There are no indications of survivors the u.s. Coast Guard said steep terrain low visibility choppy seas and rain had complicated the search operation Kohima So why is 4th largest island known for its sharp mountain peaks Jagat cliffs and tropical rain forests to say up to date on all the news we invite you online to our website v.o.a. News dot com from Washington this is v.o.a. News Russia s defense minister says it s deployed its 1st intercontinental hypersonic nuclear capable missiles President Vladimir Putin has boasted the weapon which can travel 27 times the speed of sound puts Moscow in a weapons class of its own in Hong Kong today police fought with protesters who March through a shopping mall demanding that mainland Chinese traders leave the city in another week out of anti-government tension in the Chinese semi autonomous territory the demonstration was in. Popular among the so-called parallel traders who buy large volumes of duty free goods to sell them on the mainland gove
And she were do not come to an increment senators can still try to call witnesses once the trial has begun those requests would be subject to a simple majority vote Kelsey smell n.p.r. News Washington the House vote in favor of impeachment is in little doubt but the Senate trial is widely expected to go the other way that s because in the g.o.p. Controlled Senate many lawmakers say they ve already seen all the evidence they need to make up their minds whether in an interview with N.P.R. s All Things Considered today Maine Senator Susan Collins says she won t be project prejudging the case I have not bait up my mind and I think of would be inappropriate for me to have made up my mind before I hear the presentations from both sides Collins is a moderate Republican one of a closely watched few who have broken ranks on key votes in the past in a blistering letter to House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi today drunk and damn the impeachment process calling it a perversion of justice and abuse
Maine Senator Susan Collins says she won t be project prejudging the case I have not bait up my mind and I think of would be inappropriate for me to have made up my mind but for I hear the presentations from both sides Collins is a moderate Republican one of a closely watched few who have broken ranks on key votes in the past in a blistering letter to House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi today Trump condemned the impeachment process calling it a perversion of justice and abuse of power and part of a Democratic effort to remove him from office the House of Representatives has approved a 1.4 trillion dollar spending package to keep the government funded N.P.R. s Claudio go Salish reports the measures were approved along a bipartisan vote House lawmakers approved 2 massive spending bills to fund the government through September 2020 the government is operating off a temporary funding measure that runs out of money Friday night the Senate is now poised to vote on the measures later this wee
That Ukraine desperately needed for assistance in his reelection campaign and he leveraged a White House meeting that he had promised to the new president Ukrainian president that president s allies keep desperately needed to show Vladimir Putin that the United States is willing to stand with Ukraine and he leverage that meeting for assistance in his reelection campaign that s abuse of power now my colleagues have suggested that somehow abuse of power is not a serious offense that that we should make light of the president s actions not treat it as the constitutional violation that is in fact abuse of power was a principal concern of the framers of the Constitution and it it was clear what it meant the exercise of official power to obtain improper personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest that s abuse of power it s rooted in the president s duty constitutional duty to faithfully execute the law to put service over self to put the country over his personal inter
This is impeachment light that there is no specific crime that s been laid out well that s going to depend on your perspective you know Bill Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury to cover up sex Richard Nixon committed several potentially criminal acts to spy on political rivals are still there and in this case Democrats look at what President did and say that he s a threat to the Constitution that he s persisting in the kinds of efforts and pressure campaigns that he s tried to tried to do and that he is willing to do when their words cheat in order to help himself for 2020 and you know we re going to see a vote out of this committee tonight Democrats control this committee this is going to advance to the floor and we re likely to see the president of the United States impeached by the full House by the end of next week let s go back to the hearing. Gentlemen thank you Mr Chairman Mr Chairman I want to start by agreeing with Mr Sensenbrenner it is always the right time to d