And that the white house tried to cover it up. On thursday, the acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire, testified before congress about the complaint which he called quote unprecedented. It centers president held with the ukraine president in july where he asked him repeatedly to open a corruption investigation into his 2020 president ial rival, hoe biden. On tuesde Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against the president accusing him of betraying his oath of officepresident trump is called impeachment inquiry quote a credility and character of ujoining us now via skype from washington dc is political reporter jessica taylor. And here in studio the editor politics and government, scott shafer. Jessica taylor and scott shafer, thank you for fobeing here. Scott, of course given californias representation and congressional leadership, we are pl ing a prominent role in this. Nancy pelosi today accused william barr of going rogue. She
Administration unveilp a new regulation that would allow for the indefinite detention of migrant families crossing the ovborder. If appred, the rule would eliminate a key part of a 1997 Court Settlement that limits the detention of unaccomp tied mino20 days in federal custody. Administrathon officials argue new rule is necessary to deter mass migration at the border, but it is likely to face lal challenges from immigration advocates such as the aclu, which denounced the move as yet another cr l attack children. Joining me now to discuss this is university of San Francisco law professor bill yang and migration editor hendri welcome to both of you. Professor, the new rule, it publathetoday. Appens next . A federal judge has to approve it. What is the process . Legal g pers are befiled as we speak actually challenging the new proposed regulation, and the government will respond and the judge, the federal judge overseeing the case, will hear arguments very soon and make a decision on wheth
And Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by or and by the Corporation Public broadcasting. A private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewersu. E thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thks for joining us. The death toll is now seven after yesterdays car chase and mass shoing in west texas. Local and federal Law Enforcement agencies are investigating more than a dozen crime scenes stretching between the cities of midland and odessa. The gunfirbegan on the side of a highway and ended outside a Movie Theater. Newshour weekends Megan Thompson has the latest. Reporter the rpage began with what texas Law Enforcement Officials Say was a routine traffic stop on satuinay aroun 3 15 p. M. Local time in midland, a small city in western texas. From inside his car the driver opened fire, hitting a st
Found themselves on the defensive. But with six months until the iowa caucuses, its unclear whether the debates changed the dynamic in the crowded field. Joininme now to discuss this are the president of democracin color and founder of she the people, aimee allison, and joinngg us via phone from loses, la times Staff Reporter tyrone beason. Thanks t of you. Beason youre welcome. Lagos so, tyrone, i want to start with you. Youve been in michigan. Weve now seen two rounds of debates, 20 candidates. Where do you thinkgs stand w after this most recent round . Beason i think more uncertainty. The democrats spent a lot of time onstag both tuesday and wednesday nights tryidefine the Democratic Party and, obviously, trying to chip away a little bit at joe bidens frontrunner status. But a lot of the discussion focused on of those core issues healthcare, immigration, how to restore the middle class but im not so sure that it settled anything. Think joe biden comes out of it still in the lead, mo
By mof america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your c retiremepany. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. A private corporation funded by the americd people. Contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thanyou. From the tisch wnet studios at lincoln ceer in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good eveng and thanks for joining us. Two mass murders one in el paso, xas, the second in dayton, ohio within hours of each other. 29 people are confirmed dead. Dozens are still hospitalized. The victims range in age fro toddlers to people in their 80s. Grieving communities built memorials as police continued their investigations. President trump ordered flags to be flown at half staff across the country through gust 8. Late this afternoon, mr. Trump tweeted from his new Jersey Golf Club where he spent the weekend that, quote,. Melania and i are prayinfor all those impacted by this unsp