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marc liverman is here in new york. marc, what exactly did the president say?> reporter: good morning. president trump continues to remain defiant in the face of an impeachment probe. yesterday he worked to change that threat to his presidency into a weapon on the campaign trail. a defiant president trump went on the attack at thursday night's rally in minneapolis. >> they want to erase your vote like it never existed. >> reporter: it was the president's first campaign appearance since the house began an impeachment inquiry into the white house's dealings with ukraine. mr. trump called it a witch hunt, instigated by democrats like joe biden and nancy pelosi. >> he was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss barack obama's -- she's either really stupid, okay, or she's really lost it. >> reporter: the president took the stage hours after the indictment of two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. four igor fruman and lev parnas have ties to president trump's private attorney, rudolph giuliani. both are charged with illegally funneling for

cbs news marc liverman reports that's the not only fire causing problems. >> reporter: wends and hot weather has caused multiple fires as crews work to fight back the flames of the saddle ridge fire. other leads led the horses away. cal mesa continue to face the dangers the sandalwood fire late thursday night started behind us. it was trash truck careying a load that caught on fire. >> reporter: several hours after that fire started, dozens of homes were destroyed. >> the win was so intense that that it just engulfed the whole park. it was just so fast. there was no way. >> reporter: 50 miles east of los angeles, in fontana, homes were burning just as power company shut off electricity in the area to prevent new fires from popping up. . >> coming down the street, and i saw smoke coming out. >> reporter: southern california edison warned thousands more could lose service as the santa ana wind continue to gain strength. >> it shows us i guess we are not prepared for charging the phones in the car. so at least we have that. we have a couple flashlights and hopefully it will come back on

so marc liverman is here in new york. marc, what will these troops be doing because they're not going home, they're going to iraq. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, anne-marie. according to the u.s. defense secretary, the troops will work to defend iraq, but we're also learning for the first time what the new fight against isis could look like. u.s. forces are withdrawing from northern syria. >> the current game plan is for those forces to reposition into western iraq. we're talking weeks, not days. mark esper says the u.s. will be able to fight isis in syria from iraq. >> two missions. one is to help defend iraq, and two is to perform a counter-isis mission as we sort through the next steps. >> reporter: president trump's top advisers say the administration is working to bring them home. >> the quickest way to get them out of danger was to get them into iraq. >> now the president believes we've accomplished a significant part of our mission and wants troops to come home. >> reporter: the order has drawn bipartisan criticis

marc liverman is at the new york stock exchange with more on. rter: good morning, anne-marie. today investors get the weekly read on initial jobless claims. on the earnings front, pepsico, costco, and constellation brands will release quarterly results today. stocks plummeted wednesday led by a decline in tech shares. the dow sank 494, the s&p 500 lost 52, and the nasdaq was down 123 points. >>> the trump administration has been given approval to impose tariffs on goods from the european union. gouda cheese single malt whiskey and large aircraft are among the european imports being targeted. tariffs will be 10% for the e.u. aircraft and 25% for everything else. they're set to take effect two weeks from tomorrow. >>> more than two dozen major companies are suing the nation's four biggest railway companies. csx transportation, norfolk southern, union pacific, and bnsf railway are the companies named in the lawsuit. it alleges the railroads had a price fixing scheme to illegally boost profits. the railways have not commented on the lawsuits. >>> a f

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>> marc liverman in new york. thank you. >>> house democrats' impeachment inquiry into president trump is expected to pick up steam this week. lawmakers return from a two-week recess. today mr. trump's former russia adviser, fiona hill, is expected to testify before house panels behind closed doors. one witness who may not be called before congress is the anonymous government whistle-blower. the whistle-blower touched it off the impeachment inquiry after filing a complaint about the president's call with ukraine's president. >> our primary interest now is making sure that that person is protected. indeed's more prot and given that we ardon't need wt on the call to tell us what took place during the call. we have the best evidence that. >> the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, has been subpoenaed to appear to capitol hill against the publishes of the white house. he's supposed to be questioned on thursday about text messages he exchanged related to mr. trump's phone call and the freezing of fo