Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m
Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, december 10th, im yasmin vossoughian, amin had an important family matter that kept him from making his flight back in time but he is on a red eye, as we speak. And will be back in the anchor chair tomorrow. We begin after weeks of hearings and countless hours of witness testimony, today democrats are expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Trump. Five sources familiar with the discussions telling nbc news democrats will bring two articles against the president , abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosis office announced last week that leaders of the house committees involved in the impeachment probe will hold a News Conference at 9 00 a. M. , this morning, to announce the next steps in the inquiry. Two people familiar with the matter are telling the Washington Post that under the current plan, the Judiciary Committee will vote on the articles on thursday setting up a floor vote for next week. Now t
Khalid, jonathan swan. Plus an abc news exclusive this veterans day weekend. The president s new top military adviser chairman mark milley in his first interview. How important is it to keep an american presence in syria . The footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same, the defeat of isis. O the announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. Welcome to this week. It started with one whistleblower. Now less than two months later, a fu set to reach a critical phase. The first public testimony that will likely shape Public Perceptions of the investigation and the future of the trump presidency. The central question was it an abuse of power for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival at home . Was he acting to further his own personal and political interests by withholding military aid from a key u. S. Ally . With all the rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle and President Trumps own aions t
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China promises a set of tariffs. Jay powell declining to signal more easy Monetary Policy. The yield curve inverting yet again. How will business respond . How will it impact the economy more importantly, what does it mean for the market and investors . And then a news making interview you cannot miss. Federal reserve vice chairman Richard Clarida from jackson hole we are covering the angles with the team of reporters as always. Elan, first to you on the china fears which appear to be trumping the fed speak today. Nice, sara. We are waiting to see if President Trump will make a statement on those latest trade tensions with china and the new 75 billion in retaliatory tariffs that were announced this morning. We know there was a meeting at the white house earlier today with mnuchin, kudlow, navarro and lighthizer and President Trump did tweet that he would issue a response this afternoon. He then went on to order American Companies to look for alternatives to china including bringing bus