this is the news live from both of the more pressure on us president donald trump house democrats of trump's personal lawyer pretty giuliani as the time into them toward impeachment hearings gadgets and more allegations emerged of improper behavior by trump and his allies also coming up. china mocks the 70th anniversary of communist government in beijing is going out of its way to make sure nothing brian's on that's perfect. and after a deadly fire greece's youth has plans for micro caps that include sending thousands of people back to. a math anyhow and welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has come under fire from multiple directions as moves in congress toward pitchman proceedings gather pace democrats in the house of representatives have subpoenaed trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani as well as 3 of giuliani's associates. democrats are turning up the he's on donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has been ordered to turn over text messages phone records and other communications related to ukraine it's a significant step by the house intelligence committee as

discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the white house then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president nigerian police say they have freed 900 pregnant women and girls from a so-called baby factory the victims were allegedly abducted and then raped so their captors could sell their babies to women suspects were arrested in the raid and. women impregnated by their captors now free to tell their stories they were subjected to serious abuse. a woman gave me a drug suddenly labor started although i was only 7 months pregnant. i was in labor for 3 days and i did not deliver until police came to free us. the victims say they were tricked into coming to us by the promise of jobs us to mystic stuff poverty drove him to seek work far from their homes some are as young as 15 and they do a deal to make to me what i had not done think it was. just. given . to some kid. to sell the big. heaps police say this baby girl would have been sold for around $900.00 on the boy for about $

democratic adam schiff calling it strong evidence of obstruction. >> trevor: donald trump's white houselocked an ambassador from testifying in front of congress. i bet trump was scawrd the ambassador would exonerate him too much. trump is like, "i have to maintain my bad boy image if i'm going to run these streets." ( laughter ) so at the president's behelt, sondland pulled out of this impeachment hearing. people hadn't heard of gordon sondland. it appears everything trump wanted from ukraine went through him. >> there's almost no one who was more involved in pushing the president's priorities in ukraine than gordon sondland. >> even before president trump spoke to the president of ukraine, gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the e.u., had been pushing the ukrainians to commit to investigations mr. trump wanted. >> the ambassador to the e.u., gordon sondland, worked behind the scenes to help carry out trump's wishes in ukraine, a country that isn't even in the e.u. >> trevor: another that's your first red flag right there: trump's ambassador to the e.u. was getting involved with a c

on monday, trump suggested house intelligence chair adam schiff, should be arrested for treason. trump also publicly admitted he is trying to find out the identity of the anonymous whistleblower, in possible violation of whistleblower protection laws. pres. trump: we're trying to find out about a whistleblower. when you have a whistleblower that reports things that are incorrect. amy: attorneys for the whistleblower are saying they have "serious concerns" for the clients safety. mitch mcconnell on monday said the senate would hold a trial if the house impeaching is the president. hong kong protesters returned to the streets today as china marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. hong kong police fired live ammunition at protesters for the first time since the street protests began 17 weeks agago. one protester was shot in the chest. police also fired tear gas and water cannons while protesters were seen throwing molotov cocktails. this comes as reuters reports there are now up 12,000 chinese troops in hong kong -- twice the number is when the

in national news tonight, the white house is slamming the impeachment inquiry against president trump in a letter sent to the house democrat says trump administration is calling the investigation unconstitutional and unfair. >>reid binion report. >>crazy and frightening that's how president trump's call with ukraine is being described by a white house official who claims they were shaken by the call while listening to it that's according to a source familiar with the whistleblower probe. the trump administration is now saying they won't cooperate with the impeachment investigation, sending a letter to the democrats heading up saying quote your inquiry is constitutionally invalid and violates basic due process rights and the

house. these are things the trump white house has actively withheld from ukraine repeatedly since trump took office. but ukraine is further weakened by these now public indications that their new ukrainian president is a sort of is up plikant to the president of the united states and trying to get that support. that makes him look weak too. so the united states in multiple ways has weakened ukraine, put them in a weaker negotiating position than they used to be in vis-a-vis the united states. while russia has been putting increasing pressure on ukraine to come to the table right now to do a deal right now. well, today, the other big surprise news of the day, today the ukrainian government took a major step toward doing a deal with moscow, to settle the war that started when russia invaded their country. ukraine today signed accords that will allow the russian-occupied areas in eastern ukraine to hold elections and potentially be granted a special status so that they're different from the rest of ukraine and presumably would have some ongoing russian influence unlike the rest of ukraine that

office in the west wing or sit in on meetings, as if they were a cabinet member, a shot at the trump white house. >>> a video of a fake president trump, shooting, assaulting and stabbing members of the media and his critics were shown at a pro-trump conference last week. the video shown at the group american priority, held at trump's miami resort. cnn cannot verify the video and has chosen not to show it. one part of the video, shows a fake trump's head edited on to the body of a man opening fire on what is labeled the church of fake news. cnn said, sadly, this is not the first time that supporters of the president have promoted violence against the media in a video they apparently find entertaining. but it is by far, the worst. the images depicted are vile and horrific. the president and his family, the white house and the trump campaign need to denounce it immediately in the strongest possible terms. anything less equates to a tacit endorsement of violence and should not be tolerated by anyone. the campaign said they did not produce the video and does not condone it. >>> the family of a black

donald trump launched the attack against the decorated combat veteran who works in the trump white houseecurity council the same way donald trump launches most of his attacks, on twitter. donald trump tweeted supposedly to the corrupt media today's never-trumper witness, was he on the same call i was, can't be possible. please ask him to read the transcript of the call which colonel vindman did read the transcript of the call. and he testified today under oath that the transcript is wrong, the transcript is inaccurate. colonel vindman testified that more of donald trump's incriminating language about joe biden was eliminated from that transcript. and donald trump's attack on colonel vindman and the completely predictable fox news attacks on colonel vindman, even some republicans after that had to step forward and say enough, stop attacking the colonel. many republicans in the house and senate know how damaging donald trump is not just to republican hopes of holding onto the white house but to any hopes the republicans have in the house and senate elections. axios is reporting tonight tha

president donald trump gathers steam house democrats subpoena the white house for documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including the now infamous phone call with its leader saddam is a lengthy also coming up. hong kong authorities invoked emergency powers in an attempt to end months of on rest mass transit is suspended and its ban on face masks takes effect but protesters remain defiant. and the british parliament portrayed as a chamber full of squabbling chimpanzees not the latest prank to debate but a 10 year old painting by the anonymous art superstar banksy the work bench to record 11000000 euro as. i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us for the 1st time the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has reached directly to the white house democratic lawmakers have subpoenaed officials to force the release of documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including his call in july with ukraine's president vladimir selenski several house committees are looking into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate former democrat vice president joe bi

. >>> trade talks obviously set to resume in washington this week the trump white house widening the trade blacklist, 20 entities including china startups added to the list which restricts organizations doing business with american firms.

subpoena to the white house requesting documents relating to the impeachment inquiry into president trump house committee is looking into whether trump pressure of ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden has vowed not to cooperate with the probe. violent protests have broken out in ecuador as capital quito over a decades old fuel subsidy that has now ended police have arrested $350.00 demonstrators the cost of diesel has doubled overnight and gasoline prices have also risen sharply. the director of america's f.b.i. has warned that facebook's plan to encrypt its popular messaging service could make it a platform for child sex abuse christopher a christian would be a dream come true for predators facebook says encryption would improve users' privacy protection. french researchers have developed a brain controlled exoskeleton that could hold promise for people with limited mobility paralyzed patient demonstrated the device which he can control through sensors attached to his head the researchers describe the new tool as still in the experimental stages. meanwhile in denmark a very d

president trump unleashing anger and insults as his syria policy is under fire from both parties. house speaker nancy pelosi says mr. trump had a meltdown during a white house meeting on syria. she claims he was shaken by the number of republicans who voted for a house measure condemning his syria troop withdrawal. democrats say they walked out after mr. trump insulted pelosi to her face. tonight the president also is trashing his gop ally turned critic on syria, senator lindsey graham. graham is warning that mr. trump's syria policy is the biggest mistake of his presidency that could leave him with american blood on his hands. i'll talk to a democrat who was at today's white house meeting on syria, senator bob menendez. jackie speier is also standing by, along with our correspondents, analysts and other guests. first let's go to the white house, our correspondent abby phillip, is on the scene for us. abby, the president apparently exploding as he faces severe criticism for his syria policy in addition to the impeachment investigation. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the temperature in

president donald trump house democrats.

subpoena to the white house requesting documents relating to the impeachment inquiry into president trump house committee is looking into whether trump pressure of ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden. trump has vowed not to cooperate with the probe turkey's president. says his country is preparing to launch a military intervention against kurdish militia in syria's north east he says the operation planned by land and air will allow displaced syrians to return home but the intervention could threaten the safe zone agreed upon by turkey and the united states. all right some sports news now and bundesliga soccer hertz overland came from behind to beat fortuna disorder for 31 and record their 3rd straight win she viral jovo son graham terraces decisive 2nd goal with a fine finish just before half time heritage are now up to 10 spot after recovering from a sticky start to the season. well by munich have put a shaky start to the season firmly behind them the german giants top form as they crushed tottenham in the champions league this week now it's back to the bundesliga where the

house meeting on syria. they accused president trump of having a meltdown. >> we have to pray for his health. this is a serious meltdown. >> reporter: democratic and republican lawmakers in the house voted to condemn president trump's withdrawal in northern syria. >> i view the situation to be very the united states strategically brilliant. >>> a nasty nor'easter packing drenching downpours and raging winds flooded streets and knocked out power to tens of thousands. >> it's been crazy. like noah's ark. >> reporter: general motors and the uaw reached a proposed tentative agreement. >> could this end the month-long strike. >> reporter: a utah trooper rescues an unconscious man seconds before a train smashes into his vehicle. >>> all that -- >> reporter: a close call for an idaho state police trorp after he barely escaped being hit by a runaway truck. >>> and all that matters -- >> google has unveiled its pixel 4 smartphone. >> reporter: it will include gesture control meaning you don't need the touchscreen. >> the first phone that will turn everyone into a magician's assistant. call mom. >>> on

house. if you follow this story and coverups, it may not surprise you. it is big and bad news for trump. he has given a detailed accounting of the alleged coverup, altering those key notes of the call, itself. vindman calming congress saying he tried to correct the white house notes when they cut crucial words, which could be damming to trump's case, including bringing up biden's more than once. tonight we are on the cusp of the next page of this impeachment probe, democrats following the first official vote of impeachment. which is closer to the rules setting up public hearings, americans may hear directly and assess the details of the case against trump, which the president says he welcomes after republicans in the house have been criticizing the process. >> i'd rather go into the details of the case, rather than process. process is good. but i think you ought to look at the case. the case is very simple. it's quick. it's so quick. >> look at the case. now, the president can change his strategy any time. but note the statement you just heard there today contradicts donald trump's white

president donald trump house democrats subpoena his personal lawyer rudy giuliani over the ukraine.

be prevented from appearing tuesday, a handful of gop lawmakers went to the white house to discuss the issue with trump and senior advisers. white house officials agreed to improve communication of their impeachment strategy with allies who are on the front lines. and it occurs to me, peter baker, the pentagon is full of people with stars on their shoulder who have no heads-up on the syria decision either. >> no, that's exactly right. this is a white house that is making decisions on the fly and making them at the very last minute at times. gordon sondland, of course, is based in brussels. he had flown all the way here to testify today, and he -- apparently they got a call at 12:30 in the morning, half an hour after your show ended last night on a voice mail saying, no the state department was telling him he could not testify. so this was done abruptly at the last minute, leaving even republican allies a little bit flabbergasted. they did think it would be a good idea for him to testify. they did think he would be a good witness for president. remember in the text messages, gordon sondland is the one w

this is the trump white house. would you be interested to know how long he keep this is job and so he could have bullet points and pictures to explain it and we'll be furious. the phone call summary established a quid pro quo and we're back filling and making clear how it worked out and what amount of money was at stake, who said what where but it is clear from the beginning that this is impeachment offense and there was a quid pro quo and even without a quid pro quo asking someone to investigate your political rival is outrageous. >> i want to put this in context. to the average american voter out there thinking if this is not impeachable or if this is accepted, let's put it that way, what does the united states look like in a future where it is okay for the president, or the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee or the chairman of the senate foreign policy to push foreign governments to do things like that. what does that look like. >> in the last few days silicon valley said we're seeing iranian and ru

president trump's white house up subpoena. house democrats issuing a subpoena to the white house moments ago. this is part of the impeachment inquiry. they say they're left with, quote, no choice after the white house refused to hand over documents related to trump and ukraine. this as congress this hour has obtained now documents in the whistle-blower complaint against president trump. the intelligence community inspector general deemed it both urgent and credible today, spent nearly seven hours behind closed doors on capitol hill. he gave documents showing how he worked to corroborate the whistle-blower complaint which, of course, alleges trump tried to get ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden while he held up aid to the country. the story is moving at this hour. the big question now will trump order his team to defy a subpoena? because the president himself is defiant saying that all of this had nothing to do with joe biden. >> i don't care about biden's campaign, but i do care about corruption. his campaign, that's up to hi

the headlines: as details emerge of a threatening letter president trump sent to his turkish counterpart, the houseaw american forces from north—eastern syria, leaving the kurds to face a turkish invasion. more than 100 republicans voted with the democrats. british and eu negotiators are still trying to hammer out the legal text for a brexit agreement, but say the outlines of a deal have now emerged. eu leaders are meeting later on thursday for a two—day summit. if no extension is agreed the uk is due to leave the eu at the end of october. the leader of the spanish region of catalonia has called for an immediate end to the violent street protests by catalan separatists that have shaken barcelona for a third night. quim torra, who wants independence from spain, said the movement should remain peaceful and there was no excuse for burning cars. you're up—to—date on

this weekend, republican members of congress let donald trump and his white house staff know that trying to defend his illegal scheme to enrich himself by having the federal government and foreign governments pay him at the same time for the privilege of staying at a trump hotel was just too much to bear even for republican members of congress. when asked today about why he changed his mind about trying to get away with the obviously illegal scheme, the president blamed the democrats only for complaining too much about it. and while he was at it, he mentioned, quote, this phony emoluments clause, end quote. the emoluments clause in the constitution like everything else in the constitution is not phony. for a better or worse, the words of the constitution are the words we have to live by in this country. there are things in the constitution that people have disliked from the start, like slavery and a number of other things that were changed through amendments to the constitution, but one thing that no one has ever complained about before donald trump is the emoluments clause. donald trump

>>> in our politics lead, president trump trying to muddy the water as another key witness testified in the housenistration official, mckinley who resigned last week just wrapping up testifying behind close doors and as alex marquardt said a source confirmed lawmakers that he was concerned about the firing of a u.s. ambassador sounding the alarm about the activities in ukraine of the president's lawyer rudy giuliani. >> reporter: today a new member added to the parade of officials going before congress. all confirming the concerns raised by the whistle-blower over what has been called the president's shadow policy with ukraine. now stunning new revelations from a former top adviser to secretary of state mike pompeo. accusing him, according to sources, of staying silent and rudy giuliani stepped up his pressure to have the president recall the u.s. ambassador from ukraine. mike mckinley testifying to lawmakers less than a week after abruptly resigning his position. >> most of this is a concern by a colleague for an ambassador that he held in high regard. >> reporter: behind closed doors he said he

well staying in the united states and the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump u.s. housecommittees have summoned trump's former national security secretary john bolton to testify next week bolton departed the white house last month after a reported policy disagreements with president trump 2 other national security council aides have also been asked to testify several house committees are looking into whether president trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and his family in exchange for military aid. ok to d.c. now that's where correspondent oliver salat is standing by for us he's been reporting on the impeachment inquiry for us now oliver what do democrats hope they can learn from bolton's potential testimony. well john bolton was president trump's former national security advisor and of course he will be one of the most senior figures to testify if he decides to do so in the impeachment inquiry so he was very close to the president and could therefore play a vital role in the inquiry now they have been many testimonies the inquiry is reall

discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the white house then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president it's to greece now where the new conservative government says it wants to return 10000 migrants to turkey by the end of next year that decision came at a crisis meeting of the greek government following a fire at an overcrowded migrant camp the death of one woman has been confirmed after that fire in the morea cab on the island of les mis. they left their homes in war torn syria for this the infamous maurya camp on the island of lesbos. sunday's fire has drawn attention to the desperate conditions here an estimated 12000 people in a camp built to hold a quarter as many. the fire broke out and spread through containers used to house residents many were upset because they thought the firefighters took too long to arrive there were scuffles between migrants and firefighters and police fired tear gas. migrant arrivals in greece from turkey have surged reaching their hig

the house of representatives has endorsed the democratic-le peachment inquiry into president trump. along party lines.ly it isth onlthird time in modern history that the house has voted like this against a sitting president. democrats are looking into whether president trump betrayed his oath get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. the resolution gives the president the right to legal counthl. it is clea mr. trump and house speaker nancy pelosi are on a collision course. >> on this vote, the yeas are 232. the nays are 196 -- laura: an historic moment. the house of rresentatives votes to formalize an impeachment inquiry into the president. did donald trump commit a high crime and misdemeanor in tried --rying to strong-arm the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden? that is the accusation. the house voted almostely on party lines. only a couple democrats voted with republicans. nancy pelosi, the house speaker, was never an enthusiastic ter of impeachment. now she says the inquiry is essential. speaker pelosi: i don't know why the republicans are afraid of the trut

president donald trump is heating up house democrats subpoena the white house for documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including the now infamous phone call with its leader golda meir's a lengthy also coming out. and other day of deadly unrest and the rockies and its worst crisis since the defeat of the islamic state with dozens killed in 4 days of rioting iraq's leading shiite cleric says enough is enough. and the british parliament portrayed as a chamber full of squabbling chimpanzee not the latest threats of debate but a 10 year old paintings by the anonymous art superstar banksy a work that is a record 11000000 euro rose. i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us for the 1st time the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has reached directly into the white house democratic lawmakers have subpoenaed officials to force the release of documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including his call in january with ukraine's president boredom is a lengthy. several house committees are looking into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate forme

facts are the votes today was crucial for the house democrats because they know that eventually they need to convince the american people that president trump abused his power it is a soul a moment's notice and the case for an equally or come forward the speaker of the house nancy pelosi stressed today adding that no one comes to congress to impeach the president of the united states unless as she put it it is necessary to protect the constitution however the vote along party lines proved once again how divided the congress and the american society is by rejecting the resolution the house republicans held their ranks together and they used the votes to make political points to voters back at home by standing with the president who remains highly popular among his base the republicans so far have mainly criticized the process as unfair as a partisan attempt to destroy president trump now however there will be forced to deal more directly with the substance of the allegations if the proceedings on capitol hill move as fast as they have in the past few weeks a potential house vote on donald trump's impeachment could happen before christmas . t

trump over. so the white house is totally following its own self interest. attorneys to put up is instructing his attorneys to put up every conceivable barrier to prevent those documents from being handed over. moving on to the reaction, we heard earlierfrom mitt romney, pretty outspoken, criticising the president. but many other republicans not doing so. yeah, this is a long—running pattern in washington in that many republican senators and congressmen, they are worried about their bases in terms of back home and their states and districts and don't want to be criticised from president trump. romney is independently wealthy so he can finance his campaigns. he is less worried about that prospect. he's already served a long career, he's been a multiple presidential candidate, has been the governor of massachusetts. he doesn't need thisjob. governor of massachusetts. he doesn't need this job. he's governor of massachusetts. he doesn't need thisjob. he's more independent thinking. most republican senators have forgotten their traditional republican... they woul

trump said it was time that someone else fight over this blood stained sand white house correspondent complete health that reports he promised a withdrawal but on wednesday u.s. president donald trump announced that some american troops will remain in syria trump says a u.s. brokered cease fire between turkey and kurdish fighters known as the s.d.f. was a success as a result u.s. sanctions opposed on turkey earlier this month are no war so the sanctions will be lifted or less something happens that we're not happy with. trump left open the possibility there could still be new sanctions and tariffs on steel exports from turkey to the united states the invitation for president recha tie of error to one to visit the white house next month is also still on for now trump says it may happen in the meantime he says america's work in syria is mostly done we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out let someone else fight over this long blood stayed and sand truck fired back at critics abroad pushing them to pick up where america has le

alexander vidman plans to tell house lawmakers he reported concerns about that controversial phone call between mr. trump and ukraine's president. he's the first witness who actually listened in on that phone call. meanwhile, the house plans to hold its first vote on the impeachment inquiry on thursday. the resolution will lay out procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president. yesterday, former white house official charles cupperman, defied a subpoena failing to show up for a scheduled deposition. >> i think we can infer from the white house's position to dr. cupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> other witnesses have testified president trump withheld military aid from ukraine in an attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats and joe biden. >>> president trump faced angry crowds on his first official visit to chicago. [ chants ] >> thousands of people took to the streets yesterday. many chanting "lock him up." mr. trump went to chicago to address an international conference of police chiefs. he use

keep his tax returns secret and today a federal judge throw out a rejection of the trump argument that the white houseute immunity of any kind. and the lawyers promised an appeal and the u.s. court of appeals granted a stay giving trump and his lawyers more time. former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst jennifer roger is with me and reading your piece, trump's claim of absolute immunity of criminal process of any kind, you say his position is breathtaking in its audacity, tell me why. >> because not only does it mean you can't investigate the president, it means you can't investigate anyone involved in the president with anything include things he do before he became the president so that would mean the mueller investigation was unfounded despite netting some 30 some indictments and watergate should never have been an investigation and the scope of what the president is saying here is crazy. >> so if this decision was not unexpected, and his lawyers are presumably quite intelligent, why did they go with this? >> i think it is two things really. one is that he has a thing about the tax returns a

she didn't necessarily leave on the best of terms with the trump white house and i don't like to use the short-hand terms but considered a russia hawk in trump world, that means you disagree with donald trump on just about everything involving russia. >> and, you know, the relationship of her sort of per view under the trump administration and what's happened with this ukraine proceeding, an interesting ask to ask the russia advisor to come in and talk about this ukraine scandal. i would love to hear what she has to say about this. i don't know what sort of leverage that will have to block her but we'll see. >> legally, they don't have any but we'll see what they do. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thanks, rachel. >>> donald trump has crossed a line in polling that no president running for reelection has ever crossed. no president running for reelection has ever had a majority of the american people say in a poll that that president should be impeached and removed from office. donald trump achieved that today in a stunning new fox news poll which shows that 51% of registered voters now believ

and the fight against isis and the impeachment inquiry into president trump. >> i don't take it as a foregone conclusion that the houseill vote to impeach president donald trump. judy: and california burning, as wildfires rage across the golden state, thousands evacuate while others struggle to deal with forced power shutdowns.

. >>> at a rally in minneapolis last night, president trump went after joe biden in personal and sometimes profane terms and also slammed house democrat force the ongoing impeachment inquiry. >> two florida businessmen with links to trump's perm attorney rudy giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance charges while attempting to leave the country. >> turkey's military forces have pushed farth near northeastern syria, the turkey ministry says nearly 300 kurdish fighters have been killed so far. >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, october 11th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. there is a lot to get to this morning. but we want to begin with the president's wild night in minneapolis. it's where he held his first campaign rally since the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry. for about 102 minutes he just basically let it rip against all of his favorite targets. none of his attacks were as vulgar and personal as those against joe and hunter biden. >> joe's son hunter got thrown out of the navy and then he became a genius on wall street in about two days. by the way, whatever happened to hunter? where

she didn't necessarily leave on the best of terms with the trump white house and i don't like to use but considered a russia hawk in trump world, that means you disagree with donald trump on just about everything involving russia. >> and, you know, the relationship of her sort of per view under the trump administration and what's happened with this ukraine proceeding, an interesting ask to ask the russia advisor to come in and talk about this ukraine scandal. i would love to hear what she has to say about this. i don't know what sort of leverage that will have to block her but we'll see. >> legally, they don't have any but we'll see what they do. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thanks, rachel.

vote on thursday on the process by which they will conduct the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. house at least to aimed to shut down republican talking points complaint the inquiry is not been on the house floor and the due process rights for president trump and more. a

and ultimately the concern that president trump has focused on is who inside of the white house was sohe whistle-blower about it. i think that is a critical piece here. there are people who are probably currently serving in trump's white house who are the sores for this information and that is what -- that is what is problematic for the president. it is potentially yet another avenue for the democrats as they're pursuing this impeachment inquiry. >> but here is what i think is problematic and i struggle with this. we're talking about the possible impeachment of a sitting president, removing him from office, largely based on someone that we don't know who it is. i think everything is credible. i think it is backed up and documented. he was meticulous. but i think if we're seriously talking about ripping someone elected out of office we need to know who that person is. and that is unfair, it is hard. he or she will get smeared. but it's a difficult thing to keep basing everything on this when this person hasn't come out in light and given testimony yet. >> not yet. it is early yet. but i

cheeseburger at the trump hotel, it's asinine. >> reporter: jared kushner and ivanka trump's roles in the white houseed up another potential for foreign influence. the timing for ivanka trump branded products, the timing for trade talks raised eyebrows. and officials in at least four countries talked about ways to manipulate kushner. the president's sons have insisted their dad isn't swayed by business deals but the elder trump jumps at every chance to tout his properties on the world stage. even naming it trump national doral. >> it's a great place. it's got tremendous achage. people really like it. plus it has building that have 50 or 60 and each delegation can have its own building. >> we asked the trump organization if they wanted to shed any light on any potential conflicts between president trump and the children they did not respond to our request. >>> a second day of working level talks between the u.s. and north korea is due to take place in the swedish capital. the meeting in stockholm is the first formal face-to-face contact between the two countries since donald trump and kim jong-un met

house democrats are answering trump's rage by the threat of a white house subpoena if they don't comply by tomorrow. house democrats eager to begin depositions as president trump appears increasingly furious over their impeachment inquiry. in just hours, kurt volker special envoy to ukraine will be deposed ed about the whistle-br complaint. >> i hope that he will be truthful and i hope that he will give those questioners and investigators the tools that they need to get to the bottom of this pressing matter. >> reporter: intelligence community inspector general michael atkinson will appear at a closed door meeting tomorrow. which was also the democrat given to the white house. >> we're not from around here though. we don't want this to drag on months and months a and months which appears to be the administration's strategy. >> reporter: it comes after the state department inspector general gave dozens of pages of documents that make the same unproven claims about the bidens that trump allies were making. >> it's essentially a packet of propaganda and disinformation spreading conspiracy

trump as yelling and screaming and, quote, not in control of himself. the white house press secretary on the other hand, describing the president as measured and decisive. top congressional republicans, even trump's staunchest defenders, have broken with the president over the past few days, over his decision to withdraw u.s. forces from syria and apparent lack of understanding of the consequences. >> the announcement today is being portrayed as a victory. it is far from a victory. the cease-fire does not change the fact that america has abandoned an ally. are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that turkey forced the hand of the united states of america? turkey? >> the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, usually avoids criticizing the president. but on syria, he wants the senate to pass a resolution condemning the withdrawal. that's even stronger than the one in the democratic-controlled house that passed. >>> coming up, the white house defending the decision to hold the g7 summit at president trump's own miami resort. we'll hear that, next. i'm alex trebek he

you might remember earlier this month the white house said officially in writing that the trump white house refuses to recognize the legitimacy of impeachment. as "the new york times" succinctly put it in their headline the day the white house tried to pull this off -- "white house declares war on impeachment." i mean, the basis of this claim from the trump white house was the sort of astonishing letter signed by the white house counsel, pat cipollone -- a letter to congress telling congress that the entire ad strar administration, the executive branch, would be carrying on as if impeachment wasn't happening. they would not be responding to any document requests. they would not be allowing any witness from any part of the administration to come forward and cooperate with the impeachment inquiry because the impeachment is illegal. it's unconstitutional or illegal or very bad or something. i mean, the letter was nutball. it started off -- "i write on behalf of president donald j. trump in response to your numerous legally unsupported demands made as part of what you have labeled, contra