Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has said he is abandoning his plan to host the 2020 g7 summit at his florida golf resort. It comes after democrats and others said the decision was evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain. In a series of tweets, mr trump said he would drop the plan which was announced on thursday. He cited what he called the crazed and irrational hostility from democrats and the news media. Brett samuels is the white house reporterfor the hill. I asked him why the president has backed down. This is certainly a bit of a shakeup for a saturday night, the president making some big news here. He, you know, he put himself in a difficult position by choosing to host the g7 summit next year at his own family property near miami. Democrats, as you mentioned, had obviously been piling on with the criticism, accusing him of attempting to use his office to profit and to feed his familys company with brand exposure and with monetary gain. And e
In the past hour President Trump has said he is abandoning his plan to host the 2020 g7 summit at his florida golf resort. It comes after democrats and others said the decision was evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain. In a series of tweets, trump said he would drop the plan which was announced on thursday. He cited what he called the crazed and irrational hostility from democrats and the news media. Brett samuels is the White House Reporter for the hill, hejoins me now on the line. Very good to speak to you, particularly given the fact that these tweets came out so late. The president has backed down. Why . Yes, well, thanks for having me on, james. This is certainly a bit of a shakeup for a james. This is certainly a bit of a sha keup for a saturday james. This is certainly a bit of a shakeup for a saturday night, the president making some big news here. He put himself in a difficult position by choosing to host the g7 summit at his own family property near
We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor
Natural resources committee. At 8 30 a. M. , we talk to virginia congressman Gerald Connolly, member of the oversight and Reform Committee and the Foreign Affairs committee. President morning trump at the center of the latest clash between congress and the white house. Tensions escalated over congressional access to the complaint, which involves an unspecified promise made to a foreign head of state. We begin the washington journal this morning getting your thoughts on the latest controversy and what it means for relations between executives and legislative branches of governments. Give us a call, we want to hear from you. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also text us this morning. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good morning to you this friday morning, you can start callin
Whistleblower complaint and the process of trying to get access to it. What you know about it . I only know what has been put out there in the media, but what we seem to know is that on more than one occasion the president has had conversation with a particular foreign leader in which explicit, either threats or promises were made that this whistleblower was witness to and felt sufficiently alarming that he felt he had to go to the Inspector General anden report. The words used were alarming and urgent, urgent. Now these are the words from Inspector General . Guest from Inspector General. Those are not words often used by anos Inspector General. And so thats get everyones attention, and the other speculation that involves ukraine. Was it a a conversation with te new president of the ukraine . Was it a conversation with Vladimir Putin about the ukraine . We dont know that yet. What we do know is that in this timeframe remember the president suspended over the actions of congress a quart