i am david spunt.a good night. >> sean: all started as an internet joke that ended up getting global attention. hundreds of 8 million hunters have gathered in nevada. you're the government facility known as area 51. you might remember building a career on talking about this on an effort to quote storm the military base." these people were reportedly detained. today we sent lawrence jones to find out what the extra congressional -- extra terrestrial believers were doing out in the desert. we hope he's not been abducted. take a look. >> why are you here? scientific reasons? >> here for scientific reasons. we are here for the aliens. >> i want to hear about the aliens liberal agenda. they put out some good talking points. we don't know. >> wanted you first discover you are an alien? >> 1984. >> ehh. >> this is to protect my mind from interference of any kind. >> any actual aliens? sticker not yet, but we are hoping. >> are you going to storm area 51? >> hopefully. i want to. >> have you had any interactio

but first, david spunt has the latest from the white house. david?er: chris, good morning. the president's announcement comes just days before the u.s. marks 18 year since the september 11th, 2001, terror attacks and calls into questions withdrawing troops from america's long war. the suicide car bombing near the u.s. embassy in kabul left an american soldier dead, killing others nearby. it happened just two days before leaders were set to discuss removing 5,000 u.s. troops from the country. president trump tweeting saturday night: i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? secretary of state mike pompeo paid his respects saturday night during the dignified transfer of 34-year-old army sergeant first class ortiz. the president also weighing negotiations with iran. >> they would like to be able to solve their problem -- they've got a big problem. they're getting killed financially. >> reporter: there is speculation he might mee

correspondent david spunt is here with more. ng, david. >> if this hearing were held last week it would've made headlines but with the word impeachment being floated around it got lost in the mix. tonight we are learning despite what many think conversations about gun control appear to be ongoing. >> law-abiding american gun owners are not the enemy. >> retired police officer diana muller made it as clear as possible to members of the house judiciary committee today. it showed an assault weapons ban ever become a reality, it won't be her reality. >> i will not comply with the assault weapons ban. >> she worked as an officer with the tulsa, oklahoma, police department for 22 years. she now runs a second amendment advocacy group called the d.c. project. >> why does anybody need an air 15? let me explain it in she was. you wouldn't want to ramp to run a marathon and dress shoes and you wouldn't go to a formal ball in sneakers. >> ted deutch represent the district were 17 were killed at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> i unde

producer breaks on the democrats in disarray over impeachment, but we begin with correspondent david spunt, also on capitol hill, with what exactly democrats did today and what they are hoping to buried >> good evening to you, democrats voted to move forward with an impeachment investigation, not a formal impeachment vote. in this case is very important, there is a distinction, those democrats want to push further than the four corners of the mueller report and in this case when you talk about impeachment, wording is everything. >> i have it, the resolution is agreed to. welcome to fantasy island, let the show begin. >> with a tally of 24-17, democrats on the house judiciary committee voted to move forward with an impeachment investigation against president trump, but there's mixed messaging. >> some call this process an impeachment inquiry, some call it an impeachment investigation. there's no legal difference between these terms. >> the resolution reads to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment with respect to president donald j. trump. now, democrats can calm our witness

we begin with david spunt at the white house. hi, david. >> we were hoping president trump would take a few questions but tonight was about pomp and circumstance. the state dinner honoring the australian prime minister. dignitaries gathered in the rose garden for this state dinner toasting, talking about common interests between countries but reporters here focused on the whistle-blower complaint. the "wall street journal" reports not only was the call with the ukrainian president, but the president pressured him to work with rudy guliani on a probe targeting hunter biden. the article also goes on to say there did not appear to be a quid pro quo from the president to his counterpart. here's what the president said about this earlier today. >> it doesn't matter what i discussed. it's a partisan whistle-blower. >> the reporting continues. rudy guliani, the president's friend and personal attorney had a meeting with the leader. weeks later, the white house looked hat the status of $250 middle in foreign aid. guliani said he didn't kn

david spunt's at the white house now. he's got the latest. david? >> reporter: hi, gillian.sident trump is still getting a lot of pushback though for canceling that meeting, for even having the meeting originally. that's when he made that announcement last night. the president was set to meet with members of the taliban and members of the afghan government at camp david. the original meeting, purpose of that meeting was to talk about withdrawing of 5,000 u.s. troops from the country. instead that didn't happen, and president trump is at his golf course in northern virginia right now as i speak to you instead. i want to read part of this announcement from president trump last night. it came in several tweets. quote: i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? gillian, there was a suicide car bombing near the u.s. embassy in kabul who killed a u.s. soldier and 11 others. the taliban put out a statement following the president's cancellation announcement.

correspondent david spunt is here to fill us in. good evening, david, david. with a qualifier next month will be on october 10th, fifa leadership continues to stand firm in the face of iranian leadership. >> terse words from fifa's president of the iranian government encouraging a change to a policy that's been in place since the revolution of 1979. things became so bad, women often would draft, dressed as men, wearing fake beards and hiding along here just to see a game played. at 29-year-old woman set herself on fire just weeks ago to raise awareness of iran's gender discrimination policy. she was busted for trying to enter a stadium without a head job. she later died. the organization released a statement pushing back against iran's policy. "fifa's position is firm and clear. women have to be allowed into football stadiums in iran for all football matches." last week, fifa officials to visited to want to put pressure to make the policy change. it worked. >> we've been assured that as of the next international game of iran, which is to be played on the tenth

correspondent david spunt to fill us in on the details. >> good evening, shannon peered congresswomane a bit of power in the democrat party, especially when it comes to campaigning. today, she announced she will support a democrat in chicago with hopes of ousting another democrat. this is dan lipinski, a democrat representing the chicago suburbs since 2005. ocasio-cortez, known as aoc on the hill, endorsing marie newman instead. it will take a bigger, stronger, democratic party, one that returned to our fdr roots and fight for working people, to change our future in 2020. we can't afford a fight -- we need her for congress. he is a congressman who happens to be a pro-lifer. aoc plans to challenge his stance through marie newman. he has wrestled with his pro-life stance on where it fits in his party before. here he is in an interview last year. >> i'm going to continue to be pro-life. it would be much easier for me politically if i changed my position. but that is not worth it. >> ocasio-cortez is the youngest member of congress, 29 years old. she made headlines last year when she unse

correspondent david spunt has the latest from the white house. >> the president's attorney say they have no intentions to comply with that law. they say that no california state law is unconstitutional. one day after losing the golden state, president trump is celebrating a legal victory there. a drug to block the law that would require him to disclose his tax returns in exchange for a place, primary ballot. earlier gavin newsom treated "these are extraordinaire times. we can and must ensure those running for high office are held to a basic standard and account ability. california now requires those running for president and governor to release five years of tax returns to get on our primary ballot. the president's attorneys call the law unconstitutional "because states are not permitted to add additional requirements for candidates for president," but the battle continues across the country in new york where earlier this week manhattan district attorney cy vance's office subpoenaed the usa. the president's accounting term. today trump's attorneys announced they are suing the office. aga

correspondent david spunt breaking it down tonight. >> that brings mounting pressure especially for senateant them to get moving on gun control especially and now. >> several mask shootings taking place. both are facing mandates from constituents and fellow mandate mandates. >> shame on him, there are people who died. shame on him! put the bill on the floor and stop ducking the issue and calling names. shame on him. >> an irritated senate minority leader chuck schumer calling out senate majority leader mitch mcconnell for not making gun-control a senate priority, but mcconnell says he's waiting on the blessing of one man, the president, before he does anything. >> we do in fact await word from the white house about what the president is willing to sign. >> between the name-calling there is a solution gaining traction and it's been mentioned before. mentioned to me, a measure aimed at expanding background checks to all commercial sales failed in 2013 but several senators, including mitt romney, are reportedly warming up to the legislation in 2019. >> i can assure you the bill that would put

correspondent david spunt is here now. >> minutes after getting back into the swing of things, house democrats began moving forward with consideration of an impeachment probe. after a six-week recess, congress is back in session and the judiciary committee, chaired by new york congressman jerry nadler, is preparing to consider an impeachment probe. chairman nadler announced a thursday vote to set the rules for any future impeachment-type earrings. he calls it "the next step" in determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment. house speaker pelosi who has cautioned he was said this exclusively to fox news tonight. >> to support the resolution the chairman nadler has put forward? >> yes i do. [inaudible] >> but this doesn't mean the house speaker is in favor of impeachment. nadler's resolution simply lays out procedures for a "impeachment investigation." republicans don't seem phased. >> they know they don't have the balls to go forward, so what they're doing is going to try and change our rules. >> other democrats are probing vice president mike pence's stay at the president'

correspondent david spunt is here to tell us why members of the so-called "squad" think this is exactlyhat they should be doing. >> a little bit of a debate whether it's a good idea to go away. a big week for democrats on capitol hill but as you said they're heading home not just for a few days but for two weeks. they insist their momentum is not going away and impeachment talk will continue when they are gone. >> you're not a king! you are elected! you are a public servant. you took an oath! >> members of the house and "the squad" want president trump not only impeached but out of office and soon. they held a rally outside the capitol thursday afternoon. >> he has explicitly targeted minority populations in our country with white supremacy rhetoric and white supremacy policies. >> now democrats across the political spectrum must come together to decide how to formulate a strategy that's cohesive. >> i'm pretty confident that we are not going to see this process get dragged along. i think that the timing and the urgency of this matter is part of the consensus that we have all the way fr

correspondent david spunt has the story. general mattis spent 40 years in the marines and as we both know he's not want to frequently sit on the front of the camera and spill his guts. his book hits the shelves this week and while mattis is candid about his service on why he left the trump administration, he is cautious with a few words, listen. >> i will not speak ill of a sitting president. i'm not going to do it. >> former defense secretary james mattis planned to serve at least four years in the trump administration but resigned in december after making it clear his opinion on getting u.s. troops out of syria didn't jibe with his boss. >> what about the decision to withdraw from syria? >> i disagree with it. >> because? >> because we need to maintain enough influence there that we don't see the same thing that happened when we withdrew from iraq. >> mattis told cbs news he and president trump last spoke when he left the pentagon eight months ago. cutting short a presidential assignment was not a first for the four-star m