ambassador gordon sondland is expected to testify, remember, he didn't a week ago. now he's going to respond to a subpoena. he's expected to say that there was a quid pro quo in the president's dealings with ukraine, but he believes it was not a corrupt one. much more on that in a moment. nearly overshadowing the impeachment drama, another decision by the president ordering withdrawal of nearly all remaining u.s. troops from northern syria as turkey moves in and hundreds of captured isis fighters escape. and this morning the new york times is reporting on gruesome video shown as the president's miami golf club by a pro trump organization. we are not going to show you this video. it is taken from a violent scene in a 2014 movie, and it shows president trump's head edited on to the body of a man opening fire in what is shown as a church of fake news. that trump character shoots and

then stabs other people with the heads of political rivals or media organization logos superimposed over their faces. a spokesman for the pro-trump group say they condemn political violence but said nothing about how or why the video was shown there. that echoed similar words from trump's re-election campaign and this morning white house press secretary says the president has not seen the video but will shortly and said, quote, based on everything he's heard, he strongly condemns this video. our national correspondent joins us live this morning. good morning suzanne malveaux. >> good morning. we just saw fiona hill arrive on capitol hill for her behind if scenes testimony that she'll give today. i spoke with one of the committee members this morning to say they're excited and anxious to hear from her because she can speak her mind. doctor fiona hill is somebody who is a top adviser in russian affairs on the national security council and she left her post one week before that critical phone call the ukrainian call with trump.

she also left the administration in august, and so she is free to give testimony and to give it freely. another thing about her, according to a source, is that she was unaware, however, of much of the dealings and the controversy the on going controversy regarding the ukraine scandal, but what democrats are going to want to know is what would be the impact of holding up that military aid to ukraine, being in a proxy war with russia? what was -- who was mind the decision-making process going into that? was it the president? was it giuliani or some sort of shadow network of people who were trying to be engage and be involved in this? and finally, she's a skeptic of russian president vladimir putin. she really had to navigate a rather rocky relationship between the united states in russia during those times. and so it will be very interesting to get a full perspective, her story behind this. and as you have mentioned, poppy, there's going to be some other very important key

members, gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the european union abruptly cancelled last week. he is going to be back in the hot seat. according to "the washington post," saying, yes, okay. there was a quid pro quo for this ukrainian arrangement, but that it was something that was not necessarily corrupt. >> yeah. >> so all of that unfolding this week. >> now, a really critical week. suzanne, before you go, vice president, former vice president joe biden, obviously the front-runner in most polls in the democratic party ahead of the debate tomorrow night, his rhetoric on impeachment and the president getting stronger by the hour. what is he saying now? >> his latest tweet, poppy, he says donald trump is a threat to our democracy. he must be impeached. but quite frankly he's a bit behind from some of the other democratic presidential nominees. and this comes at a time when he said over the weekend in no uncertain terms that family members will not be in his white house, will not be engaged with foreign companies or entities, really trying to set the stage for setting himself apart from

president trump but also providing some political cover for tomorrow, the debate, when he actually deals with some of those other contenders. >> okay. suzanne, thank you very much for the reporting on all of those fronts. as we told you just a moment ago, the white house this morning is saying the president has not yet seen that violent and deeply disturbing video that "the new york times" say shows a fake trump shooting, stabbing and assaulting of political opponents and news organizations. we, at cnn, are not showing the contends of that video for obvious reasons. our chief media correspondent brian stelter is with me now. so brian, stephanie grisham says the president will see it soon. he strongly condemns this. what else do we know about the group and the conference at which this video was shown over the weekend? >> this took place at dorrall at one of the president's golf club in florida. it's a pro-trump group, american priority. sarah huckabee sanders were scheduled to attend with donald trump jr. this was an unauthorized video that played in a side room of

the conference. this was part of an exhibit showing off memes, digital videos that promote president trump. in fact, this video has been on youtube for more than a year but the fact that it's being shown as a trump conference at a pro-trump conference is distu disturbing. it shows the extent to which this kind of hateful beliefs have been normalized. here is part of what "the new york times" story says about what is shown in the video. the video depicts a scene inside the church of fake news where parishioners arrive as mr. trump arrives walks down the aisle many parishioners faces have been replaced but news organizations trump stops in the middle of the church, pulls a gun out of his suit jacket pocket and begins a graphic rampage as the parishioners try to flee, the president fires at them. he shoots black lives matter in the head and also shoots vice news. now this video goes on and on for a couple minutes. it's a parody of the kingsman 2014, shows this fake version of president trump killing john mccain, attacking cnn and other

news outlets. it's despicable but speaks to this broader sense that the president has created an environment where some of his supporters would think this might be somehow funny. >> the climate, your point is that the climate that has been created. >> yeah, it's about so much more than a single video. it's about a president and his supporters who are sewing seeds of hate and division so that it's possible to hate and dehumanize news outlets or political opponents. typically in this country presidents not just condemn this kind of content, they would actively discourage it and distance from it. we'll see if the president ever actually does that, but so far his actions have always been in the opposite direction. >> and cnn has obviously issued a statement responding to this. >> yeah. cnn is saying that this is of all the examples we have seen of this kind of attack, this is one of the most vile. it's not the first time supporters of the president promoted violence against the media in a video they apparently find entertaining. but it is by far and away the worst. the images are vile and horrific. this statement was calling on

the trump white house and the trump campaign to denounce the video, and that came out -- this came out overnight. just in the past few minutes as you mentioned the white house press secretary has said the president denounces this video. but it's not about a single statement. it's about years and years and years of rhetoric, verbal attacks against the media, eventually when you call someone the enemy over and over and over again the president shares responsibility for what happens as a result. >> brian, thank you very much. of course we'll bring you the president's words when hopefully he'll weigh in. >> he says something. >> thank you very much, brian. talk about all these headlines our political analyst sung ming kim is here. susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today and cnn national security and legal analyst susan hennessy joins me. good morning to you guys. what should the president say on this video? >> you know, i feel like he should echo what his press secretary has said in the tweet a little bit ago. you know, us reporters never want to be part of the news, but i really can't say it much better than what the white house

correspondent's association has said, what cnn has said in saying that these images are awful, they are gruesome, every american from the president on down should not support depictions of violence like this. >> susan page, turning the page here if i could for a moment, there are a lot of headlines over the weekend that are flying turned radar but they're really important, namely among them the president's acting homeland security secretary kevin mcleanenry signed saying he did the best job he could do and got this department crucial to the president's immigration enforcement and vision, they'll have their fifth leader in three years. what do you expect to come? >> and this is no easy job. you know, this is a job in which you are well served if you have some long experience, some time to take over the bureaucracy, the authority to do so and not just be an acting director but to be a senate confirmed official at the head of the

agency. so i think it's of concern across -- at homeland security and also in other parts of the government. the number of acting officials we have running government agencies is unprecedented. >> uh-huh. >> and that is a problem for them. it doesn't give them the authority to act. it's a problem for the government as well because you don't have the senate weighing in as its constitutionally supposed to do on the worth and the value and the appropriateness of these folks. so i think it's a big deal. and as you say, there's so much news going on. who even noticed that? >> well, also susan hennessy so you, a number of setbacks from the courts for the president on the immigration front over the last 48 hours. friday alone you had friday afternoon four federal courts rejecting the president's immigration policies, one judge ruling against his emergency declaration for that funding to build the border wall, three judges tearing apart the administration's rule that would have made it more difficult for any immigrants that rely on

public assistance to get green cards or visas. the administration is appeal. but is this a demonstration of the system work, the process playing out? >> potentially it is. all of these will face additional challenge through the appeals court system, but this is the judiciary sort of strongly asserting basic rule of law principles. that said, it's not clear how much the president actually cares about accomplishing any of his goals. we've seen this in the past that the president will essentially issue a big policy proposal, do something without really thinking about the legal ramifications and then when weeks or even months later a court comes in and overturns it, either the president supporters have moved on or the president actually points to the courts and says, look, i as president wanted to give you what i promised. you know, these judges stepped in and essentially thwarted my will. because of the way the president sort of -- the rhetorical approach he brings to these issues and he doesn't appear to care all that much about concrete policy, actually

implementing things, you know, either way i think we will see ultimately sort of the president resorting to that same strategy of basically blaming other branchs. >> all right. so, on the testimony this week, i think seung min, fiona hill's testimony will be compelling her view on russia is interesting in terms of a fit in the administration. looking ahead to gordon sondl d sondland, didn't show up last week, is showing up on thursday, we think. somewhat knowledgeable in what he will say in his remarks tells the washington post that he's going to talk about having a phone call with president trump and being directed and told, you know, to explicitly say back to bill taylor and those texts, there's no kwid pro kwo here having to do with ukraine and that he will say that he believes there was a quid pro quo but not a corrupt one and finally saying about whether, you know, the truth is being told here from the president, quote, it's only true that the president said it, not that it

was the truth. if all three of those things happen under oath before congress, how big is that? >> i mean, his testimony this week is incredibly a huge deal. and the reason why -- what the person familiar with his testimony told "the washington post" why that's so significant is because the president, republicans in congress who are the president's defenders, have been really hanging on that text message saying from the eu ambassador that there was no quid pro quo as evidence that indeed there was no quid pro quo, but now that we know and now that -- mr. sondland will testify before congress that that directive came directly from the president and the fact that, look, it's only true that the president said it not that necessarily it's the truth is a big deal and democrats will really hone in on that in these hearings. what i think is also significant, too, is the fact that he is even testifying before the congress at all is a major deal. last week the state department blocked him from doing so. we also know that the defense secretary mark hinted that he

may comply with the congressal subpoenas that house democrats have levelled toward him. >> he did, yep. >> it shows that while we saw this eight-page from the white house counsel's office last week essentially saying they are not going to comply with this impeachment inquiry, that in the lower levels from the white house, in the other parts of the administration there are people who are willing or at least considering complying and it's a really big deal for both house democrats and the white house. >> i have one minute left, susan page, you first and susan hennessy your thoughts on seung min's points. >> the fact they're testifying is as important as what they'll say. each time an official testifies, it encourages other officials to want to or feel compelled to step forward and answer questions themselves. >> susan? >> i think it is a good illustration of how impeachment has really shifted the momentum and the burden here. executive privilege, keystone to one of the white house's sort of stonewall strategies it doesn't work if executive officials

don't want to follow it. it is really, really significant that these people are coming forward in some cases continuing to work for the executive branch and basically saying, we're just not going to -- we're going to go along with congress. we're going to give this testimony. it really does change sort of the pace and momentum of what we're going to see. >> we just saw fiona hill come in for her testimony today and looking ahead to sondland on thursday. thank you, one and all. i appreciate it very much. we have a lot ahead this hour. still to come the president orders all u.s. troops out of northern syria. huge, significant move now prompting global fears about the resurgence of isis. also, joe biden stepping up efforts to defend his son against the president's attacks. is this a preview of how he may take this on on the debate stage tomorrow night? outrage building in a texas community after a black woman was shot and killed by a white police officer inside of her home. the family of that woman now calling for an independent investigation. we'll take you live to ft. worth. julie means more to me than anything...

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this morning president trump is pushing back at criticism for ordering all remaining u.s. forces to pull out of northern syria. this morning he claims, quote, big sanctions on turkey are coming following alleged war crimes against the kurds and civilians there and reports that isis prirdss who may escape by prisons can easily be captured again coming as russian-backed syrian forces move into the region after the kurds made a deal over the weekend with syrian president bashar al assad

who is of course backed by the russians. one kurdish commander arguing they had no option but to make a deal and i quote, the u.s. is leaving us to be slaughtered. barb ra starr joins me from the pentagon. barbara, the acting defense sector said yesterday the u.s. forces were facing grave danger. >> well, he did. secretary of defense mark esper defending the decision on the basis of the security needs for the 1,000 u.s. forces that will now be coming out of there and explaining early yesterday why they had to go. >> we find ourselves as we have american forces likely caught between two opposing advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation. so i spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest of the national security team and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern syria. >> the security situation over the last 24 hours kwonting still

to deteriorate as isis and al qaeda-backed fighters are on the roads, key highways have been cut that the u.s. needs to be able to operate safely in syria. there is now air cover, armed air cover over all u.s. military positions as they begin to consolidate and find their way out of syria. they hope they can do it in a very orderly fashion. the security situation will dictate that. poppy? >> barbara, before you go, what do we know about these reports that hundreds of people with links to isis have escaped from the detention camps in northern syria and, if so, where they are going? >> i don't think there's any reason to doubt at this point that some of these people have escaped. the numbers are sort of all over the place. let's call it hundreds for purposes of discussion. nobody can really verify it with certainty at this point. no indication as the president might have suggested that the kurds are letting them out of there. many kurdish guards have moved

north to fight against the turks. some facilities still under control where they are going, it's very hard to say. a lot of concern this all leads to isis back on the rise. poppy? >> barbara starr, thank you for your incredibly important reporting this morning. let's talk about with republican congressman michael bur gerks ess of texas. your fellow republican in the senate lindsey graham calls this ethnic cleansing by turkey and syria. fox news is reporting that there have been executions of civilians as well as kurdish fighters. do you sport the president's move to remove u.s. troops from northern syria? >> well, what i will tell you is this was a very poor time for congress to be out of town for two weeks. look, in the previous administration, this administration, there's never been an authorization for use of military force in syria. now would be the time. if congress feels that way, now would be the time to perhaps

provide that direction to the executive branch. >> so congressman, let me just ask you again -- >> our objectives are and what the -- >> i hear you. >> and what would define success. >> let me ask you a direct question again because there's reporting of two isis attacks since last wednesday, since the turkish incursion. so again, do you support the president's decision to remove u.s. troops from northern syria? >> i support the president in his effort to remove the united states from entanglements abroad that have diminished our treasury and sacrificed united states lives. so the president made no secret about this when he ran. he made no secret about it about six months ago that this was his intention. congress has had every opportunity to provide him with an authorization for use of military force and they won't do it. >> so congressman, i hear you but the u.s. just committed 1800 -- >> levied against turkey.

>> perhaps. >> that's a good idea. >> okay. we'll talk about the sanctions in just a moment. but to your point ending endless wars and the president's campaign promises the u.s. committed last week 1,800 u.s. troops to the region to saudi arabia. again, do you support the president's decision to remove these u.s. troops from northern syria, given what we have seen take place since that happened? >> i don't think the president made any secret about what his intention was. >> yes. i'm asking, do you support that move? was it a good idea to take our forces -- >> yes. >> okay. even though the leader -- >> he telegraphed that move -- >> the leader of the syrian kurds u our allies, 10,000 plus of whom have died on the battlefield fighting isis, about the united states, let me just read you what he said because his words are so important. quote, you have given up on us. you are leaving us to be slaughtered. given that, what should the united states do today? >> well, look, the united states

has asked for help from its european allies in policing this area. and that's what it was. after all, it was a police activity. no help forthcoming. we've asked our european allies to take those isis fighters that were being held in the prisons in northern syria. no help from our european allies. the president was essentially having to do this entirely on his own. no help from congress. no help from european allies. >> but i'm asking you, i'm asking you what the u.s. should do today? >> he had to make -- >> what should the u.s. today -- >> the president -- >> treasury secretary steven mnuchin said with word from the president the u.s. could end all u.s. dollar transactions with the turkish government. is that a sanction in position that you think is necessary at this moment? >> well, i don't know all of details of sanctions, but i think there will be very severe sanctions coming turkey's way.

and again, that was not -- the president did not make that a secret. he warned president erdogan of turkey that this was likely going to follow. and i expect that will. but you know what again, how unfortunate for congress to be out of town for two weeks. we could have passed a fairly robust sanctions package last week and had that ready to go for the white house. but -- >> the result, congressman, of the turkish incursion has not only been the deaths of these u.s. allies and as fox news reported the execution of civilians there, but now you have the sdf over the weekend cutting a deal with the assad regime backed by russia to fight offer turkey. that only gives russia and iran more power in the region. is that a good outcome from the president's move? >> no. well, it's not an ideal outcome,

but look, this was not just the president. the congress had a role here and didn't step up and fulfill that role. >> this was a decision made by the president even defense secretary mark esper said -- the facts matter here, congressman. and defense secretary mark esper said that he spoke with the president over the weekend and it was the president's decision to remove nearly all, if not all, of those u.s. troops from northern syria. i'm just trying to ask you as a member of the congress, as a member of the president's party. >> the secretary said in your earlier segment it was because the united states troops were in an untenable position with combatants on both the north and southern flank. i don't know that there was any other decision. >> how did they get -- but congressman, turkey has been wanting to lead this incursion for years. how did the u.s. troops get into that situation with the threat from the north and the south? >> well, realistically -- >> was not the president's decision to pull back?

>> without congressional authorization. >> i would like to move on to another domestic topic before you go, sir, that is the call between the president and the president of ukraine in july. just to a fundamental question about that. because i know where you stand on impeachment, but just a general question around the topic. is it acceptable in your mind for any president of the united states to solicit help from any foreign government to dig up dirt or pursue an investigation on a political rival? >> well, but that's not what the phone call was about. and we both know that. so that's a disingenuous transcript. it's legitimate for the president to have a conversation with the leader of another country. >> is it okay, in your mind, for the president of the united states to ask a leader of a foreign country to pursue an investigation, to dig up dirt, on a political rival, as the president did -- >> but again that was not -- >> according to the transcript released -- >> the confers.

that was not the purpose of that conversation. >> it is part of the content. >> of course it's not a good idea for that to happen, but that was not the purpose of that conversation. >> okay. but it happened in the conversation. and you're saying it was not a good idea. >> no, it did not happen. the president was concerned about the level of corruption in ukraine as was the previous administration. usa was going to ukraine. the president wanted to be certain that that aid was well used and not used for the purposes of any corrupt activities. i think that's a -- i want the president to have that type of involvement. >> i will let all our viewers reread the transcript and glean what they like. i ask you because i just want to go back to your own words in 2011, this is according to the ft. worth star telegram, you were speaking to a local tea party group. you were asked then by someone if the republican-controlled house should push for impeachment proceedings against president obama from, quote, pushing his agenda. let me read two things you said to that group. quote, it needs to happen. and i agree with you it would

tie things up, no question about that. you're quoted as later saying, we need to tie things up. the longer we allow the damage to continue unchecked the worse things are going to be for us. now, you have argued that congress is not getting anything done in your words because of this impeachment inquiry. >> correct. >> that's not true. there are 86 bills and resolutions passed by the house and the senate this year. but given your belief in that, what's different now from your statement in 2011 to how you feel now other than the fact that there is a republican in the oval office? >> well, to the extent it ties things up, that's accurate. was it a good idea in 2011 in retrospect, perhaps not. but as we see right now, this impeachment is a national trauma. and it is affecting everything. we should be talking about the prescription drug bill, but i see in the washington post this morning that all bets are off between the white house and the

speaker's office. and then even going further, there's consideration that the democrats do not want to give the president a win on anything. and so, that makes it extremely difficult to get a deal. >> do you regret those words in 2011 about potential impeachment? >> in retrospect, that was perhaps not advisable. but look at what we're dealing with now and the here and now is that we've got a trade agreement that's languishing. the president is having to go into his negotiations with china, with one hand tied behind his back because congress won't approve the deal with the two biggest trading partners, mexico and canada. that's not right. >> congressman michael burgess i think we all hope congress can make progress. you're welcome back any time. thank you, sir. >> thank you. we'll be right back. we all . but with less carbon footprint. can we have both?

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all right. president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani may now be facing his own criminal investigation by the office that he used to lead. according to "the new york times," giuliani is being looked at for his dealings in ukraine and whether he broke any laws. the former new york city mayor tells cnn he's not aware that he's under investigation. he calls this a, quote, political attack. despite the news, president trump and giuliani met for lunch over the weekend in an apparent

sign of solidarity. ken freeman is with me, successful 1993 new york mayoral campaign. he is a registered dem cat here in new york. thank you for being here for anyone who has not read what you wrote over the weekend about rudy giuliani, let me read everyone part of this. you write, quote, this is not rudy vigorously defending mr. trump's bad behavior. this is rudy as a personal attorney for the president lamely acting as a shadow secretary of state and trump enforcer by attempting to influence a 2020 election in favor of his client. you go on to call him a ferocious liar, but you didn't think this even a year ago. this is someone who has meant so much to you, he married you and your wife. why do you feel this way now and why say it so publicly? >> well, i feel this way for a lot of the same reasons that everyone else seems to. the ukraine scandal, i had a personal reason at a dinner party i mentioned to someone

that rudy had married us, and this stranger said to me, you're not really married because a guy who has been divorced three times can't possibly marry people and it triggered something to me and our 25th anniversary was coming up on october 8th. and so i decided to put my thoughts on paper. and submit them to "the new york times." and they ran it. >> i don't think it's going too far and tell me if it is, to say you loved rudy giuliani. >> i did. >> he meant a lot to you. >> sure. >> so much of it even last year you wrote another op-ed defending him. >> well, i defended his defense of a client as a consultant, i appreciated that. i didn't defend his tactics or strategies or comments. those in many cases i can't defend. >> so what happened? what do you think happened? >> well, i think he got seduced by power. it's very seductive. he has one client and it's the president of the united states

and there's only one president of the united states. so, he has become overzealous in his defense. i sense a certain desperation. you know, he lied to your colleague, chris cuomo, and then he quickly doubled back and admitted, no, he had talked to the ukrainians about joe biden. so apparently they can't get their lies straight, the president and his personal lawyer. >> what i do think is interesting and perhaps moving the ground here, shifting a little bit, is that republicans in congress are calling on him to testify. they want to hear from him under oath. let's listen to just a few of them. >> i don't know what rudy has been saying. i do know, though, that we should decide our elections. it should be the american people making those decisions. >> and you do want him to testify before your committee? >> i think it would make a lot of sense for rudy to testify before the senate judiciary committee. >> i think rudy has a story to tell. i want him to tell it in my committee. he would be respectfully treated and at the end of the day i'm

going to shed lights on all things ukraine. >> there's the chair of the senate judiciary committee. what do you think? >> well, he's right. lindsey graham is light. rudy does have a story to tell that the american people should hear. >> do you expect him to testify under oath? and what should the american people prepare for, if so? >> well, i can't imagine him defying subpoena, you know. when i met him, he was all about integrity. to defy a subpoena is not necessarily a good move. i mean, it's about judgment here. >> yeah. look, it's a fascinating, important piece you wrote. thank you for coming in to talk about it. >> i appreciate it. thanks for having me. >> good to have you. >> thanks. ahead of tomorrow's big night for the democrats, the of course cnn new york times democratic debate, joe biden is slamming what he calls the president's corrupt administration and seems to take a dig at the president's daughter and son-in-law. we'll talk about that ahead. you wouldn't do only half

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stage, over the weekend, he tried to shut down questions about his son, hunter's business ties as huntser hems announced he was stepping down from the board of a chinese-backed company. abby phillip joins me from ohio. looking forward to tomorrow night very much. what do we know about biden's -- it seems like a new, much more aggressive strategy on this front. and how that may play into what he says on the debate stage tomorrow night. >> that's right, poppy. it's going to be a big night tomorrow for a lot of the candidates, but really for joe biden, this issue has come to a head in the last weekend. you've seen the biden campaign trying to get ahead of this story line that the president and his allies have been pushing about his son hunter biden. now, we should say that there is no evidence of wrong doing by hunter biden or joe biden, however, joe biden has come forward with a new plan that he's saying is about combatting corruption and fostering good governance and making a pivot

straight to donald trump, drawing parallels between the president and his own children who, as we know, are white house officials in this current white house. take a listen. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house, will sit in at meetings faz they're a cabinet member, will, in fact, have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country. period. period. end of story. >> reporter: so that's the move, poppy, joe biden really just pivoting to donald trump. but that might get a little bit more complicated. we have learned this morning that hunter biden sat down for a pretty wide-ranging interview with abc news that's supposed to air tomorrow. and we don't know what's going to happen in that interview, but it's certainly going to be something that's going to be a big topic of discussion as we go into this presidential debate and we'll also see whether his

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all right. a grooeiieving family in texas demanding answers as a black woman was killed by police inside her own home. she was shot around 2:30 saturday morning in ft. worth. police were reportedly called to her house after a concerned neighbor saw an open door. body camera video released by police the officer opens fire through a window two seconds after shouting commands. the officer is now set to be interviewed today by the department's major cases unit. jefferson graduated from xavier university in 2014 with a bachelor degree in science and biology. she worked in pharmaceutical sales and recently moved to take care of her ailing mother in her

home. let's go to my colleague joining me this morning with more. what can you tell us? >> reporter: poppy, a lot of pain in this community over how a simple welfare check ended with the 28-year-old shot and killed inside the bedroom of her own home as her 8-year-old nephew looked on. there's a vigil held here last night and turned angry. the mayor of ft. worth showed up and was escorted out by her security. this all stems from a concerned neighbor who saw jefferson's door open, wide open, past 2:00 in the morning. he called the police non-merge line. the police showed up. parked near but not in front of the house. police released body camera footage, edited version and cnn requested the unedited version. what they released shows police officers making their way through the dark property with flashlights at the time and then one of the officers quickly

makes his way towards a window, gun drawn, yells put your hands up and literally within seconds fires a single fatal shot through the window. police never identified themselves as police before that shot came through and a statement we got from the ft. worth police department saying that officer perceived a threat in the moment but what happened still remains to be seen. we are expecting a press conference later today from the family to hear how they plan to proceed. poppy? >> of course, they want answers. omar, to your point of cnn requesting the unedited body cam video, that is so important. thank you so much for being there and reporting. our thoughts to her family this morning, of course. quick break. we'll be right back.

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all right. good monday morning. top of the hour. i'm poppy harlow in new york. right now, the president's former top russia adviser is testifying on capitol hill. you see her there moments ago. fiona hill is speaking to lawmakers as they return from a two-week recess and pick up the pace on the impeachment inquiry.