i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news in the impeachment investigation. sources tell cnn that the trump administration's former envoy to ukraine still plans to be questioned by members of congress on thursday, this despite secretary of state mike pompeo's efforts to stall any immediate testimony by state department officials about the ukraine scandal. tonight, pompeo and top house democrats are accusing each other of trying to intimidate witnesses. i'll be getting reaction from a democrat on the house judiciary committee, congressman steve cohen and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to the white house for, and cnn white house correspondent kaitlyn collins.

i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, one warned that trump would be an authoritari authoritarian. another called him a xenophobic bigot, and now they're riding an impeachment war. america's top cop looking to fuel some of the president's biggest conspiracies. plus, rudy giuliani has said he's not always acting as the president's lawyer, so is he entitled to attorney/client privilege. >>> five men inside and outside the administration who have the president's ear. tey have loyalty. they take on the president's critics. they are unencumbered by popular opinion. jessica snyder is with us now. these are the president's go-tos, giuliani, barr, pompeo and pence. how do they fit into the drama? >> they all seem to be fitting onto the stage. let's start with william barr. we have now learned that the attorney general asked the president to request the help of several countries, including australia, in what is this ongoing and previously announced justice department review of the early stages of the russia inv

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from washington's headquarters. underway right now, democrats are wasting no time pushing ahead in their impeachment inquiry. what they expect to hear from someone who is testifying right now on capitol hill. >>> plus chaos in northern syria. after president trump pulls u.s. troops out of the region, they are looking for protection. >>> outrage in texas after a white police officer shoots and kills a black woman in her own home. her eight-month-old nephew is in the room when it happened. >>> plus a viral video reportedly shown at a trump event cwas edited showing president trump going pew to pew. >>> but first, as congress returns from recess, democrats are kicking impeachment efforts into high gear and republicans are facing tough questions about the president's unprecedented actions. there's been a fury of developments over the past couple weeks and people are set to testify this week, includi. today is fiona hill, and hill is givi

brianna keilar starts right now. afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from washington's headquarters. underway right now, democrats are wasting no time pushing ahead in their impeachment inquiry. what they expect to hear from someone who is testifying right now on capitol hill. >>> plus chaos in northern syria. after president trump pulls u.s. troops out of the region, they are looking for protection. >>> outrage in texas after a white police officer shoots and kills a black woman in her own home. her eight-month-old nephew is in the room when it happened. >>> plus a viral video reportedly shown

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, america in the middle of a constitutional crisis. there are two things democrats are looking to impeach president trump over. the first is abuse of power. and the second happening before our eyes as the white house obstructs congress from investigating the executive branch. plus, the trump administration arguing it should not be subject to the same court ordered dischose youdi disclosures the nixon white house was, leaves a judge to respond, wow, okay. a white house official called it crazy, frightening and left everyone shaken. >>> we do begin with breaking news. turkey has launched a military offensive against the kurds in syria just days after president trump said he was pulling u.s. troops out of the region who might have deterred this attack by turkey. the kurds have long waged a separatist movement that turkey has violently sought to put down, but they've also been cru

brianna keilar starts right now. have a good afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, democrats in the house now reacting to a no-show. committee chairman leading the impeachment inquiry saying they'll issue a subpoena for ambassador gordon sondland. the white house stepped in at the last minute this morning, early this morning, to block sondland's appearance on capitol hill. the u.n. ambassador to the european union was expected to face questions on his role and president trump pressuring ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden and withholding military aid. manu raju is on the hill. manu, tell us why democrats wanted to hear from sondland. >> sondland played a key role in discussions about setting up a meeting and having discussions after president trump talked to the president of ukraine zelensky about the president's desire to investigate joe biden, have the ukranians investigate joe biden. around that conversation the president had with zelensky, someone engaged w

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brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, as a second whistleblower comes forward, republicans are using the jokr r defense to shield the president from the inevitable. rick perry fighting back after the president throws him under the bus. >>> and if the president is impeached, his chief of staff is reportedly projecting that the president will shoot the moon in 2020. hear how many states mick mulvaney says president trump will win. >>> and in the middle president trump makes an explosive decision who even his closest supporters accuse him of turning against his closest allies and causing a firebomb. >>> house democrats have now issued subpoenas to the pentagon as well as the office for management and budget in key offices in ukraine which allows the president to hold military missions. this comes as a second whistleblower has now come forward, claiming to have firsthand knowledge to support claims made by the original

brianna keilar starts right now.ave a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, he's considered the most important witness to testify so far in the impeachment scandal, and at this poi moment a career diplomat is revealing why he called the president's ukraine policy crazy. >>> and as half the americans want the president impeached, a new high, democrats are saying the timeline to do so is getting longer. why that poses a risk for both parties. >>> plus the president under fire for comparing the impeachment efforts to a

i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news in the impeachment investigation. sources tell cnn that the trump administration's former envoy to ukraine still plans to be questioned by members of congress on thursday, this despite secretary of state mike pompeo's efforts to stall any immediate testimony by state department officials about the ukraine scandal. tonight, pompeo and top house democrats are accusing each other of trying to intimidate witnesses. i'll be getting reaction from a democrat on the house judiciary committee, congressman steve cohen and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to the white house for, and cnn white house correspondent kaitlyn collins. facing pressure and also scrutiny as this probe intensifies. >> reporter: essentially what he's arguing, brianna, is the rush to sit down with these officials but one former official doesn't seem to think it's happening too soon. kurt v lochlt ker, former special envoy to ukraine after he resigned last week after getting caught up in this scandal has agreed to sit

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brianna keilar starts right now.♪ ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, america in the middle of a constitutional crisis. there are two things democrats are looking to impeach president trump over. the first is abuse of power. and the second happening before our eyes as the white house obstructs congress from investigating the executive branch. plus, the trump administration arguing it should not be subject to the same court ordered dischose youdi disclosures the nixon white house was, leaves a judge to respond, wow, okay. a white house official called it crazy, frightening and left everyone

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, he is the first current white house official and the first person on the ukraine call to testify in the impeachment inquiry, and this decorated army officer tells congress why the president's actions alarmed him. >>> plus, the president's republican defenders questioning that officer's patriotism because he wasn't born in the usa, even though he was awarded a purple heart fighting for america. >>> and while maintaining the discretion of the identity of the dog that helped take down one of the world's most wanted terrorists is an issue of national security. >>> and after facebook says it will allow false political ads, one california man says he will now

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, defiance on a new level. one of the former officials on the president's infamous call with ukraine refused to show up before congress. >>> and one of the world's most wanted terrorists is dead, but did president trump reveal too much about the secret operation that took down the leader of isis? >>> plus after starting his day receiving accolades for the operation, the president ended it with boos in his own backyard as people in washington chanted, lock him up. >>> and inappropriate relationships with staffers. but katie hill not going quietly accusing her estranged husband of revealing revenge porn to the media. >>> the white house remains defiant in the face of impeachment. the whidemocrats want to hold ay witness, charles kupperman, in contempt for failing to appear on a subpoena. he said he won't appear until a judge rules whether he has to or not. it could signal a rocky ro

. >> brianna keilar is up next. have a great day. ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, more witnesses come forward as more evidence mounts that the president made very specific requests as he asked ukraine to investigate joe biden. the mystery edits, key parts of president trump's phone call with the ukrainian president do not appear in the transcript of the call. who cut them and why. plus, the nightmare reality of the wildfires in california grabbing everything you can in a matter of seconds before the flames hit. as congresswoman katie hill resigns after the release of nude photos of her and the revelation she had a relationship with the campaign staffer. we start with breaking news on the ongoing impeachment investigation in the house. we have cnn national security reporter kylie atwood here to discuss this. manu, we are headed towards public testimony very soon. you are learning about an important witness who seems ready to take part. >> reporter: yeah. we are he

brianna keilar starts right now.day. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, could they be the words that directly threaten a presidency? bombshell testimony from a diplomat directly tying the president to ukraine quid pro quo and rocking his entire impeachment defense. it's a familiar pattern, speak up against the president, become a target. but will the president succeed in smearing the credibility of this respected diplomat who was hand picked by secretary pompeo? plus, as the senate majority leaders suggest that the president lied about their conversations. the second ranking republican in the senate says the latest testimony from the diplomat does not paint

brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, a monumental day for the fate of the trump presidency, the househo holding its first impeachment date on the way to a public investigation. >>> plus the president's top russia adviser abruptly quits before his testimony today as he tells congress what the president was trading for an investigation into the bidens. >>> and perhaps one of the most important figures in the ukraine scandal refusing to testify until he gets subpoenaed. then rudy giuliani, the man at the center of this entire scandal, says he's not worried about the president turning on him. >> we start with that historic house vote, setting up something we've only seen two other times in american history, televised public hearings on the possible impeachment of a president. house members making a public declaration on the impeachment process voting to move ahead to what will be the next phase of the investigation. bu

i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. right now, one warned that trump would be an authoritari authoritarian. another called him a xenophobic bigot, and now they're riding an impeachment war. america's top cop looking to fuel some of the president's biggest conspiracies. plus, rudy giuliani has said he's not always acting as the president's lawyer, so is he entitled to attorney

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, he's considered the most important witness to testify so far in the impeachment scandal, and at this poi moment a career diplomat is revealing why he called the president's ukraine policy crazy. >>> and as half the americans want the president impeached, a new high, democrats are saying the timeline to do so is getting longer. why that poses a risk for both parties. >>> plus the president under fire for comparing the impeachment efforts to a lynching. >>> in a couple hours the cease-fire in syria expires. what is seen as an abandonment of an ally. >>> they are hearing from an important witness to testify in the ukraine scandal and that is acting ambassador to ukraine bill taylor who is expected to shed more light on what he knows about the president's efforts to hold up military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation of joe biden and his son. taylor sounded the alarm in

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. now it's a truly extraordinary moment as the president of the united states not only is admitting to the very offense at the center of his impeachment battle, asking a foreign country for dirt on a political opponent of his, he's also doing it again. president trump now asking two foreign powers, ukraine and communist china, to investigate his political rival. and he did it on the white house lawn in front

brianna keilar starts right now.eat afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, defiance on a new level. one of the former officials on the president's infamous call with ukraine refused to show up before congress. >>> and one of the world's most wanted terrorists is dead, but did president trump reveal too much about the secret operation that took down the leader of isis? >>> plus after starting his day receiving accolades for the operation, the president ended it with boos in his own backyard as people in washington chanted, lock him up. >>> and inapp

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, he is the first current white house official and the first person on the ukraine call to testify in the impeachment inquiry, and this decorated army officer tells congress why the president's actions alarmed him. >>> plus, the president's republican defenders questioning that officer's patriotism because he wasn't born in the usa, even though he was awarded a purple heart fighting for america. >>> and while maintaining the discretion of the identity of the dog that helped take down one of the world's most wanted terrorists is an issue of national security. >>> and after facebook says it will allow false political ads, one california man says he will now run for office purposely spreading lies to force the tech giant to reverse course. he will join us live. >>> we begin with what could very well be the most damning testimony yet in the impeachment inquiry against president tr

brianna keilar starts right now. good day. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters, and underway right now we begin with breaking news. president trump is now issuing a rallying cry during his first cabinet meeting during the impeachment inquiry began. just moments ago he urged republicans to stand by him and fight as backlash continues to grow within his own party, and trump admits that impeachment looks to be inevitable. i want to bring in kaitlan collins. she is live for us at the white house. kaitlan, there is a lot that came out of this cabinet meeting. we're going to turn around the tape. viewers shoul

brianna keilar starts right now.lar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, as a second whistleblower comes forward, republicans are using the jokr r defense to shield the president from the inevitable. rick perry fighting back after the president throws him under the bus. >>> and if the president is impeached, his chief of staff is reportedly projecting that the president will shoot the moon in 2020. hear how many states mick mulvaney says president trump will win. >>> and in the middle president trump makes an

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great day. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, the president thanking republicans for storming a hearing room delaying the impeachment inquiry testimony for hours, making them think they were cut out of the testimony even though they weren't. >>> the president has troops going to iraq to protect the oil fields. >>> katie hill, an allegation that she had an improper relationship with a professional staffer after she admits she had a relationship with a staffer in her campaign. >>> the way the democrats are running the impeachment inquiry, these closed door hearings could soon begin way to public hearings and be shown right in your living room. phil mattingly, tell us the potential timeline here. >> reporter: this is going to work in stages. it's a little over a month old, and everything up to this point has taken place behind closed doors, hours-long depositions, some of which included explosive testimony and some which include

brianna keilar starts right now.a great day. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, the president thanking republicans for storming a hearing room delaying the impeachment inquiry testimony for hours, making them think they were cut out of the testimony even though they weren't. >>> the president has troops going to iraq to protect the oil fields. >>> katie hill, an allegio

i'm brianna keilar, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we have breaking news this hour. in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. his secretary of state and the house panel investigating the president are locked in a standoff over depositions of key state department officials mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint against mr. trump. the secretary mike pompeo and the democratic committee chairman each accuse the other of witness intimidation but cnn learned one key official who -- who resigned last week kurt volker is still planning to appear at his deposition thursday possibly shedding new light on the administration's efforts to have ukraine look for dirt on president trump's political opponent joe biden and his son. we're going to talk about this breaking news and more with congressman ro khanna of the oversight and armed services committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. >>> first let's go to cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. and the secretary of state suggests he won't let several state departm

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now it's a truly extraordinary moment as the president of the united states not only is admitting to the very offense at the center of his impeachment battle, asking a foreign country for dirt on a political opponent of his, he's also doing it again. president trump now asking two foreign powers, ukraine and communist china, to investigate his political rival. and he did it on the white house lawn in front of all the cameras for all of the world to see. >> i would think that if they were honest about it, they would start a major investigation into the bidens. it's a very simple answer. they should investigate the bidens, because how does a company that's newly formed, and all these companies -- and by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens, because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. i think biden is going down, and i think his whole situation, because now you may very well find that there are many o

brianna keilar starts right now.ave a good afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, democrats in the house now reacting to a no-show. committee chairman leading the impeachment inquiry saying they'll issue a subpoena for ambassador gordon sondland. the white house stepped in at the last minute this morning, early this morning, to block sondland's appearance on capitol hill. the u.n. ambassador to the european union was expected to face questions on his role and president trump pressuring ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden a

. >> brianna keilar is up next.a great day. ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, more witnesses come forward as more evidence mounts that the president made very specific requests as he asked ukraine to investigate joe biden. the mystery edits, key parts of president trump's phone call with the ukrainian president do not appear in the transcript of the call. who cut them and why. plus, the nightmare reality of the wildfires in california grabbing everything you can in a matter of seconds before the flames hit. as congresswoman katie hill resigns after the release of nude

brianna keilar starts right now. have a good day. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters, and underway right now we begin with breaking news. president trump is now issuing a rallying cry during his first cabinet meeting during the impeachment inquiry began. just moments ago he urged republicans to stand by him and fight as backlash continues to grow within his own party, and trump admits that impeachment looks to be inevitable. i want to bring in kaitlan collins. she is live for us at the white house. kaitlan, there is a lot that came out of this cabinet meeting. we're going to turn around the tape. viewers should know we'll have that momentarily. but walk us through what you heard. >> reporter: this is a pretty wide-ranging cabinet meeting where you saw the president at the beginning already taking questions. we saw lengthy cabinet meetings in the past, brianna, and this is another one that seemed to go on and on, the president talking about his grievances in the beginning, everything from i

boris sanchez in for brianna keilar.n's washington headquarters, underway right now we begin with breaking news this hour. the house moving ahead with their impeachment inquiry with an important witness offering testimony on the trump administration's relationship with ukraine. former u former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovonavitch. she was ambassador before the u.s. recalled her, two months before the call between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. she says quote, i met with the deputy secretary of state who informed me of the curtailment of my

. >> i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper and we start with the politics lead. in her eighth hour testifying behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry, fiona hill became the first person to appear before the democratic-led committees investigating trump. hill left her job days before the president called the president of ukraine and mentioned a favor before bringing up joe biden and his son. a call that sparked the democrats impeachment inquiry as lauren fox reports to capitol hill. >> reporter: the impeachment inquiry kicking off with high-profile testimony from the president's former top adviser fiona hill. hill is the first person from the white house to testify. and trying to determine if president trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. democrats hope the closed-door hearing will shed light on what role rudy giuliani played in influencing the ukraine government. he is no longer the trump russian adviser at the time of the call with the president but according to "the new york times," part of her testimony today is expected

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brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now.anna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, a monumental day for the fate of the trump presidency, the househo holding its first impeachment date on the way to a public investigation. >>> plus the president's top russia adviser abruptly quits before his testimony today as he tells congress what the president was trading for an investigation into the bidens. >>> and perhaps one of the most important figures in the ukraine scandal refusing to testify until he gets subpoenaed. then rudy giuliani, thean

>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters, and we start with president trump threatening house speaker nancy pelosi over impeachment, saying he will not turn over any documents until house democrats hold a full vote on the impeachment inquiry. >> we'll be issuing a letter. as everybody knows, we've been treated very unfairly, very different from anybody else. if you go over not only history, you go over any aspect of life, you'll see how unfairly we've been treated, and this is not about politics. this is about corruption. if you look and you read our constitution and many other things, i have an obligation to look at corruption. i have an actual obligation and a duty. >> the president there trying to portray himself as a champion against corruption saying, quote, we are investigating corruption, while saying his calls for foreign countries to investigate the biden family had nothing to do with politics. the president's comments today coming in the wake of damning new text messages handed over to the house intelligence committee, and they show u.s. diplomats tasked with c

>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> more damning testimony out of the impeachment testimony, john bolton describing rudy giuliani as a hand grenade and the pressure on the campaign to describe rudy giuliani as a drug deal. >>> and joe biden's son hunter speaking out for the first time, admitting bad judgment vovinvolg his work overseas, though insisting he did nothing improper. >>> u.s. forces are angry at president trump, accusing him of betraying the kurds. >>> a lot has changed since the last faceoff. an impeachment inquiry, a new frontrunner and a heart attack. the hill is alive now with the sound of investigations todayment congress is back in full session today, both the house and the senate getting back to work. the three house committees did not observe the break as they worked on the impeachment investigation. the house intelligence, foreign affairs and oversight committees heard testimony yesterday from fiona hill. she's a former top adviser to the president on russia. today another diplomat is testifying. george kent. he is the deputy of assi

. >> i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper and we start with the politics lead.ed doors in the impeachment inquiry, fiona hill became the first person to appear before the democratic-led committees investigating trump. hill left her job days before the president called the president of ukraine and mentioned a favor before bringing up joe biden and his son. a call that sparked the democrats impeachment inquiry as lauren fox reports to capitol hill. >> reporter: the impeachment inquiry kicking off with high-profile testimony from the president's former top adviser fiona hill. hill is the first person from the white house to testify. and trying to determine if president trump pressured ukraine to investigate

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> thank you, john. president trump is appearing in front of the cameras in the oval office just moments ago alongside the president of finland blasting the impeachment inquiry which he has called a coup attempt. next hour we will hear from him again in a joint press conference. he's also blowing up twitter today. he live tweeted house speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff's press conference on capitol hill. trump seemed irate, even cursing. here's one of the tweets. to do-nothing democrats should be focused on building up our country, not wasting everyone's time and energy on bull we get a better candidate this time, you'll need it. kaitlan collins is at the white house. this is the first we've heard from the president in person since he tweeted calling the impeachment inquiry a coup. tell us more. >> reporter: president trump is in a mood and it's clearly a combative one as you saw when he was sitting next to the president of finland, who said very few words in that

i'm brianna keilar. you're "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on president trump's all-out war against the impeachment investigation. tonight he's hedging about whether he'd stop stonewalling and decide to cooperate if the house were to formally vote to approve the impeachment inquiry. cnn has learned the democrats are preparing a flurry of new inquiries. also breaking, president trump is predictably attacking joe biden after the former vice president called for his impeachment for the first time. biden declaring the president has indicted himself by obstructing justice. >>> and this hour i'll talk with a democrat on the house intelligence committee, dennis heck, and our correspondent also standing by. first we'll go to white house chief correspondent jim acosta. jim, we've heard a lot from the president including his most recent take on this impeachment fight. >> that's right. brianna. president trump has wrapped up a long take on impeachment. democrats are talking tough after their

our cnn's brianna keilar sat down with three women whose lives have been turned inside out by this militaryd over and over and over and over again what is it that you want. my answer has been the truth to be told. >> reporter: jennifer's father is a retired general. she was 3 years old when she first remembers him abusing her. >> in the summer of 1974 we came to visit my grandmother in upstate new york. he took my underwear down, masturbated in front of me. i knew not what was happening but it was terrified. >> reporter: the abuse continued for years. in 1986 her mother an marie wrote to family member that her husband was taking perverted liberties with my child and made an attempt at sexually molesting her. she was sleeping, thank gods. the army charged more than two decades after the alleged abuse stopped. he plead not guilty but he never saw his day in court. the top military peals acourt ruled in a different case. the u.s. versus mangahas. they reversed long standing precede precedent. >> the countless times that my father harmed me i thought i will stay silent because if i spoke they w

i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper and our coverage on cnn continues right now. into happening now, breaking news, rapidly deteriorating. the president announces new sanctions on turkey as the situation in northern syria grows grim. a top republicans is gravely concerned by the president's decision to withdraw. >>> hill testimony. a former adviser to president trump kicks off a very busy week of hearings on capitol hill. will her testimony bolster the case for impeachment? biden battles. on the eve of the cnn democratic presidential debate, the former vice president tries to quiet controversy around his son's business dealings as a brand-new poll shows a virtual tie between joe biden and elizabeth warren. >>> and fatal shot. a white police officer shoots and kills an african-american woman inside of her own home. the police chief said the officer may face charges and the victim's heartbroken family is demanding just. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. president trump announces new sanct

. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from washington's cnn headquarters. from no quid pro quo to actually, yes, there was quid pro quo but get over it, the acting chief of staff in hot water after the impeach inquiry scandal. >>> the president calls turkey's attack on the out numbered and outmatched kurds a school fight, dismissing the allies who lost 700 soldiers in the fight against isis. >>> and the bin laden raid military is calling the syria issue. >>> acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney admitted on live tv that there was quid pro quo before the u.s. and ukraine before telling the white house press corps to get over it. the white house is now trying to walk back those kmechbcomments, officials are creating a tangled web in the process. we have jessica dean covering this story, and jessica, the president and his allies can't seem to keep the story straight here. >> there are explanations to all of this that have continued to evolve as we've gone through the last several weeks. let's take a look at a few of them. we started out with the pres

brianna keilar is live with the story of three rape survivors. >> in some cases these women saw theirns thrown out after this military court retroactively put in place a five-year deadline for reporting rapes that happened from 1986 to 2006. now it's up to the supreme court. do they take up this case? do they overrule the military justice system? >> i've been asked over and over and over and over again, what is it that you want? my answer has been the truth to be told. >> reporter: jennifer elmore's father is a retired general grazioplene. she was 3 years old when she first remembers him sexually abusing her. >> we came home to visit my grandmother. he took my underwear down and masturbated himself, touching me. i knew not what really was happening, but i knew i was terrified and this was very bad. >> reporter: the abuse escalated to rapes, she says and continued for years. in 1986, her mother anne marie, wrote to a family member that her husband was taking perverted liberties with my child and had made an attempt at sexually molesting jennifer. she was sleeping, thank god, and i caug

i'm brianna keilar. erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. the state department inspector general just requesting an urgent briefing on capitol hill about ukraine. one congressional aid calling the request highly unusual and cryptically worded. plus, a key witness mentioned multiple times in the whistle-blower's complaint about the president's call to ukraine, agreeing to testify, how key could he be? and 2020 democrats reporting new fund-raising number, tens of millions of numbers raised. what does this mean for the crowded field going forward? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight, we have breaking news in the fast-moving impeachment investigation. the state department inspector general has just requested an urgent briefing tomorrow on capitol hill. according to sources the meeting is related to documents on ukraine. the timing, unusual to say the least, given one, that congress is on recess, but also because of the fact that just hours before the secretary of state mike po

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following multiple breaking stories. house democrats are plotting a fresh round of subpoenas as the white house plays hard ball on impeachment but some democrats want speaker nancy pelosi to hold a full floor vote on formally opening an impeachment inquiry. president trump is responding with new attacks on joe biden who just endorsed impeachment for the first time. as the president urges republicans to hold the line on impeachment, some of his gop allies have come out swinging against his decision to pull u.s. troops from northern syria. a move that prompted turkey to launch a military offensive against the kurds long-tanding allies of the u.s., i'll be speaking with joaquin castro of the foreign affairs and intelligence committees and our correspondents and analysts have full coverage of the top stories. let's begin with cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta. and how is president trump respondi

. >>> i'm boris sanchez in for brianna keilar. live from cnn's washington headquarters, underway right now we begin with breaking news this hour. the house moving ahead with their impeachment inquiry with an important witness offering testimony on the trump administration's relationship with ukraine. former u former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovonavitch. she was ambassador before the u.s. recalled her, two months before the call between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. she says quote, i met with the deputy secretary of state who informed me of the curtailment of my term. he said the president had lost confidence in me and no longer wished for me to serve as his ambassador. he added there had been a concerted campaign against me and that the department had been under pressure from the president to remove me since the summer of 2018. in that call with zelensky, president trump called her bad news. she had been targeted with rudy giuliani who considered her anti-trump. her name came up as a target in the indi

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> thank you, john. president trump is appearing in front of the cameras in the oval office just moments ago alongside the president of finland blasting the impeachment inquiry which he has called a coup attempt. next hour we will hear from him again in a joint press conference. he's also blowing up twitter today. he live tweeted house speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff's press conference on capitol hill. trump seemed irate, even cursing. here's one of the tweets. to

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great day. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, could they be the words that directly threaten a presidency? bombshell testimony from a diplomat directly tying the president to ukraine quid pro quo and rocking his entire impeachment defense. it's a familiar pattern, speak up against the president, become a target. but will the president succeed in smearing the credibility of this respected diplomat who was hand picked by secretary pompeo? plus, as the senate majority leaders suggest that the president lied about their conversations. the second ranking republican in the senate says the latest testimony from the diplomat does not paint a good picture. as the president tries to spin a victory out of the u.s. retreat from northern syria, vladimir putin takes an actual victory lap by filling the void as america abdicates influence in the middle east. >>> we start with a bizarre turn on capitol hill when as many as two dozen house re