One year from election day 2020 is our time in history. To create a political movement. Its time to decide. Let us make history together. The race in iowa tied at the top. Pete buttigieg vaults to the top tier. He joins us live from iowa. The latest results from our brand new poll. Our powerhouse round table with Chris Christie and rahm emanuel. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin, the facts that matter this week. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. Election day exactly one year away and this morning our brand new poll with the Washington Post shows a top tier pulling away from the rest of the pack. Joe biden holds the lead at 28 followed by Elizabeth Warren at 23 , Bernie Sanders at 17 and Pete Buttigieg getting past Kamala Harris at 9 . Harris and the remaining candidates at 2 or less. Biden maintains his edge on who has the best chance to beat trump at 42 . He beats the field by a wil
Relations Committee Considers the nomination of John Sullivan to the u. S. Ambassador to russia. Mr. Sullivan, who currently serves is deputy secretary of state, was asked several questions about the President Trumps communication with the president of ukraine in july and alleged efforts to have ukraine investigate former Vice President joe biden in exchange for military aid. This confirmation hearing is just on two and a off hours. [background sounds] [background sounds] the meeting will come to order. Thank you all for attending today. Today were going to hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. Our nominee today is the honorable john j sullivan, to be the u. S. Investor to the Russian Federation. First we have two distinguished very distinguished, i might add colleagues of ours, was to introduce our nominees and were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. If im going to post on my opening statement. Lets hold that until the nominees had been introduced.
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 201
Demonstrations. Sri lankas former defense chiefs come back stairs ethnic tensions before saturdays national elections. Begin with the 2nd day of testimony in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and the testimony of Marie Evanovich the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine she served as a diplomat for 33 years and says she was shocked and devastated when she learned shed lost the confidence of the president and her job she says the claims in a Smear Campaign against her orchestrated by Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani were based on false information from people with questionable motives when you returned to washington from kiev in may she says the deputy secretary of state told her she. Done nothing wrong but had to leave and then when President Trump tweeted that during todays hearing about her fate is in previous 10 years yvonne of its responded by saying she felt very intimidated and just a moment our White House Correspondent kimberly how it will join us this 1s
[background sounds] the meeting will come to order. Thank you all for attending today. Today were going to hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. Our nominee today is the honorable john j sullivan, to be the u. S. Investor to the Russian Federation. First we have two distinguished very distinguished, i might add colleagues of ours, was to introduce our nominees and were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. If im going to post on my opening statement. Lets hold that until the nominees had been introduced. Were glad to be joined today by senator Stan Sullivan of alaska and garden of maryland, and i understand that senator sullivan is like the straw to go first. Thank you mr. Chairman thank you very much. It is an honor to be before the committee, again, on behalf of my friend John Sullivan to support his nomination to be the United States investor to the Russian Federation. Despite what his last name which is just, we would we are not related. Off of occa