Captioning funded by cbs good morning fom the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you, im annemarie green. House republicans took extreme measures to block the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Yesterday dozens of gop lawmakers barged into a closed door meeting with a key witness, delaying her testimony in the impeachment investigation. The move comes days after President Trump urged republicans to get tougher and fight. Laura podesta is in new york. Just how long did there standoff go off for . Reporter i think that some would consider the standoff a success because it halted the impeachment inquiry for several, how and it raised Public Awareness because so many conservatives believe this is an unfair process. More than two dozen republicans ground the impeachment inquiry to a halt for a few hours on wednesday. What do they have to hide . Reporter they crashed a secure hearing room where pentagon official laura cooper was testifying, delayi
Dollars of wine, liquor, and cheese. Find out what it will cost you. And the cashless backlash. As more and more businesses say they will not accept dollars, one u. S. City is saying no. See why it thought the ban was unfair, illegal, and unamerican. But first, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I think after what weve been through, people are being cautious. You got to heed the weather because you never know what its going to do. The southeast braces for nestor. Its going to hit hard down in florida, heavy rain from tallahassee to atlanta. A momentous day in westminster. Order. A rare saturday session, another attempt to get the Brexit Agreement through parliament. It is a burning desire to get brexit done. Now to an Extraordinary Development in the president ial campaign. Hillary clinton called tul Tulsi Gabbard, quote, the favorite of the russians. The reason why shes doing this is because ultimately she knows that she cant control me.
After another child was shot and critically wounded in philadelphia. Mola lenghi on the children caught in the crossfire. We pray for the baby girl who was shot and murdered. We pray for her mother. Reporter a heartbroken Community Came out to mourn the death of twoyearold nikolette rivera. The toddler was in her living room yesterday afternoon when a gunman targeted the house, shooting through the front door and windows. Her mother and a contractor were wounded. Acting Police Commissioner christine coulter. No child should be murdered in their living room. Its just horrible. The wanton gun violence, the disregard for peoples lives or safety. To shoot into an occpied house is just something i cant comprehend. Reporter riveras death came less than 24 hours after another tragic shooting saturday, an 11 month old shot four times sitting in the back of a vehicle caught in crossfire. If the child survives, Officials Say he likely wont have the use of his arms and legs. These children need u
Children into top schools. Its tuesday, october 22nd, 2019. Heresodays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We never gave the kurds a commit tt we would stay for 400 years to protect them. Reporter all eyes on syria as the ceasefires comes to an end. A small number of u. S. Soldiers will stray in the area to protect the oil field. The impeachment inquiry continues with testimony from former ambassador to ukraine bill taylor. All they have is a whistleblower whos disappeared. Where is he . Hes gone. Reporter cleanup continues after several tornadoes touched down in the southern parts of the country. At least four people in arkansas and oklahoma are dead. This is an absolute war zone here. Justin trudeau has won a second term as Prime Minister. His campaign was threatened by the fact that he wore blackface in the past. We Will Champion canadian in all its diversity. Firefighters are battling a fastmoving brush fire in Southern California. Pg e is warning they may have to shut power off
Sentinel. A special honor for an old guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. At night, it would be mighty quiet. You do a lot of thinking about who that is under that marble statue there. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The worlds most wanted man is dead. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was responsible for a rain of terror across iraq and syria and copycat attacks across continents. He was killed in northwest syria on saturday after being tracked down by u. S. Forces. President trump announced al baghdadis death with an address to the nation. And this morning, david martin has new details about the daring operation. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. Reporter President Trump said baghdadi died a cowards death. He died after running into a deadend tunnel, wimpering and crying and screaming all the way. Reporter the president , who watched the operation along with top aides in t