i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. i'm hungry, too. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch set to testify this morning. >> efforts by rudy giuliani and others, including his associates, to run a campaign to smear yovanovitch. >> the devastating testimony corroborated testimony of bribery. impeachment is a divisive thing. >> the republicans have stuck together. it's a beautiful thing to see. >>> we heard the one shot and four after. and we started running. >> there's the whole don't take my guns. don't take my life. >> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, november 15th. it's 5:00 here in new york because this is a special edition of "new day" and cnn's coverage of the impeachment inquiry into president trump. this morning, day two of the hearings. this morning, former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch will testify. she claims she was the target of a smear campaign, allegedly orchestrate

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york, 9:00 a.m. in laondon and 5:00 p.m. i hong kong. the focus is on one, gordon sondland, head of the e.u. he frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. among them, energy secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trump's pressure campaign. >> we do that all the time, with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. he told officials that sondland was operating at the request of the president. republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. >> those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship. it exposed things that didn't need to be exposed. it would have been better off if this happened behind the scenes. funding would have been restored and the relationship with ukraine would be far

i'm christine romans, good morning, everybody. >> i'm dave briggs. the latest on the wildfires ahead. >>> we start at the nation's capital. house committees expecting to interview four witnesses. john eisenberg and michael ellis will not testify. robert blare and brian mccormack have said they won't answer the committee's question. eisenberg is citing executive privilege. the rest are refusing to appear because they can't have a house lawyer present. several democrats telling cnn there's more than enough evidence to move on to the next step, which is public hearings. >>> the whistleblower who ignited the impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions if republicans want to commit them. but that offer is being rejected by president trump and his allies. >> the whistleblower should be revealed. the whistleblower gave a false story. some call it fraud. i won't go that far. but if i read it closely, i probably would. but the whistleblower should be revealed. >> the whistleblower should come forward in an open hearing. and the six people he ta

. >> i'm christine romans. wednesday, november 27th, here in new york. aaa predicts more than 55 million travelers will take to the roads and skies this thanksgiving. in spokane, washington, a 66-car pileup on the highway there. state patrol said six people were injured, none of them, thankfully, seriously. a portion from california shut down due to whiteout conditions. >> passengers were stranded in denver monday night. a rock slide during the snowstorm adding the misery, temporarily closing westbound interstate 70. >> we put this fence out because we were concerned about some minor amount might come out. >> they're trying to stay ahead of the falling snow. the state advisory motorists not to travel at all. i-70 closed in kansas. they have 1,800 plow trucks and 1,800 workers ready to go. >> we have times where we'll expect over an inch an hour snowfall. that coupled with high winds will make it challenging. >> and the chicago area is under a high wind warning today. expect the powerful winds to play havoc with air travel throughout the country's biggest

it's wednesday, november 13th, i'm christine romans and it's 4:00 a.m. in the u.s. donald trump is accused of leveraging $400 million in much needed military aid to ukraine, demanding in return an investigation into joe biden and his son. democrats' first witnesses, two career civil servants seated together for the entire day, bill tayloring temperature top american diplomat in ukraine saying he was told everything depended on ukraine publicly announcing these investigations. as taylor put it behind closed doors, that was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. >> george kent was in charge of ukraine policy and was concerned about politically motivating prosecutions. he was told the prosecution wanted nothing less. even in extraordinary times, this will be an extraordinary day. congressional reporter phil mattingly has more on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, here we go. this is it. this is what people have been waiting for the last month and a half. >> the public hear

i'm christine romans. >> i'm caitlkaitlan collins. a federal judge ruling former white house counsel don mcgahn must testify under subpoena. the judge is rejecting the sweeping white house claim that aides are immune from testifying. the judge says the subpoena is not political but part of the legal system the and, quote, per the constitution, no one is above the law. jackson ruled that if mcgahn wants to refuse to testify, he must do so in person and question by question. the justice because it will appeal the ruling, setting the stage for a showdown between the executive and legislative branches. >> the decision can be bad news for anyone who has worked in the trump white house and is refusing to testify. house democrats are hoping the ruling could pave the way for some of them, like former national security adviser, john bolton, to testify in the impeachment probe. his attorney said bolton was personally involved in matters that are being investigated. the house intelligence committee wrapped up two weeks of public hearings. and ch

i'm dave briggs >> i'm christine romans. his name is gordon sondland, and he faces congress this morning with the president's future possibly in his hands. evidence so far all points to sondland as the witness who could tie president trump directly to the campaign. >> it follow as long day of hearings that culminated in one of the republicans' own witnesses essentially turning on them. kurt volker acknowledged some of his closed door testimony had been less than fully informed. what he didn't realize then, he does now. >> since i gave my testimony on october 3rd, a great deal of additional information and perspectives have come to light. in hindsight i see how others were investigate iing. in retrospect, i should have seen that connection differently, and had i done so, i would have raised my own objections. >> one key change was directed to sondland. volker had denied any investigations came up. yesterday he recalled he did bring up investigations, which everybody thought was inappropriate. >> multiple sources tell us they'

. >> i'm christine romans. breaking overnight, an ominous election as reliably republican seats go to democrats. in ruby red kentucky, andy beshear claiming victory in the governor's race. he leads matt bevin by several,000 votes with 99,000 votes, bevin refusing to admit defeat. >> our elections don't have to be about right versus left. they are still veabout right versus wrong. i haven't had an opportunity to speak to governor bevin, but my expectation is he will honor the election that was helped tonight. >> would bit a bevin race if it wasn't a squeaker? come on. really and truly. this is a close, close race. we're not conceding this race by any stretch. >> so it's too early to tell whether the democrats voted over impeachme impeachmented on teachers. >> one veteran republican telling cnn we found that being an a-hole is slightly worse than being a liberal. >> you're sending that big message to the rest of the country. it's so important. you've go tot get your friends. you've got to vote because if you lose

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. 1:00 a.m. in california. we know what some of the w witnesses in the impeachment inquiry said behind closed doors. mike pompeo was silent as rudy giuliani planned to oust maria yovanovitch. >> was maria yovanovitch part of a smear campaign? >> if you look at the president of the ukraine was not a fan of hers. >> a look at the transcript, shows zelensky criticized the ambassador after trump called her bad news. lauren fox has more on the transcripts from capitol hill. >> reporter: a significant day on capitol hill, as we saw the release of the first transcripts from these closed-door depositions that have been going on for the last month on capitol hill. it's a big opportunity for lawmakers who haven't been in the room over the last several weeks to see what was been occurring. one of the transcripts is from maria yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine, who was concerned that the reputation was being damaged and the president was losing faith in her. there was rumors she was not supportive of the presid

i'm christine romans. monday, november 25th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. a secret proposal for the white house, costing a top pentagon leader his job. the forced departure of navy secretary richard spencer highlights an extraordinary dispute over the handling of war crimes charges against navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher. many at the pentagon think that the president's involvement of punishment for gallagher and other service members could undermine military discipline. >> on thursday, trump tweeted, the navy will not be taking away his trident pin. spencer pushed back saying, i don't interpret the president's tweets as a formal order. the president's tweets have dictated policy and the white house has said they should be considered official statements. spencer said on saturday, he had no plans to resign. >> contrary to popular belief, i'm still here. i did not threaten to resign. but let's just say that we're here to talk about external threats and eddie gallagher is not one of them. >> on sunday, gallagher went on fox and attacked his own superiors. >> this

. >> i'm christine romans. it's tuesday, november 26th. we begin with a major victory for house democrats and their investigations into the president. a federal judge ruling former white house counsel don mcgahn must testify under subpoena. the judge is rejecting the sweeping white house claim that aides are immune from testifying. the judge says the subpoena is not political but part of the legal system the and, quote, per the constitution, no one is above the law. jackson ruled that if mcgahn wants to refuse to testify, he must do so in person and question by question. the justice because it will appeal the ruling, setting the stage for a showdown between the executive and legislative branches. >> the decision can be bad news for anyone who has worked in the trump white house and is refusing to testify. house democrats are hoping the ruling could pave the way for some of them, like former national security adviser, john bolton, to testify in the impeachment probe. his attorney said bolton was personally involved in matters that are being

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. all right. the balloons are ready. but will they fly? kids love them. but admit it, you do, too. 3 million people on the streets. tens of millions at home, eagerly awaiting them and the floats and the marching bands. did i mention the balloons? they fly only if the weather cooperates. cnn's miguel marquez is live on the parade route. miguel, i know if it's too windy these are not going to go up. >> reporter: i would have said there's no way on earth these balloons would go up the way the wind was howling at home this morning. right now, it is calm, cool and collected. there's the tom turkey all ready to go. and one of the new big balloons, astronaut snoopy. that's ready to go. they're now trying to figure out. they'll make that call close to parade time. 23 miles per hour gusts up to 34. they want to avoid a situation like in 1997, when a woman was critically injured along the parade route when a gust up to 40 miles per hour hit. part of the problem is, that wind is blowing from the west. as they go down, they're fine

i'm christine romans. it's monday, november 25th. it is 4:00 a.m. in new york. a secret agreement with the white house, costing a top official his job. spencer shows a dispute of handling war crime charges of navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher. many at the pentagon think the president's involvement in the punishment for gallagher and others could undermine discipli discipline. >> the navy will not be taking away his trident pin. i don't interpret the president's tweets as a formal order. the white house said the tweets should be considered official statements. spencer said on saturday, he had no plans to resign. >> contrary to popular belief, i'm still here. i did not threaten to resign. but let's just say that we're here to talk about expersonal threats. and eddie gallagher is not one of them. >> on sunday, gallagher went on fox and attacked his own superiors. >> this has everything to do with ego. they could have taken by trident at any time they wanted. now, they're trying to take it after the president restored my rank. >> the turmoil has three competing narrativ

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we begin in the nation's capital, where we will for weeks and months. president trump's phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. it may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president pushed his rivals. bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. >> in the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, sondland called and told him of his meetings. my staff could hear president trump hear asking about the investigations. the ambassador cold president trump they were ready to move forward. someone asked what president trump thought about ukraine. he said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pushing for. >> that's more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. taylor's revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassador gordon sondland. the ambassador will be asked about this when he testifies next wednesday. and the aide that overheard that call will testify behind closed doors.

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave biggs. >>> we start with the democratic debate. taking on each other but blasting president trump at their fifth debate in atlanta. they focused on the hearings that wrapped up minutes earlier on capitol hill. >> let me make very clear that what this impeachment proceeding is about, is really our democracy at stake. >> it's likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america. but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump. if we are, we will lose the electi election. >> we have a criminal living in the white house. when i watch this, there's two different set of rules for two different groups of people in america. the powerful people, with their arrogance, think they can get away with this. and then, everybody else. >> read the mueller report, all 442 pages of it, that showed how the president tried to obstruct justice, when congress failed to act at that moment, the president felt free to break the law again and again and again. >> we're going to confront this president for his wrongdoing. but we each want to be t

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day." >>> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. >> the president's voice was loud and recognizable. i heard president trump ask, so, he's going to do the investigation? >> we have to stop this. they're not going to. >> it undercuts all of the defenses that the president and the republicans have put forward. >> they continue to push the fake, illegitimate proceedings. >> he wants to go to the trial. >> it's obstruction of justice. obstruction of congress. >>> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special edition of "new day." it is friday, november 22nd. 5:00 in the east. so, here we are. two historic weeks, 12 public witnesses, a mountain of evidence, hours of testimony, all telling the same story. the president was using foreign policy for his own personal purposes. a domestic political errand

. >> i'm christine romans. >>> house impeachment investigators are set to interview four witnesses today. all four witnesses are refusing to testify. sources telling cnn late sunday, that national security council lawyers john eisenberg and michael ellis will not testify. robert blair and brian mccormack have said they won't answer the committee's question. an administration official says eisenberg is citing executive privilege. the rest are refusing to appear because they're not allowed to have an administration lawyer present. house democrats say witnesses refusing to appear will not stop this impeachment inquiry. several democrats telling cnn there's more than enough evidence to move on to the next step, which is public hearings. >>> the whistleblower who ignited the impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions if republicans want to submit them. but that offer is being rejected by president trump and his allies. they seek to discredit the whistleblower and expose his or her identity. >> the whistleblower should be revealed. the whistleblower gave a false story. some peo

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 4:32 eastern time. we start with new transcripts from closed-door impeachment hearings released, one day before public testimony begins in the probe. military and diplomatic aides with consistency talking about ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the pentagon and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security secretary john bolton over the ukraine policy. >> two officials say the aid was frozen after it was said in july. it is the argument of trump backers that the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have one of the biggest hearings that's happened in years, maybe

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm miguel marquez. it's 29 past the hour. breaking overnight, an ominous election night warning for president trump as reliable republican seats go to democrats. ♪ in ruby red kentucky andy beshear wins. he leads matt bevin with 99% of the votes counted. >> it's an election that says elections don't have to be about right versus left. they're still about right versus wrong. i haven't had an opportunity yet to speak to governor bevin, but my expectation is that he will honor, he will honor the election that was held tonight. >> would it be a bevin race if it wasn't a squeaker? i mean come on. i mean really and truly. this is a close, close race. we are not conceding this race by any stretch. >>> it's too early to tell whether the voters picked the democrat over impeachment concerns or whether local things were decisive. >>> republicans were quick to distance themselves from bevin. one said we found out being an a-hole is slightly worse than being a liberal. note that president trump rallied for bevin o

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. >>> this morning, we know what some of the key witnesses in the trump impeachment inquiry said behind closed doors. among the revelations, testimony that mike pompeo was silent as rudy giuliani planned to oust ambassador to ukraine maria yovanovitch. the president was asked yesterday about the effort by giuliani and others to undermine yovanovitch. >> was maria yovanovitch part of a smear campaign? >> i really don't know her. if you look at the transcripts, the president of the ukraine was not a fan of hers. >> a look at the transcript, the call of donald trump with the president of ukraine, shows zelensky criticized the ambassador only after trump called her, quote, bad news. lauren fox has more on the transcripts from capitol hill. >> reporter: a significant day on capitol hill, as we saw the release of the first transcripts from these closed-door depositions that have been going on for the last month on capitol hill. it's a big opportunity for lawmakers who haven't been in the room

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. there are eight public impeachment hearings this week. the focus is on one, gordon sondland, ambassador to the e.u. wednesday, "the wall street journal" reporting sondland frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. among them, energy secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trump's pressure campaign. >> we do that all the time, with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. he told officials that sondland was acting at the direction of the president and that he spoke to a top ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for investigations. republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. >> those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship.

i'm christine romans. >> i'm abby phillip. "new day" starts right now. [ chanting ] >>> it's thanksgiving black friday. all the excitement is rockin' right now. >> video games, shoes, clothes. >> i'm trying to get sales. thanksgiving is the best time to go. >>> the president making an unannounced trip to afghanistan. >> there's nowhere i would rather celebrate this thanksgiving than right here. >> president trump says he thinks the taliban are ready for a cease-fire. >> the taliban wants to make a deal. we'll see if they make a deal. they do, that do. they don't, they don't. >> this is "new day," >>> we want to welcome our viewers around the world and the united states. this is friday, november 29th. 6:00. john berman is sleeping off his food coma. >> as he should. >> john avalon is with me. did you have a good thanksgiving? >> i did. your turkey was huge. it was terrifying. >> that was only one of them. we made two. online shopping a off to a very strong start, analysts say. bargain hunters spent a record $4 billion on thanks

christine romans and senior political analyst ron brownstein joining me now along with mj. christine, first, help me with the math here. what sticks out to me is more than half of this $20.5 trillion figure is going to be covered by corporations it looks like if you put the numbers back on the screen. $8.8 trillion from employers. 5.8 from financial companies and big corporations, large corporations. first of all, they're not going to like that. >> no, they're not. >> when you look at these numbers, is this realistic? does this math add up? >> this is why she's not popular along the c suite elites. they look at her trying to remake capitalism and health care and they are the ones who are going to have to pay for it. you look at cracking down on tax evasion and fraud. she's clearly points out this is going to be focused on wealthy americans. she talks about her wealth tax which is 3 cents on every dollar of net worth above a billion. she already had that. she's going to add another 3 cents for people who have net worth above a billion. also the investor class. she wants to c

we are joined by christine romans. >> happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. >> what's going to happen here? >> this is really remarkable. the fact the president signed this bill dha before a holiday shows some strategy and savvy in the white house. it gives a pause in the market reaction. asian markets are lower. but the president after sending out a white house statement, the president sent out a personal statement saying i like you. this gives you room together to figure something out. almost taking some of the sting out. >> i'm signing it but i don't have to for domestic political reasons. but president xi, i don't like this. >> we'll have to wait to see what that retaliation is. they're getting close to what will be a skinny deal. in exchange for the chinese maybe putting intellectual protections in. the u.s. dropping tariffs in december and in place in september. that's what wall street wants. that's what the chinese want. will the president be able to get that now that there is this other subtext of supporting democracy protesters in hong kong, something the chinese ar

cnn chief business correspondent, christine romans here with the details. >> good morning, you guys. the president has called himself tariff man and tariffs have been his favorite tool against china. so dropping them would be a huge change in strategy for this white house. so what is the state of play? the u.s. and china are trying to finalize this so-called phase one mini trade deal. china is pressing washington to remove all tariffs as soon as possible. numerous media reports this morning that u.s. and chinese officials are considering rolling back more tariffs. now, officials tell cnn no decisions have been made yet beyond canceling a round of tariffs in october. that already happened. the financial times says the white house is considering taking off the tariffs that went into effect in september on clothing, appliances, and flat screen monitors. president trump and the commerce secretary wilbur ross appeared optimistic about the progress of talks over the weekend, and the president even teased a signing with president xi, maybe in iowa. both sides appear to want to avoid new tar

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day. >>> the next round of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, just hours away. >> jennifer williams. >> colonel alex vindman. kurt volker. >> this makes it clear, that the president was using a meeting at the white house and taxpayer governments to benefit himself. >> whether you're dressed with all of the medals or not. >> this is a mind-boggling corruption of u.s. policy. >> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers around the united states and the world. this is a special edition of "new day. it is tuesday, november 19th, 5:00 here in new york. four, important witnesses will take the stand today, in what could change the legacy of president trump's presidency. up first, two top national security aides who listened in on the july 25th phone call with ukraine's president. both witnesses have been attacked and republicans will mount an aggressive line of questioning with alexander vindman

it's wednesday, november 13th, i'm christine romans and it's 4:00 a.m. in the u.s. donald trump is accused of leveraging $400 million in much needed military aid to ukraine, demanding in

i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 in new york, 1:00 a.m. in california. >>> hours after the house made donald trump the fourth president in history to face impeachment, a defiant chief executive made very clear he has no plans to concede anything. the president said, this is over a phone call that is a good call. at some point, i'm going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat, on live television and will read the transcript of the call because people need to hear it. that is a reference to a listening time ago. >> that may be more gold-plated than fdrs. not a single republican voted for the impeachment inquiry. the vote paves the way for a private process to go public in the coming weeks. while that was going on, a top national security council official that was on that call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine, testified to impeachment investigators, told him to stay away from the shadow ukraine foreign policy being pursued by rudy giuliani. the nsc official backed up damaging claims about the president. lauren fox re

. >> i'm christine romans. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, november 12

we have cnn's christine romans. >> we learned the summer was a little stronger than we expected. august and september were higher, in october, hundreds of new jobs created in the economy. the unemployment did go up one-tenth of a percent, probably because new people did come into the labor market, comfortable with what they're hearing about the labor market from their family and friends and trying to get a job. manufacturing, that is 100% the gm strike. that gm strike took almost 50,000 workers out of the labor market for about six weeks, 41 days. this is where you're feeling the brunt of the trade war. but that last column there, that is 100% the gm strike. x the gm strike. you're still seeing the financial market a little wobbly here. average job creation for the year is about 167,000 net new jobs each month. you can see that is still steady hiring by american employers, but it's not as robust as we've seen in years past. nia? >> thanks, christine. we have gia joining us. you heard her talk about the gm workers on strike. the president still thought there would be jobs growing

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york,

>> i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. >>> this is a critical week heading into these public hearings. >> cooper testified that the aid was being held up. >> this argument that the ukrainians didn't know, this testimony would undermine that argument. >> they didn't want to admit that the president had that kind of leverage on them and made them look weak. >> what's your response to those republicans that say that hunter should speak to the country? >> there is zero rationale for that to happen. the attitude that we know better than ordinary people, the attitude is elitist. >> so sad that they might have to pay $0.02 out of their bazillion dollars. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers around the united states and all around the world. it's tuesday, november 12th. it's 6:00 here in new york, alisyn is way, erica hill is with me here today. 24 hours before one of the most perilous moments of the trump presidency, the white house is in a battle with itself. the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and the white house counsel's office are at e

first, here's christine romans with this week's "before the bell". >> investors hope the federal reserve has done enough to cushion the u.s. economy. last week the central bank cut interest rates for the third time this year. fed chief jerome powell strongly hinted it will pause for now. since then economic data has been mixed. the u.s. economy created 128,000 jobs in october, better than expected despite the gm strike. the factory sector also continues to contract. a key report showed it shrank for the third straight month in october, but the sector did rebound a bit from the previous month so investors got some relief there. there's more data coming this week. ♪ e*trade core portfolios is an easy, automated way to get invested. we'll save you time by building, monitoring and managing a portfolio for you and provide all hands-on deck support when you need it- helping you become top dog. ♪ t-mobile's newest signal reaches farther than ever before... with more engineers, more towers, more coverage. it's a network that gives you... with coverage from big cities, to small towns. introdu

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm abby phillips. "new day" starts right now. >>> freezing temperatures expected to last through the week. >> we have blankets. we have food. >> we have food to share with others. we always have a full tank of gas. >> we thought it sounded like a major storm, so we thought we'd better get here early. >> president trump found out about the whistle-blower. he knew what he did was wrong, so he released the aid. >> he only said it after he got caught. >> the democrats have attacked a very essential president. >> essentially what it shows is consciousness of guilt. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> exactly. >> a hint of our winter story. so this morning a wing and a prayer might be the best recipe for millions of americans traveling for thanksgiving. because a pair of powerful storms is serving up a heaping side of trouble, congealed trouble. which is the worst kind. like the cranberry sauce. winter advisories stretch across the united states. and the western part

i'm christine romans. >> i'm boris sanchez. "new day" starts right now. ♪ >>> the house takes the next step forward, so that the public can see the facts for themselves. >> it is a sad day. it really is, for this country. what the democrats have put our nation through. >> they gave us absolutely no rights. i didn't have one negative republican vote. >> therei did sit in the hearin. tim morrison did not say there was quid pro quo. >> he confirms taylor's account of the events. that's damning >>> my gosh, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day", it is friday, november 1st. 6:00 here in new york. john burman is off. john avlon joins me. >> good morning. >> a big day. >> great to have you. >> happy halloween. >> thank you very much. i'm still in a candy coma. we begin with president trump's response to that historic vote in the house to take the impeachment inquiry public. in a new interview, the president signals he will not cooperate with the impeachment proceedings, probably not a su

let's turn things over for christine romans and dave briggs for "early start." >>> scary to see people running and have them running into your class. and then, like, somebody's on campus. >> another school shooting and a community changed forever. five students shot, two killed, when a classmate opens fire on his 16th birthday. >>> republican impeachment hearings today. but it's the testimony

christine romans is here with the details. >> good morning. a big potential deal in the headlines. "the wall street journal" reports xerox is considering a takeover of computer and printermaker hp. a cash and stock deal above hp's market value of about $27 billion. these are 20th century brand names. the journal calls them savie i stars of technology. the journal cites people familiar with the matter saying xerox received an informal funding commitment from a bank. hp just installed a new ceo last week. it is more than three times the size of xerox. no guarantee xerox will follow through with an offer or one would succeed. also in merger news, the fcc approved the merger between t mobile and sprint, america's third and fourth largest wireless carriers. consumer groups and a dozen state attorneys general opposed this deal fearing it would drive up your cell phone bill. they've ended early termination fees and reintroduced unlimited data plans. a group state ofs have sued to block this merger. >>> thomas payne, farrah fawcett, billy carter, the station wagon. a new book celebrates pe

chief business correspondent christine romans joins us with more. what do we expect? >> there are signs of progress in the 17-month old trade war with china. chinese state media held constructive conversations about a trade deal. the two sides held a high-level phone call on friday night. upbeat signals from the u.s. side sent stocks to record highs friday. economic adviser larry kudlow said washington and beijing were close to a deal. white house trade adviser peter navarro used the same word constructive of a trade representative robert lighthizer's behind closed doors negotiating. >> these talks continue to be constructive, but my lighthizer rule is all negotiations should be behind closed doors. we're on a glides path to a deal. >> navarro would not say if he thinks an agreement would happen this year. until then hundreds of billions of tariffs remain on chinese imports and u.s. products like agriculture. u.s. farmers are the collateral damage in the trade war. president trump vowed another round of cash for u.s. farmers before thanksgiving. a second round of bail

chief business correspondent christine romans is here to tell us how much the climate crisis is costing americans. is there a price tag on all of this? >> there really is. climate change is exacerbating weather patterns. payouts for natural disasters for 2017 and 2018 combined was $219 billion. that's the highest ever for a two-year period. data from the national association of insurance commissioners shows every state saw annual premiums rise between 2007 and 2016. states in tornado alley saw the biggest jump. oklahoma, for example. premiums there jumped 78% over a decade. that's an extra 821 bucks a year. according to the federal emergency management agency, oklahoma has declared 96 natural disasters this year. the second most in the country behind california. insurers are also limiting coverage in states they deem too risky like florida because of hurricanes. homeowners there have seen insurance costs rise in areas considered more at-risk by insurers. also california because of wildfires. insurers are pulling back from high-risk areas leaving homeowners scrambling. property and casua

our chief business correspondent christine romans here with the breaking details. >> good morning. uber lost its license to operate in london. the region's transit and taxi regulator will not renew uber's license when it expires tonight at midnight finding uber is, quote, not fit and proper to hold a license. the london transport authority said uber allowed passengers to get into cars with drivers potentially unlicensed and uninsured. the regulator acknowledged uber made some improvement but cited a pattern of failures that placed passenger safety and security at risk. this is not the first time the city declined uber's license back in 2017, concerned by how uber responded to serious crimes. uber says it has audited every single london uber driver in the past two months and called the decision extraordinary and wrong. uber will appeal and it can keep operating in london through that appeal process. >>> meantime at the u.s. box office -- >> she seems like elsa. >> there's this voice. >> "frozen 2" buried its competition. nabbing another record for disney. "frozen 2" brought in an es

our chief business correspondent christine romans here with that. romans? >> it's the same, will they get a trade deal with china debate that has gripped markets for months now. the south china market post and reuters report the china post told reporters in beijing, when necessary, we will fight back, but we have been working actively not to have a trade war. time is rung out. tariffs on $115 billion in chinese-made consumer goods are slated for december 15th. in washington, a source familiar with the state of play says the white house is considering two options. the first, the president puts more tariffs on chinese goods next month and lets the current tariffs stand. the source says to defend american workers from chinese aggression. the second option is a mini deal the source called not skinny, but anorexic. soybean purchases from china and more access to chinese financial markets. that's something wall street wants in exchange for what the chinese wants, rolling back september tariffs and canceling new tariffs scheduled for december. now, none of this is

cnn chief business correspondent christine romans is here with the numbers. >> well, outside of manufacturing you saw some steady hiring again in the month. 128,000 net new jobs. and just for point of reference, august and september were revised higher. so later in the summer it was a little more robust than we had thought. you have companies still out there trying to hire, and that is pushing the unemployment rate still near this 50-year low. it ticked up to 3.6%. this is low. 3.6%. why would it go up? about 325,000 people came into the labor market. and that's something you can expect to see ten years into an economic recovery. ten years into a jobs expansion. people who have been out of the labor market not looking are like, hey, maybe this is my time to get back in. where is the hiring. we saw it in food services, restaurants and bars. we saw business. 22,000 jobs there. manufacturing, that is that gm strike. that gm strike was six weeks long. nearly 50,000 workers. and this is what it looks like for manufacturing jobs. boom. we've been concerned about this recession in manufacturing. we'

christine romans is in our business center with the details. what has billionaires upset. >> senator warren is trolling the billionaires on their own turf. >> it is time for a wealth tax in america. billionaires who don't support this plan. >> warren released this ad on cnbc on thursday, they can pay a 2% tax over 50 million, and 6% tax over a billion. and she names billionaire titans like leon cooperman and lloyd blankfein. cooperman called her disgraceful. >> a wealth tax makes no sense. it will lead to unnatural acts, be impossible to police, and it's probably unconstitutional. if this lady wins, we're in big trouble. >> blankfein trolled back, tweeting, vilification of members of a group may be good for her campaign, not the ton. maybe tribalism is in her dna. this feud with the billionaires has been bubbling for weeks. cooperman was reduced to tears on cnbc, tears, saying she was attacking capitalism and the american way of life. warren wears this criticism like a badge of honor. and her campaign has started selling the billionaire tears m

. >> as christine romans pointed out last hour, there may have been some work within the white house here to do this on the day before a holiday. not affect the markets. that's all smart. but what's fascinating, too, is after we get word from the white house. then we get a separate statement from the president which really undercuts a lot of what we've just seen. >> the statement, frankly, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. he says he signed the bill out of respect for president xi and china hoping that both sides will come to the table and work this out peacefully. obviously the chinese do not see this bill as respectful. they've really rejected that notion all together. to say to xi jingping, i don't really mean it in some ways. that's the effect of the statement like that. and it follows a pattern for president trump on the issue of trade. he has been really hesitant to go too hard on issues like what's going on in hong kong. but on these uighur muslim camps in parts of china that have been, you know, condemned throughout the world, vice president pence has been one of the few peo

chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with details. what is that policy? >> consensual relationship, but this is company policy, managers can't have romantic relationships with direct or indirect subordinates. steve easterbrook is out and expressed regret over this relationship telling employees this was a mistake, given the values of the company, i agree with the board that it is time for me to move on. easterbrook has been replaced by chris kempczinski, most recently president of mcdonald's usa. mcdonald's stock has doubled under easterbrook but investors were disappointed after sales grew down from the second quarter. the chain is feeling the heat from rivals more aggressive on breakfast and plant based menu items. easterbrook was paid almost $16 million last year. details of the separation agreement will be released in a filing by tomorrow. we don't know who this employee was or what the position was, but it is an example, you guys, of new scrutiny and awareness in the metoo era of the power dynamic of bosses and their employees, john. >> indeed. it se