wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news in the impeachment investigation. sources tell cnn that the trump administration's former envoy to ukraine still plans to be questioned by members of congress on thursday, this despite secretary of state mike pompeo's efforts to stall any immediate testimony by state department officials about the ukraine scandal. tonight, pompeo and top house democrats are accusing each other of trying to intimidate witnesses. i'll be getting reaction from a democrat on the house judiciary committee, congressman steve cohen and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to the white house for, and cnn white house correspondent kaitlyn collins.

i'm wolf blitzer.p ukraine expert who was on the president's call with the ukrainian leader still behind closed doors at this hour. what more is he saying? plus more breaking news, democrats releasing their plan for how they'll proceed with impeachment hearings, will they give the president a chance to make his case? and a 2020 sweep according to one report republicans are growing concerned they could lose the senate and the white house in the election? and keep the house? really? let's go "out front". >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news, new details that the hour about the explosive

i'm wolf blitzer. you're many tin "the situation." >>> we're following breaking news, a full house vote is planned for thursday. democrats are taking a step they initially resisted to push back on republican claims that the investigation of president trump and ukraine isn't legitimate. house members will vote on procedur begin. >> reporter: they gear up to take votes that could eventually led to the impeachment of president trump. this is a third time an american president has been impeached by the u.s. house. what this vote will do later this week is to formalize procedures and ensure that public hearings lay out the ground rules for public hearings that will take place forced by the house intelligence committee but how evidence of the intelligence committee and two other panels have gathered, can be shared with the house judiciary committee and that is critical because it's the one that will vote to impeach the president. vote on articles of impeecachme that would go under the full house that would c

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. new efforts by republicans loyal to the president to fight house democrats impeachment inquiry. powerful chairman in the senate judiciary committee lindsey graham just announced he's introducing a resolution, condemning the impeachment probe, calling it out of bounds and inconsistent with due process. the white house welcomes the move, graham tells cnn that mick mulvaney acknowledges that the trump team itself needs to improve its messaging on impeachment. we'll talk about that and more with denny heck. >>> first, straight to capitol hill. manu raju is watching all these developments. congressional republicans are answering president trump's call to get tougher when it comes to impeachment and to fight back. >> no question about it, wolf. pushback from republicans in the aftermath of that testimony from the top diplomat in ukraine who said that the president when would vital mil

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on pivotal testimony in the impeachment investigation. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine says he was told flat out that president trump would freeze military aid to that country until it publicly launched investigations that could help his re-election. that included a probe of former vice president joe biden. in his opening statement obtained by cnn, bill taylor cuts to the heart of whether it was a quid pro quo, saying everything, everything was dependent on those investigations being publicly announced. also breaking. an anonymous senior member of the trump administration is coming out with a new book. the author is the same official who wrote a scathinging op-ed last year. this hour, i'll talk with a congressman who was in the room for today's impeachment testimony. and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to sarah murray. democrats are calling today's testimon

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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we have breaking news this hour. in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. his secretary of state and the house panel investigating the president are locked in a standoff over depositions of key state department officials mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint against mr. trump. the secretary mike pompeo and the democratic committee chairman each accuse the other of witness intimidation but cnn learned one key official who -- who resigned last week kurt volker is still planning to appear at his deposition thursday possibly shedding new light on the administration's efforts to have ukraine look for dirt on president trump's political opponent joe biden and his son. we're going to talk about this breaking news and more with congressman ro khanna of the oversight and armed services committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. >>> first let's go to cnn white ho

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on new efforts to protect the whistle-blower who exposed the scandal. they are considering extreme measures if the whistle-blower testifies before congress including hiding the individual's face and voice. >>> also breaking, impeachment investigators turn out more subpoenas. they are demanding documents from the white house, pentagon, budget office related to the president's decision to with hold military assistance to ukraine. they are threatening to subpoena associates of the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. this hour i'll talk with house armed services committee member. it's his first interview since returning from a congressional trip to ukraine. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let geese 's go to our congressional correspondent. democrats are worried about the safety of the whistle-blower during testimony. >> reporter: they are. sources telling cnn tonight that quote, unquote extre

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. 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

. >> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world for cnn's special coverage. it is a very historic day here in the united states. we've just heard nancy pelosi set the scene for what is going to be a very critically important vote to impeach the president of the united states. we have a lot of analysis set through to go to a full vote on the floor of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi is making it clear not only by her words, by her actions that the democrats are determined to move forward on an official public transparent way with an impeachment process. >> yes. as much as the democrats, when they surprised even most of the rank and file earlier this week by saying they would have this vote, as much as they say it's not a response to the republicans, it's a response to the republican attack on the process. laying out clearly how this is going to go forward with open hearings and more importantly the rights that not just the republicans in congress, but

i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. house democrats have just released the text of the resolution detailing the next steps in the impeachment inquiry as it moves into the open from behind closed doors. a vote on that is expected thursday. this hour testimony by the top white house ukraine expert continues. alexander vindman telling lawmakers he was so concerned and worried by what he heard during president trump's call with ukraine's president that he sounded the alarm and told a superior. we'll talk about the breaking news and much more with congressman sean patrick maloney of the intelligence committee and our correspondents are standing by. first straight to capitol hill. our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is there for us. what are you learning about first of all how democrats plan to conduct this next phase of the impeachment proceedings? >> reporter: well, democrats are prepared to move to the open phase of the impeachment inquiry in just a matter of weeks. and will move this

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in t"the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following multiple breaking stories including day-long testify in the house impeachment inquiry by president trump's former top russia adviser. fiona hill is the first person from the white house to testify in the inquiry into whether the president withheld military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating his rival, joe biden. and tonight, the president is tweeting that he will sign an executive order imposing sanctions on turkey over its military offensive against u.s. allied kurdish forces in northern syria. he also says u.s. troops will keep what he calls a small footprint in syria as republican criticism of his withdrawal decision grows and grows, including a very sharp rebuke tonight from the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. we'll talk about that and more with senator ben cardin of the former relations committee, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go straight to

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." burnett out front starts right now. >>> toughen up, president trump's message to republicans. will it work? >>> plus the first republican to call for impeachment and then he had to leave the party. what's justin amash's next move? then elizabeth warren says she has a plan to pay for medicare for all. what is it? let's go out front. good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, president trump slamming republicans, saying democrats are more loyal to each other. accusing his party of not being tough and not standing by him. >> they have to get tougher and fight because the democrats are trying to hurt the republican

nats super fan wolf blitzer joins us live on the phone. have you been up all night? >> i slept for a few hours. didn't sleep great, but i'm still very excited as you can probably tell from my voice. this is fabulous breaking news. i'm thrilled as you can imagine. >> this is quite a situation, wolf. i want to talk about your role in the victory. we have a picture of you in a sweatshirt you wore yesterday -- two days ago during the game six victory. did you wear the sweatshirt last night in game seven and how effective did you find it? >> the answer is, yes, i wore the same sweatshirt last night that i wore during game six. not only that, i had the same meal. >> which was what? >> chinese food. mushu chicken with green beans and water. i was ready to go. everything i did during game six when we came back in houston and won, i did yesterday. clearly, it must have had an impact. >> do you feel that's why they won? >> i have to give the washington nationals some credit. i don't know if it helped or hurt. but the nationals did a great job. it's a great team. we were a wild

i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> reporter: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. new details of testimony by the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine in the house impeachment inquiry. marie yovanovitch has been talking to lawmakers behind closed doors for hours. telling them that president trump wanted her removed based on unfounded and false claims about her. that is according to a copy of her opening statement obtained by the "new york times." and the democratic chairman of three house committees says she's appearing before the committee saying they had to subpoena her after the white house and the state department told her not to testify. we'll talk about that and much more with the former obama national security adviser, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice. and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. but first straight to capitol hill. our congressional correspondent sunlen serfaty is on the scene. >> reporter: this is certainly a significant moment in the house democrats' impeachment inquiry and the former ambassador

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> following breaking news, special envoy for ukraine as the impeachment inquiry into president trump gains steam. washington post is now reporting that kurt volker told lawmakers that the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was warned that ukrainian claims of alleged misconduct by joe biden and his son were not credible. that didn't stop president trump from repeating his request for foreign interference in the upcoming 2020 election. the president is now urging china to investigate biden, despite the impeachment probe that rose from a similar request to ukraine. and there's a new report just up from "the washington post" saying that an irs whistle-blower complained that a treasury political appointee tried to interfere with an audit by either president trump or vice president pence. oversight armed services committees and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. first, ji

i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we are following a lot of breaking news on the trump ukraine scandal. tonight, "the wall street journal reports that the president ordered removal of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine after months of complaints from his allies, including his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. giuliani reportedly felt the ambassador was obstructing his efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. this as the former u.s. envoy to ukraine reportedly told house investigators that he warned giuliani he was getting bad information about biden and his son. "the washington post" reports kurt volker also told ukrainian officials would be seen as interfering in the election if they investigated biden. tonight, president trump takes his push for a biden probe further, publicly urging china as well as ukraine to look into his potential 2020 opponent. this hour, i'll talk with democrat on the house oversight committee, congressman jimmy gomez, and correspondents and analysts are a

i'm wolf blitzer.." >>> we're following breaking news on house republicans going to war against the impeachment investigation apparently with

i'm wolf blitzer.e situation." >>> we're following breaking news, a full house vote is planned for thursday. democrats are taking a step they initially resisted to push back on republican claims that the investigation of president trump and ukraine isn't legitimate. house members will vote on procedures

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we're just three hours away from the cnn/"new york times" democratic debate here on the campus in westerville, ohio. a lot is at stake in this key battleground state tonight. it is the first time joe biden will step on to the debate stage without the status as the clear front-runner as elizabeth warren cements her place in the top tier as well. biden is likely to face questions tonight about his son hunter who just opened up about his foreign business dealings in a new interview. the back drop for all of this, the impeachment investigation in washington. democrats are seizing on very dramatic ongoing testimony from a top state department official, rudy giuliani's role in the ukraine scandal as giuliani tells lawmakers he won't comply with subpoenas. and the federal budget office disregards a deadline to turn over key documents. let's go to capitol hill right now where democrats are facing down defiant witnesses.

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on house republicans going to war against the impeachment investigation apparently with the knowledge of the president. about two dozen conservative lawmakers storming into a closed door session where a top pentagon official was about to testify. the witness finally is being questioned tonight. a source tells cnn that president trump knew in advance of the gop plan to protest the impeachment process. this new offensive comes a day after a top diplomat's bombshell testimony directly tieing mr. trump to a quid pro quo on ukraine. i'll talk with a democratic congressman who was in the room as the chaos played out on capitol hill. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by as we cover this breaking story. >>> first, let's go to our congressional correspondent, sun land serfaty. it's been a wild day. what's happening now? >> reporter: it has been a chaotic and wild day here on capitol hill, wolf. the testimony of p

i'm wolf blitzer.in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news in the fast-moving impeachment investigation. a federal judge has just ruled that house democrats can see secret material from robert mueller's grand jury. the judge says impeachment investigators have a compelling need for the information. also breaking, another wave of

i'm wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching."out front" starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. the top white house ukraine expert testified he was convinced of a quid pro quo between trump and ukraine even before that infamous phone call. this as john bolton says no way to a voluntary deposition before congress. and trump's hand picked ambassador to russia breaks with the president. what he's saying under oath tonight. plus mick mulvaney out of the loop. why did trump's chief of staff learn about the raid that killed the head of isis only after it was over? let's go out front. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. it was personal. the top white house ukraine expert testified to impeachment investigators that he was

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. president trump erupts and misleads as the house impeachment investigation is rapidly escalating. he's been on a day long rampage, blasting the impeachment probe and the whistle-blower complaint that launched it as a hoax, and this, i'm goequoting the presid of the united states right now. he had the whole thing is, in his word, bullshit. he also ratcheted up his attacks on house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff accusing him without evidence of helping to write the whistle-blower's allegations, which schiff's panel flatly denies. >>> also breaking, we're standing by for information on an urgent briefing on capitol hill by the state department's inspector general and the mysterious packet he turned over to investigators. this hour i'll talk to chairman elliott engel. his staffers were inside the briefing. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, the president is going to new extremes as he l

how, after you stack all of that stuff, throw in the interview that was on cnn with wolf blitzer, youe background you have. why wouldn't people go -- >>epte>> reporter: what is it go take to change public opinion that you know is still out there. >> mm-hm. >> reporter: about what happened ten years ago. >> what would be nice is if the media could go, richard's got a point, but it's so biassed, okay. the media continues on with the same narrative. >> reporter: and all these years later? do you feel a sense, still, that you need to clear your name? >> oh, most definitely. >> reporter: still, ten years later? >> yeah. >> reporter: how is that important to you? >>ive alo i've lost a lot of opportunities. people contacted me about things i invented and the deal went south because they find out who i am. the thing that gets me is the media never tells my side of the story. >> reporter: he says it's been a learning experience for his family. how has it impacted you all. >> oh, man, it's had a very positive effect. very positive. i closed off our family to the outside world. and i just said,

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news tonight, dramatic new details of the arrest of two men who helped president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani try to dig up dirt on joe biden and ukraine. they're now charged with funneling foreign money into a u.s. election by making illegal contributions to a u.s. congressman while pushing him to get rid of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. they were arrested at an airport just hours after having lunch with giuliani. >>> also breaking, three house committees have just subpoenaed energy secretary rick perry for documents about ukraine as part of the expanding impeachment inquiry into president trump. we'll talk with congressman ted lieu from the judiciary and foreign affairs committees. our foreign affairs analysts are also standing by. first, our justice correspondent jessica schneider is outside the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia. jessica, there's new information about these m

doesn't want you to hear about these proposals and as you know i take my marching orders from wolf blitzer so. you've heard of reading the tea leaves i read the beard whiskers. wolf our god has told me that we should pay attention to nothing nothing other than the impeachment inquiry that exact that is all in fact everyone. everyone you and i have your home district you should print out a color photo of donald trump and glue it to the front of your face ok that's the only way you'll be properly informed. and if you think you're about to learn something that's not about impeachment you punch the photo real hard. and if you if you had done that correctly starting a few days ago you wouldn't even have noticed that this week when the giant wall street bull statue was covered in blood and protesters with extinction rebellion staged to die in unfortunately i'm not sure anyone on wall street noticed because they probably thought it was just the normal everyday victims of their monetary policies. maybe i'm cynical but i just can't picture a goldman sachs employ walking outside into the this is of

all the child had been hiding in the attic of his own home the entire time and it wasn't until wolf blitzer famously asked falcon live on air if he could hear his family calling for him when he was hiding in the attic that the truth was revealed. then going to hear you screaming oh it felt vulgar. did you hear us calling your name at any time you did it. why did you come. on. yes. and. we could pay for the show. did it for the show a mere month later in november of 2009. pled guilty to the charge of attempting to influence a public servant for lying to them about the incident he was sentenced to attempting to influence a public servant sorry 90 days in jail 100 hours of community service and was ordered to pay $36000.00 in restitution however the news business that salivated over the possible tragedy has not spent one single day reflecting on their part in making the hoax a national sensation they've paid no restitution for the lack of basic journalism instead they have taken the industry down a very dark path and here to discuss the 10th anniversary of balloon boy and how it predicted the

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can follow me on twitter and instagram @wolfblitzer. you can always tweet the show at cnn sitroom. erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, breaking news, two men arrested from the ukraine scandal. they're personal associates of rudy giuliani, trump's personal lawyer. they were seen having lunch with giuliani at the trump international hotel in washington just hours before they were arrested at the airport. i want to show you a picture of one of the men about giuliani at that same hotel just last month. these two men were arrested as they were about to leave the united states with one-way tickets. here's what president trump said late this afternoon. >> i don't know them. i don't know about them. enwhat they do. i don't know. maybe they were clients of rudy, you'd have to ask rudy. i just don't know. >> one possible problem for the president, all of the photos like this, president trump with one of the men after dinner at the white house back in may. another one from july of las

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we're following breaking news on republicans attempting to put more fire into the fight against impeachment. senator lindsey graham announcing a new resolution condemn iing the process democrs are using to investigate the president. this as trump is praising gop lawmakers who took his call for a more aggressive defense to heart by storming a closed door deposition. tonight, some republicans are privately acknowledging new impeachment anxiousties after a top testimony link iing the president to a quid pro quo in the cain scandal. one source calling it a game changer. this hour, i'll talk with a congressman on the house intelligence committee. and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to capitol hill. our congressional correspondent is all over this story. lindsey graham is taking aim as republicans try to show the president they are defending him tooth and nail. >> that's right. lindsey graham tonight releasing a resolution c

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following historic breaking news.roving a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president trump and setting the stage for it to go public. >>> also the top russia adviser on the national security council has just finished testifying in the impeachment probe. cnn has obtained portions of his opening statement in which he backs up testimony for the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, who told

our very own wolf blitzer can't wait for that. s, award-winning sportscaster and mlb network host who is in houston where this all took place. the morning after a game seven like this, even better. we talk about historic. we've never seen anything like this, have we. >> when you talk about the road team winning every game, to give it some context, it isn't unusual. it's unprecedented. not only has it ever happened in baseball but there are three north american sports that people pay close attention to that play more than one game. in football, each round of the playoffs is just one game. that's also true in the ncaa in basketball. but in the nhl, the nba and in baseball, you have best of seven series once you get past the first round. in baseball it's best of seven. over the years, there have been 1400 best of seven years in baseball, the nba and the nhl. it has never happened that the road team has won every game of a seven-game series. never. until last night. >> it's happened roughly zero times. zero times. >> correct. >> in the

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar. you're "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on president trump's all-out war against the impeachment investigation. tonight he's hedging about whether he'd stop stonewalling and decide to cooperate if the house were to formally vote to approve the impeachment inquiry. cnn has learned the democrats are preparing a flurry of new inquiries. also breaking, president trump is predictably attacking joe biden after the former vice president called for his impeachment for the first time. biden declaring the president has indicted himself by obstructing justice. >>> and this hour i'll talk with a democrat on the house intelligence committee, dennis heck, and our correspondent also standing by. first we'll go to white house chief correspondent jim acosta. jim, we've heard a lot from the president including his most recent take on this impeachment fight. >> that's right. brianna. president trump has wrapped up a long take on impeachment. democrats are talking tough after their

i'm wolf blitzer. you're main "the situation roo." >>> we're following breaking news. a key congressional ally blasting president trump's decision to pull back u.s. troops in syria clearing the way for turkey's offensive against u.s. aligned kurdish forces. in a blistering op-ed mitch mcconnell call's the president's move a grave mistake and it's causing a strategic nightmare for the it. >>> the energy department sent a letter to house democrats saying that secretary rick perry will not be turning over ukraine documents theydemanding. >>> we're following the trump's team effort to try to clean up the mess created by the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. he struck at the heart of the defense when he told reporters the united states did tie ukraine military aid to the country's willingness to investiga investigate democrats. he later tried to walk that back and said there was no quid pro quo. we'll talk about the breaking ne news. our correspondentis and analyst are standing by. jim acosta is on the scene. the president and his team want to move on from mu

i caught up with our own nationals super fan wolf blitzer and he said it's just a special time in the >> it just brought the whole community together during a rather tumult russ political environmental, liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans. you see them all at the games. i go to a lot of the games. they're always there. everyone loves the washington nationals. they're on a roll right now. let's hope for the best. >> yeah. you might have seen me wearing an astros jersey talking to wolf. i was born and raised in houston. i left with a smile on my face. >> we'll look forward to it with you. great to see you, andy. >> thanks, andy. >>> following the letter of the law and moving to more serious topics, the constitution sets forth no specific requirements for becoming a federal judge. we'll tell you how the president is taking advantage of that. wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping p

i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett outfront starts now. >>> breaking news, democrats announce the first full house vote on impeachment signaling a new stage in the impeachment investigation of donald trump. new details about a republican senator contacts with key ukrainian officials raising questions about his role in the you yukraine scandal and joe bi calls president trump an idiot and inept. is this new biden what voters want? >>> good evening. tonight, the breaking news. the first full house vote on impeachment. democrats this hour say the impeachment investigation is entering a new phase. according to nancy pelosi there will be a vote that will lay out the ground rules for public hearings. democrats insist this is major move. they hope it will shut down the key talking point from republicans and president trump. >> i know people are still in a basement in a secure room in the basement trying to make us look as bad as possible. >> these impeachment proceedings are rigged. they are being held in secret.

i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. president trump announces new sanctions on turkey as more republicans come out against his decision to pull u.s. troops from northern syria. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is gravely concerned by the american exodus which left kurdish allies in the region vulnerable to turkish aggression and could lead to the resurgence of isis. also breaking, a former adviser to president trump is testifying up on capitol hill tonight as impeachment investigators dig in. fiona hill is considered a key witness. i'll speak with democratic congressman eric swalwell of the intelligence committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. first, let's go to jim acosta at the white house. what is the president saying now about these new sanctions on turkey? >> president trump is reversing course somewhat announcing imposing sanctions on turkey and leave something u.s. forces in the region. the question is whether that amount of backpedaling will

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