Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the brookings institution. Before i begin my remarks, i would just like to say on behalf of the institution that we are thinking every moment about the challenges that australia is facing, with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way, and they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen, president of the brookings institution. We are very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. We are very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. He is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the Defense Department and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate and after
To the senate. There has been a shakeup in the russian government. President Vladimir Putin replaced his long serving Prime Minister and called for sweeping constitutional changes. The move fuel speculation that the russian leader is moving to extend his grip beyond the end of his term in 2024. The appeal people included the removal of Dmitry Medvedev who has been an office for nearly eight years. Irans president is warning european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger after nations talent challenge tehran after breaking limits of its nuclear deal. His remarks in a televised Cabinet Meeting represent the first direct threat he has made to europe as tensions remain high between tehran and washington over President Trump withdrawing the u. S. From the nuclear deal in may of 2018 and the recent killing of irani and military leader qasem soleimani. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 cou
Nada this is bbc world news america. Setting out thacroadmap for hment. Each side will get 24 hours to make their case for e dispute over new evidence andss wit remains unresolved. Nobody, nobody will dictate Senate Procedure to the United States senators. Is mcconnell the mcconnell rules seem to be designed by President Trump, for President Trump. Nada for his part b president was far away from the fray,ng addressi Environmental Issues at the World Economic forum in davos. He lashed out. We musreject the polenta perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apalypse. Nada plus, the u. S. Repts the first case of the coronovirus. The number of those effected in china continues climb. For those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. A befo battle, the rules of engagement must be welles blished to ensure fair play. That is what democrats and Donald Trumps defense team havi been a about on the floor of the u. S. Senate today. The yeas are 53, the nay
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Udall thank you, mr. President for the recognition. Were not in a quorum call, is that correct . The presiding officer correct. Mr. Udall thank you, madam president. I ask unanimous consent thank you mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to grant floor privileges to a new department of defense fellow in my office by the name of keith riffer for the remainder of the congress. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Udall thank you, mr. President. I want to begin by saying our prayers are with our armed forces and their families. They stand watch despite the threat of danger and they rely on their leaders to make wise decisions. Im grateful that there were no casualties during last nights missile attack. For well over a year i had been sounding the alarm that this president could bring us, could bring us to war with iran through mistake, misjudgment, or miscalculation. I have urged this body to assert o
House in the t first place. For example, that one related great, things like executive privilege and weather testimony of other witnesses should be included in the Senate Impeachment trial. In other words, house was to tell the senate how to conduct trial. Would the house has job to do, and friendly, i think mishandled it. But now they have no say in the way the senate conducts impeachment trial. Would and if, Speaker Pelosi decides to send them over here. Twelve weeks was all it took for House Democrats to come up with what they believed was enough evidence to warrant a vote on articles of impeachment. And i think theyre experiencing some buyers remorse. During that 12 weeks, we repeatedly heard House Democrats how urgent the matter was. Seemingly using urgent for an excuse for a slapdash investigation that they did. They now regret it. So the house concluded that the rest investigation and passed to articles of impeachment, will expected those articles that we set to the senate promp