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We begin with this President Trump and his republican allies are fighting the democrats push for impeachment by targeting the whistleblower in his case. The president tweet thursday last night, i deserve to meet my accuser. He says the whistleblowers information claiming mr. Trump asked ukraines president to investigate democratic rival joe biden is largely incorrect. On 60 minutes house intelligence chairman adam schiff told scott pelley that his committee will hear from the whistleblower very soon. Democrats may deliver subpoenas to the president s lawyers as early as today. The latest cbs news poll finds 55 of americans approve of the impeachment inquiry. 58 say the president doesnt serve to be impeached or its too early to say. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. What are the next steps in this investigation in the house . Reporter good morning. Thrive got multiple depositions scheduled over the next couple of weeks. They have subpoenaed documents from the secretary of state that theyre expected to get by the end of this week. And Democratic Leaders say there could be more subpoenas and hearings scheduled, even though technically congress is at the start of a twoweek break. Could not ignore what the president did. He gave us no choice. Reporter in an interview with scott pelley on 60 minutes, House Speaker nancy pelosi said she spoke to President Trump about his nowinfamous call with the president of ukraine. He told you about the phone call . He told me it was perfect. There was nothing in the call. But i know what was in the call. I mean, it was in the public domain. He didnt even know that it was wrong. Hes saying its perfect, there was nothing wrong. No, it is wrong. Reporter a summary shows the president asked his ukrainian counterpart to look into an unproven theory about a Democratic National committee computer server and into unsubstantiated corruption claims about joe biden and his son. An Intelligence Committee whistleblower wrote in a memo that white house officials were deeply disturbed. Your committee already has an agreement with the whistleblower that he will testify. We have agreement that he or she will testify, yes. Reporter house Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff said his committee will subpoena information from the president s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. The whistleblowers complaint alleges giuliani repeatedly urged ukrainian officials to investigate biden. Were going to need evidence from Rudy Giuliani, and its our intention as soon as first thing next week to subpoena him for documents. And there may well come a time where we want to hear from him directly. Reporter giuliani denies any wrongdoing and only one house republican, nevadas mark amodei, announced support for the appointment inquiry. When i read the transcript, i see two leaders having admiration, not intimidation. Reporter House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy insisted there was no impeachable behavior in that phone call. You say the president has done nothing wrong. I take that to mean that you find it appropriate that the president asked mr. Zelensky for an investigation of his democratic rivals. The question before the house of representatives is to impeach the president based upon a phone call that the speaker never even heard. Reporter lawyers for the whistleblower dispute chairman schiffs claim that an agreement has been reached for the whistleblower to testify. They say that details are still being worked out, and that no date or time has been set yet. Tony . Nancy, thank you. The whistleblowers attorney also says he fears for his clients safety because of some of the reaction to the report. Paula reid is at the white house. How is the president handling this . Reporter well, good morning. The president says he deserves to meet the whistleblower, but there is no right to confront your accuser in an impeachment inquiry. This is not a court of law. This is a political process. Thats why over the weekend we saw the president s advisers taking their case to the court of public opinion. This individual is a saboteur trying to undermine a democratically elected government. Reporter the president s allies appeared on the sunday political shows to attack the whistleblower who set off an impeachment inquiry. There were a lot of things in the report that are concerning in terms of allegations that were very partisan. Reporter they continue to dismiss the allegations as secondhand knowledge, even though most of the details are corroborated by a partial record of the call released by the white house. I think this whole thing is a sham. I cant believe were talking about impeaching the president based on an accusation based on hearsay. Who is this whistleblower . Reporter President Trump appeared to make a veiled threat against the intelligence official tweeting, i want to meet not only my accuser but also the person who illegally gave this information. Adding, was this person spying on the u. S. President in r big consequences president . Big consequences. I believe tthe whistleblower and the Inspector General have acted in good faith throughout. Reporter in a letter to acting intelligence chief joseph maguire, an attorney for the whistleblower voiced serious concerns for his clients personal safety citing those comments by President Trump at a private event last week. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, for spies and treason. Woe used to handle them differently than we do now. Reporter the attorney indicated a 50,000 bounty has been issued for information relating to his clients identity. Biden played a role in getting these collusion allegations covered up. Reporter the adviser cannot answer questions about why giuliani was reaching out to ukraine and not u. S. Law enforcement. If these charges are so serious and credible, why have they not been picked up by the president s handpicked fbi director, the handpicked attorney general william barr i dont know if they have or havent. Reporter the president said he would have giuliani or barr reach out. The attorney was surprised and angry to be lump friday with giuliani as it suggests that the president s personal attorney and the top Law Enforcement official have the same role. Gayle . So many layers. Thank you so much, paula. Roxanna has been digging into the in kiev. We heard you have new information on the content of the talks. What can you tell us . Reporter well, good morning, gayle. Ukraines president said this morning he will not be releasing the transcript of his july 25th phone call with President Trump. A former adviser to ukraines president said it was a wellknown fact the president was looking for information on joe biden and that ukraines president knew that u. S. Aid to his country was at stake. Im sre that issue of biden was forever on the table between zelensky and trump. Reporter the former lawmaker and adviser to ukraines president zelensky, he believes it the clear that President Trump wanted ukraine to investigate his democratic rivals. Of course he wanted political privileges, favors for his reelection from ukraine. Reporter in return for military aid . I would say yes. Reporter do you have any evidence of that . It was like wellknown fact in ukraine. Reporter in 2016, leschenko was at the center of exposing Paul Manaforts deal flgs ukraine. He said he recused himself after it became clear it could threaten relations with the trump administration. Ukraine relies heavily on u. S. Aid in its war against russia. In july, trump ordered nearly 400 million of that support withheld. Days later in a phone call, he asked ukraines president to investigate the bidens. According to the whistleblowers complaint, mr. Trumps personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, made or attempted contact with at least seven ukrainian officials including thenprosecutor general yuriy lutsenko. He said giuliani told him to investigate the bidens. Have you got any evidence that joe biden acted in any way which supported Hunter Bidens company . It is not by jurisdiction. Reporter under ukrainian law youve got nothing . Nothing. Certainly. Reporter he said the two were circumventing official channels. He told us giuliani also tried to set up a meeting with president elect zelensky, but he said no because he realized everything where everything about the story was toxic. Thank you so much. On 60 minutes, saudi arabias de facto leader gave his first tv interview since the murder of a Washington Post contributor at a saudi consulate in turkey. Cbs evening news anchor and managing editor Norah Odonnell spoke with crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. The cia. Believes he was behind the the cia. Believes he was behind the killing of critic and columnist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul. Reporter did you order the murder of Jamal Khashoggi . Translator absolutely not. This was a heinous crime, but i take full responsibility as the leader in saudi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. Reporter the cia has concluded with medium to high confidence that you personally targeted khashoggi and you probably ordered his death. Translator i hope this information to be brought forward, if there is any such information that charges me, i hope it is brought forward publicly. Reporter what kind of threat a newspaper columnist to the kingdom of saudi arabia that he would deserve to be brutally murdered . Translator there is no threat from any journalist. The heinous crime that took place in a saudi consulate. Khashoggis body has not been found. Violence in hong kong is expected to escalate as china celebrates its 70th anniversary of communist rule tomorrow. Clashes erupted against over the weekend. Police confirmed the arrests of more than 150 people. We have more from hong kong, ramy . Reporter good morning, this banner behind me celebrating chinas 7 0th anniversary has been repaired after demonstrators stormed the Central Business district on sunday. Angry demonstrators ripped down patriotic chinese signs like there one, venting anger against beijing in what they call is a slow erosion of their democratic freedoms. On social media, videos were posted of protesters as well as regular passengers escaping a subway station closed during the chaos. While the entrance to another was engulfed in flames sparked by molotov cocktails. The violence between police and protesters has only escalated over the past 17 weeks. Police now using teargas and Water Cannons loaded with blue dyed liquid used to identify protesters. That you will while beijing plans a major celebration against Tiananmen Square where its military might and economic prowess will be on full display. But here in hong kong, protests are planned, and that is despite a police ban. Those could embarrass beijing on a day it wants the world to see china as a stable and prosperous country. Tony . Ramy inocencio, thank you so much. A powerful early fall storm is dumping record amounts of snow in parts of montana. Sections of the state were blanketed with more than three feet of snow. Many schls and roads were forced to close today after th governor declared an emergency yesterday. Carter evans is in hardhit great falls, montana. Whats it like now . Reporter well, the snow has stopped, thats the good news. But theyre used to extreme Winter Weather here, just not this much snow this early. The last time they got 13 inches in september was back in 1934. Now this storm dumped a lot of high winds created whiteout conditions and knocked down trees. At one point nearly 2,000 people lost power. The most impressive totals were in browning, about 100 miles northwest of here, that got 40 inches of snow. The last time they got 13 inches in september was back in 1934. Now this storm dumped a lot of snow very fast, several inches. High winds created whiteout conditions and knocked down trees. At one point nearly 2,000 people lost power. The most impressive totals were in browning, about 100 miles northwest of here, that got 40 inches of snow. The september storm reached as far as idaho and spokane, washington, nearly two inches of snow fell there saturday. That is the first measurable snowfall on that day since they started keeping records back in 1981. Now temperatures are expected to drop into the teens and 20s, so all of this is going to freeze pretty hard. School is closed in browning where they got 40 inches of snow. Gayle . All right. Im not ready. But thank you. Thank you so much. We have breaking news out of North Carolina overnight where lawmakers captured three out of four escaped inmates from ohio. The men were taken into custody in the raleigh area. They escaped from the galia county jail in the southern part of ohio early yesterday morning. One inmate is at large this hour. Tom hanson is in galipolis where they were held. How did they get away . Reporter the inmates escaped behind me here in ohio around 12 00 a. M. Sunday using a shank to overpower two female Corrections Officers. According to authorities, the men took down a secured door to the outside and stole a corrections vehicle to make the getaway. Authorities are asking people in the town of cary to be on the lookout for lawrence lee, still on the run. The other threes, brian martin, christopher clement, and Troy Mcdaniel were found at a red roof inn around 2 00 p. M. All three were taken into custody peacefully. There is the second time in a month that brian martin escaped the jail which has been criticized for having multiple jail breaks. The jail did not have any male Corrections Officers working the night of the escape. Three of the fugitives were taken to a local county Public Safety center where they await extradition back here to ohio. Tony . Tom hanson reporting. Thank you so much. An investigation into a deadly Small Plane Crash in central florida. Emergency crews rushed to the scene north of orlando. Authorities found three people dead after the plane crashed into the woods yesterday afternoon. The ntsb identified the plane as a cessna 421 like the model you see here. The identities of the victims have not been released. Cvs pharmacy will stop selling the heartburn zantac over a possible link to cancer. Cvs made the decision after low levels of a known carcinogen were found in the products. Tell also suspend the sale of the generic brand products. The fda has not issued an official recall. The medications can be returning for a refund. It could be a critical day in the murder trial of former good monday morning to you. It is a chilly start to the day with temperatures in the upper 30s, 40s, to low to mid 50s this morning. The chilliest we have seen in quite some time. As we head through the afternoon we will catch that clearing below average temperatures and breezy. So 61 in concord. Upper 60s san jose. Mid 60s in oakland and for San Francisco. We are going to warm up as we head through the workweek and especially into the weekend. Ahead, trouble for United Airlines passengers heading to orlando. 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