Outspoken journalist. Opinion to step back. Ive never seen such a reaction to a royal interview. I mean, there have not been that many royal interviews but the reaction was just so condemnatory and he came across so badly. Not once expressing regret female artists dominate for those, or sympathy, the grammy nominations. Among the front runners for the victims of epsteins behaviour. Buckingham palace will be hoping that andrews statement and his withdrawal lizzo and Billie Eilish. From public duties will stem the criticism. They will be hoping, too, that the epstein allegations it was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador have now run their full course. To the eu Gordon Sondland gave tonights decision has been taken evidence. The ambassador said he was acting after discussions between andrew, at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The queen, the prince of wales whos in new zealand and senior officials. The democratic led house of re
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with the Third Straight day of public hearings this week in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today house investigators will question david holmes, a state Department Official, and fiona hill, a former Top National Security Council Expert on russia. Their appearance follows yesterdays blockbuster testimony by gordon sondland. The ambassador to the eu implicated President Trump in a quid pro quo scheme to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens. Skyler henry is on capitol hill. The thing about the testimony is that President Trump was not the only one implicated during yesterdays hearing. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. Several members of the trump administration, to use ambassador sondlands word, were in the loop on this. That includes Vice President mike pence, secretary of state mike pompeo, and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. All of
Plus, tackling Climate Change and the critics. We catch up with coldplays chris martin. In business car clash gm sues Fiat Chrysler for racketeering accusing its rival of bribing unions. Fiat calls the lawsuit astonishing. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As always on the programme, you can be part of the conversation a new bbc survey suggests that 40 of adults in the uk would fake a sickie if they needed to take a day off at short notice. Is it everjustified . Have you been caught out . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lawyers for alleged victims of the us sex offender, jeffrey epstein, have welcomed a statement from Prince Andrew that he will cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies. They say he should go to the states immediately to speak to police. The prince has stepped back from royal duties because of his links with epstein, who killed himself injail. Our royal correspondent, nichol
Making it harder for women of Sexual Assault and rape to come forward . No. I think im making it easier on them. Natural flood defenses, waterfront parks and protecting the big cities from coastal flooding. Its tuesday, september 17th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Thats a very large attack. It could be met with an attack many, many times larger by our country, but were going the find out who did it first. Now irans Supreme Leader ruling out any talks with President Trump. President trump is slamming the New York Times for publishing a new report on sexual allegations by Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh. A seventh death linked to vaping. The cdc has starting their emergency center. A firefighter is dead and a building destroyed after a massive propane explosion in maine. It was just total devastation. I have never seen destruction like that. Saturday night live fired one of its newest after racist comments came to light. Patriots player Antonio Brown is
Ing, monitoring, and sending people out to make sure that deforestation wasnt happening. He has basically upended all of those institutions. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life wellplanned. Learn more at raymondjam. Com. Learn more at consumercellular. Tv babbel. A Language Program that teaches reallife conversangons in a new ge, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. And with the ongoing pport of these institutions ma this program wa possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this has been a day of courtro drama as accusers of Jeffrey Epstein pursue their quest for justice. The financier was facing federal sex trafficking charges when he died by suicide this month in jail. Today, 16 women spent 2. 5 hours in a federal courtroom in new york city, telling of abuse at epsteins hands. Some spoke afterward, as