Morning after morning, we continue to receive your new mercies. Lord, sustain our lawmakers with your unfailing love that is as high as the heavens. May our senators know that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purpose for them. Pour out upon our legislators the riches of your mercy so that they may stay steadfast in faith. Eternal god, hear us as we pray. We need stronger hearts, greater faith, and clearer perception. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley there is a story that
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by you can do the things youh like to do witwireless plan designed for you. With talk, text and data. Consumer cellular. Learn more at consumercellular. Tv and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Uf woo it is the eve of impeachment. The United States house of representatives convenesco tomorrow tider the case against President Trump. But first, lawmakers spent long hours working out the rules for those proceedings. Once again, congressionalt correspondsa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins in a small room on the capitols third floor today, the last step before impeachment goes to the house floor. Unfortunate we have to be here today. Desjardins the House Rules Committee will decide the tprocess for the impeachm debate expected tomorrow. And it began with a first in igt
All the sport katie shanahan. Hello, simon. Arsenal and everton are edging closer to appointing their new managers. Arsenal are in talks with their former captain, mikel arteta. While everton are hoping to secure their number one target, Carlo Anchelotti. Thanks, katie. And darren has all the weather. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Our weather is a fairly quiet right now, more overnight frost tonight and fog around, too. On the other side of the atlantic the weather has much more energy, some storm damage to look at in the United States later in the programme. Thanks, darren. Also coming up and how pop star Ellie Goulding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He boris he johnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is schedu
Congress. Two democrats joined republicans in rejecting th articles while a third Democrat Cast his vote against the obstruction charge. Also this week, seven democratic president ial hopefuls headedto california for a dete at Loyola Marymount university in los angeles. This time, it mayor Pete Buttigieg on the defensive clashing with senator warren over a rarecent fund iser held in napa valley. With me now is senior Political Writer for the San Francisco chronicle, joe garafoli and l. A. Times political reporter melanie mason. Angeles. S us by skype from los welcomto you both. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Great tohave you both here. Joe, i want to start with you and were going to do a bit of a mea culphere. Am i crazy, it almost feels like there was not an impeachment of pra ident thick week. I felt the same way. We saw the adnes, president impeached. Part of that, you know, is the historical import, of couron, of three president s to ever be impeached and at the same time, we kne
America. Rerting from washington. The city of barcelona brought to standsti as hundreds of thousands of people are tes jail sentences given to protest jail sentences given to catalan separatist leaders. The counown is on in the u. K. With a prime and be able to rally enough support behind his brexit deal before sas key vote . And one giant leap for womankind, for the first time an allfemaleeam of nasa astronauts has carried out a spewalk. For those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Throughout the day there been violent classes glass clashes with police on the streets of barcelona. Trains have been stopped and roads blocked by protesters angry about jail sentencesth impose week on catalan separatist leaders. The latest. N correspondent has central barcelona. A parts are ttleground tonight. A fullscale confrontati unn rway. Betweelice and protesters. [shooting] round after round fired by the ot officers. In return, stones, bottles and fireworks hurled b