Volker saying i spoke to the president and ive spoke to the ukrainians, neither of which believe aid was conditioned, neither of which believed that the president was requiring it. And ambassador sondland, which said no one on the planet told him that that was the case. Thats the sole evidence. Ambassador sondland believed a meeting was conditioned upon investigations, ambassador volker who i think is a man of very significant integrity said that was not the case. Even if ambassador sondland is correct, that somebody and dr. Hill, you testified, and again its hearsay, you dont know, that supposedly mulvaney told him that, because he didnt testify to that, but lets say somebody besides the president told him that, you guys want to be the laughing stock of history to impeach a president of the United States because he didnt take a meeting. Oh, please, dear god. Please undertake that. Now, mr. Holmes, i got to tell you. Is there a question for dr. Hill . Mr. Holmes, in your testimony, you
Thank you, dr. Hill, mr. Holmes for your years of service to this country. And i appreciate yall being here today. Throughout this process i have said that i want to learn the facts so we can get to the truth. So why are we here . Because of two things that occurred during the president s july 25th phone call with ukrainian president zelensky. The use of the phrase, do us a favor, though, in reference to the 2016 president ial election and the mention of the word biden. I believe both statements were inappropriate, misguided Foreign Policy. And its certainly not how the executive current or in the future should handle such a call. Over the course of the hearings, the American People have learned about a series of events that in my view have undermined our National Security and undercut ukraine, a key partner on the front lines against russian aggression. We have heard of u. S. Officials carrying uncoordinated confusing and conflicting messages creating doubt and uncertainty in kyiv at
To ensure a top six finish and his place in team gb. Our olympic Sports Reporter nick hope has been to meet him. Climbing at the olympics is a combination of three spots. The easy way is higher, faster and stronger. Speed is all about being faster, meat is all about going higher and bolder is all about being stronger. It is like trying to run a 100 metres print, five k and the 400 metres. It is a massive challenge for everyone in climbing. How important is this setup here in sheffield and why make the change . The first reason the climbing walls down here for bouldering are amazing. There are also other climbers who live here like shona cox the, bouldering is her background sport. The amount of tips and pointers from her, evenjust placing your foot at a slightly different angle, the difference that is crazy. How do you work here in sheffield . It is being able to learn snippets of other languages and tonnes of research into speed climbing. The strong teams currently are the russian tea
How will the Eu Commission look under its new leader . Well be tracking ursula von der leyens first 100 days as she prepares to take up the post in december. And major storms in the us are causing travel chaos ahead of the thanksgiving holidays. Even the iconic balloons at macys parade might not be cleared for takeoff. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london and Michelle Fleury is in new york. Since the brexit referendum in 2016 the British Public has been told that one of the most valuable prizes for the uk, will be a future trade deal with the united states. But at what cost . Today the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn claimed he had evidence that the National Health service will be on the table in those talks. At a News Conference this morning, he produced the minutes of six meetings, took place between 2017 and 18, in which us trade negotiators discussed drugs pricing and nhs contracts. Borisjohnson dismissed the claims as total nonsense and said he could give an absolute cast ir
And pressure continues to mount on Prince Andrew as lawyers representing the victims of Jeffrey Epstein call for him to speak to them. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted for coruption. Heres israels attorney general making the announcement. Translation it is a difficult and sad day. Today, i notified the lawyers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of my decision to indict him on three charges. A day that the attorney general of the serve an indictment serves an indictment against the Prime Minister on serious allegations of governmental corruption is a sad and serious day for the citizens of israel and also for me personally. Benjamin netanyahu quickly called a press conference to defend himself. Heres what he had to say. Translation what we are witnessing this evening is an attempted coup against the Prime Minister. What false charges and a contaminated and tendentious investigation. And i think you need to be blind not to see that something wrong is going on