This is v.o.a. News I m Jim Berto president trumps lawyers have started their impeachment trial defense arguing Democrats are trying to overturn the 2016 election a peace agreement got a report from the White House what the Senate in for a rare Saturday session a White House counsel pads simple only argued the president did nothing wrong in dealings with Ukraine and Democrats know it they re here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history civil Loney and other lawyers repeatedly accused Democrats of holding back effects during Vera 3 days of opening statements promising senators will now get the truth in longer sessions next week but Norty leader Chuck Schumer says great let s have more information say the Trump presentation underlie Democrat demands for witnesses and documents we thank the president s counsel for one thing they made our case even stronger Saager Magni at the White House Democratic lawmakers are reacting to us President Donald Trump
2 hours from now u.s. President Donald Trump s Boyer s began their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial last night Democratic Party House managers wound up their 3 days of arguments again hitting hard at the theme that if Mr Trump stays in office he will feel free to abuse his power that his chief executive he ll be convinced he can basically do whatever he wants without penalty lead house manager Adam Schiff says he expects the defense team to use well worn talking points to insist that the president never engage in a quid pro quo with Ukraine holding back u.s. Military aid as leverage in an effort to get political dirt on a potential election rival former Vice President Joe Biden the president said there was no quid pro quo the president said there was no quid pro quo I guess that s the end of the story this is a well known principle of criminal law that if the defendant says he didn t do it he couldn t have done it. We have a report from the a.p. As to McGuire lead hou
This is k. S.p.c. Radio rewind 88.7 f.m. . K.s. P.c. Dot the larger. Danger A. Pickens Brian Sandstrom and Robert shine piano bass and drums again the song we heard Mr p.c. . Or Von Freeman and Ed Peterson together before that we heard from Gary Burt self an album called monsoon in the song we heard strode road yeah and it was in Bob drop and roll my name is wall this is k s a p.c. 88.7 f.m. In Claremont again the show does happen every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm with the replay Sundays 1 am to 3 am giving you the best in combo bebop jazz no ballads no big bands no vocals and today s themed show special show is saxophone Saturday all sax lead. Jazz combos for these 2 hours of the show including Up next for you from Pepper Adams This is often help called tender for the 5 spot from 1958 originally released on the riverside label and recorded at the 5 spot in New York City April 15th of 1958 we re going to be hearing of course from Pepper Adams leading the band also on this particular tra
That to take effect this weekend both sides were under pressure to cut a deal and avoid tariffs that would have hit another $160000000000.00 worth of Chinese imports including popular consumer items such as cell phones laptops and children s toys the trumpet ministration has agreed to suspend those tariffs and cut the tariff rate on some other Chinese imports and exchange what the president calls massive purchases by China of farm goods energy and manufactured products from the United States so far those massive purchases have not been quantified the u.s. Has also not spelled out the structural changes that expects China to make Chinese officials say both sides have agreed to work quickly to put the deal in writing before a formal signing ceremony Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington a Salvadoran man who was sent back to Mexico after seeking asylum in the u.s. Was murdered and he want to from member station cave p.b.s. Max Riven that are reports the 35 year old had applied for asylum
The shooting at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii the military says an active duty sailor whose submarine was docked at the base hope and fire on 3 civilian employees at the bases Naval Shipyard killing 2 of them the others hospitalized the sailor then shot and killed himself Kristian Castillo works at the base and heard about shots going off in the area and we were told by my chief to hunker down stay indoors in this he said personal weapons are not allowed at that base later today the state of Tennessee is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1991 by setting her car on fire it s believed he would be the 2nd death row inmate who s blind to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated nationwide 43 years ago this is n.p.r. News from Washington. A nationwide strike is under way in France nearly every train is idle teachers have walked off the job and the Eiffel tower is closed today some airline flights are also cancelled unions are protesting the government s