Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news on republicans attempting to put more fire into the fight against impeachment. Senator Lindsey Graham announcing a new resolution condemn iing the process democrs are using to investigate the president. This as trump is praising gop lawmakers who took his call for a more aggressive defense to heart by storming a closed door deposition. Tonight, some republicans are privately acknowledging new impeachment anxiousties after a top testimony link iing the president to a quid pro quo in the cain scandal. One source calling it a game changer. This hour, ill talk with a congressman on the house intelligence committee. And our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, lets go to capitol hill. Our Congressional Correspondent is all over this story. Lindsey graham is taking aim as republicans try to show the president they are defending him tooth and nail. Thats right. Lindsey graham tonight releasing a resolution condemning how the House Democrats are going about this impeachment probe and exactly the process they are using along the way. This is just the latest sign of republicans attempting to get in line with President Trump responding very, very clearly to the demands that President Trump made of them earlier in the week when he called on them to gets tougher and defend him more aggressively in this impeachment pro probe. Tonight, Congressional Republicans are ratcheting up their push to defend President Trump amidthe House Democrats rapidly growing impeachment inquiry. Its unfair to the president and dangerous to the presidency. Lindsey graham introducing a resident nugs cosponsored by Mitch Mcconnell condemning the process that democrats are using for impeachment. The process youre ebb gauging in regarding the attempted impeachment or President Trump is out of bounds. This inconsistent with due process as we know it. Even as graham argued the opposite as house manager in the 1998 clinton impeachment proceedings. The depositions, i think, will determine whether or not we go forward with hearings. I think its a very smart thing to do to depose these people and find out what they got to say and not drag this out unnecessarily. This on the heels of House Republicans storming into the room on wednesday delaying pentagon official testimony where she laid out a lawmakers how foreign aid is dispersed and how the ukraine aid deviated from normal process. The star witnesses for the democrats and i can just say that there are conflicting testimonies. Even today. All this coming after President Trumps very clear directive to republicans earlier in the week. The republicans have to get tougher and fight. We have some that are great fugters they have to get tougher and fight. A new target republicans are rallying around casting doubt on bill taylor, the president s top diplomat in ukraine, who laid out the clearest evidence so far of an apparent quid pro quo in his tail light. Theres a lot of secondhand information and hearsay. But in the sense it was passed on it wasnt a direct conversation. Even as sources tell cnn taylors damning Opening Statement is reverberating, some calling it a gamechanger. In the meantime, House Democrats are also strategizing their next moves. Is there a quid pro quo . After a slew of closeddoor testimony for weeks, sources tell cnn democrats are aiming to move from behind the investigation into the public phase by midnovember. Sources caution that timeline could still slip until after thanksgiving. That will be the point i think we will try to figure out the best combination of people to speak in a more transparent and public way would be. The new public phase would include releasing transcripts of the depositions Holding Public hearings and bringing back some of the witnesses they have already heard from like former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. And the u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. The committees would then relows the public report to draw up articles of impeachment and vote in the judiciary committee. That would be followed by a full vote on articles of impeachment potentially by the end of the year. What were doing now is a first pass. We are interviewing the witnesses that we know may have been involved. And pairing down that information so that you can pull out whats relevant for the public. Looking ahead, sources tell cnn that democrats are now starting to preliminary plan for the potential writing of those articles of impeachment sorting out what contactually would be included, how broad and narrow the articles would be. These are preliminary. One telling cnn their conversations, people are talking and certainly thinking about what the articles of impeachment would look like. Were joined by jim a kos to. Reporter the white house is trying to rally behind President Trump after days of damaging testimony in the impeachment inquiry. They brought senators to the white house. Condemning the impeachment inquiry thats backed by other leaders. The white house is even backing the president s label for his republican krutices as human scum. Reeling from testimony in the ukraine investigation, the president s defenders lachd on to a resolution to condemn the inquiry accusing of denying due process to trump. Im not here to tell you that donald trump has done nothing wrong. Anything other than the way they are going about it is really dangerous r for the country. Gop senator Lindsey Graham said he spoke with the acting chief of staff who acknowledged the white house has to improve their message on impeachment. I talked to the chief of staff. They are working on getting a message i messaging team together. Reporter a shoutout to House Republicans after they stormed the closed door testimony this week. Tweeting, thank you to House Republicans for being tough, smart and understanding and detail the greatest witch hunt in american history. The republicans go with not many left are worse and more dangerous for the country. Watch out for them. They are human scum. Nothing wrong with that according to press secretary. The people who are against him and who have been against him and working geps him since the day they took office are just that. They deserve strong language. Republicans once favorited closedoor inquiries when they controlled the house. Consider mike pompeos defense of the benghazi investigation. Our goal was fact finding. And five minutes questions by a member of congress and then rotating to the next one is not a very conducive way to quickly garner information and have a conversation in a set issing where you can really engage. So we felt like these closed door interviews were a much more effective way to get the facts. On the green light to turkeys invasion, mike pence met with republicans. He offered advice to kurds abandoned by u. S. Forces tweeting perhaps its time for the kurds to start heading to the oil region. The president s policy outraged conservatives in his base. I promise you as im sitting here right now, they are going to come against this. Turkey is going to come against this. China is going to come against this. Its like the president of the United States is modelling. They are taking another shot at the media instructing federal agencies across the government to cancel subscriptions. They can cancel the subscriptions a all they want. They cant cancel the coverage. Andre carson is joining us a committeekey member of the house intelligence committee. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. What a pleasure. So youve heard the republican senator Lindsey Graham accusing the impeachment inquiry of secrecy, violate iin the president s due rights, due process rights. What do you make of that . It was embarrassing. It was a mob mentality. We would have seen worse acti s actions. So the visit yall and the hatred coming from some of them, i think many of them were following the group. But some of them had the kind of animosity and they were so protective of a president. It was very disappointing the Founding Fathers who the republican colleagues love to cite had in mind to equal branches of government. They were acting as minions for trumps tyranny. I assume you eventually probably sooner rather than later correct me if im wrong, will not only hold public hearings, but release the transcripts of those secret depositions. It should be directed to the chairman. He has state d that well have public hearings. The extent has yet to be determined. We have really been the vocal point. We have an onbligation to protet our intelligence agencies and the Intelligence Community and the pipeline for those whistleblowers to feel safe. Senator graham also implied they dont want to hold a r formal house floor vote on impeachment authorize iing the impeachment inquiry is because the vote would fail. How do you respond . I dont agree. There are other matters at hand. We can can conduct this investigation, we can conduct the depositions and hearings. All at the same time while deal ing with fran structure needs. He has yet to come to the table with democrats. And to talk about infrastructure. We have educational needs, we have National Security needs that must be addressed in a way that doesnt demonize immigrants. People of color and muslims. Were hearing that democrats are debating the scope of the the house impeachment inquiry. What are you hearing about that . What can we anticipate . I think we can anticipate rule of law being instituted. I think that we want to streamline these efforts. I think my republican colleagues, many of them at least privately, are deeply concerned about the reality in which we live. I think they are disappointed by the weakness that they have seen from the leadership within their own caucus. A leadership that is unwilling to stand up to President Trump and say you know what, enough is enough. You have done enough damage. Its time to focus on ab agenda that reflects the peoples interests and not about the reelection efforts in 2020 or recovering for you with iran thats failed miserable. The stapt success tear of defense appeared for her deposition. She described an irregular process by which a military assistance to cain kraep was suspended. What new questions does all this raise . I think it certainly reaffirms the questions we have had at Donald Trumps integrity. Its reaffirmed our suspicions as it related to those around him who are afraid to correct him. I think it also has reaffirmed the questions we have had about the lackluster leadership and the lack of fortitude when it comes to Mitch Mcconnell, when it comes to Republican Leadership and their willingness to not only protect their caucus against donald trump, but to make sure they formulate the vision of coequal branches of government. The Washington Post reporting now. The military assistance and the trade privileges presumably to squeeze them into doing what the president wanted. The depositions. Were committed to maintaining our democracy, if you will and not allowing a group of some of our colleagues who wish to show this undying loyalty to a president who has dishonored our country and continuously dishonored the country with his antics. He needs to be firm, put people around him who will tell him the truth, so we can preserve our republic. Congressman with strong words undeed. Thank you for joining us. What an honor. Just ahead, as Rudy Giuliani looks to hire a personal lawyer for himself, is he hurting his own Legal Defense . Well talk about his claims about the ukraine scandal. With the former u. S. Attorney in new york and senior legal analyst. Heres the thing about managing multiple clouds for your business. When youve got public clouds, and private clouds, and hybrid clouds things can get a bit cloudy for you. But now, theres the Dell Technologies cloud, powered by vmware. A single hub for a consistent operating experience across all your clouds. That should clear things up. My moderate to severe i ulcerative colitis. Ing but i realized something was missing. Me. The thought of my symptoms returning was keeping me from being there for the people and things i love most. 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Thank you so much for joining us. As you know, graham is arguing the right to due process is being violated by this house impeachment inquiry. From the legal perspective. Its been no vote on the article of impeachment now. Its a process by which evidence is being developed to see what articles of impeachment are appropriate and pertinent later. People like me get on tv all the time. People ask questions and posture ing the cameras. We often said this should be done better is is as an initial matter, having staff in Conference Rooms take depositions under oath and develop the evidence. You have public hearings. Its something that people like me did when they worked in the congress. I was on the committee as a chief council when Lindsey Graham was on the committee. And his staff participated in exactly these kinds of depositions and investigations that i personally led. And later they released the deposition. Theres members that can definite the record. Its kind of silly. Hes taking steps to hire an attorney. Last night he tweeted that everything i did was to discover evidence to defend my client against false charges. How do you interpret that . I dont know how to interpret many of the things that come out of Rudy Giulianis mouth in recent times. On the one hand, it doesnt make a lot of sense because the connection with his engaging what some people call shadow Foreign Policy to get the Ukrainian Government to investigate the bidens, i dont see how thats defending the president of the United States from anything. Thats different from that. And second, hes now making a record thats not great for the president that the things going on with ukraine and other places were done for the president for personal reasons. And personal legal reasons not for the purposes of defending the National Security of the United States or the interests of the country. So as a political matter and a potentially related matter, its not good for the president. Maybe it somehow helps him. One of Rudy Giulianis indicted associates is raising the possibility, as you know, that executive privilege could come into play in his case. Thr times people make arguments. I will say there are things to be said about those arguments. I have been trying to figure out what someone is going to say. So they have been indicted on charges from my old office is going to start exec ty privilege, its one of the more laughable claims i have heard. Lot me talk about a laughable legal claim. One of the arguments that the lawyers made in court in a different case yesterday, he invoke invoked the line from candidate donald trump when he said he could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody. And the federal judge. Local authorities couldnt investigate. Im talking about while in office. It was the high to. Nothing could be done. It makes no sense legally or constitutionally. The document people are relying on are the two amendments from legal count. He says cite iing the opinions m the department of justice says that even though he cant be indicted, he can and should be investigated while memories are fresh and while documents are available. So thats why we had the whole mueller investigation. Now they are embarrassing themselves by take iing the position that an investigation that they shoot someone on fifth avenue. People need to start wondering about the own reputations and the law. Us dont understand it. As usual, thank you very much. Thank you. Coming up, new wildfires threatening homes in california. Well go live to the fire. Its either the assurance of a 165point certification process. Or it isnt. Its either testing an array of advanced safety systems. Or it isnt. Its either the peace of mind of a standard unlimited mileage warranty. Or it isnt. For those who never settle, its either mercedesbenz certified preowned. Or it isnt. The mercedesbenz certified preowned sales event. Now through october 31st. 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Graham was tough today. You have coffered watch what he said. He was encouraging the impeachment of bill clinton. The depositions will determine whether or not we go forward with hearings. Its a very are smart thing to do is to depose these people and find out what they have to say. Its going to end by the end of the year. What do you make of that. Thats just one. They have sound bytes of democrats supporting clinton back then. Its also about process for republicans. We have talked about this, but its even more stark right now. They are not attacking the substance. They dont know whats going to come. So far it locks like some of the most explosive depositions have been bad r for the president. It will trivialize the process in order to keep republicans from jumping ship both elected republicans and maybe even more importantly republicans out in the country when it comes to the poll numbers because i have talked to several gop leaders particularly those in the senate who are saying that that is is something they are watching very closely. Public opinion among republicans on impeachment. There was a time and only a tu years ago when senator graham was running for the republican president ial nomination fighting then private citizen donald trump and he had the most blistering condemnations of donald trump. Listen to this back in 2015. Hes a religious bigot. He doesnt represent my party or the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for. That was then. Theres a very different amount of statements from Lindsey Graham today. This is the completion of a trend we have seen over the past three years. Lindsey graham is is a sub sit dare of donald trump and his republican party. Lindsey graham really is leading this charge of making process objections in order to defend the president. Its really a distraction nar tactic. Its because people like graham cant defend the president on the substance, they are trying to go after the process. He said he ididnt see anything wrong with the president s phone call. They go in front of cameras and invite not just the ukrainians to investigate, but also china as well. So i do think we are seeing signs of how uncomfortable and incapable the republicans are of defending donald trump on the substance. Even the process claims they are incredibly weak. The existing process in the house of representatives as that stands now is largely the same as what existed. Susan makes an important point. They are going after the process, not necessarily the substance. I think they are rg struggling. They are looking for windows to criticize and they are coming up short. Wurn of the things that they have been saying is bill taylors testimony was just hear save. This is a guy who was a career because he saw something he was worried about that he thought was essentially wrong doing in the way u. S. Diplomacy was working. So us think its a difficult argument for lawmakers to make. They have to not only defend the president , but not everyone is willing to go as far as Stephanie Grisham did and drag all the witnesses through the mud. The republicans say they want full transparent and all these hearings out in public. That could potentially backfire from their perspective given the damaging testimony that we have seen and heard about in private. Republicans may live to regret this push to have all of these hearings take place in the open before members of the American Public. You look at the witnesses who appeared on capitol hill. We are talking about both current and former career Public Servant who is have corroborated the essence of the whistleblower complaint. Most notably they did withhold assistance to ukraine because the president wanted an investigation into joe biden and his son. But republicans are going after the process because they really cant defend the president on the substance. But they also dont know what else may come out in the coming weeks because you have this Washington Post report today suggesting that they have also tried to leverage a trade policy to increase the Pressure Campaign against ukraine. Privileges were being withheld as part of the pressure cam pane. Stick around. Theres more on all the breaking news. Were also going to go live to california. Out of control wildfires are threatening neighborhoods and forcing evacuations. Want to follow your passions rather than worry about how to pay for longterm care. 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What credential does he bring to that . Think of all the really sol ud people that started off in the the administration. They have all left. They have all left. All the talent is gone. They have left. Or Rudy Giuliani is still engaged. Whats going on . People see this. They are thugs. Giuliani, the two guys that were helping him get arrested at the airport trying to leave the country. Where does that happen under any other president s watch . Lets bring in jeff zeleny. What did you think of his answer . Theres no question the former Vice President is going after President Trump. President trump has been doing for him. But that sounded like a general election interview that joe biden is already facing donald trump. The reality is he has his own primary campaign. Theres been an issue. Its really the heart of the impeachment inquiry about his sons dealings in ukraine. Joe biden also has some issues. So to me, it seems hes again trying to remind democrats that im the strongst candidates in this race here. But i think most of that is stipulated. The challenge for joe biden is still to convince democrats that he has the ideas and is the best nominee for the party. Im not sure this interview did that. It will agitate the president , if nothing else. Well see what he says on sunday. Its one of the reasons hes coming out with a new superpac to push back against the president. The fundraising has not been as good for him as it should be. Indeed. If he wants to continue this operation. Thank you. Just ahead, life threatening wildfires are bringing out a control in southern and Northern California. Were getting new information on the danger thats spreading very quickly right now. Jay . Charlotte oh hi. He helped me set up my watch lists. Oh, hes terrific. Excellent tennis player. Byebye. I recognize that voice. Ane . She helped me find the right bonds for my income strategy. 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Tonight many members of congress and the public are paying tribute to the late congressman Elijah Cummings as his body lies in state in the u. S. Capitol. He becomes the first africanamerican lawmaker to receive this honor. Cummings was the chairman of the powerful House Oversight committee. He represented maryland in congress for 23 years. Democrats and republicans remembered him as universally respected and as a dear friend today in a ceremony in statuary hall. Congressman Cummings Funeral Service is tomorrow in baltimore, former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton are the speakers. I interviewed him on many occasions, he was a Great American and lawmaker and a wonderful, wonderful person. We will miss him. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news. Democrats discuss what articles of impeachment would be against trump. Plus the secretary of state dodging impeachment question, the same secretary of state who listened in on trumps call with the president of ukraine. Does mike pompeo have explaining to do . And a major reversal by joe biden now opening up to big money. Will it hurt biden with voters . Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news, lawmakers and aides telling cnn the