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The president spent much of saturday going after mitt romney and yesterday Susan Collins of maine put her toe in the water as well. Well go to the white house and sift through a week of developments. Then a dip ploe natick standoff between United States and great britain. Striking and killing a motorcyclist there and then flying back to the u. S. Claiming diplomatic immunity. The family of the british victim now asking President Trump to step in. And later a sunday sitdown with an icon of professional wrestling and a growing force in hollywood, on growing up in a house of five boys. How dwayne the rock johnson blazed the trail for him and being a hooero to legions of yog fans. Keep doing what youre doing because my kid loves you. Plus perry smith and another life well lived all a bit later in the show. Lets begin this morning with the latest on President Trump and the congressional impeachment inquiry. The president spending some of the fall weekend tweeting angrily at senator mitt rom