And when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do is they draft memos because when theyre concerned about getting caught up in something that doesnt seem right, they dont want to be a part of it. So on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about Ukraine Military aid to acting director vought. According to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. It said that the military aid was consistent with American National security interests. It would help to oppose russian aggression and it was backed by strong bipartisan support. But President Trump did not lift the hold. Over the next several weeks, omb continued to issue funding documents that kept kicking the can down the road. Supposedly to allow for more of this quote interagency process. Well, inserting those footnotes throughout the apportionment documents stating that the delay wouldnt affect the funding but heres the really shocking part. There was no interagency pro
Any Senior Administration officials past or present from participating. So moving forward as they approach the senate trial, we know so far a few of the people who will be on the team. White House Council will be leading the president s defense team. He is really going to be one of the key people who will be arguing. You will hear from them on a daily basis throughout the course of this trial. Then jay sekulow. Hes the president s personal attorney. Remember, jay sekulow has been with him throughout the Mueller Investigation and so this is someone who the president relies on and who feels as though hes a fighter, someone who he can win with. We know that two of the deputies will be on the team. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered. Will the president be bringing on gop lawmakers to his legal team . I asked Kellyanne Conway a little bit earlier today, are they looking to jim jordan, for example, someone who they feel is good at representing them during the house proceedings
Being formerly submitted. After the shooting down of a passenger plane by iran, Foreign Ministers from five countries meet in london to demand compensation for victims families. The nhs condemns what it calls shameful tactics by betting companies to fuel gambling addiction. And coming up how one tweet on a quiet day made a hampshire book shop go viral. Its 5pm. Our main story is that the naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has told the bbc that the moment of crisis has come on Climate Change. He says governments can no longer put off urgent action to reduce Global Warming life or death decisions, as he calls them. Sir david says the current wildfires in australia are clear evidence of the consequences of rising temperatures. Hes been speaking to our science editor, david shukman. The fires in australia are ferocious, out of control, and far worse than usual. Theyve made headlines around the world, and scientists have warned that Climate Change has made them more severe. N