about the ukraine, and i want to walk through everything you know about the bidens in china. so the american people to who watch this program is because they're not getting any of this in any of the cable networks. where you're basically being prevented from explaining what took place. then if i want to talk about what to me is nonsensible about the the president of the united states, thede transcript, and al of the rest of that. solet walklk through it. let's had, begin with bidens in ukraine from the top. >> hunter biden is son still alive he lost beau biden tragically and up until his father became vice president, he was basically a lobbyist in washington, d.c. working for the online gambling industry. so no background overseas, and inng any of these areas once his father started vice president he started a private firm called sin ka partners half of the capital provided by chris hines john kerry stepson and another business partner was brought in. who was john kerry's finance co-chair, in 2004 . the ukraine part of this really begins in 2014 mark. in february of 2014, you rememb

there to clean up corruption. >> what was then vice president joe biden's role? obama's point person in ukraine and carried that message for the president. he also oversaw the u.s. u.s. messaging when it came to the conflict on ukraine and the russian annexation of crimea. and then the war began in eastern ukraine in the spring of that year. the first hot war in the region in an extremely long time. and biden really carried the messaging from obama. the united states that was worried about corruption in the ukraine at this time? for thes been an issue u.s. allies in europe and also for institutions such as the international monetary fund. the cornerstone of the being pushedeory about joe biden and ukraine was pushing for ukraine to remove -- thatecutor general he was somehow doing that inappropriately. that he was doing it to shield his son hunter biden who was on the board of a gas company. that does not stack up with what was happening at the time. joe biden and to bury tory were pushing for the same thing. was very much in line with the broader picture of what u.s. allies were pushin

to investigate joe biden in that call. talking to reporters on the white house lawn he urged ukraine to investigate the former vice president and his son. a similar appeal to another country. >> likewise china should start an investigation. what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. i would say volodymyr zelinsky, if it were me i would recommend they start an investigation into the bidens because nobody has any doubt that they weren't crooked. >> joining us from new york is a key figure in the ukraine drama. the president is repeatedly denying pressure on the july phone call. when he came out on the lawn entered china and ukraine, immediate consensus is he doesn't see anything wrong with it. didn't he undercut your defense? >> not at all, there's nothing wrong with him doing it. the president of the united states has every right to ask countries to help us in a little investigation. >> against a political opponents? >> i can't help that. supposedly political opponents committed murder? what do we do? you don't investigate him? this is not a pol

night at 9:00 eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >> former vice president joe biden gave a campaign speech in rochester, new hampshire. this is 45 minutes. >> please give a warm welcome for congresswoman carol shea-porter. [applause] >> thank you very much for being here. we have the next president of the united states with us today in rochester, where i live. [applause] i've had the pleasure of knowing joe for quite a while. what i have seen on his personal side is his warmth and caring in the way he takes time out to hear people. it's a lovely, beautiful trait. there were so much more that defines joe biden. joe biden's intellect is incredible. joe biden's understanding of the world and our place in it and his understanding of what people live through in this state and in america every day. after he got that passed, he didn't just leave it be. he made sure that legislation was incremented. he made sure that women would be protected and that women would have their voice. joe has stood there through the years for all of us in legislation to make sure that women get heard, seen, believed. t

see him? [cheers and applause] support joe so i biden because for far too long, the epidemic of gun violence has ravaged our country. [cheers and applause] ok. a few years ago, my uncle was orking as a security guard and he was shot one night by armored -- well, but bullets to ricochet off of the organs, ok. are on our streets now and while he was fortunate enough to there are far too many people who are not as lucky. numb to this epidemic and every time there is mass shooting, we think about it and it's terrible, but then it fades. know, learning heir a.b.c.s in schools, kindergarteners are learning, 4 and 5-year-olds are learning how and cover from -- active shooter. a tead of worrying about test, they is worrying about getting shot in school. it's not ok with me or joe biden or any of us. [applause] >> joe biden is the only on the e who has taken n.r.a. twice and won. [cheers and applause] he is going to do it again as president. he is going to take them on the only win, ok, but way we're going to do this is if we can get him elected. the only way we get him elected is to get you

ukraine drama and allegations against the bidens as donald trump is ratcheting up his rhetoric against what he calls a coup, accusing critics of committing spies, lashing out at the press. >> i don't even use fake anymore. i call the fake news corrupt news because fake isn't tough enough, corrupt media in this country and it is the enemy of the people. i tell you what, he should be forced to resign from congress, adam schiff, he is a lowlife, he should be forced to resign. we will be far greater when we don't have a cnns of the world who are corrupt. >> donald trump's meltdown, pushing on fondant accusations from everyone from biden to the was lower. >> we are witnessing a president meltdown. >> the media spend 36 months creating a hurricane of hysteria and rush to the fainting couch is when he comes out fighting. >> they are not just angry with trump or his policies. many of them are angry with america. >> are the media justified in calling trump out of control or is he entitled to be angry with a religiously negative coverage surrounding the impeachment probe? how do they handle his

this is where "the story" begins tonight. joe biden came out swinging, asking for the president's impeachment. here is what the president said. >> he's falling like a rock. i don't think he's going to make it. i didn't think he was going to make it for a long time. >> martha: here is what the presidential candidate and former vice president said prior to that which prompted the president's response when he was in new hampshire today. watch. >> donald trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation, and committed impeachable acts. he should be impeached. >> martha: politico, just to give you a sampling out there, says much of the white house staff is paralyzed by democrats' impeachment inquiries as trump directs the trump 2020 teams as the controversy is "jet fuel" for his campaign. and on the biden side, he's slipping in the polls. see this headline in the new republic. joe biden's case for the presidency is collapsing, they write tonight. two people who will disagree with those assessments on both sides, simone sanders sr. advisor to the biden campaign, and lynn patto

joe biden is wrong and appalling. speaking outside of the white house today, president talked about the impeachment inquiry and democratic presidential candidate joe biden. the president begins with comments about the latest job numbers. [indiscernible] the unemployment numbers just came out and know the best of numbers we have had in 50 years. we haven't had numbers like this a long time. it wages are up by almost 3%. that's a fantastic increase for everybody out there working. we're very happy about those numbers. the stock market is a substantially up as it was yesterday. our country does well. it europe is not doing well. asia is doing poorly to put it mildly. we continue to do very well with [indiscernible] just came out with 3.5% unemployment that's tremendous the best number in 50 years. i think it's important again i will say wages are up. when i was running, wages were nowhere. they were going down. since we are having two or three jobs and they were making less money than 20 years before. now, wages are up so were very happy about that. one other thing happened -- having t

biden's role? >> so joe biden was obama's point person in ukraine, and he really carried that message for the president. he also oversaw the u.s. response -- perhaps not the u.s. response but the u.s. messaging when it came to conflict in ukraine, the russian annexation of crimea, it was 2014 where you had russia lops off a chunk of ukraine, annexes crimea and then the war begins in eastern ukraine in the spring of that year. it was the first hot war in the region in an extremely long time, and you know, biden really carried obama's messaging on that in the region. >> was it only the united states that was worried about corruption in ukraine at this point? >> no, absolutely not. i mean, this has been an issue for the european union, for the united states allies in europe, and also for international institutions such as international monetary fund. so things like, you know, the corner stone of the i guess conspiracy theory that you can call it that has been pushed about joe biden in ukraine is that he was pushing for the ukrainians to remove their prosecutor general, shokin that he was

. tonight, as promised we will bring you our swamp watch on joe biden, hunter biden and ukraine. here's the headline. the corruption is not what everyone is been talking about. it's not the firing of the prosecutor, it is different and worse. all that ahead. along side me to it break down the impeachment ms. matt gates, tammy bruce and lisa booth. iona start with what we learned. i've seen some who opposed this and dismiss it. yes he may have behaved badly but it's not impeachable. let's wait till the election to hash it out. okay, except that's not how this is going to go down. it looks like this will end up with the trial in the senate. as we move toward that, i want anyone who watches the show to be well informed about the details of the actual evidence , not the talking points, the evidence. we had a lot of new evidence this week and i want to take you through it. here's what hasn't changed. this week we had new confirmation from an old friend of the real motivation for all the. >> he knows he's an illegitimate president. >> he knows that he's an illegitimate president. >> they been wan

. campaigning in new hampshire yesterday, presidential candidate joe biden call for the impeachment of president trump. the former vice president spoke to supporters in rochester. [inaudible] >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome for congresswoman carol shea-porter. [cheers and applause] >> thank you all, thank you very much for being here. so excited that we have the next president of the united states with us today in rochester, where i live. thank you. [cheers and applause] so i have had the pleasure of knowing joe for quite a while, and what i have seen on his personal side is his warmth and his caring and the way he takes time out to hear people, and it is a lovely, beautiful trait, but there is so much more that defines joe biden. joe biden's intellect is incredible. of theen's understanding world and our place in it and his understanding of what people live through in this state in america every day. he comes from working-class roots, he understands working-class people, and he has been able to be an advocate for all of us through the years. i had a friend of mine

respond to hunter biden's softball abc interview. he's not going to hold back. he promises. on their first day back from break, the house g.o.p. ready to fight back against a sham of an impeachment probe -- it's about time. they are going to target adam schiff. congressman adam nunez, steve scalise all here and they will reveal their plan. don't miss it. one mother fights for her daughter's right to compete against other girls in track and field. a warning about what the left pushes for trans athletes will do to women's and girls exports. and i will have my list response to lebron james potter's comments on china latee show. unmasked and unanswered, that's the focus of tonight angle. well, joe biden has spent weeks deflecting the flood of questions about his son's shady business deals in ukraine and china. >> i never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever had a conversation with my son about anything i was doing. there is zero, zero, zero evidence. >> laura: nothing, nothing, nothing to see here! that should be biden's new campaign slogan, i've decided. of course is bill of lading denials are

. health care and guns among the certain flashpoints. >>> hunter biden acknowledges his foreign business dealings but denies his last name is what opens doors. >> what do you say to people who believe this is exactly why people hate washington? a vice president's son can make money in countries where your father was vice president. >> i made a mistake in retrospect as it related to creating any perception that was wrong. and so, therefore, i'm taking it off the table. i'm making that commitment. i will see if anybody else makes that commitment, but that's the commitment i'm making. >> we begin with a very important night and event in the 2020 democratic presidential race. the debate featuring 12 candidates, a record right there in that hall in westerville, ohio near columbus. it is the first gathering of the democratic contenders since speaker nancy pelosi labeled house officials of president trump a peace gathering. elizabeth warren deserves first mention now because of her rise to the top of many national and state polls. ohio is the perfect setting now for democrats to debate whether

about getting ukraine to investigate the bidens. this as nbc news is reporting, weeks earlier, the krafl's top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the justice department about the whistleblower's allegations that president donald trump abused his office in pressuring the ukrainian president. u.s. officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news. and the "wall street journal" spoke to republican senator ron jans of wisconsin who said he was told by an american democrat back in august, that the release of military aid to ukraine that was approved by congress, let's not forget, was contingent on an investigation that trump wanted. the journal reports it this way. alarmed by that information, senator johnson said he raised the issue with mr. trump the next day, august 31, in a phone call days before the senator was to meet with ukraine's president. in the call, mr. trump flatly rejected the notion that he direct aides to make military aid to ukraine contingent on a new probe by kiev. earlier today, the president talked about the senate kind of as his ace in the

cover because joe biden is facing tonight credible, serious allegations over what is a real quid pro quo. see the same pattern? they accused trump, it bounces back on them -- the boomerang. biden is recorded on tape and bragging about him leveraging your money, a billion dollars worth to get a ukrainian prosecutor fired who was investigating his son. wow. watch this. if >> were not going to give you the billion dollars, they said you have no authority, you're not the president, i said call him. i said you're not getting the billion dollars. we leave in six hours, if the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money. son of a [bleep], you're not he. >> sean: the timeline paints a much different picture, look at 2014. biden was appointed as obama's point person in ukraine. his son hunter scored a lucrative position on the board of burisma holdings, that's a oil, gas, energy giant. he didn't have any experience in oil, gas, energy, or the country of ukraine. recently biden stated he never spoke with hunter about his business dealings but a damming photo obtained by fox news sugg

pushing ukrainians to investigate his political rival joe biden but the president expanded what critics are calling a clear abuse of power to include china. no whistle-blower required here. president trump pushed this at the white house on the south lawn after being asked by a reporter what exactly he wants from ukraine's leaders. >> i would think that if they were honest about it, they'd start a major investigation into the bidens. it's a very simple answer. they should investigate the bidens, because how does a company that's newly formed and all of these companies -- and by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> a reminder that the prosecutor and as of today former president of ukraine both assert there's no evidence of wrongdoing by either joe biden or his son. but beyond the indecency of this potential abuse of power, is the shock of the deafening silence from almost everyone in the republic party apparently hoping the history will never wonder what they were doing while this was all happening. cnn's kaitlan collins is at the white house.

alarms in 2015 about hunter biden's ukraine dealings during the obama administration but was ignored. this is "outnumbered" over time. if i am julie banderas in for harris faulkner today. actually told house investigators that he brought up concerns in 2015 about hunter biden's role on the board of ukrainian. at the same time, his father vice president joe biden. the biden campaign now telling fox news in response and i quote, donald trump's on president lee corrupt administration is melting down because of the scandal he touched off by trying to get ukraine to lie about joe biden aired on joe biden's watch, the u.s.-made on policies for ukraine. president trump slamming what he calls a democratic witch hunt and poses new issues for biden. >> joe biden and joe biden's son has tremendous problems with joe biden's son and ukraine. so he's got tremendous problems with biden's son and ukraine and all of the horrible things. you can get it, you can see it, it's been a big deal. >> julie: a big deal indeed. catherine herridge's live in washington. if this is all new to us, why don't you te

: this is the "washington journal" for october 10. joe biden spoke those words in new hampshire yesterday. the former vice president did not make -- did not plan to make those comments, but the actions of president trump the last two weeks prompted him to do so. you can comment on the bryce -- on the vice president's call for impeachment of president trump and we will show you the reaction from president trump. you can call us at 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats and independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us your comments about joe biden's comments, 202-748-8003 is how you do that. post on our twitter feed at @cspanwj and you can go to our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. axios pointing out for perspective to date, all 20 democrats running for a president of the united states have made the call for the impeachment of donald trump, joe biden being the last to do so. for weeks, biden spoke cautiously about impeaching the president even as every other major democratic candidate proved -- called for it. biden was not aggressive enough for democrat

. tonight was the first time biden and warren shared the debate stage. and the fireworks started early. before the debate even began, a biden aide said that the former v.p. would target warren by arguing that "we need more than plans." warren's team responded by releasing her "plan for when we need more than plans plan." ( laughter ) ( applause ) she has a plan for that. she has a plan. >> jon: a plan. >> stephen: for that. the debate started, of course, with opening statements, and andrew yang came out strong. >> in america today, everything revolves around the almighty dollar. >> stephen: exactly! thank you! too much stock is being put on money today! and i am sure you now have something to say that won't totally undercut that point. >> that's why i'm going to do something unprecedented tonight. my campaign will now give a freedom dividend of $1,000 a month for an entire year to ten american families. >> stephen: woooo! "daddy's got deep pockets! vote for me, and i'll make it rain! shake 'em up, ladies. i've got a lot of cash." uh-huh. >> jon: ♪ money, money, money >> stephen: kama

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trump. we have just released fox news poll's on the 2020 election. joe biden in the latest poll is the clear leader among democrats with 32%. that's up three points from last month. elizabeth warren, second at 20 to come up six from september. it's bernie sanders' third at 17, down one. 44% of those surveys say president trump will be reelected next year. 46 percent do not. 10% are not sure. 46% thought the president would be reelected in the september poll. a short time ago president trump hinted at sanctions on turkey. over its military action against the kurds in syria. but the main focus of this afternoon comments were on the latest impeachment effort. john roberts starts us off tonight from the north lawn. >> president trump is headed to a huge political rally in minneapolis tonight. it's congresswoman ihan omar's district where he is expected to raise the roof at the target center over the impeachment inquiry. at the same time here in washington, democrats continue their unrelenting quest to build a case against the president. >> with his former ambassador to ukraine set to testi

pressuring ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden and withholding military aid. manu raju is on the hill. manu, tell us why democrats wanted to hear from sondland. >> sondland played a key role in discussions about setting up a meeting and having discussions after president trump talked to the president of ukraine zelensky about the president's desire to investigate joe biden, have the ukranians investigate joe biden. around that conversation the president had with zelensky, someone engaged with individuals about moving forward in setting up both a meeting with the ukranian government and the president of the united states. that meeting had been put on ice. the ukranians had raised concerns about that. also he was involved in discussions about why military aid was withheld. he said in one of the text messages with another diplomat that there was no quid pro quo and then there were more messages in that text message exchange. someone said, call me. he told that to bill taylor on capitol hill. they also wanted to see these text messages of his own that had not been turned over yet to capit

include joe biden and nancy pelosi, also with us, acting custom and border patrol acting commissioner, mark morgan on the trump successes stopping border crisis, building the wall. his take on accusations of abuses at the border. >> a couple hours from now, fourth democrat debate, trade, health care, capitalism now hunter biden is front and center, we ask what was joe biden's strategyin strategy havr talk about his scamp swamp -- sy behavior on day of the debate. >> and another 2020 democrat, attacking bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, single pair government run health care idea for infringing on america's freedom, thank you for joining us, i am elizabeth macdonald, the "evening edit" starts right now. you are watching the fox business network, we have all edwards covered for you. earning season is rampin rampine start with edward lawrence in dc . reporter: on capitol hill, number two person in ukraine for u.s., george -- sat for a deposition behind closed-doors. even though the state department told him not to. republicans cry foul over this secret process, they have no right to s

cloud of corruption hanging over the biden hanley shady bills this dealings. anyone with a functioning brain could not be more obvious. hunter biden and his son profited off his international diplomacy in ukraine and china. we are talking about millions upon millions of dollars, lucrative international deals tailored to literally be made for hunter biden which, by the way, based on his own admission today, he wasn't qualified for and he got only because of his last name and his access to the vice president of the united states. well, don't take it from me. just listen to hunter biden himself. try to explain why he was hired to serve on the board of cropped ukrainian oil and gas company in 2014 having no experience with ukraine, oil, gas, or energy. by the way, none. zero. take a look. >> there's been a lot of misinformation about me come out about my dad. nobody buys that. but this idea that i was unqualified to be on the board. >> what were your qualifications to be on the board of burisma? >> i was vice-chairman of amtrak, i was a lawyer for one of the most prestigious law firms in t

investigating democratic rival joe biden. just before heading to florida today, the president accused biden of abusing his power by helping his son hunter. hunter biden also started a chinese equity firm while his dad was vice president. there have been no evidence of wrong doing by the bidens, but that did not stop the president from making that accusation. >> china should start an bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened to ukraine. >> adam schiff called the president's china comments a new breech of the office. joe biden is in the bay area, attending two fund-raisers for his campaign. biden made a stop to meet with donors earlier today and it was not for the faint of heart to meet with the former vice president. >> reporter: that's right. it would have cost you nearly $3,000 per person if you also wanted to take a picture with the former vice president in addition to coming to this lunch event here at this restaurant in palo alto earlier this afternoon. but attendees said it was well worth it for a chance to get to know him as a candidate. former vice pres

into the bidens. >> everything to me is about corruption. we want to find out what happened with 2016 and did you know there's a lot of work going on about that? but i don't care about biden's campaign. but i do care about corruption. >> martha: that is the message of the day coming from the white house and from the trump campaign. just remember, the key parts, one key part of the trump-zelensky phone call in which president trump said, biden went around bragging that he thought the prosecution so look into it, it sounds horrible to me, he said. and president zelensky said, the next prosecutor will be 100% my person. he or she will look into the situation specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. and then today, we have a new prosecutor in ukraine. announced he'll be doing doing exactly just that. he will reopen the burisma case and several other cases that have been dismissed when joe biden successfully got the previous prosecutor fired. >> here now we are viewing all the cases that were closed or split into several parts that were investigated before. in ord

with breaking news. joe biden, gloves off and furious at president trump, at the public attacks on his family, and without naming any names, slamming any white house administration that puts family members in high positions of power as if they were cabinet members. i wonder who he's talking about biden spoke to reporters just a short time ago in iowa. take a listen. >> let's get something straight, first of all, no one, no one has indicated of any consequence that anything was done wrong or illegally by me or by my son. every major national, international, and local news operation has looked into it, has said it's a lie. this is the president flat lying, number one. number two, the statement my son put out today, which i saw when he put it out -- i was told it was going to be put out. i did not consult with it being put on, in fact represents the kind of man of integrity he is and what, in fact, he has done and why he stepped down. and i can tell you now, if i am your president, next president, i am going to build on the squeaky-clean, transparent environment that we had in the obama/b

stage for the fourth debate in ohio, hunter biden tried to ease concerns about his role and some of his father's campaign. >> i'm a human, did i make a mistake? may be in the grand scheme of things yeah. but did i make a mistake based on an ethical lapse? absolutely not. >> martha: reaction to the interview and the timing of it left a lot of people asking questions about all of that in the media and in politics, some of them scratching their heads today. >> why they chose it today, i can't imagine there is a political advisor who thought it was a good idea. >> it's not going away and there is no perfect solution, the campaign has to manage through it. if i was sitting next to hunter biden i would say buck up -- at least he's taking responsibility for it but it does look kind of awful. i would say don't ever go on tv again ever, you look awful. you look guilty. >> martha: longtime friend of the biden's former pennsylvania governor ed rendell said "i wouldn't have put hunter on the air." joining me now with reaction and a look at what the biden campaign hopes to do tonight is simone s

unexpected new twist. president trump is now calling on china to investigate the bidens. it is noteworthy since he suggested quhil speaking about his own trade war with china. a trade war that he still is negotiating and is hurting americans badly by the way. >>> meanwhile the former u.s. envoy to ukraine kurt volker is testifying in the impeachment inquiry. we'll explain who he is and how he fits into the story and what he might know about president trump's dealings in the country. >>> plus we're breaking down exactly how whistleblowers are protected in this country. and we are answering the all-important question, does the president of the united states have to protect them too. >>> and bernie sanders just had a heart procedure. his campaign is being mostly silent about the situation. we'll tell you about what we know about his condition now and what it means for his campaign. but today president trump floating new theories in his anger over the impeachment inquiry into his dealings with ukraine. >> now he's suggesting that another foreign country might help with his agenda d

. the president doubled down on his claim that joe biden pressured ukraine to fire a prosecutor investigating a company that was tied to his son, hunter biden. another president is publicly calling on ukraine and china to investigate the bidens. >> i would think that if they were honest about it, they would start a major investigation into the bidens. it's a simple answer. they should investigate the bidens. how does a company that is newly-formed, all these companies -- by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. >> harris: and we've been showing you in the last hour or so some of the comments coming out as former u.s. special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, becomes the first key witness questioned on capitol hill amid democrats' impeachment inquiry push. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge life for us on the hill. congressman jim jordan came out to give us just a taste, because this interview, as he termed it, is private. >> that's just it, harris. t

joe biden. and what trump claims was his role in a corruption investigation in ukraine five years ago. there's a lot of talk about biden's son that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great, says president trump. biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it, it sounds horrible to me. we will take care of that, zelensky says, and we'll work on the investigation of the case. once again, president trump is asking for proof of something that didn't happen. there is no evidence biden tried to stop a prosecution in ukraine. >> not only was trump's request highly irregular, analysts say it put the ukrainian president in a difficult spot. >> you have the president of ukraine say, i want to buy more weapons, we're in a war, we're trying to defend ourselves. you promised that you'd support us. you have the president responding, i'd like to talk to you about you doing a favor, then he goes into his request for dirt on biden. >> no leader in the world

him. i am like fact check, she tried and failed. she is stuck on it, if joe biden were to implode. kennedy: not right now. >> if he were to implied it would be warren or whatever, i could see a draft, someone but not sure her. kennedy: it has to be so offensive to the candidates, even cory booker saids, i understand. we're here, we're raising money, have you a former vice president, a bunch of sitting senators and god knows who else is not wearing a tie, you have mayor pete, what more could they want. when are they expecting. >> as table survivors of 2016, we do not want to redo. only democrat here, i do not want so see secretary clinton running for president again, she is living her best life, released a new book. kennedy: i think she is living a chronic nightmare, she has ocb . >> she takes barbs on twitter and then -- then. >> you talking bas bash bit -- >> woo all need some. she will get behind the nominee, 103 days out from iowa. i think it is set. kennedy: kat? >> yeah, you know, i'm a little inspired by her. kennedy: thank you. >> because you know, i have also tries to do s

plan a pipe dream. we wondered whether or not joe biden would be asked about his son in ukraine. we got our answer and it upset another candidate. >> my son did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. i carried out the policy of the united states government. >> elevating a lie and attacking -- it was so offensive. we should not have to defend ourselves. >> it was the first debate since the impeachment inquiry demand, most candidates would agree on that issue and we did. >> trump is the most corrupt president in history of this country. >> this president, i agree with bernie, senator sanders, the most corrupt president in modern history and i think all of our history. >> i don't think this impeachment process will take long. as the former prosecutor i know concession when i see it. >> we have to impeach this president. >> reporter: the trump campaign responding with a statement, quote, once again donald trump was hands down winner of this debate. i believe you with three take aways, the night belonged in large part to pete buttigieg who was strong at every point of the night. bernie is b

, remember the reports before? oh, my god he mentioned biden 8 to 9 times, he did not. oh, there is a quid pro quo, no there was not, remember that reporting? >> we'll take time and go through the two paragraphs that media are comingling to confuse you and confound you and lie you to to push impeachment. first let's look at this page, i am reading from the transcript. okay? president: i would like you to do u a favor, -- this is where they all get off, a favor, president said do me a favor. president said, i would like you to do us a favor. look into j biden. he did not say that get dirt on boyden? birthdabiden. nope, he said, i would like you to do us a favor, our country has been through a lot, ukraine knows a lot about it i would like you to find out what happened with whole situation with ukraine. they say, crowd strike, i guess you have a wealthy people, the server, they say ukraine has it. there are a lot of things that went owhole situation, i think you are surrounding your with some of the same people. i would like to have the attorney general call you or your people, and i wo

things to look for. how will joe biden address the unfounded attacks. will biden take on elizabeth warren more aggressively as she tries to cement her front runner status. this will also be bernie sanders, first debate since his heart attack two weeks ago. we'll have more on the debate throughout the morning. let's start with suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with all the latest developments in the impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: yes, congress is back in session after a two-week recess. all lawmakers returning to washington. they have gotten an earful from their constituents. they have avoided questions regarding the impeachment inquiry as well as the cameras. now they're going to have to face both this as the impeachment committees have been very busy listening to testimony that is damaging to the president. fiona hill testifying for nearly ten hours behind closed doors on capitol hill providing house democrats with more information for their impeachment inquiry into president trump's ukraine scandal. >> when witnesses actually just show up it advances our investigation. the

covering for joe biden and his son. also the fraudulent nancy pelosi shift, impeachment circus is getting off to a horrific start. their first witness just literally shot down and deflated all of the lefts anti-trump impeachment fantasies and by the way, the cowardly adam schiff has been caught in yet another disgusting lie. there are growing calls for the liar in chief, the cowardly schiff to be kicked off his committee. buckle up, there will be a brand-new deep state leak. this is a warning, pretty much minute-by-minute spirit a new nonwhistle-blower, whistle-blower every second. we have traction here! china, cnn! much ago fake cnn reporting another leak with another phone call by another world leader, this time the president of china. the crop media is not trying to flood the zone with anti-trump speculation, especially since ukraine is blowing up in their faces and backfiring. the president said this to china. he will say this to rush on this to the saudis. they will not demand every transcript ever of every conversation our president has has commander in chief. all right, let's play

tomorrow that he heard president trump pressure ukraine's president to investigate joe biden. according to his opening statement, lieutenant vindman twice reported concerns out of his sense of duty. a major move by house democrats many this impeachment. the full house will vote thursday on procedures to formalize the investigation. president trump goes to chicago. rips into the city claiming the crime rate makes it embarrassing to america and less safe than afghanistan. is there any truth to that. the president getting a chilly reception at the world series. well, is this the president's own fault? he heard lock him up. joe biden ramps up attacks on trump calling him an idiot for saying russian election interference is a hoax. >> how concerned are you about foreign interference in the election? >> i'm concerned about foreign interference. beyond me. everybody knows what's going on. trump not only doesn't want to do anything about it he's going out and asking for help. come help me. help me from biden being the nominee. >> he says russian interference is a hoax. >> he's an idi

warned foreign investigation of joe biden would be seen as election interference. what more did volker reveal? no inner monologue. president trump goes beyond encouraging investigation of biden, encouraging china to do the same. >>> and blowing the whistle. getting new information about a second whistle-blower complaint. an irs official reportedly warned of tampering with the audit of president trump's tax returns. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. 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 p

house floor as the president's critics say his public call to china to investigate hundred biden's business dealings crosses the line. donald trump's special envoy to ukraine is spending 10 hours behind closed doors on the hill, republicans saying it undercuts adam schiff's claim. they are calling for the transcript to be released immediately and we got something new from house democrats who say the evidence works in their favor. stick around for the acting director of citizenship and immigration services responding to a police officer suspended for cooperating with federal immigration officials and we will get his response to opponents of the president's immigration policy and charges tonight. we have fox team coverage. katherine herridge with everything you need to know about the ukraine witness our position that did not go as democrats hoped. the president's new strategy in response to democrats impeachment push. >> donald trump on the offense, the president is scheduled to talk to nancy pelosi, the white house will not comply with an impeachment request until she takes a formal

investigation into the company linked to joe biden's son. we'll have more on that in a moment. >> bill: we're learning the whistleblower at the center of this controversy had contact with the house intelligence committee aide before filing that complaint. >> sandra: finally democrats now threatening to subpoena the white house for documents related to ukraine. here is some of the round-up from last night. >> i think that we just go forward and follow the facts. i don't think -- there are some people say why are you calling for an inquiry, just call to impeach. i don't think that would be fair and it isn't worthy of the constitution. >> the democrats have been talking about impeachment before donald trump was sworn into office and they've done it countless times. the jumping off point to have a conversation of impeachment isn't true. >> this was information given to me. i didn't go look for joe biden. the ukrainians brought me evidence of ukrainian collusion with hillary clinton, george soros. they put it in my lap. >> bill: this videotape from capitol hill in a moment. you'll see the s

dirt on joe biden, giuliani said he was working at the direction of the state department and under the guidance of kurt volker. >> he released that text message also -- >> in fact -- >> right. >> saying hey, that seemed to show an introduction between volcker and a key ukrainian official to bolster giuliani's case here. something volker will be asked about, right? >> right. the case that volker will make is that if giuliani thought i was giving him help it was because i was trying to table this entire thing as quickly as i possibly could because volker's view is that giuliani was not working in the national interests and he was working outside of traditional k diplomatic channels. as a way to placate giuliani he was giving him what he thought he needed. volker will make the point he was not involved in the decision to hold up ukrainian military add and told ukrainian leaders, i'm told he will say, to stay out of the 2020 election entirely. important people should know when volker was the special envoy to ukrainian doing it on a part-time and voluntary basis. his full-time job is be

briefing" starts now. >> dana: hello, i'm dana perino. hunter biden breaking his silence about his business dealings. the former vice president's son saying he's not hiding. >> it's been a lot of misinformation about me, not about my dad. nobody buys that. what i regret is not taking into account that there would be a rudy giuliani and a president of the united states that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea. >> dana: bret baier weighs in. plus, rudy giuliani responding after reports that john bolton called him a hand grenade over ukraine. lebron, did he foul out with the latest take? the superstar taking a shot at the executive who supported democracy over communist china. waiting to see the new look from nasa, space agency set to unveil the astronauts, coming up on "the daily briefing." >> dana: taking questions after months of scrutiny over business dealings in ukraine and china, while his father was vice president. in a interview on gma, "good morning america," hunter biden admits to poor judgment, but denies he broke laws for working for a ukrainian gas compa

china to look into the biden family. is that appropriate? >> look, of course not. elections in the u.s. should be decided by americans. it's not the business of foreign countries, any foreign countries to interfere in our elections. >> margaret: even ukraine? when you're talking about some of this, do you think that say the president's personal attorney. he has been tking about china and ukraine. do you want to hear him testify about this sort of shadow foreign policy. >> foreign countries should sta. that's true forussia, ukraine, a. it should be the american people deciding elections. i don't know what rudy has been saying. i do know that we should decide our elections and the american people should make the decisions. >> margaret: you want him to testify before your committee. >> i think it would make a lot of sense for rudy to testify. that's ultimately a question for the committee chairman. i would like to, yes. >> margaret: so the president is often talking about the need to look into joe biden. if he's so concerned would it be appropriate to bring it to his own justice departmen

interference from ukraine and china to investigate joe biden was brazen and unprecedented, wrong and appalling, and politically motivated. the president reduced to insulting, saying romney is pompous, bad for republicans, and that he never knew how to win. the day's other big development, "the new york times" reporting a second whistle-blower from inside the intelligence committee may step forward with a separate complaint. the "times" reports this official has more direct information about the president using the power of his office to pressure ukraine to investigate biden. and in that effort to seek foreign interference, some of the president's closest men are implicated, one of them secretary of state mike pompeo. he admitted this week he was on the controversial july phone call between the president and his ukrainian counterpart. secretary pompeo spoke about it after failing to meet a house subpoena. >> state department was very focused, at the direction of the president. we were very focused on creating a space that we could ultimately deliver a good relationship with this new government.

investigation of joe biden and his son hunter and the 2016 election. >> the newly released texts also show a top u.s. diplomat was concerned, president trump withholding hundreds of millions in military aid would amount to a quid pro quo. the senior u.s. diplomat in c w ukraine texted saying -- sondland responded, call me. >> on september 9th, taylor spelled out his concerns, as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold assistance for help with the political campaign. look at that, those words for a few minutes. 4 1/2 hours later, sondland replied, i believe you're incorrect about president trump's intentions, the president has been clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. >> sources say volcker told investigators yesterday he urged ukraine not to interfere in u.s. politics. the washington post reports volcker said he warned giuliani that you craukrainian claims we unreliable. today, michael atkinson will testify to the house panels behind closed doors. >> those text messages capped a whirlwind day of developments on the impeachment front, the most shocking with president trump

cameras, openly pushing another foreign power to investigate rival joe biden. giving democrats more ammo as they press giving democrats more ammo as they press their impeachment inquiry over a similar private what he reportedly said behind closed doors and now word tonigh the first witness telling his story to congress. what he reportedly said behind closed doors and now word tonight of a second whistle-blower complaint, potentially involving the president's taxes. >>> also breaking tonight, the active shooter at an apartment building the dramatic images just coming in the standoff unfolding as we come on the air and what we're now learning. >>> the urgent rescue mission. gyrocopter crashing, the sheriff's helicopter responding when it goes down, too miraculously, they both survived >>> i.t. worker on a stabbing rampage in paris at police headquarters, four killed, three of them officers was it an act of terror? >>> caught on dash cam, a couple pulled over for speeding, the mother inside the car in labor was it an act of terror? >>> caught on dash cam, a couple pulled over for speed

bidens. president volker testified to that being absolutely untrue. >> sean: for weeks the cowardly lying adam schiff wanted you to believe that president trump threaten to withhold u.s. aid to ukraine if he didn't investigate sleepy creepy crazy uncle joe and his sons shady ukrainian business deals and for weeks the media mob breathlessly reporting about trump ukraine quid pro quo and yet again it was a big giant hoax and another lie and another conspiracy theory. three long years. at one witch hunt after another. one coup attempt after another. tonight we have brand-new evidence proving beyond any shadow of a doubt that the last hysteria is once again built on another bout of lies. investigate wrote reporter john solomon it has acquired documentation showing that a new investigation was opened by the country's prosecutor general for months before the phone call with our president and the ukrainian president zelinski under ukraine's prior president and that's not all. john solomon reporting also tonight one focal point of the investigation was whether any of the $3.4 million in proceeds

responding. >> reporter: new concern about the damage attacks are having on joe biden. how is joe biden responding to him. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. tonight the breaking news. going to the extreme. sources telling cnn democrats preparing to take drastic and unprecedented steps in order to protect the identity of the whistle-blower if he or she testifies. let's not forget, president trump says he wants know the whistle-blower's identity. he has called the person a traitor suggesting he or she should be executed. this as democrats are widening their impeachment investigation, subpoenas going to more people around the president tonight. trump today defiant saying he's not afraid. >> it's lucky that i'm the president because i guess, a lot of people say very few people could handle it. i sort of thrive on it because it's so important that we get to the bottom. >> he's talking about getting to the bottom of the investigation itself. trump is not the only one who wants to get to the bottom of it. that depends on how you define it. democrats do too. their inquiry touching ever