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why shouldn't nancy pelosi just call the white house bluff and hold the vote to rob the white house of a talking point? >> it won't work. they're going to stonewall anyway. >> why not just do it so that they can't make this argument anymore? >> because we're going to have a vote and put members on record once we have all of the evidence. and we're getting as much evidence and the judiciary committee is going to refer then the articles and the house members will vote. speaker pelosi wants to have members vote once we've made the case. and the reality is this president is just stonewalling, and even lindsay graham, if you go back and look at his clips, he has said that you can't have the white house obstruct congressional oversight. >> speaking of tray goudy, based on your sources, i've spoken with people who say he's in consultation now with the white house about potentially joining up with the president's impeachment strategy team outside the white house. >> hopefully he'll look at his previous quotes. he was the one who was saying any president, any party, you can't subvert congressio

rob: the white house refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry calling it a legitimate and unconstitutionalmet with response by nancy pelosi slamming it as an attempt to cover up his betrayal of our democracy and insist the president is above the law. >> a planned news conference in china, off moments ago in the last hour. members of the los angeles lakers were set to speak ahead of tomorrow's game in shanghai and asked about the controversy dealing with the hong kong protests. nba commissioner adam silver is in china to address the situation. rob: the president will take the stage in minneapolis. the rally is confirmed following a dispute over security costs. jillian: good morning, todd. >> reporter: quite the back-and-forth, too many tweets to read verbatim. i will summarize quickly. the president saying the minneapolis mayor was trying to stifle free speech by preventing police from wearing their uniforms while supporting candidates that events and through $530,000 fee to use the target center for the rally. and not governing with integrity. >> we have all seen the rhetoric pushed out at

rob: welcome. i'thank you forgetting up early. the white is expected to send a message to house democrats as the party demands president trump comply with impeachment inquiry. >> allison barber joins us live from washington. allison, the big news is that a second whistleblower is now coming forward. >> reporter: that's right. the second whistleblower is represented by the same attorneys representing the first whistleblower. they say client made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. they say whistleblower number two has firsthand knowledge of the allegations that triggered the impeachment inquiry. the seconstephanie grisham sayst doesn't matter how many people decide to call themselves whistleblowers about the same telephone call, a call the president made public, it doesn't change the fact that hes has done nothing wrong. the impeachment inquiry directly reached the white house friday evening when three democratic chairmen subpoenaed for documents related to president trump and the president of ukraine, they

rob: the white house says the timing is pretty convenient, accusing democrats of moving the goal post. >>> oh,

we turn to chief white house correspondent john rob ergts at the white house.eporter: more than two weeks ago fox news was told prosecutor john durham was expanding his investigation based on what he found expanding into the spring of 2017 and the firing of james comey. now that it's become a criminal probe, durham can impanel a grand jury, seek testimony from witnesses. he's interested in interviewing james clapper and john brennan. president trump: a lot of think that -- and they know they have problems because they were very dishonest. reporter: sources tell fox news the nature of durham's investigation changed because of new evidence in a trip bill barr made to rome and the information in the inspector general's report. michael horowitz wrote that his draft report is lengthy and he anticipates the final report will be released publicly with few corrections. despite the fact that durham has worked for both the democratic and republican administrations. the democrats ripped him by calling this a hit job. a double whammy for president trump in washington, d.c.

another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern white rhino rob reynolds is in san diego wes scientists away on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems due or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos so. duran is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want to dif

another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern white rhino rob reynolds is in san diego where scientists a work on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems due or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos so. durant's is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want

. >> behind closed doors but this does rob the white house and republicans of this talking point that the process is illegitimate and nancy pelosi is calling their bluff and saying you want to focus on the substance of the allegations, let's have that conversation and bring the witnesses out in the open. let's bring the transcript of the depositions out for public consumption. democrats feel confident, i think, based on the former and current career diplomats who have come forward on capitol hill and testified under oath about what they saw as a quid pro quo and for republicans now, you're probably going to see them do what they've been arguing in recent weeks which is that it didn't rise to the level of a quid pro quo. for them it is very challenging because it is difficult to refute what is in the transcript that the white house put out or summary i should say of the president's call with zelensky and what the officials said behind closed doors and we'll see that play out in the public. >> and to your point, the polling on whether he should impeach settling around 50% around his app

global warming and a loss of habitat that trying to save endangered species including the northern white rhino rob reynolds reports from escondido in california. edwards the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park born at the end of july he's already of big boy. he is fantastic we are just so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction this is nola a female northern white rhino she died in 2015 the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems do or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos not an easy task when your patient weighs about 1600 kilos so. durant is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a st

want to rob -- at this point they don't want to move forward with that vote even if it were to rob the white house of a talking point. now we're learning the defense secretary will not comply with the subpoena and i'm hearing from a source inside the white house there's an internal review about the call between president trump and the ukrainian leader. >> reporter: the tension points here are certainly exacerbated by the strategic position of the speaker not to go for that vote and giving the white house this sort of awkward position for officials like secretary esper of the defense department, now saying he will not comply. add him to the list. the growing list of administration officials who feel that they do not have the ability to comply under these circumstances. and when you speak of internal review, this is one of the things that will certainly make tensions rise within the white house. taking a look inside, kind of back tracking who was responsible for what around that july 25th call between the president and the president of ukraine, president zelensky, and how did the materials fro

rob: big news, garrett tenney live in washington with surrounding the major win for the white house, ett. >> hey, good morning, rob and carley, big win for the u.s. and war on terror, top democrats are praising the operation they also have some concerns about why they weren't told about it beforehand, particularly because at the white house president trump gave a long list of other countries that were given heads up in the operation in north western syria, fox news has also learned a number of republican lawmakers were told about the operation, but democrats including the speaker of the house nancy pelosi were left in the dark in a statement she said the house must be briefed on this raid which the russians -- which the russians but not top congressional leadership will will be notified, military and allies deserve strong, smart and strategic leadership from washington, president trump said his team was concerned news of the mission would leak if democrats were informed and vice president mike pence defended that decision on fox news sunday. >> from the time that we -- we got actionab

during president rob's announcement the director of white house social media pictured —— posted this officials directing the operation. patrick cockburn corresponded to predicted the rise of isis and joins us predicted the rise of isis and joins us from canterbury. you type step—by—step the rise of islamic state. as the death of al—baghdadi a significant moment? will isis snowfall? he was the last important element in the caliphate which he declared in 2014. the caliphate extended to an area bigger than great britain under iraq and syria. that and being ground down since 2014. but it always stood out in everybody‘s minds that al—baghdadi we re everybody‘s minds that al—baghdadi were still alive and that isis was powerful and strong enough to keep them safe. so this is a big moment but it doesn't mean that isis will be totally out of business. as an organisation. it will make a and critically think of making attacks to counteract the impression that the death of al—baghdadi will make. we are already sealing an increase in guerrilla attacks in syria. —— mike seeing an increase. what wa

another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern white rhino rob reynolds is in san diego where scientists away on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems due or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos. derived is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want to di

another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern white rhino rob reynolds is in san diego where scientists a working on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems due or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos so. duran is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want

ethics watchdog says donald trump is using the president's into personal gain rob reynolds reports from washington d.c. . white house officials say they searched far and wide across the u.s. before settling on what they deemed the perfect spot for the g. 7 we're going to announce today that we're going to do the 46 g. 7 summit on june 10th through june 12th at the trump national drown facility in miami florida thank you very much everybody president donald trump 1st floated the idea of holding the summit at his property at the last u.s. 7 in france obey me said trump's business organization will not profit from the use of the 360 hector luxury resort by foreign delegation he's not making any money off of this just like he's not making money from working here and if you think it's going to help his brand that's great but i would suggest that he probably doesn't even help promoting his brand reaction to thursday's announcement was swift the watchdog group citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington said it was quote unbelievable that he would so blatantly and corruptly use his office for personal gain a

white. what about you? rob: i see pink. it is like that dress only a little more whatever. the yanni laurel. carley: that was crazy. one day i heard this and another i heard this. jillian: you are fair and balanced. rob: thanks so much. jillian: a fortnight of session turns into this as kids get shut out of the game's first generation. >> what is happening? >> a mob sued the game's creator have the right idea? an important message for parents. ♪ limu emu & doug and now for their service to the community, we present limu emu & doug with this key to the city. [ applause ] it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. and now we need to get back to work. [ applause and band playing ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ rob: glad you're up, hope you dressed. we are going to talk about impeachment, round number 4 of the big debate for the democrats and the latest with the whole syria mess and what turkey is being hit with now with the president of the united states. we have congressm

rob: we don't know the whistleblower's identity that we learned the person has ties to the obama biden white house. jillian: is the impeachment inquiry facing a credible a crisis? we are live in washington. >> routine chemo. jillian: possibly the best big brother ever. rob: accused video making people smile. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ heads up for the weekend ♪ oh my god ♪ it's the weekend ♪ hands up for the weekend ♪ jillian: i am pretty sure rob has the weekend. come on, it's the weekend. rob: playing longer and longer, let it go. jillian: good morning. it is almost the weekend. thanks for watching "fox and friends first". rob: thanks for getting up early with us. donald trump at a keep america great rally in minneapolis. >> it is so terrible. democrats are on a crusade to destroy our democracy. that is what is happening. rob: as thousands cheered him on inside some very dangerous riots were breaking out in the streets outside. jillian: demonstrators setting fires and throwing objects at police. aishah hasnie has more on the president's stopping the twin city. >> report

rob: a potential bombshell as the white house probes comments between ukraine and the biden family. >ocuments show the prosecutor epicenter of the ukraine scandal claims he was told to back off the investigation into a firm linked to hunter biden. rob: griff jenkins joins us with reaction to all this. >> reporter: fox news obtaining copy of notes from january on victor shookin epicenter of the controversy, bragged about getting fired. he was told to back off the investigation into burisma to the national gas from link to hunter biden. giuliani rights, quote, he attempted to continue the investigation on or around june or july 2015 the us ambassador told him the investigation has to be handled with white gloves which implied do nothing. as we learned that the inspector general turn over the documents to congress yesterday, giuliani says the former prosecutor is willing to come to washington. >> he told me he's willing to come to america and testify before congress and point the finger at joe biden and support what the president said. they are corrupt is sin. >> last night in reno what

rob: the trump campaign defending jared kushner and ivanka trump after 60 minutes released this interview with joe biden. >> if i'm elected president my children will not have offices in the whitemiddle east solution? >> was credentialed as he bring to that? rob: ivanka and jared our senior advisers and the trump campaign responding joe biden is correct, hunter biden would never have an office in the white house because his only qualification is being the son of joe biden. he highlighted the qualifications of ivanka and their successes in the white house. the secret service paid a visit to rapper eminem about lyrics about donald trump and his daughter ivanka. ♪ rob: that is part of his song framed released in 2017. they asked about those lyrics, agents interviewed the wrapper in early 2018. eminem released another song later that year referencing the encounter. ♪ the secret service to meet in person ♪ rob: the secret service did not file any charges. carley: christmas in october, walmart plans to kick off its holiday shopping deals online. kurt the cyber guy helps us score the best tech deals. merry christmas, kurt. can't believe i said that. >> i like what steve said about one

there was don mcgahn, white house counsel, rob porter, staff secretary.e trying to preserve the rule of law. all those people have left the building. there's no one left who will tell the president no, even though what he's engaging in appears to many to be impeachable conduct. he is surrounded, his attorney general, secretary of state, they're all enablers at this point. >> and the vice president, you heard what the vice president, he came out and supported everything that the president said earlier in the day today, including let's bring in china, let china of all countries investigate the former vice president of the united states. >> well, the vice president had a couple of days to mull the president laying out there that why don't we release the transcript of the vice president's call with zelensky as well. who knows what he was implying with that. i do have a hard time believing this vice president especially in light of the fact he was publicly lied to by michael flynn about having conversations with the russian ambassador about sanctions, and had

rob: democrats forming out of the white house during the meeting over syrian policy. pelosi accusing the president of having a meltdown. jillian: griff jenkins joins us from washington as donald trump issues a new warning to turkey hours ahead of critical cease-fire talks. >> reporter: high-profile meetings have a history of not going well. last december, but again this last may and no exception, democrats departing what was supposed to be an urgent meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in syria. the president took to twitter to blast pelosi saying she had a total meltdown in the white house, sad to watch. she is a very sick person and included this picture of her pointing a finger at the president across the table. the microphone outside the white house, democrats told a different account of what happened. >> what we witnessed was a meltdown. said to say. >> it was insulting particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely but he called her a third rate politician. this was not a dialogue, it was a diatribe, a nasty diatribe, not focus on facts. rob

the number two house republican freelances in this way without some notice given to the white house. >> and, robosta, it would seem that the house might be the only thing that donald trump can count on right now.how you sena thune, republican of south dakota saying it doesn't look good, the picture coming out of it based on the reporting we seen is, yeah, i would say it's not a good one. and here is lindsey graham a few weeks ago saying it would be -- he'd be disappointed in trump if he saw evidence trump threatened aid. let's listen to that. >> tomorrow when we read the transcript, is there any evidence at all that president trump threatened to take aid away from the ukraine unless they investigate biden or do his political bidden. >> the answer i hear is no, senator. what do you hear? >> well, i don't know. but i'll tell you this. if the answer is yes, i will be on your show very disappointed with our president. >> are you open minded that you could support impeachment if more comes out? >> sure. show me something that is a crime. if you could show me that, you know, trump actually was engagin

white house put a hold on for months and months on end. one of the factors bearing down at the president at that point and rob portman was one. l lawmakers raising alarms. the white house was inundated with letters and calls from members of congress expressing concern. president trump also at that point learned that there are diplomats who suspect he's holding back the money as part of a quid pro quo. remember, at the same time this whistle-blower complaint is beginning to circulate and more white house officials learning that is out there and it's unclear which factor is the thing that pushed president trump to shift his position on this. this, brooke is is a key question for impeachment investigators. what inspired the president to finally remove the hold on the funds? the white house did not comment on the story and offered shifting explanations in the past. wanted to do a national security review. sources tell us all the work on that wus done before the president ever paused the fund. and mick mulvaney, rees sources of management and budget, a cursory poll of the numbers, not something to hold up the aid for weeks at a tim

rob: there was a resistance campaign in the white house, a warning will be published in november andull back the curtain on the trump administration. the other's identity will remain secret. there was a scathing op-ed claiming people in the administration want to stop the president's, quote, dangerous tendencies. mark zuckerberg in the hot seat. and crypto currency. >> why lawmakers on both sides raising red flags. >> mark zuckerberg will appear before the house financial services committee. they announced the crypto currency, wondering why facebook would get involved in such a project. he will not move forward until it does approve regulatory approval. and prepared statement he did say there will be financial leadership and democratic values and oversight around the world if america doesn't innovate our financial leadership is not guaranteed. china is moving forward with definite ideas. there are a lot of questions about this. >> the favorite story of the day hands down. >> taco bell. the washington nationals, we all get a free del rio during the first inning so next wednesday, octo

rob marciano, thank you. >>> we turn next tonight to the explosive meeting late today at the white house. democratic leaders suddenly walking out after what they say was president trump's meltdown. the president doubling down all day on his decision ia aeek and ago. standing happened since to u.s. allies, the kurds, who helped the u.s. fight and secure those isis prisoners. the president saying today the kurds are no angels, saying "their fight has nothing to do with us." and we see the letter the president wrote to the president of turkey. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: today at the white house, president trump defended his decision to abandon the kurds, further distancing himself from america's allies in the fight against isis. >> the kurds know how to fight, and as i said, they're not angels. they're not angels, if you take a look. >> the yaya are 354. >> reporter: but shortly after the president spoke, the house of representatives, democrats and republicans, overwhelmingly voted to condemn his decision to pull american troops from northern sy

rob: joe biden says he was scandal free eight years in the white house.ndals for eight years. jillian: that is setting the bar really low. no specific policy a conference, just didn't screw it up. some americans would point to then god, fast and furious, the irs scandal. christine on twitter says this. what happens when the fake news media can no longer control and meet give? we see this. to dennis, if you like subpoena, a lot ofs. no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of biden but republicans certainly have questions. that is in our heads all day. jillian: let's talk about sesame street. the opioid crisis is going to be forefront on sesame street. >> listen to this. >> thanks for watching me when my mom is at a meeting. >> what meeting is she going to? >> they talk about grown-up problems. my mom needs help learning to take better care of herself. >> sesame street is taking on the opioid epidemic with a character named carly who was introduced earlier this year as a character in foster care. chuck on twitter says i remember when their biggest worry was g

robbed him. shortly after a neighbor saw someone pushing him into his white bmw.eputies later found that car and his body in the santa cruz mountains. the search for the gunman continues. >>> family and friends are mourning the loss of a 21-year-old south bay woman killed in a car crash over the weekend. a memorial was hel san jose last night. family members identified the woman as savannah hernandez. her mother spoke to a crowd last night. >> in memory of savannah, please just cherish the people in your li life. >> hernandez was found inside a pickup truck early sunday morning in sunnyvale. chp reports called about reports of a 17-year-old girl on 101. the teenager is accused of drunk driving. >>> big step to help renters in walnut creek. the transit village is being built near the b.a.r.t. station on what used to be a parking lot. we previewed the ground-breaking yesterday on "today in the bay." here is what the apartments will look like. about 350 unit also be ready by 2021. the other 250 apartments will follow a few years later. >> transit oriented development

policy for the trump administration, it's possible that the white house could direct her not to testify by asserting executive privilege. robwoman is shot and killed by a police officer in her own home. officials now say that texas officer responding to a wellness check did not announce himself as a police officer before opening fire, body camera footage capturing the moments that led up to tatiana jefferson's death. >> put your hands up, show me your hands. rob: police are saying that the officer felt threatened at the time, a gun was recovered inside jefferson's home. officer has been placed on administrative leave, eversouthern's family wants him accused of murder. police say dale shot bishop and a bride during new hampshire ceremony, son-in-law of minister at the church. bishop is in serious condition and the bride is thankfully out of the hospital. >> a child is dead after being thrown from a carnival ride, the 10-year-old falling off of the attraction at harvest festival in new jersey. the incident happening on a ride like this which spins people around in circles, unclear what went wrong, the company that owns the ri

white house. jillian: did you see that debated off to awkward start. robey. carley: if there is one thing social media is good at it's shining a light on awkward moments. and folks on twitter kept on comparing that comment from tom steyer to this infamous blunder from jeb bush. watch. >> i, for one, believe that we should have a balanced budget amendment to portion the conversation the government living within its means. please clap. [applause] jillian: oh boy the please cap moment is back. somewhere in florida jeb bush is cringing. one twitter watcher said steyer did a please clap with his eyes on that one. tom steyer to make his first message to the message please clap. pete chiming in also on twitter saying someone needs to introduce steyer to jeb came's campaign advisor so how to waste 100 million efficiently now please clap. he kept on staring at the camera when he spoke. >> klobuchar had a bad one talking about calling her daughter. that was awkward as well. carley: absolutely. jillian: joe biden wants us to clip coupons on the stock market. >> why w

white shake. >> we knew this. ♪ here i go again on my own >> back to rob though. we are living another life here. "st.is feeling nostalgic too, >> everybody's talking about demi's book. >> i hear she has a book. >> a beautiful thing that she said was that "st. elmo's fire" saved her life in many ways. >> "st. elmo's" will always be the movie that changed my life. >> that's nice to hear. we were all really good friends. hey, wait a minute, we were friends before "friends." >> hello, everyone. >> "e.t." saw the brat pack's lightning in a bottle chemistry firsthand in 1984. >> look ahead. >> if we're not working, we go out to all the great bars. we've been doing a lot of exercising the old elbow. >> the '80s were fun. what i can remember of them. i look back on it and laugh at the hair mousse and the styles. >> nbc is developing a "st. elmo's" reboot for tv. we're just gonna throw it out there. rob's 23-year-old look a like son johnny should play billy. >> my son johnny would draw the line at playing me. >> he roasts you so hard. >> oh, my sons -- i've raised two internet trolls. i don't know how this ha

rob: donald trump expected toward the presidential medal of freedom to the attorney general under the reagan administration in 1980, the white calling him a thought leader and strong conservative voice, a policy strong enough to end the cold war in securing his support in texas. >> 2020 democrat joe biden just unveiled his plan for higher education. >> foxbusiness, here with a breakdown of the $750 billion proposal. >> biden is calling this a bold plan for education and training beyond high school. he outlined a number of ideas and promises with this plan. americans will have a choice to join or maintain their place in the middle class regardless of their parents income or the color of their skin. his administration would invest in community colleges, something he and president obama started in 2015. every working person including those attending school part-time and dreamers can go to community college for two years without having to pay tuition and he is putting a $50 billion investment in workforce training including community college business and apprenticeship while decreasing payment on undergraduate federal student lo

what i'm hearing from you it was within the white house, it was members of congress, you point out rob portman made the final phone call, a republican. another republican senator alarmed early september. he also called the president. so several levels of government, people were wondering what is going on? is that right? >> reporter: that's exactly right. there were numerous concerns inside and outside the white house about this. interesting is the timing of the president's decision. because it didn't just begin a couple days before that those members of congress were urging the president on this front. this had been going on for weeks and even months. >> okay. sara, to you. how has the white house explained trump's decision, then, to release the funds? >> reporter: brooke, obviously the white house knew they were under pressure to release the money by the time the president decided to release it and under more pressure now. this is one of the things impeachment investigators are looking at. why the president ultimately decided to release this money. the white house didn't comment for o

rob: mark zuckerberg threatening a lawsuit if she wins the white house in 2020.nse. >> the leak audio taken from one of zuckerberg's recent q and as after it was published, warren quickly shot back on twitter saying this. it would really suck if we don't fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like facebook engage in a legal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumers privacy rights and fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy. in march, she said they unfairly stifled competition and some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree with that. one thing is clear. people are using facebook and twitter to talk about this. christine says who are you punishing? them or people like me who rely on it to maintain social connections? and other persons is pretty ironic to say on a giant competitor of facebook like twitter. this twitter user appears to agree with warren, if the rich and powerful are not afraid you must be doing something right. this idea to break up big tech is gaining steam, some tech experts say it will only hurt the consumer. >> expla

>>all right, thank you very much rob into national headlines. this morning, the acting white house chief of staff is now walking back his comments about president trump and ukraine mick mulvaney said the us held back aid to create pressure for an investigation into trump's opponents andy rose as taking a closer look. >>quid pro quo, there was no quid pro quo white house acting. in sharp contrast with the president's words. >>they also mention to me and pass the corruption related to the dnc server absolutely no question about that. but that's it that's why we held up the money, i have news for everybody get over it, there's going to be political influence in foreign policy mulvaney's comments have sparked a firestorm in washington. >>democratic congressman eric swalwell of the intelligence and judiciary committee says mulvaney co-signed the president's confession, it's really it means that things gone very very bad to much much worse. a source familiar with discussions by the president's legal team says they were stunned. president donald trump's attorneys, jay sekulow saying

rob, thank you. >>> now, to the other headline today drawing immediate scrutiny, the white house announcing today that the next 2k3w7 meeting with world leaders will be at the president's own golf resort. here's abc's senior national rr. >> reporter: it was a major announcement and a major promotion for the president's is brand, straight from the white house podium. white house chief of staff mick mulvaney revealing that next year's g7 summit will be at the trump national doral, the president's resort near miami. meaning world leaders, their staff and security will all be paying the trump family when they check out. >> it's not the only place. it's the best place. >> reporter: mulvaney said staffers start with a dozen or so potential summit sites and that it was trump himself who proposed the doral. >> we sat around one night, we were back in the dining room going over with a couple of our advance team, we had the list and he goes, what about doral. that's not the craziest idea. it makes perfect sense. >> reporter: the doral is the an 800-acre resort. it's reportedly struggled to be profitable. the pr

rob marciano with the new track and the timing tonight. >>> also developing as we come on the air, the meeting with president trump at the white house a short, calling it a trump meltdown. the president doubling down all day on his decision in syria. >>> the impeachment showdown, and tonight, all eyes on the u.s. ambassador to the eu, expected to testify tomorrow. and tonight, what we have learned. wh a former white house adviser said about him in her own testimony. that she thought he was

rob. >>> up next, the verbal spar between mark zuckerberg and senator elizabeth warren. ["white rabbit" by jefferson airplane] ♪ one pill makes you larger ♪ and one pill makes you smaller ♪ ♪ and the ones that mother gives you ♪ ♪ don't do anything at all ♪ remember what the dormouse said ♪ welcome aboard. ♪ feed your head aaddiction. how juuline hooked kids and ignited an public health crisis." other news outlets report- juul took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. markets e-cigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use e-cigarettes. juul is "following big tobacco's playbook." and now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn e-cigarette protections. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. >>> leaked audio of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg surfaced today. the tech founder embraced it even though he was talking confidence y'ally about senator warren. senator warren has called for a break up of facebook ander gian. zuckerberg was taking questions from facebook employees back in if senator warren wins the presidency bak up facebook and l

robbing houses. it's part of his robbery crew with women. of course, when he was arrested these two white women felt he got a much harder sentence and relation with these women in the hands of white people and it wasn't until he went to tribeca. and for the first time he had not just positive experiences but he was in a space where there were people of all different colors, here textures and tremendous amounts of diversity and when he visited, racial diversity and simultaneously saw all these people were doing the same thing. they all engaged in according to him treating each other as if they were brothers and in his first letter home he has to tell people back home they may be shocked i may say this. but he says there were tens of thousands of pilgrims through all over the world and all colors from blue eyed blondes to all participating in the same ritual displaying the spirit and brotherhood that i experienced in america which had led me to be believed would never exist between white and non-white. what's interesting about this first letter and really his first trip was. what did he ass

keep winning in pennsylvania he is the kind of quiet senator along with rob portman of ohio who could be a problem for the whitef they feel like they cannot stick with this president. mcconnell's interesting. he gave a powerpoint presentation to a senator. he is taking the process seriously. you talk to house republicans on the phone, they say this is going to be a sham trial, it's fake news. then you talk to senate republicans and they say we have to be ready. >> it's so interesting to me that the sort of conventional wisdom and it's always wrong, has been that you'd never get 20. but i think what bob costa's reporting shows that it's a dynamic process. you don't know what you don't know because they don't know what they don't know. >> the white house hasn't given them any defense yet. >> but might that be because there isn't one? >> of course there is not. but the difference between the house and the senate, the house is filled with silly people like matt gaetz who will pick up the president's talking points that it was a perfect call or repeat mick mulvaney and say, oh, quid pro quos are okay, that's what th

rob. let's start with the revere darby and keep. it's the mother of all these children into it meant blue and white this yellow and black fierce rivals separated by just 27 kilometers or a valley bragging rights at stake. the 1st derby for new shop to coach david wagner's but he's already aware of what you keisha means to fans energetic and togetherness spirit. battles all over the place. becky knows what it's all about and his players do too apparently the spirit is strong in childcare. for dortmund's lucy and father a the calm and collected swiss coach does not exactly want to stir up a fiery atmosphere for derby games father prefers to plan to sing to strategize but things didn't go according to father's plan and goals incursion dortmund repeatedly gave the ball away cheaply gifting shell to chance after chance shocked away close to making it one nil from the corner celie sunny rising highest tonight against the bar. dortmund looked shaky as jayden sam showed last the ball in his own half to us or dark should have given shelter the lead another huge lead off for the visitors. were and were quite literally shooting themselves in th