Feel threatened. To. The former u. S. Ambassador to the ambassador to ukraine says she felt threatened and intimidated by President Trump. An overage testifies jerking the 2nd round of public hearings in the trump impeachment inquiry. And in sports soccer fans in finland are jumping for joy the country erupts the celebrations after the Mens Soccer Team still plays at euro 2020 their 1st ever politics nation or i mean sure china and germany are also hoping to go through later on saturday. Im married to evanston thanks for joining me. Polls have closed in sri lanka where people who. Been voting for a new president a Record Number of 35 candidates are on the ballot but its expected to be a tight race between the 2 frontrunners former defense secretary go to by average of taksin who oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing a government minister to prevent. The poll was monitored by thousands of election observers including dozens from the european union. W is a mission swallows industry lankan capital colombo before polls close she sent us this look at the choices facing sri lankans and a painful legacy is that this election is trying to heal. Sri lanka today void sport its president and voted on our show is already pretty impressive which is expected in this island nation which records height on outs amongst the highest in south asia 16000000 people thought of legible to ward in this election and they have their work cut out for them tony 5 candidates are whining for their board the ballot people alone is 2 feet long but there are 2 keogh frontrunners on the one hand we have both thought it out to parse out the brother of my hindu. President himself who thought it out to quote so oversaw the defeat of the rebels at the end of the long cost us civil war hes considered a Strong Military nationalistic peter who supports tightening National Security in the country in the off to match of the deadly Easter Sunday of goss the c. E. O. On the other hand we have sergeant being with us are considered a more liberal candidate who has spoken about improving the economy is advocating forward improving housing rights but premadasa is also a sin held up with his 2 belongs to the majority you are with your the issue with intrude on call on just limited to National Security even though that is a top them. But she often economy is very sluggish debt is also ready high so it would be interesting to see what those choose rajapakse as considered on to worship also because of the fost all having always seen the end of the war and that is a concern among some i know if you use that the nationalist would tighten security and meet even crack down on them but even does not have completely clear credentials this might be a tell you trees and if it goes to good on lost results might take a day or 2 more and it might take some time before we find out who the next president of sri lanka. And that was. Reporting from colombo all right lets turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world protests have erupted in iran after a surprise decision by the government to raise fuel prices by 50 percent and introduce rationing protesters block traffic in tehran. The teenage suspect in thursdays California High School shooting has succumbed to his wounds and died in a hospital the 16 year old allegedly fired at random at a high School Near Los Angeles killing 2 students before turning the gun on himself. Police have been deployed around key science in paris as yellow verse protesters marked the 1st anniversary of their movement the protest peaked at the end of last year bringing hundreds of thousands on to the streets across france to oppose high living costs and inequality but 1st as a patient has since. Bolivias political crisis has taken a deadly turn after police opened fire on supporters of former president evo morales killing 5 people and injuring dozens more alice is in exile in mexico after resigning last sunday amid allegations of Election Fraud which then prompted mass protests against him the ongoing unrest in bolivia is threatening the interim governments attempts to restore stability. It looks more like a war zone than a street protest bolivias political unrest turned deadly on friday as supporters of former president evo morales clashed with police in the town of sirte or. As the dead were buried emotions were roar and anger directed at bolivias selfappointed president janina and years. They said this is what they call democracy. Killing us like we are nothing. They are not numbers they are lives where is the justice. Supporters have been taking to the streets since he resigned and fled the country to mexico earlier this week claiming a coup had taken place these protests against the 4 day old government led by conservative and yes are a stark indication of the political upheaval taking place and yes has dismissed morales his allegations of a coup. You know mass money to learn or give the most manipulative thing that former president morales is doing now is to convince the International Community that it was a coup when the queue has been against bolivians on many occasions. In which i hope it will be that way and yes again drew attention to accusations of election irregularities and government corruption under morales Officials Say that barton civil unrest have claimed more than 19 lives since october the countrys ombudsman has called for a government investigation into the use of force by the Security Forces police however lay the blame firmly at the protestors feet. This is not a Peaceful Movement that needs to be made very clear because the protesters cant claim that they come in peace when we intervene we find these sorts of things. It was a little while forces used to disperse the crowds for the casualties seem an inevitability before stability returns. Shocked appalled devastated thats how marie of an overage described feeling after she learned that President Trump had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president the former Us Ambassador to ukraine was abruptly removed from her post earlier this year the issue is whether it was because trump wanted to appoint someone else or if it was only to help him investigate his political rivals which could be an Impeachable Offense good morning everyone its only the 3rd time in modern u. S. History that impeachment proceedings have got to this stage the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie event of it publicly testifying against the president to the House Intelligence Committee so even if it says trump his lawyer and his allies derided and smeared her while she was still ambassador undermining american diplomacy president appoint and remove him bassett is but usually done publicly criticize them as donald trump has and in real time during impeachment proceedings as we see it or testifying the president is attacking you or twitter what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing. Its very intimidating i want to let you know sure that some of us here take witness intimidation very very seriously later trump hit back. So you know what i what i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do regarding the central accusation of the impeachment inquiry evanovich wasnt in post when trump withheld a 2 ukraine allegedly to get ukraines president to investigate joe biden troubles political rival whose son was paid significant amounts on the border of Ukraine Gas Company in the run up to the 2020 president ial election what everyone is watching for is whether the threat of impeachment affects trumps popularity right now the polls say it doesnt. Well meanwhile as that hearing was going on a court not far away reached a guilty verdict in the trial against former trump adviser roger stone a long time trump ally was convicted of lying to Congress Obstruction of justice and witness tampering which prosecutors say was meant to protect the president the case grew out of the muller investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the 2016 u. S. Election evidence show that stone trying to get information from russia to hurt Hillary Clinton and sir donald trump. Says the high profile suicide of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein last summer britains Prince Andrew has come under scrutiny for his friendship with him in an exclusive interview with the b. B. C. Prince andrew who is the son of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd said he regrets having kept up ties with epstein even after his conviction on sex offenses the problem was that once he had been. Convicted he stayed in my state and thats thats thats the bit that. I kick myself for. Because it was not something that was becoming a member offended me trying to uphold. The highest standards and practices the 9. Percent while Prince Andrew also responded to allegations that he sexually exploited a 17 Year Old Girl during encounters arranged by epstein saying he has no recollection of ever meeting her. All right lets turn our attention now to some sports news and it was a historic night in finland as the nordic country qualified for their 1st ever major mens football tournament these were the scenes of the capitol hill sinky when finland beat listen stein 3 nil to both their players that euro 2020 im very happy fanfare to win secure them a 2nd place in group j. Behind italy finland have never before made it to a world cup or European Championship theyll be joined by sweden who also qualified. Of the w spoke to their star striker a team of 2 key who scored twice in last nights match the fetus its amazing its been been a long dream for all of us Difficult People in finland so so thats something. Not so many as we could even for you but now we are. In a major tournament so obviously thats you choose thing for us. And germany have yet to secure their place in the tournament but if results go their way they could seal their passage at home to belarus later on saturday despite missing a couple of key players the germans are looking to win their 3rd a straight game in the competition. At the start of the week germany players want you to find out how fans like the teams jersey. So the teams kits for the European Championship are ready to be done but they still havent qualified after a very bumpy year for the team and coach. They know what they need to do he said by. We want to win these 2 games we expect that of ourselves in order to have a positive conclusion to the year. Its been a constant process from march until now into the from not specific. Which says and that will be a tall order the 2014 world champions are rebuilding and loeb is looking for the right pieces for next years tournament against villa reuss germany will be down 8 players due to injury but at least 2 of the worlds best goalkeepers will be ready starter manuel neuer and marc andre to stay good germany should be able to defeat the underdogs but the team knows they are far from world class at the moment. Confident you cant expect this team which always plays in different formations to stay at that level for 90 minutes although the expectations are always high and we ourselves have high expectations. And its only a team thats played together for a long long time that can dominate a game for 90 minutes its epstein getting 60. For the man with the mask it could be a special game to berlin snick lush dark hopes to make his debut after his 9th color but his lack of training after a broken nose could prevent that from happening once again. 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