Credible. Good evening. I am julie haener. And i am frank somerville. The white house released a transcript of the president s phone call with ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky. It was that phone call that prompted an impeachment inquiry. In washington, d. C. The president says the allegations that he acted illegally are nothing more than a witch hunt. Reporter that is. Today a select few lawmakers were given the chance to read the whistleblower complaint but behind closed doors. Now Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he is more concerned and the whistleblower complaint has din declassified but we have not been able to see the text of it just yet but it is more likely to be leaked to the public. All a hoax, folks. Reporter President Trump doubling down on his defense of the controversial whistleblower complaint at the center of the political firestorm focused on ukraine. Impeachment for that . When you have a wonderful meeting or you have a wonderful conversation. Reporter
Here next week. And this morning millions of people on the west coast are bracing for a onceinalifetime storm, hurricane hilary bearing down as we speak, the first tropical system there in nearly a century. Hilary has already turned deadly in mexico dropping heavy rain, washing out roads, triggering flash flooding, and now new warnings this morning and new concerns about all the water this storm is set to drop on bonedry Southern California and whether that region can handle it. Well have the latest in a live report and your forecast just ahead. Plus, our quugs sunday focus on the hit movie the blind side. A feelgood movie taking an ugly turn. Then our sunday spotlight on the Island Community off the coast of maryland at risk of disappearing under water just a few decades from now and the people who live there and who are moving there who say they dont plan to go anywhere. Later as wee continue oscar august, willies sunday sitdown with h golden glolobe winner austinn butler on steppig
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
California congressman Kevin Mccarthy becomes the first House Speaker to be voted out of his role. The major hole this leaves in the house and who could be in line to take on the position . Live from Jack London Square this is morningtown to the nine. Well, today is wednesday, october fourth. Were looking live outside San Francisco city hall this morning. Crowds are waiting to get into the rotunda where the late senator Dianne Feinstein, she is lying in state this morning. You can see the San Francisco fire trucks with their ladder extended and that flag draped down there. This is an honor, that procession that came through that brought the casket carrying the late senator Dianne Feinstein into San Francisco city hall. Right now, lets take a look inside the rotunda this morning. The pallbearers, they carried her casket through the doors at about 830 this morning. They placed the casket right in that roped off area. And you could see two people standing by, two Security Officials standi
Only from xfinity. Floor tonight. Bay area lawmaker is looking for a path forward. We need a speaker that will truly work in a bipartisan way. Tonight, the us house of representatives at a standstill with votes canceled for the rest of the week. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. In the end, it was eight republican detractors who essentially forced mccarthy out. We have Team Coverage tonight on todays vote. Ktvu s Jana Katsuyama is standing by with what the coming weeks could be like. But first, we begin with fox news. Rebecca castor, whos live tonight in washington with more on todays vote. Rebecca good evening, julie. It was a vote that came down to the wire in an outcome that even Kevin Mccarthy himself was not expecting. He was optimistic heading on to the house floor this afternoon, telling reporters he was confident hed still be speaker at the end of the night. But in a historic twist, he was kicked out of his chair with republicans now scrambling