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Oct 30, 2019: Trump's Ukraine Transcript Cover-Up
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

The White House official who listened to Trump’s Ukraine call says the White House’s transcript was doctored to omit key details.

Meanwhile, a new CNN poll has Bernie Sanders edging out Elizabeth Warren for the lead in the New Hampshire primary.

And lastly, Missouri’s state health director testifies that he kept a spreadsheet to track Planned Parenthood patients’ menstrual periods.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to formally recognize and denounce the systematic killing of about 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide under the Ottoman Empire, now modern day Turkey.

A new Selzer & Company poll finds just 51% of all suburban voters now say they would definitely vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump. 88% of suburban women said they would definitely vote in the 2020 presidential election, ten points higher than voters overall.

Nature dot com reports that sea level projections for the year 2050 show that land currently home to 300 million people will fall below the elevation of an average annual coastal flood.

And lastly, climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won't be accepting it. Thunberg said on Instagram on Tuesday that she received the award but declined to accept it because "the climate movement does not need any more awards."