Al franken who became one of the first to fall in the metoo movement, returning to life with a satellite radio show. When i left the senate, i said im giving up my seat. Im not giving up my voice. All that, plus paying the price. How some seniors living in mexico, lost all of their savings. Viral twist. The football fan that raised 2,000 asking for beer money. But the reporter who looked into his background find himself out of a job. And terrible attack. Two people recovering after they got too close to a bull elk, prompting that animal to charge at them hornsfirst. Today, saturday, september 28th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today, with sheinelle jones, and dylan dreyer. Good morning. Sheinelle is dealing with a family illness. We have chris jansen with hardly a quiet week. A wild week in washington, peter. People across the country paying close attention to this. Lets get to the latest. House democrats have issued their first subpoena to mike pomp pompeo, requesting documents and dealings with ukraine. The special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker resigned. And how the white house hid notes between the president and other leaders, including Vladimir Putin and the saudi crown prince. This is a fastmovie ining s. We have experts spread around the world. Lets start with hans nichols, on the north lawn this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. The president is grappling with the first departure from his administration, having to do with his ukraine policy. Special envoy for ukraine, kurt volker, resigned his post, as democrats demand documents and depositions, as nancy pelosi insists impeachment proceedings are a matter of duty. And that she takes no joy in it. Late friday, nancy pelosi, keeping the pressure on donald trump. This is not a cause for any joy that we have to go down this path. Its a difficult decision to make. Reporter pelosis comments coming as democrats set a tight timetable for impeachment and after the abrupt resignation of kurt volker, trumps special envoy for ukraine, first reported by a Student Newspaper and confirmed by nbc news. Volker helped Rudy Giuliani set up meetings with ukraine officials. I suggest we have a call together, 10 00 a. M. Washington time. He cited the text that he was working with the state department. The whistleblower falsely alleges that i was operating on my own. I wasnt operating on my own. Reporter but that disclosure, prompting democrats to subpoena documents from secretary of state mike pompeo, and demand a sworn deposition from volker. Trump attacked the whistleblo r whistleblower, saying he might be a partisan operative. Saying that joe biden pressured ukraine to fire the prosecutor. But biden responded by claiming that the president was afraid of him. He will stop at nothing to hold on to power. It is not surprising that i become the object of his attention. Hans, there are new reports overnight deiling how the white house restricted other calls and conversations between President Trump with world leaders. What more do we know about those . Peter, overnight, the New York Times reporting the white house stored some reconstructive transports of calls between trump and leaders of russia and saudi arabia, in highly classified system. They changed the way they handled the president s calls after embarrassing leaks of conversations with the leaders of mexico and australia, as well as diplomats from russia. We dont know if all of the calls the president had with foreign leaders were placed in the systems, or just calls with certain leaders, or if the subject matter was politically sensitive. Peter, chris . Hans, thank you. This whole story centers around ukraine, and whether the president abused his office, to pressure that nations president to investigate joe biden and his son. Nbcs Richard Engel spoke with the prosecutor who was in the middle of it all. Hes in kiev, ukraine, this morning. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris. This effort to impeach President Trump focuses on ukraine. First, there was that phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian president , to which President Trump is pressuring the ukrainian to dig up information that could help him and hurt his rival, joe biden. Then, there is this effort by Rudy Giuliani, the president s lawyer, to also dig up informati information. He was speaking to a former ukrainian prosecutor, here in kiev. We met with yuriy lutsenko, who said that Rudy Giuliani engaged him in a Long Campaign to dig up dirt over democratic rival, joe biden. I spoke with him maybe ten times. Reporter was giuliani asking you about the bidens . Yes. Reporter giuliani was talking to and meeting with lutsenko, because the prosecutor investigated a Controversial Energy company that paid hunter biden to serve on its board. While joe biden was Vice President. Did you find corruption by Vice President biden or abuse of power or corruption by joe bidens son, hunter . I dont know any possible violation of ukrainian law. Once again, ukrainian law, by biden and biden jr. Reporter Hunter Bidens consulting work wasnt the only subject giuliani was looking into. He wanted information that would help the president s former campaign chairman, paul manafort, now in prison in the u. S. For financial crimes. It was my second point with talks with giuliani. Its impossible to investigate. But they didnt violate our law. Reporter giuliani specifically wanted evidence, the prosecutor said, that ukrainian officials leaked information about manafort to harm President Trumps 2016 campaign. Manafort also worked as a paid consultant in ukraine. President trump appeared to be probing for the same information, in that infamous conversation with the new president of ukraine. Probing and applying pressure. The president had recently cut off nearly 400 million in military aid to ukraine. Aid crew yukraine needs because fighting a far wiwar with its pl neighborhood, russia. Giuliani was not only digging into the bidens here in ukraine, but he is proud of it. He said he uncovered massive corruption by joe biden and his son. But investigations prove those statements to be inaccurate. And the accusations by President Trump and Rudy Giuliani have also proven to be false. Back to you. Richard engel, thank you. For more now, lets bring in jake sherman, a Senior Writer for politico as well as nbc news political contributor. Jake, good morning to you. Good morning, peter. Its a heck of a week. House democrats, weve seen, they dont want this to drag on, this impeachment inquiry. They want it to move quickly. Walk us through what in a looks like, the timeline and the strategy. Peter, they want to get done before the holiday season, which is important. But theres a lot of political peril in that. If democrats rush, you can think of the campaign ads that republicans will acrosthe country. It wl sound like this. Congressman x rushed without hearings to impeach president donald trump. And thats a politically sensitive thing in a campaign season. Youll see, the next two Weeks Congress is out of session, out of recess. The house committees will be charging, investigating the president , will stay at work, conduct hearings, closed briefings, interviews, over the next two weeks, to prepare the groundwork for this impeachment. We remember how during the mueller investigation, the white house stonewalled Congress Every turn. Is there something the democrats think will be different this time . No, chris. But its important to point out and realize that democrats will try to use this in their favor. If the administration stonewalls, if they dont present witnesses to congress, they will say that is looking to impede the investigation, which is very important. So, theyre signaling they could bring up more charges against the president , if he doesnt put his people on capitol hill. Jake, for clarity, its not that hard for democrats and the house to impeach the president. Theres a ton of votes already there. The challenge is on the senate side, controlled by republicans. You need twothirds of the senate to remove the president. Most are sticking with the president publicly. What are they saying privately . Privately, theres concern. Concern that the optics of all of these things, the drumbeat of stories is what you will see. Youll see targeted criticism of the president. I dont think youll see a jailbreak of republicans saying they want to impeach the president. Thats not realistic. But some senators up for reelection in specifically in 2020, they might pick their spots and criticize the president in a targeted manner. You cant look at this without the lens of 2020, the Campaign Going on. It will be very hard, as they candidate breaks through the noise that is this impeachment inquir inquiry. Is there a sense of what the strategy is here . Its interesting that you ask that. Democrats will take different points of view when doing that. A lot of democrats keep telling me, dont overthink this. The president has admitted already to what they considered to be crimes. Youll hear democrats say that. Theyre not going to get bogged down in the details. The details at some point are quite complicated. To be honest, a lot of democrats think, do not overcomplicate this. Talk about what the president has admitted publicly, its bad enough. Jake sherman, nice to see you. Meantime, the trial of a former Dallas Police officer who shot her neighbor to death, is back in seson today. A tearful amber guyger saying what happened that day. Guyger saying it was an awful mistake. Morgan chesky is in dallas for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is not just a trial thats transfixed the city of dallas but has millions across the nation watching. For the first time on friday, we had a chance to hear from amber guyger, the former dallas officer who took to the stand and tried to explain why she walked into an apartment in a wasnt her own, and opened fire, shooting and killing her neighbor. I wurz scaas scared. Reporter amber guyger, breaking down friday, when she walked into an apartment and gunning down a man she believed was an intruder. I said, let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. Reporter the officer then killing bothom john. Why did you kill him . I was scared he was going to kill me. Reporter she walked into his unlock eed apartment, one floorp from her own. He was walking toward her before she pulled the trigger twice. Every, single day. I wish he was the one with the gun and had killed me. I never wanted to take an innocent persons life. And i am so sorry. This is not about hate. Its about being scared. Reporter during the murder trial prosecutors have repeatedly questioned how guyger missed signs she was on the wrong floor, including this bright red door mat outside of the apartment. She may have been distracted by Text Messages that night. And argued she never admitted feeling threatened in her call to 911. When you were shooting, you intended to kill mr. Jean . I did. Reporter the prosecutor questioning why she didnt do more to help jean after the shooting. You must have stopped when you sent a message to martin rivera. I did send him that. You must have stopped cpr entirely . Yes, i did. Reporter if she is convicted of murder, guyger could face life in prison. Theres other questions on the table, including homicide and manslaughter. Morgan chesky, thanks. Health officials are scrambling to solve a mystery why hundreds of people have developed serious lung illnesses from vaping devices and e cigarettes. They may be closing in on the answer. Steve patterson has the latest steve, good morning. Reporter peter, good morning. The numbers of sick and dying from lung injury associated with vaping are increasing by the day. Were looking at the investigations from some Health Officials that could shed light on whats happening. This morning, the nations sprawling and deadly vaping epidemic intensifies. Startling new numbers released from the centers of disease control. 14 dead and 800 cases related to lung illness. Theres new insight from Health Officials who may be closer to finding a cause for the outbreak. A study of 500 patients with lung illness, revealed that 77 used products containing thc. Many say they got their devices from friends, dealers or off the street. I didnt listen to the warnings. Reporter christopher became ill after using a thc vape pen for a few months, to ease his crohns disease. I remember waking up outside of my room, passed out, yelling for help. Reporter he got his vape pen from an ankle and started vaping thc this past december. A hospital visit revealed lung damage. I couldnt talk or move my hand. Reporter the cannabis testing facility cannasafe tests ka cartridges from different sources. Health Officials Say the specific chemical causie incaus all of the injuries is not pinpointed. Reporter this is prompting action from state leaders. Jay inslee called for an emergency ban on all flavored vaping products on friday. Im confident this executive order will save lives. I am confident it will reduce the epidemic of youthful vaping that today is driving parents and grandparents crazy across washington. Reporter the cdc say they are investigating this around the clock. Until they identify the root cause, they are telling everyone to stop vaping, especially if it contains thc. Steve patterson. Thank you. Theres much more to get to, including shock and sadness in the houston area, as a trail blazing deputy is ambushed and killed. Sandeep daliwal was on a traffic stop when he turned his back to the driver. The driver shot the deputy in the head. He and his passenger are both under arrest. Daliwal was the first member of the Sikh Community to join the force and the first in the nation to wear a turban with his uniform. Time for a check on the forecast. Dave price joins us with a check of that. Good morning to you. We cant seem to get rid of summer. Thats good news to many. But to some, it will be a very warm run. We look at a really amplified jet stream. This is a summer pattern. Look at these numbers. 94 in memphis. 92 in atlanta today. Raleigh, at 90. These temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average. We could see upwards of 20 to 25 records fall today. New england, ten degrees above average. Buffalo, close to 12. And clarksburg, temperatures tickling the 90s. Through the weekend, all of this continues in nashville, as we head into sunday. 96 degrees. When you factor in the humidity, it will make it feel like its 101. Now, sunday, we get a little bit of a break in the northeast, as a weak cold front begins to push on through. But still, the warm numbers are going to be around. And over the next several days, we could be looking at over 200 records falling. And into the midweek, new york city could look at numbers approaching our cooler weather continues in the bay area right now as you head out the door in san francisco, 53 degrees, palo alto, 54, napa, 51, by the afternoon were expecting gusty winds for the coastline, breezy conditions through the interior valley, 73 degrees expected fo today in san jose. Low to mid 70s through the trivalley as well. Along the peninsula, redwood city, 72, in the city, expect gusty conditions with cooler temperatures. And Winter Weather for the northwest, thats what were going to be talking about. What . Yes. Well go through that in a couple. The start of fall. Feels like december in places. Still to come right here, a group of tourists get a little close to an elk in mating season. They end up running for their lives. You have to see this. The guy that was not too happy after his girlfriend caught the brides bouquet at a wedding. Dude takes off. More wild moments in o ur and we are back on a saturday morning, with the weekly download a look back at the week that was. With leaders gathered for the u. N. General assembly, it was a 16yearold from sweden who stole the show. Teen environmental activist, gre greta thuneberg, urged leaders to do more about climate change. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is the money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you . A u. S. Army soldier under arrest this week. The fbi says private first class Jaret William smith, posted in a chat how to make a bomb detonated. Court documents show smith wanted to blow up cell towers and a Major News Network headquarters. A daring daytime robbery in brooklyn. A man dressed in a fedex uniform, trailed by an accomplice, tricking his way into a home. An elderly couple and their daughter were tied up, bound as the top floor of the family home was ransacked. The thieves getting away with 100,000, jewelry and the familys safe. A new movie causing oscar buzz and controversy. Joker, Starring Joaquin Phoenix shows a man suffering from mental illness, who transf transforms into a killer. Think about who this could affect. Reporter Warner Brothers putting out a statement, saying neither the fictional character nor the film is an endorsement of realworld violence of any kind. About 300 firefighters graduated tuesday from the new York City Fire department academy. Among them, 21 men and women whose fathers died in the line of duty. Of the 21 legacy firefighters graduating from the acad 13 lost their fathers on 9 11. Some of the weeks wildest moments caught on camera. Startling body cam footage shows the moment a man with a knife charged at a st. Paul Police Officer. The Police Officer ultimately shot and killed ronald davis, sparking multiprotests. This terrifying moment, a coyote chased a little girl in her own front yard. She got away safely. And a bear got revenge, after a hunter shot at him, chasing that hunter out of the field. And finally, this runaway boyfriend couldnt leave a wedding fast enough, after his girlfriend of five years caught the bride