Top u. S. Diplomat to ukraine testifies in the impeachment inquiry and explains how the president tried to pressure kiev to discredit his political rival. Well its been hailed as a historic agreement to turkey and russia reaching a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from Northern Syria of course anger launched its offensive in the area last week but suspended the operation following a u. S. Brokered cease fire well be talking to a been our correspondent on the turkey syria border in just a moment starting there with this support from step fasten in sochi russia. With only our us left off a u. S. Brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in president put an offer to help to remove and this goodish 5 disc at the turkish Syrian Border together with Syrian Border troops was delayed. We share turkeys concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region east tensions and the separatist mood in recent times where in our opinion artificially c
Impeachment . That is textbook abuse of power. The president furious. Its another witch hunt. Here we go again. Less than a week the impeachment trump has gone to dangerous for President Trump. Can democrats make the case hes abused his power and deserves removal from office . Will the gop remain united behind the president . How will it play out in the race for the white house . This morning the key players, the president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the leader of the investigation, adam schiff, plus President Trumps first director of Homeland Security tom bossert and rahm emanuel, Chris Christie in our powerhouse roundtable. Well break down the politics, spoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now chiefncr, george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. What a week it has been. A watershed for President Trump, congress and the country. As we come on the air this morning and likely for the next several month
You sain p aint seen nothing. You just aint seen nothing yet. Heres something youre never going to forget. Lauren lets get a look at how your moneys is moving this monday, right here in the u. S. Stocks are pointing up. Dow gaining 96 points. Cheryl taking a look at asia, a mixed bag. There are your u. S. Futures, dow up 96, nasdaq is higher as well. Here is the asia board, nikkei, shanghai, those markets a little lower. Hang seng and kospi a little higher. Tomorrow is the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the communist party. Lauren european stocks are trading mixed as well. London looking a little weak this morning but slight gains for the pair requires and the frankfurt markets. Cheryl now to the top story this morning, house intelligence p Committee Chairman adam schiff says the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment battle will testify, quote, very soon. Meanwhile, the attorney for the whistleblower is slamming 60 minutes, saying the program misrepresented a very import
A surprise. Not a surprise was to both independence and accountability that was doubted by key republicans. Where will the hunter biden investigation go from here . How will the Biden Campaign respond . Will the mounting legal troubles of hunter biden and donald trump obscure other issues and candidates in the 2024 president ial race . It is saturday, august 12, 2023. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Those questions and more about the announcement of the special counsel. We would like to hear your thoughts. 202 7488001 is the line to call for republicans. It is 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents and others, 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. We will also look for your comments on facebook and twitter, cspanwj. We will give you the chance to hear all of Merrick Garlands brief comments from yesterday. We will look at some analysis and update where the investigation is now. And we will hear from you
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