Investigate former Vice President biden and as you know from the extensive documentation i provided Vice President biden was not a topic of discussion i was not on the july 25th phone call between President Trump and president s olinsky i was not made aware of any reference device resume biden or his son by President Trump until the transcript of the call was released on september 25th 21000 white house ukraine expert Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vin men also testified as did Jennifer Williams an advisor to the u. S. Vicepresident on july 21st 2001000 present zelinsky one a parliamentary election in another landslide victory the n. S. C. Proposed that President Trump called president philippa zelinsky to congratulate him on july 25th 2900 the college heard our listeners on the in on the call in the situation room with white house colleagues i was concerned by the call what i heard was inappropriate. And i reported my concerns to mr eisenberg it was improper for the president of the Uni
Wanted nothing from ukraine and that the inquiry should end. Under siege students of a university in hong kong a hold up while senators in the u. S. Approve a bill to support human rights. And unrest in bolivia continues to spiral a Security Forces tried to stop ongoing protests. Welcome to the program more dramatic testimony has been delivered on the 4th day of the public impeachment inquiry into u. S. President donald trump the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sunland gave the most anticipated testimony so far he said while trump never told him directly about a reciprocal agreement or quid pro quo for military aid it was made clear to everyone involved that it was a Pressure Campaign against ukraine. Was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes mr giuliani conveyed to secretary perry ambassador volker and others that President Trump wanted a Public Statement from president s
To you. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question is a Trump Administration turning the u. S. Military into a protection racket lets get to the bottom line. Burden sharing Many American president s have pushed this line but donald trump has added a new dimension arguing that allies of the United States have to pay more for quote protection he has been rated nato allies handed angle americal a handwritten bill for 2 trillion dollars on one occasion for money owed for germanys protection and moved on to saudi arabia and last week it was south koreas turn so what does it mean for the u. S. Military forces spread all over the globe and do americas allies smell a shakedown fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions admiral William Fallon who is headed who is headed both u. S. Central command and Pacific Command and served as a president ial envoy to japan lacey healy chief editor of stick and host of a podcast on military affairs called things that
Immigration show on the road. Making more controversial comments on the campaign trail. In just a few hours talks are set to resume in brussels to save greece from defaulting on its debt. But European Union finance ministers are skeptical tonight they are worried that the government will not be able to make good on its promises to get another financial bailout. Simon mcgregor wood has the story from athens. After nine hours the finance ministers said they had had enough. They would have another go on sunday morning. There wasnt a particular cause for optimism. Weve had an in depth discussion of the greek proposals. The issues of credibility and trust was discussed and also of course Financial Issues involved. But we havent concluded our discussion he so we will continue at 11 00. It is still very difficult but work is still in progress. Reporter it was clear the greek proposals had not convinced everyone. Some finance ministers want more up front reforms. The germans even suggested som
changes. i m joined tonight by lacey healy, a fellow at the simpson center and also president of the ploughshares fund. lacey, what does this senate bill do at this point? yes, the senate bill ultimately at this point it allows congress to weigh in on an eventual nuclear deal if one is achieved but it really doesn t have the teeth of the original bill, so this is this is ultimately really, i would say, an endorsement for diplomacy. this was negotiated by senators cardin and corker and ultimately they came down to a bipartisan negotiation, bipartisan agreement that the white house supports more than it supported the original bill. they took out a lot of original damaging provisions and this will ultimately be a chance for the senate to weigh in and for congress to weigh in but not kill a deal. joe, what kind of conversations have you had with iranian diplomats? how do you feel about this? just last week i was up at the united nations and i talked