Also on the programme. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says trumps actions amount to bribery, escalating the stakes in the impeachment battle. Politics can be a ruff job. Luckily for staffers on capitol hill yesterday, some Furry Friends were on hand to help. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london and Michelle Fleury is in new york. Health care is a major talking point in any election. And especially so here in the uk. The nhs is our most cherished institution. Funded by public money, free at the point of use but today it is a service under enormous pressure. New figures out today will make grim reading for government. In october one in six patients in england waited longer than the four hour target. In england waited longer nearly 4. 5 million are waiting for a routine operation. In the uk healthcare is a devolved issue scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are also missing their targets. All the parties are proposing in this campaign to increase the nhs budget. Were joined now by
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
Hey announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, quid pro quo. Plus, stephen welcomes mark ruffalo and mew cal guest thom yorke and jon batiste and stay human. Live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen well, there you are there it is fun for the whole family hello, friends how are you . Hello, john, whats going on . Were going to make it happy thursday cheers and applause hey, everybody oh, my friends welcome whoo cheers and applause oh, my gosh its like warming yourself beside a roaring fire, john. Jon thats right. Stephen welcome to the late show, everybody. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Seem l talking about yesterdays live televised impeachment hearings, including me, and ill tell you all about it in tonights don and the giant impeach. Its all a hoax. Its a scam. Stephen yesterday, the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, testified that a staffer overheard President Trump on a phone call discu
Ukraine, President Trump it was said, has a negative view of ukraine, and president zelensky would have a difficult time overcoming it. Senator johnson further expla explained he had been quote, shocked by President Trumps negative reaction during an Oval Office Meeting when he and the three amigos proposed that trump meet president zelensky, and show support for ukraine. On september 8th, ambassador taylor told me, quote, now theyre insisting zelensky commit to the investigation in an interview with cnn. Which i took from the three amigos. I was shocked their request was so specific and concrete while he urged our counterparts to follow the rule of law, and generally investigating corruption allegations, this was a demand that president zelensky personally commit on a cable news channel to a specific investigation of President Trumps political rival. On september 11th, the hold was finally lifted after significant press coverage and bipartisan coverage. We were still concerned that pr
Had a clear understanding that president zelensky had to commit to an investigation of bidens before the aid got released and the aid got released and you didnt commit to an investigation . I was not wrong about what i told you, which is what i heard. Thats all i said. Ive told you what i heard. And thats the point. What you heard did not happen. It didnt happen. You had three meetings with the guy, he could have told you, he didnt announce he was going to do an investigation before the aid happened. It is not just could it have been wrong, the fact is it was wrong. Because it didnt happen. The whole point was you had a clear understanding that aid will not get released unless there is a commitment, not maybe, not i think the aid might happen, it is my hunch it is going to get released, you used clear language, clear understanding and commitment and those two things didnt happen. So you had to be wrong. Mr. Jordan, the other thing that went on when that assistance was on hold is we sho