as part of this deal. asked if the uk would now do that the chancellor said the measure had always been intended as a temporary one. this is the first step, the g7 agreement, we have to move to the g20 and beyond. but obviously the intention would be once there is a global multilateral solution in place, then the need for those dsts falls way. the rules agreed today would also aim to make companies pay tax in the countries where they are selling their products or services. rather than where their profits are declared. the german finance minister called the agreement bad news for tax havens around the world. katy austin, bbc news. our economics editor faisal islam is at that meeting in central london, and joins me now. faisal, how big a moment is this? it isa it is a historic moment this deal. it is a historic moment this deal. it is a deal amongst the traditional biggest seven countries that command
later. alabama alum. the stakes couldn t be higher. millions will watch the public hearings. how big a moment is this for the trump presidency? it could be huge. live testimony opposed to reading transcript is a big deal. it s hard to know because a lot changed in the world since water gate. we don t know how big the audience will be. a lot of people have made up their mind. i don t know we can leap to the conclusion we ll see opinions change after this. it is a possibility. pentagon official testified that volker told ukrainian
joining me now. thank you so much. good to see you. i see you smiling, we ll take later. alabama alum. the stakes couldn t be higher. millions will watch the public hearings. how big a moment is this for the trump presidency? it could be huge. live testimony opposed to reading transcript is a big deal. it s hard to know because a lot chak changed in the world since water gate. we don t know how big the audience will be. a lot of people have made up their mind. i don t know we can leap to the conclusion we ll see opinions change after this. it is a possibility. pentagon official testified that volker told ukrainian officials we re alarmed in august. that the aide was being held up. that s more evidence that under cuts the president s defense
job security, that there would be nothing to do in between elections if they were out of control is wild, and it s all the more wild given that the only reason donald trump sits in that chair at all is that for years and years and years he appeared on our television screens firing people for apparently not doing a good job in dumb games. we should be able to fire somebody for doing a terrible job and abusing power and putting the country s leverage at risk in order to further their own political prospects. it could not be more appropriate that ezra klein gets tonight s last word. ed ezra, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really tonight the push to impeachment. passes its first public hurdle, and the republicans don t like it. the hearings are about to go public, and the president is trying to lock up his support, even as more closed door testimony comes in. as to just how big a moment this is, the one we re currently living in, one over our experts tonight is prepared to
apparently not doing a good job in dumb games. we should be able to fire someone for doing a terrible job and abusing power and putting the country s leverage at risk in order to further their own political prospects. ezra, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. thank you. that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. tonight the push to impeachment. passes its first public hurdle, and the republicans don t like it. the hearings are about to go public, and the president is trying to lock up his support, even as more closed door testimony comes in. as to just how big a moment this is, the one we re currently living in, one over our experts tonight is prepared to say it s the whole shooting match. this is now about the republic and the kind of country we want to have. and previewing what one of our guest predicts will be a november to remember. it s possible the democrats running may find it tough to get attention. a