Norman withan ralph the latest on the House Democrats impeachment inquiry. At 8 30 am, more on the inquiry with Virgin Islands delegate stacy plaskett. Host good morning on this friday, october 18, the end of the legislative week in washington. We will begin with your top stories from the top five days. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, your line, 2027488002. Text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003. You can also go to twitter at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your thoughts in. Minute the newspapers dominated with headlines about the following fromes, u. S. Withdraw syria and we are learning from press reports in europe that sporadic clashes are ongoing in a battleground despite turkeys announcement. The Vice President in turkey yesterday announcing what they called a ceasefire. We are learning it sounds like possibly. As began, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in a briefing yesterday wasts ukraine aid mishandled withhel
And the president is defending his bombshell admission that hed likely accept foreign dirt on a 2020 opponent and not necessarily inform the fbi. Top democrats are warning mr. Trump its a threat to National Security while only a few republicans have even come close to publicly criticizing him. O first, lets go to our White House Correspondent kaitlan collins. Sarah sanders public profile has been diminished with white house briefings virtually now nonexistent. You didnt often see her in the Briefing Room but where you saw her defending the president was on television. Today he announced that Sarah Sanders is going to be leaving at the end of the month. He brought her on stage in the east room of the white house, gave her one of the warmest sendoffs in an administration where people often find out they are leaving by tweet and said he hopes she runs for the governor of arkansas. Were being told by sources that privately Sarah Sanders has been floating the idea of running for governor of