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 has 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 president. and she wanted the state department to put out a public statement defending her. she was told that the state department couldn't do that. the president could undermine it with something as simple as a tweet. she said, what i was told, was there was concern that the rug would be pulled out from underneath the state department if they put out something publicly.

she went to gordon sondland and asked for advice. his advice was go big or go home. essentially, what he argued, was perhaps she should tweet support for the president, say the rumors weren't true. michael mckinley's transcript was released today. he's a former top aide to mike pompeo. he said he left the state department because the career diplomats were being used to advance the political agenda, something he did not support. but more testimony and transcript expected to be released this week, including that of curt volker and gordon sondland. >> thank you for that. in his statement, michael mckinney gave a statement why he stepped down from mike pompeo. one that contradicts his boss' version of events. he told the lawmakers he felt the department, and especially pompeo, were not defending yovanovitch against that smear campaign. he said, quote, there were

numerous media articles appearing about yovanovitch and i did grow concerned that we needed to say something forceful on her behalf. how many conversations did you have with the secretary about this matter? three, probably. secretary state pompeo remembers things very differently. >> from the time that the ambassador told me he was departing, i never heard him say a single thing. >> you for never asked -- >> not once. not once, george, did ambassador mckinley say something to me during that time period. >> one a television interview, the other under oath. kentucky senator rand paul is joining a list of the republicans trying to learn the identity of the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry. >> the whistleblower needs to come before congress as a material witness, because he looked for joe biden at the same time hunter biden was getting

money from corrupt oligarchs. i say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name. >> they are calling for him to subpoena hunter biden. there's no evidence to support the claims of joe biden's son. paul wants the whistleblower subpoenaed. the whistleblower's lawyer is firing back. mark zaid. he says for anyone to call for the identity of a whistleblower to be revealed against their wishes, disgraces the office they hold and betrays the interests and the constitution of the american people. not all republicans are onboard with exposing the whistleblower. iowa senator chuck grassley says whistleblowers are entitled to maximum protection and it's up to them to decide if they want to come forward. how is the democrats impeachment inquiry playing in a swing state? that defines michigan's 11th congressional district just north of detroit. no surprise that voters are split on impeachment.

>> i think it's a sham. the president -- >> just horrible. >> horrible? >> horrible. >> the president is doing a great job. >> i think it's important that the inquiry be going on. i think it's important that we not be distracted by it and there's governance going on. >> i think the democrats are trying to overturn the results from 2016. i think it will fail miserably. >> i think it's headed in the right direction, the impeachment. i think we're getting the evidence we need. i hope he gets what's coming to him. >> michigan's 11th went for president trump in 2016 and flipped in the midterms, electing democrat haley stevens to congress. voters head to the polls just hours from now, for election day 2019. a look at the key races, next. r) welcome to our busy world. where we all want more energy. but with less carbon footprint. can we have both? at bp, we're working every day to make energy that's cleaner and better.

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could indicate how things stand. let's start in virginia. that's where republicans are in danger of losing their slim two-seat majorities in both houses of the general assembly. if democrats win big, particularly in swing districts that are in play in northern virginia and outside of richmond, it could be a sign of president trump's growing problem with suburban voters. trump in support of matt bevin. he's under water. his opponent is the son of a popular former governor there. this race could come down to what voters care more about, local issues or the national issues dominating washington. bevin has stuck close to trump. if he pulls it out, it could be a sign of how much strength trump still has with republican voters. and finally, republicans and tate reeves are in the driver's seat in mississippi there. democrats are hopeful that jim hood, who is the attorney

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race. a fight over a popeye's chicken sandwich turns deadly in maryland. a transit worker's last-second save caught on camera at a california train station. welcome back to "early start." 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 over the last several weeks to see what has 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 president. and she wanted the state department to put out a public statement defending her. she was told that the state department couldn't do that. the president could undermine it with something as simple as a

tweet. she said, what i was told, was there was concern that the rug would be pulled out from underneath the state department if they put out something publicly. she went to gordon sondland and asked for advice. his advice was go big or go home. essentially, what he argued, was perhaps she should tweet support for the president, say the rumors weren't true. michael mckinley's transcript was released today. he's a former top aide to mike pompeo. he said he left the state department because the career diplomats were being used to advance the political agenda, something he did not support. but more testimony and transcript expected to be released this week, including that of kurt volker and gordon sondland. in his statement, michael mckinney gave a statement why he stepped down from mike pompeo. one that contradicts his boss' version of events. he told the lawmakers he felt

the department, and especially pompeo, were not defending yovanovitch against that smear campaign. he said, quote, there were numerous media articles appearing about yovanovitch and i did grow concerned that we needed to say something forceful on her behalf. how many conversations did you have with the secretary about this matter? three, probably. secretary state pompeo remembers things very differently. >> from the time he told me to he was departing, i never heard him say a single thing. >> you for never asked -- >> not once. not once, george, did ambassador mckinley say something to me during that time period. >> one a television interview, the other under oath. kentucky senator rand paul is joining a list of the republicans trying to learn the identity of the whistleblower at the center of

the impeachment inquiry. >> the whistleblower needs to come before congress as a material witness, because he worked for joe biden at the same time hunter biden was getting money from corrupt oligarchs. i say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name. >> they are calling for him to subpoena hunter biden. there's no evidence to support the claims of joe biden's son. paul wants the whistleblower subpoenaed. the whistleblower's lawyer is firing back. mark zaid. he says for anyone to call for the identity of a whistleblower to be revealed against their wishes, disgraces the office they hold and betrays the interests and the constitution of the american people. not all republicans are onboard with exposing the whistleblower. iowa senator chuck grassley says whistleblowers are entitled to maximum protection and it's up to them to decide if they want to come forward. how is this playing in a swing state?

that defines michigan's 11th congressional district just north of detroit. no surprise that voters are split on impeachment. >> i think it's a sham. the president -- >> just horrible. >> horrible? >> horrible. >> the president is doing a great job. >> i think it's important that the inquiry be going on. i think it's important that we not be distracted by it and there's governance going on. >> i think the democrats are trying to overturn the results from 2016. i think it will fail miserably. >> i think it's headed in the right direction, the impeachment. i think we're getting the evidence we need. i hope he gets what's coming to him. >> michigan's 11th went for president trump in 2016 and flipped in the midterms, electing democrat haley stevens to congress. coming up, what some republicans are saying behind closed doors in the trump

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in just hours, more transcripts from closed-door testimony from the impeachment inquiry. we are expecting transcripts from gordon sondland and kurt volker. i felt like i was reading a lot. why don't you bring rachel in. >> i'll take the show over. it's fine. >> you need no introduction. good to see you, rachel. you have reporting about what republicans have been doing behind closed doors. tell us about that first. >> yeah. when i was going through the transcripts, one of the things that truck me wstruck me was re who want to keep information behind closed doors, spending four weeks railing behind the closed door deposition process. saying the american people have a right to know.

they should see this information. it should be public. there were three things that contradicted it behind closed doors. they went after some of the colleagues that made public statements about what they were hearing from the witnesses. gary connolly, a democrat from virginia, he had talked about one of the witnesses testifying about trump's shadow campaign on -- shadow policy toward ukraine. and the next morning, republicans spent the first several minutes of that deposition, instead of letting the witness speak, going after their colleague, saying he broke the rules and should he be censured? they grilled marie yovanovitch's comments to "the washington post," saying if she was the one who gave it to us. they were trying to find out how information was getting to the media. one of the first lines of

questions for yovanovitch was, why are you even here? the state department told her she was not supposed to show up. her lawyer advised her she was going to be under subpoena. she's going to need to show up and testify. they were like, are you here -- what authority are you here on? again, trying to shut information down, even as saying publicly, as they were saying publicly, that all this should be sunlighted for the american voters. >> we've seen this strategy, where some were saying there's no quit pro qd pro quo. if it was quid pro quo, this is not impeachable. it's interesting to see how the republican response has been changing. there's one response that really matters, and that's the president of the united states. he's fighting this thing with the gloves on. >> in the house, the republicans are saying with trump saying no

quid pro quo. over the weekends, some think there's enough evidence that they can't say no quid pro quo anymore. you saw rand paul at the rally, saying they should go after the whistleblower and subpoena hunter biden. the republicans are grappling with what is their message to voters? how are they going to protect the president? is it complaining about process? saying there was no quid pro quo? or is it trying to acknowledge that and explain it. they're all over the map and that's something they will try to figure out over the next few weeks. >> throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks. you mentioned rand paul. he said he called to the media to do your job and print the whistleblower's name. wouldn't that be illegal? >> i mean, illegality aside, you think about our democracy, which very much -- whistleblowers are

important to blow the whistle on corruption or problems that are happening behind the scenes. that's good for the republic. i think a lot of people are taking that into account, as well. he didn't say the whistleblower's name, as he is blasting us. the main point here to keep in mind, it doesn't matter who the whistleblower is anymore. all of the allegations have been corroborated by people on the record before house democratic impeachment investigators. they have gone out and given their own personal accounts and more details, saying there was a quid pro quo, that the president was putting pressure on ukraine, with military aid and a promise of a head of state meeting with the ukrainian president to get him to investigate his political adversaries. that's there. we have democrat. we'll be seeing the transcripts over the next few days. and republicans, again, struggling to respond, are going

after the whistleblower because they think there's a democratic connection they can use to undercut the whole thing. but again, it doesn't matter who he is. >> in kentucky, people were lined up behind the president and there were white t-shirts behind them saying read the transcript. we read the transcript. and now, we're hearing from the people who have been deposed and we're getting more and more information from them. what do we know from reading the transcript and from the material released yesterday? >> we got a call from yovanovitch. she was fighting corruption in that country. and that came to crossfire with rudy giuliani, who was trying to dig up dirt on trump's advers y adversaries and had a stake in the action.

she gave a firsthand account where trump said she was a bad ambassador and something was going to happen to her. she felt threatened. that was one of the big takeaways to hear somebody that worked at state for so long, and to hear her career was derailed by someone who had motives and no interest in advancing things apro abro abroad. >> things i never thought i would talk about on national television. >> read the transcript. it's election day 2019. there's important state and local off-year elections all across the country. some of these races could offer hints of what's to come in 2020. here's ryan nobles. >> reporter: dave and christine, virginia, kentucky, and mississippi are the states to

watch tonight. voters are casting ballots that could indicate how things stand. let's start in virginia. that's where republicans are in danger of losing their slim two-seat majorities in both houses of the general assembly. if democrats win big, particularly in swing districts that are in play in northern virginia and outside of richmond, it could be a sign of president trump's growing problem with suburban voters. trump in support of matt bevin. he's under water. his opponent is the son of a popular former governor there. this race could come down to what voters care more about, local issues or the national issues dominating washington. bevin has stuck close to trump. if he pulls it out, it could be a sign of how much strength trump still has with republican voters. and finally, republicans and tate reeves are in the driver's seat in mississippi there. democrats are hopeful that jim hood, who is the attorney general, could surprise

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puppy. "the wall street journal" and others reporting that u.s. and chinese officials are considering rolling back some tariffs to seal a partial trade deal. all three major averages closed monday. the dow up 115 points. that's the first record high since july 15th. in part, because of trade concerns have been really holding back stocks. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq rose slightly, adding to friday's gains. a new look for facebook, following its promises of transparency. its logo alternates between the colors that represents its other brands. the change highlights the effort to be more clear with consumers as it faces growing antitrust scrutiny. facebook plans to use the new logo in the weeks ahead. microsoft is testing a four-day workweek. it was only in japan over the summer. but the work-life choice

challenge, is where microsoft shut down its offices in japan every friday in august, gave employees an extra day off each week. the results, productivity jumped 40% last year. and microsoft said it saved on things like electricity. it plans to do another experiment in japan later this year. a california transit worker is a hero for rescuing a man who fell on the tracks as the train was entering the station. check out this video from the oakland b.a.r.t. station. the man walks off of the platform before fofalling in fre oncoming train. that's when john o'connor reached down and pulled him to safety with no time to spare. >> i was fortunate that god put me there. he got to see another day. i spoke to him later, i told him to pay it forward. >> b.a.r.t. officials thanked o'connor for his neheroism in a

tweet. he said the passenger who fell on the tracks was intoxicated. a man who rescued a caged dog floating on a lake in illinois now wants to adopt the puppy. when bryant fritz saw the puppy in the lake, he rushed to save her. he rushed her to the hospital. she had hypothermia and wounds that needed to be treated. she's doing well and ready to be released. he is hoping that animal control will let him give her a new home. >> i think it's unfortunate. anyone in that situation that can't take care of an animal, there's a lot of options and things that can be done. and people are willing to help and the shelters are willing to take in those animals. >> bryant fritz lost his own dog died recently. and he believes this rescue was anything but chance. the new york giants leading the dallas cowboys, 9-3, right before halftime on "monday night football," when this happened -- >> and the cat runs into the end zone. that is a touchdown. >> a black cat proved to be a

bad omen for new york and good luck for dallas. dak prescott through for 257 yards and 3 touchdown. ezekiel elliott rushed for 349 yards. 37-18, the final. >> how does a cat get in there? >> apparently had been living under the seats. metlife stadium tweeted out they were going to locate him and get him to the veterinarian. they never followed up on that. i assume he is still running loose, causing trouble in the stadium. >> living the highlight on nachos and hot dogs. it's become a tradition -- it's as tradition as halloween candy itself. jimmy kimmel's videos where parents trick or torture their kids saying they ate the halloween tweets. here they are, your late-night laughs. >> we hate you. [ yelling ] >> we don't love you anymore. [ laughter ]

>> i ate it all. >> why? >> i ate it all because i was hungry. >> mommy and daddy ate all of your halloween candy. is that okay? [ yelling ] >> last night, i got hungry and i ate all of your halloween candy. >> you don't eat people's candy. >> okay. i'm really, really sorry. >> you made me mad. >> you made me really mad, mommy. >> i said i'm sorry. >> it's okay. >> okay. thank you. i love you. >> i love you, too. >> oh, my god. i can't believe that kid. my kids would be done with me. >> i did throw out candy this year. >> why? >> child number three ate child

number two's candy. >> ate it or stole it? >> ate it. i threw out everybody's candy and said this holiday's over. mean mom. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day." a significant day on capitol hill as we saw the release of the first transcripts. >> ambassador mckinley expressed his concern about pompeo not having the backs of foreign service officers. >> officers at the state department have had to testify without counsel. >> i regret that. >> he's a coward and frankly disqualified themselves from continued service as secretary of state. virginia, kentucky, and mississippi are the states to watch. >> you will vote to reelect kentucky governor matt bevin. >> this is a way to rally troops for thiese candidates. this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> that was beautiful.

>> isn't the sun supposed to be up? isn't it supposed to be morning? >> the time changed. that is a bummer, but it's beautiful. it's like we decorated that in tech color. >> this is new day, it is tuesday, november 5th, 6:00 here in new york, and we have reached the public phase of the impeachment inquiry with some fascinating transcripts now being released from the closed door interviews with diplomats like marie yovanovitch. transcripts of testimony from two key witnesses, kurt volker and u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon sondland could be released at any moment. we will go through them and bring you the highlights. text messages established that both men along with rudy giuliani were directly involved in these back channel efforts by the trump administration to get ukraine to publicly announce investigations into the bidens and democrats. >> this morning we're pouring over the testimony just released of two key state department employees, former ambassador to