Thanks for joining us. Donald trump is the morning to meet the anonymous official who blew the whistle on phone calls with the president of ukraine the scandal surrounding the conversations led to the launch of an impeachment inquiry last week over possible collusion with a foreign power u. S. President claims the whistle blows account of what was said was totally inaccurate and meanwhile republicans are pointing out that the u. S. Intelligence community quietly changed the official whistleblower complaint form around the time the ukraine call scandal broke the old version required a whistleblower to have 1st hand intelligence a new form made another tick box option available meaning relayed information would be considered as well the timing of the change is noteworthy the latest version of the document says it was revised in august thats the same month in which the scandal triggering complaint was filed apparent coincidence has led to questions being raised. Its not clear to me when t
On flushing in the open a gesture is apparently not always ok its not brown that i hate. The us for using it its also part of the page or. You can find it ok so right now when you search for the new. Its ok the problem is that the symbol has become an actual code to say hey we are part of this group you are. With the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the minute developments as well this is the Weekly International hello and welcome we begin in the u. S. Where the impeachment inquiry into donald trump rumbles on no a 2nd whistleblower is reportedly considering filing a complaint over the president s dealings with ukraine. Official is said to have more direct information than the person who 1st raised the alarm meanwhile democrats spearheading the probe are demanding protections for the informants involved while about is a far cry from often choose to other whistleblowers in recent years. Reports we are now told that in this dark age of tyranny one heroic individual has spo
A conversation and then towards the end of the hour we will open it up for questions and answers from the audience, so chairman eu grew up and kentucky, you served as a key adviser to senator mitch mcconnell, gave us a sense of how that background informs or doesnt inform you or approach more generally. Thank you for having me and the opportunity, its a pleasure to be here today, yes i did spend a good chunk of my youth and kentucky and also the opportunity to serve the Senior Center and party leader from kentuckian in the United States senate and sent mcconnell in terms of how that and firms my work at the commission, i cant quantify how much i learned from senator mcconnell just about in his work ethic and his discipline and his leadership style, his approach to governance, his approach to bipartisanship. And my working for him, most of the if not all of the legislative initiatives that i worked on, they didnt pass the senate with 16 post, they passed with 85 plus votes, oftentimes a
Excuse me how long was the trumps women in that swamp fought in the gaza boys johnson always johnson is really no difference here acting no certainly to how his predecessors acted and in blue dog suit joe biden and its alleged involvement business in both in ukraine peta i can quite easily believe that joe biden abused his position walk and i certainly i certainly hope well find that out because theres a lot of resistance to that ok because he is the face of the quote unquote stablish mint that wants to take on trump who is also part of the establishment here its about maintaining the status quo robert and this is what theyre afraid of theyre afraid of losing power its not about principles its not in their mind its not about ideology though deep dimitry bobbish would disagree with that and that well hear from him in a 2nd but its about maintaining. How are they preach democracy but they dont practice it and theyre afraid of one thing i think you have to remember is the context here tho
Nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. Focus to be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. In the city would. To be truthful. The the the los. Ily. Ily ily. Ily ily ily. Ukraine. Its an ancient and proud land. With a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. Ukraine is a border land. A place where east meets west. This is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. Ukraine is a prize many have sought. And much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. Ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. In world war one. And world war 2. And every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. History doesnt repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. If one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. Being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has neede