OFFICER SERIOUSLY HURT IN A
CRASH TONIGHT, THE OFFICER WAS
RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE WELL OFF
DUTY, WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH
ANOTHER DRIVER.
PARAMEDICS FLEW THE OFFICER TO
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, HIS
CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS
TIME.
TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
CALLING THE IMPEACHMENT EFFORT
AGAINST HIM A COUP.
AIMED AT TAKING AWAY THE POWER
OF THE PEOPLE.
IT IS THE STRONGEST
CONDEMNATION FROM THE PRESIDENT
AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS
ALSO LASHING OUT AT THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, AND VOWING
NOT TO COOPERATE WITH HOUSE
DEMOCRATS.
THE PRESIDENT RAILED AGAINST
IMPEACHMENT AND THE
WHISTLEBLOWER ON TWITTER,
TUESDAY.
HE TWEETED AS I LEARNED MORE
AND MORE EACH DAY, I'M COMING
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHAT IS
TAKING PLACE IS NOT IN
IMPEACHMENT, IT IS A COUP
INTENDED TO TAKE AWAY THE POWER
OF THE PEOPLE.
THEIR VOTE, THEIR FREEDOMS,
THEIR 2nd AMENDMENT RELIGION,
MILITARY, BORDER WALL, AND GOD-
GIVEN RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STRONG WORDS, BUT ONE LOCAL
CONGRESSWOMAN SAYS NOT
SURPRISING.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT HAS RUN AMOK, AND CARES
NOTHING ABOUT THE OATH OF
OFFICE THAT EACH OF THEM SWORE
TO UPHOLD.
Reporter: IN SECRETARY OF
STATE MIKE POMPEO IGNORED
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE WAS
LISTENING IN ON THE PRESIDENT'S
JULY PHONE CALL WITH THE LEADER
OF UKRAINE.
MISTER SECRETARY, DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENT ON REPORTS YOU
WERE ON THE CALL WITH P
PRESIDENT ZELINSKI?
Reporter: POMPEO ISSUED A
SCATHING RESPONSE AND DEMAND
DIPLOMATS BE DEPOSED, HE WROTE
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATORS MAY
NOT INTERVIEW KEY STATE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS THIS WEEK
AND NEXT BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE
TIME TO PREPARE, AND HE HAS
ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF BULLYING
HIS EMPLOYEES.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SHOT BACK
THE POMPEO IS THE ONE
INTIMIDATING DEPARTMENT
WITNESSES IN ORDER TO PROTECT
HIMSELF AND THE PRESIDENT.
LAWMAKERS OF ALSO SUBPOENAED
THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL
ATTORNEY, RUDY GIULIANI, WHO IS
NOW HIRED MIAMI LAWYER JOHN
SEALE TO REPRESENT HIM.
WE NEED TO GET ALL THOSE
PEOPLE'S TESTIMONY AS FAR AS
WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND
THE WHITE HOUSE ASK THEM TO DO.
WHAT GIULIANI ASKED THEM TO DO
AND WHAT GIULIANI WAS DOING IN
THE UKRAINE.
BREAKING RANKS WITH THE
PRESIDENT, I WOULD REPUBLICAN
CHUCK GRASSLEY ADMONISHED THIS
PERSON OUGHT TO BE HEARD OUT
AND PROTECTED, AND WE SHOULD
ALWAYS WORK TO RESPECT
WHISTLEBLOWERS REQUEST FOR
CONFIDENTIALITY.
CBS NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR
GENERAL HAS INVITED LAWMAKERS
TO A CLOSED-DOOR BRIEFING
WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS DOCUMENTS
