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Plaint about President Trumps promises to a foreign leader involve Ukraine a trumpet ministration is keeping Congress from even learning what exactly the whistleblower is alleging but the intelligence communitys inspector general said the matter involves the most significant responsibility 7 Teligent Slater ship a lawmaker said the complaint was based on a series of events the inspector general appeared before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors yesterday but declined under adm...

Rules for any upcoming impeachment hearings. if it passes, what it would do is require or open the door relate to more aggressive questioning of witnesses like set to testify next week and it would allow the white house to respond in riding to evidence and testimony. chairman adler said the resolution with impeachment hearings informative to congress and that he public and reefs -- respond with evidence against him but not surprising, republicans are highly critical of this next up from the comm...

Given the magnitude of the destruction. paula newton, cnn, nassau. >> of course so many islands in the bahamas were hit by this storm. for more about it, i want to bring in sam tisher. hes the founder and chief officer at an organization that works to restore and repair damaged and dying reefs. he joins me live from freeport in the bahamas. sam, thanks so much for joining us. we are sure that youve been through a lot. what can you tell us about what you experienced and what is the situation ther...

>> this is his sixth hurricane. hasnt been through anything like this before. the reefs are going to be decimated and putting aside the ecological strategy, in a situation like this, a healthy coral reef produces wave energy at 97%. were talking about saving peoples lives by having a healthy ecosystem, food, and jobs that are going to be essential. were going to be helping rebuild these coral reefs. were also hopefully going to be seeing a lot of people around the world looking at this moment in...

Reefs. the reefs are in trouble as it is. what does a storm like this do to the coral reefs? >> yeah, the immediate priority is helping the people of the bahamas. were helping organize a relief fund. were going to need supplies, medicine, aid, diapers, waters, boats, helicopters, anything, you name it. but were here with -- we started a coral farm that grows corals to restore dying reefs. its outrageous that we have to say that where half of the worlds reefs are dead. and thats without things li...

Gone through before. >> before we go, one more time. can you just show me an image, move the camera so i can see the water and the back yard and the pool area? >> yeah sure. ill walk over there now. >> the one thing you want people to know who are not in the bahamas, help us understand what you want us to know about the situation there and the people there. >> the situation here is that once the storm passes whatever can be sent over, diapers, water, fuel, medicine, if youre in florida, georgia,...

Against storm surges and provide jobs. we have to rebuild these reefs, too, because ultimately they sustain people on these islands. we need to figure out how to help immediately now and then also rebuild our planet because its what takes care of us. >> all right. sam, thank you so much. the people of freeport are lucky that youre there. all right. coming up, much more on hurricane dorian with preparations under way right now in the carolinas as the threat grows greater by the hour. but first,...

The bahamas. are you worried about what youre going to find after the storm is gone? >> yeah. hurricanes have a track record of really ripping apart coral reefs, and thats obviously tragic from an ecological standpoint. a quarter of the marine life dependis on the coral reef. they can act like seawalls. 80% of the reefs here are dead in the bahamas and the caribbean. i started a company to regrow coral and restore dying reef. people are going to have to go back out to help rebuild the reef. they...

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