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Pull forces from northern syria, clearing the way for a tush turkish attack on our allies in our war against isis. And calling foulch the nba under attack for apologizing to china for a general managers tweet supporting hong kong protesters, is one of americas port league putting money over principle. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. Including some fastmoving new developments in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Sources are now telling cnn that the House Intelligence Committee and lawyers for the whistleblower who filed a complaint about the president , they are now discussing what are being described as extreme measures to protect the individuals identity, due to growing safety concerns. Also breaking this hour, House Democrats are now threatening to subpoena three associates of the president s personal lawyer rudy giuliani. And theyre expanding the probe to the pentagon and the office of management and budget issuing subpoenas for documents about the freezing of aid to ukraine. Well talk about that and more with congressman rothia krish raja krishnonoorthi. Manu raju is on the scene for us. What is the latest from capitol hill . What are you picking up. Reporter tonight democrats and the lawyers for the whistleblower who made the complaint against President Trumps conduct have been discussing what is being described as, quote, extreme measures to protect the whistleblowers identity in case that individual were to come and testify before the House Intelligence Committee. Now democrats are concerned that the president the president s attacks against the whistleblower raising concerns about his or her credibility could mean that this individual could be in harms way if his or her identity is ultimately leaked. So what theyre discussing behind the scenes is are a range of options including potentially disguising the voice of the individual, but potentially hiding the persons image, potentially doing this off site and also limiting the number of staff and members from interviewing this person and perhaps not doing it on capitol hill because this persons identity may be seen even though there are many ways to enter the congress or the capitol without being seen by the press. But never ttheless this underscores what is significant testimony by this individual to come before this committee. Of course it would be done behind closed door you doors but at the moment they want to bring forward first and hope to finish interviews and see if they could bring the whistleblower forward but at the moment no deal reached to bring this person yet. One reason why, they are trying to protect this persons identity, wolf, manu raju. Jim acosta is at the white house. The president continues to rail against all of this. Reporter that is right. And the president just wrapped up comments talking about his trade agreement he Just Announced with japan. The president once again called the impeachment inquiry up on capitol hill a scam, at one point he told reporters just a few moments ago that you shouldnt be able to impeach a president for doing a good job but the impeachment inquiry continues up on capitol hill. And the president is behaving more unpredictably as the impeachment inquiry ensnares top officials in the administration and the president is whipping up another fire storm. He just talked about this over syria. Announcing hes giving the green light to turkey to wipe out Kurdish Forces that had helped the u. S. Defeat isis and republicans are pushing back against that idea, pushing back against the president when it comes to syria. But not so much on ukraine. President trump was all smiles in front of the cameras as his top aide showered him in applause. But the Trump Administration is sinking deeper into the impeachment quick sand on capitol hill. As House Democrats have issued new subpoenas to mark esper and the head of management and budget and including a request for dird for joe biden. Letter doesnt mince words insisting each subpoena compels you to produce the documents by october 15th, 2019. With a second whistleblower they are shifting explanations for the president s comments with some in the gop claiming mr. Trump was only joking when he asked china to investigate biden. You really think he was serious about thinking that china is going to investigate the bidens. He said it right there in public. I think hes getting i think senator rubio said a couple of days ago, i think hes getting the press spun up about this. But larry kudlow wasnt sure about that. Is the president [ inaudible ]. I dont know how know. But the president is claiming rick perry urged him to turn to the ukrainians. Absolutely. I asked the president multiple times, mr. President trump, we think it is in the United States and in ukrainian best interest that you and the president of ukraine have conversations, that you discuss the options that are there. So absolutely, yes. Reporter even though perry insisted biden didnt come up, not once. As god is my witness, not once as a biden name, not the former Vice President or his son ever mentioned. And defenders sounded unhinged with trump tweeting nancy pelosi was guilty of treezor and that utah senator is a pompous ass and ron johnson from the Homeland Security Security Committee stood by mr. Trump saying he didnt trust parts of the Intelligence Community. Do you believe the fbi and the cia . No, i dont trust any of these guys in the obama administration. I dont trust them. Reporter the president offered up a new distraction from t from t from the impeachment drama announcing he is withdrawing u. S. Forces and jeopardizing kurdish fighters who helped in the battle against isis but he said if turkey does anything i consider to be off limits i will droi and on literate at the economy of turkey. Mitch mcconnell took issue with the president staying a precipitous withdrawal of u. S. Forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran and the assad regime and increase the risk that isis and other terrorist groups regroup. A rare moment of dissent from inside of the gop. Isis is not beaten my friend. The biggest lie being told by the administration, that isis is defeated. This impulsive decision by the president has undone all of the gains weve made, thrown the region into further chaos. Reporter the president was asked why he is siding with autoo crattic leaders over the kurdish allies. Well im not siding with anybody. We want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that. Reporter now there is one more republican senator to add to the list to emerge to criticize his phone call with the president of ukraine. Ohio senator rob portman told the Columbus Dispatch the president should not have raised the biden issue on that call period, in the words of senator portman. But the senator said the president s actions do not warrant impeachment. So hes not there at that point yet, wolf. Jim acosta at the white house. Thank you. A lot going on. Lets get more on the president s stunning decision to abandon washingtons main ally in the war against isis by clearing the way for a turkish attack on Kurdish Forces in syria. Lets bring in kylie atwood. A lot of concern not just from democrats but a lot of republicans as well. What the president has announced could cause a massive slaughter of kurds. That is right. Weve seen opposition throughout the day as you said, not just from democrats and regional experts but also from republicans. Senator Lindsey Graham calling this a shortsighted and irresponsible decision by the president. We also heard from senator ted cruz saying that reliable allies do not abandon their friends. Now the kurds have been fighting alongside the u. S. , u. S. Forces in syria for the greater part of the last few years. They are our allies there. And so therefore if the u. S. Does allow this turkish offensive, which the white house statement said they would be allowing yesterday, it abandons the people that have been fighting alongside the u. S. For years. The people that have helped the u. S. To defeat isis in syria. And that is why youre seeing republicans come out and say we cannot be doing this right now. Kylie atwood with that. Thank you very much. Lets get some more on all of this. Truly dramatic developments, democratic congressman raja krishnonoorthi of illinois is joining us, a member of the intelligence and oversight committee. Thank you so much for joining us. I want to start with the breaking news that the House Intelligence Committee is considering taking what are being described as extreme measures to conceal the whistleblowers identity including limiting the presence of staff and members during testimony and disguising the individuals image and voice. Do you think all of that is necessary . Well, were kind of in an unusual situation where the president is basically threatening the whistleblower. Weve heard the various pieces of rhetoric that hes directed toward the whistleblower. He wants to know the identity of the whistleblower. And so this extremely unusual situation unfortunately demands extreme measures in terms of protecting the security of the whistleblower. We cannot allow the president to somehow get to the whistleblower or threaten him or discourage him or her from telling their side of the story. And us learning what exactly is the extent of the alleged scheme displayed in his complaint. Do you trust republican lawmakers to protect this official, this whistleblower, from exposure . Id like to trust the secrecy of our our identity of whistleblower and other important facts to all members of our committee. However, the fact of the matter is that we cant guarantee 100 assurance or safety for this whistleblower in the Current Situation using normal methods or measures. And so that is why we have to resort to these extreme measures which you described. Do you think this person, this whistleblowers life is actually potentially in danger . I dont know about that. And i cant comment on that. That being said, what the president has said in terms of calling him or her a spy, or their associate spies and they would be handled a certain way in the past, would suggest that even their personal safety is something that we have to be concerned about right now. As you know, there is now a second whistleblower who claims to have what is being described as firsthand knowledge backing up the complaint filed by the original whistleblower. Do you know anything else about the information . This official is prepared to disclose . I do not. I do not know this whistleblowers identity. However, based on what the Inspector General has said in the past, there are other individuals who corroborate the first whistleblowers complaint. That is what led the Inspector General to call the whistleblowers complaint both credible and urgent. And so all i know is what ive read in the press from the attorney for this second whistleblower. And so i would just commend this person for coming forward. And hopefully this person will be allowed to follow the process as it was intended. Namely, file a whistleblower complaint with the Inspector General, the Inspector General then investigates it, and then in this case, if it happens, i hope that the acting director of national intelligence, maguire, forwards that complaint to us if it is judged to be credible and urgent. Unlike what happened before. As you also know, House Democrats want to know a lot more about the freezing of foreign aid and economic and military assistance to ukraine. Yes, sir. How do the latest subpoenas to the pentagon and the office of management and budget fit into the overall impeachment probe . Yes, so basically according to press reports, the white house instructed mr. Mulvaney, the director of the office of management and budget, and also the acting white house chief of staff to basically then instruct the deefs the Defense Department to freeze the aid and convene to congress that the aid was being slowed because of an interagency process. According to press reports officials at the state and Defense Department were alarmed and they tried to get that directive reversed. And so we need to understand why that aide was being frozen and what was conveyed to Mick Mulvaney and also to officials at state and Defense Department and if reasons for freezing the aid were given. It doesnt sound like they were. And i think everybody is right now quite puzzles on capitol hill given the fact that we appropriated this aid in september of 2018, a whole year ago and it still hasnt reached ukraine. Congressman raja krishnonoorthi, thank you for joining us. 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Were following multiple breaking stories including new subpoenas and demands for documents in the rapidlyexpanding impeachment investigation of President Trump. As were learning attorneys for the House Intelligence Committee are discussing what is described as extreme measures to protect the identity of the original whistleblower if that person does testify. Lets get insight from our political and legal experts. Jeffrey toobin, do you think the extreme measures to protect the whistleblower are necessary. I sure do. And let me give you three words why. Christine blasey ford. Think about that woman who was you could say the whistleblower in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings whose life was turned upside down, who was harassed, who has at least for many months couldnt live in her house and that is Minor League Baseball compared to the world cease of an impeachment situation. So this person and it may be more than one person is going to be an enormous target and every security precaution should be taken. I wonder if it will work. But certainly they should try. They should obviously try. John kirby democrats now want the impeachment probe to go forward with new documents. Theyre subpoenaing new documents from the defense secretary mark esper. What sort of information might the pentagon have to be relevant to the impeachment probe. Im sure there is in ternal correspondence on the back and forth over the decisions and want policy about the systems and what the benefits of supplying those systems were. And then i think some budget documents too in terms of the cost of providing these systems and the maintenance and upkeep and i think that all of that will be fairly simple and straightforward for the pentagon to provide. And now supposedly we heard there is a second whistleblower who has firsthand information about what happened during that phone call and other relevant information. How valuable might this second whistleblower be . Well, wolf, it is what you said. Firsthand knowledge. So the knock on the first whistleblower was, well this is all secondhand and hearsay and that is the trump spin. I will note everything that we know in the whistleblower complaint jives with what we know about the ukraine call and Everything Else thus far despite Donald Trumps claims to the contrary. But firsthand knowledge and Intelligence Community confirmation affirmation, a Stronger Foundation on which democrats will look to probe the president. If, nia, the second whistleblower was listening in on the phone call and saw the transcript sort of rough transcript that even the white house said wasnt an official transcript, saw it and it has complaints about what was in that socalled transcript or other relevant information, that could be very significant if that person has that firsthand kind of knowledge. That is right. Very significant and hard for donald trump and his republican allies to keep attacking this first whistleblower because again you have somebody else who is corroborating what the whistleblower said in addition to everything that the democrats already have. The Text Messages that came out of the volker testimony, some of the other witnesses that likely came out of the i. G. I. C. And the memo of the transcript and in addition to just the road map that the whistleblower complaint provided. So the more people you get in on this, in terms of showing that they have problems with what the president said in those conversations, i think the harder it is going to be. I think the republicans and certainly donald trump will still try to tear down the credibility of everyone who comes out. Deep state. The deep state. That is their whole criticism of this thing, there is this whole plot beginning from when the president ran for office to bring him down. Youve heard some of the president s supporters in the senate and elsewhere say he was just joking when he said that china should investigate the bidens as well. He wasnt really serious, although we look at tape and he was obviously very, very serious. Weve got an important column on cnn which said the president tried this before. It passes a deep prolog and the joeckelibby will remain and it worked before when staff had to do cleanup after his outrageous comments or claims and consider these greatest hits when candidate trump said, russia, if your listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 Hillary Clinton emails that are missing and when asked about it by robert mueller, trumps written answer was essentially, lighten up. I happen to have his written answer here and it says that was done, quote, in jest and sarcastically as well as apparent to any objective observer. Of course it was. But that is the excuse, the joke excuse. They seem to use that for everything. Did you promise pardons to people who might break the law and immigration policy on building the wall. That was joking. I really didnt do that. So they use that time and time again and over the weekend of course we saw it repeatedly starting with senator marco rubio who said he wasnt the president wasnt serious and just loved to drive you crazy and then congressman jordan and down the list of people who finally had Something Else to kind of glom on to as if it made any sense. As if the president was standing there on the lawn and talking to china while involved in trade negotiations. And kind of joking. That is absurd. Hes clearly wasnt joking. Lets say he was joking, which he wasnt to gloria point. Is china aware that he was being sarcastic . This is the problem. Did they talk to the chinese and say, oh, fyi, he was joking. Because hes such a comedian and a cutup. Let me let jeffrey and nia. Go ahead. Hes hes not as funny as i am. That is true. So i think its unlikely. It is just preposterous. All you have to do is look at his entertainment about china, he wasnt joking. His whole defense is that there is nothing wrong with asking ukraine or asking china or italy or any of the countries that are now involved to help gather dirt. So why is that a joke . It is not a joke. That is his defense. Reporting shows he at least brought up biden while on the phone with china, brought up biden as well as warren. Was that just a joke . Was he telling a joke about Elizabeth Warren or joe biden . Unlikely. And we also know that he did this with ukraine. Were in the middle of a conversation based on a transcript that he said ukraine, please investigate biden. So it is utterly believable that he wants china to do the same thing. Republicans are looking for something. Ir theyre desperate for something to glom on to and if you look at the talking points it is about process and not about defending trumps behavior. And so one of the defenses, which has been used by people in his press shop over the years, oh, he was just joking. So it is something that members of republicans have sort of glommed on to. But it wont stick. It cant last. He wasnt joking. And as chris points out, it is not a joke if your the chinese. It is just not a joke. What does he what is he talking about . Does he want us to do this . Because theyre not joking. Theyre involved in serious trade negotiations and they want to know is this is this the way they get in the door . Stick around. Everybody stick around. There is a lot more were following on the breaking news. Well do that right after this. Thats what happens in golf nothiand in life. Ily. Im very fortunate i can lean on people, and that for me is what teamwork is all about. You cant do everything yourself. You need someone to guide you and help you make those tough decisions, thats Morgan Stanley. Theyre industry leaders, but the most important thing is they want to do it the right way. Im really excited to be part of the Morgan Stanley team. Im justin rose. We are Morgan Stanley. 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That is what the small groups were doing in syria to defeat the network and create a sustainable set of conditions and letting turkey if will make it harder for our sdf allies to fight isis because theyre going to be forced to react to turkish incursion. Swept bipartisan condemnation of the president s decision, including from republicans, gloria. Huge mistake, betraying an ally. Disastrous and sure as isis come back and shortsighted and irresponsible and a stain on americas honor. Catastrophic mistake. Terribly unwise. I could go on. These are from republicans including republican leaders. You know what i want to know . I want to know if general mattis will Say Something at some point. This is why he left. This is why he quit. He said he couldnt agree with policy. It was shortly after the president announced his syria policy. And im sure he agrees with all of the quotes you just showed up on the screen. And im sure the president is kind of stewing because he clearly wanted to change the subject from all of this but hes changed the subject to something that is enormously unpopular and republicans i think they can say this because unlike with impeachment, there is no political price to republicans for disagreeing with the president on syria, the way there is on ukraine and in terms of theyve got to support him on that. So here they are. And some level of safety in numbers, too. By the way, one of the things that youll see with impeachment is if theyre going to jump, many of them will jump at the same time. You saw all of those statements come out this morning but gloria is right. The difference between coming out in favor of impeachment versus coming out in favor of syria, the American Voter by enlarge doesnt make decisions based on where your senator or even your president s position is, visavis syria. Go ahead, jeffrey. Isnt it true that the public, not 100 , is more with trump than with the politicians on this one . Do you think there is a desire for us troops to be over in syria for years more to be in afghanistan for almost 20 years. I think the president may have his finger on the pulse. I dont know if it is in the National Security interest but i dont see this as a political negative for the president at all. It is certainly what he ran on. He sounded a bit like rand paul as he was running for the republican nomination and clearly got the republican nomination and is in many ways governed in this way. You saw rand paul come out and say, yes, he agrees with this decision. A little odd that it comes out at this point as the president is trying to get republicans to hold the line on ukraine and not revolt. Weve seen very few signs that any republicans are going to break away from him in any serious way on the ukraine scandal but on this we did see republicans remember who they are in terms of National Security policy and just in terms of being hawks when it comes to National Security. And a reminder to nias point of how radically different Donald Trumps vision, or if you call it conservatism, but his version of trumpism on the domestic and International Front is from traditional conservative policy proposals. Look at what george bush said and did, george w. Bush, versus donald trump. You would think they were not just from different parties but from different planets. That would make him happy to hear by the way. It will. Hell love that. And that is to jeffreys point. Politically speaking, hes probably right people are stick of it. I used to interview donald trump before he became president , going back 20 years and on this issue hes been very consistent. Get the troops out of iraq. Get them out of afghanistan. At that time there were no troops in syria. He didnt want he didnt even want troops in japan or south korea or germany. Why are they there . The United States is spending too much he would say that consistently for the longest time. And, look, i understand, Many Americans are uncomfortable with troops in harms way for extended periods of time and troops are bearing the brunt of that and they would appreciate a break as well. But there are some real significant pragmatic reasons for our National Security to have them doing certain things. The footprint in syria hasnt been that big. It has been very specifically targeted against isis and isis was and remains a legitimate threat to our interests and our allies and partners. Stick around. More news coming up. Including joe biden struggling to find the right response to President Trumps attacks on him and his family as well as rapidly shifting poll numbers. Be right back. 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Did he not want, im told, the president to hijack his campaign and his Campaign Message but he also wanted to push back forcefully. But i talked to one senior confidant to the former Vice President who said they really are not sure what the politics of this longterm will be. Listen to what this confidant told me. They said im not going to sit here and say there is no concern as this drags on, we dont know. No one knows. So the Biden Campaign is making it clear that they believe this headtohead matchup good but they of course are keeping their eye on Elizabeth Warren. Shes been rising in the polls and of course raising 10 million more in the Third Quarter here, wolf. So this combined challenge makes thing very uncertain this president ial race. The bie the biden folks ar pointing to a new poll in a key state that suggests he has the best chance of beating President Trump. It does. And that is one thing that bolsters the biden argument they say all along. This poll in wisconsin, take a look at the numbers out today in the brandnew poll. Joe biden and donald trump, 48 to 39 and 9 and to Bernie Sanders versus President Trump, and Elizabeth Warren, 45 , 41 and then Bernie Sanders 45 to 40 . So about in the same range for President Trump but Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are still slightly behind joe biden. So the Biden Campaign making the argument that he is the strongest democrat to take him on but, wolf, again, we do not know where this impeachment inquiry is going and no one knows the politics or how it will play out for joe biden. Jeff zeleny, thank you. Coming up, the nba grovels to china as american basketball and chinese conflicts collide. With amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. And theres never been an easier way to get great advice. 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One nba general manager posted a simple tweet over the weekend expressing support for the protesters in hong kong. But because of his teams ties to chinese basketball and to one of chinas most famous athletes and because of the nba financial stake theres considerable fall out from beijing to washington tonight. Tonight the National Basketball association is risk of fouling out in china while facing boos and backlash from fans back home. It all began when the general manager of the nba Houston Rockets posted this on twitter over the weekend. Fight for freedom. Stand with hong kong. What may have seemd lied like a simple tweet ignited a geopolitical fire storm. It was a clear show of support for antichina protesters who have been out in force on hong kong streets for months. Hong kong is part of china and to say the Chinese Government was furious would be an understatement. We want to warn people its not realistic to earn a large amount of money from china while hurting the feelings of the chinese people. Reporter Chinese State tv demanded an apology but what happened next many fans say was an air ball by the nba. The league, which has stoods u for free speech by its players backed down saying his views have offended many of our friends and fans in china which is regrettable. The rockets star owner and players distanced themselves from their own general manager. We apologized. We love china. We love playing there. Reporter even daryl himself whose original tweet said he didnt intend to offend anyone in china saying ive had a lot of opportunity since the tweet to hear and consider other perspectives. The nba has lead the way in progressive thought, in ideology and speak your mind and doing the right thing culturally and to see the nba cave in this manner is absolutely stunning. Reporter why would the nba, which one senator called the wokest professional Sports League buckle to pressure from a foreign power. Experts say its because china is a financial slam dunk for the nba. Worth billions. The nba has 25 marketing pat nershne partnerships and more than 200 stores in china. More than 600 Million People watched nba games on chinese tv during the 20172018 season. The ratings were higher in china. More in china watched than in the United States. Extraordinary. Reporter china sports analysts knows its influence on and off the court and immediately started issuing threats. The chinese Basketball Association led by a former rockets star player said it would suspend cooperation with the rockets. The nba exclusive digital partner for china is suspended Live Streaming of rockets games. China has a long track record of pressure on governments and companies that say things that have been the Chinese Communist party. Members of congress and others going hard in the paint. Leaders on both side of the aisle from ted cruz to mario kr rubio are calling the nba hypocrite cal. Rick scott is demanding a meeting with nba commissioner adam silver. The nba is not the only powerful american entity to defer to china recently. Sources told cnn during a call President Trump promised chinese president that the u. S. Government would not speak out about the prodemocracy protest in hong kong while trade talks continue. Whats the concern Going Forward now . Considerable concern Going Forward. They say between this incident and the nba, with the nba and President Trumps deference over Hong Kong China could feel emboldened to intimidate any American Business into towing their line or the chinese could feel emboldened enough to send Security Forces to repress the protesters in hong kong. People have been worried about that for a long time. Lets see what happens on this front. Thanks very much. 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