Security aide told impeachment investigators that Gordon Sondland, the Eu Ambassador at the center of this european ukraine scandal, claimed to be acting on trumps orders when conveying demands, demands that democrats equate to a bribe, to get ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. Also backing that theory up, a state Department Witness who says he personally heard the president ask about investigations into the bidens. David holmes testified trump called this Eu Ambassador sondland and was talking so loudly the ambassador had to hold the phone away from his ear, and what he heard was ambassador sondland telling trump the president of ukraine loves your bleep, to which trump responded, so hes going to do the investigation . Hes going to do it, sondland replied. Lets get to cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. This is going to be putting sondland in even more precarious position going into these hearings next week. Thats right, and Tim Morrisons deposition transcript, just r
Reporters were asked to keep quiet about the president s visit to Walter Reed Medical Center. The president decided to go to walter reed to get a headstart with some routine checkups. Thats all it was. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good sunday morning to you guess what. There is a new frontrunner in iowa. Oh, yes for the first time mayor Pete Buttigieg is sitting on top of the latest democratic poll there. Joe biden and Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fighting for second place in that state. John bell edwards won a second term ending republicans attempt to flip that state. Back in washington. The president made an unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center to to get part of his annual physical completed, we are told. White house said he took advantage of free time yesteray to get the process started. So glad fto have you with u here. The new poll showing Pete Buttigieg surging ahead in iowa. Reporter there is a new frontrunner in the
Joe biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. Those three candidates as you can see on screen are locked in a tight race for second place. This is significant for several reasons and this is the first time he has been pulling away from the field. Of course this comes after hes been investing so much money and time and effort in the state of iowa. Hes been advertising since the beginning of september. Hes opened more than 20 offices. He has more than a hundred staffers on the ground. So this is the result of his work in iowa. Of course, this is coming at a time when he has already introduced himself but this is an extraordinary move from when he was first jumping into the race earlier this year. Take a look at how this race has changed just since september. This is significant as well. He has climbed some 16 points since september. You can see Elizabeth Warren has fallen just a little bit there. Joe biden as well. Bernie sanders has climbed a bit as has minnesota senator Amy Klobucha
rename the school football stadium after him. as of this morning, more than 48,000 people have signed it. tate myre died in a police car on the way to the hospital. he was just 16 years old. 17-year-old madisyn baldwin. she was expected to graduate this-school year, and had already been accepted to several colleges, some with full scholarships. her family says she was an artist who loved to draw. writing on social media today, her grandmother said this beautiful, smart, sweet-loving girl was tragically taken from us all today. leaving a huge hole in all our hearts. hana st. juliana. well, she was just 14. she played on the school basketball team. teammates tweeting today, we ll never forget your kind your kind heart, silly personality, and passion for the game. this season, they wrote, we play for you, hana. and justin shilling, who died this morning, worked at an area-restaurant chain that employed many students from oxford high. the company put out a statement today here is some
do, is also the most it seems that anyone can do. in addition to excelling academically tate myre was a varsity football star. a friend and teammate telling cnn he was a great person, a great leader, someone who always wanted to make sure that everyone was okay and involved in everything he could. there s a petition online to rename the school football stadium after him. as of this morning, more than 48,000 people have signed it. tate myre died in a police car on the way to the hospital. he was just 16 years old. 17-year-old madisyn baldwin. she was expected to graduate this school year and had already been accepted to several colleges, some with full scholarships. her family says she was an artist who loved to draw. writing on social media today, her grandmother said this beautiful, smart, sweet loving girl was tragically taken from us all today, leaving a huge hole in all our hearts. hana st. juliana. well, she was just 14. she played on the school basketball team. teammates tweeti