Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Savannah Guthrie in for lester and we begin with a disturbing revolution out of washington. Nbc news confirming u. S. Intelligence officials concluded terrorist likely have engineered a way to get explosives into Laptop Computers that could be smuggled on an airliner why they were banned as carry ones in several airports in the middle east. Pete williams tonight with the story. Reporter for the past week, passengers on flights from ten airports in the middle east and north africa have been forbidden to carry on board Electronic Devices larger than a cell phone. Now u. S. Officials say one of the reasons for the new restrictions is a new government analysis suggesting terrorists developed the means to conceal explosives and Laptop Computers in a way that could elude security screening. A senior u. S. Official says its the result of analyzing
Prosecutors. The fight heading to the u. S. Supreme court. Harris makes her case. Talking to the 2020 president ial candidate about the impeachment of the president ial race as shes betting her future in iowa. Senator Kamala Harris joins us live. We want to welcome our viewers around the United States and the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on just released transcripts of pivotal testimony in the impeachment inquiry. The ousted u. S. Ambassador to ukraine telling lawmakers Rudy Guilianis Shadow Campaign to dig up political dirt for u. S. Trump undercut u. S. Policy. Ukrainian officials warned engaging with guiliani was dangerous and she should watch her back. Y uvanovich later removed felt she felt threatened by the president. And secretary of state mime pompeo said the state department was being used to advance mr. Trumps Political Goals and the big reason he resigned. I will get more from our correspondents
Call. With us, author of the book trump nation. And director at the white house under barack obama, and also cia officer. With us from washington, fiphil rucker. At the top of the show, lets take stock as republicans continue to attack the legitimacy and some key witnesses. I think we can infefr from the white house on position to the doctors testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. Their judicial philosophy is guilty. They are going to give the president a fair and impart al firing squad. This is a purple heart recipient saying the president put politics above nations security. I thank him for his service but he is wrong. Legally, they dont have to take a vote to move forward with the impeachment. This takes away the silly cudgle republicans are trying to use on process. This is a process that has been fundamentally tainted. The president has had no rights. After a thorough inquiry, if the allegations are found to be true, they would repr
Whether more key impeachment witnesses will testify. It will be playing out in two different courtrooms with both judges hearing a similar argument. Can the white house keep don mcgahn and kupperman from testifying. Lets begin with the latest on the vote. Cnn National Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux is live on capitol hill. This is a momentous day. Things are going to proceed very quickly. Walk us through how the next several minutes and hours go. Sure, jim. It is called officially House Resolution 660. Its going before the full house of representatives. And what will happen first, democrats will take five minutes, one minute a piece. Republicans will take five minutes, and then it will be open for full debate for about an hour or so. 30 minutes for the democrats. 30 minutes for the republicans. Then we expect that after that there will be a vote, potentially as early as about 10 15, 10 30 when all house members will have to go on the record in terms of moving the impeachment inquiry fo
And on thursday, john bolton is last. And i want to go back to scheduled to testify. Substance. What they will be hearing in the witnesses say that he xashed the Pressure Campaign to a, quote, potentially public hearings, drug deal and called rudy john bolton, John Eisenburg will giuliani a hand grenade. Be testifying next week, both this week lawmakers heard from within i guess the closer two members of the National Security council, both described confines of the white house. The july phone call and the president s effort to get ukraine to begin investigations. Ukrai what do you want to hear them ukraine expert Alexander Vindman answer, what questions do you contradicted the president s have and what are you looking claiming that the call was perfect and word for word. Out for. Im interested to hear what he testified that there were eisenburg and Michael Ellis who blank spots in the readout and is also Deputy National legal that he unsuccessfully tried to adviser have to say about wh