our north america correspondent david willis is following the story for us. t david, this isjust coming through to us at the moment. talk us through the significance. it is interesting because the white house had argued that former senior aides had immunity from being called to testify before congress, and therefore, there was no compulsion for them to do so. well, now, a federaljudge in washington, dc has decided otherwise, and that means that the former white house counsel don mcgann, a very influential man, somebody who was in the white house from the early days, will be called upon to testify before congress and that the subpoenae does count legally. don mcgann of course is someone legally. don mcgann of course is someone who was legally. don mcgann of course is someone who was very legally. don mcgann of course is someone who was very useful to the former special council robert miller and his investigation into allegations of collusion between the trumpet campaign and russia. mr mcgann famously told robert mueller that he had been told by the president in

laura: a brief time ago i got an updatem fe bbc's david willis in los angeles. david: authorities have relenaed th of the gunman. his name is nathaniel berhow, and today was his 16th birthday. he was a student at that high school and he waeicaught on suance video taking a gun from his backpack anopening fire on five of his classmates, two of whom have passed away, a 16-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.tw there argirls and a boy in hospital. and the gunmans gravely ill, having taken a shot at himself. we have a situation which led to the sort of panic and horror that has bn all-too-familiar down the years ischools both here and elsewhere in the united states. already democrats calling for tighter gun-control laws. lianwhile, on the ground, in santa clarita say they are searching thsuspect's home, they have also been speaking to his mother and his girlfriend, and they are looking to interview l the students at the school, some of whom barricaded themselves in their classrooms when the shotsg started to rt. i think the big question right now is how did a 16-year-ol

david willis reports. four decades of us foreign policy overturned in a single sentence...ts in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with international law. america's secretary of state said previous policy had been an obstacle to peace in the region. we have recognised the reality on the ground and have declared settlements are not per se illegal under international law and have provided the very space your question suggests, the very space for israel and palestinians to come together to find a political solution to this very vexing problem. 600,000 dudes are thought tob problem. 600,000 dudes are thought to band problem. 600,000 dudes are thought to b and the west bank. —— jew. earmarked for a future palestinian state, such a prospect becomes impossible. this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security and this is a turning the international community from the rules of international law, of solving a contract by peaceful means into the rules of thejungle. solving a contract by peaceful means into the rules of the junglem solving a contract by peacef

here's our north america correspondent david willis.now, the white house has insisted that members, former and present of the trump administration we re present of the trump administration were immune from giving evidence to congress. now, a federaljudge has decided otherwise. saying in her ruling that the president is not above the law and not, therefore, able to command people on his staff not to give evidence to congress. and this is significant for a number of reasons, not least because it could heighten democratic demands for people who have thus far been relu cta nt to for people who have thus far been reluctant to give evidence to the impeachment enquiry to come forward. nick mulvaney the white house seasonal staff, the secretary of state mike pompeo possibly among them. it could perhaps lead to more junior white house aides and staffers perhaps deciding to come forward and testify of their own volition. but also it could bolster any case that health democrats were thinking of ringing against president trump and his administratio

david willis speaking to kasia madera earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc.the hong kong situation. we'll be looking at the chances for a resolution of the crisis. also on the programme: after his interview with the bbc, britain's prince andrew is facing more pressure to speak to the american authorities. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth o

more on that and other developments from our north america correspondent david willis. of all, on the impeachment hearings, david, what to expect, exactly? well, you mentioned the evidence there, mike, the public evidence there, mike, the public evidence from people such as william taylor, george kent, the senior state department official. they of course have given evidence in private. but this will be the first public testimony, indeed, it will be the first televised impeachment proceedings, in the us in 20 years. lots of people will be watching. 0f that we can be absolutely sure, because there will be blanket coverage here both on cable news networks and on the main networks here. not since watergate, of course, have we seen such interest, i think, course, have we seen such interest, ithink, in course, have we seen such interest, i think, in impeachment proceedings. and these two witnesses who are due to give evidence tomorrow are seen as highly credible. certainly as far as highly credible. certainly as far as democrats are concerned, william taylor, the top us diplom

david willis, bbc news.essible only by helicopter. 0ne austrian village has been cut off from the outside world since thursday. this report, from sam ryder. in the austrian alps, the picture perfect area in the east tyrol. for days now, this has been the only way in and out. avalanches have left this town of over 1000 people cut off. two people had to be evacuated with medical emergencies. 0n off. two people had to be evacuated with medical emergencies. on sunday, 70 people had to be evacuated after an avalanche hit another nearby village. translation: we had to evacuate people in the village via helicopter. we could only reach there by helicopter. they were flown here to the fire station and lodged at friends or at hotels. we have to get food here. this will be a big problem. at the moment we have electricity but tomorrow fresh snow is expected and it will be darker then. we will have a problem. there have been similar problems in south tyrol over the border in italy. 0ver the weekend a village was covered

the bbc‘s david willis has been taking a look. and it is a long and comprehensive transcript.ot of evidence to that enquiry last month and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a smear campaign orchestrated by rudy giuliani against the us ambassador to the ukraine, marie yovanovitch. mr kent said he was also a victim of the same smear campaign, a whisper campaign on the part of rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, seeking to undermine people who were not part of this inner circle, this parallel sort of initiative that was going on in the ukraine to advance, it is claimed, mr trump's own personal agenda, to bring proceedings againstjoe biden and the investigation of his son hunter. another point we should cover, normally reliable journalists are reporting that william barr, the attorney general who is loyal to president trump, refused to hold a press conference to declare the president did not break any laws in his call to the ukrainian president at the centre of this impeachment process. mr trump says none of that is true. that is rig

here's the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis.ompeo saying that previous policies as far as this was concerned were "inconsistent" in his words. and the trump administration was reversing a0 years of policy in regard by declaring that these settlements were not in breach of international law. now, that puts the united states at odds with the eu, the united nations, and of course american allies in the middle east. as far as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is concerned, howeverm, it's probably music to his ears. his opponent has of course, benny gantz has until wednesday to form a government. if he cannot do that, there will be a third election in israel and this could play into the hands of benjamin netanyahu, who i might add, has rung president trump this evening thanking him for making this move. it is seen as the third pro—israel move on the part of the trump administration, the recognition ofjerusalem as the capital of course and the recognition of the annexation of the golan heights earlier this year. david, you

testify before the impeachment inquiry into president trump. 0ur north america correspondent, david williss serious implications for the trump administration. the white house has consistently claimed that white house officials, former and present, can't be compelled to testify before congress, that they are immune from having to do so, but the judge, the federaljudge ruled today that that was fiction and she said that any attempt to prevent them from testifying before congress was an impingement of their freedom of speech. this ruling is significant for several reasons, not least because it could embolden democrats to seek testimony now from people who have been really to give it, people like the acting chief of staff of the white house, and mike pompeo for example. and it could lead to morejunior staff is coming forward to testify their own but it could ulster any case that house democrats were thinking, in regards to obstruction of congress. don mcgahn somebody who serve nearly two years in the trump administration. he told robert mueller‘s enquiry that he was told to get rid of robert m

more now on our main story: 0ur north america correspondent, david willis has the latest, on the impeachmentrmy lieutenant—colonel alexander vindman. he was listening in on the call. he was born in the ukraine and is an iraq war veteran and appeared today in full military uniform to tell the impeachment enquiry that at times he could not quite believe what he was hearing on that call. he said that president donald trump's call for his ukrainian counterpart to open investigation into the political rival, joe biden, was inappropriate and improper and "my worst fear of how our ukrainian policy could play out was playing out." on wednesday there was another big witness and some nervousness about amongst republicans about wednesday's testimony. i would think so. this is going to be a pivotal witness. gordon sondland, the us ambassador to the eu was the man who reached out on behalf of president trump to the government of the ukraine. he did so, initially, he said, in order to press the fight against corruption, but subsequently he amended his testimony and basically seemed to agree with the fact

our north america correspondent, david willis has this report.ial of the us state department, george kent told congressional investigation that one point he was told by a superior to keep his head down. mr kantor said he became aware of a smear campaign targeting the former us ambassador to the ukraine who was later recalled to washington by president trump. the campaign consisted of what mr ken said were lies and incorrect information about the ambassador, put about i president trump ‘s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. a man portrayed by other witnesses is operating what operated to —— what amounted to a shadow us policy towards you crane, one designed to put pressure on the government to investigate joe designed to put pressure on the government to investigatejoe biden. at the centre of the impeachment enquiry is a telephone conversation between president trump and the ukrainian resident and mr trump has denied reports in the us media that he asked his attorney general, william barr, to hold a news conference and publicly clear him of wrong doin

in a moment, more form our north america correspondent david willis.irst, here is what the police spokesman had to say a short time ago. now we are going through the very lengthy process of conducting a thorough investigation to figure out what happened and why. at the same time, we are busy now doing the reunification of students with their pa rents, reunification of students with their parents, and all the affected stu d e nts parents, and all the affected students have been notified. their families have been notified and they are with them currently. he has been identified, this government. date of birth 14 november 2003, making this his 16th birthday. now, it is alleged that before classes got under way in sa nta before classes got under way in santa clarita, just north of los angeles, today, he pulled a gun from his backpack and opened fire, shooting five of his classmates, two of whom have since died. detectives say that he saved the last shot for himself, and shot himself in the head. he is said to be gravely ill in hospital. a boy and a girl ar

david willis reports. four decades of us foreign policy overturned in a single sentence.ts in the west bank is not, per se, inconsistent with international law. america's secretary of state said previous policy had been an obstacle to peace in the region. we have recognised the reality on the ground. we have now declared that settlements are not, per se, illegal under international law, and we have provided the very space that your question suggests, the very space for israel and the palestinians to come together to find a political solution to this very, very vexing problem. 600,000 jews are currently thought to live in settlements built since israel's occupation of the west bank and eastjerusalem. the palestinians want the settlements removed, claiming their presence on land earmarked for a future palestinian state makes such a prospect impossible. this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security, and this is turning the international community from the rules of international law, the rules of solving conflict by peaceful means, into the rules of the

our correspondent david willis has been watching the hearings. me what struck him as significant during today's session. well, fiona hill, who was president trump's russia advisor and urged lawmakers not to be drawn into what she called politically driven falsehoods, that it was ukraine, not russia that interfered in the 2016 election. fiona hill said the notion that ukraine intervened and not russia, was something that had been perpetrated by russian security services, and she warned that russia may seek to intervene again in next yea r‘s may seek to intervene again in next year's presidential election year. summing up what might well be the end of these public hearings, the house intelligence committee chairman, adam schiff, warned that president trump had in his view, gone beyond anything his disgraced predecessor richard nixon had done. he said what we're talking about here is the withholding of military aid to an allied war. well, if no further witnesses are called, then the evidence has been gathered over the evidence has been gathered over

let's speak to our correspondent, david willis, who's been watching.brings us to the end of five days of public testimony. what struck you as the most difficult out of what we heard today? fiona hill, who was president from's russian advisor urged lawmakers not to be drawn into what she called politically driven falsehoods, the notion that it was ukraine and not russia that interfered in the 2016 election. fiona hill said the notion that ukraine intervened and not russia was something that had been put around, perpetrated by russian security services, and she warned that russia may seek to intervene again and next year's residential election. summing up what might be the end of these public hearings, the end of these public hearings, the health intelligence committee chairman adam chef warned that president trump had, in his view, gone beyond anything his disgraced predecessor richard nixon had done. what we're talking about here is the withholding of military aid to an ally at war. if no further witnesses are called, then the evidence that has been ga

david willis, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news.ntroducing stricter controls on political advertising. campaigns won't be able to target people based on their political persuasions, and examples of deliberate misinformation will be removed. the new policy will come into effect in the uk next week, and then be rolled out to the rest of the world. efforts to form a coalition government in israel have collapsed again, two months after the most recent general election. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's main challenger, benny gantz, announced he'd been unable to form an administration by a deadline that passed earlier. some of the last protesters remaining at hong kong's polytechnic university have tried to escape through sewers. dozens are still barricaded inside the campus, surrounded by police. the five—day standoff has also rippled overseas, with the un's human rights office urging a peaceful resolution, while the us congress passed new legislation supporting protesters' demands. australia's biggest city, sydney, has again woken to

our north american correspondent david willis has more. this will be the first public testimony.will be the first televised impeachment proceedings in the us in 20 years. lots of people will be watching, of that we can be absolutely sure, because there will be blanket coverage here, both on cable news networks and on the main networks here. not since watergate, of course, have we seen such interest, i think, in impeachment proceedings. and these two witnesses who are due to give evidence tomorrow are seen as highly credible, certainly as far as democrats are concerned. william taylor, the top us diplomat in ukraine, george kent, the senior — the state department official, are both expected to articulate their concerns about a sort of shadow ukraine policy that was being implemented, in their view, by president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani. now, we'll hearfrom marie yovanovitch, the former ukraine — us ambassador to the ukraine, on friday. and it's been announced, mike, that there will be eight other witnesses giving testimony in public next week. and david, just on anoth

the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis joins me good to have you with us.ou think? could mr bloomberg, if he goes ahead with this bid, at surely bea goes ahead with this bid, at surely be a potential strong opponent against donald trump? his team are not saying that michael bloomberg is running for president yet that they do say that an announcement is expected sometime next week. and already president trump is attacking michael bloomberg, calling him little michael in predicting that we re little michael in predicting that were he to enter the race, he would fail. but michael bloomberg believes that the current crop of democratic contenders do not reveal anyone he believes could really take on an beta donald trump and so having said earlier this year, back in march, that he had no intention whatsoever of running for the white house, it appears that he may be about to amend that stands, running perhaps asa amend that stands, running perhaps as a democrat, having previously been, in his political career, both an independent and a republican. he is late getti

let's speak now to our north america correspondent david willis. significant, couldn't it? it could indeed. for a number this could be significant, couldn't it? it could indeed. fora number of reasons. the white house has consistently claimed that white house officials, former and present, can't be compelled to testify before congress, that they are immune from having to do so, but the judge, the federaljudge ruled today that having to do so, but the judge, the federal judge ruled today that that was fiction and she said that any attempt to prevent them from testifying before congress was an impingement of their freedom of speech. she said the president, in denying white house, the ability to testify before congress, was putting himself above the law, as she put it, and she went on to say that presidents are not kings. this ruling is significant for several reasons, not least because it could embolden democrats to seek testimony 110w embolden democrats to seek testimony now from people who have been really to give it, people like the acting chief o

here‘s our north america correspondent david willis.e trump administration, were immune from giving evidence to congress, but now a federaljudge has decided otherwise. she said, in her ruling, the president is not above the law and not therefore able to command people on his staff not to give evidence to congress. this is significant for a number of reasons, not least because it could heighten democrat demands for people who have thus far been reluctant to give evidence to the impeachment inquiry to come forward. mick mulvany, the white house chief of staff, the secretary of state to make pompeo possibly among them. it could lead to morejunior white house aides and stuff is perhaps deciding to come forwards and testify of their own volition. it could bolster any case that house democrats were thinking of bringing against president trump and his administration in regards to obstruction of congress. don mcgahn said for nearly two years in the trump administration and knows a great deal about it. —— served for nearly two years. he told rob

let's get the latest now from our north america correspondent, david willis.public from officials who are actually listening in on the call. what are the headlines? we heard today from alexander vin men, the white house national security council ‘s top ukraine expert. it was listening in on the call. he was born in the ukraine and is an iraqi war vetera n born in the ukraine and is an iraqi war veteran and appeared today in full military uniform to tell the impeachment enquiry that at times he could not quite believe what he was hearing on that call. he said that president donald's trump called for his ukrainian counterpart to open investigation into the political rival, joe biden, was inappropriate and improper and my worst fear of how our ukrainian policy could play out was playing out. that is what he said. perhaps surprising, the amount of tax that he came under today, both at the hearing itself from republicans and from people on social media. indeed, in the afternoon session, tim morrison, the lieutenant colonel's boss said that he had doubts about lieut

david willis has the latest.the eu on the strength of a $1 million donation to donald trump's inauguration committee, he told of the campaign led by the president, orchestrated by his personal lawyer and known to the most senior members of the trump administration. i was acting in good faith. as a presidential appointee, i followed the directions of the president. we worked with mr giuliani because the president directed us to do so. we had no desire to set any conditions. set any conditions on the ukrainians. the president has repeatedly denied withholding millions of dollars in military aid to ukraine in return for an investigation into his political rival, joe biden. gordon sondland provided a direct link between the two. was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. and according to mr sondland, everyone was in on it — his president, the chief of staff, the vice—president and the secretary of state. everyone w

here's our north america correspondent david willis.t now a federaljudge has decided otherwise. she said, in her ruling, the president is not above the law and not therefore able to command people on his staff not to give evidence to congress. this is significant for a number of reasons, not least because it could heighten democrat demands for people who have thus far been reluctant to give evidence to the impeachment inquiry to come forward. nick miller ve kneer, the white house chief of staff, the secretary of state to make pompeo possibly among them. it could lead to morejunior white house aides and stuff is perhaps deciding to come forwards and testify of their own volition. it could bolster any case that house democrats were thinking of bringing against president trump and his administration in regards to obstruction of congress. don mcgahn said for nearly two years in the trump administration and knows a great deal about it. he told robert mueller‘s inquiry that he was told by president trump on several occasions to get rid of mr

david willis reports. four decades of us foreign policy overturned in a single sentence.international law, and we have provided the very space that your question suggests, the very space for israel and the palestinians to come together to find a political solution to this very, very vexing problem. 600,000 jews are currently thought to live in settlements built since israel's occupation of the west bank and eastjerusalem. the palestinians want the settlements removed, claiming their presence on land earmarked for a future palestinian state, makes such a prospect impossible. this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security, and this is turning the international community from the rules of international law, the rules of solving a contract —— conflict by peaceful means, into the rules of the jungle. this latest move is part of a pattern on the part of the trump administration. in december 2017, the president recognised jerusalem as israel's capital, despite the fact that the palestinians claim territory there. and in april this year, his government recogn

david willis reports. four decades of us foreign policy overturned in a single sentence. their presence on land earmarked for a future palestinian state makes such a prospect impossible. this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security, and this is turning the international community from the rules of international law, the rules of solving conflict by peaceful means, into the rules of the jungle. this latest move is part of a pattern on the part of the trump administration. in december 2017, the president recognised jerusalem as israel‘s capital, despite the fact that the palestinians claim territory there. and in april this year, his government recognised israeli sovereignty over the golan heights, all the while cutting us aid to the palestinians. but the move is music to the ears of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. translation: people of israel, this is a historic day and another great achievement to our policy. the us administration has now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal. i thank president trump and i thank secreta

. ♪ david: shares of disney higher, after earnings topped expectations for 4th quarter. gerri willist new york stock exchange. the parks are doing well? reporter: you bet, stock price up 6% over hours, reporting a beat on top and bottom line. expectations were 95 cents a share, revenue beat expectations, positive on here, cable network revenue for quarter increase 20%, park revenues up 8%, and studio revenue up 52%, largely on back of "toy story 4", lion king and aladdin. there was a negative, there was an increase in quarterly direct to consumer operating loss. due to cost of upcoming launch of disney plus out next week, two other headlines tonight, disney plus will be distributed on amazon fire tv, and espn plus now reporting to 3.5 million subscribers. a lot of news from the mouse, most is positive. david: almost 6% after hours, thank you. >> your reaction on the news, disney plus we hear that netflix is vowing to spend more money on content, wow disney will do? investors think it will do fine. >> disney will do fantastic with their streaming. their brand name is one of top 3, i t

yes, it was 2015 that i remember david cameron and his willie britz saying that money was no object whens in place to protect communities. thank you for your time and of course we‘ll bring you the latest from the meeting when we have it. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. look north‘s harry gration is live in fishlake near doncaster in south yorkshire for us this afternoon and will give us the latest on the severe flooding that has affected the village and parts of the county. and adrian goldberg is in middlesbrough to tell us about something a little bit different on nationwide — the first of a special series of election programmes that starts this evening and will go out on the bbc‘s local radio stations in england. you were in the neighbouring village of stainforth for us yesterday. tell us where you are today? welcome here. this is going to be my impression, i hope you will bear with me, of supermarket sweep. this is the middle of the church and just look at all the provisi

david: let's hope things clear up before thanksgiving grady thank you very much. let's focus on some good news and there's a lot of good news coming from retail heading into the holiday season. gerri willist's right, david hi. shares of retailer best buy, they're up over 12% after the company announced sales of stores open a year or more beat wall street expectations and the company says that trend will continue into the all-important holiday quarter and they've raised their earnings guidance by a relatively strong consumer. other retailers posting robust third quarter earnings include dick's sporting goods, which today announced its strongest same-store sales in six years. take a look at the shares here, up 19%. meanwhile, target and walmart both predicted higher sales for the current quarter. the retail eps up about 5% for the quarter, as china's strength heading into the holiday quarter a period that can account for as much as 40% of annual retail sales. david? david: gerri thank you very much. and happy thanksgiving to you, gerri. with black friday just three days away, a new survey showing millions still working to pay off last year's shopping debts, so will this debt hangover dampe

the u.s.dland ambassador to the european union will testify and laura cooper, a willy assistant director testify to davidale. on thursday, fiona hill, former white house russia as part -- expert is set to testify. theitnesses so far in public impeachment inquiry part of this process. we have shown you a few headlines but have not shown you this one from the new york post. trial theow for the president treating -- tweeting this out earlier, read the transcript. mike quigley saying -- i don't often agree with the president but he is right about this, you should read the transcript. tweetre treat from's -- -- becausescalise nancy pelosi is obsessed with impeachment, our troops do not have the drugs -- equipment they need, prescription drug prices haven't been lowered, the southern border is not secure. host: we will hear from cheryl in elma, washington state, on the republican line. caller: i would like to urge the american people to listen carefully to what they hear and try to put aside politics and listen, and they will hear the truth. they need to think about the person who is being accused of this stuf

willie brown jr. he became as a delegate in the naacp chapter. in 2008, they held an exhibit called david johnson.nd this past june, david returned to jacksonville where he received more than 50 proclamations from national, state and civic communities for his contributions. the commission provided guidelines in the naming policy which sets forth a criteria that people may be recognized for their contributions to the city and the recreation and parks department. because of his significant contribution to creating an educational opportunity to capture the rich history of the fi fillmore, we would like to name the photo processing center, the david johnson photo processing lab and create a reading space in the lobby of the center. we have received over 100 letters in support of the request and there have been two community meetings held on friday, september 27 and thursday, october 10. based on the feedback from community members, organizations and rec and park department staff, the staff recommends that the photo processing lab at the harvey milk photo center be named the david johnson photo process

david farenthold, thank you so much. of course we'll be reading your extraordinary reporting as always in "the washington post." >>> still with williejoe, and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. >> the beloved mike barnicle. >> we love him: and columnist and associate editor of "the washington post," david ignatius joining the conversation, columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson and white house correspondent for pbs news hour yamiche alcindor, senior writer at "politico" and co-author of the play book, jake sherman is with us. should we get to the big results from last night? >> we can do that in a ekd seco. willie, let's talk about yesterday, the big losses for donald trump. we of course can talk about virginia. that state house reversal is pretty extraordinary, the fact that republicans had an almost two to one advance there in the state house until donald trump got into the white house, and now the fortunaes have collapse and reversed. they take control of the state legislature in two decades, and they now have a monopoly in virginia thanks to donald trump. the kentucky race, donald trump

. >>> along with joe, willie and me we have former aide of the state department elise jordan. david ignatius, donny's here and politics and journalism professor at morgan state university and politics editor at the root jason johnson. >> you know who else is here? >> who. >> last day. >> what? oh, know, i don't want to talk about it. >> jim. >> no, so upsetting. >> jim is here, this is so upsetting. i don't understand this. >> i feel like -- >> i don't understand this. >> i feel betrayed by my cbs counterpart. >> this is horrible. >> it's not good. it's a big poach and wrong. >> 20 years. 20 years. >> we're still in the 11th hour of negotiations. we're going to go right up to the trade deadline and see if we can work something out to keep jenn here because the most valuable member to keep her here. >> nora o'donnell, taking jenn from us, nora, you know, i don't know. >> it's just awful. >> let's get to the news where it is friday and it's fun, but we're just hours away from more public testimony in the impeachment probe of president trump. today lawmakers will hear from former u.s.

, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, national affairs analyst for msnbc, and nbc, and co-host of the circus, john heilemann, columnist and writer for "the washington post," davidnalyst and editor in chief of law fair, benjamin wits is with us this morning. we take some pretty big news to compete with the impeachment inquiry into the president of the united states, but that's exactly what is happening tonight, as the democratic candidates square off in georgia. mayor pete is on the rise in the polls. and that could shake things up on stage. >> i tell you what. it can, and a new hampshire poll showing mayor pete rising there. before we dive in, look at this "new york times" headline. john heilemann, a white house cannibalizing itself. >> that's quite a headline. >> the attacks against mike pence's people, against their national security -- it's just such a steady stream that actually americans have grown numb to the president of the united states attacking his own administration. >> yes. >> constantly. >> and i think it's the case that americans have grown numb to the president of the united states attacking anyone and everyone. we saw him yesterday attacking li

david's doing very well. maria: it's true. we have comp store sales up this morning from the walmart report. let's get to gerri willis> we've got the earnings for walmart, $1.16 adjusted, that's the earnings report we have right now and the estimate was $1.09, so a huge beat there. the revenue estimate, the actual coming in below that at $128 billion, the estimate was $128.65 billion. so a bit of a miss there l. that's whatter we're seeing at this moment. same store sales, we have an actual of 2.8% for walmart store, sam's club, 1.2%. next day delivery, they're covering 75% of the country with their next day delivery. that is very good news. they are raising their outlook, so that's what you're seeing going on with this stock right now. i have to tell you, right before this report came out like right on the button at 7:00 the stock started moving higher, now up 2.55%. again, walmart guiding higher. we'll continue to troll through these headlines and get back to you, maria. maria: thank you. the comp store sales is an important indicator as well, comp p store sales up 3.2%, that's comparable store sales and it iser he

willie, the house impeachment investigators released a transcript from last friday's session? >> yeah, another important witness. the closed-door deposition from state department official david overheard the july 26th cell phone call between u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and president trump when holmes joined sondland at a restaurant in kiev. according to the transcript, homes told -- >> by the way, can we have a real here, it's kiev, all right? >> thank you. everybody, it's e-kiev. i'm going to give you nevada. so we'll say nftevada. and if you come on the set and you want to a miami, it means you, there in the '50s and that's pretty cool. if you want to a miami, that's cool. but it's still kiev on the "morning joe." >> we're holding on ton kiev here. aid cording to t according to the transcript that was released, sondland said was going to call president trump to give him an update. he placed a call on his mobile phone and i heard him announce himself several times along the lines of gordon sondland holding for the president. holmes explained that while ambassador sondland's phone was not on speaker phone, i could hear the president's voice through