Our distinguished speakers series. And we welcome our find speakers to the stage. [applause] i like to recognize and thank the trustees who have joined us this morning. Duty berkowitz, suzanne x, joel pickett and size sternberg. I want to thank each and every one of you and Michael Weisberg. How did you not appear on my list . In any event i would like to thank each and every one of you and thank you for all you do on behalf of New York Historical. I should say leading up to the weekend with history in a couple weeks i want to give special recognition to the chair of our chairmans counsel, and Michael Weisberg who is the beauty cochair along with suzanne pack, thank you. And thanks to the chairmans councilmembers who are with us tonight. This program lasts about an hour. The q a will be conducted on notecards, you should have gotten a written note card and pencil, my colleagues are going up and down the hour with notecards and pencils. Your questions on notecards will be collected late
Return, we will take you back to the beginning of the meeting with Opening Statements. Back to the beginning of the committee with Opening Statements. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. Its unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions that the president theyve needed states have made that the excess erie. President trump withheld congressional approved a to the ukraine a, partner under siege, not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with the cranes president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, the road russia the very nation holding part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered in our election in 2016, had another meeting in the Oval Office Just last week. These are not my opinions, these are uncontested facts. Weve listened to the hearings, weve read the transcripts. And its clear that this president acted in a way that not only
The u. S. House at 9 00 eastern tomorrow, there will be live on cspan. As we wait for the committee to return we take you back to the beginning of the committee with Opening Statements. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. Its unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions that the president theyve needed states have made that the excess erie. President trump withheld congressional approved a to the ukraine a, partner under siege, not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with the cranes president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, the road russia the very nation holding part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered in our election in 2016, had another meeting in the Oval Office Just last week. These are not my opinions, these are uncontested facts. Weve listened to the hearings, weve read the transcripts. And its clear that this pre
A case of genocide on minority. Hello the british Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decisions a call a snap election looks to have paid off official results from thursdays vote are being tallied but exit polls indicate his conservative party is on course to win its biggest majority in decades now if confirmed johnson will gain crucial control of parliament to push through paul brennan begins our coverage. It had appeared that this election race was getting closer as polling day approached this exit poll though turns that belief upside down if accurate the outcome would mean the conservative Party Winning its biggest parliamentary majority since margaret thatchers victory in 1907 a winning margin of 86. 00 seats and the strength in numbers for Boris Johnson to push through his breakfast agenda and so much more within half an hour of the polls closing the Prime Minister took to social media to thank his supporters we live in the greatest democracy in the world he said for labor though bitter
For joining us this is r. T. International appreciate company. Prosecutors in sweden say theyre dropping a nearly decade long rape case against wiki leaks cofounder Julian Assange admitting the evidence had weakened over time is the path or is likely extradition to the United States where he faces espionage charges i discussed the case earlier lotties donald quarter. You know this whole saga started out did it with the rape allegations against us and youve been through the whole mill since then but now were back to those initial charges thats right neal exactly it was in 2010 that the swedish government filed in International Arrest warrant against assad for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges hes even cooperated with the International Investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the United States if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the Ecuadorian Embassy