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This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff focred out. The former american ambassadorfo to ukraine tells lawmakers that President Trump pressed to have her fired. Lisa desjardins breaks down how her testimony is the latest twist in the escalating impeachment inquiry. Desjardins from her first steps on capitol hill today, former Ukraine AmbassadorMarie Yovanovitch entered, and added to, a political drama. The career diplomat arrived even after the state department told her last night she was not permitted to speak to lawmakers voluntarily. The solution . House democrats quickly issued a subpoena, allowing her to say she was legally compelled to attend. Yovanovitch was recalled from her post in may, amidst charges from Rudy Giuiliani and in conservative media that she had spoken against the president. She blasted back at thosideas in her opening remarks, which have been obtained by multiple news outlets. She said her removal was based on unfounded and false claims. Yovanovitchs ousting was cited in the whistleblowers complaint at the center of the houses impeachment inquiry. During the july 25 phone call that triggered that complaint, President Trump spoke against her to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. He said, the woman was bad news, and added shes going to go through some things. And according to an indictment handed up yesterday, also working to remove her were igor fruman and lev parnas, two men who say they were working for Rudy Giuliani and the president. The federal indictment charges, parnas efforts to remove the ambassador were conducted, at least in part, at the request of one or more ukrainian officials. Also today, news that Gordon Sondland will testify next week. Sondland is the ambassador to the e. U. , and Text Messages show he was involved in discussions about President Trump and what the president wanted from ukraine. Last night, mr. Trump campaigned in minneapolis, leveling more criticism at his opponents in congress. These are bad people. My phone call, for example, with the president of ukraine, was perfect. Desjardins the president rallied supporters, telling them their views are at stake. They want to erase your vote, like it never existed. They want to erase your voice, and they want to erase your future. The president is holding another rally tonight in louisiana. Woodruff and lisa is here with me now, along with our own yamiche alcindor, who has been tracking tays developments from the white house. So, lisa, lets go back to former ambassador yovanovitch. Tell us, again, who she is and what more do we know about what she said today. Well, she is still with the state department, so, in doing this, she was kind of bucking mand, although getting a subpoena to her gave her a legal reason for showing up. Were going to come back to that. But her statement, judy, was extraordinary on a few levels. She also fired back and said she has never, for example, met hunter biden, she never advocated on behalf of Hillary Clinton or president obama, as some of her critics have alleged and, judy, she went on to lay out her suspicion that the reason she was being pushed out by some, i thie,nk shes implyig Rudy Giulianis associates, was for their financial interests. She says she was fighting corruption in ukraine and that was a problem for some who were trying to make use of that corruption for their own financial gain. Judy, shes also said shes incredulous over the fact she was removed at all. This is important for two other reasons one, shes laying out a case for corruption potentially within the Trump Administration. Two, she submitted to this subpoena, she complied with the subpoena. The more Trump Administration officials gotten do that and t more people like her comply, democrats will try to willed a case for obstructioof justice for that. Woodruff ia niche, you have been talking to folks at the white house, what are they sayi in their defense and what do they see as their strategy Going Forward here . Well, President Trump is really pushing back on the ambassadors claim that he personally was pushing to have her removed from her post. Today on the white house lawn, the president said i dont know this woman, im sure shes wonderful, but i have nothing to do with her. So the president is trying to put distance between himself and the ambassadors claims. Stephen miller, the president s senior adviser, was speaking to reporters today and told us he believes this is part of partisan hatred toward the president. Their strategy is saying the democrats are doing this because they want to overturn the 2016 elections, with a lot of messaging from the white house on that front. But the democrats pushed back and said its about getting to the truth. Add to that stephen miller, when asked over and over again whether or not he would personally comply with a subpoena to testify before the house, he refused to answer. When the president was asked what do you make of ambassador sondland coming next week andia vanovich coming together, he kind of shrugged and said i dont like ad ybody testifying,i dont want anybody testifying. So the white house strategy is to block people from testifying and try to not comply with any document requests. But the president is stuck in the position where ambassadors can come and say they are likely obligated to come before the house. Woodruff so, lisa, what are the next steps for the democrats in congress . Democrats in the last hour got off conference call, talking about their messaging. Congress comes back next week, so the dynamics will be critical when the lawmakers from both parties return. They will have a serious look at impeachment. They are trying to get out theyre working on other issues. They want that to be part of the narrative. Its going to be difficult when talking about impeachment but they will try. Whats going on today, i learned House Republicans have a new concern about the president and are moving on it and it has to do with turkey. House republicans are joining with House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs committee to propose legislation to sanction turkey, beyond what the president and the treasury secretary have been talking, it would be much sharper sanctions, a rebuke of the president s policies. We are weight for that legislation. Woodruff and speaking of turkey, yamiche, we saw that the treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said they are putting in place sanctions they could impose on turkey down the line. What do we know about that, the thinking that went into this . Well, Steve Mnuchin and the president both say these are authorized sanction bus are not actually issuing the sanctions. So this is really the Trump Administration and President Trump himself responding to the bipartisan criticism that lisa is talking about. The president feels as though his heart party is definitely making noise about this and sustaining noise about this. He wants to say, if turkey gets out of line, we have something to do that. The president said im ready to wipe out tukeys entire economy if needed. That said, when the administration is pushed and asked how is this going to help the kurds and the foreign allies who fear for their lives. They say its complicated and we cant answer the question. So the president is trying to deal with the criticism, but most people are saying these do not go far enough and obvioly, as you can see in the house and in congress, lawmakers themselves are banning together to do even more than the president is doing. Woodruff again, so much to follow. It has been an extraordinary week. Yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you both. Woodruff in the days other news, the u. Has reached a partial trade deal with china, after a 15monthlong trade war. President trump agreed to suspend a 250 billion tariff hike on chinese goods that was set to go into effect tuesday. In turn, china pledged to buy up to 50 billion in u. S. Agricultural products. The president announced the progress this afternoon. Now were getting it papered. And i dont think it should be a problem getting it papered. It i think that china wants it badly, and we want it also, and we should be able to get that done over the next four weeks. Woodruff but the worlds two biggest economies will delay any decisions on more contentious issues like u. S. Claims thachina is fs. Cing countries to turn over trade secrets in exchange for access to the chinese market. They plan to address those outstanding issues in future negotiations. Word of the partial u. S. China trade deal sent stocks soaring on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrial average jumped 320 points to close at 26,816. The nasdaq rose 106 points, and the s p 500 added 32. More than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire rages in Southern California. So far, 1,000 firefighters have been deployed along the Northern Edge of los angeles. At least two people have died. The saddlebridge fire started raging overnight, fueled by strong santa ana winds. Planes dropped fireretardant chemicals on the flames. Officials urged residents to heed orders to leave. This is a very dynamic fire. The public can help us by listening to Police Officers and firefighter directions, especially when were talking about evacuations. Do not wait to leave. If we ask you to evacuate, please evacuate. Woodruff Southern California utility edison turned off electricity for about 20,000 people. It warned that thousands more could be affected. Meanwhile, in northern california, the lights were back on for more than a Million People impacted by planned outages. But pacific gas and electric said that more than 300,000 customers were still without power. Fire officials report that a man who relied on oxygen died 12 minutes after losing electricity. The casualties are mounting on both sides, as Turkish Forces advance farther into northeast syria. Turkey claims to have killed more than 300 kurdish fighters. About 100,000 civilians have been forced to flee. Meanwhile, two car bombs exploded in the kurdish controlled urban center of qamishli, a city that has been heavily shelled by turkish troops. Lindsey hilsum of independent televsion news was there today, and filed this report. Reporter qamishli was calm until this week. The war was over. People dared to think peace might last. This was the scene today, after a massive explosion in a different part of town. At first, people thought it was another mortar. There have been three days of attacks now. We arrived about an hour later, as the smoke began to clear and the damage became evident. This was not a rocket, but a car bomb. The vehicle that carried it was utterly destroyed. This is right in the middle of qamishli. People dont know exactly what happened. It was an explosion, they said. And you can see, it must have been huge. See all the damage thats been done . Qamishli was peaceful, but people are now afraid of two things theyre afraid of the turks attacking, and theyre afraid that there may be sleeper cells of the Islamic State here in the town. The car bomb was most likely planted by fighters from i. S. , daesh as they call it, who went underground when the caliphate was defeated earlier this year. Now, Kurdish Forces are too busy fighting the turks to track and catch terrorists. translated we want europe to hear our voice. And trump, who abandoned us. We fought daesh side by side with his soldiers, and now he just pulls out his troops and left us alone. Let trump hear us. Reporter they know they cannot defeat turkey alone. Woodruff that report from Lindsey Hilsum of independent television news. The pentagon announced today that it will send nearly 2,000 additional troops to saudi arabia to help protect against iran. That is in spite of President Trumps recent pledge to reduce the u. S. Presence in the middle east. The u. S. Will also move several dozen fighter jets, and otr air defenses. U. S. Defense secretary mark esper announced the deployment. Irans attemptso use terror, intimidation and military force to advance its interests are inconsistent with international norms. Saudi arabia is a longstanding Security Partner in the middle east, and has asked for Additional Support to supplement their own defenses and defend the international rulesbased order. Woodruff the troops will join more than 10,000 American Service members already deployed across the middle east. A super typhoon is barreling towards tokyo, japan, today, threatening to dump as much as 30 inches of rain. It is expected to make landfall south of tokyo tomorrow. In the meantime, Grocery Stores in the capital city were packed as people stocked up on last minute supplies. Elsewhere, residents on oshima island boarded up their homes and shops. In ecuador, antigovernment protests against a fuel price hike ground the capital city to a standstill for another day. At least five demonstrators have been killed in the last week of unrest. Protesters in quito threw rocks at police, who then fired back with tear gas and rubber bullets. One demonstrator insisted their strike will continue until their demands are met. translated we are not going to stop until we reach our goal. But right now, we are being repressed. They are killing us with these t weapons. These are not rubber bullets, these are real bullets, bullets that kill people. Woodruff Government Operations have been moved outside of the capital, but ecuadors president has refused to step down. The gunman who attempted to attack a german synagogue wednesday has now confessed to carrying out the shooting, and he acknowledged being motivated by antisemitic views. The rampage happened on yom kippur, judaisms holiest day. The attacker was unable to enter the synagogues locked doors, and instead he fatally shot two bystanders outside. He faces two counts of murder, and seven counts of attempted murder. A new report out today has found that boeing withheld Key Information about its 737max plane from pilots and safety officials. The panel of International Aviation regulators also found that the federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to review the planes automated Flight Control system, that is linked to two deadly crashes this year. The 737max is grounded while boeing works on software updates. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said today that his recent heart attack has made him more aware of the need for quality, Affordable Health care. Sanders, who is seeking the democratic president ial nomination, suffered a heart attack last week. The 78yearold spoke to reporters today outside his vermont home, where hes been recovering. My recent heart attack has made me think even more about health care. This is america, and you have millions of people today who are sick, that have symptoms, who are not going to the doctor because they are fearful of the incredible medical bills theyre going to receive. Woodruff sanders said he will attend next weeks democratic primary debate in ohio. It will be his first public event since his heart attack. And, the washington mystics are celebrating today after winning their firstever Womens NationalBasketball Association championship. They defeated the connecticut sun 8978 on thursday night, in a winnertakeall game five of the finals, as their fans erupted into cheers. Congratulations. Still to come on the newshour how ethiopias Prime Minister made peace with his neighbors, and won the nobel prize. One on one with former National Security advisor susan rice. Plus, mark shields and david brooks break down a weeks worth of impeachment news. Woodruff now, to an inspiring story that won the nobel peace prize. In their official announcement today, the Nobel Committee listed a series of accomplishments for ethiopian Prime Minister abiy ahmed, all achieved in his first