Of the sun and its setting. For the beauty of the earth and the glory of the skies, we give you praise. Today, make our lawmakers heirs of peace, demonstrating that they are your children as they strive to find Common Ground. May they take pleasure in doing your will, knowing that by so doing they are fulfilling your purposes in our world. Lord, you are never far from us but often we are far from you, so show us your ways and teach us your paths. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join us in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington,d. C. , december 4, 2019. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3 of the stranding rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable kevin
Voters. Impeachment is about to clash with the iowa caucus two months away. The london terror attack that left two people dead. Readers fear copycat attacks. Dozens of criminals have been released into the uk to the public. Growing number of economists blowing up the latest line of attack from 2020 democrats like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in order to win the white house. It is about income inequality. Even economist magazine now says democrats and liberal media totally wrong. Theyre missing misleading the country with data and with a push that make the government more powerful. Former fbi lawyer lisa page is not breaking her silence not because the fisa report is due out a week from now, but because of comments the president made two months ago about lisa page. Tonight lisa page now trying to claim she does not recall her antitrump Text Messages but she has free speech rights in the recent interview as a federal worker. We show you the biased texts that the Justice Department
Hello to you. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. And, believe this is International Recognition of theirfight. And, of course, comes in the same week they have done extremely well in this district elections. And they have really shown that the wider public here in hong kong support their cause, they would say. And, so, really, the news coming from amer
The princes decision. Also on the programme tonight. On the campaign trail on teesside, borisjohnson holds out the prospect of major changes to National Insurance. And in london, the lib dems publish their manifesto, pledging to stop brexit if theyre elected. At the impeachment inquiry in washington, a us diplomat says he followed Donald Trumps orders to put pressure on ukraine to investigate a political rival. And the special one is on the move again. This time its to spurs, where hes signed a four year deal. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, its a winning start for Great Britain in the revamped davis cup, beating the netherlands 2 1 in their Opening Group game. Good evening. Prince andrew, whos been engulfed in controversy because of his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, has announced he will not undertake any royal duties for the foreseeable future. The prince, whos 59, acknowledged that the epstein scandal had become a major disruption to the royal family,
Toll could go up. Authorities in New South Wales say more than 150 homes have been destroyed. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their properties. At ten oclock there will be a full round up of the days news. First on bbc news our world. Forfive months, huge protests have rocked hong kong. Hundreds of thousands of people taking on the authorities and the might of china. So why are they risking so much . In an ever more violent battle. And how will this struggle and for ordinary hong kongers . Our city is really under chaos, right now, we are within the flame. Bobby and joyce, not their real names, are Monitoring Police movements. They are constantly on social media, feeding the information to a hub that shares it with the crowds. Part of a sophisticated web that makes these protests so hard to police and control. Bobby is a veteran of the last big demonstrations in hong kong five years ago, but he has never seen anything like this. Since june, hundreds of thousands of protes