rachel scott, abc news, washington. >> rachel, thank you. let's take a look at what happens next. two top diplomats are heading to hiinl tovesthiigllation forward >> tuesday lawmakers will hear from gordon sondland, u.s. ambassador to the european union who was a key player in recently released text messages focused on president trump's dealings with ukraine. >> and the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, will testify on friday.pt recalled her in may amid allegations of . >>> there are new details after a witness in a high-profile case was murdered himself. 28-year-old joshua brown was a key witness in the trial of former dallas officer amber guyger. brown was gunned down over the weekend. he lived in the building where guyger killed botham jean. our dallas affiliate reports brown was the victim of gun violence last year. he was shot and another man was killed outside a strip club. abc'kaylee hartung has more. >> reporter: dallas police trying to piece together a murder mystery that some are calling an execution. >> the only thing we heard was one shot, then a do

abc's rachel scott in ohio with the highlights. rachel, good morning. >> reporter: janai, kenneth, good morning to you. yes, a record-breaking 12 candidates on a single stage sparring for three hours. the night began by condemning president trump, but it quickly turned to a surging senator elizabeth warren who faced fresh attacks from her democratic rivals. a rising senator elizabeth warren running into the fourth democratic debate with a boost in the poll. >> let's figure out -- >> no? >> why it is -- >> reporter: taking heat from her democratic rivals. >> you are making republican talking points right now in this room. >> reporter: the massachusetts senator known for her sweeping plans. >> i will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle class families. >> reporter: criticized for refusing to acknowledge if her medicare for all policy would lead to tax increases. >> at least bernie is being honest here and saying how he's going to pay for this and how taxes are going to go up. >> a yes or no question that didn'

here is abc's rachel scott with more. >> i am back!>> reporter: senator bernie sanders flexing his campaign muscle, pushing past a recent heart attack to reassure his supports he's up for the challenge. >> i am more than ready to assume the office of president of the united states. >> reporter: more than 25,000 packing a park in queens, new york, making sanders' rally the largest for any democrat in the 2020 campaign. his return to the campaign trail stamped with a coveted endorsement. >> holy cow! >> reporter: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez praising the crowded field of democr bats throwing her support behind just one. >> we have one of the best democratic presidential primary fields in a generation. and much of that is thanks to the work that bernie sanders has done in his entire life. >> reporter: his supporters hope that endorsement gives sanders, who has slipped in the polls, a boost. >> i think seeing women of color, the vanguard of the new left endorsing bernie, it means everything to me as a young person. roes >> report

abc news reporter, rachel scott joining us live now from washington with the latest. rachel. >> reporter: larry, alma, good afternoon to you. president trump continues to defend that controversial call to ukraine, saying he did nothing wrong and it is pitch perfect, and now saying ukraine should investigate biden as well as china as democrats push back saying that demand comes at the risk of our national security. it's the spark that lit the fiery debate over impeachment. president trump privately urging ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival joe biden and his son and today the president publicly amplifying that call. >> it's a very simple answer. they should investigate the bidens. >> it's that request for foreign interference that set off the impeachment investigation and now he's pushing china to do the same, sending this message days before beijing officials arrive in the u.s. to resume trade talks. >> china should start an investigation into the biden's. >> back on capitol hill, the former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker testified before closed door

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >>> coming up on "this week," chief anchor george stephanopoulosdown with house democratic caucus chair hakim jeffrey, ranking member jim jordan also comes to "this week" exclusively and you can watch those full interviews on "this week with george stephanopoulos" at 8:00 right here on abc 7. >>> senator bernie sanders is back home in vermont this morning after suffering a heart attack. sanders was campaigning in nevada on tuesday when he felt chest pains. he was hospitalized and released on friday. sanders returned yesterday with his wife to their home in burlington. earlier in the week she said he would be taking part in the upcoming democratic debate. it is set for october 15th in ohio. >>> new developments, this is the 18th straight week that demonstrators are marching on hong kong. protesters went on a rampage after the government banned a demonstration. a group of pro-democracy lawmakers have filed a legal challenge against the law that went into effect at midnight on friday triggering widespread violence and destruction. police deployed tear

abc news reporter rachel scott has the story from capitol hill. >> 232-196. >> reporter: a fiercely dividedsing a resolution in support of the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the partisan divide that has been brewing for weeks around this investigation reaching another boiling point. >> trying to put a ribbon on the process doesn't make it any less of a sham. >> i don't know why the republicans are afraid of the truth. >> reporter: republicans not backing down without a fight, unanimously voting against it. democrats have the majority in the house and are largely unified behind the impeachment push. at the heart of the investigation whether president trump abused his power by seeming to urge a foreign leader to investigate joe biden and his son. >> there is serious evidence that president trump may have violated the constitution. >> reporter: the president has denied any wrongdoing. minutes after the resolution was passed he tweeted calling it a witch-hunt. today's vote marks a critical turning point. that resolution will allow president trump and his lawyers to mount their own de

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >> the key witness ithe trial of a former dallas police officer convictedeen shot and killed. joshua brown was shot and killed friday night outside an pafrmt complex in dallas. only a silver sedan was seen speeding away from the scene. brown's testimony helped convict amber geyger in the sheeting death of botham jean. gyger said she told jean to put his hands up after breaking into what she believed was her own apartment. brown said he never heard it. >> do you recall ever hearing someone say, hey, put your hands up, in a loud tone? >> no. no, ma'am. >> brown's family says he was a reluctant witness. the family's lawyer said his death may be connectd to his testimony. >> he was shot and left to die by someone who clearly had an axe to grind. it is important that we answer who that person is. >> tonight activists are calling for justice and offering a $100,000 reward. >>> former president jimmy carter isn't letting a fall slow him down. carter, who turned 95 on tuesday. fell at his georgia home this morning. a spokesperson says he got a black eye and 14 stit

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to rachel. >>> russian president vladimir putin iss defense saying he sees nothing incriminating about the phone call to ukraine. >> now putin is complimenting trump on his foreign phe said r thpresolicent to holy.d s lk with north korea to defuse nuclear tensions. he made the comments as stalled talks are set to resume this weekend. >>> for the first time we're hearing from the jurors who convicted a former dallas police officer of murdering her neighbor. >> two of them spoke exclusively with abc news about their deliberations and the decision sentence amber guyger to ten years in prison.uts' request for a 28-year sentence was too severe, especially since guyger was expressing remorse. they say botham jean was always in their thoughts. >> you were realnking hily roum,hit utbo a you all were in that room? >> we had to. i mean, it was like -- a onho should still be here. >> coming up later this morning when jean's younger brother asked if he cod hug. out that world war ii bomber that crashed in connecticut, killing seven people. federa

rachel scott is in westerville, ohio. >> reporter: a rising senator elizabeth warren with a boost in the polls. >> let's figure out why it is -- >> taking heat from democratic rival rivals. >> you are making talking points in this room. >> reporter: the massachusetts senator known for her sweeping plans -- >> i will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle class families. >> reporter: criticized for refusing to acknowledge if her medicare for all policy would lead to tax increases. >> at least bernie is being honest here and saying how he's going to pay for this and that taxes are going to go up. >> a yes or no question that didn't get a yes or no answer. >> reporter: the divide on health care center stage. warren pushing back. >> whenever someone hears the term "medicare for all who want it," understand what that really means. it's medicare for all who can afford it. >> reporter: but on the issue of impeachment, there was no debate. >> because as a former prosecutor, i know a confession when i see it. >> he should be removed. esiden calls for the bidens to be in

. >> abc's rachel scott joins us from ohio now with a debate preview. el. >> reporter: elizabeth, kenneth, good morning to you. yes, for the first time in this democratic primary, you will see 12 candidates all on a single stage. but that will come with its own set of challenges. the more candidates means the less time to make your case and the big question tonight will be whose message will break through? in westerville, ohio, the stage is set and it's the biggest in presidential primary history. 12 candidates on a single stage for tonight's democratic debate. that's two more than the last time around. senator kamala harris telling me this weekend that supersized lineup will come at a cost. >> i don't think as much that can be talked about in a serious way. >> reporter: the three early front-runners will be center stage. senator bernie sanders will return back to the spotlight after suffering a heart attack but before he steps back into the ring, the senator making his case for why he deserves the progressive vote over elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth, as

here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, former vice president joe biden coming to his son's defense. why is he just now making the decision to step down from the board of a chinese-backed company? >> let's get something straight. first of all, no one, no one, has indicated of any consequence that anything was done wrong or illegally by me or by my son. this is the president flat lying, number one. number two, the statement my son put out today, which i saw when he put it out, i was told it was going to be put out. i was not consulted about it. it represents the kind of man of integrity he is. >> reporter: president trump has criticized hunter biden for his work with ukrainian and chinese companies while his father was vice president. even calling for china to investigate. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: today, in iowa, ec-- committing if he's >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house. will in fact have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or foreign country. >> reporter: senator bernie sa

here's rachel scott. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders, launching his campaign comeback after that heart attack. >> i am more than ready to assume the office of president of the united states. to put it bluntly, i am back. >> reporter: firing up the largest crowd in the primary so far at his first rally since his medical setback. and making a big announcement. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez endorsing the progressive senator. >> we have one of the best democratic presidential primary fields in a generation, and much of that is thanks to the work that bernie sanders has done in his entire life. >> reporter: but will her endorsement be the boost he needs to win over the progressive vote? >> hopefully the millennials and youthful voters will get out and vote for him. >> reporter: sanders is trying to fend off a surging senator elizabeth warren, who had this to say about ocasio-cortez. >> i am a fan of the congresswoman. she's done some terrific work. we have worked together and i know that once this primary is over, we're all going to be on the same side.in studio. you've been

here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, senator bernie sanders resting at home. taking a full weekend off for the first time in months. arriving back home in vermont after his campaign said he suffered a heart attack. his family waiting at the door. the senator usually keeps a tight and intense campaign schedule, on his feet, packing as many as five events in a day, often in different cities. earlier this week, during a nevada event, the senator asked for a seat. >> can you get me chair? let me sit down here. it's been long day. >> reporter: later undergoing an emergency heart procedure. doctors inserting two stents to clear a blocked artery. leaving the hospital, sanders had this message for supporters. >> and i'm feeling so much better. see you soon on the campaign trail. >> there's always a question of, is he too old to be running for president? with bernie sanders and the way he conveys energy and what level of enthusiasm he seems to generate, i think he can overcome that. >> reporter: sanders raising more than any other democrat this year in a single quarter

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to rachel there. >>> here's a good update. pelvis during a fall. >> a spokesperson says carter is looking forward to recuperating at his home in plains, georgia. this was his second fall in less than a month, his third since may. at 95 years old, carter is the oldest living former president. >>> a 9-year-old has something new on her resume, a rock climbing record. >> pearl johnson is the youngest person to scale the 3,000-foot el capitan in yosemite national park. she made the climb over four days and three nights last month along with her mom and a family friend. pearl's dad is a yosemite law enforcement ranger. he was there to greet her when she reached the summit in the middle of a hailstorm. >> there is no way in "hail" i would be climbing that thing in the middle of a hailstorm. >> no -- or at all. just sunny weather. i wouldn't do it at all. pearl, she's amazing. she was able to do it. pearl was nervous, family friends said a lot of time was spent overcoming her fear. sometimes she would say, i want this to be over, this

. >> rachel scott has more. >> reporter: democrats back on the campaign trail today. former vice president joe biden taking on foreign policy amid the crisis in syria. >> we've already made it more difficult for the rest of the world to believe that we are going to stand with them. >> reporter: last night, the top 12 democratic candidates debated about taxes, wall street and health care. >> whenever someone hears the term medicare for all who want it, understand what that really means, medicare for all who can afford it. >> i don't understand why you believe the only way to deliver affordable care to everyone is to on obliterate private plans. >> reporter: getting the front runner treatment. >> senator warren is more focussed on being punitive or pitting some part of the country against the other. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders looking to reassure voters after suffering a heart attack. >> i'm feeling great, but i would like to respond to that question. >> reporter: of the 19 candidates, so far only eight have qualified for next month's debate in georgia. >> this

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >>> democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is out of thepital after suffering what doctors acknowledge was a s departure came not long after his wife told reporters the senator was doing great. she did not, however, acknowledge the heart attack when asked by a reporter. >> i'm not a doctor. i can tell you the campaign said and it's very clear, that's what i heard, he had a blockage in one artery and put in two stents. it's very common. >> sanders had been in the hospital since tuesday after what staffers reported to be chest discomfort at a campaign event. the 78-year-old sanders heading back home to vermont to rest up. he is expected to be at the next debate a week from tuesday in ohio. >>> microoft says iranian hackers unsuccessfully targeted a u.s. presidential campaign. the software company did not name the campaign but says the attacks happened during august and september. hackers also went after government officials, the media and prominent former iranian citizens, hundreds of accounts were targeted in those attacks. >> violence is es

abc's rachel scott has more from washington. >> reporter: the standoff between the white house and congressfies. >> this is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. >> reporter: the congressional investigation into whether the president sought to strong-arm a foreign leader to dig up dirt on a political rival is expanding. house democrats issuing subpoenas for the white house and requesting documents from vice president mike pence all related to the ukraine controversy. the white house dismissing those requests issuing a statement saying the subpoena changes nothing and is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. the state department says it will cooperate, but with limits. >> nations do this. nations work together and they say, boy, goodness gracious, if you can help me with x, we will achieve ychl. this is what partnerships do. >> reporter: the president now fending off attacks from some in his own party. republican senator mitt romney calling the president's request for china and ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival joe biden wrong and appalling. today the president

rachel scott, abc news, washington. >>> coming up on "this week," chief anchor george stephanopoulosdown with house democratic caucus chair hakim jeffrey, ranking member jim jordan comes to "this week." you can watch the full interviews on "this week with george stephanopoulos" at 8:00 on abc 7. >>> senator bernie sanders is back home in vermont this morning after suffering a heart attack. sanders was campaigning in nevada on tuesday when he felt chest pains. he was hospitalized and released on friday. sanders returned yesterday with his wife to their home in burlington. yerl in the week she said he would be taking part in the upcoming democratic debate. it is set for october 15th in ohio. >>> new developments, this is the 18th straight week that demonstrators are marching on hong kong. protesters went on a rampage after the government banned a demonstration. a group of pro-democracy lawmakers have filed a legal challenge against the law that went into effect at midnight on friday triggering widespread violence and destruction. police deployed tear gas as thousands took to the street

abc's rachel scott joins us from our washington, d.c. bureau with more, rachel, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it was a frightening crash landing. that plane missed the runway and ended up in the water. the two on board stranded on the wings as a nearby boater jumped into action to help. >> 85 kilo. we're not going to make it. >> reporter: a terrifying flight onboard this single-engine piper plane crashing into the susquehanna river, not far from the three-mile-island nuclear plant. you can see the nose of the aircraft in the river. water covering the plane's wings. >> i'll let them know you're getting out of the water. if you can make it to shore, try as best as you can. >> i believe it's hung up on the rocks. joo t joo. >> reporter: the two miraculously escaping without serious injuries with help from a nearby boater. >> i beat river rescue out there and made sure they're fine and got the lady on the boat. she was shook up. >> reporter: sully sullenberger was able to land his airbus a320 after hitting a flock of geese. s

rachel scott has the big things we should be looking out for. >> reporter: the stage is set and it's the biggest in presidential primary history. 12 candidates on a single stage for tonight's democratic debate, two more than the last time around. senator kamala harris telling me this weekend that super sized lineup will come at a cost. >> i don't think there's much that can be talked about in a serious way. >> reporter: and three early front-runners will be center stage. bernie sanders will return back to the spotlight after suffering a heart attack. but before he steps back into the ring, the senator making his case for why he deserves the progressive vote over senator elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth has said she is a capitalist through her bones. i'm not. >> reporter: mayor pete buttigieg taking a dig at warren saying her push for medicare for all, my way or the highway. looming over the debate the battle over impeachment. democrats escalating their attacks on president trump after he asked both ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son hunter who had business dealings

abc's rachel scott was there and joins us in studio with what the supporters are saying about the sanders comeback. rachel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it's been three weeks since that health scare but senator bernie sanders is bouncing back, making his return to the campaign trail, bringing in new endorsements and bringing out the largest crowd we've seen in the democratic primary so far. >> i am back. [ cheers ] >> reporter: senator bernie sanders flexing his campaign muscle, pushing past a recent heart attack to reassure his supporters he's up for the challenge. >> i am more than ready to assume the office of president of the united states. >> reporter: more than 25,000 packing a park in queens, new york making sanders' rally the largest for any democrat in the 2020 campaign. his return to the campaign trial stamped with a coveted endorsement. >> holy cow. >> reporter: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez -- >> what's up, new york city! >> reporter: -- praising the crowded field of democrats but throwing her support behind just one. >> we have one of the best democr

abc's rachel scott joins us from washington with more on the questions on how this could affect his run for president. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yes, senator bernie sanders still sidelined from the campaign trail, but on the road to recovery this morning. he says he's feeling great and is just very happy to be back home. the senator now out of the hospital after suffering from a heart attack. his family giving him a warm welcome as he arrived back home in vermont. but it was at a campaign event in las vegas on tuesday where sanders started complaining of chest pain. he was hospitalized. and doctors performed an emergency heart surgery inserting two stents to clear up a blocked artie. the sanders campaign is looking to push past this. the senator will be on the stage for the next democratic debate on october 15th. and his campaign has already resumed a milln dollar advertising push in iowa. sanders is the oldest candidate in the race at 78 years old. and i can tell you, i have caught up with the senator on the campaign trail. he often packs a lot into the day.

here's abc's rachel scott. >> reporter: in washington the battle over impeachment inciting a feisty ande a disaster. they're the do-nothing democrats. >> we see the actions of this president being an assault on the constitution. >> reporter: president trump in the oval office airing his frustrations, sharpening his attacks on the democratic lawmakers investigating his actions. >> we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. he's a shifty, dishonest guy. >> reporter: the president reeling from a whistle-blower complaint alleging he abused his power by repeatedly urging the president of ukraine to help investigate his potential 2020 rival, joe biden, and his son. >> the call was perfect. >> reporter: that conversation triggering an impeachment inquiry into the president. listening in that day, his secretary of state, mike pompeo. >> i was on the phone call. >> reporter: but house democrats taking the first step on a long path toward impeachment are facing a roadblock. pompeo rebuffing their subpoenas for documents to have five current and former state department officials testify. >> we w

abc's rachel scott has the details. >> reporter: in washington the standoff between republicans and democratseaching a boiling point. frustrated house republicans barging into a closed door hearing in a secure room in the capitol with their cell phones, disrupting the testimony of a key witness in protest of the ongoing impeachment investigation. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public. >> reporter: intel chair adam schiff says the interviews are conducted privately so witnesses cannot coordinate testimony. of the more than 30 house republicans who delayed the hearing, roughly a dozen are members of the committees leading the impeachment inquiry and already have access to the room. democrats urged their colleagues across the aisle to follow the rules. >> this is an effort to please the president, to try to shut down the process, it's a stunt. >> reporter: the latest round of questioning put on pause. hours after explosive testimony by the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor. the president attacked taylor calling him a never trumper, adding, it would be really great if th