the brain tumor surgery. >> stuff any roller derby fan would covet. >> jim, you ever have any of this stuff appraised? >> not really appraised, but what i have noticed over the years, i've seen people sell items on ebay. there was one jersey that was sold for about $3,000. i think ann is just as much if not more of a star, so... it might go for more. >> but as you're about to see, jim has another idea for his strange inheritance, one he'll try out in his new position as general manager of the storied san francisco bay bombers. coming up, how do you bring back roller derby's glory days? it won't be easy... >> i promised my mom i'd wear these. >> what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever rep

the other thing is you've got to remember that anne sacoolas, and it isa remember that anne sacoolas,o, although she killed harry, her ten—year—old son was sitting in the front seat of the car, the volvo suv, when she killed him, so, as a consequence, he had to witness that, so that must have been traumatic for the family of anne sacoolas, not on the family of anne sacoolas, not on the same scale as losing a life, but they will have their own challenges to face as well. it is important. the problem i think here is that we are seeing yet another mealy—mouthed politician's letter from the foreign 0ffice politician's letter from the foreign office here where they are saying that anne sacoolas, because she is in america, doesn't have diplomatic immunity. everybody knew that all along. diplomatic immunity only applies when you are in the host country, in this case the uk. it never applies once you go back to your own country. i think it was the threat of the family of harry dunn hauling her into court in america that has actually brought forth this suggested meeting. do the parents, harry

i'll start with you ann. first of all, what did it feel like to have the soon to be president reading your book, agreeing with a lot of your views and why do you think he has agreed with you on a lot of these topics? >> the strange thing is why no other republicans would just pick up this obviously popular issue. americans, every time immigration has been put to a vote -- i mean, going back to the 1970's, americans have voted for less legal immigration and a complete stop to illegal immigration and, paul, it's just like brexit, except we've been putting up with it since the 1970s. it's been decade after decade after decade. i completely agree with what david just said. this is what the republican party would not deliver. now, when they run for office, oh, they promised to get tough on immigration. in many famous instances, one of the most egregious that i think was one of the many incidents that led to donald trump was in 2014, obama's president, republicans are a minority. how did republicans take a majority

harry's family want the home office to then seek the extradition of anne sacoolas.sequences should be faced. duncan kennedy, bbc news. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... kroos control. real madrid are off the mark, with a first win in champions league this season. turning it around in turin. juventus come back to stop lokomotiv in their tracks. and we're in houston for the start of baseball's world series with the astros home to the nationals. we will have an update from baseball's showpiece event between the nationals and the astros. we start with the champions league where there have been a feast of goals to enjoy across europe. big results for the english premier league sides in actions. but the pressure was on real madrid who started the night with the just a point in their group. 0ur football reporterjohn bennett joined me on set earlier, to talk about some of tuesday's key results. a professional performance from rall madrid which eases some of the pressure off of zenon genes are done

i'll start with you ann. first of all, what did it feel the soon to be president reading your book, agreeing with a lot of your why do you think he has agreed with you on a lot of topics? >> the strange thing is why no other republicans would just popularthis obviously issue. americans, every time immigration has been put to a vote, i mean, going back to the '70s, americans have voted for legal immigration and a complete stop to illegal immigration and it's just like brexit, except we've been putting up with it since the '70s. decade after decade after decade. i completely agree with what david just said. this is what the republican would not deliver. now, when they run for office, oh, they promised to get tough on immigration. in many famous instances, one of thinkst egregious that i was one of the many incidents int led to donald trump was 2014, obama's president, minority.s are a how did republicans take a majority in the senate in 2014? well, that was when obama was issue hisg to executive order on dreame

anne-marie?> thank you, laura. >>> mandatory evacuations were issued overnight after a large wildfire exploded in california's wine country. the kinkaid fire is near geyserville in sonoma county. the fire has burned at least thousands of acres and is quickly spreading. california's largest utility company, pg&e, has shut off power to roughly 17,000 customers in that region due to dangerous fire weather. in santa rosa, generators were installed at major intersections to keep traffic lights on. and some people living there say they don't mind the preventive action that's been taken. >> if this truly prevents people from losing their homes or dying, i'm all for it. little inconvenience compared to people losing their homes and lives, not a problem. >> pg&e says the precautionary blackouts will impact roughly 180,000 homes and businesses across 17 counties, mostly in northern california. the outages will last about 48 hours. >>> turning now to syria and president trump announced that he will lift san

anne-marie?> all right. laura podesta in new york, thank you so much. >>> president trump's decision to hold the g7 summit at one of his private resorts in florida aist theidenropoweoralneitsay that e far and away the best physical facility for the meeting. >> reporter: amid accusations of conflict, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney said hosting the summit at the trump-owned doral resort was not illegal or inappropriate because the president will not reap a profit. >> doing this at cost. as a result, it's been dramatically cheaper to do it at doral. >> reporter: the white house narrowed its final list to four sites including two locations in utah and another in hawaii. mulvaney said it was mr. trump who opoldi the g7 at his club. senior officials said mr. trump took a very personal interest in doral hosting the summit. mr. trump said this in august -- >> not about me, it's about getting the right location. i think it's very important. >> reporter: business at doral is struggling, according to t

lawyers for anne sacoolas say she's prepared to meet them.ters say mrs scoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity, because she's returned to the united states. simon jones has more. they've ta ken their fight forjustice to the foreign office in london, and now harry dunn's parents are flying to the us. they say ever since harry's death, they've been trapped in a nightmare. he was killed on this road, hit by a car believed to be driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us diplomat. she returned home shortly afterwards, claiming diplomatic immunity. now she's broken her silence. a statement issued through her lawyer said... it's something harry dunn's family have been calling for. you want to grieve, you desperately want to grieve, the whole family desperately want to grieve, but we can't. so every day is a battle and every day more of a battle than we feel it should be. and in that battle harry's parents have received a letter from the foreign secretary. dominic raab writes... this could pave the way to extradite miss sacoolas to the uk. harry's

i'm anne-marie green. this morning president trump is facing criticism from his own party following his decision to withdraw american troops from syria. a small number of u.s. troops have pulled out from observation posts on the turkish border. it's feared the drawdown could lead to america's kurdish alleys being overrun by turkish forces, and there's concern over 10,000 isis fighters could escape. david martin reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: u.s. troops aban n abandoned the border. it could happen in the next 24 to 48 hours. president trump said it's only 50 soldiers who are being moved out of harm's way. >> i don't want those 50 people hurt or killed or anything. i don't want anything bad to happen to our people. >> reporter: but the president who later in the day met with his top military commanders made it sound as if the final american pullout from syria had begun. >> at some point we have to bring our people back home, and that's what we're doing. >> reporter: the surprise move announced in a

anne-marie? >> indeed, nichelle medina. thank you so much. >>> cbs news has learned the justice department has opened a criminal investigation into the origins of the 2016 russia probe. the move expands an administrative review that is already underway. laura podesta is in new york. laura, what exactly does this mean for the trump administration? >> reporter: well, this decision will allow the prosecutor overseeing the case to subpoena witnesses, to enlist a grand jury, and possibly file criminal charges. so this is essentially a political win for president trump who for two years has attacked the russia investigation as a hoax. the president we know has repeatedly insisted the russia probe was started by, quote, deep state intelligence officials who wanted to prevent his election. back in may, attorney general william barr agreed to look into these allegations and appointed u.s. attorney john durham to review the matter. durham is a veteran prosecutor known for investigating cia torture and the

i'm anne-marie green. president trump's personal attorney is now facing a battle of his own with a congressional impeachment inquiry. lawmakers have subpoenaed rudy giuliani to hand over documents related to ukraine and this comes as new information emerges about who else was listening to that phone call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart this summer. laura podesta is in new york. what are we learning about that call right now? >> as you said, anne-marie, we were learning who was listening in. that would be secretary of state mike pompeo. some are saying he should have blown d whistle on the content of that call before the whistle-blower. attorney has been subpoenaed as part of the impeachment inquiry. ay thid aem advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the office of the president in a scheme. they want all documents related to his dealings with ukraine since the president's inauguration. >> i'm weighing the alternatives. i'll kind of like go through it, get all

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine described to lawmakers what he said was a highly irregular policy effort engineered by president trump. yesterday bill taylor answered questions behind closed doors from several house committees. democrats call the testimony, quote, damning and further evidence of a quid pro quo. laura podesta is here in new york. how is the president responding to the new revelations? >> reporter: he has been tweeting overnight, calling the impeachment inquiry a scam that goa goes on and on and a witch hunt. it's undeniable that yesterday's testimony which was delivered by a respected vietnam war veteran and career diplomat is rattling the president. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine left lawmakers stunned yesterday. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. >> reporter: during more than nine hours of closed door testimony, ambassador bill taylor detailed what he describ

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking news out of mississippi where at least 22 army paratroopers were hurt during a nighttime training exercise. the soldiers were taking part in a parachute jump at camp shelby about 12 miles south of hatters burg. their injuries are non-life-threatening, but some were taken to the hospital. about 650 soldiers stationed in anchorage, alaska, were participating in the training exercise. a camp shelby commander reportedly said the troops were injured after jumping from a c-130 aircraft and wind blew them away from their intended drop zone and into a group of pine trees. so paratroopers had been stuck in trees for hours. the mississippi national guard says about 80 jumpers missed their zone. >>> now to another incident involving military aircraft. the ntsb today will investigate the fiery crash of a world war ii-era bomber. the plane went down shortly after takeoff yesterday in connecticut. at least seven people were killed. the plane was used to take aircraft enthusia

anne-marie?> danya bacchus in westerville, ohio. thank you so much. >>> at least eight people have been reportedly killed in a mass shooting in puerto rico. [ gunfire ] cell phone video captured gunfire in a neighborhood in san juan last night. local media in puerto rico is reporting seven men and one woman died in the shooting. police are investigating. puerto rico's governor is expected to meet today to address security measures on the island. >>> oscar-winning actor cuba gooding jr. is expected in court in new york city on charges. sexual misconduct. gooding was set to go to trial last week for allegedly groping a woman at a manhattan bar in june, but jury selection was postponed after prosecutors taxed on a new charge. that charge is expected to be unsealed in court this morning. today's court appearance comes amid reports three more women claim gooding groped them. gooding has denied all accusations of misconduct. >>> coming up on the morning news now, lakers star lebron james breaks his sil

harry's family want the home office to then seek the extradition of anne sacoolas.tain where any consequences should be faced. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a court has heard that the government's decision to strip british citizenship from shamima begum, the teenager who went to syria to join the islamic state group, has left her at risk of being hanged. her lawyers claim she's in "an incredibly fragile and dangerous" position in a syrian refugee camp. they say stripping taking away her citizenship leaves her stateless. a public inquiry will be held into the manchester arena bomb attack which killed 22 people in may 2017. the home secretary priti patel says it's the best way for those who survived or lost loved ones, to get answers. the announcemernt comes as the younger brother of the bomber appeared at the old bailey and pleaded not guilty to murder. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz sent this from manchester arena for us. there were due to be inquests held, this inquiry will replace those inquests because last month the coroner agreed that some evidenc

that driver was anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day in 2003. but within two weeks of the crash, she and her family returned to the united states. this is the neighborhood near washington, d.c., where they own a home. it was her decision to leave britain, despite being a suspect in a fatal car crash, that today led the prime minister to intervene. prime min. johnson: i do not ink it can bright to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose. i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of law as they are carried out in this country. duncan: the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died on this road. the air force base where anne sacoolas drove out of is 200 yards down the road. harry's family said they welcome the move by boris johnson and say they hope it will bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that whilst they are not seeking a long jail sentence for anne sacoolas, they are finding it hard to forgive her. >> it was an ac

today, to man charlotte said they were amazed anne sacoolas had 110w they were amazed anne sacoolas had step in the right direction. very much so. it feels like that we are finally getting somewhere. we we re are finally getting somewhere. we were surprised, because obviously she left the country and it's a complete turnaround for us, really. we we re complete turnaround for us, really. we were not expecting that at all. police investigating the crash in northamptonshire say they will fly to the united states to interview anne sacoolas as soon as their visas are in place. they say they will then bring the information back, handed to the crown prosecution service and it is they who will decide if she is to be charged. harry's family want the home office to then seek the extradition of anne sacoolas. they say it is britain where harry died and a britain where any consequences should be faced. duncan kennedy, bbc news. an american pharmaceutical company says it may have developed the first drug to slow alzheimer's disease. the company, biogen, says it will soon seek regulatory approvalfor

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anne sacoolas left the uk despite telling police she had no plans to do so.arry dunn was just 19 when he was knocked down in august and died of multiple injuries. it was from this american airbase in northamptonshire that anne sacoolas drove her car before hitting harry. she subsequently left the country despite being the main police suspect. today, in a highly unusual move, the prime minister intervened to call on the americans to overturn her diplomatic immunity. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose, and i hope anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of laws carried out in this country. the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died here on this road side in northamptonshire. the air force base where anne sacoolas drove out of is just 200 yards down the road. harry's family say they welcome the move by borisjohnson and say they hope it will bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that whilst they are

that driver was anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day in 2003. crash, she and her family returned to the united states. this is the neighbourhood near washington dc where they own a home. it was her decision to leave britain, despite being a suspect in a fatal car crash, thatt today led to the prime minister to intervene. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose and i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of law as they're carried out in this country. the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died here on this roadside in northamptonshire. the air force base where anne sacoolas drove out of is just 200 yards down the road. harry's family say they welcome the move by boris johnson and say they hope it'll bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that, whilst they're not seeking a long jail sentence for anne sacoolas, they are finding it hard to forgive her. it was an accident, we know

they also hope to meet anne sacoolas, who now has agreed to a meeting.atement, through her lawyers, she said... no loss compares to the death of a child. she would like to meet with mr dunne‘s parent so that she can express our deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident. harry dunn was riding his motorbike when he was hit by mrs sacoolas, reportedly driving out of an american base on the wrong side of the road. she initially cooperated with the police investigation, before getting a flight to the us the next day under the protection of diplomatic immunity. this is an incredibly tragic case, and the foreign secretary has been working with his american counterparts and been in touch with the us administration on this. the fact of the matter is right now, it very much seems that the lady in question wants to start cooperating with the discussions and obviously the investigations. and i think we should support that. now that mrs sacoolas is back in the us, the government here has confirmed that diplomatic immunity no longer applies. well, ever

that driver was anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day in 2003., she and her family returned to the united states. this is the neighbourhood near washington, dc, where they own a home. it was her decision to leave britain despite being a suspect in a fatal car crash that today led to the prime minister to intervene. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose and i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of law as they're carried out in this country. the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died here on this roadside in northamptonshire. the air force base where anne sacoolas drove out of is just 200 yards down the road. harry's family say they welcome the move by borisjohnson and say they hope it'll bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that, whilst they are not seeking a long jail sentence for anne sacoolas, they are finding it hard to forgive her. it was an accident, we know this, s

anne-marie? >> one could argue.aura podesta in new york, thank you so much. >>> now to the vaping crisis. prleetor. nearly 1,100 cases of lung illness linked to vaping have been reported in the u.s. that's a jump of 275 cases since last week. there have been at least 19 deaths linked to vaping in 16 states. this all comes as e-cigarette company juul and at least five other companies have been ordered to hand over information about how they market e-cigarettes. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: amid an urgent investigation that a government health official said was more complex than any ever seen before came word of the 19th person to die from the mysterious illness tied to vaping. the eighth death in the past week. and now a new report from the mayo clinic says what e-cigarette users are inhaling is burning their lungs with what looks like chemicals as toxic as an industrial accident or worse. >> it bears a lot of resemblance to a chemical fume exposure injury like you might see with mustard gas on the battlefield

i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with the democratic presidential debate where for the first time senator elndtook center stage last night in westerville, ohio, just outside of columbus. warren who's rising in theol faced repeated criticism from her democratic rivals. the candidates agreed on one thing -- they supported the impeachment inquiry into president trump. danya bacchus is in westerville. what were the biggest takeaways from the debate? >> reporter: anne-marie, the three-hour debate played out as expected with the focus on topics of health care, joe biden's son, impeachment, and syria. last night's debate started with one thing all 12 candidates agreed upon -- >> the impeachment must go forward. >> donald trump needs to be held accountable -- >> reporter: former vice president joe biden defended himself and his son from president trump's insistence they be investigated by foreign countries. >> he's going after me because he knows if i get the nomination, i will beat him like rnnaeporter

that driver was anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day in 2003.eks of crash, she and her family returned to the united states. this is the neighbourhood near washington dc where they own a home. it was her decision to leave britain, despite being a suspect in a fatal car crash, thatt today led to the prime minister to intervene. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose and i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of law as they're carried out in this country. the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died here on this roadside in northamptonshire. the air force base where anne sacoolas drove out of is just 200 yards down the road. harry's family say they welcome the move by borisjohnson and say they hope it'll bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that, while they're not seeking a long jail sentence for anne sacoolas, they are finding it hard to forgive her. it was an accident, we k

anne would like to meet with harry dunn's parent so that she can express her deepest sympathies. york, harry's parents, charlotte and tim, say that while they do want to meet anne sacoolas, they are not convinced she is sincere. we felt like before we had the breakthrough, we finally had confirmed the immunity we didn't think she had has been confirmed, that she doesn't have it, certainly since she absconded back to the usa. the statement from her lawyer is promising that we may be able to hopefully get a meeting put together. harry's father said he was still trying to digest the news. i'm still unsure, if i'm honest. i'm more shocked, but hopeful that something can come of this. on wednesday, donald trump made the death of harry dunn a presidential matter, suggesting he would talk to anne sacoolas. since then nothing much has happened to persuade her to return to the uk, even though the foreign office has said she no longer has diplomatic immunity. tim and charlotte say they did not want to come to new york, but they say they will do anything for harry, and would go any distance

anne: i think that's a lot harder to draw. i thing you have to put a little more of this up to sentiment rather than an actual little -- an actual literal translation mechanism. guy: i talked to charlie evans, chicago fed president, a little earlier on today. he was taking on board the manufacturing data, and he was concerned, but saying he was staying open-minded. let's take a listen. policye repositioned from being headed for slightly restrictive policy to one that is accommodative. the question is how accommodative we need to be. at the moment, i would say the weakness in the ism and in manufacturing is something that definitely increases concerns. guy: charlie evans talking to me in madrid a little earlier on. if we start to see the data on the services side rolling over, today's number is only a kind of survey data, but if that happens, do you think the fed does not once, but maybe twice this year? do you think we could see a series of rate cuts still to come? anne: i think it is anybody's guess where the data comes in an

we had the statement via her lawyerfrom anne applied.t via her lawyer from anne sacoolas, saying she's devastated, there's the meeting offer, which the family could take up, but it's unclear when 01’ could take up, but it's unclear when or if that could happen because with the foreign office saying the diplomatic immunity doesn't apply and we could see the police with the cps seeking to have her extradited to face further questioning from the police, and if that's happening it could be her legal team steps in to say it's not a good idea to meet the family after all. anne sacoolas has made it clear she is prepared to co—operate with the police. her solicitor said after the crash she spoke to the police, they came to her house the following day, but there wasn't the explanation as to why the best thing for her was to leave the country and to head back to the us. simonjones at heathrow, thank you. and we'll be speaking to a lawyer representing harry dunn's family ataround 7:10am. that's in about five minutes' time. updating you on some news

i just want to remind everyone that anne and tom will be in the signing tent after this. their books are for sale in the book tent. anne let me know that this is, her book actually doesn't come out til later in this coming week, but they made a special exception for austinen. so if you want the special right, hot off the presses before anybody else can get it copies of her book, they're available, and she'll be available to sign them, and tom will be available to sign his book. so let me introduce our two authors. i'm going to talk to them and they're going to talk to each other for about a half hour, and then we'll have about 15 minutes for questions from the audience. you can see the mic right up here in the middle aisle, so you can maybe start lining up a little bit before that time, and we'll get to as many questions as we can. so anne nelson has received a livingston award for her journalism and a guggenheim fellowship for her historical research, a graduate of yale university. she's taught at columbia university for over two decades, first at the psychological of jo

anne-marie? >> marc liverman in new york. thank you. >>> house democrats' impeachment inquiry into president trump is expected to pick up steam this week. lawmakers return from a two-week recess. today mr. trump's former russia adviser, fiona hill, is expected to testify before house panels behind closed doors. one witness who may not be called before congress is the anonymous government whistle-blower. the whistle-blower touched it off the impeachment inquiry after filing a complaint about the president's call with ukraine's president. >> our primary interest now is making sure that that person is protected. indeed's more prot and given that we ardon't need wt on the call to tell us what took place during the call. we have the best evidence that. >> the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, has been subpoenaed to appear to capitol hill against the publishes of the white house. he's supposed to be questioned on thursday about text messages he exchanged related to mr. trump's pho

we hearfrom anne wasn‘t said in the statement.she is devastated, she says she cooperated with the police straight after the crash, she spoke to them the day after in her home and she has offered this meeting with harry dunn‘s family. what it doesn‘t explain is why she felt the best course of action was to leave the uk after the crash. it doesn‘t say who, if anyone, advised her to do that. we are also not clear if or when this meeting might take place now the british authorities believe immunity has been taken away. it may be the legal team representing anne sacoolas might think that is no longer the best thing to do. whatever happens, if this does proceed to extradition, this could bea proceed to extradition, this could be a long, drawn—out affair so although the parents are flying off from heathrow, the reality is there is still a long way to run on this case before they can see any form of end. 0k, simon, for now, thank you. simonjones at heathrow airport. it is 8:06am. since we‘ve been on air this morning the death toll in that

the american woman accused of crashing into his motorcycle is anne sakoolas. she admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road. but return to the u.s. claiming diplomatic immunity. her husband is believed to work for u.s. intelligence. his parents want trump to send her back to the uk. they described their shocking meeting on cbs this morning. >>> he was welcoming. which was nice. but it didn't take long for him to then dropped into the conversation that anne sakoolas was in the building. >>> we met right here. this area. i offered to bring the person in question in. they weren't ready for it. >>> there refused a meeting. >>> she is traumatized. her children traumatized. to be thrown into a room together with no prior warning. that is not good for. it is not good for hours.>> we said we did not think it was right. she is here.>> reporter: anne sakoolas said she is devastated by the accident. and willing to meet his parents. but they told the president she needs to return to the uk first. >>> i just explained to him if it was his child he would be doing exa

i'm anne-marie green.e begin with major developments in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. a second whist-blor hacome foard. president trump says this latest whistle-blower is part of a, quote, witch hunt against him. the president is also lashing out at house speaker nancy pelosi. in a series of tweets yesterday, he said that she's guilty of n ouimd. katherine johnson is here in new york with more on this. what are we learning about the second whistle-blower? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. so far president trump's greatest defense in this whole hmy imac whisentle-blowirer only inclaim have secondhand knowledge of the controversial call with the president of ukraine. now a second whistle-blower claiming to have firsthand knowledge of the call is coming forward. a new whistle-blower, this time with firsthand knowledge of the president's dealings with ukraine has come forward. his attorney said he made a d di utesureheloer tnd >> let's see what that means you've got somebody else coming fo

i'm anne-marie green.e're going to begin with wildfires raraging across california. the fires are destroying homes, and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for some areas outside of los angeles. the saddle ridge fire is burning in sylmar, that's about 20 miles north of l.a. the fire has prompted the shutdown of at least two major freeways. so far it has burned about 1,600 acres. containment is 0%. at least a half dozen wildfires are burning across california this morning. earlier this week, electricity was shut off to hundreds of thousands of customers in northern california to prevent wildfires. overnight, the state's largest utility company, pg&e, says more than half of those customers' power has been restored. yesterday california governor gavin newsom criticized pg&e for neglecting its power supplying equipment. >> over the course of years and years and years, the kind of hardening of the grid was not done. those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. they chose not to modernize

good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. we are going to begin with severe weather overnight in dallas, texas. a powerful tornado touched down near love field airport leaving widespread damage. >> a tornado! >> people were told to take shelter immediately when the twister hit last night. it packed winds of up to 111 miles per hour. in north dallas, there were multiple reports that cars, houses, and businesses had been destroyed. the storm also downed trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. first responders searched neighborhoods overnight for people who may have been trapped. one person described what happened. >> it started shaking. it felt like of like an earthquake. it started moving the house around, a lot of whistling, all that wind. ths and stuf faffof was go mecyent minor. one person in benton county, arkansas, was killed by a tree that was apparently downed by the same storm system. tornado watches remain in effect in northern texas, arkansas, and missouri. >>> and now to syria. the trump administ

anne-marie? >> she did not. laura podesta in new york. thank you. >>> yesterday's meeting at the white house was the first time president trump and speaker pelosi have been in the same room together since the impeachment inquiry began. gordon sondland is expected to be interviewed behind closed doors. as nancy cordes reports, there are a lot of questions that center around the work of the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani. >>> rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer even as house republicans backed away. >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told lawmakers that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael mckinley said he was stunned by the mistreatment of marie yovanovitch, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was removed this spring because giuliani viewed her as an obstacle.

i just want to remind everyone that anne and tom will be in the signing tent after this. their books are for sale in the book tent. anne let me know that this is, her book actually doesn't come out til later in this coming week, but they made a special exception for austinen. so if you want the special right, hot off the presses before anybody else can get it copies of her book, they're available, and she'll be available to sign them, and tom will be available to sign his book. so let me introduce our two authors. i'm going to talk to them and they're going to talk to each other for about a half hour, and then we'll have about 15 minutes for questions from the audience. you can see the mic right up here in the middle aisle, so you can maybe start lining up a little bit before that time, and we'll get to as many questions as we can. so anne nelson has received a livingston award for her journalism and a guggenheim fellowship for her historical research, a graduate of yale university. she's taught at columbia university for over two decades, first at the psychological of jo

kpix5's anne makovec is live with more. anne? >> reporter: that is all hands on deck when it comes to big activities this weekend. and all next week. as fleet week activities ramp up. we are talking about hundreds of thousands of extra people in the city. emergency services are going to be stretched. this is video from some of these big events in the disaster, there is some anxiety when it comes to these crowds. city, state, and federal military leaders held a meeting. they said it is all about coordination and prioritizing responses from normal daily emergency calls to these large events. >> most of them are, you know, preplanned and predictable so we can preplan our deployment. we don't know what we don't know, something happens that we are not expecting, we have to be prepared for that as well. but the events, we plan for those, we deploy for those. those are a little easier because we know they are coming. >> reporter: they'll have extra firefighters, paramedics and police officers on duty. coast guard patrols on land and on

live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> anne, thank you. san francisco based vaping company juul announced it is no longer supporting a ballot measure that is already spent millions on. kpix 5's jackie ward visited the opposing side to see where the e-cigarette issue stands now. >> reporter: the group that wanted to change san francisco law may have taken a huge financial hit but the question will remain on the ballot. >> san francisco politics is never boring. and this is -- this is one of the less boring ones. >> reporter: matt dorsey is with the no on c. campaign. in june, the city passed a measure suspending the sales of e-cigarettes. with incredible financial support from juul labs incorporated, the yes on c. side wanted to permit sales to adults. despite juul ceasing active support the no team says they're not declaring victory quite yet. >> i'm also skeptical. i think we all are you know. if this were almost any other political interest besides big tobacco you know you could probably take them at their word. >> reporter: instead the

the suspect — anne sacoolas — has fled the country.um, dad, step—dad and step mum are here. us tech entrepreneur jennifer arcuri refuses to confirm or deny whether she had an affair with the borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. i'm not going to be putting myself in a position for you to weaponise my answer. the bbc goes undercover to expose so—called pick—up coaches — men who teach other men how to chat up women in the street, how to overcome any "last—minute resistance" to sex, and how to secretly film them. you teach men how to pressurise women into having sex. you taught me this. i don't pressurise any women into having sex. no, you teach men to pressurise women. that's completely wrong. justify it. last—minute resistance heading. that's completely wrong. youtube has shut down the channels posting this material in response to the investigation. and, the mother of 5—year—old tafida raqeeb who won a high court bid against a london hospital who were going to switch off the brain damaged girl's life—support tells us they'll travel

i'm anne-marie green. severe weather conditions are threatening california this morning as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires burning across the state. yesterday flames came dangerously close to the landmark getty center museum in los angeles. red flag warnings are posted across much of northern and southern california. forecasters say the dry conditions and strong winds could help fuel already out-of-control wildfires. laura podesta is here in new york. how strong are these winds expected to be today? >> reporter: in los angeles, winds are expected to be out of the east/northeast at four miles per hour this morning. so that's what's known as a moderate breeze. not terribly windy, but not the break that firefighters need either. firefighters in california's wine country are racing against mother nature. >> we're playing office and defense on two sides of the fire. >> reporter: the hurricane-force winds that fueled the kincade fire died down yesterday giving crews a chance to dig in. >> we're

they simply want anne sacoolas to face a due process, a process?dly. allegedly, it is not up to was, it is through the court system, but if they suspect disappears i think we can all understand that human beings how that would leave you feeling. do they feel that the british government, that boris johnson, they feel that the british government, that borisjohnson, has applied sufficient pressure yet on the united states government to assist them? the family clearly do not operate at that sort of level. this family felt largely abandoned until about a week ago when i went and knocked on their door to see if i could help in anyway. they were simply told the woman had gone, there were appeals being made at the foreign & commonwealth office but there was not much feedback or much satisfactory feedback, so inevitably they were suspicious and felt like they were suspicious and felt like they were suspicious and felt like they were being fobbed off. did they realise that that point that they needed to effectively jump realise that that point that they need

anne makovec has more. . >> reporter: a lot of people are relieve they have the power turned back on but other people had it turned off again lastthe without power for several days has had it turned back on. so for some people, it's just one power outage bleeding into another. this is the latest number from pg&e on the outage that started last night. people in marin, sonoma solanoare affected by the latest shut down. the vatter vast majority are in marin county followed by sonoma county at 87,000. and pg&e has not said how long this shut down will last. a total of half a million buildings are without power in portions of 22 counties in northern california. but, pg&e had small consolation for some of the customers on a suggestion from the governor yesterday. . >> they contact with pg&e and they will begin process of crediting customers for this disruption. what we told the governor is we agree with the suggestion as to how that gets done, the mechanics, i don't know the answer. we will get around to that after this event. >> reporter: pg&e, ceo says he recognizes that things di go rig