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A remix of the iconic album reveals the drama and joy behind john, paul, george, and ringos last recording sessions together. Wow. Its friday, september 27th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, with spies, right . We used to handle it differently than we do now. The president suggests the whistleblower is a traitor. You dont have any reason to accuse them of disloyalty i think the whistleblower did the right thing. The whistleblower alleges the white house tried to cover up the call with the president of ukraine. The defense begins its case this morning in the trial of a former dallas cop charged with murdering her neighbor in his own apartment. One person is dead and three others injured following a black hawk Helicopter Crash at a louisiana base. A flight from new york to los angeles was forced to land in kansas city after an unruly passenger threatened the safety of the aircraft. He said he
Reporter the whistleblower alleges starting in midmay, u. S. Officials were deeply concerned by giulianis circumvention of National Security Decision 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 conta
Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The impeachment inquiry of President Trump will pick up steam this week on capitol hill. Several current and former state Department Officials are expected to testify before congress, and that will only set the stage for the socalled whistleblower to come forward. Democrats are hoping to have a final vote on impeachment by thanksgiving. President trump calls it another witch hunt. Natalie brand reports from the white house. Whats going on now is the single greatest scam in the history of american politics. Reporter interviews with key figures could begin as early as this week in the impeachment inquiry centered around allegations President Trump pressured ukraines leader to investigate a political rival, joe biden and his son, hunter. According to the whistleblower complaint made public late last week, the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, was a central figure in relaying messages be
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the department of justice. there you see the podium set up. two senior law enforcement