Another hour but were out of time. My thanks to steve schmidt, most of all, thanks to you for watching. Mtp daily with chuck todd starts right now. Welcome to thursday. It is meet the press daily. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in a big curly w washington. Lchl exactly a year after the president ial election, todays been another hectic day in the Nations Capital from capitol hill to the courts to the white house. House backed an Impeachment Inquiry into the president and historic symbolic action that moves us one step closer to public hearings. And Behind Closed Doors, it was another bomb shell day as the National Security council top russia expert tim morrison
confirmed much of the substance of the damning testimony by the administrations top diplomat to ukraine, bill taylor, what he testified to is that military aid was contingent on investigations into the president s political rivals. This is according to a review of morrisons opening statement. Now, morrison also testified that
Hi, good morning, welcome to bbc news. Im Victoria Derbyshire. Here are the headlines this wednesday morning social gatherings of more than six people both indoors and out will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. For a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we dont do this lightly. Do you back the new measures . Will it work to bring down the number of cases . If youre in bolton, what do you think of the tight new restrictions there bolton now has the highest rate of infection in the whole country. Get in touch by sending me an e mail or on instagram or twitter. A big Coronavirus Vaccine trial by Oxford University and astrazeneca has been
temporarily halted worldwide after a uk volunteerfalls ill. New legislation which would override elements of the governments brexit withdrawal deal is published today. Ministers admit it will breach International Law. A camp where migrants live on the greek islan
States senate and the American People look away from the evidence. Look away from the charges. And this is an attempt to distract us in the job in front of us. Which is to determine the veracity of those two articles of impeachment, which are clearly to your point. One of them about the president s attempt to interfere in the election in 2020. By encouraging a Foreign Government to actually manipulate the process. I know you have to run, but im going to let Claire Mccaskill jump in real quick. That was a record role call vote. I want it right. You get everybody in that room and they cant leave. Thats what you get. I want to ask you, if in fact there is a vote to allow bolton to testify, are you all discussing what you do in terms of your play on them trying to keep that testimony behind closed doors under some kind of bogus, its classified . Yes, well, i think there is
probably theres consent among all democrats there should be nothing closed about this process at all. Skbluing in part
Refused to turn over during the house investigation. The question is whether at least four republican senators agree that more information is needed for a fair and comprehensive trial. Were starting right now to hear the argument from the republican side that President Trump will invoke executive privilege to try to block those witnesses, which could send the issue to the courts, possibly extending the trial for weeks if not months. Dana bash is up on capitol hill, dana, the alaska republican senator Lisa Murkowski, she is one to watch, clearly as a republican who could break ranks on the witness question. What are we hearing from her as far as her thinking on the vote next week . Reporter well, our colleague jeremy herb caught up with her last night after the trial was over for the evening, and what she said was really telling, because she seemed to be echoing what she has been hearing, what she is being lobbied on by her fellow republicans who are saying, no witnesses. And the gist i
Crash. Federal investigators are now beginning their work. He was on his way to coach his daughters basketball team. He was by all accounts devoted to her. Tonight tributes pouring in from all over the world. Just a huge crowd. Look at that at the Staples Center in los angeles. The setting of sole of cokes career highlights and in several nba cities, players taking 24second pauses, violations purposely for the man who wore 24. Theyve decided whoever wins the tip, in this case, toronto, theyre going to let the shot clock run out because of the number 24 to honor kobe bryant. Fitting. Appropriate. He was drafted right out of high school. He won five nba championships. He was an 18time allstar. An olympic Gold Medalist twice over. The only athlete to ever win a Basketball Championship and then go on to win an academy award. More than all that, he was a father of four daughters that he loved so dearly. And again one of them, 13yearold gianna, gg, as they called her, was on that helicopter