i'm john king. thank you for sharing another busy news day with us. 3.5%. that was the unemployment rate in september, the lowest number in 50 years. 136,000 new jobs added last month but there are some flashing lights when you look closer at manufacturing and other sectors bruised by the president's trade wars. plus the president insists, insisting again just moments ago, nothing wrong with asking ukraine and china for dirt on the bidens. in a phone call with china president xi, mr. trump promised to stay quiet about the protests as long as they continued. >>> the damaging texts suggested a quid pro quo and how the president's personal attorney was handling foreign policy questions. >> he's running a shadow state department without being vetted, without having security clearances, without being confirmed by the senate. it's outrageous that he has the ability and portfolio to do all that he has done, and i think many of those in the state department who are diplomatic are disgusted what they've been required to do on his behalf. >> we begin the hour there w

john king has details. >> one is the energy secretary rick perry.e's had several meetings with ukranians, including the president. perry says he'll cooperate with congress. he went to the inaugural of the new president instead of mike pence. so some questions for rick perry. questions as well for the attorney general of the united states, william barr. trump told -- remember, if you read the president's call with the ukranian president in july, he told ukranians to work with barr into the investigation on the bidens. the whistleblower complaint was sent to the justice department, and many think, simply buried and not investigated. barr has been on a world tour trying to get to the origin of the russian investigation, the beginnings of what became the mueller investigation. mike pompeo was the one to recall the ambassador of ukraine. he will be a key witness this coming week. and here's a question for the secretary? was he in the loop? was he aware that rudy giuliani was using the leverage of the state department and state department officials to adv

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. so much to cover today. we're standing by for a news conference from ft. worth, texas. the attorney of a man who shot a woman inside her home when he responded to that home when a neighbor saw her door open. he asked police to come to that house to see if anything was going on. a single bullet fired by the police officer. the woman died. the family is going to speak momentarily with their attorney. paul callaghan is standing by. paul, the police have added a version of the body cam video. the family is gathering, i assume, to get answers in this case. what are your thoughts? >> john, i think it's a tough case for the police officer, because in terms of looking at that tape, a police officer has the right to use deadly force when he reasonably believes that serious force or deadly force is going to be used against him. and in this case all he knew was there was sort of a vague complaint about an open door at a residence, and he walks around. it looks like he's going past a gate of some

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. allies in congress escalate their complaints about the democrats' impeachment inquiry practice. democrats call it a stunt designed to distract from damning testimony. and those democrats promise public hearings most likely next month. >>> plus the president's impeachment strategy has two lead elements. smear the key witnesses and pressure republicans to stay in line. human scum is the president's term for republicans who disagree with him. >>> and on capitol hill last hour, a rare bipartisan moment of unity. in a solemn

i'm john king.ay with us. >>> president trump is in a cabinet meeting this hour talking to reporters right now. we'll bring any news from that asap. >>> plus many big witnesses as the impeachment inquiry gains steam. the house chief of staff is in hot water, trying now to take back what they call his ukraine corruption. and bernie sanders has a new sidekick. >> would you csi

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this important day with us.n the hour with the trump administration, pushing back forcefully and defiantly against the house impeachment inquiry. the secretary of state mike pompeo tweeting a while ago to the foreign affairs committee. he said it's not feasible to depose state department officials. here's a quote from that letter. i'm concerned with aspects of your request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully and treat improperly departments of

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. ♪ >>> thank you. welcome to "inside politics."'m john king. turkey launches its promised military assault against the kurds in northern syria. leading republicans accuse president trump of abandoning a key ally and predict it will lead to an isis resurgence. one of spoker pelo speaker pelo democrats sadisagrees. giuliani central to the allegations the president abused his power. giuliani has been studying history, just not impeachment history. >> i went back to read two books about the salem witch trials. they required witnesses to face the witch and some witches were acquitted. >> the witches had it better. >> they had more rights. >> interesting theory there. a lot of news to get to this hour but we begin with the white house slamming the door in the face of democrats. the president's lawyers declaring in a brazen angry letter last night that they won't cooperate at all with the house democrats' impeachment inquiry. from that letter, president trump and his administration reject your baseless, unconstitutional efforts to overtur

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this important day with us. we begin the hour with the trump administration, pushing back forcefully and defiantly against the house impeachment inquiry. the secretary of state mike pompeo tweeting a while ago to the foreign affairs committee. he said it's not feasible to depose state department officials. here's a quote from that letter. i'm concerned with aspects of your request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully and treat improperly departments of state, including several career officers. he said, let me be clear. i will not tolerate such tactics and i will use all means at my disposal to attempt to expose any attempts to intimidate the dedicated professionals whom i am proud to lead and serve alongside at the department of state. this pushback included a handful of state department workers. and as the democrats made clear, they want to know more, much more, about pompeo himself. we now know, for example, the secretary was on that july 25th phone call between president trump and th

i'm john king. we begin the hour with a remarkable statement just completed by the president of the united states in the diplomatic reception room of the white house. the president taking what he considers a victory lap for the operation the turks just completed inside syria. the president saying this could not have happened without american leadership. the president in a long statement that often veered from the facts, now somehow saying that because of his leadership, turkey and syria are a safer place. the president, listen here, taking credit. he green lights essentially the turkish operation. now he says he has stopped that military operation and the united states alone deserves the credit. >> we're willing to take blame and we're also willing to take credit. this is something they've been trying to do for many, many decades. since then, others have come out to help and we welcome them to do so. other countries have stepped forward. they want to help and we think that's great. >> the president

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the feds indict two rudy giuliani employees. the indictment are key sources in ukraine. how democrats already want to question them in their trump impeachment inquiry. >>> as the president calls the impeachment a partisan witch hunt, his own government again gives credence to the case against him. first the attorney general backed up the whistleblower's account. now they're labeled as crooks the man who, through rudy giuliani, helped stoke the giuliani/ukraine obsession. what it tells us about the company rudy giuliani keeps and how it factors into the impeachment case against the president. just this is head-snapping. the president's own justice department indicting clients of his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. those clients were arrested at dulles airport outside of washington yesterday. spent the night in jail. are due in federal court later today. they are accused of violating campaign laws by laundering foreign money through a u.s. entity and illegally into american campaigns. they are accused of violation in ukraine. no

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this sunday with us.ajor breaking news this morning, the world aeft most wanted terrorist, abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of isis is believed to be dead after a dramatic u.s. special forces raid in northern syria. we're waiting for president trump. he's due to make a statement at the white house, a rare sunday morning state, one hour from now. this after the president teasing, quote, something very big on twitter last night. the white house not sharing any details yet about what the president plans to say, but a senior official telling cnn the president did order a raid targeting baghdadi. th s

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thank you, kate, and welcome to "inside politics john containing. thank y -- john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. a national security aide defies a subpoena, telling congress he will not testify unless a judge decides if the impeachment proceedings are legitimate. >>> plus congresswoman katie hill is resigning

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thank you, kate, and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john containing. thank y -- john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. a national security aide defies a subpoena, telling congress he will not testify unless a judge decides if the impeachment proceedings are legitimate. >>> plus congresswoman katie hill is resigning amid allegations of inappropriate relationships. brace now for a bruising special election. >>> and the president says the death of the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi, makes america safer. he gives america a heads up about that saying he doesn't trust top democrats. >> we had a great weekend for our country. we captured a man that should have been caught a long time ago, so that was a big, big day and a big weekend, and we're very happy about it. >> back to that story a bit later, but we begin this hour with a no-show. charles kupperman failing to show up for a deposition on capitol hill, this after he filed on friday asking the judge to rule whether he has to comply with the subpoena. they said, we want

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. >>> president trump is in a cabinet meeting this hour talking to reporters right now. we'll bring any news from that asap. >>> plus many big witnesses as the impeachment inquiry gains steam. the house chief of staff is in hot water, trying now to take back what they call his ukraine corruption. and bernie sanders has a new sidekick. >> would you consider him to be your running mate? >> i think i'm too young for that. >> would you work in a sanders white house? >> yes, she would. >> back to 2020 politics a bit later in the program. but right now the president inside a cabinet meeting at the white house. he's talking to reporters. we'll bring you the view from inside that room as soon as we have it. we begin the hour with personnel, two from the white house chief of staff, one which is a lie. friday mick mulvaney admitted quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment inquiry, a rumor in exchange for military assistance. he again said he said no su

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. ♪ >>> thank you. welcome to "inside politics."ssault against the kurds in northern syria. leading republicans accuse president trump of abandoning a key ally and predict it will lead to an isis resurgence. one of spoker pelo speaker pelo democrats

i'm john king. president trump says turkey's assault on the kurds in syria is, quote, not our problem. one of his biggest senate defenders says if one result of this mess is an isis resurgence, then the president will have blood on his hands. >>> plus, word of a tentative deal to end the longest auto workers strike in history. gm and united auto workers could soon get 50,000 workers back on the job. >>> if you weren't sure who went to the debate as the strongest democratic contender, it was crystal clear quickly how the candidates themselves see it. >> and i'm sorry, elizabeth, but you have not said that. >> the senator is being vague on the issue. >> i have a different plan than elizabeth warren. >> and senator warren. >> senator warren -- >> senator warren -- >> back to the 2020 democrats a bit later, but we begin the hour at the white house where in just moments we'll hear again from president trump. this is day 1,000 of the trump presidency. he is punctuating it with a press conference alongside

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king.ver today. we're standing by for a news conference from ft. worth, texas. the attorney of a man who shot a woman inside her home when he responded to that home when a neighbor saw her door open. he asked polic

live friday on the c-span networks at 10 am eastern former education secretary arnie duncan and john king discuss education policy in the 2020 election and at 8:00 pm donald trump building a campaign rally in lake charles, louisiana. on c-span288:50 a.m. the family research council holds its annual values voters summit in washington dc. among the speakers are congressman mark meadows, usaid administrator arc greene and sebastian gorka. on c-span 3, 2020 democratic presidential candidate governor steve bullock of montana speaks at the new hampshire institute of politics and doing one's counsel politics and eggs breakfast. weeknights we are

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the feds indict two rudy giuliani employees.ces in ukraine. how democrats already want to question them in their trump impeachment inquiry. >>> as the president calls the impeachment a partisan witch hunt, his own government again gives credence to the case

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. trump allies in congress escalate their complaints about the democrats' impeachment inquiry practice. democrats call it a stunt designed to distract from damning testimony. and those democrats promise public hearings most likely next month. >>> plus the president's impeachment strategy has two lead elements. smear the key witnesses and pressure republicans to stay in line. human scum is the president's term for republicans who disagree with him. >>> and on capitol hill last hour, a rare bipartisan moment of unity. in a solemn farewell to congressman elijah cummings of baltimore. >> god truly blessed america with the life and legacy of elijah cummings. >> our distinguished colleague truly has gone home, home to his father's house. >> those gathered here today have lost a dear friend, and our country has lost a giant. >> perhaps this place and this country would be better served with a few more unexpected friendships. i know i've been blessed by one. >> an important moment there and an

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this busy news day with us. an impeachment witness being questioned on capitol hill this hour. kurt volker resigned as special envoy to ukraine just last week. he knows details of rudy giuliani's search for 2020 election dirt. plus, the president's anger is raw and very public. in contrast, the vice president's team is working frantically but behind the scenes to try to shield him from any ukraine backlash. and if you think maybe, just maybe, the president would have second thoughts asking for foreign election help, well, think again. >> i would think that if they were honest about it, they would start a major investigation into biden. it's a very simple answer. likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. so i would say that president zelensky, if it were me, i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bidens. >> a packed hour ahead for us, but we start right there with that remarkable moment. pr

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john king was the secretary of education from 2016 till 2017. and doctor king is the president and ceo of the education funds. to help guide our discussion we have alison klein, the assisting editor for education. her current b is the workforce issues and for many years she's covered education, paul six and policies in washington and beyond. with that i will welcome the three of you to our stage and headed over to allison. up (applause) >> thanks for joining us i'm happy to introduce this gentleman here because they need no introduction to know them well. we are going to dive right into questions. i know you both been following the campaign and senator sanders called from a moratorium on charter schools. i know you both been supportive of charter in, fact secretary was principle before your time at the education. do you worry that the current trump administration choice has put charters on democratic institutions in parents and teachers? >> well, it's not their current policy around choice but it's also secretary and history around choice. the r

i'm john king.dent trump says turkey's assault on the kurds in syria is, quote, not our problem. one of his biggest senate defenders says if one result of this mess is an isis resurgence, then the president will have blood on his hands. >>> plus, word of a tentative deal to end the longest auto workers strike in history. gm and

i'm john king. thank you for sharing another busy news day with us. 3.5%.oyment rate in september, the lowest number in 50 years. 136,000 new jobs added last month but there are some flashing lights when you look closer at manufacturing and other sectors bruised by the president's trade wars. plus the president insists, insisting again just moments ago, nothing wrong with asking ukraine and china for dirt on the bidens. in a

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king.your day with us. the house impeachment inquiry reaches out to john bolton for possible testimony. the president's former national security adviser reportedly called rudy giuliani a hand grenade and likened his foreign policy to a drug deal. >>> plus a flip-flop for joe biden. he began the campaign with a promise not to accept help from big money superpacs. but now he has a superpac green light and his writings call hypocrisy. >>> and elijah cummings funeral in baltimore. on hand, two former presidents and the former secretary of state. >> his integrity and character,

john king served as secretary of education through 2016 into 2017. i think he was number 10. dr. king is currently the president and ceo of the education trust. to help guide our discussion, we have allison klein, her current beat is workforce issues. for many years she has covered education politics and policy in washington and beyond. and with that i will welcome the , three of you to our stage and hand it over to allison. [applause] allison: thank you for joining us. i'm not going to introduce these gentlemen because they have already been introduced. we are going to dive right into questions. i know you have been following the campaigns. senator sanders have called for a moratorium on charter schools. i know you have both been supportive of charters in secretary king, you are an attorney and civil before, during, and after your time at the department of education. do you worry that the current administration's embrace of choice has hurt charters among democratic constituencies? sec. king: it is not about the current policies around choice but about secretary devos'and her his

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this busy news day with us.t witness being questioned on capitol hill this hour. kurt volker resigned as special envoy to ukraine just last week. he knows details of rudy giuliani's search for 2020 election dirt. plus, the president's anger is raw and very public. in contrast, the vice president's team is working frantically but behind the scenes to try to shield him from any ukraine backlash. and if you think maybe, just

i'm john king. we begin the hour with a remarkable statement just completed by the president of the united states in the diplomatic reception room of the white house. the president taking what he considers a victory lap for the operation the turks just completed inside syria. the president saying this could not have happened without american leadership. the president in a long statement that often veered from the facts, now somehow saying that becau

john think that's with the german marshall fund in our washington studio john king thank you very much we appreciate it really is. well police in hong kong have arrested and charged the 1st 2 protesters for defying a new law against wearing face masks during demonstrations outside the courthouse today supporters used umbrellas to protect the protesters identities as they were ushered away the face mask ban has further fuelled violent protests in hong kong. charlotte shells and pill has been talking with the activists she sent us this report. the chaos now say widespread it's been edging on the severity of. the ngo so deep it's becoming harder and holiday to escape. authorities say it scenes like this that justify sweeping new emergency palace. i was but house in the streets the ban on face mosques is having little effect with protesters warning it's just the tip of the iceberg. i didn't say at 1st pace that they've even prior to apply the law and i think that's much much more to come alone is a great deal more and more angry but you never know what the government will put out it was ju

jonathan katz with the german marshall fund in our washington studio john king thank you very much we appreciate a really. great thank you all right here to be table with me is christine hilburn she is a journalist who has lived in syria for many years a familiar face or viewers here it's good to see you again what do you think the turkish president what does he want to do with syria actually has 2 purposes i think on one hand he wants to weaken kurdish autonomy that has established itself during the last few years in the northeastern part of syria by the p y d that could have democratic party which is a sister party of the big which is why i'm cannot considers them a terrorist organization and on the other hand out of one wants to resettle up to 2000000 syrian refugees that have taken refuge in turkey they have 3600000 syrians inside turkey and you know the atmosphere is kind of switching so i don't want to get rid of them he says we were resettled them in this 30 kilometer zone so he's not talking about sending them home instead it's resettling them with the. syria and there's a big

former education secretary's arne duncan and john king discuss education policy at the 2020 election at an event hosted by the brookings institution. this is an hour.

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surrounding the man continues to begins as new earnings have been unveiled archie correspondent john king is on his delve into the details of the new revelation to get into a bit of the business mindset let's go. the september jobs report is out and the numbers show a tight labor market as the unemployment rate dropped to a 5 decade low the top line data looks good with 10 industries adding jobs 3 losing and one unchanged alleviating some concerns on the street and boosting the markets today but let's take a closer look the payroll report was rather stagflation area as wage growth was flat stagnating and posting the worst annual growth in one year if we take out government jobs private payroll added only $114000.00 jobs which is the 5th lowest private jobs in the past 3 years and finally if we take a look at the composition of job gains that wasn't so great with only low paying jobs in education and health category at the top meanwhile you have a decent ration of wages in high tech which previously was the fastest wage growth and this all come. the world's 2 largest economies remain in a

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the house impeachment inquiry reaches out to john bolton for possible testimony. the president's former national security adviser reportedly called rudy giuliani a hand grenade and likened his foreign policy to a drug deal. >>> plus a flip-flop for joe biden. he began the campaign with a promise not to accept help from big money superpacs. but now he has a superpac green light and his writings call hypocrisy. >>> and elijah cummings funeral in baltimore. on hand, two former presidents and the former secretary of state. >> his integrity and character, his can-do spirit made him a guiding light in the congress. he pushed back against the abuse of power. he was unwavering in his defense of our democracy. he had little tolerance for those who put party ahead of country or partisanship above truth. >> presidents clinton and obama to speak at that ceremony, that funeral. we will take you there when that happens. as well, president trump speaking outside the white house. we'll bring you that

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. blockbuster testimony in the impeachment inquiry. a top whiteaid he viewed it as damaging to american interests, he reported it to his superior and a white house lawyer. plus the president's response. he's now attacking the character of attorney general alex zimmerman who won a purple heart for heroism just as the president attacked the character of a vietnam veteran who testified that ukraine investigate the bidens was both out of bounds and dangerous. >>> a brand new cnn poll released this hour. joe biden is up as people say health care is a bigger factor in the vote than beating donald trump. >>> we begin the hour at an impeachment crossroads with democrats now laying the ground wo work to take the inquiry public. the national security council official is the first impeachment witness to testify who was on that infamous july 25th call with president trump and the ukraine president. he said the call concerned him and he heard a demand from the president, quote, that a foreign govern

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this busy day with us. blockbuster testimony from a trusted republican policy hand, and yet, again near silence from the gop leadership. fiona hill describes corruption in the ukraine policy. she said her boss john bolton called ukraine a hand grenade and told her to inform house lawyers. >>> plus a battleground in ohio. health care and guns among the certain flashpoints. >>> hunter biden acknowledges his foreign business dealings but denies his last name is what opens doors. >> what do you say to people who believe this is exactly why people hate washington? a vice president's son can make money in countries where your father was vice president. >> i made a mistake in retrospect as it related to creating any perception that was wrong. and so, therefore, i'm taking it off the table. i'm making that commitment. i will see if anybody else makes that commitment, but that's the commitment i'm making. >> we begin with a very important night and event in the 2020 democratic presidential race. the debate featuring

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump calls the house impeachment inquiry a lynching and the timing is no coincidence. critical witnesses on capitol hill, a veteran diplomat says it was crazy to hold aid to ukraine until it agreed to pursue the president's political vendettas. >>> support for impeaching the president and removing him from office hits 50%. only 6% of republicans, for example, back impeachment. >>> and the backlash, instant. african-american lawmakers said the president's use of the word lynching is deeply offensive, yet not surprising given the source. >> i think it was just an egregious statement. >> it's beneath the dignity of the office of the president of the united states. >> the president should not compare a constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such a dangerous and dark chapter of american history. it's irresponsible for him to do so, and i hope that he will apologize. >> back to that a bit later. but we begin the hour with a very big day in the trump impeachment inquiry.

over intervention and i don't think america first has received the attention it deserves justice john king has done some good work on it. it is usually written off as right wing isolationist organization, but it is a key favor -- factor in the antiwar movement, along with hoover, who did not belong to america first committee, the quakers, the pacifists, people who were upset about world war i. it is the antiwar movement. it deserves more attention. arthur slashing her -- said the battle over intervention was the greatest split in american history except the run-up to the american civil war. he said it was greater than the split during the war in vietnam and the anti-communist crusade. i wonder what he might say about that now. let me go back and show you one more. this is one of the very strong antiwar pieces published during this time. within this context, since hoover is an anti-interventionist, he's going to battle with roosevelt over aid. it is within this larger context. i could not decide how much i wanted to talk about the relief effort specifically, or about posters in general. i h

i'm john king.iders provide impeachment building blocks, detailing to congress how rudy giuliani ran a shadow ukraine policy and how aid was held up by the president at a time he was pushing ukraine to launch an investigation of the bidens. plus, impeachment not the only white house political worry. a new government report out today details slowing economic growth, a growth rate well below what president trump promised. and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell could soon be washington's most important impeachment player but he's holding his cards tight and suggesting senate democrats help

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the democrats build their abuse of power impeachment case. an ambassador says there is willingness to investigate the bidens. the democrats halt removing troops from syria who say the president is making american weaker and handing a gift to iran, russia and isis. >>> he is a son of sharecroppers. the baltimore icon died this morning at age 68 after 37 years in public service, the last 23 in the house. >> congratulations. >> i only have a minute. 60 seconds. forced upon me, i did not choose it, but i know i must use it. give account if i abuse it. suffer if i lose it. only a tiny little minute but eternity is in it. so i join you as we move forward to uplift not only the nation, but the world. >> we'll come back to that sad news a little later in the program, but we begin the hour with the dramatic and damning impeachment testimony from one of the president's people. gordon sondland, american ambassador to the european union, saying he ordered rudy giuliani to get ukraine to investiga

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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. so what? then never mind?house chief of staff confirms a quid pro quo. then he says, oh r, no, he didn mean it. then the president said the deal he made with turkey was a cease-fire. but the president of turkey says it's not a cease-fire at all. the president again sold out the

. >>> and welcome to "inside politics" i'm ryan nobles, john king is off.emocrats impeachment inquiry is talking to members of congress right now after the trump white house lets her show up to testify. plus, investigators now looking into rudy giuliani's business ties to two ukrainians indicted by the feds. and the president goes on a campaign rally spree in the face of the impeachment inquiry. >> we just got rid of the russia hoax, and then a week later, the ukraine hoax starts,

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. we begin this week with something very rare. president trump blinking and retreating on the issue that to him matters most, his name and his brand. and make no mistake, it is a retreat connected to an impeachment inquiry that is gaining steam. in a series of tweets saturday night, the president said he was canceling plans to hold the annual g-7 summit next year at a trump-owned resort in florida. as you can see in the tweet, he blames the media and democrat-crazed and irrational hostility for his decision. by irrational hs tilt, perhaps he meant deep republican unease. >> is it inappropriate, does it violate the law? i don't think so. i don't believe that it does. but it just -- it's one of those things that is so unnecessary. with all of the stuff that's going on in washington, d.c. right now, why would you invite just more controversy? >> most gop revolts during the trump presidency have bee

i'm john king. thank you for sharing this sunday with us. major breaking news this morning, the world aeft most wanted terrorist, abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of isis is believed to be dead after a dramatic u.s. special forces raid in northern syria. we're waiting for president trump. he's due to make a statement at the white house, a rare sunday morning state, one hour from now. this after the president teasing, quote, something very big on twitter last night. the white house not sharing any details yet about what the president plans to say, but a senior official telling cnn the president did order a raid targeting baghdadi. they say he tracked the ill louisive terrorist inland in northwest syria. in grainy overnight video, you can hear sustained bursts of begun foo gunfire. cnn cannot confirm if these videos are from the actual raid, but they were posted noefr night as this was happen. the pentagon as of this moment has not shared any details of the operation or even confirmed there was an operation at all. but sources do tell cnn u.s.

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the second whistleblower hires lawyers and house democrats prepare to interview key witnesses, saying their minds are made up despite any new facts that might emerge. plus, there's big republican pushback for the president's overnight decision to pull u.s. troops from syria, warning the kurds could be slaughtered and the president is handing russia and iran a big gift. >>> and the president's point man on immigration tries to make his case at georgetown university, but gives up in the face of protest. >> morning, everyone. thank you for your kind introduction. as a career law enforcement professional, i've dedicated my career to protecting the rights of free speech and all the values we hold dear in america from all threats. [ bleep ]. >> large scale immigration quote. okay. thank you. have a good day. >> we begin the hour with the republican party on a hunt for a defense strategy, especially as new twists emerge in the democrats' efforts to investigate and eventually impeach the pres

i'm malika henderson in today for john king. thanks for spending part of your sunday with us. ahead, democrats moving forward with their impeachment probe at light speed, issuing a flurry of subpoenas last week and scheduling multiple depositions in the days ahead. days to go before the cnn democratic debate. is elizabeth warren ready for the onslaught that is sure to come her way and can bernie sanders reassure voters he's healthy enough to be president? and some of president trump's top allies in congress are furious over his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria, allowing the turkish mi turkish military to attack our allies. >> i don't think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a border between ter turkey and syria when we can't guard our own borders at home. i don't think so. it's a long ways away. we killed isis, we defeated, we did our job. we have to go home. we did our job. >> but we'll start with the impeachment debate. we've learned a lot over the past 48 hours about what led to president trump's controversial july call with the

i'm malika henderson in today for john king. thanks for spending part of your sunday with us.at light speed, issuing a flurry of subpoenas last week and scheduling multiple depositions in the days ahead. days to go before the cnn democratic debate. is elizabeth warren ready for the onslaught that is sure to come her way and can bernie sanders reassure voters he's healthy enough to be president? and some of president trump's top allies in congress are furious over his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria,

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the white house at the last minute blocks testimony from a key impeachment witness. house democrats say it's more evidence of obstruction. the president calls the inquiry a kangaroo court. >>> plus the president invites the turkish leader for a white house visit. it's another poke at the republicans who are furious with the president for pulling troops from syria. stomp it's the preside . >>> it's the president at the center of the impeachment inquiry, but it's the state department where they believe the most evidence can be found. and we begin the hour with the dramatic impeachment standoff. house democrats now say they'll issue a subpoena for testimony and documents of the european ambassador of the european union, gordon sondland. republicans blocked his testimony. their case is the president abused his power with the president of ukraine and used joe biden. blocking the testimony is just a stronger argument that the white house is obstructing the democrats from doing their job and