Joining us tonight. See you at 00. Tonight, the white house transcript released. The president saying to a foreign leader, id like you to do us a favor. President trumps phone call with the president of ukraine. In that call, urging him to open an investigation connected to his political opponent, joe biden. Noting in the conversation the u. S. Had done a lot for ukraine. And tonight, the timing. The president and the ukrainian leader were set to meet today, even before the headlines broke. And so they did. What they said. And President Trump before the cameras just moments ago, furious Speaker Pelosi has taken this very rare step. Jon karl and Mary Bruce Standing by. Also breaking tonight, the whistleblowers report that started it all. The person within the Intelligence Community who was so concerned. That report has now arrived in congress. What it reveals and what weve learned. Also tonight, 24 hours after President Trump spoke of irans, quote, blood lust, tonight, the president of
Iran’s oil minister on Sunday ordered his country’s energy sector to be on high alert to the threat of “physical and cyber†attacks. Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said, “it is necessary for all companies and installations of the oil industry to be on full alert against physical and cyber threats.†This came after Washington, Riyadh, Berlin, London and Paris blame Iran for attacks that damaged the Saudi oil sector.
saudi arabia, following the oil attacks on oil facilities earlier this month, with the trump administration has blamed on iran. this, coming as the regime continues to break from the nuclear deal. the iranian president confirming tehran s use of advanced centrifuge models to enrich uranium. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with the latest. jennifer? melissa, last friday of the secretary under chief sterman announced they would be deploying more assets to the middle east. now we know what the pentagon will be sending. let s just say it was extremely small in nature and indicative of how the u.s. does not want to have send more troops to a region where there are already 60,000 american troops serving. they moved to one page or better, for sentinel radars, a port, i could possibly 200 personnel. the secretary has also no decision has been made to
also tonight, 24 hours after president trump spoke of iran s, quote, blood lust, tonight, the president of iran in front of the world at the u.n. and right after, one-on-one with us. we press him, was iran behind the saudi oil attacks? and is the u.s. and iran now headed toward a major conflict? the other news this wednesday night, tropical storm karen slamming puerto rico. and now, the loop, the turn, could it make its way right into the east coast? rob marciano with the track. the developing headline at this hour. the cdc is now set to issue new and very alarming numbers. deaths and illnesses linked to vaping. and the shakeup tonight at juul. and why the new joker movie is raising concerns about possible mass shootings. and what authorities are now saying. good evening tonight from the u.n. here in new york city, where president trump and world leaders have gathered all week, but tonight, the focus is on the president and his phone call
we press him here tonight. was iran behind the saudi oil attacks? and is the u.s. and iran headed toward a major conflict? i also asked the president moments ago, is he willing to sit down with president trump? president rouhani, we heard you speak here at the u.n. today, and you said that iran will not negotiate a nuclear deal as long as iran remains under these sanctions. we know that the u.s. has doubled down sanctions against your central bank and just today, the trump administration announced new sanctions on the chinese doing business with iran. what s your reaction to president trump? translator: well, the americans must think in the past one and a half years in which they have put up extreme sanctions against iran, what have they accomplished? what they are doing against iran is to the detriment of america and to the detriment of countries that seek to enter into economic activities with iran.