Friday, October 5, 2019: Trump Insists No Quid Pro Quo Despite Texts Suggesting Otherwise

President Trump dismisses damning text messages from diplomats suggesting a clear Ukraine quid pro quo, as Democrats keep pushing toward impeachment.

Unemployment dipped to a 50-year-low of 3.5 percent and the economy added 136,000 new jobs in September, but there are some flashing lights when you look closer at manufacturing and other sectors bruised by the President's trade wars.

And CNN confirms that in a call with China's President Xi, Mr. Trump promised to stay quiet about the Hong Kong protests as long as trade talks continued.

On today's panel: CNN's Dana Bash, Michael Bender with The Wall Street Journal, Shawna Thomas with VICE News Tonight on HBO, Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby, Lisa Lerer with The New York Times, Ana Swanson with The New York Times

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