And he didnt have a cell mate. Thats what were hearing today from a source with knowledge of epsteins time at the federal prison where he was found dead this weekend. Epstein was a politically connected multimillionaire and convicted sex offender awaiting trial on new federal sex trafficking charges. He reportedly tried to kill himself a couple of weeks ago so the questions today remain, why, why was someone with epsteins history not monitored more closely . How was he able to take his own life in his super secure federal facility jail cell . Where, where were the people whose job it is to keep inmates alive and safe so they can stand trial for the crimes theyre accused of . Who failed and who is responsible . A sars source says the two guar the special housing unit were both working overtime and one working his fifth extra shift of the week. Cnn has been following this breaking news this evening. Kara, this source is also telling cnn Jeffrey Epstein should not have been left alone in
Ron, london, jerusalem and south africa. Welcome to our viewers in the United States. This is early start. It is monday, september 23rd. It is 4 00 a. M. In new york. We begin with President Trump acknowledging sunday that he did discuss democratic rival joe biden in a july call with the. The of ukraine. That call now the center of a controversy over a whistleblower complaint. Cnn has reported the president pressur pressured. Him to investigate biden. Last week the intelligence Inspector General told the House Intel Committee the whistleblower was concerned about multiple actions by mr. Trump so its unclear whether this conversation is merely the tip of the iceberg. The issue now has two Top Democrats going further than before on impeachment. Cnns Jeremy Diamond with the latest. Reporter the president on sunday acknowledging for the first time that he did, indeed, bring up the former Vice President joe biden during that call with the ukrainian president , which was of course now at the
Quid pro quo outside the phone call, that would be very disturbing. That interview was recorded on tuesday. Guess what happened just two days later . Acting white house chief of staff Nick Mulvaney publicly admitted to a quid pro quo. I wouldnt send them a bunch of money and have them waste it . Did he also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the dnc server . Absolutely. No question about that. But thats it. Thats why we held up the money what you just described the a quid pro quo. It is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democrats server happened as well. We do that all the time with Foreign Policy. He in a sense tried to walk that back. You just heard him in his own word, i will go straight out to cnns jeremy dimon at the white house. So what is graham saying now . Reporter well, its interesting to hear those comments from senator lindsay graham. Of course, he has been a staunch defender of the president including through this impeachment inquiry.
Ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. Democrats hope the closeddoor hearing will shed light on what role Rudy Giuliani played in influencing the ukraine government. He is no longer the trump russian adviser at the time of the call with the president but according to the new york times, part of her testimony today is expected to include that giuliani was running a shadow diplomacy effort in ukraine. House republicans blasting House Intel Committee chairman adam schiff for issuing a subpoena to hill despite her willingness to testify. She was going to come and agreed to come voluntarily but hes going to subpoena her, i believe, so he could ask certain questions and keep those secret except for the certain things that he wants to leak. Reporter one official working on the inquiry tells cnn the subpoena was necessary because the white house has prevented so many witnesses from testifying. This as a slew of deadlines for Administration Officials to hand over documents hits t
Again for what his team is calling a Merry Christmas rally in michigan. Jeremy dimon joins us from the white house. The president donning that keep America Great again hat and he seems to be focusing on 2020. Is he fazed by his potential impeachment . Well, you know, by the looks of it today, the president didnt seem fazed. Today was probably a likely break from the situation that he faces here in washington. The president got a pretty positive reception at that armynavy game, but again, behind the scenes the president has been agitated at the prospect of being come only the third president in u. S. History to be impeached and by prospect im underplaying it and its a near center they the president will indeed be impeached and he has been spending a lot of his time trying to direct some of the white house response behind the scenes getting frustrated at points when he feels that the white houses messaging attempts arent quite hitting frontpage headlines the way he would like it to be, b