Paul welcome. Great to see you. Thank you for having me. Paul lets take this legal question starts with the assertion of alleged crimes starts with bribery. What you think of chairmanships definition of bribery . I suppose he is right if you accept the gerald ford famous definition of an Impeachable Offense that is whatever the majority of the members of the house of representatives decide what it is. You know, thats a political judgment and ignores history in the constitution. Lets start with the constitutional language which is where we should start. A president or any public official cannot be impeached unless a determination is made by the impeaching authority which would be the house that treason, bribery of other high crimes or misdemeanor has been committed but the only one. Paul the only one defined as treason so bribery they are now using bribery all the time. But that can be untethered from what the founders understood bribery to beat which was at least common law bribery and
Paul welcome. Great to see you. Thank you for having me. Paul lets take this legal question starts with the assertion of alleged crimes starts with bribery. What you think of chairmanships definition of bribery . I suppose he is right if you accept the gerald ford famous definition of an Impeachable Offense that is whatever the majority of the members of the house of representatives decide what it is. You know, thats a political judgment and ignores history in the constitution. Lets start with the constitutional language which is where we should start. A president or any public official cannot be impeached unless a determination is made by the impeaching authority which would be the house that treason, bribery of other high crimes or misdemeanor has been committed but the only one. Paul the only one defined as treason so bribery they are now using bribery all the time. But that can be untethered from what the founders understood bribery to beat which was at least common law bribery and
This canada documentary details the iran hostage crisis from the perspective of several hostages and diplomats. Often using video recorded inside the Embassy Compound by iranians. Its narrated by actor William Shatner and is about 90 minutes. November 4th, 1979, iranian students stormed the embassy of the United States of america in teheran. Everyone including the students think the takeover will be an overnight affair but it will not. This is the story of a traumatic crisis that lasted 44 days and ended in january, 1981. Its a personal drama about 51 american men and two american women. I look forward to being with you hopefully as soon as we can. That crime was being associated with the u. S. Embassy in teheran. Their punishment was total incarceration. Im happy to see someone from the outside world. This will be an inside view with exclusive iranianshot footage never seen before. When did you arrive in iran . I arrived in iran on september 19th, 1979. My job, im a commander in the u
Think well see much the same possibly in kuwait as well but its nothing to extreme its what you are to expect the breeze on shore keeps beirut a decent 29. 00 and the rather strong breeze downs for iraq is not going to change temperatures it will bring the dust with it and given the wind direction modern christianity down the coast of east and parts of saudi bahrain or qatar temperatures are typically in the middle fortys here with the obvious change in somalia where the honey if the set in quite reliably now will be there for weeks. In the year 12 of 71. 00 a company tat is set out on an extraordinary journey having travelled the furthest reaches of the Muslim Marco Polo world radically altered beijing the city established by cooper the car is still today chinas strong. Now and china is again a superpower we reflect on how the relationship between east and west has changed. Marco polo. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera iran says its looking at legal measures to free an oil tank
Fruitjuices and fizzy drinks are linked to increased chances of getting cancer, according to a major new study. The French Parliament approves a new tax on Technology Giants that could provoke retaliation from the United States. Crunch time as england take on australia at edgbaston the winners will play new zealand in the final at lords on sunday. Dream start for england. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Three iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the island of abu musa in the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf, a strategically important passage in the oil and gas trade. The uks ministry of defence said the iranian boats, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the oil tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a british warship was positioned between them and the oil tanker, and a warning was issued. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last 2a hours. Relations between iran and