Get stuck with a nearly 700,000 hospital bill . And harry and meghan follow in dianas footsteps as they travel through africa. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Brennan good evening. This is our western edition. Norah is on assignment. Im margaret brennan. Tonight, more answers lead to even more questions about President Trumps july phone call with the new leader of ukraine. The president confirmed they did discuss joe biden and his son. He also publicly accused the bidens of being corrupt, but he denied putting any pressure on ukraine to open an investigation. Weijia jiang starts us off tonight from the united nations. Ne we had a perfect phone call with the president of ukraine. Everybody knows it. Reporter the phone conversation between President Trump and ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is the talk of the town as President Trump meets with World Leaders in new york city. The president has been on the defensive since it was revealed that a whistleblower filed a complaint about his communications with ukraine. The question did mr. Trump in that july 25th call threaten to withhold military funding if the ukrainians did not investigate joe biden and his son . No i didnt. No, i didnt. Reporter today he confirmed they discussed foreign aid, but no quid pro quo. I put no pressure on them whatsoever. I could have. I think it would probably possibly have been okay if i did. But i didnt. I didnt put any pressure on them whatsoever. Reporter President Trump claims the former Vice President abused his position to help his son hunter, who worked for a Ukrainian Gas Company at the time. There is no evidence of wrongdoing. Joe biden and his son are corrupt. Reporter the president stood by his discussion with his ukrainian counterpart as an effort to combat corruption in ukraine. One of the reasons the new president got elected is he was going to stop corruption, so its very important that on occasion you speak to somebody about corruption. H reporter sources tell cbs news the white house is seriously considering releasing a transcript of the conversation, something biden urged as well. I hope you get to see the call. Reporter but mr. Trump acknowledged the potential consequences of doing so. I dont think its a great precedent. I didnt say i was going to release it at all. Reporter during an interview, ukraines foreign minister opposed releasing the transcript, arguing that confidentiality is a main condition of conversations and sometimes leaders share sensitive information. Margaret, president s trump and zelenskiy are set to meet here at the u. N. On wednesday. Brennan well be watching. Thank you very much. Weijia jiang at the u. N. We want to bring into the conversation nancy cordes at the capitol. Nancy, lawmakers are demanding to see the transcript of this phone call. Whats the latest on the investigation . Reporter well, margaret, democrats do want to see a transcript, but they say thats not enough. They also want to see the full aistleblowers complaint. They are now upping the ante. Today, three separate house committees sent a letter to the secretary of state threatening subpoenas if they dont get six different categories of documents this week. They want to know, for instance, what rudy giuliani, the president s personal attorney, told state Department Officials about his conversations with the ukrainians. The committees, by the way, first asked for those documents a couple of weeks ago but havent gotten any of them yet, margaret. Brennan has it impacted the leadership of the Democratic Party and whether they move forward with trying to impeach the president . Reporter there was some chatter among some freshman democrats in the house this weekend who have so far held out on impeachment, but who feel that this may represent a serious new transgression. If a block of them ends up changing their mind, that could in turn put pressure on another holdout, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, who already this weekend warned that the administration could be entering a gave new chapter of lawlessness that would trigger a whole new stage of investigation if congress doesnt get access to that whistleblowers report soon, margaret. Brennan developing story. Thank you, nancy. Details coming in on another major story. A u. S. Army soldier is charged with sharing bombmaking information on social media. Jeff pegues reports that thef. In as the soldier allegedly set his sights on targets here in the u. S. Reporter while 24yearold private first class Jarrett William smith was stationed at three military bases over the past two years, investigators say he was posting bombmaking instructions on facebook. Smith told one associate online, i got knowledge of i. E. D. S for days, a reference to an improvised explosive device. In an online chat group, smith told an f. B. I. Confidential source that he was intent on killing members of the far left group antifa and targeting the headquarters of a major American News network with a car bomb. When an undercover agent asked whether there was anyone down in texas that would be a good fit for fire, destruction, and death, smith allegedly responded, outside of beto . A reference to democratic president ial candidate beto orourke, who has made gun control a central theme for his campaign. Katherine schweit is a former f. B. I. Special agent. This subject routinely provided advice and direction on how to build bombs. Thats frightening. Reporter there is Something Else that caught the f. B. I. s attention. Investigators believe that smith was also trying to link up with a farright Paramilitary Group in ukraine. He could get up to 20 years in federal prison if hes convicted. Margaret . Brennan jeff, thank you. We turn now to dallas, where a former Police Officer is on trial for murder. The victim, a man who was shot to death in his own apartment. Omar villafranca reports that the former officer insists it was just all a mistake. Shed gone to the wrong door. The noise from the door must have scared him to death. Reporter former dallas Police Officer amber guyger sat in court as prosecutors accused her of murder and being more concerned about her career than a dying botham jean. In the five minutes that shes on that 911 call as bo is bleeding to death on the floor, she should have been giving 100 of her attention to that man. Oh, my god. Im sorry. Reporter guyger was off duty but still in uniform when she shot jean. Her lawyers say guyger worked a 15hour shift and thought jean was burglarizing her apartment. She knows shes made a tragic mistake, but its not out of evil. Reporter jean was from st. Lucia. His parents bertrum and allison spoke exclusively to cbs news before the start of the trial. I have prayed that god will help me to sit in the same room with my sons killer. I would like to meet her and ask her, what went wrong . How did you take him away from me . Reporter more than a year after losing her son, allison jean says she just wants to hear the truth. Just come clean. Reporter what would that do for you . Im looking forward to the trial as one step to closure. Reporter the jury is made up of eight women and four men. Five of the jurors are black. Now, if shes convicted of murder, guyger could spend the rest of her life in prison, and she is expected to take the stand during this trial. Margaret . Brennan omar, thank you. Tonight there is a massive effort to bring home more than 500,000 stranded travelers. They got stuck at airports and hotels all around the world as thomas cook, the oldest travel company in the world, suddenly shut down. Kris van cleave has more on the llapse of a travel giant. Reporter the last thomas cook flight touched down in england this morning, leaving the companys 21,000 employees potentially out of work and an estimated 600,000 tourists stranded in vacation spots around the world and here in the u. S. Really disappointed the holiday has to end like this. Reporter at new yorks j. F. K. Airport, flyers showed up only to learn their flight home was canceled. We have been given no information at all by anybody. Reporter in addition to new york, the airline served five other u. S. Cities, 267,000 people flew to orlando alone in the last year. Thomas cook specialized in low cost vacation packages but was over 2 billion in debt. The British Government declined to offer a bailout and new funding couldnt be secured over the weekend. It is deeply distressing to me that this has not been possible to save one of the most loved brands in travel. Reporter the British Government has now chartered more than 40 airlines to bring home stranded passengers, the largest repatriation of its citizens ever in peace time. Thomas cook was struggling as bookings dropped due to a weak british pound and uncertainty surrounding brexit. As many as one Million People woke up this morning to find out the vacations they had already booked had been canceled, and margaret, its not clear if they will get a refund. Brennan wow. Kris van cleave, thank you. A new u. N. Report sounds an alarm about the planets failing health. It will be released in monaco. Our Mark Phillips has more on whats being called the most dire u. N. Climate report ever. Reporter the final wording of the u. N. s next climate report is being worked on overnight in this building, but its expected to say the ice in the arctic and the antarctic is melting far more quickly than was feared. Not only that, Global Warming is so advanced, so many tipping points may have been passed that some of the more severe consequences of warming may now be inevitable. Among the cited consequences, rising sea levels that displace hundreds of millions of people from coastal areas, increased numbers of destructive storms, devastated fish stocks and even reduced supplies of drinking water. The report is the gloomiest prediction thus far of the u. N. s panel, which warns that if global emissions of greenhouse gasses are not reduced, the consequences will be even worse. Margaret . Brennan thanks. At the u. N. Today, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg blasted World Leaders for inaction to stop climate change. In her speech, thunberg warned politicians they are failing to protect the planet. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you brennan social media lit up over this shot of thunberg glaring at President Trump as he arrived at the u. N. Now our special series on soaring healthcare costs, a recent survey finds americans have collectively borrowed about 88 billion to cover doctor and hospital bills, bills that can be confusing or even come as a shock. We have teamed up with the journalists at clearhealthcosts to shine a light on the problem and to help people fight back. Tonight in our series your money, your health, anna werner takes an indepth look at the skyhigh costs of medical price roulette. There was no other way to go. Reporter its been a year since crippling back pain sent Frank Esposito to the doctor. He looked at the m. R. I. And he said, you need to go to the closest hospital immediately. Reporter this 59yearold tool and die maker from long island says he could barely move. It wasnt an elective thing. Reporter it was that obvious . It was that obvious. Reporter you couldnt even walk. Doctors told esposito he needed immediate surgery. That a herniated disc in his spinal column threatened to leave him permanently paralyzed. The pain was bad. I never thought it would end. Reporter but the surgery was just the beginning of espositos nightmare. He has private insurance, so you might think, as he did, that he was covered for this kind of emergency, but just weeks into his seven month recovery, the bills started pouring in. This says the amount you owe is 256,000. Its mindboggling. Thats only one doctor. Reporter esposito was on the hook for over 650,000 in bills, including 256,000 for the Orthopedic Surgeon who fused his spine, 220,000 for the neurosurgeon, and another 53,000 for a doctor who monitored his breathing. He was denied coverage because his Insurance Company decided it was not an emergency and not medically necessary. You say, this cant be real. Ayreally dont have to pay this. How am i going to pay this . You sit there and you start crying, because you dont know what youre going to do. Reporter espositos story is exactly the kind americans fear most. Four in ten say they have received a big bill in the past year. Its all part of a Healthcare System that has become more complicated and costlier, with outofpocket spending up more than 50 since 2010. Its far too easy for these kinds of crazy stories to happen. Reporter aaron caroll is a pediatrician and Health Services researcher. So many people feel they are being pushed to the limit, that nobody is responding to them. Yes, its soul crushing. Truly. The really bad part is the people were asking to do all of this leg work are the sick. Thats just not a good syste reporter Frank Esposito has taken 49,000 from his 401 k to pay down some of his bills. He has hired a medical billing specialist and even appealed to the state. But he still owes more than 220,000. You need to be able to know that you can do this, that youre going to get the care you need, that youre not going to be destitute by the time youre done. Reporter after appeals, espositos insurer, Oxford United healthcare, paid some of his doctors bills. Were still waiting for a response as to the remaining 220,000 bill. Now, as part of this series, we want to hear what youre paying for medical procedures. Go to cbsnews. Com healthcosts and click onhe link to share what you paid. You can also search prices in the two markets already surveyed by our partner, clearhealthcosts. Thats dallas and san francisco. Margaret . Brennan important reporting. Its going to be a key issue for voters, thats for sure. A lot of people are naming this their numberone issue. 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