>> good morning, christi.opefully this is not going to be a regular event, saturday morning marings, but they may be, because they're trying to move this as quickly as possible. we're going to here later this morning at 11:00 from philip reeker. he's a top deputy to secretary pompeo. he's described as an independent, problem solver, worked closely be pompeo but not in his inner circle. we're told not to expect some bombshells. he'll go over u.s. and ukrainian connections and discussions we heard before, but they have two areas that i want to probe. first, we know he was aware ta the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch was part of a smear campaign. he'll try to defend her, what he knows behind the details. the other thing we do know is he did tell his subordinate george kent to let go, don't push his concerns about the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. why did he do that? what kind of signals was he get behind that? those are the two two areas they're going to explore. all of this comes a

most prestigious in the world a few days later these precious works were to be auctioned off by christie's. dozens of masterpieces would be changing hands including these 218th century bronze heads a rat and a rabbit which had once been housed in the imperial palace in beijing their sale sparked an uproar in china. was was. the cause it was not. but the present owner doesn't agree to that issue has given you credit it is there is there. on my shoulder shake a fellow miners of your own book lobby to create a cone that lay it actually. except that these heads was stolen back in the 19th century it was an 860 june the 2nd opium war when french and british troops plundered the forbidden city and ransacked the summer palace. still today the destruction and faffed are a deep scar for the chinese people. beyond their aesthetic value the bronze heads are considered as priceless items of chinese heritage. should p.r. bags in their former return. to see architecture in a way to raise only paid you to do feel like i do it as she knew our surveys it be it it every day is a geek ok if you are right so

it was urgent to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's file swapping or himself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with p.r. . was a good point we could see a near. to a p know this it had to be up or here or there. she says is for credit issuers. officially from swapping no return the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as p.r. back described it. the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. countries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 unesco convention signed during the era of decolonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned

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>> good morning, christi and boris. so far the seasons change nothing and they blame democrats saying they're not doing anything, but this really shows this investigation is ramping up on capitol hill. these subpoenas come after a letter came from three committees conducting the investigation sent to vice president pence, requesting more documents from him, saying they have interest in any role he might have had in any communications or messages to ukraine. i do want to know one thing here. before they even issued the subpoena, the white house was considering sending out a note -- sending a note to speaker pelosi that said that they didn't have to comply with this investigation because it wasn't a real impeachment investigation, citing the fact there hadn't been a house vote yet. they'll keep their eyes out for that. they say it could come as early as monday. as you said, president trump is doubling down. he's calling the investigation a witch hunt and he's blaming democrats. >> you know better than anybody. for the las

>> good morning, christi. he certainly does know and if he were in congress speaking to democrats, he would be speaking a very different tune. it's very interesting to see what they do when they're in power versus oversight, which is one of congress's roles. i do think he's going to have to do something eventually. he's going to have to hand over documents, but he is certainly stalling for time, and that is one of the strategies. nancy pelosi would like to get the impeachment inquiry finish and over before the end of the year. she doesn't want to craig it out into 2020, the election year, so i think part of the republican strategy is let's drag it out. let's make it difficult for democrats to get what they want. >> by the way, we're going to monitor that press conference that we see secretary pompeo participating in right now. if he says anything, we'll bring that to you. kelly, i want to talk with you about this. take on "the new york times" report that a second intelligence official is debating whether he or

christie smith is in the city with the latest on this major problem. christie? >> reporter: supervisor matt haney stumbled on a big pile of trash on the sidewalk and twreettwree tweeted out a photo expressing his frustration. he wanted the city to do more, including adding more trash cans in this particular neighborhood, but some shop owners we spoke with say that's exactly what they don't want. >> i want my neighbor toe nice and clean. >> reporter: this man runs a market in the tenderloin. he spends more time than he wants to cleaning up trash near the trash can outside. he says people have turned the area into a dumping ground. >> with a big bag or shopping bags full of trash. they just dump in, and they leave. >> reporter: he doesn't want trash cans out front because he thinks it will attract more dumping. as we spoke with him, the bags were picked up. last night he cleaned up this mess. supervisor matt haney tweeted a picture of it. >> it's disrespectful. it's dehumanizing for us to have trash strewn all over the sidewalks. >> reporter: he thinks more needs

it was owed and to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's. francois peano himself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. was a good point we could see over and near. them for therapy know this it had to be up or here or there. she says for issuers. officially from swapping no returned the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as p.r. described it. the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. countries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 unesco convention signed in june the era of de colonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the press

you ever read any agatha christie?i have not. only at this moment because i want to fit in with you guys. [laughter] >>. [multiple speakers] >> anna who similar to my age she loves agatha christie so if she was here she would want me to mention that. >> ron charles washington post critic we have on the show and its members. if you don't subscribe to his neutralizer, subscribe to his newsletter. he did essentially a warning in his last see books about whistleblowers. there will just be a flurry and often.20 to 30 years ago two or three well-known journalists that the book but now because of self-publishing and everything else they will probably hundreds of your powder dry let's love them and decide before we dig into any one or two. we will talk about whistleblower books especially since we have out here both of you born and raised in the? >> yes. >> where you from? okay same Ãb arlington. >> same thing. those of us on the other side of the river been talking this is really far away. the c-span through we are very thril

you cannot send the airport contract to christie inc for construction.that, full stop. there's no process and nobody to tell him no. i don't care how much he loves his properties. you cannot do what he just did. i would put this in context, reverse on doral, mulvaney had to reverse, syria policy had to reverse. there is no thinking through of a decision and the consequence and how it rolls out. this is just in less than 48 hours, three decisions had to be turned around or attempted to be turned around. >> one of the big things he had to factor in is he started to see some criticism on this of republicans, particularly republican senators who he needs more than ever. >> i think that's right and particularly over the syria issue he's seen criticism from republican senators, but he's heading into a very tumultuous period for his presidency in the run-up to his re-election which means he needs friends and he doesn't need to be doing things and doral was an example that put republican members of congress and senators on the defensive. so he needs to be thinki

. >> i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge. so good to have you with us. >> let's start on capitol hill. >> there will be testimony at 11:00 a.m. he's the top state official who oversees eurasia. if he testifies, he'll be the first to appear, going against the express consent of the white house. >>> meanwhile pg&e may shut off the power. the company said it's making that decision by 8:00 a.m. local time. this planned outer outage could last for several days. >>> and houston astro fans are breathing a sigh of relief. they could tie up the series tonight as they play on the road. they bead the nationals, 4-1 as they beat them last night. >>> the federal judge has ruled the impeachment inquiry being held in congress is legitimate. it significantly undercuts the republican argument that the process is invalid. >> the same judge also ordered congress to give the grand jury information that had been redacted from the mueller report. she ruled that the information is in the public interest and should be released. i want to go to krist

nbc's christie smith is in the bay with the details. christie, what do we know? >> reporter: the alleged victim wasn't here at the hall of justice but his mother was. they want answers. they say this man was severely beaten, handcuffed, and then hit some more, but he wasn't arrested. >> what happened to my son should nltd have happened. >> reporter: tyra mathis stood near photos of her son and she was clearly upset. >> somebody has to tell me, why does he have a plate in his leg, pins in his arm, why he can't walk, why he needs therapy. >> they say he was on a date and her wallet went mushing. >> police pulled up, pushed him down in the bushes, began yelling him and beating him. >> reporter: attorneys say they handcuffed him and continued to hit him. they say he was not arrested and officers later showed up at the hospital. >> it was an unprovoked attack. there was never a threat to anyone. there was never a crime committed. >> today his attorney called on incoming interim d.a. suzie loftis to prosecute the officers. the statement read in part the sfpd and the sa

>> yeah, christi, i tell you what.here is so much excitement in this city right now for nationals baseball. the world series returning to the nation's capital for the first time in 86 years. last night was the first time the nationals got to host a world series game here in the city. you walk around and all you see is people wearing red, you see go nats signs everywhere and the stadium last night just waiting for a chance to explode and go nuts but, unfortunately, the team never really gave them that opportunity. the nationals had plenty of chances to do something big but just kept coming up short the team going 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position. they left 12 runners on base in this game. the crowd did get pretty hyped up in the bottom of the sixth when parra pitch hit and they played his song baby shark which has become the anthem for the nationals. the team just couldn't knock in a run at the end of that inning. the astros -- >> the fans were awesome. it was electric. the boys in the dugout, they were fired u

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> christie, thank you, from city hall there. >>> back to our coverage of the dangerous weather conditions across the area. firefighters in contra costa county. let's bring in marianne favro in concord with the latest for us. marianne? >> reporter: raj, earlier today, this parking lot in concord was filled with fire engines from departments throughout contra costa county. they're part of a new task force, one that helped to save homes in the county already. these firefighters don't usually work side by side. but today they're a team, united as task force 2025. at least four wide -- water tinder trucks and a dozer. they'll return to their respective fire departments in contra costa county but be ready to respond together as soon as the fire starts. they're part of a new state strategy. one that paid off october 10th when a fast-moving fire in moraga threatened 100 homes. >> it paid off because we got personnel and equipment to the scene a lot faster than waiting to have a strike team form up within the county because i

. >> good morning, christi. yesterday the president was evasive on whether rudy giuliani was still his personal attorney. it appears that rudy giuliani is still his attorney but the president seems to putting distance between himself and the scrutiny of rudy giuliani. it's related to a lobby violation to work he did, efforts to gather dirt on former ambassador yovanovitch. she's accused hif of conducting shea doe diplomacy and attempting to get her recalled from kiev. of course, this is just pulling rudy giuliani deeping into controversy. cnn has reported that rudy giuliani's ties to others also under scrutiny at the moment. and cnn also reporting that president trump has questions. cnn also reporting that giuliani at this time is not expected to continue any work on ukrainian issues. that's what's gotten him into trouble at the moment. but he continues to represent the president. >> thank you. >>> political cnn commentator errol louis. good morning. >> good morning, victotovictor. >> there's a lot. let's start

it was urgent to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's file swapping or himself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. was would be agreed we could see a near. from france where pino asked this it had to be up or here or there. she sees it for belize shores. officially from swapping no returned the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as p.r. described it. the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. pillaged. trees have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 unesco convention signed during the era of decolonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pres

>> christi, this is a plague. you're on top of the plague stamping it out, you don't let it flare up again. and i think there's a distinct danger isis is going to come back again because morale goes up. once the morale goes up, they begin to attract more people to their crazy cause. i think this is deadly serious and i think it was a serious mistake to break faith with the kurds. >> you know, i wanted to follow up with you on that because of your distinctive service to this country and your knowledge of how those on the battlefield fight for the person next to them. and the way that we seem to have stepped away from the kurds here. how impactful is that on fellow veterans? >> seriously impacted. i mean, the veterans -- most veterans are pro-trump. but this really kind of begins to tear at that fabric. when you go on a battlefield, as you know, martin, because you were there with us, you stand with those people who stood with you. once you break faith, getting people to trust us again, holy smokes, i mean, i think

victor and christi?nging us the latest there. >>> so it's just starting to feel leak faike fall in some communities. for others, it's already looking like winter. >> not so much. >> look at this. winter weather alerts are in effect for north dakota, south dakota, minnesota. this is crazy. this storm has set new records in bismarck, north dakota, for october snow. it's only october 12th. >> i thought this was going to be file video. i didn't know it was from this year. >> freshly fallen snow. >> look at grand forks, minnesota, east grand forks. we know parts of minnesota, wisconsin, michigan, too, they're not going to see as much snow as the dakotas, but strong wind gusts, that means windchills in the teens and 20s tonight and into tomorrow morning, so you can maybe get your fireplace lit. >> and think warm thoughts for the folks there. >>> a legal loophole is setting convicted military rapists free. everyone is watching the supreme court to see if it will take up these cases. ahead,y u oar going to hear

have you ever read in agatha christie? >> i have not. >> ron charles of the "washington post" book critical that on the show at his site was if you don't like his newsletter, subscribe to his newsletter. you haven't lived until he seemed to the spectacular video dressed as a cockroach and it's really good and interesting. keep its essential a warning in his last newsletter, were going to see a for a books about whistleblowers coming out. that which is the glory, and entourage and he said 20, 30 years ago maybe two or three well-known journalist write the books that have because of self publishing and everything else, there were publicly wondered. he said keep your powder dry, let's let them come out and then decide. we won't talk about whistleblower books but especially since we had the washington crowd to come over the born and raised in d.c. where are you from? >> arlington. >> same thing. although those of us who live on as a set of the roof of an talking, this is far away. very far away. the c-span crew, were very thri

he'll no longer be dealing with issues related to ukraine, victor and christi. >> sara weh westwood athe whi house. >>> let's bring in anita from politico. so good to see you. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> i want to read one of your tweets. you tweeted when talking about mcaleenan, no one is sad about it said an administrator. how many times do we have to do this until someone realizes it actually matters who heads these agencies. obviously someone is frustrated about the turnover. but what is the confidence level of people we know of in this administration regarding the capabilities of the people that the president is supporting and their loyalty to that position because this is the fourth person to serve in that capacity, and he was only there six months. >> right. i think there's a particular frustration with the immigration agencies, including the top one, which is homeland security, because this is something the president as you know campaigned on in 2016. he's talked a lot about it for 2020. he has to make good on his promises, and it's been two and a half years where there

that's what christie is going to pick up on. >> yeah. and i think that's a really important point in terms of that variation. as mike had mentioned, particularly changes in manufacturing. we're also seeing residential property have some significant variation across the country. that's obviously impacting property tax revenues. particularly with a decline in property tax revenues for the midwest reported for fy18, although they are reporting revenue growth in fy19 in the midwest as well. and just a note, we don't have it here, but in your report figure 19 talks about the differences by population. notably there and something we'll talk about a little later, the largest cities are the only group that anticipate slower growth going into 2019 in terms of property tax receipts. i think that's contributing to negative outlook by large cities for the -- for finances going forward. and then ability to meet needs. mike, we've seen a lot of variation over the years, particularly looking at about three-quarters of finance officers are reporting the

christie smith, it wasn't a big quake, but was it enough to rattle some nerves? >> we spoke with people here in pacifica and some of them said it sounded like a car hitting the building and some of them went out and figured out it was what they thought, an earthquake. >> i thought first of all, you know, someone hit my store. >> at this liquor store in pacifica, the store made a quick exit after the shaking. >> i was just scared and i see other people went out, you know, and they're asking each other what's going on. >> bottles waddled, but nothing broke. a magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit west of colma at 8:41 this morning. ity shakithe shaking was felt iy pa parts of the bay area. >> it was near the san andre as. he says they usually expect this type of activity further inland. ? it was a little unusual for us. it was what we would expect and it's near enough to the san andre as that it does make sense maria torres was home getting ready for work at a flower shop. >> i was expecting to find glass, but nothing moved. >> they found the town was not affected, but nerv

it was owed and to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's file swapping or himself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. were to be agreed we could see a near. from france where pino asked this it. there. she says is for presently shores. officially france will have been no return the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as described it. the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. pillaged. entries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 1970 unesco convention signed in june the era of de colonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned

today and walking on cloud 9, mr christie?sore head from all that cheating. how many bags of cracker jacks will you eat celebration?” still have packet of crackerjacks at home which my son was supposed to eat but he did not like them. they remind me of that day at the nationals with rob christie and laura trevelyan. i have to confess that i do not understand the rules yet, i know there are no wickets and there are nine innings. i understand they were down in the seventh and then in the last two innings, they came roaring back. i do know this much, they were the overwhelming favourites. they were the favourites, they have been a great tea m favourites, they have been a great team not just this favourites, they have been a great team notjust this season but in past seasons. there were some? sub out some picture decisions but let us not... —— there were some questions about picture decisions. someone has been e—mailing me to tell me about the state of her health after watching the game. we will toast to rob christie when we go ei

back in 2013, when chris christie was up for reelection, the mayor of fort lee, new jersey did not want to endorse his reelection bid. that led to his deputies chief and two high levelgh court authority staffers to put together a plan to take those three traffic lanes and close them down to one lane to punish the mayor for his failure to endorse chris christie. they needed a cover story to do that, so they concocted a fictitious traffic study and gridlock. they did on the first day of school, september 2013, without a heads up to anyone in port authority or fort lee. there were reports of children on school buses for hours, paramedics having to get out to walk to the to someone who is having a heart attack. it also cost the port authority it also cost the port authority approximately $5,000 because they had to pay overtime for toll collectors and pay for the engineers that were conducting the phony traffic study. eventually, the head of the port authority figured it out, they went back to the old system and heads rolled. bridget kelly, david wild scene, and william baroni all resigned.

it was old and to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christie's file swapping orhimself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. was a good point we could see of near. new this it. there. she says is for barely shores. officially francois have been no return the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasn't all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the chinese government finally gave christie's permission to operate in the country and exchange as described it. the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillage countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. pillaged countries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 unesco convention signed in june the era of de colonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned museums has intensified. the per

in the room christie.r purpose here is to create buildings that people love and so finally i would like to think are generous and welcoming residence in particular, i would like to think louis, chloe and peter and john and joanna for being so peter and john and joanna for being so welcome to all of the busybodies in the room. so thank you, everyone. congratulations, congratulations everyone. the winner of this riba stirling price and now is a good moment to have a look at goldsmith street. goldsmith street, norwich. the first time the housing has been shortlisted for breaded and's top architectural reward. and taking on the tour was one of the residence. it isa the tour was one of the residence. it is a modern take on an old idea, the terrace house, except this one is very cheap to run. turning the heating on twice a year, since i've been here, yeah. have a look at how thick these walls are. these houses are designed to be low energy, you are designed to be low energy, you are not even allowed a letter box

christie smith spoke in light of the power shutoff. >> they remember that day like it was yesterday. they shared stories of loss and rebuilding. there was talk about updates on community preparedness and some pointed out challenges that are still ahead. >> in oakland, they remembered the disastrous and deadly fire that swept through the hills 28 years ago. >> i would ask that we give a moment of silence and the preparedness center. her home burned in 1991 and many of her neighbors are new. >> some of them don't know about trimming the trees or keeping the brush back on the house and all of that basic stuff that i was not aware of. >> she learned all about the disaster preparedness after the fire, but her planning was tested this month when pg&e turned off power to help prevent wildfires. >> what i gained from this power outage was how -- what an island i was. i couldn't communicate. >> council member believes the shutoff plan was not well sought out. the utility has said it will improve communications. the city keeps working on its plan. >>. >> we'll look for more money as well to cl

>>and we had a great time together it didn't impede in stockton, christie grows. >>when you're 4 people including 2 firefighters are recovering after a massive explosion in huntington beach explosion happened during an october fest celebration this happened friday night. motion was just reported minutes later. well the exact cause the explosion is still under investigation. well the state of pennsylvania has confirmed their first vaping-related death that brings the nationwide total to at least 21. health officials in multiple states are warning residents to immediately stop vaping any illegally purchase thc products and exercise caution with legal is cigarettes. now at this time it's not known what's making people sick or if it's limited to illegal products. the centers for disease control is reporting at least 1080 likely causes of lung injuries associated with cigarettes. this will have details coming up. before we go want to take a little peek outside there's the golden gate traffic is smooth in both directions and we'll have the hollywood minute coming up for

thanks christi. china. thanks kristie. china is now home to more the most wealthy people than the u.s. for the 1st time in history is now. home to more the most wealthy people than the u.s. for the 1st time in history according to credit suisse his latest global wealth report and overnight 24 year old aaron according to credit suisse his latest global wealth report and overnight 24 year old eric schiff son of billionaire founder of pheno buying a pharmaceuticals became the richer than traumatic shit son of billionaire founder of pheno by a pharmaceuticals became the richer than trump that as parents give to him a stake in the company worth about $3800000000.00 that as parents give to him a stake in the company worth about $3800000000.00 the transfer of 2700000000 shares made eric one of the wealthiest individuals as there was the transfer of $2700000000.00 shares made eric one of the wealthiest individuals as there was no gift tax in hong kong it's the latest in a tsunami of asian wealth that has been no gift tax in hong k

laura: ron christie, thank you for being with us. for all the fighting capitol hill lately, there woment of unity today as both parties came together to mark the passing of congressman elijah ththcivil rights leader and chr of the powerful oversight and reform committee has died at the age of 68. while the marylandla democrat ws known as a harsh critic of esident trump's policies, he had very deep trenches across riendships across the aisle. as nancy pelosi said in her statement, congress will miss his wisd and warm friendship and great humaty. he was a terrific orator, and h is life spanned american history.uc you can findmore of all the day's news on our website. i'm laura trevelyan. --thank you so much for joining wahing "bbc world news america." announcer: funding for this presentation the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs; and by contrutions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ...is just up here. at's where... man: she took out to thos

joining us is ron christie, a former advisor to george w. bush. tonight the white hse counsel has written to congressional democrats declining to participate in the impeachment inquiry, saying it lacks a valid constitutional basis. is this war? ron: i think it is war. good evening to you. i think the counsel is right on one key point -- he says the president is being denied due process. that means the ability to call for evidence and read transcripts and have the ranking members, the republicans, to subpoena documents and witnesses. where i think the president is at his weakest in this document is where he says to the house, you are try to overturn the 2016 presidential election. it is going to be an interesting showdown in the days to come in washington as to how these separately coequal branches of government get to the impasse. laura: isn't there a danger that by declining to participate, the president is enabling democrats to write articles of impeachment accusing him of obstruction of justice? ron: from a political matter, yes. from a legal m

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. >>> just a shortwe had that pg&e news conference who said at some point winds were clocked at 70 miles an hour during part of the shutoff and they speculate this wind event could be the biggest they've seen in like 15 years. are we going to see those same kind of winds or even higher? >> i think sunday it is possible we could get the 60 to 70 mile-per-hour raining in the higher elevations. the word of warning for everybodyll r there as well. so we are looking at a wind event as we move through this weekend. that's why that fire spread so fast. we had those 60-plus mile-per-hour winds right near the geysers and it raced this fire really, really close here towards geyserville. good news, wind has dropped down to 15 to 20 miles per hour. another check on this but it's hot. 90 degrees, humidity at 10%. warm tomorrow, 93. then once again the wind event coming our way by sunday. i want to take it out to the other issue that we are following. it's this next effect that we are now just waiting on. we have all

>> reporter: you know, it really is, christi. people are running for their lives.u mentioned, one person is still missing. two people are dead. their names have not been released. 18 others were transported to the hospital. take a look over my shoulder. you see that this area is still barricaded and you can see the pile of degree. here is what we know from local authorities. the call came for a dispatch 9:00 a.m. local time yesterday about a partial collapse of the hard rock hotel construction site. this is in downtown new orleans and it pretty much corners the french quarter and the theater. it was unsupported and unstable and very dangerous and why the area around the construction site was evacuated. mandatory evacuation was issued. now if we take a look of the area -- at the aerial footage of the actual collapse, you'll see that the floors flattened. chunks of debris and concrete fell on the street creating a clouled cloud of dust and people running for their lives. at least 100 workers were on the seen at the time of the collapse and you can see a lot of pressu

laura: ron christie, thank you for being with us. for all the fighting capitolel hill l there was a moment of unity today as both parties came together to mark the passing of congressman elijah cummings. the civil rights leader and chair of the powerful oversit and reform committee has died at the age of 68. cummings was first elected in 1996, son of sharecroppers. while the maryland democrat wasr known as a h critic of president trump's policies, he had very deep trenches across -- friendships across the aisle. as nancy pelosi said in her statement, congress will miss his wisdom and warm friendship angreat humanity. he was a terrific orator, and h is life spanned american history. you can find much more of all the day's news on our website. i'laura trevelyan. --thank you so much for joining wahing "bbc world news america." announcer: funding for this presentation is made possible by... the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation, pursuinga'olutions for amerneglected needs; and by contributions to this pbs statio

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm boris sanchez in for victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. plenty of news to get to today. >> that's an understatement. we're glad to have you here. >> thanks for watching. >> several new threads on the impeachment inquiry into president trump this morning. first of all, secretary of state mike pompeo defending the state department for ignoring the subpoena deadline to give congress documents related to ukraine. today in athens, greece, he said the department will, quote, obviously do all the things we're required to do by law. >>> also, the white house has been subpoenaed by congress to hand over their documents on ukraine. we're going to go live to the white house in just a few minutes. >> this is all happening as a second whistle-blower may be getting ready to file a separate formal complaint. "the new york times" is reporting that another intelligence official has concerns over the president's interactions with ukraine, and the paper says this official has more direct knowledge of trump's july phone call with the leader of ukraine and the

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> christie, thank you very much. >>> pg&e says it is monitoring the potential for increased fire danger later this week or next week i should say. so far they have not ordered any power shut-offs as we had last week but that might change. you are talking maybe mid week it's going to get kind of bad. >> that's right. right now high pressure will begin to build starting with the warmup as erlas tomorrow. but it is heading into wednesday night where the concern really kicks in. here's what we know as of now for next week. dry, offshore northeasterly winds. wednesday night gusts 10 to 25 miles per hour but right now with the highest gusts according to the models 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. upwards of 40 miles per hour which means fire warnings are likely. this is worthy of mention if you're heading out to southern california or you have family in southern california. there is a red flag warning for the ventura hills, the mountains and the l.a. mountains through tomorrow. the reason is they have relatively low humidity tonight and a

speed skater elise christie has announced that she's taking a break from the sport and has posted ans been open about her battle with anxiety and depression after the games. christie aims to compete in herfourth games in 2022, but will miss four of this season's speed skating world cup races. england all—rounderjenny gunn has announced her retirement from international cricket. she's the second most capped female england player across all formats playing 259 times for her country and was part of the 2017 winning world cup side. clare connor, the ecb's managing director of women's cricket says she was an exceptional role model for the sport and will be missed. that's all the sport for now. after the overnight rain, wednesday will bring some sunshine and a lot of clea n will bring some sunshine and a lot of clean fresh air coming our way off the atlantic. for that happens, the early birds will get some rain and it could heavy at times. probably breezy as well. the weather front is coming from on the atlantic. there is low pressure heading our way as well but in the short term the weath

but ryan christie scored on 67 minutes. christopher julian put celtic in front for the first time. christopherjullien. rangers fans were enjoying soaking up the sunshine in portugal. ranges were inches from going ahead. a warning, perhaps, but what came next was unstoppable. a quite brilliant goal from diaz. in a first half of near perfect symmetry, rangers eventually found their own way through, first via the frame of the goal, their warning shots, before morelos equalised in wonderful style. his tenth goal in 11 europa league games this season. he should have added to that remarkable record in the second half, but won one it finished, rangers with plenty to be pleased about. arsenal looked destined for defeat at home. they trail to— one with ten minutes to go until they were brought level of a free kick by pepe. unai emery said his players showed good spirit to come back after the first half. two goals in the space of five minutes, and a penalty from rael m&s. things were soured with a sending off three minutes from time. manchester united did just about enough to see off partiza

>> if you read chris christy's memoir, there are so many parts of him giving advice and the president just ignoring him. >> whether he thinks he's going to be removed from office or not, he is at a perilous moment in his presidency and he does need a support system around him. if you look at the support system around him in his own administration, it's pretty small in part because so many have left and they're having a problem getting other people in. he's surrounded by mostly loyalists, mostly family at this point. he needs a party around him to back him up, to help him out through this process, and he just keeps taking steps that alienate them. the syria decision, this is not a surprise what the reaction would be, because he's heard from people like lindsey graham for months and a couple years on this front, and he continues to do t anyway. >> we'll bring you the video of this as soon as we can, but he's defen defensive about his decision to withdraw. he says the kurds never intended for us to stay there forever and now the kurds are leaving sbettle intelligently. a lot of what the

i hope the morning has been good to you so far, i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. we start with a report that president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is under federal criminal investigation. "the new york times" reports federal prosecutors are investigating if giuliani's involvement with ukraine violated federal lobbying laws. >> of course then we have the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine telling members of congress yesterday that the president and rudy giuliani wanted her removed from her job. for nearly ten hours behind closed doors, marie yovanovitch outlined how she believes president trump and rudy giuliani smeared her reputation to ukrainian officials. >> at a rally last night in louisiana, the president again defended his call with the leader of ukraine. that call resulted in part in an impeachment inquiry. he also questioned the whistle-blower's motive. watch. >> but nobody thought i'd release the call. probably nobody thought we had a transcript. so when i heard the viciousness -- but here's the worst of all, worse tha

christie smith was saying it's calmer where she is. taking a turn for the better as far as the firefighters are concerned. >> the lower elevations is where we're seeing a difference. a lot of locations are 20 miles and lower. higher elevations have seen a decrease from 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts and higher elevations near the kincade fire. now down to 45 miles an hour. that's still very dangerous. i want to start off with this map. you've been evacuated in geyersville, healdsburg or windsor. it's now 50,000 acres and containment has been reduced down to 5% with that north wind, it really pushed this growth down to the southern side with lots of hot spots moving towards healdsburg and windsor. today we have crews there reporting as those embers started fires in those locations. i want you to be on alert in calistoga. flames are off to the north. here's why. i think in this location, this area, we could still see 30 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts blowing embers to the south-southwest. think about that and have your plan ready. so, where

thanks christie. and finally the idea of the british parliament as a group of chimpanzees doesn't seem like that much of a stretch these days considering the devolving discourse in the parliament as the u.k. careens toward a no deal brock's it no secret of british artist banksy as thought the thought up the exact scenario for his previous 2009 work devolved parliament which will go up for auction this week with an expected sale price of 2 to 2500000 the piece which replaces members of parliament with chimps measures 4 metres long making it the largest known canvas piece by the artist according to auction house saw the bees topicality of a 2009 piece was not lost on alex branch it saw the bees head of contemporary art europe who said of the work there's no doubt that today this image has incredible currency not just here in the u.k. but across europe and beyond here we see this one of our oldest democracies and within it we see the regression toward tribal animalistic behavior like the you know it's a

linford christie was the last briton to win a global sprint title until now.just told me it still doesn't feel real. dina asher—smith, the red—hot favourite. she had claimed championships are unpredictable but for dina asher—smith, this final was as close to a shoo—in as a medal could be. a force to be reckoned with regardless, but with all her major rivals out, the 100 metres silver medallist was left as the sharpest and fastest woman in town. she has got to control into the home straight. it is dina asher—smith. and with her trademark brilliant bend, she left the rest for dust. the gold medal! it is dina asher—smith! she is the champion! and this was the moment it started to sink in. dina has done it! britain had never before had a female global sprint gold medallist but it is amazing how quickly things can change. very quickly, if you are dina. a cuddle from mum and the tears flowed. you're the favourite or whatever but you've still got to go and do it, you're only the favourite if you perform how everybody expects you to, you know? i wasjust really focused

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to endorse his bid, and so that led bridget kelly christi's chief of staff, and high authority port authority staffers to put together a plan to take the three traffic lanes and close them down to one lane to punish the mayor for his failure to enforce chris christie. they needed a cover story to do that, so they concocted a fictitious traffic study and gridlock ensued. they did it on the first day of school on 2013 without any head's up for anybody of the port authority and fort lee. stories of the children on school buses for hours and paramedics having to get tout walk to respond to somebody having a heart attack and cost the port authority $5,000, because they had to pay overtime for the toll collectors and the engineers who were conducting the phony traffic study. eventually the head of the port authority figured it out and they went back to the old system, and then the heads rolled. bridget kelly and david weinstein and others and chris christie who wanted to gather the presidential momentum to run for president, which he did not. and the government's theory is that they had d