Reporter the whistleblower alleges starting in midmay, u. S. Officials were deeply concerned by giulianis circumvention of National SecurityDecision Making and efforts to relay messages between the white house and ukraine. President trump defended his personal attorney wednesday. Rudy giuliani is a great lawyer. He was a great mayor. He is highly respected. Reporter responding to the whistleblowers allegations, giuliani said it is impossible that the whistleblower is a hero and im not, and i will be the hero. Scott frederickson is a former independent counsel. Weve never in the history of our country that im aware of ever seen a personal attorney engage in this kind of foreign diplomacy, especially with respect to these very specific requests. Reporter the complaint also singles out attorney general william barr. President trump told the ukrainian president barr would reach out to discuss investigating the bidens, but the Justice Department said the president never asked barr to contact ukraine. Paula joins us tonight. This key question, the attorney general, what role did barr play . Its interesting, norah. The whistleblower didnt include a lot of details about barr in the complaint, but we know barr played a key role in preventing these allegations from getting to congress. So once again raises new questions about whether the attorney general is acting as the president s defender or the nations top Law Enforcement official. You. What is the legal vulnerability for people around the president in this alleged coverup . Well, norah, if Congress Pursues impeachment, the Justice Department is going to be under a lot of pressure to pursue a parallel criminal investigation. And even if this Justice Department does not believe you can charge a sitting president , it could potentially charge accomplices. So if this turns out to be bribery, which is one of the things thats being looked at right now, giuliani could have some exposure. Incredible report, paula. Thank you so much. Weve got continuing coverage on our streaming network, cbsn and at cbsnews. Com which includes a copy of the whistleblowers complaint so you can read it yourself. Also, there is breaking news in the vaping crisis. Tonight the cdc is confirming at least 12 deaths linked to vaping in 10 states. That does not include a death that was reported just today in north carolina. The number of illnesses jumped to at least 805, and thats up more than 50 from last week. Federal safety investigators have put out the first new guidelines since two deadly crashes forced the grounding of the boeing 737 max. 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Reporter and there is people in the alley back there. The seller is behind that boarded fence. Reporter the deas Brian Mcknight showed us whats going on in broad daylight. There is literally a line. See the guy is putting his right hand in his possibility. Reporter last year in chicago alone, almost 800 people died from drug overdoses. What percentage of drugs in chicago do you think come from mexico . A significant amount. Probably about 90 . Reporter 90 . Yeah. Reporter the dea says this man is a major part of the problem. He is a rising mexican drug lord named Nemesio Oseguera cervantes. Known simply as el mencho. He is a number one priority for dea, and frankly federal Law Enforcement in the United States. Reporter Matthew Donahue is the deas top agent in mexico, and has helped uncover dozens of el menchos drug labs in the jungle. Put your hands up reporter el menchos cartel is responsible for roughly a third of the drugs entering this country by land and by sea. He has a 10 million bounty on his head. Ironically, he lived in california some 30 years ago where he was arrested on drug charges and eventually deported back to mexico. Hes got an enormous amount of weapons, rpgs, 50 caliber weapons. Basically has his own s. W. A. T. Teams. Reporter from shooting down a mexican army helicopter, killing six, to being implicated in a public hanging this summer, el mencho protects his empire with impunity. Back in chicago, the mexican drugs seized are so toxic, they cant be handled without protective gear. At the deas lab, packs of cocaine are stamped with traffickers brands. And more than a third can be traced back to el mencho. He is the one responsible for sending the poison that is actually killing innocent women and kids. So what happens when someones child dies, you know . Good chance it probably came from this organization. Can you stay with me . Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Reporter this is the aftermath, an overdose in chicago. This man survived that day, but last year more than 67,000 americans did not. By flooding the u. S. With drug, el menchos cartel makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The dea says part of the challenge in capturing him is that he has entire Police Departments in mexico on his payroll. Norah, as one agent put it, if el mencho wants you to work for him, you have two options, say yes or be killed. Incredible reporting tonight, adriana. Thank you so much. And still ahead, what uber is doing to keep riders like you safe. You want a freshsmelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. Introducing febreze one; a new range of innovative air fresheners with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home to deliver a light, naturalsmelling freshness. Febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lemongrass ginger. To eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes, try new febreze one. Brand power. 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Theyll also be able to text 911 using ubers app, and report troubles such as erratic driving in realtime. Coming up next, why a lot of people compare this air force hero to a superman. This portion is sponsored by progressives home surance. Were going to end tonight with an air force hero who always seems to be at the right place at the right time. Technical Sergeant Kenneth obrien is a special Ops Pararescue man based in japan. Pjs do everything, and its always dangerous, but obrien has been especially busy. G sum with north koreas kim jongun, he saved a civilian from a burning car. Last year he helped lead the rescue of the Thai Soccer Team trapped in a flooded cave. I was a little nervous, honestly. I have no training in cave diving. He also saved a fellow rescuer, a thai navy s. E. A. L. For his valor, he was honored as one of the Outstanding Airmen of the year. And then two weeks ago flying home for that award, an infant on the plane lost consciousness. Obrien again leapt into action, clearing the childs blocked airway, saving yet another life. His peers call him superman. We call him a hero. And thats the overnight news for this friday from the cbs Broadcast Center in new york city, im norah odonnell. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome, everyone, to the overnight news. Im errol barnett. There are charges of a white house coverup in the unfolding story of President Trumps controversial phone call with the leader of ukraine. During the call, the president apparently pressured the ukrainian to investigate joe biden and his family. The bombshell of the day, a verbatim transcript of that all and records of it locked down in a secret server to preserve stop secret National Security documents. The whistleblower was delivered to Congress Just as the director of intelligence testified on capitol hill, all as part of the house impeachment inquiry. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. I think the whistleblower did the right thing. Reporter the nations top intelligence official told lawmakers today he has no reason to doubt the whistleblowers intentions. In a detailed ninepage complaint, the whistleblower says senior white house officials worked to lock down all records of a president ial phone call this summer out of fear that they had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain. And the allegation was determined to be urgent and credible by the inspector general. Is that right . Yes, it was. And if there is coverup activity because the president is working improperly with a foreign government, that could compromise americas secrets, is that right . Congressman, there is an allegation of a coverup. Reporter the phone call in question took place on july 25th, just after mr. Trump unexpectedly froze millions in ukraine aid. According to a summary of the call released yesterday by the white house, mr. Trump asked the president of ukraine for a favor, to look into campaign rival joe biden and bidens son hunter. The whistleblower says white house officials were deeply disturbed and were directed by white house lawyers to remove a transcript of the call from the regular computer system, placing it instead in a separate system normally reserved for classified, Sensitive Information. He says aides saw this as an abuse of the system, but it was not the first time they had done this to protect the president. Do you believe it is okay for the president of the United States to pressure a foreign country into helping him or her win an election . It is unwarranted. It is unwelcome. It is bad for the nation to have outside interference, any foreign power. Thank you. And by extension, it would be equally unacceptable to extort that assistance as well . All i know is that i have the transcripts as you have. I think its wrong. And i think we all know it. It is illegal and it is wrong. It was referred to the federal bureau of investigation. Reporter the New York Times reports the whistleblower is a cia officer. Republicans noted that this person by his or her own admission was not a direct witness to most of the events described. The whistleblower tells us the officials that i spoke with told me and i was told that and white house officials told me that. In other words, all of this is secondhand information. Reporter but the acting director of national intelligence, chosen by the president himself, says some key details do check out. I would say that the whistleblowers complaint is in alignment with what was released yesterday by the president. Then why, director, when the president called the whistleblower a political hack and suggested that he or she might be disloyal to the country, why did you remain silent . I did not remain silent, mr. Chairman. Its a sad week for our country. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi told scott pelley of 60 minutes that this incident is now the primary focus of the house impeachment inquiry. What message do you have for the white house regarding cooperation . Speak truth. Speak truth. Were at a different level of lawlessness that is selfevident to the american people. Democrats say that the whistleblowers report gives them a whole new list of people they now want to talk to, plus, theyre still working to nail down an interview with the whistleblower, who they think will give them each more leads. Some democrats want to move to a vote on impeachment very quickly, perhaps as early as next month, but Speaker Pelosi disagreed with them today. She said there is no rush. She wants more time to gather the facts. Now President Trump is outraged by all of this. He, again, called the investigation a witch hunt and said he wants anyone who passed information to the whistleblower exposed and treated like a spy. Ben tracy has more on this. Mr. President , do you care if youre impeached, sir . Reporter President Trump did not answer questions as he returned to the white house. But at a closed door event in new york this morning, he had questions of his own. Who is the person who gave the whistleblower the information . Because thats close to a spy. Reporter in audio obtained by the l. A. Times, the president suggested whoever spoke to the whistleblower about his phone call with the president of ukraine might be a traitor, even though the whistleblower claims they received the information through the course of official business. The president alluded to punishments such as imprisonment or execution. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right . The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. Reporter so far the white house is treating the fallout from the whistleblower complaint as a pr battle. Sources say there is no war room or army of lawyers. Its another witch hunt. Here we go again. Reporter the white house plans to discredit the whistleblower by seizing on the fact that he had no firsthand knowledge of the call. Cbs news has learned there was disagreement inside the white house about releasing the call summary, but ultimately President Trump felt it shows hes done nothing wrong. My call was perfect. The president yesterday of ukraine said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever, none whatsoever. Reporter but the white house is not responding to the whistleblowers allegation that senior white house officials intervened to lock down all records of the phone call, knowing how bad it looked. Instead, today President Trump lashed out at democrats calls for impeachment. What these guys are doing, democrats are doing to this country is a disgrace, and it shouldnt be allowed. There should be a way of stopping it. A white house official told me today that impeachment now looks like a ball rolling down a hill with nothing to stop it. But other white house sources are saying with every passing day we get closer to the election, and it becomes politically more difficult for democrats to impeach. Norah . Now the former acting director of the cia, thats mike morrell discussed the widening scandal with norah odonnell. It is absolutely inappropriate, obviously. Its probably a Campaign Finance violation hell have to deal with later in his personal life. More interesting to me would be anybody else around him who was involved in this who worked for government, right. So the u. S. Ambassador to eu who went to kiev the day after, those officials in the white house who might have covered it up, they may face criminal charges. And on that specific charge that is in the whistleblowers complaint about moving the transcript of this call into another computer, what does that say to you . 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