Relation to the recent bush fires and debate on the motion to have precedence over all other business. The debate continue until adjourned or resolved if necessary of the usual time of the house. Three, the Federation Chamber not to meet. Four, the house to adjourn on the motion of a minister without debate. And five, any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by minister. Question is that the motion moved by the leader of the house be agreed to. All those of that opinion say aye. To the contrary, no. The ayes have it and i call the Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I move that the house, one, acknowledges the devastation across our nation occasioned by the bush fire season including the loss of 33 lives, the destruction of over 3,000 homes, the unimaginable loss of so much wildlife and the devastating impact on regional economies across australia. Two, extends its deepest sympathies to families who have lost loved ones. And to those who have suffered inj
Coverage from capitol hill including senator Marsha Blackburn in just a moment. Mean while carlos ghosn describing a government plot against him in marathon two hour press conference. We have that and so much more on making money. Iran appears to be standing down. The United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. These powerful sanctions will remain until iran changes its behavior. Charles President Trump laying out the next steps in his conflict iran after a missile attack on u. S. Bases in iraq. Senators are be to be briefed in moments. One of those senators Marsha Blackburn joins me now. Senator, thanks for joining me. Good to be with you, thank you. Charles it has been a remarkable 24 hours, hasnt it . It has been a remarkable 24 hours. I have to tell you give a lot of credit to our troops and to the president. I appreciated his comments today. I think our allies also appreciate that he is increasing sanctions on iran. I have t
What do you remember about what happened and how all of this transpired over the next month . Alexis the senate trial was fascinating because of the idea that it is called a trial, but it is not a legal proceeding and is at its heart very political. But it had so many interesting, dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd, senator byrd of west virginia, a stalwart constitutional scholar and not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way, he ended up at one point just throwing up his hands and saying that this should not even have happened, that the trial was misguided. He even told his colleagues that he was going to introduce a motion to dismiss the whole thing. Different senators played different roles. The house managers were fascinating to listen to. The president s legal team was really interesting. He had a strong array of legal representation there. And he also tried to sort of, what would you say, to try to add, to put some english on the ball. His legalen
Senate, the trial against president bill clinton. Joining us here is alexis simmon burgers. We had never seen anything like this before. The last trial was in the 1860s. No television with Andrew Johnson. What do you remember about what happened and how this transpired . The senate trial was fascinating. A trial that it called but its not a legal proceeding. It is very political. It had so many interesting dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd, senator byrd of was virginia, stalwart constitutional scholar. Not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way. He ended up at one point just throwing up his hands and saying , this should not have even happened. The trial was misguided. That hehis colleagues was going to introduce a motion to dismiss the whole thing. Senators played different roles. The house managers were fascinated to listen to the president legal team. Array of legal representation there. Adalso tried to sort of english on the ball. He wanted to repr
No television, of course, with Andrew Johnson. What do you remember about what happened and how this all of this transpired over the next month . The senate trial was fascinating because of the idea that it is called a trial, but its not a legal proceeding. It is very political. It had so many interesting dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd, senator byrd of was of west virginia, stalwart constitutional scholar. Not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way. He ended up at one point just throwing up his hands and saying, this should not have even happened. That the trial was misguided. He told his colleagues that he was going to introduce a motion to dismiss the whole thing. So, different senators played different roles. The house managers were fascinated to listen to the president s legal team. He had a strong array of legal representation there. He also tried to sort of add english on the ball. He wanted to represent, he had women as his legal representati