The meeting will come to order. Chair now recognizes the Ranking Member or their counsel for the first round of their 45minute questions. I thank the gentleman. I want to get a few basic facts on the table of individuals that were involved in the 2016 election just to see who you know and who you have met with. So i will start with you, mr. Holmes. Have you met with or do you know Alexandra Chalupa . Could you turn your microphone on. No. Do you know nellie ohr . Have you met with nellie ohr . No. Bruce ohr . No. Glenn simpson . No. Thank you. Same question for you, dr. Hill. Do you know or have you met with Alexandra Chalupa . No. Nellie ohr . No. Bruce ohr . Only in the course of my previous position as a National Officer that he presided over the meetings i attended. A long time ago . Yes. Glenn simpson . No. Dr. Hill, in your testimony you said that in your deposition, excuse me, that Christopher Steele was your counterpart at one time. Is this correct. That is correct, yes. You te
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[indistinct conversation] [indistinct conversation] chairman schiff the committee will come to order. The chair recognizes the Ranking Member or counsel for the first round of their questions. I thank the gentleman. I want to get a few basic facts on the table of individuals that in the 2016d election, just to see who you know and who you have met with. I will start with you, mr. Holmes. Have you met with or do you know Alexandra Chalupa . Could you put your microphone on . Mr. Holmes no. Do you know nellie ohr . Mr. Holmes no. First ohr . Mr. Holmes no. Glen simpson . Mr. Holmes no. Thank you. Same questions, dr. Hill. Alexandra chalupa . Dr. Hill no. First ohr . Dr. Hill only as a National Intelligence officer, where he attended some meetings i presided over. Years ago . Dr. Hill a long time ago. Glen simpson . Dr. Hill no. Dr. Hill, in your testimony , in your deposition, excuse me, that Christopher Steele was your counterpart at one time . Dr. Hill thats correct. You testified you
Anti government protesters in lebanon celebrate after the Prime Minister resigns. The us secretary of state urges politicians to form a new government without delay. Hello to you. Here in the uk, a general election has finally been called for december 12th to try to end the deadlock over brexit. It may also have serious implications for the unity of the country. Itll be the first december election in the uk in nearly 100 years. The Prime Minister has said the public must be given a choice over the future. The leader of the labour opposition described the election as a once in a generation chance to transform our country. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. These will soon be portraits from the past. Speaker order order the howls and the rage of a house divided. Theyll be replaced with some new voices. Some here will disappear. I call the Prime Minister. Mrspeaker, thank you. Its never been that straightforward with this group of mps, as this still new Prime Minister knows
On social media on twitter is at cspanwj. On facebook, and facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning, you can start calling you now. Whoas Lindsey Graham introduced a resolution yesterday looking to condemn the house impeachment inquiry. This is Lindsey Graham talking to reporters. [video clip] what is going on is a runaround of the impeachment process creating a secret proceeding behind closed doors that fundamentally, denies due process, and when you are talking about removing the president of the United States it seems to me that you want to have a process that is consistent with who we are as americans inconsistent and is consistent with what bill clinton, and Richard Nixon was allowed to do. The process i think is the danger to the future of the presidency. If you can drive down a numbers by poll having proceedings where you selectively leak information when the president is pretty much shut out, god help future president s. [end video clip] that resolution was introduced ye