The FBI is joining the investigation into recent racist and anti-Semitic incidents at Syracuse University. Security’s been tightened after white supremacist propaganda was posted online and sent to cellphones on campus. Adriana Diaz reports. Source

Hanks is sixth cousins with Rogers, and they share the same great-great-great-great-great grandfather Source

Days before a debate hosted by MSNBC, four presidential candidates want commitments from Comcast, parent company of MSNBC and NBC, that it will investigate its “toxic culture” Source

Republican counsel Steve Castor asked Tim Morrison — the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council — about concerns within the NSC about Alexander Vindman’s judgment. He asked Morrison about concerns his predecessor, Fiona Hill, might have had, but Morrison’s lawyer said the question was outside the scope of his testimony. Morrison did reference his earlier testimony, in which he said others had raised concerns about Vindman potentially leaking information, something Vindman denied earlier Tuesday. Source

Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, said “no” when asked by the Republican counsel whether he heard anything that concerned him during President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. He also said he viewed the summary of the call, later released by the White House, as complete and accurate. Source

Both Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, and Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, said they had not seen evidence of quid pro quo, bribery, or treason, in response to questions by GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. Source

Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, testified that he didn’t always follow through on suggestions from EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland. He said his predecessor, Fiona Hill, had described Sondland’s role the “Gordon problem.” Source

After a recess, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff tacked on two more 15-minute sessions controlled by him and ranking Republican Devin Nunes. They posed additional questions to Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president. Then committee members were given five minutes each for questioning. Source

Republican Congressman Brad Wenstrup criticized the intelligence community and disputed the widely accepted conclusion by American intelligence that Russia — not Ukraine — interfered in the 2016 presidential election. The Ohio representative said that members of the intel community were some of the same people who were involved in the “Russia collusion hoax” at the heart of a special counsel investigation. Source

In what many will consider an act of defiance, the Navy is ordering a decorated SEAL to go before a review board, which could kick him out of the unit. It comes after the president signed an order, restoring him to his full rank. David Martin reports. Source