this is the statement from the cwa which essentially confirms our story.e considering jobs, wages, impact the consumers, engaged in regulatory issues around the merger at the fcc, doj along with our allies. they are basically in favor -- basically saying they have supported them both throughout their career. this is the big thing. if you talk to the people at sprint t-mobile, they will tell you undoubtedly that at&t and verizon are also pushing the cwa to oppose this merger. it is ganging up on them from outside and using the sort of political apparatus to break this deal up. the deal, you know, has been approved by the justice department. it still faces a state ag lawsuit. these are the two biggest state ags. they are unlikely now, i mean once you know who the power is behind them, you know they are unlikely to drop this thing. if you are a shareholder in these companies, there is a threat. it is more than theoretical that they will be able to blow this thing up because i don't think -- given the fact that, you know, cwa has so much both in california and

and, they said, pompeo may now be a fact witness because it turnalls ouhe cwa he ts on when presidentrump urged the president of ukraine to investigate his campaign rival joe biden. >> m sectarydo y hav any comment on reports you were on the july 25 call with president zelensky? >> reporter: pompeo ignored questions about the phone call today. democrats believe these five state department officials can fill in the blanks. so far, two have agreed to be interviewed, including kurt o raabe ru rptiglyl envoy toinuk >> volker is a straight shooter. >> reporter: tennessee democrat steve cohen sits on the judiciary committee. >> we need to get all those people's testimony as far as what the state department and the white house asked them to do, what giuliani asked them, ag in ukraine.o tdo >> r he 11th: for t straight day, president trump railed against the anonymous official who first reported his call. "why aren't we entitled to learn everything about the whistleblower?" a reprimand came from iowa republican chuck grassley, tyuse ally.e pihocallit a he said,wh "this person oughto be heard

. >>> 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 giving a deposition in front of three congressional committees behind closed doors. at this point in time we are waiting to see what is going on there. th drama. manu raju is there on the hill. there's been a little drama in that one republican wanted to be in the room and was not allowed to be in the room. >> reporter: that's right, that's matt gates, a member of the house judiciary committee. the house judiciary committee is not one of the three that is witnessing this person behind closed doors, so when he arrived, they told him he had to leave, that he could not participate in today's proceeding. government brought in the house parliame