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65Cheyenne
65Casper
38Jackson
Hole
37Milwaukee
66
Madison
69Charleston
78Seattle
Olympia 54 54 Spokane
43Richmond
69Burlington(^62) Montpelier
59
Salt Lake City
49
St. George
82
Dallas/Ft. Worth
88
Brownsville
92
Lubbock
88
Midland-
Odessa
94
El Paso
88 Austin 93
San Antonio
91 Houston
87
Nashville
81
Memphis
82
Knoxville
81
Rapid City
(^44) Pierre
58
Sioux Falls
70
Charleston
78
Columbia
80
Harrisburg
64
Philadelphia
59
Pittsburgh
69
Burns
45
Bend
45
Portland
Salem 59
58
Oklahoma
City
79
Tulsa
77
Cincinnati
75
Cleveland
72
Columbus
74
Fargo
65
Bismarck
48
Raleigh
Charlotte^72
77
Buffalo
65 Albany
63
New York
59
Albuquerque
78
Santa Fe
74
Reno
54 Elko 46
Carson City
53
Las Vegas
89
Omaha
69
North Platte
75
Billings
29
Miles City
33
Helena
30
Kansas City
66
Jefferson City
73
St. Louis
75
Jackson
87
Mpls-St. Paul
70
Duluth
68
Detroit
69
Marquette
66
Lansing
65
RapidsGrand
63
Boston
61
Annapolis
63
Bangor
61
Augusta
60
Baton Rouge
89
Shreveport
85
NewOrleans
90
Louisville
76
Topeka
69
Wichita
Dodge City 84 74
Des Moines
69
Indianapolis
74
Chicago
70
Springfield
74
Boise
49
Idaho Falls
36
Atlanta
80
Savannah
83
Tallahassee
90
Jacksonville
82
Tampa
84
Miami
87
Hartford
60
Denver
Aspen 68 76
San Francisco
72
Palm Springs
95
Los Angeles
75
Sacramento
77
Fresno
77
Eureka
60
San Diego
72
Little Rock
80
Phoenix
95
Flagstaff
66
Birmingham
85
Montgomery
88
Mobile
Honolulu^90
88
San Juan
89
Anchorage
52
Juneau
45
Fairbanks
40
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
A developing storm over
the western Atlantic will cause
rain to break out along the
mid-Atlantic and southern
New England coasts today.
Increasing winds will generate
rough surf and create coast-
al flooding problems as well.
Much of the area from north-
ern New England to the Great
Lakes, central and southern
Appalachians and the Ohio
and lower Mississippi valleys
can expect sunshine. Showers
and locally heavy thunder-
storms are in store for parts
of Florida and Alabama. A few
storms will erupt over parts
of the central and southern
Plains.
Akron, Ohio 71/49s 73/51pc
Albany, N.Y. 63/47c 58/47c
Albuquerque 78/49s 69/30s
Allentown, Pa. 59/50sh 64/48c
Amarillo, Texas 85/50s 64/26s
Anaheim, Calif. 76/56s 83/59w
Anchorage, Alaska 52/42r 46/37r
Aspen, Colo. 68/32pc 37/6sn
Atlantic City, N.J. 64/57r 63/55r
Augusta, Ga. 82/59pc 83/56s
Austin, Texas 93/73s 96/66pc
Bakersfi eld, Calif. 81/50s 78/50s
Baton Rouge, La. 89/68pc 89/72pc
Billings, Mont. 29/17sn 28/10pc
Birmingham, Ala. 85/65s 86/66s
Bismarck, N.D. 48/27sn 35/26sn
Boise, Idaho 49/24pc 49/27s
Buffalo, N.Y. 65/43s 66/44s
Burlington, Vt. 62/42pc 61/44pc
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 69/55pc 67/49r
Charleston, S.C. 78/61c 79/57s
Charleston, W.Va. 78/52pc 80/50pc
Cheyenne, Wyo. 65/12pc 24/10sn
Beijing 73/52h 73/53s
Buenos Aires 81/59pc 85/66c
Cancun, Mexico 89/79t 88/78sh
Dubai, UAE 97/85s 97/84s
Frankfurt 56/48sh 58/49pc
Hong Kong 89/78pc 88/79s
Istanbul 70/58s 70/62s
Jerusalem 82/60s 81/61c
Johannesburg 86/56s 81/49sh
London 59/49pc 62/57pc
Mexico City 74/57pc 75/57pc
Montreal 60/42pc 59/46c
Moscow 44/39r 50/45r
Mumbai, India 92/77t 91/80t
Paris 61/50sh 64/53c
Rio de Janeiro 76/71sh 79/72c
Rome 75/60s 75/56pc
Seoul 66/51s 68/53c
Singapore 87/76t 89/78pc
Sydney 63/54pc 65/54pc
Toronto 62/45s 62/46s
Tokyo 73/64s 75/68pc
Cincinnati 75/56s 81/58pc
Cleveland 72/51s 73/54pc
Colorado Springs 79/27pc 31/14sn
Columbia, S.C. 80/59pc 82/57s
Columbus, Ohio 74/53s 78/53pc
Corpus Christi, Texas 92/74pc 94/76s
Dayton, Ohio 74/55s 79/57pc
Daytona Beach, Fla. 83/72pc 85/72pc
Des Moines, Iowa 69/57pc 68/41sh
Duluth, Minn. 68/52c 61/54r
Durham, N.C. 70/54c 74/51pc
El Paso, Texas 88/65s 86/50s
Fairbanks, Alaska 40/34c 39/29sf
Flagstaff, Ariz. 66/32w 54/21s
Fargo, N.D. 65/37c 40/31sn
Fort Myers, Fla. 87/74t 90/73t
Fort Smith, Ark. 79/63pc 84/54t
Fort Wayne, Ind. 70/51s 75/56pc
Fresno, Calif. 77/49s 78/49s
Grand Rapids, Mich. 63/50s 70/56pc
Green Bay, Wis. 69/54s 67/58c
Greensboro, N.C. 71/51c 76/53pc
Greenville, S.C. 76/58pc 79/56pc
Harrisburg, Pa. 64/51sh 70/51c
Hartford, Conn. 60/44r 56/45r
Indianapolis 74/56s 79/62pc
Islip, N.Y. 60/51r 60/51r
Jackson, Miss. 87/64c 89/68s
Jacksonville, Fla. 82/69c 82/65pc
Jefferson City, Mo. 73/60pc 76/53t
Kansas City 66/58pc 73/40t
Key West, Fla. 86/79t 87/78t
Knoxville, Tenn. 81/59pc 82/59s
Laredo, Texas 97/77s 100/76s
Lexington, Ky. 76/55pc 82/58pc
Lincoln, Neb. 70/56w 61/33sh
Little Rock, Ark. 80/60pc 85/67s
Long Beach, Calif. 73/59pc 83/60s
Louisville, Ky. 76/58pc 82/63pc
Lubbock, Texas 88/59s 84/34s
Madison, Wis. 69/53s 68/60r
Manchester, N.H. 60/46c 57/47r
Memphis, Tenn. 82/64pc 87/69pc
Milwaukee 66/56s 67/60pc
Mobile, Ala. 90/70s 88/72s
Modesto, Calif. 76/48s 76/45s
Montgomery, Ala. 88/66s 89/65sh
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 77/60c 77/58s
Nags Head, N.C. 73/63c 69/61c
Nashville, Tenn. 81/61pc 84/64pc
Newark, N.J. 60/53r 63/53r
New Haven, Conn. 62/50r 59/50r
Norfolk, Va. 70/59w 70/59r
Oakland, Calif. 75/51s 79/51s
Oklahoma City 79/67pc 77/37t
Omaha, Neb. 69/57w 63/33sh
Palm Springs, Calif. 95/63s 83/55s
Pensacola, Fla. 89/73s 88/75s
Pierre, S.D. 58/28c 34/25sn
Pittsburgh 69/47s 70/47s
Portland, Maine 60/45c 58/45r
Portland, Ore. 59/35s 62/42s
Providence, R.I. 59/49r 57/50r
Raleigh, N.C. 72/54c 76/51pc
Rapid City, S.D. 44/22r 28/18sn
Reno, Nev. 54/26s 55/28s
Richmond, Va. 69/52c 74/51pc
Rochester, N.Y. 63/42pc 64/44s
Sacramento, Calif. 77/48w 78/45s
San Antonio 91/75s 94/69pc
San Jose, Calif. 75/47s 79/49s
Santa Fe, N.M. 74/44s 67/23w
Sarasota, Fla. 87/75t 89/74pc
Savannah, Ga. 83/63c 84/61s
Scottsdale, Ariz. 92/63s 86/55s
Shreveport, La. 85/65s 90/70pc
Sioux Falls, S.D. 70/51w 53/32r
South Bend, Ind. 69/52s 73/60pc
Spokane, Wash. 43/22s 46/25s
Springfi eld, Mo. 71/61pc 80/48t
Springfi eld, Ill. 74/56s 79/63pc
St. Louis 75/60s 79/65c
St. Petersburg, Fla. 85/75t 88/74c
Syracuse, N.Y. 63/43pc 63/45pc
Tallahassee, Fla. 90/67pc 90/66pc
Tampa, Fla. 84/72r 88/73pc
Toledo, Ohio 71/51s 74/53pc
Topeka, Kan. 69/60t 74/37t
Tucson, Ariz. 93/59s 86/53s
Tupelo, Miss. 85/64pc 87/68pc
Tulsa, Okla. 77/64pc 77/43t
Virginia Beach, Va. 69/61c 68/59c
Wichita, Kan. 74/63s 72/34pc
Wilmington, Del. 62/53r 68/53c
Winston-Salem, N.C. 72/52c 76/53pc
Worcester, Mass. 54/44c 50/45r
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untarily ... in order to answer the com-
mittee’s questions on an expedited ba-
sis.” But as a sitting U.S. ambassador, he
is required to follow the State Depart-
ment’s directive, Luskin said.
Trump defended the decision to pre-
vent Sondland’s testimony, saying the
Democrats’ inquiry is illegitimate.
“I would love to send Ambassador
Sondland, a really good man and great
American, to testify, but unfortunately
he would be testifying before a totally
compromised kangaroo court, where
Republican’srights have been taken
away, and true facts are not allowed out
for the public,” Trump tweeted Tuesday
morning.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who leads
the House Intelligence Committee, said
the administration’s move to block Son-
dland’s testimony, as well as withhold
relevant documents, is “strong evidence
of obstruction” of justice.
“The ambassador has text messages
or emails on a personal device, which
have been provided to the State Depart-
ment,” Schiff said. “The State Depart-
ment is withholding those messages, as
well” as blocking Sondland’s testimony.
Sondland traveled to Washington
from his posting in Brussels, and the
committee staff expected him to testify.
Schiff said he had no indication before
Tuesday morning that Sondland would
be a “no-show.” Luskin said Sondland
still wants to cooperate.
“Ambassador Sondland believes
strongly that he acted at all times in the
best interests of the United States, and
he stands ready to answer the commit-
tee’s questions fully and truthfully,” he
said.
A State Department spokeswoman
did not respond to a request for com-
ment.
The State Department’s decision es-
calates the showdown between Con-
gress and the White House over Demo-
crats’ demands for information on
Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
“This is obstruction,” tweeted Rep.
Don Beyer, D-Va.“Sondland is a key wit-
ness to the President’s attempts to seek
campaign interference from Ukraine.
The President is obviously terrified of
what Sondland might tell Congress.
What else is the President hiding from
the American people? This will not end
here.”
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.,threatened
to withhold Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo’s salary over the State Depart-
ment’s decision to block Sondland’s tes-
timony.
“While Democrats seek to under-
stand the full scope of the president’s
criminal actions, we refuse to bankroll
those in his administration who hold
witnesses hostage,” Pocan said in a
statement Tuesday.
Republicans argued Trump was right
to block Sondland’s appearance before
the House Democrats’ impeachment
probe.
“It’s based on the unfair and partisan
process that Mr. Schiff has been run-
ning,” said Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top
Republican on the House Oversight
Committee.
Last week, House Democrats issued
a subpoena to the White House for doc-
uments relating to the Ukraine matter
after Trump aides said the president
would not cooperate with the impeach-
ment inquiry until the full House votes
to authorize it.
Before the announcement about the
subpoena, Schiff said Tuesday that it’s
“hard to overstate” Sondland’s rele-
vance to the impeachment inquiry,
which is focused on allegations that
Trump used the power of his office to so-
licit foreign interference in the 2020
election.
In a phone call July 25, Trump
pressed Ukraine’s president, Volody-
myr Zelensky, to open an investigation
into Biden and Ukraine’s role in the
2016 U.S. presidential election.
Before the Trump-Zelensky call,
Sondland and Kurt Volker, who was
Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine,
worked behind the scenes: Text mes-
sages show them pushing Ukrainian
officials to make a public promise that
they would investigate Biden and al-
leged 2016 election meddling.
Democrats are investigating
whether Trump withheld U.S. military
aid to Ukraine until he secured those
commitments and whether he used
the promise of a White House meeting
with Zelensky as further leverage.
“Heard from the White House,”
Volker wrote in a text to a top Zelensky
adviser July 25, just before Trump and
Zelensky were scheduled to speak by
phone.
“Assuming President Z (Zelensky)
convinces trump he will investigate/
’get to the bottom of what happened’ in
2016, we will nail down a date for visit
to Washington. Good luck!” Volker told
his Ukrainian counterpart.
After the Trump-Zelensky call, an
unidentified whistleblower filed a
complaint accusing Trump of using
the power of his office to solicit foreign
interference in the 2020 election. Bi-
den is a leading 2020 candidate for the
Democratic nomination.
Contributing: David Jackson and
John Fritze
Showdown
Continued from Page 1A
Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence Committee, is leading the investigation
into President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES
WASHINGTON – Facing criticism
from fellow Republicans as well as
Democrats, President Donald Trump
defended his withdrawal of U.S. troops
from northern Syria on Tuesday, say-
ing he is not selling out Kurdish allies.
“We may be in the process of leav-
ing Syria, but in no way have we Aban-
doned the Kurds, who are special peo-
ple and wonderful fighters,” Trump
said in a series of tweets.
Congressional lawmakers said
Trump’s move would allow Turkey to
invade northern Syria and possibly
crush U.S.-supported Kurds who
helped combat Islamic State extrem-
ists. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., blasted
the decision Tuesday as “morally re-
pugnant” and said it “stains our na-
tion’s reputation.”
Trump echoed a threat he made
Monday to “destroy” Turkey’s econo-
my if it tries to wipe out the Kurds. He
also defended Turkey, calling it “a
NATO and Trading partner” with
whom the United States has a “very
good” relationship.
Trump indicated he plans to wel-
come Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan for meetings next month in
Washington.
Officials in Turkey dismissed
Trump’s threats.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay
said his country wants to create a zone
to permit the resettlement of Syrian
refugees. “Where Turkey’s security is
concerned,” he said, “we determine
our own path, but we set our own lim-
its.”
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic
Forces said in a statement that “we will
not hesitate for a moment in defending
our people” against Turkish troops.
Turkey views the Kurds as terrorists
with ties to domestic insurgents.
U.S. officials said Trump’s with-
drawal would trigger fighting, pleasing
Turkey, Russia, Iran and others.
Trump: US not
abandoning
Kurds in Syria
pullout
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USA TODAY