In the house impeachment inquiry. No president in history has ever done anything like this. Many president s have expressed they couldnt do anything like this. President trump did not take these extreme steps to hide evidence of his innocence or to protect the institution of the presidency. As a career Law Enforcement officer, i have never seen anyone take such extreme steps to hide evidence allegedly proving his innocence. And i do not find that here today. The president is engaged in this coverup because he is guilty, and he knows it and he knows that the evidence he is concealing will only further demonstrate his culpability. Notwithstanding this effort to stonewall our inquiry, the house amassed powerful evidence of the president s high crimes and misdemeanors. 17 witnesses, 130 hours of testimony combined with the president s own admission on phonecalls and Public Comments confirmed and corroborated by hundreds of texts, emails and documents. Much of that evidence came from patrio
Grateful that no americans were harmed in the missile attack. The damage cut minimum. Iran appears to be standing down. Which is a good thing for all parties concerned. And a very good thing for the world. Iran fired more than a dozen meet missiles at u. S. Troops at the ain alasad airbase. In an operation called martyr soleimani they killed it that killed iranian general Qasem Soleimani they were given time to move to shelters or leave the base before the retaliation started. s iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism in their pursuit of Nuclear Weapons threatens the civilized world. We will never let that happen. Trump also said that the he continues to evaluate options in the u. S. Will impose additional economic sanctions on iran. He reiterated the fact that solemani was dangerous and for killing u. S. Troops. And american diplomats and soldiers. It was not persuasive. Struck me as quite vague. I would not have taken steps that the president took. I wouldve consulted with our
Iranian ears tracks in iraq last night the onlyly iranian retaliation . Also coming up, more than 170 People Killed when a ukrainian passenger plane crashes near tehran airport. All passengers a and crew aboard the plane e died when it went dn shortly after takeoff. And a treasure this moment, because there will not be many more like them. Britains prince harry and his wife meghan are to step back from their royal duties. Has life under the media spotlight become just too tough . And the former nissan boss carlos ghosn hits out in his first public appearance since escaping from japan. He accuses what he calls vindictive individuals of conspiring to smear him, leaving him no choice but to flee. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight, a retreat from the brink. President donald trump says that iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States, while trump himself has not threatened any further m
Down ina down to the channel islands. Mother of a child and her husband down in a spanish resort pool says brighter conditions further north. She may pursue an independent investigation. Drowned. Cooler in recent days. Mostly temperatures in a single figures. Hello there and welcome to our look fine and settle if you have ahead to what the papers will be plans to celebrate new years eve. Bringing us. Ourfront pages are in, no sign of any rain but they could be mist and fog. So bringing us. Ourfront pages are in, so lets just take you through some of those. We will start off with the financial times. Its an emotional reunion for a mother and son on the front page which seems a prisoner swa p front page which seems a prisoner swap raises hopes for ages. The leak of the us honours list could cost tens of millions of pounds the daily mail investigates what they call a £10 billion rogue pension scandal, saying thousands have lost their nest egg in a scheme sanctioned by the government. And
The day the uks set to leave the eu. During a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this 4 year refurbishment has continued. All of the stone that we put onto the tower is hard carved, which is a phenomenal thing to see, brilliant, and it may take them between three and four weeks to produce a carving such as this crown that you can see along here. So, a real labour of love. So, this is the eastern clock face, high up the elizabeth tower, and the most striking thing is the colours. Its not the black paint were familiar with, but gold and blue. So, we found that as we scratched back through the layers, we were scratching, basically going back through time, and found that this was the colour that it was originally. So, its really exciting to find that blue colour as we went back through the layers. And its prussian blue. Prussian blue, yeah. This is gold leaf. And weve reglazed the whole of the clock face with hand blow opal glass. Even standing here, on a rainy day, sur