Downplayed evidence of Climate Change. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Ive been honest. I said i am going to be putting on the greatest killers youve ever seen. We need that. Its time. Trump names his secretary of defense. Mad dog mattis, but we are not announcing it until monday, so dont tell anybody. Mad dog, he is great. Vintage trump. It was, wasnt it . It was vintage trump. Classic unscripted trump moment. Classic, stream of consciousness. Like a classic rock band. The death toll is rising in tennessee from a raging wildfire that swept through a great Smoky Mountain area. The reason we are going to be okay is because we are mountain tough. Former usc and nfl running back joe mcknight was shot to death after a possible road rage fight in louisiana. He just got out and shot that man. Government forces are obliterating neighborhoods held by rebels. In aleppo, the sound of shelling has not let up. Legendary astronaut buzz aldrin is
Trump into his political rivals. There is also new reporting as well that President Trump ordered the ambassador to ukraine removed because the president s allies, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani said she was interfering with the president s efforts against biden. Also, late word that kurt volker, the president s special envoy for ukraine told house investigators today that giuliani was warned about the ukrainian sources of the Biden Allegations that he was peddling. The message to giuliani, that he was being fed, quote, untrustworthy information. Additionally, cnn has learned that volker told house investigators he warned ukraines leadership not to interfere in u. S. Politics. This was after the call with President Trump at the end of july. In other words, he told them not to do what the president and giuliani and later the Vice President pence and others were pressuring them to do. There is yet more reporting from volkers appearance today. Text messages, including one from the top u.
That volker told house investigators he warned ukraines leadership not to interfere in u. S. Politics. This was after the call with President Trump at the end of july. In other words, he told them not to do what the president and giuliani and later the Vice President pence and others were pressuring them to do. There is yet more reporting from volkers appearance today. Text messages, including one from the top u. S. Diplomat to ukraine at the time telling american colleagues, quote, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance to ukraine for help with a Political Campaign. And finally, on top of all that, there is new word tonight of another whistleblower, this time at the irs, alleging political interference involving the president or Vice President s tax returns. All of this at the end of a news day dominated by President Trump openly doing what he has loudly denied doing in private and what he says was his perfect phone call with the president of ukraine. Today, the president s