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[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone and welcome to politics and prose. My name is matthew zipf part of the events team. Each year we host close to 1,000 offer1,000authors across the the locations here at union market. If you would like a full list of the Upcoming Events please see the website, politicsprose. Com or you can pick up a copy of the calendar at the desk. Before the event tonight, i have a few short housekeeping items. First please silence your cell phone so they dont have any buzzing or ringing during the event. When its time for the session after the presentation, please come up to the microphone as we are recording via audio. Please also make sure your question is in fact a question. If you have a dissertation, we do have a selfpublishing arm. [laughter] we will have a signing up at the front of the table after the event. If you do not yet have a copy we have plenty available for sale at the register at the front of the store. Finally at the end of the event,
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Neil would take a little more than 2 to get to 30,000. It would take 9 to get to 32,000, Peter Navarro, among others saying that is in the equation. A lot depends on key developments. The president is en route to davos, switzerland, but the backdrop of the impeachment trial tomorrow. Blake burman is looking at Administration Legal response to all of this, how it will position itself in the senate. He joins us in the white house. Sir . Reporter neil, if they havent done so already the Trump Legal Team represents the president in the impeachment hearing will file a legal brief today, giving a more fulsome approach, fulsome take as it was described earlier today of the president s Legal Defense heading into the impeachment trial. As you know, the legal team laid out the sixpage answer to the senate over the weekend. Were expecting a much bigger briefing from the president s team here shortly. According to sources that are working with the president s legal team, appears if they will focus
Bidens. Last friday. A member of my staff told me of evens that occurred july 26, could hear president on phone ask could ambassador sondland about the investigation, mr. Sondland told President Trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward and respond that President Trump cares more about investigations of biden, which guliani was pressing for. This is new information but republicans call it hearsay. Based on hearsay. Which to be fair, it is. Congressman jim jordan, he was riled up. He was install by republicans to the oversight committee. He did not hesitate to give taylor the business end of his whistling arm. You were not on the call were you ambassador . Does not listen . I did not. You never talk with chief of staff mulvaney. Never did. Never met the president. Correct. This is what i cant believe, you are their star witness, their first witness. Kennedy taylor is like, yeah. I love that. Congressman jordan took adam schiff to task for not allowing much sought av whistlebl