Youre needed over there. They managed to douse those flames and save this house. But this is gone. The embers are the issue in these high santa ana winds. That is what carried this fire across the freeways. That is what set this house on fire. And that is the continuing danger. The irony is weve been on fire watch here in Southern California all week. The conditions were perfect with these high winds, low humidity, high temperatures. Those winds are due to change direction friday afternoon. And the temperature is due to drop. So just at the end of that fire watch window, this happened. As you say, this fire has moved so fast. Ignited 9 00. Were now up over 4600 acres. We have 70 engines, helicopters doing water drops. We just got hit by one now. And jordon, going to ask you to turn around here and see. This is the continuing issue. These are little spot fires, blazes all over this area. All over this densely populated area. People are being told to get out of their homes. But, you know, those evacuation orde orders, many of them came after people had gone to bed. So people were asleep. People who were watching the news had to go knock on doors and tell people to get out. Right now this is what we are watching. Somebodys home, somebodys life gone. Back to you, guys. Be careful, nick. We can see the satellite is already beginning to get affected somehow. Or at least your conditions there are not the best. Please be careful and well check back with you throughout the program. Okay. There are a lot of big developments in the impeachment inquiry. Two associates of Rudy Giulianis were arrested while trying to leave the united states. They have now been charged with illegally funneling money into campaigns. The sovietborn pair met with giuliani at the Trump International hotel in washington hours before they were arrested at dulles airport. These pictures are from a different time, to be clear. But yes they were lunching hours before the arrest. They are subpoenaed to testify. As you would imagine. In hours the u. S. Former ambassador is scheduled to speak before congress. We dont know if that would be blocked. The men and Rudy Giuliani worked to get her fired from her post or at least recalled back to the u. S. And the president ultimately removed her. So were waiting to see if she is blocked from her testimony is going to happen this morning. Lets bring in Maggie Haberman and david gregory. Maggie, as we have said, these two guys these two guys who have been implicated in all of these dirty deeds now charged. Between starting opening a Shell Company so they could funnel foreign money to different trump packs and try to enlist Pete Sessions in getting Marie Yovanovitch recalled, it is as dirty as the day is long what theyre being charged with. And they are clearly friends with rudy or Close Associates with Rudy Giuliani there. So the most interesting thing that i learned in the last 24 hourings was that those two when attended his september 11th annual dinner he holds with former aides. They were around all of the time a number of people giuliani had urged him to distance himself from them. Supposedly not knowing the details weve just discussed but just concerned because they didnt necessarily seem on the level to giulianis friends. Now i think the question becomes what this means for Rudy Giuliani in terms of working for President Trump. We saw President Trump yesterday do the beginning of a distance weve seen him do with any number of people over the years. Which is start to distance himself. Its generally been described as saying i hardly know the guy. It got close. Youll have to ask rudy. I dont know those people. He was asked is giuliani going to be indicted. His answer was i hope not. I dont know where this goes. Lets play that. Might as well. This is what she described as the i hardly know the guy moment. I dont know those gentlemen. Now, its possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. I dont know them. I dont know about them. I dont know what they do. But i dont know. Maybe they were clients of rudy. Youd have to ask rudy. Youd have to ask rudy. One of the things we could ask rudy, david gregory, is why one of these men was at his meeting with kurt volker the special envoy to ukraine where all these things about investigations in the meeting with the ukrainian president were being discussed. Another thing is why these mens were central in the effort to dig up dirt in ukraine about joe biden and why they along with giuliani and the president were working to push out the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. Theres a lot of things to ask rudy. Hes the live wire who wanted to be secretary of state, was passed over because of all his connections and some questions about security clearances in the very beginning. And now he seems to have this unlimited passport through the white house and the administration and overseas to do the president s bidding and to pursue his own agenda that seems to be closely linked with the president s agenda. So theres a lot of questions here and a lot yet to learn about giulianis role in all of this. The primary problem right now is how much this affects the arguments the white house is making. The president s primary concern in ukraine was to root out corruption and to chase down that corruption that he has said baselessly joe biden and his son were involved in. And yet this is the growing sphere that is around the president , a group of people trying to undermine the bidens, trying to dig up dirt to try to challenge the basis of the mueller probe. Thats what everybody seems to be up to. I mean, its just so dirty, maggie. Thats what weve been talking about. To enlist these two guys who have now been charged with these crimes all for political dirt digging about today two hours from now. Is there any chance to Marie Yovanovitch is actually able to show up or is she blocked by the state department . Theres a chance. Weve all been checking our phones waiting to see if theres going to be a decision to pull her from testifying. A, if she is allowed to, i dont understand why they wouldnt let Gordon Sondland testify but will let her testify. I think the difference might be that Gordon Sondland was having direct conversations with the president a fair number of times. Im not sure she can offer that perspective. She can offer more of a perspective about her understanding of what was being done in efforts to recall her from her role in ukraine. But look. The white house posture as you know has generally been to deny any witnesses. And you dont know. No reporting at this point. Let me play with the president said yesterday on the lawn as he was heading to the helicopter about whether or not he would allow yovanovitch to testify. [ inaudible question ] all right. I dont think that was right. Ill read it. I dont think youre running a country, i dont think you have all these people testifying about every conversation youve had. It wasnt a complete linear thought, but the point he was making there was im not sure you let these people testify. One question i do have, david, is that now as all of this spreads and there are more and more questions raised, whats to keep yovanovitch from quitting . If the situation is that she wont be allowed to testify because shes still a state department employee. If she cares enough about getting her version of the story out, couldnt she just quit . I dont see why she couldnt. I dont know if that necessarily clears the way for her to testify if administration lawyers assert some kind of privilege. If its executive privilege, i suppose thatd have to be litigated to prevent her from testifying. But, you know, the president s nonlinear thinking here is pretty clear on one point which is that congress should have no Oversight Authority over what hes doing. Because he has to run the country. Its precisely how hes trying to run the country that they are entitled to exercise oversight over. So again, as more of these details become public as corruption around him becomes more clear with indictments unsealed here, you know, i think it becomes more untenable. But we have to wait for republicans and leadership to start to apply that pressure. Why is Rudy Giuliani going through all these hoops . Is he so polluted by the crack pot far right websites that we know he peddles in and reads, that he thinks that thats where he should be putting his energy . It all seems to be so crazy to be traveling to europe to be associating with these two guys who are now charged instead of just staying at home and helping with the reelection campaign. I think david hit on a point thats really important in terms of trying to understand what Rudy Giuliani has been doing not just in this instance but the last nine months. He was passed over secretary of state for a number of reasons. His International Work was one of them. Theres a reason why people around him think there is a part of him that is basically trying to play that role in shadow form. The unstated goal of that would be to prove donald trump wrong for not choosing him. I think thats a big piece of it. Listen. Giuliani loves a fight. I mean, one of the things that keeps getting said is this is totally different than the mayor that we knew. And the mayor that we knew had a huge body of impressive accomplishments. He also was very controversial. But he was also somebody who went after a radio show callin guest who was talking about ferrets. He was somebody who read aloud the lyrics of captain jack to criticize her from playing it at a rally. Weve got to run in a second. Z. They wont answer that question. This is something that deserves that utmost privacy. It is noteworthy they were having a meeting in the middle of all of this. It is noteworthy its at a moment when the president has been critical of fox news and that they have been critical of him. How about the fact that the attorney general would be the envoy to fox news . We dont know thats what he was doing, to be clear. We dont know. But the fact if they were meeting, i think its again, i think that barr is really emerging as exactly the attorney general that donald trump wanted all along. It looks like it. Until we have other facts. Thank you, both, very much. Senator sanders talks to cnn about his recovery after suffering a heart attack. He tells dr. 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Sanjay joins us now from burlington, vermont. Sanjay, tell us what the senator told you. Reporter well, we get a lot of details the, alisyn. Not only about what happened last tuesday when he was at that rally and needed to ask for a chair to sit down. What happened after that. But also as we learned, alisyn, in the weeks prior to this, the symptoms that hed been having. I was more tired than i usually have been. Had more trouble sleeping than ordinarily. Occasionally id be up there at the podium and feel a little bit unsteady. One time i was literally holding the mic up to my mouth and my arm hurt. I should have paid more attention to those symptoms. So i hope that people learn from my mistake. Reporter its such an important point. The symptoms youre describing might not be sort of classic symptoms. But some of the stuff were indicators. In retrospect, how long had you had symptoms, senator . I think probably its hard to say. You know, because as i said, when youre running around the country and working hard, youre tired. What else is new . Youre going to be tired. But id say several weeks. I should have paid attention. Reporter during this whole process, nine days now, was there any point you said, you know what . I think the best course of action may be to drop out. No. Because, you know, i dont know how again, you know, when you hear the word heart attack, youre thinking of somebody lying on the ground in terrible pain. Wasnt the case. The day i woke up after the procedure, no pain. Zero pain. No pain right now. I feel really good. So, you know, my feeling was once i assessed the situation and learned what happened, that given my whole life struggle i dont mean to be, you know, overly dramatic here, but ive spent my entire life trying to fight the justice not only against homophobia but for workers rights to create an environment that is not destroying our water and our air, climate change. All of those issues. And weve had significant success in kind of transforming the dialogue in america. And many of the issues that i talked about four years ago are now, you know, that were considered radical then are mainstream today. Many of my democratic opponents today are saying what i said four years ago. So weve struggled really hard to get to where we are right now. Bring millions of people together in the fight for justice. And im not a quitter. Sanjay, first of all, we applaud his candor there in talking about his symptoms and what he was feeling. Because as he points out, there are misconceptions, so many misconceptions about a heart attack. But in terms of his future, you know, there was some confusion. As first we heard he was scaling back his campaign. Then we heard no hes not at all. Did he address that with you . Reporter yeah, he did. I asked him directly. Did you misspeak, what is going on . And the way he answered it basically was to say next week, for example, hes not going to be doing his more typical four rallies a day which is kind of what hes known for. But he plans on getting back to full pace. Thats what he said. Its more theiss going to be sort of ramping it up over time. Am i dialing it down a little bit right now . Yes. But the expectation is thats not going to be the status quo. Im going to get back to that full pace. He looked good, alisyn. I think when you restore blood flow to a muscle, in this case that muscle is the heart, no matter what you often feel better. When youre not getting enough blood flow, thats what often causes those symptoms. Again, anybody listening to him, i think its really valuable to hear that he was more tired, he was having a hard time sleeping. Then he had that left arm pain. And i think hes doing people a favor by being so candid. He got it checked out as well. Theres a lot of people who have these symptoms and they blow it off. A third of people who never thought they had heart disease, the first time they learn they have it is when they have a heart attack or maybe even die. Thank you very much for doing that interview and bringing it to us. Yeah. Say hi to my motherinlaw while youre up there. Two associates of Rudy Giuliani charged with funneling money from foreign entities into the election. Well learn more. Were proving the new keurig kduo brewer makes any occasion the perfect coffee occasion. Breakfast in bed just add Ground Coffee for a carafe, or pop in a pod for a freshly brewed cup. Exactly how i like my coffee. Youve got your carafe. Ive got my light roast. Were brewing the love. Youre stronger than you know. So strong. You power through chronic migraine, 15 or more headache or migraine days a month. One tough mother. Youre bad enough for botox®. Botox® has been preventing headaches and migraines before they even start for almost 10 years, and is the 1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. 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Joining me now is ellen winthrop. Were excited to have you on to help us understand what the rules actually are. I dont want to read the indictment to you, but these men are charged with funneling foreign money into the u. S. Elections system. Broadly speaking, what laws did they break and why do they exist . Thanks, john, for having me. I dont want to talk about the specifics of this case. But i am happy to talk to you about the law. There are laws against individuals or groups funneling money through other groups in order to hide the source of the money. Its a law against contributions in the name of another, and theres another really important law against foreign contributions. And both of these laws are laws that are fundamental and really important protections to make sure that the American Public know whos behind the money, who is funding our candidates, where that money is coming from, and whether it is legal. Ive been concerned for a long time about the potential for dark money hiding foreign interference in our elections. I testified about this before the National Subcommittee at the house earlier this year. I think weve not done enough. I noted on twitter the other day, you reposted something saying is this thing on. Let me make something 100 to Anyone Running for public office. Its illegal for anyone to accept or receive anything of value from a Foreign National connected with a u. S. Election. I will note that you reposted that tweet the day that the president asked china to investigate joe biden. I know you will not address that directly. And i respect that. Thank you. But broadly speaking, why is it illegal to ask a foreign country to intervene in a u. S. Election . Well, the laws against foreign interference in our election, really that principle goes back to the founding of our nation. We want to make sure that this democracy is our democracy. Its for american citizens to decide who our leaders should be and what our policy should be. Thats why we dont want foreign interference in our elections. Its part of my job as a federal Election Commissioner and now this year as chair to make sure that everyone understands what the law is. The American Public, and indeed the candidates and the political actors who are involved in our election. Everyone needs to understand the law clearly. We have great Information Available on the fec website. But i know not everyone spends a lot of time on the fec website. So i am willing to use twitter, of eds, coming on shows like this to get the word out to the American People any way i can. Its a technical question, but one that has become important in the Mueller Investigation and even know when it has to do with the research and Opposition Research and knowledge has value. Correct . Can you explain to me why thats a complicated issue and if youre willing to tell me what your feeling is about it, thats be great too. Well, again, the law is pretty clear that it is illegal to accept anything of value from a Foreign National in connection with a u. S. Election. So the question of what is a thing of value has come up before. And it doesnt have to be something that is tangible. Obviously money is a thing of value. A tangible thing you can buy in a store is a thing of value. But the commission has also looked at other instances of less tangible things. Opposition research, voter lists, mailing lists, contact lists. Campaigns generally pay for or that individuals or groups spend money in order to produce or acquire. And theyre all things of value. Is asking a foreign country if a foreign country investigating a political opponent, does that have value . I dont think im going to answer that one. I thought id try. I will note that republican congressman rodney davis of illinois has not been happy with the statements youve been making on twitter or in interviews including with cnn. He has asked the federal Election Commission to investigate you and what you said among other things. He says this investigation is not about silencing anyone, its about protecting the dignity and respect the commission has worked towards since its obsession. Whats your response to congressman davis . Well, i think its exactly about trying to silence me. And this trick has been tried before. A couple of years ago, a front group that was funded by the Koch Brothers filed pretty much the same complaint with our office of inspector general. And the office completely cleared me saying there is nothing wrong with a public official speaking to the public as an Election Commissioner, everything that concerns the integrity of our elections is something that i am concerned about and that i speak to the public about. 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Heads down, armed guards standing above them in this shocking drone video. The u. S. Government believes this video posted online anonymously last month was shot in china. Cnn cant independently confirm its authenticity, but activists say its a disturbing example of an ongoing unparalleled human rights crisis in the world today. It is the western chinese region where the government has detained hundreds of thousands of muslim minorities over the past years. Theyre thrown into a Massive Network of concentration camps. The Chinese Government doesnt want you to see these camps as we saw first hand on a trip to xinjiang this year. Maam, can you tell me what that is . Is this something you dont want us to see . Why you are here . Tell me. Reporter were here to film what we believe is a camp. Activists say by detaining people en masse, china is trying to eradicate muslim culture. But they say it is centers to eliminate religious extremism. Anyone can travel freely to xinjiang to see what the government is doing for themselves, they say. When we went, that wasnt true. Our welcome gift was a government tail. Weve already been followed by three or four guys including one of them who ive seen follow us from the second we got out of the baggage area. That would be this man. He and at least a dozen others followed us every single hour of our sixday trip. Never more than 20 feet away. In the car, in the train station, in the hotel, in he room next to mine. Xinjiang is on lockdown. So video like this smuggled to the outside world is rare and crucial evidence. Western intelligence sources say the video shows muslim minorities being transferred between detention facilities by train. Omar bekali watched the video. And says he went through something very similar. I feel so sad, he says. That used to be me. I cant forget that. Its criminal. He says he was held in a chinese camp for months in 2017 though he was transferred by car, he says he was bound and blindfolded the same way. I think the reason they want to torture us is firstly to make us physically weak so you cannot resist. Beijing did not respond to his claims. The government said, quote, its crackdown on crimes have never been linked to ethnicities or religions. Cnn cannot confirm why the men are being held and criminal prisoners in china are regularly transported wearing blindfolds. But this drone video does not exist in a vacuum. Its just a part of more corroboration including firsthand accounts and what weve seen on the ground for ourselves that shows china is persecuting people in xinjiang simply because they are muslim. Matt rivers, cnn. Our thanks to matt. What terrific reporting there. So now to this. The border city of mission, texas, remembering the officer, husband, and father affectionately known as speedy. He was the First MissionPolice Officer killed in the line of duty in more than 40 years. Now the department is going beyond the call of duty for his family. Cnns ed lavandera explains. Reporter even in the predominantly latino border town of mission, texas, people had a hard time pronouncing the corporals name. Instead, he was just known as speedy. He was always the first one out there. Reporter so it wasnt a surprise he came to the call. I heard a radio call in the background. So he told me, babe, i got to go. I said, okay, babe. Take care. Reporter those were the last words the High School Sweethearts shared. 15 minutes later a friend told bobbi to race to the hospital. He was shot. I cried my lungs out. I didnt want to believe it. I did not want to believe it. But the doctor did come out and say that he had passed. And i was just in shock. I was i couldnt i just couldnt deal with it at the time. I was in complete shock. Reporter officer javier lara was one of his best friends. A week before the shooting, they shared haunting text messages. A pact that if anything happened, they would take care of each others families. Its heart breaking. Its something you make as a promise as a friend, as a best friend, and youre always going to hold your word to it, but it just you know, now were fulfilling it. Reporter officer lara and others have stepped up for their buddy speedy taking care of his wife and their two children briana and joaquin. They recruited dozens of officers to make sure joaquin didnt walk into the first day of seventh grade alone. A moment so powerful that it left many officers in tears. They drove briana to college and helped her move into her dorm room. They filled the stands of a middle School Stadium to cheer joaquin on in his first Football Game where he wore number 50 in honor of his fathers badge number 350. And they named a street after him. I mean, its lit rattly a family in blue. Theyve been with us through everything. They try to normalize our life as much as possible. Reporter are you guys excited to go to the game . Yeah. Super excited. Reporter speedy and his family were supposed to celebrate his birthday at a recent cowboys game. It was his favorite team. But it was his brothers in blue who brought the family instead. We get to honor and share it with my husband in spirit. I know hes here. Ive had so many signs, its unbelievable. Im just very thankful. Reporter the Dallas Cowboys might be known as americas team, but these officers are speedys team. Ed lavandera, cnn, texas. Now to this story. The crisis in Northern Syria escalating overnight after President Trump pulled out u. S. Troops. One army veteran says President Trump has betrayed troops around the world. We speak with him next. Yeah, thats half the fun of a new house. Seeing what people left behind in the attic. Well, saving on Homeowners Insurance with geicos help was pretty fun too. Ahhhh, its a tiny dancer. 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As of this morning, nearly 300 people having killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes since turkey began its military offensive in Northern Syria. President trumps decision to pull u. S. Troops out of that region sparked by partisan criticism including from current soldiers and veterans. Joining us now is paul rieckhoff. Hes a u. S. Army veteran and host of angry americans podcast. Great to have you here. Let me just read your tweet about all of this. This is what you sent out earlier this week. Trump has not just betrayed the kurds, hes betrayed the american troops standing behind them. His word is americas word is their word. Nobody can trust america right now including american troops. Youre angry about this decision. Is that youre angry about this decision . Its a reason to be angry, frustrated, disappointed. But think about our special forces troops who 48 hours ago were standing next to their kurdish allies fighting in combat, in a trench combat and then they get word from higher they have to go and leave their friends stranded on the bat battlefield. The kurds cant trust us and that sends a message to our allies in afghanistan and around the world. American troops everywhere are jeopardized if our allies cant trust us. Do you understand why the president made this decision . No, i dont think anybody does. Its shortsided, hasty and its going to reverberate not just in syria but around the world. Who is going to stand next to an american troop and put their butt, their life on the line, their family on the line if tomorrow theyre gone. If youre in a fist fight and someone is next to you and they leave you hanging, its betrayal and questions whether you can trust your allies. The president had a rally in minneapolis and he, i think, tried to explain his feelings on this. He basically said mission accomplished. We dont have any soldiers there because weve left. We won. We left. Take a victory, united states. We left. Take a victory. Take a victory. Bring our troops back home. Are you not taking a victory . No. Does anybody feel victorious right now . This is not a reality show. Youre going to post images that show nobody has won. Its combat and evolving and there nor victors here. He can say whatever he wants but this is not a reality show. Our troops are caught in the middle. He also said there were no kurds at normandy. He knows as much about normandy as he does about vietnam. Hes out of touch with the reality of whats happening on the ground. Our troops are caught in the middle of politics. This is just another example. Hes basically saying that the troops want to come home and that people dont want americans dont like endless wars. Is that valid . Thats valid but this doesnt mean everything is going to be peaceful tomorrow because we pulled 200 people out of syria. Even if the numbers are small, theyre strategic forces. People who can call air strikes, force multipliers. 200 of our green berets are better than thousands of other troops. Youre hearing reports from inside, this is their job. They take pride. They want to stand by our allies and make sure were respected and can be trusted. When you hear almost 300 people have been killed this week since this began, turkey, of course, calls them terrorists. We see them, i believe, the who knows who has been killed yet. Maybe its people in isis released from detention centers, but its also, as you say, the allies were fighting next to. What do you think when you hear the number . Thereby a few hundred more by the time we finish this hour. It cascades throughout the region. This is not just a victory for the turks but also for the iranians, for the russians. Its a victory for isis. Our enemies are celebrating. They keep celebrating all these hasty haphazard moves trump executes. Its putting us in a bad spot. Its going to get worse. The violence in iraq is cascading. The entire region is engulfed in trauma. When you pull one piece out, they all could fall down. Former National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster talked about this yesterday. He said this is a victory for Vladimir Putin and the assad regime and he went on to explain why he thinks the president made this decision. Listen to h. R. Mcmaster. Whats unfortunate, i think, about the decision is i think a lot of people who may have been talking to the president , the president himself, may not have focused maybe on the importance of that force in connection with defeating a terrorist organization, but also having the influence necessary to ultimately help end this catastrophe of across the greater middle east. What hes saying is the president must not be focused on the priorities here. How does that make sense . It doesnt make sense. Im not going to try to get inside Donald Trumps head. Thats a dangerous game. Mcmaster has been inside the white house. So many retired generals have been inside the white house and we need them to speak out. Put their stars on the shelf and speak out as citizens and we need to hear from general mattis. He was inside. Hes been very quiet. Time to put his Country First above the politics and tell the American People and the troops what they need to know. Have you spoken to any of the troops fight with the sdf Kurdish Forces there . Im in regular touch with people across the region and across the world. Theyre concerned. Its just a constant back and forth. They dont know what to expect. When you cant trust the leadership out of washington, it puts them on shakier ground when they continue to be in combat for a decade and a half. Paul rockhoff, thank you. That was a great discussion. One of the things we like to say is this is not your grandfathers election. But it turns out, this time it is. John avlon has a wellseasoned reality check. John . Welcome to that 70s show. Election 2020 edition. Americas always been considered a young and hungry country but for the first time our political stage is being dominated by candidates in their 70s. President trump is 73. The oldest first term president ever. Joe biden, 76, reagans age in his second term. Bernie sanders is 78 and just had a heart attack on the campaign trail. Elizabeth warren is the Spring Chicken coming in at 70. Age is not a disqualifier. We want experience in our leaders. Some stability would be nice as well. They say that with age comes wisdom, but also a few miles off the fastball. Jimmy carter said he couldnt have done the job if he was 80. Consider this. When eisenhower was elected he seemed ancient but he was just 62. Jfk was a generation younger at 4 3. Weve had two president s in their 40s. Bill clinton and barack obama. In fact, the average age of all president ial nominees since kennedy is 58. 53 for democrats and 63 for republicans. But whatever metric you look at, were fielding the oldest crop of toptier candidates ever. I know weve got an aging population, but this is ridiculous. At times it seems were still living through a replay of 1970 era politics. Hes gone from stealing his slogans to spurring his impeachment inquiry. Abuse of power and contempt of congress. Even trumps current defense boils down to something nixon once said. When the president does it, that means its not illegal. 2020 democrats were all adults during the watergate. Even joe biden was in the senate. But the 70s replay is the 72 election when George Mcgovern captured the nomination by riding a populist wave. It felt really good until it crashed into the reality of the american electorate and nixon won 49 states. Always a danger the democrats play to their base and reinforcing reflexible republican attacks on campus radicals, liberal elitists and socialism. It worked on a war veteran like George Mcgovern. How will it work on an actual democratic socialist or former harvard professor. It includes millennials like buttigieg and gabbard and booker, yang, kamala harris, but none are cracking the top three. Not even winning over young voters. The harvard study found the youngest favored the oldest. Bernie sanders and joe biden which is evidence that identity politics has its limits. The baby boomers came in promising endless progress and the age of aquarius. They wound up elevating gordon gekko while giving decadence, debt and decline. Whatever the age we need vigor in the presidency. People who wont be triggered by halfcentury old arguments and understand the obligation to reunite the nation. So, please, after this, lets agree its time to turn off that 70s show. And thats your reality check. When you mentioned age of aquarius, i was hoping youd break into song. I debated it and decided it would be better for the viewers if i didnt indulge that show tune. Once upon a looking for bernie was my Favorite Song from hair. Just saying. That is great, john. Thank you very much. And thanks to our International Viewers for watching. For you cnn newsroom with max foster is next. For u. S. Viewers, breaking news. Wildfires sweeping across the Los Angeles Area at this hour. New day continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning and welcome to your new day, friday, october 11th. 8 00 in the east. A lot of news to get to. First, the breaking news. An explosion of wildfires in Southern California threatening lives and homes. Winds gusting over 60 miles per hour. Fanning these flames, forcing mandatory evacuations north of los angeles. We are now told 100,000 people are affected by these fires and thousands have been ordered to evacuate. Many people as you can imagine were asleep when these fires were ignited overnight. More than 4600 acres have burned so far. Dozens of homes have already been destroyed or at least burned. The fires are spreading so quickly that two major freeways remain shut at this area at this hour. And you can imagine what that means for the Los Angeles Area. So its just what were were just watching them grow. They started as a 60acre brush fire. Nick watt has been standing by. We cant get his signal out because the conditions are so brutal, we are working to get a live report from the ground, but many dozens of homes have now been destroyed. Nick saw one burn down right in front of him. And as you can see, these are live pictures. The fire is burning. Well bring you updates throughout the morning. Just does not look like theyre anywhere close to getting it contained. This happened overnight. Well check back with him once he gets his signal functioning in these conditions. Major new developments in the impeachment inquiry. Two men close to Rudy Giuliani have been arrested. Central players in giulianis farflung scheme to get foreigners to dig up dirt on joe biden. The two men were charge d for funneling foreign money into republican campaigns. They were also part of a push to oust the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. Now that ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, is scheduled to speak to congress in two hours. This is all coming together in one really crazy story. Its unclear whether the president will try to block his testimony this morning as he did earlier this week with another state department official. Were waiting for word on that every minute that passes. New details about the july 25th phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian president and the quid pro quo allegations in the whistleblower complaint or the request for a favor. The Washington Post reports at least four National Security officials were so alarmed by that phone