About before this is a show unfortunately today the witness who is supposed to be the star witness chose to take a pass and let a staff answer for that hes chairman of a point of order and usually mr chairman the point of order you know moves to this point of order is chairman because to do one of ruhleben requires you. To schedule a minority hearing day not to consider it not to meet to discuss it but to schedule one and to schedule it in a reasonable time not after articles have been drawn not after theres been a vote on articles of impeachment i enquire and insist mr chairman that you immediately schedule a minority hearing day or tell us why you are of the gentleman ignoring the rules gentlemen we were weve already gone through that but i peek it is not a point proper point of order in todays hearing as i have told the ranking minority members several times in considering the even aris request if you think we would be violating the rules of the house if we consider the articles of
Just want to take a recess so that they can hold a press conference outside this is partisan politics in play the House Judiciary Committee were hearing legal statements today from washington a statement from the legal teams from both sides essentially summing up everything we have heard in the last at my count its been 76 days since the impeachment inquiry began or the process began. And one line that stands out for me from today certainly from the democratic lawyer who said it simply the facts are clear donald trump put his own political and personal interests above the nation while steve consta the republican lawyer talked to the democrats obsession with impeachment saying they believed if they didnt impeach then President Trump would simply be reelected jaimie joe counts our correspondent up on capitol hill today just the tone of the whole event today heidi i mean i know weve seen plenty of conflict in the hearing so far but it feels like its coming to a head today between the 2 si
With Prime Minister trudeau and others apparently having a joke maybe at mr trumps expense do you not take President Trump seriously thats thats thats complete nonsense and i dont know whether its comparable. So thats the only comment about what actually was going all in that vacuum how this video and that was from the News Conference the british Prime Minister did here a short time ago he was asked about it and said it was nonsense but clearly we have it on film and this isnt the 1st time that President Trump if this is the real reason would have left a an International Summit after a dispute with the canadian Prime Minister remember there was the g 8 summit last year that took place in canada President Trump seemed at that stage to leave early because he was unhappy with comments from the canadian side all right james so the u. S. President tweeting that he wont be doing a press conference at the close of nato because he says we did so so many over the past 2 days safe travels to all
London also coming up tonight germany expels Russian Diplomats over the killing of a former chechen commander he was gunned down in broad daylight in a park here in berlin different prosecutors suspect russian or chechen state involvement moscow says that it will retaliate. And fresh ammunition for u. S. Democrats in their drive to impeach this President Donald Trump legal scholars tell us will make news that trump committed impeachable offenses by pressuring ukraines president for his own political gain. Im brant goff to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome nato leaders meeting in london have wrapped up a contentious summit marking 70 years since the founding of the military alliance they adopted a joint Statement Today recognizing the challenges posed by. China and they reached agreements on defense spending despite this proceedings have been marked this week by divisions and angry outbursts from the u. S. President at times frustrations with
secretary general tells al-jazeera the libyan conflict threatens wider instability but he s hopeful of a resolution. in london with the top stories from europe including russia s parliament approves constitutional changes made by president. which could allow him to stay in power beyond 2024. prevent a genocide protect the evidence the international court of justice orders me and to ensure the safety of rohingya muslims. well the 2nd prosecution arguments that u.s. president donald trump s impeachment trial is about to begin the democrats have 2 more days to make their case and then trump saying well decide i m out of time for their rebuttal that means the trial could potentially end next week if the senate decides against admitting you evidence and witnesses now let s go to castro who s standing by on capitol hill in washington d.c. we re just about ready to get this under way heidi. what can we expect. they stand so the house democratic impeachment managers the prosecutors i