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Implying that ilhan omar, one of the first muslim women elected to congress might be a suicide bomber. she s now apologizing, omar says it is not enough. sun lynn serfaty has the latest. reporter: dome boeb earth making a suicide bomber joke about being in an elevator with congresswoman ilhan omar. i looked to the left, there she is. ilhan omar. i said well, she doesn t have a backpack, we should be fine. reporter: suggesting she should be concerned she would blow up the elevator. only had one floor to go. said oh, look, decided to show up for work today. reporter: the viral video posted by patriot takes, affiliate with left leaning groups, claimed to have been shot over thanksgiving break. omar saying the story is made up and boebert is a buffoon. ....
Doing it. they can t win. reporter: that s not swaying the democrats coming out publicly to state the impeachment inquiry must continue. we have no choice but proceed with impeachment inquiry. the only person the president has to blame is himself. reporter: another key sign they re gathering up for impeachment battle, the justice department instructed white house employees to preserve documents and emails that may have to be turned over as part of the inquiry. it has become more difficult for the white house and defenders to accuse the whistle-blower complaint that started this of relying on hearsay to accuse the president of asking a foreign government to interfere in the upcoming election, as mr. trump did it out loud today, wolf. certainly did. jim acosta, thank you. now to the first witness to appear to congress in the impeachment investigation. sun lynn serfaty, what are you learning about kurt volker. ....
The president possibly by thanksgiving. we ll talk about breaking news with senator bob menendez, and correspondents and analysts are standing by. let s go straight to capitol hill. our congressional correspondent sun lynn serfaty has new information. together, they ve now subpoenaed the secretary of state for documents. reporter: that s right, wolf, things are escalating very quickly for the administration this evening. tonight, the secretary of state mike pompeo has been subpoenaed by the three very powerful committees here on capitol hill. documents related to the ukraine probe, which of course is the new focus, new center of the impeachment inquiry into president trump. pompeo has failed to turn over documents that the committee requested, many times documents related to president trump, related to his personal lawyer, rudy guiliani, and their role and dealings with the ukrainian ....
Democrats on the stage last night, new york city mayor bill de blasio. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let s go to our congressional correspondent sun lynn serfaty. the house vote is causing an uproar among progressives. what are you hearing from lawmakers tonight? reporter: that s right, wolf. certainly a lot of anger among democrats tonight, specifically among the group of very vocal progressive house democrats who tonight are outraged with the way the standoff has now concluded. that concluded by way of nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, forced to do so something earlier in the day she did not want to do, take up and pass the senate version of the humanitarian aid bill for aid at the border. that was after she faced significant pressure, push back from moderates in her caucus saying we have to pass this senate bill. in the end, the house in the last hour voted that through by vote of 305-102. very notable in that number is ....
Through the house. when it does, when it gets signed, it leaves behind a bitter fight among democrats on capitol hill. wolf? thank you. sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. president trump and his angry reaction to a new u.s. supreme court ruling with big political implications. live to chief white house correspondent jim acosta, covering the president over the g 20 summit in japan. jim, the president has a lot on his plate but is busy tweeting about his loss in washington at the high court. reporter: that s right, wolf. after arriving at the g 20, he is facing major political defeat. the supreme court bloksd the attempt to place a citizenship question in the upcoming census. the president is questioning whether he can delay the census, setting up potentially another constitutional showdown. we learned this afternoon that house democrats are talking about what should be done to make sure the president doesn t mess with the census. ....