The senate, the house is appointing the managers and appropriated funds for the trial. Later today, House Speaker pelosi is going to sign the resolution at 2 00, and have the managers walk it across the capitol to the senate. This is about the constitution of the United States and important for the president to know and putin to know that the american voter, voters in america should decide who our president is and not Vladimir Putin in russia. Pelosi actually held the articles in the house for weeks hoping to pressure the Senate Republicans to allow witnesses to testify, but it is not clear if the witnesses will be called and new documents from lev parnas and indicted associate of mr. Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani appear to support the house claim that mr. Trump was involved in looking for dirt on political rival joe biden and the Democratic National committee. There has been speculation from time to time that the president or the allies will throw mr. Giuliani under the bus. That lett
Parts of australia as bush fires rage out of control. A court in hong kong is deciding whether police can Enter University campuses after fierce battles with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday due to safety concerns authorities have warned hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by police is fueling the unrest and the city is braced for more chaos to go pollen is there. This is hong kongs Financial Center to my left is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange im surrounded by luxury shopping malls multinational headquarters and big banks but as you can see this major intersection has been brought to a standstill by the protesters what theyve done is theyve ripped up bricks from the sidewalks and placed them along the roads on this relating to a major highway bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill now this is one o
And im sorry to say this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. Tech expands its offensive in Northern Syria and says russia agreed to the operation. Under the thousands of u. S. Government workers stay at home as Congress Prepares to vote to break the budget and pass. On the peaceful transition of power in liberia as for football the star george weah is sworn in as president. The u. S. Vice president has told Israels Parliament the u. S. Will move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of next year mike pence made the announcement during a speech to israels knesset which was initially interrupted by protesting israeli arab politicians after they were thrown out and spoke of the u. S. His friendship with israel the First American Vice President to address the knesset praised for his decision to recognize jerusalem. For all the United States recognized your nation wanted ministration after another refused to recognize your company but just last month. President donald
Now. President obama cut short his holiday vacation and returned to the white house to work on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Before flying home from hawaii, the president called congressional leaders nancy pelosi, john boehner, Mitch Mcconnell and harry reid to reach agreements before tax hikes and spending cuts kick in january 1. We have been asking the president and the democrats to work with us on a bipartisan agreement for months. I dont know time wise how it can happen now. Reporter the Senate Majority leader wants House Republicans to return from their vacations to approve a Democratic Senate plan that extends tax cuts for families making less than 250,000 a year. Thats the only option that is viable escape route. Reporter but Republican Leaders say its up to democrats who control the senate and white house to avert the fiscal cliff. Republicans arent about to write a blank check for anything Senate Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff