a second whistleblower has come forward with information about trump. mark zaid, says his team rmt respects a second person who works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within
a second whistleblower in the ukraine scandal. lawyers say he has firsthand knowledge of president trump over ukraine. joe biden speaking out. defending his family against unproven accusations of wrongdoing, saying he will beat trump like a drum. leading experts warning an economic slowdown could get worse, with new evidence the trade war with china is hurting american workers. the general manager of the houston rockets in trouble for comments he made about hong kong and the nba. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we start with the latest in the second whistleblower has come forward with information about president trump. and an attorney confirming his team represents a second person who he says works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised
unproven accusations of wrongdoing. a man in a kansas bar shooting who killed four. police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. a shift in u.s. foreign policy. the trump administration removing u.s. troops from northern syria. turkey set to start a military incursion. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this the early start. i m dave briggs. in washington a second whistleblower has come forward with information about president trump. an attorney confirmed to cnn his team now represents a second person who he says works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claimants of the first whistleblower, who raised alarms between a call
4:30 eastern time. we start with the latest in the impeachment inquiry. a second whistleblower has come forward with information about president trump. and an attorney confirming his team represents a second person who he says works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within the intelligence community, who has also raised concerns about president trump s call with the
at least 13 protesters over the weekend in part for wearing masks to hide their faces, which is now against the law there. the 18th straight weekend of these anti-government protests, which turned once again violent. in the meantime, the nba is apologizing to china after the houston rockets general manager tweeted and then deleted support to the hong kong protesters. another whistle-blower has come forward in the ukraine scandal facing u.s. president donald trump. the lawyer representing the first whistle-blower says his time also represents this second one. he says the client works in the intelligence community and has firsthand knowledge backing the first whistle-blower s claims. and the scandal now grows to beyond ukraine, i should say. on thursday mr. trump also publicly asked china to