Lizzo and Billie Eilish. It was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland gave evidence. The ambassador said he was acting at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The democratic led house of representatives is investigating whether or not the president improperly put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival the former Vice President joe biden. The bbcs north america editorjon sopel reports. The day a simmering pot boiler became a blockbuster drama, with this unlikely character as the leading man. Gordon sondland, a wealthy hotelier, was made ambassador to the European Union on the strength of 1 million donation to Donald Trumps inauguration committee. Now hed come under oath to eviscerate the president s account of his dealings with ukraine. I was acting in good faith. As a president ial appointee, i followed the directions of the president. We worked with mr giuliani because the president directe
Health charity, mind. Regardless of who the biggest band in the world is, you will have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. In a world exclusive, Coldplays Chris Martin speaks to the bbc about why hes taking the band off the road to save the planet. And england make a promising start to the first test in new zealand. Theyre 241 4 at close with ben stokes 67 not out. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Lawyers for women who say they were sexually assaulted by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have urged the duke of york to give a sworn legal statement about his links to the american financier. Prince andrew said yesterday he was willing to help investigations into epstein if required. Hes also withdrawing from public duties because of what he called his ill judged association with epstein, who killed himself injail. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He and Buckingham Palace accepted his position had become unsustainable. I
Coliseum. The fedex truck crashed with another car, and one of the drivers was killed. All lanes are closed. Cars are being forced off the freeway at the 66th avenue exit. Were trying to divert all traffic off and then they can get back on south of 66. If this is your commute i would highly recommend finding a different route. Reporter authorities havent released any information about the victim. They dont know the cause. I asked if alcohol was involved, they said it doesnt look that way. Speed may have been a factor this is all under investigation. At 4 30 we were told this would probably be shut down for a couple of hours. At least possibly more. Live in oakland, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. All right, sue hall is tracking how to get around this, sue, is 580 an option here . Thats what were recommending this hour. No delays on 580 at all. Big rigs are also advised to use 580. The shutdown, lots of slow traffic here as the chp officer said they are diverting off and bri
Reporter 68 in beechwood and 68 in euclid. The farther south you go it will be warmer. 75 in canton. Out is even though temperatures will be rising its not unbearable. It might be good for all of my runners out there. You wont face any rain or wet weather. As you hit the finish line you will see a lot of sunshine. One of those early fall days. An offduty Police Officer was shoved working at an bar. Reporter it all started here on east ninth street. You can see the front window is boarded up. The officer was pushed right through this after a man got into an argument with a man at the restaurant. Stop resisting. Reporter as you just saw that man didnt get far before being taken down by a stun gun. He asked the man to show his id. He said he didnt have one. Thats when he pushed the suspect through the glass. He argued with employees she left the scene. Before the officer was shoved through the window he did have major cuts on his hands. A few of them suffered minor cuts. We dont know thei
Platform, if you will. Absolutely. You heard the chief say it. The reason that he wanted to talk with Brandon Marshall and he said he would do that for anybody who wanted to speak with him is because he has such a platform to really effect change. Thank you. A local colorado winery is destroyed after a vehicle drove into it overnight. This is at the aspen peak cellulars in bailey. Cellars in the crash caused broken water pipes and damage to a gas line. Wine was flowing into the platte river. The driver is expected to be okay. 25,000 bottles were inside that winery, though. The owner tells us hes just not sure how many of those were lost. We are expecting rain in the metro area tonight. Its already sprinkling in some spots. The cold front is bringing much cooler temperatures. Dont adjust your screen for this next video if we have it. The top of the peak was blanketed in snow this morning. Temperatures were in the 20s on the mountain. Meteorologist belen deleon is in the 9news backyard.