here is abc news reporter serena marshall. >> reporter: good morning. the president nor the white house have yet to pinpoint what in the whistle-blower complaint about the phone call was inaccurate. the president maintaining it was perfect. secretary of state mike pompeo in that phone call. that revelation as the president's personal lure, rudy giuliani, received subpoenas from three separate house committees n. a statement giuliani said it raises substantial constitutional and legal issues as well as attorney/client privileges. he tried to push ukraine to investigate the bidens or the behest of the u.s. government. >> i did not do this on my own. i did it at the request of the state department. >> mr. president, do you now know who the whistle-blower is, sir? >> well, we're trying to find out about a whistle-blower. we have a whistle-blower that reports things that were incorrect. >> reporter: that's something the attorney says would be against the law. house democrats say they now have a tentative deal to meet with the whistle-blower as the senate maj

serena marshall has the latest from washington. >> reporter: a new request coming from the president. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: boldly urging china to investigate joe biden and his family even as he faces possible impeachment for asking ukraine do the same thing. joe biden's son hunter has had business automobilie i dealings ukraine while his father was vice president. there has been no evidence of wrongdoing. this as the president's former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, testified on capitol hill for more than ten hours behind closed doors, handing over damning text messages that go back months, including one with a top aide to ukraine's president that happened in the hours before president trump spoke with the leader. in the exchange volker emphasizes a meeting is predicated on an investigation writing, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for a visit to washington. a few weeks later state department officials drafted a statement for ukraine's leader th

serena marshall. abc news, washington. >>> today joe biden will be in the bay area attending two fund-raisers. his first event happens in palo alto the second is a few hours later at feinstein's home. biden is one of the front-runners in the california primary along with senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. >>> a 4-month-old baby is safe after a scary situation. here's what happened. a woman left her car running with the child inside while she went to get some food from taco bell. witnesses saw a person jump into the vehicle and then drive off. fortunately police were able to find the baby safe just a short distance away. that car is still missing. it's a gray 2018 honda accord with license plate number 8egl341. >>> look at this video. menlo park police took down a man armed with a yesterday. police say officers asked the man to drop the branch, when he didn't, an officer dropped tack. officers were in the area searching for a different person who had threatened caltrain workers with a machet

serena marshall has more. >> one week into the impeachment fight, the battle between the executive and legislative branches on full display. in italy -- the secretary of state admitting he was on that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine >> i was on the phone call. >> reporter: democrats firing back, not to pom pay wpeo but t number two. writing secretary pompeo now has an obvious conflict of interest, threatening to withhold his salary and saying he was the one trying to intimidate witnesses. >> he basically wants to put the state department in lockdown. >> reporter: the state department's independent watchdog now set to give an urgent briefing to lawmakers today. sources telling abc news the meeting is related to the department and ukraine. president trump is continuing his defense via twitter. writing he's come to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an preechlpreechl , is a coup. but senator chuck grassley rebuking the president writing the whistle-blower ought to be heard out and protected. despite pompeo's objection, at least up with of the f

serena marshall.bc news, washington. >>> today joe biden will be in the bay area attending two fund-raisers. including one at the home of senator dianne feinstein. his first event happens in palo alto the second is a few hours later at feinstein's san francisco home. according to a new poll, biden is one of the front-runners in the california primary along with senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. >>> the man found dead in the santa cruz mountains has been identified as tech executive tushar atre. officials identified his body yesterday. officials say atre was kidnapped from his house early tuesday and was last seen getting into his girlfriend's bmw. the car was located near his body. >>> california has 22 new wildfire related laws. one measure signed yesterday will create a network of weather and environmental monitoring stations. another requires utilities lessen the impact on power shutoffs with people with serious medical needs. a judge gave pg&e a week to provide more details on nine fir

in washington, serena marshall, abc7 news. >>> hunter biden sat down with amy robach over the weekend his home in los angeles for an exclusive preview. here is a preview. >> where is hunter? where the hell is he? >> i'm right here. >> hunter biden exclusive. no question off limits. >> did you and your father ever discuss ukraine? >> starting tomorrow on "good morning america." >> join us for "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. after abc7 news mornings for more on hunter biden's foreign business dealings, as well as his reaction to president trump attacking him and his father on the camaign trail. >> the democratic presidential race is heating up. and tomorrow night the candidates will hold the first debate since the impeachment inquiry was launched. debate preparations are under way at audubon university in ohio. elizabeth warren has been steadily surging in the polls, threatening joe biden's front-runner status. bernie sanders remains in the top three and will be on the stage, even as he continues to recover from a heart attack this month. >>> the u.s. has called for an immediate cea

live >> abc's serena marshall has the latest from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: kenneth, elizabeth, good morning to both of you. the white house and president haven't pinpointed what exactly about that is inaccurate but continues to stand by his declaration it was perfect. in a new twist secretary of state mike pompeo also on that controversial phone call with the president and the president of ukraine, multiple sources told abc news. one week ago when he was asked about call -- >> what do you know about those conversations? >> so, you just gave me a report about it. i see whistle-blower complaint, none of which i've seen. >> reporter: that revelation as the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani received subpoenas from three separate house committees. in a statement giuliani said it raises substantial constitutional and legal issues as well as attorney/client and other privileges. but sunday he seemed to imply his efforts to push ukraine to investigate the bidens were at the behest at the u.s. government. >> i did not do this

abc's serena marshall has the new details from washington. rena, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning. house democrats have set a deadline for the white house to turn over the documents we want related to that phone call or face a subpoena at the end of the week. as democrats prepare to subpoena the white house, the president unleashing. >> we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing. and let me tell you something, biden's son is corrupt and biden is corrupt. you look at the whistle-blower statement, and it's vicious, vicious. >> reporter: from the democrats leading the investigation to the whistle-blower, mr. trump's frustration beginning with a furious tweet saying the democrats should be focused on building up our country, not wasting everyone's time and energy on bull. democrats argue this is no joke. >> we're not fooling around here, though. >> reporter: and put the white house on notice, turn over the information related to president trump's efforts to have ukraine investigate his political rivals or face a subpoena. >> well, i

abc's serena marshall has the new details from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you, and all of that happening as the president is ramping up his attacks on democrats and their impeachment inquiry llincait an attempted coup on his presidency. one week into the impeachment fight, the battle between the executive and legislative branches on full display. in italy -- >> mr. secretary, do you have any comment on reports you're on the july 25th call with the president? >> reporter: mike pompeo not answering questions, but back home, trading threats with democrats responding to their requests for confidential interviews with state department employees as an act of intimidation attempting to bully and treat improperly, those employees. democrats firing back not to pompeo, but his number two writing, secretary pompeo now appears to have an obvious conflict of interest. after new revelations that pompeo was on that call between president trump and the president of ukraine, threatening to withhold his salary and sayi

. >> abc's serena marshall is following all the new details. serena, good morning. >> reporter: trevor, janai, good morning to both of you. overnight more of those text messages released to public and some seem to imply that a meeting between the two world leaders was predicated on an investigation of joe biden. a new request coming from the president. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: boldly urging china to investigate joe biden and his family even as he faces possible impeachment for asking ukraine to do the same thing and days before beijing officials arrive in the u.s. to resume trade talks. joe biden's son hunter has had business dealings in both china and ukraine while his father was vice president, but in both cases there has been no evidence of any wrongdoing. this as the president's former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, testified on capitol hill for more than ten hours behind closed doors handing over damning text messages that go back months including one with a top aide to ukraine's president that ha

abc's serena marshall has more. >> reporter: his compound leveled. the leader of isis dead.gon officials warning -- >> baghdadi's death will not rid the world of terrorism or end the ongoing conflict in syria. but it will certainly send a message to those who would question america's resolve. >> reporter: the raid led by the elite u.s. delta force lasted two hours. including taking gunfire. using a dog to chase abu bakr al baghdadi on the ground before cornering him and his three young children he had taken with him in a dead-end tunnel where he set off a suicide vest, killing them all. the high-stakes operation accelerated according to a senior state department official after turkey launched its operation into syria and the president announced the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops, creating what they described as a chaotic situation. with the president accused of abandoning the syrian kurds. the official praised as playing a very, very important role in the raid. pentagon officials also confirming -- >> there were two adult males taken off the objective alive, they're in our

abc's serena marshall has more from capitol hill where more diplomats are headed this week. >> reporterwell into the night. fiona hill, the former top national security adviser on russia, left the administration just before president trump's july phone call with ukrainian president zelensky. lawmakers want to know what she knew about the white house's policy in ukraine and the president's desire to have them investigate joe biden and his son. >> she was a remarkably thorough and authoritative witness who had truly amazing powers of recall, of particular events and particular meetings. >> reporter: hill's deposition, like marie yovanovitch, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, and former special envoy kurt volker's will be held behind closed doors with three house committees investigating possible impeachment of the president. republicans again arguing the process is unfair, as one representative who doesn't sit on any of the three committees tried to interrupt the proceedings. >> you're not a member of these committees so why did you think you could participate? >> in the absence of any r