I object. Objection noted. Quorum is present. We are conducting this hearing on the impeachment inquiry into president donald j trump. Presentations from the house select midi on intelligence in the House Judiciary Committee pursuant to House Resolution 660 and a special Judiciary Committee procedures that are60 described in section four a of that resolution. Here is how the committee would proceed for this hearing. I will make an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for an Opening Statement. After that we will hear two sets of presentations. We will hear 30 minuteco opening argument from counsels for the majority and minority [inaudible] order in the room. Order in the committee room. [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Obviously, i should not have to remind everyone present that the audience is here to observe, not to demonstrate and not to indicate agreement or disagreement with any witness or any member of the committee. The audience is here to o
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we recessed about to hear from mr. Castor, you are recognized for 45 minutes. Good afternoon chairman and Ranking Member collins, members of the committee and the staff, thank you again for having meto back. And giving me the opportunity to testify about the evidence gathered during the impeachment inquiry. At the outset let me say the evidence does not support the allegations that my democrat colleagues have made. I dont believe the evidence leads to the inclusion they suggest. I am hopeful that some important perspective and context to the facts under discussion today. The chief obligation as a Democrat Impeachment inquiry is trying to assess over the last 76 days is this, whether President Trump abuse the power da his office through quid pro quo, bribery, extortion or whatever by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring president zelensky to pressure the
Kristen bell judd apatow, musical guest danny brown, and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1154 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy oh, my goodness. Hello. [ cheers and applause steve come on. Jimmy thats a hot crowd right there. Hot new york city crowd. Welcome, everybody welcome to the tonight show. Youre here. [ cheers and applause you made it. Thank you. Thank you for being here, everybody. Well today, most of the country was hit with snow, ice and record low temperatures. Yeah millions of americans woke up this morning, like, damn, this promotion for frozen 2 is nuts. [ laughter ] almost 70 of the country got hit with an arctic blast you know its cold when they start describing the weather with flavors of dentyne gum. [ laughter ] vanilla frost is hitting the tristate area. [ light laughter ] it was cold today. It was so cold, President Trump stayed warm by burning copies of don jr. s new book. You know what im saying [ laughter ] it was
Brennan plus former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg spends at least 34 million on ads in more than two dozen states to announce hes joining the race. Mike bloomberg intends to make good, jobs creator, leader, problem solver. Mike bloomberg for president. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approved this message. Brennan well talk with our panel of legal experts, then look at the highs and lows in politics. And the rest of the news this week just ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation. We have a lot to get to today, but we will begin with some breaking news. Michael bloomberg is officially joining the president ial race. Our ed okeefe is at the washington bureau. Ed. The slogan, according to the website, is rebuild america. What do you think the entry of this billionaire entrepreneur into the race will be . Welsh for one thing it pumps a lot more money into this race. The fact that hes going to spend at least 34 million across dozens of states to run an ad over the n
Online soon now our commitment continues we will not stand idle while the corrupt officials make the iraqi people suffer today i am affirming that states will use our legal authorities to sanction corrupt individuals. That are stealing iraqis wealth and those killing and wounding Peaceful Protesters like the iraqi people taking to the streets that our sanctions will not discriminate between religious sect or ethnicity they will simply target those who do wrong to the iraqi people no matter who they are turning now to israel. The Trump Administration is reversing the Obama Administrations approach towards israeli settlements u. S. Public statements unsettling that timothys in the west bank have been inconsistent over decades in 1998 the Carter Administration categorically concluded that israels establishment of civilian settlements was inconsistent with International Law. However in 1901 president reagan disagree with that conclusion and stated that he didnt believe that the settlements