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Whistleblower scandal consuming washington. cnn has learned that president trump directed his chief of staff to freeze millions of dollars in aid to ukraine days before a call to the ukrainian president in which he raised unfounded corruption charges against joe biden. he specifically targeted ukraine upon the urging of his personal attorney rudy giuliani and to the surprise of staffers. the big question this morning, was there a quid pro quo, and are the allegations enough to push house speaker...

Release the whistleblower report as theyre required to do by law. release the transcript, get the facts out there. instead weve seen a pattern of lying and stonewalling by the administration on this issue. this matters because it doubles down on that core concern that trump has been getting foreign powers to try to interfere in our election. yesterday at one point denying he knew anything about the money transfer, contradicted by new reporting that he himself was behind it and told the administr...

All right. major developments. house speaker nancy pelosi has called a meeting with key committee chairs this afternoon to talk about the possibility of impeachment proceedings, and then she will have a meeting with the full democratic caucus after that. 145 house democrats at least, because this number keeps going up every minute. >> a minute ago we might have added one to the list. >> we may be at 146, 147 by the end of the breath. they support an impeachment inquiry. two of them spoke with "n...

>> were going to fact-check later in the broadcast about joe biden and his son. its an unfound eed claim, or h the president is describing it there. were going to stay on top of this story. its been remarkable to watch the presidents story change so many times in the span of a few days. >> and such drastic changes. as the other jim, jim acosta, saying getting more real by the way. this could be a historic day for lawmakers on capitol hill. nancy pelosi, set to meet with committee chairs. thats b...

That would help distribute this aid on the why. >> it wasnt clear to them. theyre saying it was this interagency process. really what were described to by sources is it started in the west wing and there wasnt a lot of communication to the pentagon to capitol hill, to other people, why they were freezing this in particular. thats why when you saw them release it, it caught them off guard. didnt sound like ukraine was getting this aid which we should remind people is how they protect themselves f...

Said, that europe isnt paying their fair sure. >> its completely opposite of what he said yesterday. let me quote for what the president said yesterday. the quote from the president. its very important to talk about corruption. why would you give money to a country you think is corrupt. the answer this morning, vastly different. this is why the president is facing so much controversy back in washington, overshadowing, perhaps, the message he would like to send on the global stage today. we could...

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Wrenching struggle jeremy and julie lewis know all too well their son kyle died in 2010 from the same infection. >> if youre going to put your kids in water, you have got to know that this is out there, and that its a possibility. it can happen to you, it happened to us. >> reporter: the amoeba i typically found in warm, fresh water. its not infectious when the water is swallowed, only when forced up the nose during activities like diving and water skiing why is this so difficult to treat? >> it...

From the family of a 10-year-old girl in texas. >> i love you. >> reporter: lily may avant died this morning after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river near her home labor day weekend. >> this is the thing you read about, but it doesnt happen to you until it happens to you. >> reporter: her family says when lily first had a headache and fever, doctors thought it was a virus. but her condition quickly deteriorated. she spent days in a medically-induced coma. today, her...

Welcome back. 145 ceos and counting, thats how many business letters signed a letter demanding lawmakers take action on the nations gun violence epidemic, addressed to the u.s. senate, the letter implores leaders to, i am quoting, support common sense gun laws, including background checks and red flags. they also argue that doing nothing about americas gun violence crisis is unacceptable. the group of executives say the proposals are not only bipartisan but widely supported by the american publi...