For those watching on pbs and around thelobe, welcome to a bbc news special edition of world news america. We are following the ongoing debate on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives. These are the live pictures. Lawmakers have been making the cases one b one, first a democrat, then a republican, backwards and forwards. 435 members, it takes a little bit of time. Many have invoked the constitution or the solemn oath that they took themselves as lawmakers. And of course we have heard some of the usual talking points from both parties and from the mspresident f. When they have all had a chance to speak, they will hold a vote two votes, actually. One, use of power. We will have the ll est from capill, but first, north america editor jon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence jon decber 18, 2019, a day that will go down in american history. A day that started at least with solemnity. Give them wisdom and discnment jon but very quickly moved om the sacred
For those watching on pbs and around thelobe, welcomeo a bbc news special edition of world news america. We are following the ongoing debate on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives. Hethese areive pictures. Lawmakers have been making their cases one by one, first a democrat, then a republican, backwards and forwards. 435 members, it takes a little bit of time. Ma have invoked the constitution oroa the solem that they took themselves as lawmakers. And of course we have heard some of the usual talomng points both parties and from the president himself. When they have all had a chance to speak, they will hold a v voe tes, actually. One, abuse of power. Two, obstruction of congress. We will have the latest from capitol hill, but first, north america editor jon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence jon decber 18, 2019, a day that will go dhin in american ory. A day that started at least with solemnity. Give them wisdom and discernment jon ve but very quic
In nearly a century, the us capital is celebrating a baseball world series title. The house of representatives has endorsed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with democrats supporting it, and republicans against. Its only the third time in modern history that the house has voted against a sitting president. Democrats are looking into whether President Trump betrayed his oath of office by trying to get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. As Laura Trevelyan now reports, its clear mr trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi are on a collison course. On this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump commit a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong arm the ukrainian president into investigating joe biden . Thats the accusation. The house divided almost entirely on party lines.
Georgetown law, Justice Ginsburg. A round of applause. [applause] so the the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. [laughter] but as i said, it is great to see you all here to read when we were initially planning this event, we were going to have it at a much smaller venue, because it is july. Students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience. We did not have to worry about that, it turns out. The justice obviously has serious star power. As soon as the event was sent out to the law center community, we got enormous number of rsvps. We had to shutdown the rsvp link within 24 hours. We have a satellite venue. Please come on in. Panel, ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsberg. [applause] jus. Ginsberg thank you so much. Sit down. You are about to be treated to an Extraordinary Program that will focus on Justice Ginsburgs legacy of gender equality and life and in the law. For our first panel you will hear a con
already struggling to wages war on ukraine. we have a live report what this means for the kremlin and will sit down exclusively with the key member of the senate foreign relations committee. democrat ben cardin to ask what the u.s. knows and how we should respond. plus we will ask about critics is a president biden is a bungling the u.s. relationship with china. and we will debut a brand-new survey from the reagan institute on how americans really feel about the u.s. position on the global stage. then, when you re after the dobbs decision states make bold moves on abortion and some candidates draw a line. the supreme court of the united states set roe versus wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. former vice president mike pence calls were 2024 test on one of the nation s most divisive issues. asks for his rivals to join him. i did this call and every other candidate. for the republican nomination to support a minimum standard of 15 week band too. pence joi