You have your news talks to refugees kidnapped in libya they say they were tortured by people smugglers who had promised to take to your. Former french. State craft earned him the nickname the bulldozer if you died thursday. I william blue cross welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump is fuming over the democrats impeachment inquiry calling it a disgrace and looking for a way to stop it on thursday some lawmakers receive the whistleblower complaint which alleges trump used his power to get ukraine to interfere in the 20 twentieths the white house is shown as covering up the details of a phone call between the american and ukrainian president s. And the acting director of National Intelligence had to explain why he hadnt handed this information over to congress i believe that everything here and this matter is totally unprecedented me that it was the latest bombshell in a fast unfolding story allegations of a quid pro quo that u. S. President donald trump made military aid to ukraine depended on the country digging up dirt on trumps political opponent with the acting director of National IntelligenceJoseph Mcguire said he had legal reasons for not referring the complaint to congress as directed by law he faced off in hostile questions about his opinion on the matter for. Their capture you would agree that should be investigated would you not german the horses left the bomb you have all of the information you have the whistleblower complaint you have the letter from the i. C. I. G. You have the office of Legal Counsel opinion yes but yes we do it would you agree i doubt if there is a serious and credible investigation you agree there should be an investigation i believe that it is a matter to be determined by the chair and this Committee Part of the complaint alleges that white house officials knew that the call contained evidence of potentially illegal activity and tried to quote lock down the official transcript that did not please speak or of the house nancy pelosi there is actions that are actions that are have her up yet when you take when you have a system of electronic storage for information that is specifically for National Security purposes. And you have something that. Its self serving to the president politically and it might not be you might not want people to know and you hide it someplace else that. Democrats avowed that there impeachment investigation will be swift and sure but there remains much to be investigated. Lets go live now to oliver salih our Washington Bureau all over thanks for joining us on this dramatic day lets get right to it lets talk about this conspiracy concern it was one of the most hotly contested points of the hearing today what does that mean why is it so important. Well essentially the concern of the whistleblower is that the sitting president of the United States donald trump asked a Foreign Government in that case the president of the ukraine for help in the upcoming 2020 Election Campaign he essentially asked the president of the ukraine to investigate against President Trumps a Major Political rival the front runner of the Democratic Party joe biden and his son who had business in the ukraine back at the time but to understand the relevance of this you also have to take a look at the mahler investigation where special counsel Robert Muller investigated allegations that the trump complain in the 2016 come pain colluded with the russians and he did not find any proof for that but it certainly shed the latest allegations in a very different light of course President Trump always defending himself calling this a witch hunt and a hoax and hes certainly now losing his credibility more and more and in addition to that of this candidate. And of course the other aspect of this of this complaint besides the phone call is that is that it says senior white house officials wanted the phone call with zelinsky of ukraine president locked down is the quote what does that mean and what does it tell us that they that they wanted to do something to get away get rid of this call. Well essentially it shows that the tell staffers and aides and there were about dozen reportedly present at the time of the phone conversation that they were so concerned about the content of the conversation about the political fallout about how it could damage President Trump that they just simply wanted to make it disappear that they wanted to cover it up as nancy pelosi said in the report you just played and in doing so they used a Computer System that was originally made for material of concern for the National Security obviously the whistleblower. Of all of that he says this is rather a political cover up and that simply poses a big threat for the president and that can be seen by the response of the white tell stuffers and. So democrats its pretty clear where they stand on this issue they are livid and want to get to the bottom of it what republicans how have they been reacting. So the major line of defense here has been to question the credibility of the whistleblower simply because he was not present at the time of the conversation but today the head of the d. N. I. Joseph make wire said that he has no doubt about the authenticity of the report that the whistleblower provided in addition to that its very interesting to monitor and watch the response of certain republican figures there were 1st senators and also governors who have been very vocal now really criticizing 3 that they have great concern about the content of this phone conversation and the president of course today aggressively fighting back he called the whistleblower a spy a traitor and eluding to execution really in a very bizarre interview statements he gave earlier today as a form of punishment all right all over saad were going to leave it there for now but thanks very much and we will be talking to you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. A strong earthquake has struck the islands of Eastern Indonesia killing at least 20 people the 6. 00 magnitude tremor caused widespread damage and landslides it was centered northeast of the provincial capital and Authorities Say there is no danger of a tsunami. And hong kong protesters have blocked roads over a public dialogue between embattled leader terry lamb and 115 members of the community she reportedly admitted that trust in her government had quote fallen off a cliff the meeting was called to address hong kongs 4 month long political crisis. Zimbabwe says Robert Mugabe will now be buried in his home village not at the National Monument in the capital harare the late president s final resting place has been in dispute between the government of president ever said. Family since he died at the start of the month. Thousands of refugees seeking safety in europe are stranded in Holding Camps in libya is hardly a safe place for them and conditions inside those camps are extremely difficult but he was able to speak to refugees in neighboring niger about their experiences in libya a warning this report contains pictures that some may find disturbing. These images were recorded by refugees in different camps in libya they show appalling conditions human rights activists say the images that credible we came into direct contact with 2 refugees i am messaging services they have been interred in a libyan migrant camp for 2 years they talk to us by a voice message we change the voices for their own protection. Weve been tortured with skid was suffering and dying from various diseases. We were kidnapped we became victims of violence were starving people have died our lives are disgusting so we appeal for a voiceless voice to be hood. We are innocent refugees living in the land of hell. Are. In need we speak to refugees who went through this hell. One of them is 18 years old we call her a mina she was kidnapped while fleeing from somalia and taken to a hidden building in the Libyan Desert many other star on the journey across the sahara i mean us kidnappers demanded 8000. 00 for her release they tortured emina to increase the pressure at parents but forced to listen to it on the phone. They changed me up hung me up and tortured me with electric shocks. They tortured men with electric shocks to their genitals and women and with shocks to their breasts until they cried and screamed loudly. They did it so they would get the money faster than how to stand. With the torch a systematic many other refugees describe similar methods. About 1600 refugees live in this camp salt of the sahara. They were all rescued from libya. This man from sudan doesnt want to reveal his true identity either and asks that we call him he says when he was in prison he was sold. People came and bought us like slaves. And they said we let you work and you get money for. It in the end you didnt get any money. They said youre a slave youre a black man they even woke us up in the middle of the not to torture us. Horrific stories we hear it from inside these. Theyve seen and experienced things are going to have imagined before. The 1st time. All they hope for is the. Occupation migrants. For 500. 00 to bring smog rents across the sahara to libya but if they cant pay the driver sell them to torture chambers does use understands why they do that. They say i spent money on you what am i supposed to do i want my money back and i want profit on top of that that was when i started torturing people. We often hear refugees say that theyre not put off by stories like this the smugglers other only hope and theyre prepared to pay any price even if it means risking their lives. All of the. Finances remembering former french president Jacques Chirac he died thursday at the age of 86. Dominated french politics for decades and served as president for 9095 to 2007 his 3rd National Pride with his opposition to the u. S. Led war in iraq but later years were marred by corruption scandals tarnishing his legacy of a man who had once charged the nation. Towards the end he hardly went out in public at all the few photos that were taken indicate the state of his health. He was president of france who is a master of powerful poses now looked frail he was supported by his wife bernadette his road to the presidency had been a long one. The son of a banker he was born in paris in 1932 his political mentor George Pompidou want to cheer activities private secretary in the palace he became Prime Minister in 1904 on the stand but soon he and chirac and political differences in 1905 he won the president ial election against the opposing candidate socialist spawn hed risen from secretary of state to the top of the ranks of the elite say and keep his lights go chirac then shocked the world by authorizing Nuclear Tests at a french atoll in the pacific he set a clear course opposing the us president george bush during the iraq war and the people of france agreed with him. Frances rejection of the e. U. Constitution in 2005 which he had championed was his biggest failure in office. He had little love for his Party ColleagueNicolas Sarkozy that he could not stop him from becoming his successor after chiracs term in office was over old scandals returned to the public eye he was accused of paying Party Colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term. But Jacques Chirac remained popular though will be remembered less for his politics and more to the french people. Thats all for now but still in this hour Business News with Stephen Beardsley so stay tuned. Coming up on the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. To celebrate clicks on the from the boats from 250. Marking on the for each of discovery. Expedition in boyd on to the limits