shannon: it is official, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, republican devon nunez demanding the chairman of the committee, adam schiff, testify in private as part of the house impeachment inquiry. nunez says he has questions about the whistleblower about meetings with that was a blower and what role adam schiff played. donald trump headed to alabama for the game of the century, one of the most anticipated college football games, alabama versus lsu, the president enjoying more time on the road with the american people and democrats preparing to make their public case for impeachment starting next week. the president saying there's nobody he would rather run against and michael bloomberg. the new york city mayor officially registered to run in alabama and announced it is too late to focus on early prizes like iowa and new hampshire. growing anxiety among some democrats the candidates already in the race will not be able to unseat donald trump in 2020. welcome to fox news at night. donald trump's visit to a college football matchup causing a stir on campus. trace gall

and gribble and tells of the highest ranking republican on the intelligence committee, devon nunez is denying at a point that he met with the former ukrainian prosecutor to discuss investigating the bidens. and nearly a year ago, california congressman devon nunez reportedly traveled to europe with three of his aid. now, there are questions about who he met, and if he was partly there to dig up dirt on the bidens. >> they ran with a story that they should be racing to retract right now. and new york congressman lee zelda defending the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, saying he believes devon nunez that i story was reported friday by cnn and the daily beast, is false. nunez says he plans to sue both media outlets in federal court when congress returns. after reports nunez met with ukrainian prosecutors last year to push for an investigation into the bidens. both stories setting the attorney for les harness, an associate of rudy giuliani's, who is currently under house arrest. and i'm the last guy that wants to go into the court. but the media has become totally corru

the highest ranking republican on the intelligence committee, devon nunez, is denying a report that he met indian of with a former ukrainian prosecutor to discuss investigating the bidens. as fox news ray boykin tells us, he is threatening to sue the media outlets that published those reports. >> reporter: nearly a year ago, california economists and devon nunez reportedly traveled to europe with three of his age. now, there are questions about who he met, and if he was partly there to dig up dirt on the bidens. >> they ran with a story that they should be racing to retract right now. >> reporter: new york congressman lee duncan defending the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, saying he believed devon nunez, that his story first reported righted by cnn and the daily beef is false. he says he plans to sue both media outlets in federal court when congress returns after reports nunez met with ukrainian prosecutors last year to push for an investigation into the bidens. both stories setting the attorney, an associate of rudy giuliani's, who is currently under house arrest.

. ♪ devon nunez, during the course of the hearings the democrats have attacked you and other republicansrtment of justice and fbi. how do you respond to that. >> they always do, what i said the other day, whatever they're doing they actually accuse you of doing, right, so everything they say is everything we say is always a conspiracy theory. one of the scary things is not only have they not come to terms on what they are doing in ukraine but they had democratic operatives working with ukrainians to dig up dirt on trump. they refused to acknowledge what the attorney general and the u.s. attorney out of connecticut continue to look into. that is fisa abuse, other matters, the origins of this russia hoax investigation that's a complete hoax. i think the book has been sitting here during the entire show, lee smith's new book, the plot against the president, the true story of how devon nunez uncovered the biggest political candle in u.s. history. >> the first time i was on the show with you this is what we were talking about. i will say that this book is what the democrats on the left, they

development, soviet borne businessman reportedly wants to testify to congress that republican congressman devon nunez met with ukraine's top prosecutor to discuss investigating the biden's. if that's true, it would mean nunez was involved in the alleged plot. nunez denies the allegation. >> i think once again that's going to be shown to be untrue. >> with public testimony over house democrats presiding are now weighing their next move and the latest developments. >>> vice president mike pence made a surprise visit to iraq today after months of criticism that the trump administration betrayed former kurdish allies by withdrawing 1,000 u.s. troops. pence thanked troops and congratulated them for capturing the last isis controlled territory. he also blamed the impeachment hearings for stalling a pay raise for service members. >> we need congress to do their job. you all know that partisan politics and endless investigations have slowed things down a bit in washington, d.c. >> vice president was joined by his wife. >>> san francisco's district attorney elect is getting ready to take office. former public

uc hastings law professor devon levine says adam schiff and minority leader devon nunez will likely leave much of the questioning up to their professional attorneys. >> once everybody is acting at the direction of the president, how close was somebody like ambassador sondland to president trump. >> reporter: there will be five minute blocks to democrats and republicans to speak. >> democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and delusional witchhunts. >> reporter: house republicans are circulating and 18 page memo saying the evidence gathered does not establish an impeachable offense. republicans also moved to ohio congressman jim jordan, one of the presidents fiercest allies to the intelligence committee and a last-minute change so he could question the witnesses. >> there are problems with everything they are saying and they are not credible witnesses. >> reporter: president trump says he will release another phone call with ukraine's president by the end of the week. democrats say they believe the facts to support their case. >> is a pretty thin defense to say on one

and that's not what the ranking republican on that committee was doing, devon nunez. >> right. and jim jordan, he is an attack dog. devon nunez is going to stay on this committee but jim jordan is an effective communicator for the president on behalf of the president. it was described to me by one source as putting together the dream team for this -- to -- to really defend the president through this impeachment process. >> all right. so we're going to be seeing a lot of jim jordan. we're seeing a lot of jim jordan anyway on tv these days. let's talk about this republican strategy of using sondland or giuliani as fall guys. >> well, the republicans can try to do that but what we've been hearing from these testimonies is that was actually not the case at all. we do know from people who have testified that rudy giuliani was getting his direction from the president. that they were talking very closely and implementing this shadow state department in ukraine. we also know that mick mulvaney and sondland were talking a lot. fiona hill -- >> let's just pause for a second and think abo

beast story reporting the indicted ukrainian love parness has been working with the ranking member devon nunez on mr nunez as overseas investigations i am not aware of.

devon nunez and i believe it was lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and adam schiff. >> the july 25thall with anyone outside the white house? >> the intelligence community. >> what agency was this individual from? >> if i could interject we need to protect the whistleblower. >> i do not know who the whistleblower is. >> we are not naming the whistleblower, but doesn't make a lot of sense, lieutenant colonel vindman paused and said the second person he had spoken to about the situation, he could name, then he said he didn't know who the whistleblower was. adam schiff, what is going on their? >> you are talking about impeaching, removing a president from office when you have hearsay testimony, people who heard things second or third hand and don't have the opportunity to hear from the person who started it all. in a criminal trial for shoplifting you would have the ability to hear from the accuser, and the actual incident, we are not getting any of that. it doesn't exist, what law protects the whistleblower's identity. certainly whistleblower statutes protect the whistleblower from repr

of a congressional republicans like devon nunez saying there's a lot more to the democrats not wanting the whistleblower's identity revealed. >> over this whistleblower is must be an extreme partisan with lots of problems with their story. that's why the whistleblower is not coming forward. >> adding fuel to that fire tweets from the whistleblower's attorney including this one from 2017 hashtag who has started as one falls two more will take their place, hashtag rebellion hashtag impeachment referring to administration employees who defied the white house and take a look at this showing this picture documents from previous presidential impeachment setting next up donald trump. adding that the crew would occur in many steps and we will get rid of him, a reference to donald trump. >> very interesting when all those previous tweets did breaking yesterday, much more to come on it. some more on this sad story, funerals begin today for the nine americans killed by a drug cartel in mexico. their family tells fox news that they believe the gunmen targeted the women and children. griff jenkins

other congressional republicans like devon nunez saying there's a lot more to the democrats not wantinghistleblower's identity revealed. >> whoever the whistleblower is must be an extreme partisan with lots of problems with their story. that is why the whistleblower won't come forward. >> reporter: adding fuel to the fire tweets from the was a blower's attorney including this one from 2017. hashtag who has started. as one fall two more will take the place, hashtag rebellion hashtag impeachment. that refers to administration employees and the white house. take a look. this picture showing documents from previous presidential impeachment adding next up, donald trump. attorney mark said adding it could occur in many steps and we will get rid of him, referring to donald trump. jillian: we have more on the impeachment inquiry and what those tweets mean later in the hour. meantime funerals begin for the nine americans killed by a drug cartel in mexico. their family tells fox news they believe the gunmen targeted the women and children. rob: griff jenkins joins us from washington as the family

usaa >> ♪ >> shannon: this is a fox news shannon: a fox news alert, republican congressman devon nunezs to sue cnn and the daily beast over stories they have recently run about him that reportedly involve rudy giuliani in ukrainian consultants who are in legal trouble and speaking. >> it is a crime scene. >> i love beef. >> it is not beef i don't want it. and whatever else you have. >> no animals, just plants. >> a beef burger. >> it tasted just like a whopper. shannon: time for night court. two fast food chains under fire. vegans are suing burger king for using the same grill to cook its meat and meat free product. mcdonald's employees suing over a risk of violence. criminal defense attorney and washington times legal affairs reporter and attorney alex square. what did you call this night court? >> i called it the food court. shannon: that is accurate. start with exhibit a. vegan burgers being cooked on the same grill so no disclosures on its menus, prior to the impossible whopper. and byproducts on the burger. the same grill. >> i don't agree with that. this patty is 100% non-beef. w

they went as far as to eliminating devon nunez, ranking member from yielding time to people like johnnly the bidens but the whistle-blower needs to be subpoenaed to make sure the american people are getting all the facts. you talk about the lack of transparency, this is more action on the democrat side. because truly if you are looking at taking out a sitting president, when no one -- either party on the conversation believed there was a quid pro quo but, based on the whistle-blower whose attorney by the way in january of 2017, the impeachment will follow urgently. there's a lot of things that the whistle-blower should be subpoenaed and be able to call to testify. >> shannon: we will see what happens. the witnesses we know are preparing to come. congressman walker, always good to have you. breaking tonight, a second judge blocking constitutional protection for certain doctors and nurses. was a regulation just out of premise to discriminate? our power panel debates, next. now, his world explodes with flavor. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day all-night protection. can

they went as far as limiting devon nunez from yielding time to people like john ratcliff and others,ing to gain the system here. the whistleblower also needs to be subpoenaed to make sure the american people are getting all the facts. we talked about lack of transparency. this is more action to limit it. if you are looking at taking out a sitting president when either party on the phone call believe there was a quid pro quo, your based on a whistleblower, whose attorney by the way in january 2017 called for a coup and used the words that impeachment would follow urgently. these are the things, you find that in the yellow pages, lots of things was a blower should be able to call to testify. >> we will see what happens. the perp first public hearings with the whistleblower, preparing to come. good to have you. breaking tonight, a second judge blocking constitutional protections for pro-life doctors and nurses. is religious liberty under attack was the regulation just a premise to discriminate? our power panel debates next. 't. 12 hours? 20 dogs? where's your belly rubs? after a day of

shannon: it is official, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, republican devon nunez demanding the chairman of the committee, adam schiff, testify in private as part of the house impeachment inquiry. nunez says he has questions about the whistleblower about meetings with that was a blower and what role adam schiff played.

. >> democratic committee chairman adam schiff and minority leader devon nunez will likely leave much of the questioning to their professional attorneys, who my focus more on facts than political grandstanding. >> was everybody acting at the direction of the president? how close was somebody like ambassador sondland to mister trump ? >> afterwards there will be a five minute block for democrats and republicans to speak. at the economic club of new york, president trump called the impeachment inquiry a hoax. >> democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and delusional with hand witchhunts. >> passerby wilkins articulating an 18 page memo saying the evidence gathered does not establish and impeachable offense. republicans also added republican jim jordan to the intelligence committee a last- minute change so he could question the witnesses. >> they want to attack the allegations they are making, the specific, because there is problems with everything they are saying and they are not credible witnesses. >> president trump says he will release another phone call with uk

heather: devon nunez in his opening statement said about the us providing assistance to ukraine and moren that. >> despite all their dissatisfaction with donald trump's ukraine policy the president approved a supply of weapons to ukraine. unlike the previous administration which provided blankets as defense against invading russians. >> this is an ukrainian president's reaction in 2018 thanking the president for sending legal aid, finally there is come. for the first time ukraine the launch of javelin missile complexes look took place. an effective defensive weapon used in the event of russian offenses. how would you assess what this administration has done to help ukraine? >> by transferring legal aid instruments, weapons as well as things they need anyway and were given by the obama administration like blankets under those circumstances the trump administration has done a great deal more for aiding ukraine than the obama administration did. each president gets to make his own decisions about these things but i think it is not just a slight difference. it is a huge difference to be able

there is a republican congressman named devon nunez who has become kind of a figure of fun. he's like suing somebody who pretends to be his cow. and maintains a twitter account in that guise. he's suing the fake cow on twitter. it's a little weird. devin nunes ran for office this last time saying he's a farmer. if so, who doesn't have a farm. he's the one who ran to the white house at the beginning of the russia investigation and said the whole thing about trump tower being wire tapped. i mean, devin is probably the top man. they appear to be swapping devon nunes out now for a different member of congress named jim jordan. one of the things we now know is that in this case, in the fiona hill deposition, jim jordan's top staffer is doing a bunch of the questioning in these depositions. and i think it ultimately epitomizes what the republicans are going to try to do here, which is that they're basically trying to continue the scheme for which president trump is being impeached. apparently, the way they are approaching this is that they really want to try to make the case that,

california republican devon nunez told fox he may sue and cannot answer allegations he met with ukraine's former top prosecutor about investigating the bidens, the same issue facing president trump. these new allegations came from the attorney of a rudy giuliani associate who has been indicted. giuliani is the president's personal attorney. nunez is important because he is the top republican on the committee in charge of impeachment hearings. turns out those hearings may not be over. >> we don't foreclose the possibility of more depositions, more hearings. we are in the process of getting more documents all the time. >> we need the emails and paperwork that we have subpoenaed from the state department and from the white house. >> reporter: republicans are preparing for the president to be impeached. >> i think that speaker pelosi's judicial philosophy from the beginning has been guilty. >> reporter: the white house is preparing for a trial. >> we'll be able to call witnesses, we'll be able to challenge their witnesses, produce other evidence and those witnesses may include the whistle-blo

in a letter, devon nunez told adam schiff although he claims nothing inappropriate was discussed then. despite that demand the gop source says adam schiff is not expected to testify but republicans plan to consider pressing for answers on what advice adam schiff gave the whistleblower, how many times they met and how many votes in the discussions. donald trump is continuing to go after the whistleblower calling them a traitor and demanding their identity be revealed. >> the whistleblower is a disgrace to our country. of disgrace. because of that should be revealed and his lawyer who said the worst thing possible three years ago, he should be sued and maybe for treason. >> head of the public hearings next week donald trump is trying to argue not only is the impeachment inquiry not hurting him but making him stronger by energizing his base and you will see a lot of that from both sides over the next few weeks using public hearings to rally their base. >> setting the table for a big week ahead. >> a lot of things are how they are framed. that is why the frustration's frustration on whis

will also see the house intelligence chairman adam schiff and the top republican on that committee devon nunez in some cases have 45 minutes to question the witnesses. split evenly on both sides. at a certain point, they will be able to defer to staffers. those real subject matter experts who can question the witnesses and follow a line of inquiry. you won't see members splitting time. you know, five minutes here, five minutes there. some members choosing to grandstand. some members choosing to follow a line of inquiry that goes nowhere. you will see democrats build the case that they have been cobbling together in private for the last three to four weeks really. and also, it also has to do with the ways in which they're releasing the transcripts. they are releasing the transcripts day after day to till the narrative that they've been piecing together. so all of that really is -- is all a concerted effort to tell the case, to build the public case against president trump. >> josh, i want to look into yovanovitch's testimony a little more closely really quickly. she says she feared for her job.

would make it impossible order completely prohibited to identify the whistleblower however what devon nunez was trying to do by implying that the witness was trying to take the 5th is to harken back to trials or inquiries into mafia figures into figures with connections to organized crime because taking the 5th is what a kind of gangster would do would hold up in front of that kind of set of committee so again i think there is a desire to create the appearance of wrongdoing or a vision even when it's not appropriate to the situation thank you very much indeed to geoffrey kemp a service and i'm sure we'll talk to you again as in hearings continue not sit about to hardy's or castro for the moment tell us a little bit about what's happening now and the people paints a picture of what's happening on capitol hill not. sure so right now we're still waiting for the 2nd round of hearings to begin and meanwhile i think people are still digesting what we heard from this morning arguably the star witness of the 2 this morning was alexander then when he is the ukrainian expert on the national security

jim jordan, republican from columbus, ohio, he will lead the questioning and we will hear from devon nunez, the ranking republican on the house intelligence money. back to the white house statement earlier in the day the president was watching a portion of the opening statement, most notably from devon nunez, stephanie grisham is the white house press secretary. from tennessee, democrat line, what have you heard so far today? >> i'm proud of the ambassador. she has the courage to get out there even though her family members were threatened, to tell the truth. this is wrong. everyone around the world sees what is going on. he won't let his people get up there and testify. these courageous people getting up to tell america the truth, what is going on with trump. get out there and testify if he has anything. this man is corrupt all the way. he said he is above the law, he can do anything he wants to do and what mitch mcconnell up there in the senate, he is not going to let the vote go through to impeach trump. and lindsey graham, the things that lindsey graham said about trump, now he is up t

. >> nunez is the ranking member onthim? >> last night. >> well, devon is in california so let's see how they submit it. >> reporter: meanwhile, democrats say public hearings on the impeachment inquiry could start soon. >> i think the following week is likely to be when we will start having hearings. then, of course, once our work is completed, the investigation, then it will move to the judiciary committee. >> reporter: the whistleblower previously offered to answer questions for the house intelligence committee as a wheel but this new offer will give republicans a direct channel. david spunt, fox news. >>> new tonight, an investigation is underway after a milpitas high school teacher was caught on camera wearing black face to school. it happened on halloween and a video of that teacher went viral after a student posted it on social media. azenith smith joins us live after speaking with that student. >> that student who posted on twitter is vice president of black student union here. she says there are about 80 african american o says while ty have inte