Im yasmin vossoughian. Ayman is on assignment. Its a historic day as public impeachment hearings get under way. Donald trump is the fourth president to face impeachment by the house of representatives, the third in recent times. Todays testimony will open with testimony from acting ambassador bill taylor and george kent. Taylor is the one who texted Gordon Sondland that ukraine would be crazy, and taylor testified it was his, quote, clear understanding that ukraine would not receive its military aid until ukraines president assumed the allegations. Next testimony will be george kent. He told lawmakers in closeddoor testimony that President Trump wanted nothing less than to go to a microphone and say to the investigations of biden and clinton. And as for the format, adam schiff and devin nunes will have 45 minutes each to questions the witnesses. Schiff has said he will delegate his time goldman. Before becoming an analyst, goldman spent decades in the Southern District of new york pros
Impeachment along party lines, all eyes turn to the full house which is expect to vote on impeachment as soon as wednesday. If passed, President Trump will become the third president in u. S. History to be impeached. A senate trial will likely begin in january. Any moment now the president is expected to depart the white house headed for the navy army game. Unclear if well hear from him. But the white house is already plotting his defense. He set up a Campaign Christmas rally and hoping for a longer senate trial with witnesses. His fellow republicans in the senate now seem to be aiming for a different kind of strategy. Heres senator Lindsey Graham a short while ago. I dont know where this goes, but i know impeachment will be over soon. I supported the mueller investigation, by the way, for those who care about domestic politics. I didnt know what trump had done with the russians. What have i come to believe . There is no collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians. If youre n
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin with the politics lead. It could be the most important week of the impeachment inquiry. Eight current and former Trump Administration officials will testify publicly this week, tuesday and wednesday and thursday. Testimony which could point directly to evidence that President Trump not only wanted ukraine to open investigations into the bidens in 2016 but he did so under the clear threat of with holding a white house visit and hundreds of Million Dollars in u. S. Aid that ukraine desperately wanted. Potentially the most significant witness in this all will be trump donor and u. S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. In testimony released over the weekend, tim morrison said that sondland told him that he told a top ukrainian official that, quote, what could help him move the aid was if the ukrainian prosecutor general would go to the microphone and announce hes opening the burisma investigation, also known as the biden inve
challenge the fda s decisions on pills or medicine and whether and who could and should be challenging those. because it is not unfair to challenge science for something, but it is who and where. and that s part of why i think you see the fda and so many former fda officials pushing back so hard what the court has done is gotten way down in the weeds here remember, if the lower court decision stands, it actually changes the dosage for this drug they have gone that far down you re now actually prescribing how much medication someone should take, which, you know, is pretty extraordinary a federal court has never done what we have seen here happen. and it is unclear what the supreme court will make of that. laura jarrett and dr. katie mccue, thank you for being with us joining us now with more on this is democratic congresswoman sarah jacobs from california congresswoman, great seeing you. i thank you for being with us. i m just wondering,
(vo) verizon small business days are coming. april 27th through may 3rd. and enterprise control, now is the time to partner with our experts. get started today with verizon business. it s your business. it s your verizon. 11 past the hour the new deadline over the national battle over abortion rights the supreme court gave itself an extension until midnight tomorrow to decide what is next for the high profile case centered around mifepristone, widely used abortion pill. yesterday, the justices expended their pause of a lower court ruling that would place restrictions on the drug that means at this time, the drug is still available to patients without a prescription. joining us now with more is with a prescription joining us now with more is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. also with us, dr. katie mccue,