Trump will have on the impeachment inquiry . Republicans, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Is 202 nts, your line 7488002. And since he was mayor of new york city for so long, we want to hear especially from new york city residents. You have a special line, 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text is your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media, on and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Our focus it will be on former new york city mayor will be on for former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani. I will read a little bit for you this morning to layout this issue. Current diplomat george kent told congressional investigators in closeddoor testimony this week that Rudy Giuliani asked the state department and white house to grant a visa to the former ukrainian official who joe biden had pushed to have removed when he was Vice President. According to four people testimony,th kents he testified around january
Also on the programme. President trump has admitted he repeatedly asked his ukrainian counterpart, who was seeking military aid from america, to investigate his political opponentjoe biden. So, what are democrats going to do about it . The uk launches its biggest peacetime repatriation in history, with hundreds of thousands stranded following the collapse of travel company thomas cook. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump made an unexpected but fleeting visit to the un Climate Change summit in new york today. Its arguably the most important gathering on Climate Change since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 a deal that donald trump walked away from. The short time the president spent in the Conference Hall reflects his obvious indifference and also the scale of the challenge ahead. Had he been in the hall for the opening of the summit, he would have heard the un secretary general speak of the apocalyptic impact Climate
[applause] please welcome our county chair. Hello, iowa. Fellow democrats from across america. All 50 states of america, welcome to polk county. Celebration for our Democratic Party. Together, we will get to meet 17 candidates who are leading a conversation about the future of our party and our country. One of these 17 people will be our next president. They say bad weather brings good luck, and it rained like heck at last years steak fry, and then we won back the congress. I hope the weather we have today is going to win us back the white house next year. Before we get started, please join me in welcoming the elected officials and candidates who are here today. Usually, we read all their names at our events, but obviously this is a little bit eager, so we are not going to go through all hundred of them. Please join me in welcoming them here today. Welcoming join me in five of our newer steak fry leaders. Lindsay paulson and peter crane are our steak fry chairs. Our executive director
Your topo ask who is candidate and why our lines are open at for democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001, for independents 202 7488002. And we have a line set aside for those in the Granite State at. 202 7488003 you can also tweet us. And we will begin with the headlines for the Washington Post. Those with pictures on the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, at least 70,000 people are homeless in the grand bahama islands and applico abaco islands. Officials warned that the number of decibel go up as hundreds of residents remain missing. Though stories are on the front page of the post in the new york times. We have Union Leaders with this ally on what will happen day today. Its a longshot that any of the 19 president ial candidates theed to attend will make kind of impact that sets them apart in a lasting way. The headlines saying that hopefuls want to stand out at the state convention. But it has happened before, back in november 1991, tom harkin already had power in new careyire
For sell hours of coverage several hours of coverage from iowa. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] have five president ial candidates coming to the stage today. Julian castro. Lets have him take it away. [applause] Julian Castro good morning. It is great to be with you in des moines at the iowa state fair. Thank you to the folks who helped organize this. Was proud of this state fair. Im excited because i am here with my family. Our daughter and and son. [applause] Julian Castro this is a real treat for me because as you can imagine, like all the candidates, i dont often get to travel with my family. So it is neat that we get to spend some time together. I think the kids are looking forward to the bumper cars and the sky ride and the bacon you sell on a stick. Thist to talk to you morning about what we are going to become as a nation. Here in we went around this crowd and listened to t