Jeffrey dahmer combined. A very personal message from jeopardys alex trebek about the new challenges hes facing in his battle against cancer. Plus, agus nato caught on camera sends residents fleeing for safety a busy tuesday ahead early today starts right now good to be with you this morning. Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. A pivotal figure in the ukraine scandal will Face Congress today as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump ambassador to the European Union gordon sunlandt l position befo house committees meanwhile, President Trump is railing against democrats after the emergence of a second whistleblower nbcs tracie potts is in d. C. With the latest. And, tracie, on top of all of this, the house has also issued another round of subpoenas reporter right, phillip. They want more evidence from th, from the secretary of defense about whether or not there was an attempt to withhold aid from ukraine in exchange for investigating joe biden. Now, sunland, who you just
Her death. The hero dog, what were learning about the canine that played a crucial rule in the military raid that took out the leader of isis and why the dogs name will stay classified. Plus from the new legal battle over popeyes chicken sandwich to female fans banned from the world series for showing too much enthusiasm to the controversy surrounding sean spicers performance on dancing with the stars. All the trending stories to start your tuesday. Ries to start your tuesday. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im kenneth moton. Im Kaylee Hartung in for janai norman. We begin with breaking news overnight from the impeachment investigation. The first Current White House official is now set to testify on capitol hill. He says he was listening to President Trumps phone call to ukraine. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman is poised to tell house lawmakers today that he was so concerned about pressure the president was putting on ukraine to investigate the bidens tha
Political pawns. Enough is enough. We need to move forward with the defense funding bill this week. Week. Well, mr. President , the scripture tells us that the lord is close to the brokenhearted, thats psalm 34 15. Weve lost and many of us lost a friend, brokenhearted that senator kay hagan passed away at the age 66. I spoke to her husband chip a few hours ago and told him from the first time i met kay hagan i knew she was special. She remained that way every day since. She was an amazing force, never loud, but always strong, effective, hardworking, dedicated principled and just a kindhearted person. He told me that he and kay had just had a wonderful weekend, a dinner, a wedding surrounded by friends and family. She even got to spend some time with joe biden who was in town. Chip said she was just beaming. I take some comfort in knowing that. In fact, it reminded me of how kay lived her life. She was never one to let sometimes painful realities of life and politics get her down. I kne
You can information find online our latest analysis nd subscribe to receive information on our latest research. This event is hosted by the and politicaltary power which seeks to promote understanding of the military strategies, c policies and capabilities to our threats while advancing american influence. Members ur audience nonpolicy ow its a institute. Were glad to be joined today by distinguished audience of diplomats, representatives from congress, the department of state, the pentagon, active military, and experts from the policy community. Of course, the media. We encourage guests both here online to join us in todays conversation on twitter at fdd. Way of housekeeping todays event is on the record. Its being live streamed and please silence your cell phones now. On a personal note i would like congratulate mike on his terrific new book. For those who have not read it, nationes is a gripping firsthand account of the rise and fall of isis. Writing is crisp, clear and often jarrin
Dynamics on the middle east and its important to recognize that everything here is on the record. Before we begin id like to highlight the Atlantic Councils collaboration with ifpi, which is the Italian Institute for International Political studies. This is the second year that our two organizations have partners produced an outstanding work on the changing landscape in the middle east. Today we are pleased to release our new collected volume, the mino region, and its now available for download online. A special thanks goes out to the president of ifpi, ambassador monsolo for his continuous collaboration in our joint ventures and indebted to the Italian Foreign ministry, in particular to the italian ambassador for his unwavering drive to see our two institutions partnering for not only the two countries they represent, but for the entire community. Ambassador monsolo couldnt be here at the last minute, but asked me to read this note. Its great regret i address you all in writing when i