Hes been under pressure for weeks after being linked to a corruption inquiry and now hes written to his son felipe, to whom he handed power 6 years ago, to say hes departing. In the letter he writes guided by the conviction to best serve the people of spain, its institutions, and you as king, i inform you of my decision at this time to go into exile outside spain. He also says hell be available if prosecutors need to contact him. Well see if they do , but we know injune, Spains Supreme Court opened an investigation into his alleged involvement in a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia. Nick beake has the latest. Its interesting trying to interpret this. It is, on the face of it, a letter from a father to a son, making clear that the allegations at a time when he, of course, was the king himself, juan carlos, are detracting from the current institution and the way they are trying to rebuild and salvage reputation. He makes it clear that the allegations against him are very public an
Leaving the country. Hes been under pressure for weeks after being linked to a corruption inquiry and now hes written to his son felipe, to whom he handed power 6 years ago, to say hes departing. In the letter he writes guided by the conviction to best serve the people of spain, its institutions, and you as king, i inform you of my decision at this time to go into exile outside spain. He also says hell be available if prosecutors need to contact him. Well see if they do, but we know injune, Spains Supreme Court opened an investigation into his alleged involvement in a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia. Nick beake has the latest. Its interesting trying to interpret this. It is, on the face of it, a letter from a father to a son, making clear that the allegations at a time when he, of course, was the king himself, juan carlos, are detracting from the current institution and the way they are trying to rebuild and salvage reputation. He makes it clear that the allegations against hi
President prutrump, if you a listening, it is almost as if you want a shutdown. They are feeling proud of themselves. Their very own Government Shutdown. And the president blaming democrats, tweeting this. This is the one Year Anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present. Hashtag democrat shutdown. All of this as activists across the nation are participating in the womens march. Marking the anniversary of that historic turnout one year ago. Lets begin our special live coverage with these crucial meetings on capitol hill. Cnn senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live. So are you hearing anything about what these house lawmakers are discussing right now. They are just getting into the closed door meeting in the house conference and this House Democrats also are having a separate meeting at the same time. There is not a whole lot these lawmakers can do to break this stalemate. This is expected to be a pep rally of sorts. Each side saying that
White house. And an snl cast member fired for comments. Well look at shane gillis this morning. From jerusalem, tehran, and riyadh. We begin with President Trump caught between competing interests over an attack on a saudi oil facilitfacility. The president is trying to please his hawkish allies and trying to keep the u. S. Out of another middle east conflict. Mr. Trump says it looks like iran is behind that attack. One day after he said this, the u. S. Was locked and loaded. He spoke alongside the crown prince of bahrain. If theres a strategy, he said its unclear. Im not looking to get into conflict. The United States has determined the attack on the saudis originated inside iran. The representative for iran, telling capitol hill staffers, it was not carried out by rebels who have claimed responsibility. This is viewed as their 9 11. We have some breaking details on the attack. Nic robertson standing by live for us in saudi arabia. Nick, what are we learning . These are fresh details.
Up her mind. Reporter hearing from constituen constituents . Constantly. Phones ringing off the hook. We literally cant pick up the phone fast enough. People on both sides. Strongly against and people strongly for, and i assume that will persist. Reporter are you ready to vote for them . No. What im going to do right now is do what i was trained to do as a cia officer. Sit by myself with a full body of information. The articles, the reports on both sides, right . Both democratic and republican. The rebuttal. Im going to sit with the house rules. Im going to sit with the articles of impeachment from prior impeachments. I think it was a responsible way to go, to limit it to two articles and im going to look seriously at the two that were put in front of me. Cnn Phil Mattingly is all over this on capitol hill. 7 00 foentonight, right . The house Judiciary Committee, debates begins on the articles of impeachment. Tell us what to expect. Reporter hydrating, carbo loading. What youll see in