Tuesday 3 other witnesses appeared before the House Intelligence Committee they overheard the controversial phone call when trump allegedly pressured ukraines lot of ms lewinsky to investigate the bidens. Visit was a White House Correspondent is following developments at the white house will be speaking to her in just a moment but 1st lets go to Heidi Joe Castro whos outside the chambers where that hearing is about to be held heidi what can we expect today. Hadrian some court in song linda is a witness that everyone is watching not sure what to expect he is Important Reasons 1st of all he has been the closest of any of the witnesses to that play to testify to the president himself with direct conversations with trump in regard to ukraine and secondly someone has a bit of a wild card as you just mentioned he has reversed. In the past he has been the source of perhaps the most solid defense of trump as well as the most damning evidence against trump and what does that mean well worth and
Severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is o
Committee. This seems more appropriate for the subcommittee on Human Resources at the Foreign Affairs committee, if theres issues with implement, disagree was with the administration it would seem like it would be more appropriate setting instead of at impeachment hearing where the ambassador is not a material fact witness to anything, any of the accusations that are being hurled at the president for this impeachment inquiry. I have several questions i think, mr. Castor wants to get to. I know ms. Stefanik him give a few quick question for the ambassador. Yield to you, ms. Stefanik. Thank you, mr. Nunes. Ambassador yovanovitch, the gentlewoman will suspend. What is the interruption for this time . It is our time. You are not recognized. Mr. Nunes, you are i just recognize under 660 youre not allowed deal time except to spin is the Ranking Member yield a time to another thats not accurate. That is accurate. Ambassador yovanovitch, i want to thank you for being here today. You are not re
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Warm white house welcome but tensions between the nato allies are high and theres little sign of a breakthrough well have analysis from washington. Im called aspen welcome to the program we begin in the u. S. With a historic day on capitol hill lawmakers have begun public hearings on the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump the 1st such hearings in 20 years or wednesday they heard testimony from 2 top diplomats trump as call the process which. A historic day for the United States hours of testimony plays out on Television Screens across the country we will come to order. Morning everyone. The inquiry centers on an alleged Pressure Campaign aimed at forcing ukraine to investigate the u. S. President s political rival joe biden and on wednesday one of the diplomats who testified linked donald trump more directly to those efforts the acting ambassador to kiev said a member of his staff overheard a conversation in which trump asked e. U. Ambassador gordon somnolent if hed suc