Opens trumps impeachment trial as new evidence further implicates the president over his dealings with ukraine also coming up. Germanys diplomatic efforts and libya yield a potential breakthrough with rebel commander jaime 5 star committing to a cease fire will also attend a conference in brooklyn this weekend aimed at ending the years of civil conflict in libya. Britains prince harry makes his 1st public appearance following his recent announcement that he and his american wife wanted to step back from their royal roles and seek a more independent future. Im told me a lot of people thanks for joining us we begin in the United States where the senate has formally opened the impeachment trial against president dumbell try. Supreme court chief Justice John Roberts is presiding over the proceedings the trial is happening during an Election Year with trump hoping to win a 2nd term in office in november the Republican Controlled Senate is expected to acquit the president was called the impe
Senate are sworn in to act as jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the articles of impeachment are read out in new evidence implicates the president over his dealings with ukraine. And after blasting by jarvis dynamite and looting by thieves the archaeological treasures of afghanistans balmy and valley are now facing a new threat. Im brian thomas great to have you with us this morning we start this program in libya where there appears to be a breakthrough in efforts to secure a truce in the civil war there the German Foreign minister heiko mosse has announced that the powerful rebel leader Khalifa Haftar are has agreed in principle to abide by a cease fire is also expected to attend an International Summit here in berlin this weekend germany and the European Union are pushing for stability in libya to help stem the flow of migrants making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. This could be the truce the International Community was hoping for germany ha
Gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, make burman at the white house, edward were starting with you. Will the u. S. Impose more tariff s on chinese goods this weekend or next . Deirdre, youre asking right now, today, yes. The administration Going Forward with those tariffs nothing has been changed, as of right now, white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow saying its up to the president if he sees enough progress to change that and it was a very busy day as you noted on capitol hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that she got a usmca deal but was a nonstarter and she turned it into in her words an infinitely better deal. Now the house ways and Means Committee chairman richard neil says theres no more roadblocks and a vote could be set as early as next week. The senate is also in session next week and senator Chuck Grassley may not get his wish, listen. It brings uptodate nafta. I think that its a very good agreement. I hope that we got time to get it done before
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Joined by jason dick Deputy Editor at roll call newspaper. R and alana treene. Last weeks impeachment inquiry involved several current and former members of the Trump Administration testified behind closed doors, is that going to continue again this week and if so who is on the docket for the investigative committees . Alayna it will continue and i imagine it will extend beyond. Right now we are seeing the schedule for this week. The house committees investigating the president and ukraine and annie and propriety potentially and any impropriety, they are ramping this up quickly and moving fast. They scheduled on sundays this week, two people a day to come in and testify behind closed doors. People from the nsc, people from omb, the office of management and budget. Technically acting omb director which is a semicabinet position. We have im looking forward to tomorrows testimony by bill replaced the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine between Text Messages and past testimony weve seen lay