listen in to these prosecutors. >> -- indictment charge of lev parnas, igor fruman and two co-defendants alleged participation in schemes to violate the federal campaign finance laws by repeatedly using straw donors and foreign money. parnas and fruman were arrested around 6:00 p.m. last night at dulles airport as they were about to board and international flight with one-way tickets. as alleged in the indictment, the defendants broke the law to gain political influence while avoiding disclosure of who was actually making the donations and where the money was coming from. they saw political influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official, a ukrainian government official who sought the dismissal of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. twr with respect to the last allegation let me take you through some of the money flow. >> parnas and fruman contributed $325,000 to committee one. now, this contribution was not made in their names. it was made in the name of a corporation that they set up, gep, in order to hide

the white house has tried to play down any contact mr trump had with igor fruman and lev parnas, butrsonal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and they helped mr giuliani in his attempts to investigate mr trump's potential presidential rivaljoe biden and his son hunter, who had business dealings in ukraine. i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody, i have a picture with everybody here, but somebody said there might be a picture at a fundraiser or somewhere but i have pictures with everybody. in their first appearance in court, mr parnas and mr fruman were each ordered to post $1 million in bail in order to be released. they are from ukraine and belarus respectively, and democrats will be watching this case closely as they continue to investigate mr trump's actions as part of their impeachment inquiries. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's bring you up to date with events in manchester, where the until shopping centre was evacuated. five people have been stabbed, according to emergency services. —— the arndale shopping ce

what conversations have you had with lev parnas and igor fruman? >> i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them. because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here, but somebody said there may be a picture or something at a fund-raiser or somewhere. >> reporter: giuliani, the president's personal attorney, telling nbc news he can't comment yet but told "the new york times" last month, i referred the men to a campaign finance expert who pretty much resolved it. house democrats have subpoenaed parnas and fruman as part of their impeachment inquiry with the former national security adviser making clear where he >> dyou think it's appropriate for the president of the united states to solicit foreign interference in our political process? >> no. >> thank you. >> of course, no no, absolutely not. >> reporter: energy secretary rick perry today was also subpoenaed by house democrats, looking for documents about his interactions with ukraine. that brings the total to nine subpoenas against the trump administration during this impeachmen

leave parnas and igor fruman. it outlines two instances where the two men were involved in a conspiracy, either falsifying documents or making false statements to the fec. when you file and donate, you have to say where the money is coming from and say it's only coming from me. in other words, craig, you can't give me money to donate in my name so you can get around campaign finance laws. that's the key thing that happened here. in addition to that, nbc news has confirmed my colleague and myself, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, what's identified in this representative is pete sessions a republican from dallas, according to this indictment he received several donations from these two men and they were trying to essentially lobby him to get rid of the then u.s. ambassador to ukraine at the behest of one or more government officials, according to the allegations contained in this indictment. so several different things that are going on here. but again, we have the ukrainian ambassador back in

maybe they were clients of rudyreer: lev as and igor fruman helped arrange meetings between giuliani ukra igat ing ninedve std outhe company joe biden son hunter worked for. the pair appeared in court today after being arrested at a dc area airport while awaiting an international flight. it alleges the two funneled foreign nemoin u.toprs.o- trump and work to influence formu. ssa moe yvreonneof val and rich. >>> we will not hesitate to prosecute those who engage in criminal conduct that draws into question the integrity of our political process.>> reporter: trump has called the ongoing house impeachment inquiry a scam. wersmpin from a whistleb s abadlaerin pcoesddouint g t to investigate the bidens. three house committees issued subpoenas to lev parnas and igor fruman and energy secretary rick perry as part of the inquiry. the top democrat said giuliani iste sty.entiifre mess. cb rs an obligation oa tol. the indictmentinvolve mayor giuliani in any way. he only knewt nothem because e were his clients. the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine said to testify behind closed doors on capitol

igor fruman and lev parnas are both trump donors. born in the former soviet union — one in belarus, one in ukraine. they are accused of being part of a scheme to funnel foreign money to american political candidates, to buy influence. chris buckler reports from washington. lev parnas and igor fruman were both seen as being important donors to the republican party, that was by the leaders and donald trump himself, they were given access to the white house and indeed mr trump's resort in florida. the fbi arrested the gentleman on charges as a live the united states. for seek to say they have evidence of things between the ukrainian officials are determined, there accused of using an energy company to final funds from sources to the us. protecting the integrity of elections, predicting elections from unlovable foreign influence, our core functions of our campaign banking laws, we will not hesitate to investigate and prosecute those who engage and draw into question in territory our process. mr trump had equal bremen and ponders, there w

i just don't know. >> igor fruman and lev parnas are adding to calls for democrat s for the president's outside attorney. >> giuliani has an obligation to testify under oath so he can be asked questions and so this can come to light. >> reporter: the president's lead lawyer said read the indictment, neither the candidate nor the campaign have anything to do with the scheme these guys were involved in. fruman and parnas, pictures are being shown with them and president trump. >> biden, inc., four decades of crime. i would love to do it. >> reporter: blasting the fast-moving impeachment proceedings saying, the president of the ukraine has stated again in the strongest of language that president trump applied no pressure and did absolutely nothing wrong. >> you can't speak, you can't have lawyers, you virtually can't do anything. >> reporter: past supporters are coming forward to criticize the call, including former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. >> do you think it's appropriate for the president of the united states to solicit foreign interference in our political process? thank

these two close associates of rudy giuliani, lev parnas a and igor fruman were arrested at dulles airport. they are set to appear in court at 2:00 this afternoon. this is an indictment from the southern district of new york, but they'll appear here first before facing those charges in new york. the indictment alleging conspiracy and also illegal campaign contributions. it says that these two men helped funnel foreign money into u.s. elections here, and the two men did give hundreds of thousands of dollars to a trump-aligned superpac. according to the indictment, it says this, that these contributions were made for the purpose of gaining influence with politicians so as to advance their own personal financial interests, and the political interests of ukranian government officials, including at least one ukranian government official with whom they were working. now, what's key about these two men in the broader scope of the ukranian impeachment inquiry are their ties with rudy giuliani, the fact they worked with giuliani to help him dig up dirt in ukraine on joe biden, the fact they introdu

igor fruman and lev parnas — seen here with donald trump last year — are both trump donors.in the former soviet union — one in belarus, one in ukraine. they are accused of being part of a scheme to funnel foreign money to american political candidates, to buy influence. here's the bbc‘s chris buckler in washington dc. lev parnas and igor fruman were seen as being important donors to the republican party, that was by the leaders donald trump himself, they we re leaders donald trump himself, they were given access to the white house andindeed were given access to the white house and indeed mr trump's resort in florida. they were seen as influential and bottomed with all the cash they brought. but the big questions are about where exactly this contributions came from. prosecutors have arrested them and have charged them arguing the money can( have charged them arguing the money can ( sources have charged them arguing the money can (sources and that have charged them arguing the money can ( sources and that they were essentially laundered through energy company that the two men

>> what conversations have you head with lev parnas and igor fruman?> i don't know those gentlemen. >> you were in pictures with them. >> and hillary clinton's campaign manager john podesta what he makes the push to impeach trump.

separately, giuliani told us this morning that lev parnas and igor fruman health connect him with the form ukrainian prosecutor, victor show ken he matters because he was just getting the firm, the company were hunter biden set on the board earning $50,000 a month. within the last hour, the democrat-lead house intelligence committee has issued a subpoena for lev parnas and igor fruman. they were called to give depositions today but their lawyer told the committee that they wouldn't complain to the could bring the council. and they were that multiple issues would be off the table because of attorney-client privilege. so the subpoena, bottom-line, is not a surprise. at this point, it's symbolic because the administration has said they will not cooperate until there is the formal or official vote on the house floor. >> harris: we are learning, 2:00 p.m. eastern court appearance in alexandria, virginia. thank you very much. house democrats face a new pressure to hold a full floor vote on the impeachment inquiry, and it's coming from democrats. not the white house, not the g.o.p. alone, bu

politics with illegal campaign politic, the two men, igor fruman and lev parnas made an initial appearance in federal court yesterday, following the indictment, house democrats issued subpoena force the two men to provide testimony and documents. according to the "new york times," parnas had known mr. giuliani casually for years through republican political circles. last year, their relationship deepened when a company he helped found retained mr. giuliani for what mr. giuliani said yesterday was business and legal advice. even as he worked with parnas' company, fraud guarantee, mr. giuliani increasingly relied on mr. parnas to carry out mr. trump's requests for evidence in japan and russia's interference on his behalf in the 2016 election and help him into the 2020 re-election campaign a witness tells the "the wall street journal" that the two men had lunch with mr. giuliani at the trump international hotel in washington, on wednesday. while the atlantic's alaina plot reports, he was planning to fly 24 hours after the business associates were arrested as they prepared to do the same. fede

. >> reporter: lev parnas and igor fruman were taken in to custody by the fbi as they tried to flee the country. >> parnas and fruman with were arrested around 6:00 p.m. at dulles airport as they were about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. >> reporter: earlier in the day they had lunch with president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani at the trump hotel in washington, according to "the wall streetjournal." the men are both naturalized u.s. citizens, one originally from ukraine, the other originally from belarus. prosecutors charged them with illegally funneling foreign donations to political campaigns, including $325,000 to a pro-trump superpac in a scheme to buy potential influence. the pair is seen in pictures with president trump, donald trump jr., and the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani, who tweeted earlier this year lev parnas and igor fruman are my clients. >> i don't know those gentlemen. now it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. >> reporter: the men were also subpoenaed today by house democrats as

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was part of the president's legal team. >> what conversations have you had with lev parnas and igor fruman. fruman? >> i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i don't know them. i don't know what they do. but i don't know maybe they were clients of rudy. you'd have to ask rudy. i just don't know. >> it's true. the president isn't going to remember everyone who takes a picture with them and his vice president and personal attorney and his son. but he would remember members of his legal team who had dinner with him personally just last spring right before they donated to his super pac. just to keep track of all this, two men from the former ussr who told congress they were part of the president's legal team and were acting with rudy giuliani to push the impeachment scandal were rested last night while attempting to leave the country with one-way tickets. joining me now are two people who know the ins and outs of this story who earlier today broke the story about the arrest. and reported back in july parnas and fruman pri

prosecutors have subpoenaed the brother of one of rudy giuliani's indicted associates igor fruman pleaded charges that he and another associate funneled zonations into u.s. elections and his brother steven is now under subpoena and cnn's kara scannell is following this for us. so what might prosecutors want to know from this steven fruman? >> reporter: well, brooke, it seems like prosecutors are advancing the investigation. this subpoena came to steven fruman two weeks after his brother was arrested on the campaign finance charges and prosecutors up here appear to be following the money. they're examining more than 50 bank accounts, tracing the money there. and the relationship between igor and steven, they are not just brothers but are in business together. there are addresses they've used in common, it looks like they may have invested in property together. so all of this as prosecutors trying to understand more about the money flows and the relationships. we've also learned that prosecutors have searched multiple premises as part of the investigation. and in one case they even had to b

to florida businessmen with ties to giuliani lobbied a congressman to push for the ambassadors, igor fruman and lev parnas were arrested for campaign-finance violations. a former congressman allegedly received donations from both men after righting a letter to the secretary of state disparaging yovanovitch. e case involved a scheme to violate campaigninanceaws and ines the businessmen in san francisco. greg lee is here to explain all of this. >> reporter: after a bail hearing today, 46-year-old andrey kukushkin will be released later tonight. the allegations against him have several layers including russian money, local influence and marijuana. if convicted he is facing five years in prison. the parents of andrey kukushkin had nothing to say after helping to post $1 million bail. he is seen here in photos from a russian social media cite is one of four men named in a grand jury indictment alleged of scheming to use foreign money to influence u.s. elections. fbi agents arrested him at his home in san francisco thursday. >> we will not hesitate to investigate and prosecute those who engage in

. >>> today in the latest adventures of lev parnas and igor fruman.emember, these are rudy giuliani's two naturalized american citizens, soviet born business associates indicted two weeks ago. the two pleaded not guilty in a manhattan federal court. they've been charged with violating campaign finance law and conspireing to use foreign money to buy political influence in violation of the law. and i think it's fair to say reports indicate they are somewhat sketchy dudes. they have been working closely with rudy giuliani, traveling all over the world with him trying to get the ukrainian government to basically manufacture dirt on the president's political rival, the subject of the impeachment inquiry. in fact, they were working so much with rudy giuliani that their lawyer even made the case they couldn't come and testify before congress because, and i quote here, parnas and fruman assisted mr. giuliani in connection with his representation of president trump. they're part of trump's legal team. well, today in court parnas' lawyer said his association wi

the ambassador testified that rudy giuliani's associates, these two guys associated yesterday, igor fruman and lev parnas, may well have believed her positions were stymied by our anti-corruption campaign in ukraine. was president trump aligning foreign policy to benefit these two? >> it seems to indicate that's what they were doing. whether the president news it, i was thinking the old question from watergate, what did the president know and when did he know it? proving intent is tough in fraud, corruption cases like this. so i expect everyone is going to be trying to dig into it, asking questions of witnesses, looking for documents, text messages that might indicate that. giuliani saying something like that. >> the administration made a last-ditch effort to prevent ambassador yovanovitch from testifying today. they had to produce a subpoena. she showed up and has been speaking for hours. what does it tell you about this process moving forward? >> it's striking how quickly the process is moving forward and democrats having a fair amount more success with getting key witnesses to appear on

prosecutors at the southern district of new york today indicted lev parnas and igor fruman, charging them in a scheme to make illegal political donations to influence u.s. relations with ukraine. >> parnas and fruman were arrested around 6:00 p.m. last night at dulles airport as they were about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. we will not hesitate to investigate and prosecute those who engage in criminal conduct that draws into question the integrity of our political process. and i want to add that this investigation is continuing. >> "wall street journal" reports it this way. the two had lunch with mr. giuliani at the trump international hotel in washington on wednesday. prosecutors say they allegedly made illegal contributions to a pro-trump political action committee and stand accused of funneling illegal foreign donations from a russian national to other political candidates. trump was asked about the two men as he was leaving the white house for the twin cities. >> -- lev parnas and igor fruman? >> i don't know those people. it's possible i have a picture w

igor fruman and lev parnas will be in court soon. prosecutors say they made hundreds of thousands of donations to illegal political groups including one donald trump super pac. seeking to, quote, advance their financial interests and the political interests of at least one ukrainian government official. today, house democrats subpoenaed both men for documents, the two were expected today or tomorrow until they were arrested last night at dulles as they were trying to flee the country. >>> and another goal to get hid of former ukrainian ambassador marie yovanovitch, she is expectexpect expected to testify tomorrow. meanwhile, 16 conservatives have written a letter calling for the expeditious impeachment of president. many who were in previous administration, led by george conway. husband of trump adviser kellyanne conway. we're going is is tsndy -- >> the ukraine an official who sought the dismissal of the u.s. ambassador of ukraine. with respect to the last allegation, let me take you through some of the money flow. parnas and fruman

igor fruman and lev parnas. giuliani was also planning to travel at the same time.es this all mean for giuliani in jennifer rogers and john avlon who worked for giuliani in different capacities. we have a legal and a personal view of this. i want to start with the legal side here. what kind of trouble is rudy giuliani in this morning? >> well, we don't know yet, but i think he's sweating bullets because his two close associates in the whole ukraine scandal are arrested on other charges that appear to be unrelated to giuliani. but they're now going to be looking at their situation and thinking, what can i do to get myself out of this or make it less bad than it is. it's a felony offense. a five-year statutory maximum prison term. they'll maybe be looking to cooperate and make a deal and then have to give up what they know about other things, most notably, the ukraine scandal. >> not completely unrelated to what's going on in this broad impeachment umbrella because these two guys were involved with investigating joe biden. that isn't charged here but one of the things

igor fruman and lev parnas, they pleaded not guilty today to federal campaign finance charges.gested that he might claim executive privilege because the lawyer said giuliani was parnas' attorney and giuliani was also working for president trump during the time in question. that claim of course could link president trump to the government charges. it's clear both fruman and parnas have been in giuliani's orbit for some time now. but the question is who exactly are they? cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin looked into it. >> reporter: all you need to know about rudy giuliani's now indicted clients is that a long list of people who did business with lev parnas or igor fruman from a home rental, a property lease, money loans, even basketball tickets have sued them. >> there's a saying in russia. don't go in the forest if you're afraid of wolves. and these guys, they just weren't wolves. i mean they were radioactive wolves. there were warning signals unfortunately that i don't think that mayor giuliani picked up. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, parnas and fr

igor fruman and lev parnus once welcomed into the white house and president from's ma largo resort asare facing serious charges and many questions about whether money came from. last night at washington dulles airport, we address —— arrested igor fruman and lev parnus on campaign finance —related charges as they attempted to leave the united states. the white house has tried to play down any white house has tried to play down a ny co nta ct white house has tried to play down any contact donald trump had with the men but they were associates of his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani and they helped him in his attempts to investigate mr trump's potential presidential rivaljoe biden and son hunter, who had business dealings in ukraine. i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a pick with them because i have a picture with everybody, i have a picture with everybody, i have a picture with everybody here but somebody said there might be a picture at a fundraiser or somewhere but i have pictures with everybody. in the first appearance in court, the ten were —— the in order to post $1 m

today we unsealed a indictment charging lev parnas, igor fruman and two co-defendants for alleged participation in schemes to violate the federal campaign finance laws by repeatedly using straw donors and foreign money. parnas and fruman were arrested around 6:00 p.m. last night at dulles airport as they were about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. >> the movie writes itself. they're ready to leave washington from dulles airport with one-way first-class plane tickets in their hands to frank frankfurt, germany. perhaps knowingly fleeing the country, perhaps not. they're watching the minutes tick down. according to one eyewitness in "the new york times" they're drinking and eating the free food and in the first-class lounge, when the first-class passengers are invited to board the plane before everyone else, they make their way toward the plane when suddenly two plain-clothes officers suddenly stopped them, one of them says we need to see your passports. if the fbi had decided to arrest them a little earlier that day at lunch in washington at the trump hotel, rudy giuliani wo

asked if rudy giuliani had dealings with lev parnas or igor fruman."ested last week on conspiracy charges, to pump foreign money into republican campaigns and superpacs. this investigation is apparently not just about campaign finance. "mccal l, ion said he was asked a lot of questions by fbi and other counterintelligence investigators looking at rudy giuliani's comings and goings in ukraine and business dealings." that first report was in "usa today," confirmed and added to by cnn. federal investigation of rudy giuliani includes counterintelligence probe. lawyer kenneth mccallion telling cnn, "i was just asked if i or any of my clients knew of dealings these two guys had with giuliani. they were on the radar with regard to possible counterintelligence issues." any view inside the reported investigation of the president's lawyer is obviously going to be fascinating at this point. but when the view seems to indicate not just a criminal investigation, but a count counterintelligence one, i want to know more about that. joining us now is the attorney, the

the two men, igor fruman and lev parnas, are being held in virginia on $1 million bond each. they'll ultimately face charges in new york. >> jessica schneider, thank you so much. >>> the other breaking story we're following, energy secretary rick perry subpoenaed by house democrats as part of their impeachment inquiry. our congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us. >> reporter: this is the latest in an escalating impeachment probe that has already sent subpoenas to rudy giuliani, rudy giuliani's associates, the white house, the office of management and budget, the pentagon, and now rick perry getting hit with a subpoena after questions were raised about conversations that he had with the ukrainian president zelensky and conversations he had with president trump, including president trump reportedly, according to cnn's reporting, urging rick perry to talk to rudy giuliani in his discussions with ukraine. now, rick perry has said that all along his conversations with the president zelensky of ukraine were simply about energy. he said he did not talk about the bidens a

we expect igor fruman to be there. will of the players that's involved and what's next in the legal case. all this stems from the ongoing and continuing investigation into this foreign money influence scheme, which is definitely picking up steam. it's an investigation that's been going on for some time. and it's an investigation that we continue to report developments on. >> tom, can you give us a little bit more about how correa links up with fruman and parnas? >> basically, he's involved every step of the way. this is one of the things that tells us here there is a lot about this case that prosecutors and federal investigators know that we don't. typically, when we get an indictment out of the southern district of new york. it's lengthy. it details the specific payments who did what when. we don't necessarily have it in this case. all we know is that according to charging documents, kour rhea, fruman parnas and another person involved in this skrooem scheme, they usually lump them altogether and say they're the ones

ukrainians behind the scenes and getting help from two soviet born businessmen, lev parnas and igor fruman they were recently arrested for allegedly trying to influence u.s. politics with illegal campaign contributions. the zoo indictment also says they promised campaign funds to former texas representative pete sessions. the two wanted his help? ousting the ambassador to the ukraine at the time. marie yovanovitch. yovanovitch was, in fact, removed earlier this year. she recently testified on the hill. a career diplomat, she said president trump personally pressured the state department for her ouster. despite department official telling her she had done nothing wrong. and yovanovitch was vouched for by another witness this week. former russia and europe analyst fiona hill. she also reportedly told congress that her boss at the time, former national security advisor john bolton, was so disturbed by efforts to get the ukrainians to investigate trump's political opponents that he called the whole thing a drug deal. giuliani corresponded with former ukraine envoy curt volker. he has since res

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giuliani's involvement and possible business dealings with two of his associates, lev parnas, and igor fruman, who were arrested on thursday on federal campaign finance charges. the indictment for parnas and fruman also connects them to efforts to recall then-ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. the career diplomat testified friday behind closed doors for nearly nine hours. >> i think she is a courageous example for others. >> reporter: cbs news has learned fiona hill, the administration's former top aide on russia and europe, is expected to testify on monday that giuliani and e.u. ambassador gordon sondland avoided her and the national security process, instead running their own ukraine policy. >> well, i don't know. >> reporter: the president appeared to distance himself from giuliani on friday, but then defended him on twitter today, saying "he may seem a little rough around the edges, but is also a great guy and wonderful lawyer." cbs news has learned giuliani will remain on the president's legal team but will not be involved in matters related to ukraine. as for the reports of an in

lev parnas and igor fruman could be key because rudy giuliani has said these men helped him dig up dirt on joe biden in ukraine and introduced giuliani to current and former ukrainian officials. plus, this indictment alleges that they asked a former u.s. congressman, who we know to be pete sessions, for help getting marie yovanovitch fired, which she was eventually in may. interestingly, rudy giuliani now saying he was planning to fly to vienna austria on thursday night. that was the same city where those two associates were headed with one-way tickets before federal prosecutors got wind of their plans and the fbi moved in quickly to dulles airport just outside d.c. to make those arrests. you saw that they are now charged with funneling foreign money into u.s. elections. and that includes more than $300,000 to a trump aligned superpac. that pac has since said that it has separated the money. it has not been used. the men also in this indictment allegedly saying that they received $1 million from an unknown russian national. that was used to funnel money to state political candidates. an

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four igor fruman and lev parnas have ties to president trump's private attorney, rudolph giuliani.oth are charged with illegally funneling foreign donations to u.s. political campaigns, including $325,000 that went to a pro-trump group in a scheme aimed at buying political influence. >> this investigation is about corrupt behavior, deliberate law breaking. >> reporter: the indictment does not mention either giuliani or the president. >> i don't know those gentlemen. that was -- it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everyone. >> reporter: the two are referenced in the whistle-blower complaint that triggered the impeachment inquiry. they've been subpoenaed to testify though it's unclear if they will. ukraine's former ambassador is scheduled to speak with house investigators this afternoon. the career diplomat was recalled from the post earlier this year after she was accused of not being loyal enough to president trump. anne-marie? >> we'll see if she'll be allowed to testify. marc liverman in new york. thank you. >> sure thing. >>> the death toll is

new video sfrpsed of the president's attorney with igor fruman and lev parnas, the two men witnesses in the impeachment inquirien a charged with violating campaign law. tonight we know that andrew kukushkin was also arrested originally from the ukraine he had a san francisco company charged with violating campaign law. >>> and we want to show you exactly about google. goingle's plan called downtown west. a tech giant is revealing its most detailed plan yet for the planned village in san jose. look at this new artist rendering 807 acre plan next to diridon station. homes, office space, parks with hotel rooms and parking. the city evaluated the plan today and society up a website for public comment. the mayor says he believes the plan addresses community concerns and will revitalize the area. and we want to show you another view from sky ranger. taking this video today. in the background is the diridon station. to the right s.a.m. right in the middle would be downtown west. that would be the development right in the middle. now let's show you the artist rendering again. s.a.m. spernt o

you're looking at on the right, two of the people now, lev parnas and igor fruman. and basically, chuck, when you look at this case, you're seeing what we kind of typically see in these straw donation or foreign donation cases. you're looking at somebody who was trying to move money in from abroad. somebody who was -- people that were trying to get money into this country and have it influence elections, or people that were trying to donate more than you're allowed to give and putting in fake names. he even misspelled "fruman," one time, initially misspelled his name in one of his filings to try to deceive the fec. so it's kind of a standard case. what is not standard is one of the acts that's alleged here is that money went to a then sitting congressman, somebody that nbc news and people we've spoken with have identified as former congressman pete sessions, that pete sessions was given money and he was asked to lobby for the removal of the ukrainian ambassador, something that's the heart of the whistle-blower allegation, something you've been covering for the last

igor fruman and lev parnas, seen here with donald trump last year, are both born in the former soviete accused of being part of a scheme to funnel foreign money to us political candidates to buy influence. chris, give us an idea of what is going on here? they were both seen as being very important donors to the republican party. that was by republican leaders and donald trump himself. they were given access to the white house and indeed donald trump's mar—a—lago resort in florida. the big questions about where exactly those contributions came from, and prosecutors have now arrested them and charge them, arguing the money came from foreign sources and that they were essentially laundered through an energy company that the two men sat up energy company that the two men sat up in florida. 0f energy company that the two men sat up in florida. of course that has raised a lot of concerns. president trump has been saying, however, as far as he is concerned, they only had limited access, playing that down. they were personal associates of his attorney rudy giuliani, but he says he has done no

the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, who tweeted earlier this year, "lev parnas and igor frumanre my clients." >> i don't know those gentleman. now, it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. >> reporter: the men were also subpoenaed by house democrats, as part of their impeachment inquiry to president trump. the original whistleblower complaint that launched the investigation apparently references parnas and fruman as associates of mr. giuliani who were trying to make contact with the ukrainian president. brendan fischer with the campaign legal center says the financial records suggest they are at the center of the president and giuliani's campaign, urging ukraine to open an investigation of former vice president joe biden and his son, hunter. >> these two were central in bringing the narrative about biden and ukraine to trump's inner circle. >> so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden? >> of course i did >> reporter: cbs news has learned that parnas and fruman ytw key to setting up a meeting ulben gindee lutsenko, and reportedly also

instead, lev parnas, who was igor fruman, who was born in belarus, were arrested overnight by the fbi at dulles airport outside of washington. >> they were about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports that just hours earlier, they dined with giuliani at the trump hotel. the men now charged with illegally funneling campaign contributions, including some from russia, to a pac supporting president trump and other candidates, as well. federal prosecutors say they were doing it to "buy potential influence." photographs show them smiling with the president at the white house, at a table with his son, don jr. according to prosecutors, they were also hoping to force out the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. >> they sought political uee no their own financial interests, but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official, soukrahtin ia the dismissal of the tokr >> reporter: the other person frustrated she was blocking his efforts to get ukraine to investigate biden. yovanovitch waer st gankndgmores

igor fruman and lev parnas — seen here with donald trump last year — are both born in the former sovietg part of a scheme to funnel foreign money to us political candidates to buy influence. here's the bbc‘s chris buckler in washington. they were both seen as being very important donors to the republican party, that was by the leaders donald trump himself and they were given access to the white house and indeed mr trumper‘s resorted florida. they were seen as influential and important for all the cash they brought with the big questions are about me exactly this contributions came from prosecutors have no rest of them and charge them arguing the money came from foreign sources. and that they were essentially boarded the energy company that the tube and set up in florida. that has raised a lot of concerns and president trump has been saying as far as he is concerned, they have limited access, playing that down and he said yes they did know under photograph with him and were also associates of his personal attorney stop but he says he's done nothing wrong. personal attorney stop but he sa

zblrp the heat rose around giuliani when two clients soviet borne florida residents lev parnas and igor fruman were arrested. thursday prosecutors announced they are charged with four counts of conspiracy and campaign finance violations. jowlny worked with both men seeking politically damaging information in ukraine, about the president's rival. that is now part of the impeachment juriy. julyny says he worked on behalf of the president and did no improper foreign lobbying. but mr. trump's fury over impeachment. >> it's a whole big fat disgrace. >> is boiling over on the campaign trail, punctuate eighted by more frequent expletives. >> they know they can't win an election day so they pursue an illegal, invalid and unconstitutional [ bleep ] impeachment. >> and kelley the acting homeland security secretary says he is stepping down tp do we know why. >> well, jose this shake-up makes the department of homeland security the most turbulent spot in the cabinet. kevin mcaleenan leaving after six months in a recent interview he expressed concern about the tone abthe message the face of the trump polic

and what is interesting about lev parnas and igor fruman as they had a personal relationship with rudyrsonal attorney and this will play into whether the democrats will push ahead with a vote to impeach donald trump. washington has announced it will sell 3000 more personnel to support saudi arabia. it follows last month's attack on saudi arabia's oil industry. five people have been injured after a knife attack on the north of england. a40 —year—old man was initially arrested on suspicion of terror offences and has now been detained under mental health act. the attacker was seen chasing police officers before he was detained. a french fugitive who's been on the run since his family was murdered eight years ago has been arrested in scotland. police at glasgow airport acting on a tipoff from french cou nterpa rts acting on a tipoff from french counterparts detained xavie dupont de ligonnes as he arrived from the airport. in ecuador, the president wa nts to airport. in ecuador, the president wants to talk with indigenous leaders following austerity protest. there have been ten days of demo

lev parnas and igor fruman arrested wednesday at an airport. >> they are about to board an international flight with one-way tickets. >> reporter: they're now charged with illegally funneling campaign contributions including some from russia to a pac supporting president trump and other candidates. >> take a victory. >> reporter: these indictments seemingly energizing the president. at a rally last night in minneapolis, trump saying the impeachment push would produce a backlash at the ballot box saving some of his most intense >>e was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss barack obama's [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and during that rally the president did not mention rudy giuliani or the indictments. the president said yesterday that he does not know men who were arrested even though he took pictures with them in the past. rudy giuliani ate lunch with both men in washington just before their arrest but he says he cannot comment on their indictments. janai. >> all right, megan, thank you for joining us. >>> house democrats have subpoenaed energy secretary rick perry as pa

prosecutors say igor fruman and lev parnas illegally funneled money into us elections.he business and detained at dulles airport boarding a flight to germany with 1-way tickets. they are being held on $1 million bond. top democrats subpoenaed the men for documents related to their work in ukraine and allegedly pushing for the former ambassador to be fired as well. the man accused of murdering 22 people at an el paso walmart pleads not guilty. the 19-year-old suspect facing a judge for the first time since his arrest in august. he posted racist comments online. prosecutors pushing for the death penalty. he could face federal charges for capital murder and hate crimes. in florida a man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for a stand your ground shooting that through the florida law into the spotlight, surveillance video showing the moment before he shot and killed marquis's in a 2008 argument over a parking spot. initially police didn't charge them saying he was protected by stand your ground which allows people to defend themselves against perceived threats. he plans to a