First, lets go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, the president has been fuming about vindman apparently every since he testified. Reporter he is making it clear hes seeking retribution after this, and vindman was fired by the white house and escorted off the grounds of the white house earlier today according to his lawyer, ambassador david pressman. We have a statement we can put up on the screen from pressman about what happened to his client, vindman. Lieutenant colonel vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor and commitment to right trifrightened the powerfu. In the attorneys statement it goes on to say the president has decided to exact revenge. Earlier in the day the president was asked about some speculation, reports that were coming out that vindman was on his way out here at the white house and the president all but confirmed those reports. Heres what he had to say earlier today. Reporter mr. President , would you like to see Alexander Vindman out of your white house . I am not happy with him. You think i am supposed to be happy with him . Im not. You will be hearing. Well make a decision. During the impeachment inquiry when Alexander Vindman testified in front of the house, and he said in this country right matters and that testimony got under the president s skin, and for weeks he was going off on vindman and other staffers testifying in the impeachment inquiry as never trumpers, and some allies on capitol hill, as we all recall, were questioning Lieutenant Colonel vindmans patriotism, and that was met with criticism at that time. We should note at this hour theres other talk inside the white house about a House Cleaning earlier today, and it was asked of the president whether or not he had his sights set on his acting chief of staff mulvaney, and whether mulvaney would be on his way out, and there was talk after the impeachment inquiry was over perhaps mulvaney would be on his way out the door, and the president said that was not the case, and an official said, quote, all is well with mull taeu mulvaney, and reports of his demise has been exaggerated. And the North Carolina republican, mark meadows, told by a couple Administration Officials saying meadows may be coming into the white house staff just not in that role. Lieutenant colonel vindman, he was fired and also his twin brother, a lawyer working at the Senate Security council was also removed. Reporter thats right. Both of the brothers were abruptly fired today and the white house, for now, is silent on this matter. All the white house will say at this point is that they dont comment on personnel issues, but it obviously raises the question, wolf, whether or not the president himself ordered the firing of these two brothers in retaliation against Lieutenant Colonel vindman for testifying during the impeachment inquiry. This is not the First Administration official to feel the heat from the white house, and theres the Ukrainian Ambassador that was forced out because she was standing in the way in the president s scheme of exchanging assistance for dirt on joe biden. This will raise the debate once again in washington as to whether or not the president has learned anything from this impeachment saga. Susan collins who is one republican senator that said earlier this week that says she believes the president learned something, learned a lesson in all this, but perhaps the lesson the president has learned now that the impeachment saga is now over is that he can get away with what he got away with and he can seek retaliation against people testifying against him during the hearings on capitol hill. Were waiting to find out if the president has more to say anything on all this, and hes just arriving to the white house after the event in South Carolina. Lets go to capitol hill where we are hearing more. Reporter democrats are starting to react now, and this happened in the past hour, and most of congress is gone for the weekend but some statements are starting to come out, and one from elliott angle who was part of the impeachment inquiry in the house and he issued a statement saying this is shameful, of course, and this is also what we should now expect from an impeached president whose party decided hes above the law and accountable to nobody, and anybody who decided to keep trump in office thinking he learned his lesson will answer for this and whatever parade of offenses we see in the future. Democrats were already reacting including the House Judiciary Committee chairman that said it was a sub version of justice, and nancy pelosi said she would be stunned if the president took that step and we will see how she responds now. And now vindman raised serious concerns about the president s phone call with the ukrainian president , and was asked about retribution he would face, and he said it was nothing like the retribution his family faced when they were in the soviet union. Dad, i am sitting here today in the u. S. Capitol talking to our elected professionals, its proof that you made the right decision to leave the soviet union and come here to the United States of america for a better life, and dont worry, i will be okay for telling the truth. Reporter i talked to several that said they hoped the president realized he cant cross a line anymore, anybody from rob portland from ohio, and Susan Collins of maine, andly saw murkowski, and they said they hoped the president has taken something away from this, and Susan Collins was asked by reporters about the prospect of vindmans removal. Thank you. Another key impeachment witness, bill taylor, the former top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine told jake tapper that he was deeply worried about smears against Lieutenant Colonel vindman and others. Does it bother you when you see how guiliani was out there smearing Lieutenant Colonel vindman who you respect . I do. It must bother you to see that . Yeah, of course it bothers me when i see somebody unfairly attacked, anybody unfairly attacked, and so certainly it does does. Lets discuss this with democratic congressman, a member of the oversight and Armed Services committees. Thank you for coming in. Thanks for having me on. Was this an act of revenge on the part of the president , as some are suggesting . Its clearly retribution. This is a president that never expressed remorse or contrition, so i dont why senators thought he would not do this and its what he did with comey and its clear he has not learned any of the lessons. And Lieutenant Colonel vindman was wounded in iraq and still has shrapnel in his body and received medals for his service, and a lot of people are wondering if its the way he should be treated . Well, hes served his country, and as opposed to wishing this whole thing wished it went away, most politicians would think i escaped from the skin of my teeth, lets move on, and this president is not that type of person. And you heard that statement he made before the committee, hes a son of soviet jewish immigrants, and he established a new life, came over with nothing, and he wound up in the u. S. Military as a Lieutenant Colonel, and a lot of people are wondering is this how somebody like him should be treated . Hes a real patriot. Yeah, and the president is undermining the essence of what it means to be an american, and when you come to the country you dont think you will have a Government Official target you, and here he is, targeting for telling the truth. And his twin brother, eugene, also kicked out. He didnt testify so i wonder why they decided to get rid of him . Its like a mob work. Maybe it works in new york city, but you dont want to have that running the United States. Its uncon shawable. Is there anything the u. S. Congress can do about this . Sure. We will investigate it and try to subpoena the information. The question that has to be asked, what more can congress do . We impeached. The question is what are the senators doing, what is their call now . What are they going to say about how we hold this president accountable . Well, the u. S. Military, hes in the army, what do they do about Lieutenant Colonel vindman and his twin brother, what kind of positions they get . Are they effectively sidelined or allowed to pursue their military careers . My understanding is they will return to the pentagon, but a concern is they will be sidelined and not be able to obtain what their potential was, and we obviously have not been successful in holding this president to account. Let me show you images we obtained, cnn has obtained of ru Rudy Guilianis now that the president has been impeached, is it over . Its not over, and partly because the senate did not have a real trial. I expect john bolton will be called and will testify in the house, and he cant avoid the testimo testimony. We will see what happens on that front. Thank you for coming in. Stay with us. We have more on the breaking news, Lieutenant Colonel vindman, the white house ukraine expect on the white house Security Council who testified at the impeachment hearings getting fired from his white house job late today, and will other white house officials who also testified be escorted out . Hi guys. This is the Chevy Silverado with the worlds first invisible trailer. 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Maggie, what are you learning about this decision, apparently at the highest levels fired Lieutenant Colonel vindman and his brother on legal matters . This decision has been in the works for a while, wolf, and came to a head this week when it was clear the president was going to be acquitted by the senate. The president railed buy Lieutenant Colonel vindman for a long time, and he complained about his testimony and insisted he was acting outside his lane and the president was encouraged by some of his advisers that vindman went too far and he is not the one who sets the policy, and he is the one that sets the policy, and the president made clear he would make an example of people that went against him in one form or another whether it was mitt romney or alex vindman, and now its a decorated military serviceman, and he was speaking about the ideals of the u. S. , and thats the message his critics and rivals will hammer him over in the next few months. Lets play the dramatic testimony before the house of representatives. What sit about the relationship between the president of the United States and the president of ukraine that leads you to conclude that when a president asks a favor like this its really a demand . The culture i come from, the military culture, is a senior officer asked you to do something, its not to be taken as a request, its to be taken as an order. In this case the power disparity between the two leaders, my impression is that in order to get the white house meeting, president zelensky would have to order these investigations. Do you think the president has been emboldened by his acquittal . It looks that way. Go back to the statements from some of the republicans who were on the bubble or up against the wall given where they are geographically, and Susan Collins in maine up for reelection as we all know, this year, she and others said they believed the president learned his lesson, and they were talking more broadly about he did not think he would call up another foreign leader and say please investigate my political opponent, and its the same as theres retribution going on here. Theres blatant. Theres no question that that is what is happening here, and its because its clear he feels emboldened. That was on display in the east room of the white house yesterday. But what we dont know, and i actually have been checking around with sources on capitol hill is whether theres Anything Congress can do about it. The House Democrats will likely look into that to see if theres anything that can be done. The answer is probably no because the president does have the ability he has a lot of authority, including to decide, you know what, maybe theres somebody who is a decorated veteran or active duty not even a veteran sitting in the white house, but i want him to go someplace else, and i am the commanderinchief and have the ability to do that, and to maggies point it doesnt mean its a bad look or easy pickings for political opponents to say, are you kidding me with this move . I am bringing in toluse. It seems clear to me the president was waiting for the acquittal before firing the colonel. Yeah, he had the celebration at the white house, and he was planting the flag in the end zone saying i have the Republican Party on my side and i can do what i want at this point and thats what we are seeing with the dismissal of Lieutenant Colonel vindman, and there were other republicans that did not bat an eye, and when the president fires a purple heart recipient and has him escorted from the white house, and the republicans will be silent on this as well. And donald trump is a guy that spikes it in the end zone even if he is not in the end zone. Its who he fundamentally is. He celebrates victories often time when there are not victories. Theres a level of blowback that will come, and it will not be within the Republican Party. Thats be candid, its clear the hostile takeover of the Republican Party is now complete. Whatever, they have bought in. You took a swing, you missed and i will spike the football i know i am mixing my metaphors, but thats who the guy is, and i said it before, if you thought trump was wild and unbound before, post acquittal view is, are you going to impeach me again . I dont know if theres a whats louder than ten. He will be more emboldened than before. You can see those removed from the house. Bill taylor left ukraine in january, and tim moorrison resigned, and they are all gone. We have more breaking news after this. Bstacles. Lease the 2020 nx 300 for 359 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Othroughout the country for the past twelve years, lease the 2020 nx 300 for 359 a month for 36 months. Mr. Michael bloomberg is here. Vo leadership in action. Mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. 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Wolf, this is important because we still dont know the final results in iowa in part of what will take us to get there is whether or not the campaigns ask for a recanvas of the vote and they have until monday to ask for that, and i caught up with Bernie Sanders to see if his campaign would be among those asking for one, andne this is wt he had to say . Are you open to that were not going to ask for a recanvas of the whole state, but i think there were some precincts where there were irregularities, and i think we will ask the Iowa Democratic party to take a look at those precincts. Sanders does not want the entire state to be looked at again, and thats in part because he is ready to go to New Hampshire, and what happened in iowa is changing his campaign here in New Hampshire, and hes going about buttigieg and his donor base. Listen to what sanders told me about where he thinks the money from buttigieg is coming from. Do you think people that receive money from powerful special interests are going to stand up and do what is good for the country . I dont think so. You might think you are calling into question his integrity . People might say that. The question is, if you are a ceo of a prescription company, why would you make a contribution . Thats the great crisis of the american politics, and its the Drug Companies and the fossil fuel industry, and they are making big contributions. You can see this will come up on the debate stage. Lets get insight from our correspondents and experts, and dana bash, you are up in New Hampshire right now. Does anybody stand to gain anything if theres a recanvassing of the Iowa Caucuses . The Iowa Democratic party, and the Democratic National committee, and thats about it right now as far as i can see because, you know, they are trying to find a way to save face, and thats a really uphill climb at this point. Would it be nice for Bernie Sanders, for Pete Buttigieg to have finality and understand at the end of the day what the votes are . Maybe. You just heard Bernie Sanders with ryan, and you heard him on the stump and he and buttigieg, they and their campaigns for the most part accepted what happened or didnt happen, accepted the chaos at this point and they are trying to focus on New Hampshire and much more importantly what happens in nevada, South Carolina on super tuesday and beyond. Maggie, the president , of course, is seizing on the chaos that occurred in iowa. Listen to this. Now i understand the votes are fried in iowa. They couldnt even take a simple tabulation, and yet they are telling you how to run the country and how to run health care. I think they tried their votes on the computer. Think of all the money the democrats spent and the votes are fried. They have no idea who won. They have no idea. Clearly gloating. What are you hearing, maggie . I dont know what fried the votes mean, but hes not wrong. This could not be a bigger mess if they actively had been trying to make it a big mess, and thats all on the democrats, but what this president has duncone consistently in the campaign, and its his brand and what he does, and hes throwing accelerant on what is already eroding distrust in iowa, and people are concerned about Election Security and about whether the vote is going to be counted safely and whether their votes will count and hes feeding into that because it benefits him. I think where he gets criticized is for people who want a president and think the president ought to be setting a tone, and this is what he does and its not surprising to see him do it here. The democrats better get it right in New Hampshire, because we dont want to see a similar situation. What do you think . Some people say President Trump wants to run against Bernie Sanders, or joe biden, or maybe he thinks running against buttigieg would be good because of less experience, and i think what the campaign wants is for a repeat of what we saw in iowa, no clear victor and a long drawn out process, so the president is able to amass millions in fundraising with no real opposition, the democrats are fighting it out with no real frontrunner, and thats something hes trying to shape and interject himself into the primary, and he wants this to go on as long as possible without any clear clarity a rally in iowa just before the Iowa Caucuses as well. You say this has been a good week for the president . It has. He tried to sabotage himself with the celebration, as he called it yesterday, you know, and talking about the people that oppose him and saying they are evil, but look at the week, and jeb bush got it right, chaos works in Donald Trumps favor, and the state of the union speech, and republicans loved it, and democrats hated it, and trump loves that. Gallup polling shows him at his highest point, 94 among republicans. That is a recipe for Donald Trumps success. Polarize the two parties as much as possible and hope you can win enough independents and unaffiliated voters because they like the job you have done and not you. If its the economy, those are good numbers. Yeah, its the economy, stupid, and its the way the president acts and does, as chris just said, he could be a favorite to win reelection. Doesnt mean he will, but hes a favorite. Everybody stand by. More news, and there are passengers trapped to cruise ships because of the coronavirus quarantine. Youre pete nocchio . 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Senator Bernie Sanders heads into tuesdays primary riding high after a strong finish in the Iowa Caucuses, and he has far social media followers than any other democratic candidate, but our Senior Correspondent explains some sanders fans are using bullying and hostile tactics on social media to try and drown out his critics. You are a loud crowd say one thing bad about Bernie Sanders online anywhere, and his supporters may attack you, personally. Multiple targets described to cnn what they call a sanders swarm, an online swarm, and they are trying to bully and frighten them into silence, and over and over again the bullying works. The type of harassment that occurs, it is deeply hurtful. Its scary. Its frightening. Personally i have had my job threatened online. Many people experienced far, far worse and unless somebody is willing to do more, then, yes, it can escalate because its effective. And an out supporting warren supporter was told you are stupid, like your kid, and too bad the cancer did not kill her, and activist dying of als tweeted support for Elizabeth Warren and was told to go f yourself, when the working party said something, they were attacked. The abuse so bad sanders had to respond tweeting that the als activist was actually a friend. In another tweet the candidate signaled to his followers that this Campaign Condemns racist bullying and harassment of any kind. Its not clear if the sanders followers responsible are listening, and in recent weeks, in post after post labeling mayor Pete Buttigieg a rat. Two victims tell cnn they were so afraid of the online attacks they faced they dont want us to describe the circumstances for fear it would start up again. They both just questioned the politics of Bernie Sanders in a public setting and their personal lives were exposed and attacked. And been decker says its unclear how the swarms start but sanders supporters have been organizing in facebook, twitter communities since 2016, and have only grown stronger, and while social media harassment happens across the political spectrum, decker says the shear number of sanders online supporters sets them apart from other followers. I think anytime when you have far greater numbers, you have far greater potential for harm, and in the online community, there are far greater sander supporters. Decker used facebook data to analyze all the pages created by supporters of Democratic Candidates, and the pro sanders supporters have 2. 5 million followers, far more than any of the other Democratic Candidates combined. And they are still capable of bullying critics off of social media. That kind of bullying that happens on that scale, its crazy. Sanders has insisted in several interviews those that hate online are not welcome in his campaign and in a statement to cnn his Deputy Communications director says the senator has said loudly and clearly there is no room in the Political Revolution for abuse and harassment online, and not enough say those who study who study online abuse. If your proxies within your campaign are not trying to address it, thats not enough. Coming up, cruise ships are the next hot spots for the deadly coronavirus. Ment. One that covers health care costs, taxes, and any other uncertainties. Because when youre with fidelity, a partner who makes sure every step is clear, theres nothing to stop you from moving forward. Are your asthma treatments just not enough . Then see what could open up for you with fasenra. It is not a steroid or inhaler. It is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. Its an addon injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. 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Governments struggle to get a handle on the scope of the deadly disease. Brian todd is working this story. We still have thousands of people quarantined on two cruise ships in asia including several americans who tested positive for the virus. Today a scare along americas east coast when a crowded cruise ship pulled into a new jersey port. The anthem of the seas was just on a standard caribbean cruise. The alarm over coronavirus is so strong what passengers were screened. Four people that had been to Mainland China in late january but not to the province where the virus originated were taken for additional testing. Half a world away on another cruise ship in japan, Rebecca Frasier is one of a dozen americans who have tested positive for coronavirus. A little bit scared. Hard to know what the future holds since i dont really feel sick right now. Is it going to get worse . Thousands of people on at least two cruise ships in asia are quarantined, confined to their cabins which one expert says could present a new set of dangers. Cruise ships are pitri dishes. One thing that concerns me is that youre keeping them in close quarters where you may be amplifying transmission from sick people to other people. Meanwhile, the latest planes out of americans being evacuated from wuhan, ground zero of coronavirus, arrived in the u. S. They are concerned about conditions inside. We are allowed to do anything inside but are not allowed to go outside. Tonight there are more than 31,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world with 630 deaths, almost all of those cases inside Mainland China. The virus spread to more than 25 countries and regions. There are a dozen cases in the u. S. Although the virus represents a potentially very Serious Public Health threat, and we expect to continue seeing more cases here, the immediate risk to the American Public is low at this time. Tonight theres been a social media revolt inside china. Accusation thats the communist government covered up the early stages of the outbreak. Citizens are outraged at a doctor that sounded easterly yea lar early alarms. He contracted the virus himself and died. Chinese president meanwhile uncharacteristically disappeared from public view for several days at the height of the outbreak. The need to avoid to be the public face of this issue is quite pressing. Because xi is extremely careful about his repetitiutation and i the beijing government is still blocking information about the virus like an on line article about dr. Lees death. What it says is that the content of this article violates regulations of the internet space. Therefore, it cannot be viewed. President trump would not criticize china for covering up the outbreak. The president telling reporters today, hes had at least one lengthy discussion with xi ping about combatting the virus. He says the chinese are working hard to defeat it. This comes as the president and his team are escalating their own response to the outbreak with some tougher new measures. Coronavirus getting new levels of attention inside the white house now that impeachment shinld them. Wolf . All right. Thank you. Brian todd reporting. Coming up, a key impeachment witness and his brother fired from the white house just two days after the senate voted to acquit the president. Is it retribution for telling the truth . Young woman yeah, thanks mom mother of course and i love these flowers young woman whispering hey, did you bring the. The condoms . Young man whispering whats up . Young woman whispering condoms young man whispering what . Young woman whispering condom father condoms charlie. 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The same lawyer also says that vindmans twin brother, a national Security Council attorney and army officer has also been fired. Well talk about the breaking news and more with a senator and our analysts. Lets get straight to the white house. Jim acosta is joining us. Many democrats warned that there could