The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the fifth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. There is a quorum present. We will turn to our witness for an Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. Its the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. Ill make all necessary steps to maintain order and ensure the committee is run in house rules and House Resolution 660. I recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. This morning we will hear from gordon sondland, the American Ambassador to the European Union. We are here today as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry because President Donald Trump sought to condition military assistan
For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
Being groomed by the russians. Hear the sound for yourself. An historic day for nasa as they complete the first ever all female space walk. Trish regan primetime starts right now. Im david asman in for trish. Breaking tonight, a source confirming to fox that a Career State Department official overseeing ukraine policy told house investigators he raised concerns all the way back to early 2015 about Vice President joe bidens son serving on the board of an Energy Company in ukraine. But he was turned away saying the Vice President was preoccupied with his other sons battle with cancer. Joining me now is House Oversight Committee Member South Carolina congressman ralph norman. Is this worth investigating . Absolutely. You look at what the democrats are doing to this president with trying to impeach him behind closed doors. The fact that a state Department Official would say this its interesting the Washington Post had it was a staffer. The buck stops with the boss, the boss was joe biden.
Being groomed by the russians. Hear the sound for yourself. An historic day for nasa as they complete the first ever all female space walk. Trish regan primetime starts right now. Im david asman in for trish. Breaking tonight, a source confirming to fox that a Career State Department official overseeing ukraine policy told house investigators he raised concerns all the way back to early 2015 about Vice President joe bidens son serving on the board of an Energy Company in ukraine. But he was turned away saying the Vice President was preoccupied with his other sons battle with cancer. Joining me now is House Oversight Committee Member South Carolina congressman ralph norman. Is this worth investigating . Absolutely. You look at what the democrats are doing to this president with trying to impeach him behind closed doors. The fact that a state Department Official would say this its interesting the Washington Post had it was a staffer. The buck stops with the boss, the boss was joe biden.
Being groomed by the russians. Hear the sound for yourself. An historic day for nasa as they complete the first ever all female space walk. Trish regan primetime starts right now. Im david asman in for trish. Breaking tonight, a source confirming to fox that a Career State Department official overseeing ukraine policy told house investigators he raised concerns all the way back to early 2015 about Vice President joe bidens son serving on the board of an Energy Company in ukraine. But he was turned away saying the Vice President was preoccupied with his other sons battle with cancer. Joining me now is House Oversight Committee Member South Carolina congressman ralph norman. Is this worth investigating . Absolutely. You look at what the democrats are doing to this president with trying to impeach him behind closed doors. The fact that a state Department Official would say this its interesting the Washington Post had it was a staffer. The buck stops with the boss, the boss was joe biden.