The finish line in sight all the details coming up later. Though we begin in washington where the u. S. Senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump House Democrats read the formal charges triggering the Legal Process in the last few hours the chief justice of the u. S. Supreme Court John Roberts was sworn in as the presiding judge along with 99. 00 senators they would act as jurors during the proceedings the trial which donald trump has denounced as a cone job by the democrats will start on tuesday President Trump is accused of freezing aid to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. Donald j. Trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office President Trump solicited the interference of a Foreign Government ukraine in the 2020 United States president ial election he did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the government of ukraine to publicly announce investig
I need everyones help in the room for the sake of the common good. Take this device and silence it, please. That way we wont get any nycalls from our children or grandchildren taking us out of the meeting. So i want to welcome you this evening on behalf of the board of directors of the reformed institute of metropolitan washington. My name is larry goldman, im interim director of the institute. We are dedicated as an institute to the education of techurches and the community in the reformed tradition and enhancing theological discourse related to religious life and to the common good. I want to thank the session of National Presbyterian church for providing the venue for this evenings event. National is one of 10 sponsoring congregations of the reforminstitute and a fantastic place. Youll find the names of our other sponsoring communities in the brochure that you have at your seat and if you do not have one, please let us know, were going to get one to you. The reformed institute serve
This parish life has been declining and parishes face challenges. Coauthor of the important book renewing parish culture. The local parish is the cultural home base of american catholics and in these smallest and most basic units, the catholic culture is nurtured, sustained. It depends to a great extent on the vibrancy of parish life. What are the challenges . What are the possibilities . Please stay with us and after this short break well talk talk to dr. Melanie morrie about the catholic parish. Fo hello. Welcome back. We have with us today dr. Melanie morey and welcome to you. Thank you. Thank you, john. A little about you. A bachelors degree from smith college. Masters from Boston College and Harvard University and a doctorates from harvard. You have an expertise in catholic identity and catholic culture. Today at the archdiocese of san francisco. You published extensively including the book called renewing parish culture, building for a catholic future and you have taught and work
Educational and communal. But, parish life is declining and parishes face challenges. Our guest today is doctor melanie mori, a student of Catholic Health and institutions and coauthor of the book renewing catholic future. The parishs cultural home based of american catholics and in the smallest and most basic units, the catholic culture is nurtured, sustained and transmitted. The ideology of american catholicism depends on a vibrant life. What are the challenges . What are the possibilities . Please stay with us and after the short break join us talking about the catholic parish. ,,,, hello, welcome back. We have with us today doctor melanie mori. Welcome to you. A little bit about you. A bachelors degree from smith college, masters degree from Boston College and Harvard University and a doctorate from harvard. Now, you have a particular expertise in catholic identity and culture. You have been a consultant to many catholic institutions and today at the archdiocese of San Francisco yo
Standoff started and police will not say if there are any hostages in the house. Also at 11 00, new questions are swirling about the Trump Administrations collections to moscow. Good morning, im vai sikahema. And im tracy davidson. President trump is renewing his attack on the media as the controversy grows over his administrations connections with russia. The president tweeted this morning the Fake News Media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. Another tweet, the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by intelligence like candy. Very unamerican. National reporter Edward Lawrence has more on the new evidence linking the president s campaign to russia. Reporter who knew what when . Familiar questions being asked now of the Trump Administration following the resignation of National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Congressional investigations are pending. I see him coming before us and testifying if that can be done. If its an i