Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Donald trump has not taken a backward step, this is what he said in the last two hours. I dont know him very well, i have not spoken to him very well, i have not spoken to him much. This is not a man i know well. Seems like a nice guy though. The Election Campaign continues. The liberal democrats have launched their manifesto saying to stop brexit to generate a £50 million bonus. Conservatives are making promises or National Insurance and have all the latest on westminster. This is a huge numberfor the royal family. Prince interest to be back from royal duties of the following from royal duties of the following from his bbc news the interview continues. A few hours becky released this statement which he can find online in full, in it he says the circumstances well, lets hear the reaction of the royal commentator. His vision was untenable when it came to the after the interview, he went into the interview believing it was Crisis Management but created a crisis instead of managing it. T
El elip elipcies. They did not represent missing words or phrases. All of this as the house gears up for the first vote on the impeachment resolution tomorrow. A lot to get there this morning. Lets start with lauren box live on capitol hill. Reporter good morning, in a few hours, two officials are expected to come before investigators and answer questions behind closed doors. This comes a few hours before we expect the rules committee to meet to debate the resolution that will set forth the procedures for future impeachment proceedings. That full vote will happen in the house of representatives tomorrow. In just hours, two state Department Officials will testify in the houses impeachment inquiry. Foreign Service Officers Christopher Anderson and Kathryn Croft are scheduled to appear behind closed doors. According to andersons statement, he will Tell Congress about a june meeting with john bolton who then the National Security adviser cautioned that giuliani was was a key voice. And kro
he is not looking to bust corruption, generally all he wants is an investigation into 2016 and into brees ma and the bidens. sondland i think has real credibility issues. if i m thinking about him as a potential witness or investigator i d think twice. a couple things that don t ring true. he said i heard about bris ma but i didn t think there was a biden connection. both witnesses said he knew, we talked about it. he also said sondland said nobody ever shared their miss gings with me, vindman, taylor and others have said, no, there was plenty of concern raised to sondland. he say i just like to talk to people one-on-one, that s my style. there have been a number of other witnesses in some cases have provided explosive testimony. there have been other important witnesses. dr. fiona hill one of the top white house russia advisers talked about this shadow diplomacy, this group led by rudy and perry and sondland.