Leader Chuck Schumer asked Mitch Mcconnell for there to be additional witnesses called in a senate trial. John bolton, mick mulvaney. Mitch mcconnell has just responded and said that is not going to happen. Democrats not going to like that response. Meanwhile, we are also getting new words from nancy pelosi about who will lead the prosecution process from the house of representatives in the senate trial. Once the houseboats to impeach president trump, there will be a handful of impeachment officials from the house who will make their case in the senate. That willlosi said not come until the next day or so. All indications are pointing toward House Committee chairman adam schiff and House Committee tworman jerry nadler, familiar faces with this process. Kevin thanks so much to kevin cirilli. Now we turn to edward evans in london. We heard Prime Minister johnson once a brexit no matter what year. Edward so much so he has changed the law so that the transition period of that will apply af
Test. The House Rules Committee taking a recess on the house floor. And while we wait for the members to return, we will show you Opening Statements from tom cole and the members of the Judiciary Committee doug collins and jamie raskin who is representing the judiciary democrats in Jerrold Nadlers absence for a family emergency. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. It is unfortunate that we have to be here today, but the actions of the president of the United States make this necessary. President trump withheld congressionally held approved aid to ukraine and under siege not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor and President Trump refused to meet with the president of ukraine in the white house until he completed the scheme, and all of the while the leaders in russia who is holding a large part of ukraine hostage and the very nation who interfered with our elections in 2016 had yet another meeting in the Oval Office L
As observer. Might as well your positions against Russian Diplomats calling the case with the athletes and called for our criminal liability. By. The french government pushes forward with its new pension reform which has already led to days of mass demonstrations civil unrest on strike which. Is. A very good morning to you youre watching r. T. International with me. Now we begin with breaking news this hour a suicide bomber has detonated his car outside one of americas main military outposts in afghanistan. Airfield the attack comes hard on the heels of trumps surprise thanksgiving day visit. At the very same base local media report a powerful blast hit a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the air bases main gate the number of those injured in the attack is estimated to be between 30 and 50 initial reports suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a u. S. Military convoy though american officials have denied that. The american president flew to afghanistan and visite
Itll have to do with a woman who claims epstein forced her to have with th sex with the prints when she was under age. He took many of his secrets with him but the princes claims are getting harder and harder to defend or believe. The guy claimed he is innocent because he cannot sweat. A bunch of pictures pictures of him sweating. Tonight on the bbc his accuser said all of that is a total lie. He asked me too dance, he is the most hideous dancer of ever seen in my life. It was horrible and this guy was sweating all over me like his sweat was raining basically everywhere, i was grossed out from that but i knew i had to keep him happy because that was for jeffrey would expect from a. Barf, that is awful. She claims she had with him three times in two of those she was a teenager. She said it is time for the prince to confess. He knows what happened, i know what happened and there is only one of us telling the truth and i know that is me. Kennedy snap, Buckingham Palace released a statemen
The court we dont know that they are lawful and i would submit that they are not good evening. Presented at the hearing today were overwhelming and compelling. They were overwhelming as to the president s abuse of power. The president s abuse of congress, the president s betrayal of his oath in the constitution. They were overwhelming they were overwhelming and they clearly show they witnesses testified that they may all the requirements for impeachment. Envisioned by the framers of impeachment in that impeachment in fact was put in the constitution to protect against the president and it as one has. The evidence is so obvious and so overwhelming that the republicans did not really present or try to present a factual defense. All they can talk about was the process they pointed. Out that i have had in the past about a three part test will of impeach ability. As you heard in my closing statement, this situation meets all three test. The president committed impeachable offenses. There we