the civil liberties union, from governor cuomo, this was a bad idea.you have gone through the difficulty and pressure and stress of having your liberty almost taken away by the government it shouldn't have to come again at the state level. what we have said is even if the president pardons you, given you a federal pardon we will try to prosecute you. this stems from the fact the powers that be in new york state -- julie: like the president. >> i didn't like the last president, i like this one, that will change in the future depending on who is in the white house. the reason it is a problem is the law now says you are going to target a specific group of people that only applies to people close to the president. our founding fathers warned 200 years ago, the bill of attainder. the united states constitution says no build a teenager. you can't pass laws to punish a certain person. that is what this does. heather: let's look at what cuomo has to say about ending double jeopardy. i just signed legislation closing new york's double jeopardy loophole authorin

jackson joined senator chuck schumer and congressman jerry nadler and governor cuomo and mayor de blasio in celebrating some of my life's work. and it was heartening to me as we have many nights that we don't have to celebrate. and in the middle of it, we had a surprise video from former president barack obama that someone in the crowd taped and put on social media. but he stayed on message about fighting for the right to vote and go forward. >> the truth is there's a reason everybody wants to bend his ear including me. he's been one of our country's most urgent voices for progress and justice.

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cnn's chris cuomo, well, he wanted to talk about it. >> i saw this and i thought it was unusual, not just that it was extremely well written by the had legal references and foot notes. but i compared that with the fact adam schiff was talking about the subject matter of this complaint throughout the month of august. >> you don't know any of that. you are raising it as questions. that is meaningless until you can put some meat on the bones. lou: it wasn't meaningless, it was prescient. after the "new york times" reported adam schiff and his staff knew of the so-called whistleblower report days before it was fired, fleitz posted this to cuomo. quote you were hard on me last night. we know from the "new york times" that i was right. apology not necessary. joining us tonight, fred fleitz, a prescient national security expert, god to have you with us. let's start with this advance work obviously between the staff of the intelligence committee, adam schiff's staff as well, i'm sure. this is -- this is really to me very, very troubling and should be of concern i think to anyone who wants to

we'll head over to chris cuomo for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo.ed about being dragged into the election even before that infamous scull phone call. but this hey be worse. what were these republicans doing storming the castle? what do you say? let's get after it. >>> we have new information. cnn confirms months before that notorious july phone call withu president, and after that first call, zelensky met with his team and discussed the concerns that they were being dragged into a u.s. election. where is the transcript of that call? obviously they were aware. the white house readout only says they spoke about

i'd like to go by quid pro cuomo. they're only say the quid pro quo thing because they're saying you can't make this bribery, and you can't make this treason, and that is the standard. it's not the standard. >> i'm always shock when they say read. and i'm like, do you really want people to read it? it's not even reading between the lines. he said what he said. he said do me a favor. the guy talked about buying things. we're going to buy this and buy this. and he goes but i need you to do me a favor, though. >> yep. >> okay. >> no bueno. quid pro cuomo. i'm making the shirt right now. >> nice show. you better trademark that right away. see you next time. >>> we got a lot to get to. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon, and there is a mystery afoot in washington tonight that could be huge. the state department's inspector general requesting an urgent staff briefing with congressional committees. it is very mysterious. a private briefing in a secure room at the capitol, saying it's all about ukraine-related documents obt

after the governor of new york governor cuomo and the commonwealth of virginia chose to celebrate and sign into law governor nor some and cuomo was graceful and what we chose to do in times square in the united states of america. not to put proverbial knuckles in the chest or point fingers but to say we are in the midst of a major pro-life debate in this country so now that you as the governors have had your say about human life we would like to focus on the family. and so we had a dialogue with every single one with the jumbotron on time square to allow to focus on the family with a third trimester ultrasound. so what we did is we contracted with a private firm we got the permitting approval a few hours before the event to five and 10000 people in time square with 21000. and to have their own jumbotron it was a remarkable moment in that pro-life debate because as governor cuomo because in the third trimester for 21000 people the image of a baby in one of those stellar remarkable moments probably in the history of time square was to focus on jim daly to listen to the heartbeat and in

good job, governor cuomo for this.ll these years later, we are talking about over 100 years later, is going to be honored with a statue for taking care of the poor. >> martha: cuomo is putting in on state lands. there's a certain spot in the city that the state governs and not the cd so he's creative and he found a way to put the statue up. i can't believe, she's number one in the voting. why in god's name, she says, would you not put her up. >> de blasio racing i think i made a mistake. let's not talk about it. >> martha: all right, jonathan, great to see you. that's the story of monday, october 21, 2019 but is always "the story" goes on. see you back here tuesday night, tomorrow night at 7:00. tucker carlson taking over from washington, d.c. coming up. have a great night everybody. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." an awful lot has been written about the eternal divide, the fracturing within the republican party. it's not all spin by the way. some of it is very real.

chris cuomo tried to lighten the mood with his pronoun preferences.. >> my pronouns are she, her and her's. >> mine too. >> all right. >> tucker: [laughing]. it's so stupid. kamala harris, well, what do you think? it's just too dumb. and cuomo was just joking. but no one jokes anymore. cnn made him apologize he did. i said not have said that. i am an ally of the lbgtq community and i am committed to helping us achieve equality." oeplease. what wasn't a joke was elizabeth warren's promise to spend taxpayer money to give convicted criminals free tax changeses for real. >> in 2012 you criticized the judge's rule for a transgender inmate. you said i don't think it's a good use of taxpayer dollars. do you regret that? >> yes, i think it was a bad answer. i believe that everyone is entitled to medical care and medical care that they need. that include people who are transgender, and it's time for them to have gender affirming surgery. >> tucker: and time for toupee for it whether you want to or not. joe biden has his habit got bizarre and went off on a digr

over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> very well done, anderson. thank you. >>> i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." the white house fully admits to ukraine quid pro quo, then tries to take it back and blame us forgfor getting it wrong. guess what, it's all on tape. i have it. you listen for yourself. you see who's lying. and, also, which key cabinet figure in this ukraine mess is now resigning. that means he can testify. we have a top impeachment investigator who is listening closely and is here to talk next moves as we break down where impeachment and the prosecution of this president's lawyer stand tonight. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> got to say it, only in the age of trump. the president sent his acting chief of staff to take on the media and he had a simple message. yeah, we held up aid to ukraine, but we did it so they would investigate the dnc in 2016 election interference. so it was a good quid pro quo. listen. >> did he also mention to me in the past that the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely. no question about that. but that's it and tha

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time people see this as a dark day for the president. we have finally seen the light of truth. we know what happened and that light shone brightly today from an unlikely source, team trump. the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine said a quid pro quo was clearly in play. the president was orchestrating a shadow effort to manipulate ukraine to get dirt on the dnc and the bidens. people with power to decide the president's fate are here tonight to answer the real only question that remains, what should the consequence be? it's a big day. there are big questions.

i want to head over to chris right now for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you. i am chris cuomo.mocrats about to snag their biggest impeachment witness yet? we have big news on that front. and we have a key senate player here tonight with a ukrainian connection of his own. plus, one of the biggest assaults on a key witness, colonel vindman is about to get blown up in this show in minutes. so what do you say, let's get after it. the president's former national security adviser john bolton, is he the next big witness. a source tells cnn he was invited for next thursday. his lawyer said tonight it's not going to happen without a subpoena. that's arranged easily enough these days. meanwhile, a bolton top nsc deputyre

i want to head over to chris for cuomo "primetime "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they can satisfy rudy, they can satisfy the president. that from a person familiar with the meeting. meanwhile the president refusing to cooperate laying down the gauntlet in a loaded eight-page letter from the president's counsel, saying the president's due process rights have been curtailed without a vote to formalize the impeachment process. now, if a vote is held, what could happen? republicans would have the right to argue for more subpoena power. speaker pelosi knows this. she responded this way -- the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the powers, the president's abuse of power from the american people wil

that spineless apology that chris cuomo had to make on twitter.s completely insane. >> tucker: it is. you should be allowed to tell a joke. solemn -- it's crazy how angry people get in the face of humor which tells you a lot. >> it does. has to tell us her pronouns. i'm not attacking anybody. it's totally sincere. was that of question someone asked? kamala harris,le are you male or female? it's bizarre. >> tucker, the thing going on with the left right now is the weaponization of language. controlling people's language. if kamala harris had not stated her pronouns, somebody would have called her out for it. as a gay conservative, i accepted the fact i have to be mean dad and tell all of the lbgtq alphabet soup you can't have your toys and can't have ice c cream for dinner. some things last night in that town hall were insane. i am a gay veteran. i served two tours in the middle east. i protested against don't ask, don't tell. this is not what i fought for. i didn't advocate for the alphabet soup agenda. and it troubles me. it's very mortifying. th

. >> we'll hand it over to chris for cuomo "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo. this is "prime tootime." tonight we'll show that people put in place by this president thought what he was asking from ukraine was wrong. proof of an obvious expectation by ukraine that investigating biden would get them the relationship desired with trump. what do you say, let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> this breaking news is from "the new york times." a report that there could be a second potential whistle-blower on ukraine. the "times" says it's a second intel official, one who is also alarmed by president trump's dealings and may have more firsthand information about the situation. however, tonight we don't have to wait. we have the truth in front of us. it comes from the president's former special envoy to ukraine. he told congress nothing anonymous, he was there in person, he is real and bona fide. you haven't even heard the president bad mouth him and he gave congress his testimony and the proof of the same, which all directed the idea of a press

i want to head over to chris for cuomo "primetime "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo.t's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they

randi kaye, new york. >> we'll hand it over to chris for cuomo "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo.e." tonight we'll show that people put in place by this president thought what he was asking from ukraine was wrong. proof of an obvious expectation by ukraine that investigating biden would get them the

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo.nd witness to the president's phone call on ukraine is due to testify tomorrow. brand new reporting, this man may solidify what should be an obvious point. what do you say, let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. so now we're expecting a new testimony tomorrow. we're just getting in information in. we are trying to understand what it will mean for us. but, look, a white house national security official, all right, the main ukraine expert, he is called the top

let's check in with chris, see what he's working on for "cuomo prime time." from, chris. >> you oppose this president and you're in his party you're scum, anderson. that's what you are. stephanie grisham, yep, they deserve to be talked about that way. one of the things i'm doing with all my guests tonight on that side of the aisle as a point of civility, how we disagree matters. that is something that cannot stand, that cannot be approved. if you can't get past that point, i'll have no further discussion with anybody. if you can't own that we can't be that way with each other just on the basis of opposition, there's nothing else to talk about. on the point of substance, if this guy morrison who's still in the white house who was on the july 25th call is as expected corroborative of what taylor said, how can you say that nothing done here was wrong? not impeachable, not worthy of removal, just wrong. >> we'll be looking forward to it, chris. a lot to cover. about five minutes from now. up next having already taken credit for saving their lives president trump

i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time."s news on our watch and the devil is in the developments. what do you say? let's get after it. this day started with a power play from potus, but the power shifted quickly in a flurry of reporting fueled by trump's own special envoy to ukraine, revealing just how many were troubled by his solicitation of political advantage from ukraine. the solicitation and how much damage control was going on. so let's get perspective on both sides and what the day's events mean. first, congresswoman mikie sherrill from new jersey is here. representative, welcome to "prime time."

let's bring cuomo's court into session. asha rangappa. jimmy schultz. i know we didn't prep to talk about this. but that's the new part of the news business. we're told it has to do with ukraine. am i right to expect poor form in this? they had to know it was going to leak. putting out something this urgent, i have to have a briefing tomorrow, it's urgent but i can't say what it's about. >> right now we don't have enough information to speculate about what this could be about. on the one hand, it could be about secretary pompeo's refusal to, you know, turn over information. we know that the icig, for example, kind of blew the whistle on an attempt to block information from going to congress. on the other hand, the state department's job is to maintain diplomatic relations and they have an interest, and i know this from working in the fbi, on not allowing information to get out into the public that could be embarrassing to other countries, that could strain our relationships with them. that could be something that is of concern here, too. i think right n

we'll head over to chris cuomo for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo. ukraine was concerned about being dragged into the election even before that infamous scull phone call. but this hey be worse. what were these republicans doing storming the castle? what do you say? let's get after it. >>> we have new information. cnn confirms months before that notorious july phone call withu president, and after that first call, zelensky met with his team and discussed the concerns that they were being dragged into a u.s. election. where is the transcript of that call? obviously they were aware. the white house readout only says they spoke about working together to root out corruption. now we know corruption was basically code for the bidens and the dnc. so what would the gop response be? here it is, a travesty, a sham, a mockery. two dozen house republicans storming the room where pence and other official, laura cooper, was set to give a deposition, to testify. the goal lawmakers went through three different doors carrying electronics. you're not supposed to carry

i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time."has finally heard from someone who was on that damning phone call between the u.s. president and ukraine's president. we're getting new word on what he disclosed. but is there any real question remaining about what happened here? we're going to ask an impeachment player and our investigators on another big night. what do you say, let's get after it. all right, lieutenant colonel

i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time."lieve it, but there is another dossier in the mix. the irony is staggering and troubling. we have new information and people to test what they're going to do about it. what do you say? let's get after it. another crazy day. the president happy to answer all kinds of questions about how bad the whistle-blower is, how bad the democrats are, all the things that they did and all you need to do is look at the perfect call. but when he got asked about that call, listen to this.

i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." i can't believe it, but there is another dossier in the mix. the irony is staggering and troubling. we have new information and people to test what they're going to do about it. what do you say? let's get after it. another crazy day. the president happy to answer all kinds of questions about how bad the whistle-blower is, how bad the democrats are, all the things that they did and all you need to do is look at the perfect call. but when he got asked about that call, listen to this. >> what -- >> what did you want about biden? what did you want him to look into on biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone-cold crooked, and you know it. >> the question is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son, hunter? >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was a follow-up of what i just asked you, sir. >> listen, are you ready? we have the president of finland. ask him a question. >> i have him. i have one for him. i wanted to follow up on what i asked you. >

you're better than that, chris cuomo.. >> i'm not better than anything and -- >> come on. >> you have members of trump's administration testifying against him. you have a u.s. ambassador, bill taylor, under trump's administration testifying that there was quid pro quo. >> right. >> based on hearsay. >> it's not hearsay based on hearsay. you know that. not in every case. >> we do quid pro quo all the time. you have members of his own administration saying it. and then you have -- >> chris, you're better than this. >> hold on a second. dave, don't make it about me being good or bad. and listen, i've got to tell you, you don't have any right for high dungeon. you've got people running around. you stalk about lemmings. you just had 20 of your caucus members run into a secure room with their devices, violating the rules, to distract from what was going on in the room. >> chris -- >> don't shake your head with disgust. it's going to fall off. >> i'm not shaking my head with disgust. you know what's right here, chris. you know y

i want to head over to chris right now for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you. i am chris cuomo. and welcome to prime time. are democrats about to snag their biggest impeachment witness yet? we have big news on that front. and we have a key senate player here tonight with a ukrainian connection of his own. plus, one of the biggest assaults on a key witness, colonel vindman is about to get blown up in this show in minutes. so what do you say, let's get after it. the president's former national security adviser john bolton, is he the next big witness. a source tells cnn he was invited for next thursday. his lawyer said tonight it's not going to happen without a subpoena. that's arranged easily enough these days. meanwhile, a bolton top nsc deputy just resigned on the eve of his appearance before impeachment investigators. tomorrow tim morrison, why would he be important? he can back up what bill taylor testified to as to the understanding as to why there was a quid pro quo. and cnn has learned lieutenant colonel alexander vindman tied the president to a ukraine quid pro quo in his

thank you. >>> i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." another crazy day

i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." once again there's news on our watch and the devil is in the developments. what do you say? let's get after it. this day started with a power play from potus, but the power shifted quickly in a flurry of reporting fueled by trump's own special envoy to ukraine, revealing just how many were troubled by his solicitation of political advantage from ukraine. the solicitation and how much damage control was going on. so let's get perspective on both sides and what the day's events mean. first, congresswoman mikie sherrill from new jersey is here. representative, welcome to "prime time." good to have you. >> thanks so much for having me, chris. >> all right. you've got a benefit and a burden. first the benefit. all this new information on how troubling the call was to people in key positions. reporting that multiple officials prepared a statement for the ukraine president announcing the investigations this president wanted, our president wanted, the implied deal, sign it or no meeting with

over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> very well done, anderson. thank you. >>> i'm chris cuomo.fully admits to ukraine quid pro quo, then tries to take

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program trying to do away with the global poverty sounds about as easy as trying to save the global climate 3 economists approach the problem of poverty and their own very unique way breaking it down into smaller aspects and issues teasing out far more effective solutions the process of their work has received the recognition it deserves. this year's nobel prize for economics goes to 3 economists specialized in poverty and how best to combat this. french born esther do follow her indian born husband bennett and american michael kramer has helped millions of children by favoring practical steps to tackle their problems over theory all 3 lecture let us universities. take a broader question why it's often orning in school and then they break that down into many more deep questions and then they combined is that every long. talking about online course some form of. contact for. their oil swedish academy of sciences lord of the trio for what it called groundbreaking research into what works and what doesn't in the fight to reduce global poverty their works sh

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program boeing c.e.o. done as muslim berg admitted to a u.s. senate committee that his company got things wrong in the development of the 737 max airliner to his days hearing came exactly one year after the crash of a 737 caused by a faulty flight assistance program only weeks later a 2nd accident with the same type of aircraft likely caused by similar problems rather to vhs of the 346 people killed watched mr berg admit that the company has quote made mistakes. on behalf of myself and the boeing company we are sorry deeply and truly sorry as a husband and father myself. i'm heart broken by your loss. it was an emotional address delivered exactly a year after the crash of a 737 moxon indonesia that killed everyone on board in march of this year tragedy struck again when the same model came down in ethiopia. since then the 77 mark has been grounded the classes are thought to have been caused by a software fault us lawmakers accuse boeing of knowing it systems were subpar and of failing to train pilots adequately those pilots never had a chance t

chris cuomo welcome to the program with impeachment pressure growing u.s. president donald trump surely doesn't mind some positive news so as trade talks between china and the united states are entering their 2nd day mr trump described a one of the closed door meetings as cold very very good the president is due to meet directly with the chinese vice premier at the white house later today markets in the united states and asia both rose on the positive tone from the talks which followed a week of diplomatic setbacks between beijing and washington. now before we got to the current talks let's take a look at the dispute in which neither u.s. president trump nor his chinese counterpart ping seemed willing to back down so far the u.s.'s tariffs on 500 and $60000000000.00 worth of chinese products now china in return has said livi's on $185000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods that amounts to $735000000000.00 in total and that figure could just be the tip of the iceberg the tit for tat terrorists cover a wide array of goods. from steel and aluminum to meat and fish ve

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program a new round of tit for tat terrorists the united states has begun imposing levies on 7 to have $1000000000.00 worth of goods from the european union the world trade organization approved the punitive measures for subsidies that the e.u. gives airbus planes yes originally went back to the w t o back in 2000 for the duties affect a long list of products like wine cheese or ham the european commission has a list of counterterrorist it wants to impose on u.s. goods as washington subsidizes airbus rival boeing now those new u.s. tariffs on e.u. products kicked in on friday let's take a closer look at how those duties of 25 percent agricultural products impact one of france's most popular exports why. in the boat should a vineyard say this year's harvest has been better than expected despite the frost and trout now it's time for a final taste before the wine is released to the world but this year success some traditionally its biggest export markets the u.s. is by no means guaranteed. that we have folks and that is the 1st time that we've had a 25 percent

on chris cuomo welcome to the program the harshest labor dispute of general motors in almost 50 years appears to be a result. on wednesday negotiators for g.m. and all the union representatives reached a tentative agreement demanding a share of profits better benefits and stronger future commitment by the company nearly 50000 g.m. workers began a walk last month crippling the carmakers u.s. operations. the hard fought deal won't bring an immediate end to the strike by $49000.00 workers they are likely to stay on the picket lines for at least 2 more days as union committees vote on the deal which members must then also approve for many braving the rain in the picket lines the strike has been about broader issues as well as the big deal obviously the regime doesn't feel like we're fighting not just for us personally but for the middle class and jobs and that's what we've seen throughout the whole straight people coming dropping out who holds true for people from all different walks of life come off looking inside since really been kind of running all the way to convince. the terms of th

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program trying to do away with the global poverty is sounds about as easy.

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program went 1st coming and fears are growing in europe that it could be a cold one russia and ukraine have failed to agree on a new long term natural gas transit contract that's raising fears of possible cuts in europe as russian gas bound for that you transits through ukraine there's agreements over gas payments have long marred the country's bilateral relations with russia and a controversial pipeline project isn't exactly helping to pacify the baked this is the end of a very long pipeline 200000 steel tubes running 1230 kilometers under the baltic sea the energy megaproject nord stream to is almost complete. russia says the old pipelines that brought its gas to western europe have reached their capacity in . limit north stream 2 adds to more lines but it also makes russia far less dependent on the pipelines that cross ukrainian territory and that makes ukraine nervous it needs gas but relations between the 2 countries are better russia's existing gas contracts with ukraine expire at the end of the year and with north stream 2 coming online it's in n

chris cuomo welcome to the program turkey's invasion in northern syria has shocked leaders in europe and the united states from across the political spectrum u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state my pompei o are in turkey on wednesday trying to broker a cease fire the business world is also reacting with a false flag and putting its plans for a new factory in the turkish izmir on hold leaving one and a half 1000000000 euros of investment and thousands of jobs and risk the turkish economy has begun to recover from the last crisis and now even this slight improvement isn't a threat folks august respond to decision on a new plant. prior to the turkish offensive in syria it was virtually a done deal and the united states is also making it clear to you that it will hit the economy hard to force president to turn back as we've warned all or our desire is not to shut down the turkish economy our desire is to see appropriate response the sanctions will be very severe on the turkish economy we will continue to ramp up the sanctions at present sanctions will only affect individ

i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program it's a premier aimed at making a big impact russian president vladimir putin is hosting dozens of african leaders in such a this week for the 1st ever russia africa summit chief of his aims is to jumpstart relations with the continent 3 decades after the fall of the soviet union then a major player in africa. now russia has big plans in africa particularly in mineral resources like in the republic of congo where oil multinational oil is involved in a natural gas development project and so that and the central african republic a close ally of president putin has secured mining licenses for gold in guinea russian aluminum producer ross through saul is the thing about sidon and zimbabwe russia wants to get into platinum mining until now russia has seen relatively muted trade with africa exports and imports to the entire continent or evolve you were valued at only 20000000000 dollars last year not to put that into perspective china had over 10 times that amount africa's largest trading partner during that time was the european union with nearly $340