Im annemarie green. We begin with extraordinary testimony in the impeachment inquiry. The first public hearings detail President Trumps alleged effort to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden. Yesterday two career diplomats, bill taylor and george kent, testified on capitol hill. Taylor said a member of his staff overheard a july phone call between President Trump and u. S. Ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. After the call sondland told the staffer the president cared more about the investigations of the bidens than ukraine. President trump denies any knowledge of the call and said the impeachment hearings were a sham. Natalie brand is on capitol hill. Natalie, what else did we learn from yesterdays hearing . Reporter good morning. House democrats say that new revelation adds to the evidence that instructions were coming from the top, and weve also learned that staffer taylor mentioned yesterday is expected to testify behind closed doors on friday. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukr
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and the president of the republic of turkey. Thank you very much, everybody. Please. I want to begin by welcoming the first lady with us today and the first lady of turkey. Thank you very much for being here. This is a great honor to have you. And we had a wonderful and very productive meeting. Before we start, i would like to thank president erdogan for releasing detainee golga who was in detention, in different forms of detention and i appreciate that very much. That was a very nice tribute and hell be coming back at some point in the not too distant future. So thats very good news for the United States and also very good news for turkey. Turkey, as everyone knows, is a great nato ally and a Strategic Partner of the United States around the world. Our economic relationship has tremendous potential and continues to expand and to grow, direct engagement of sip mro sip diplomacy for peace and prosperity a
Turkish counterpart the 1st time since turkeys syria offensive. Dozens are killed as israel launches further ass trikes on gaza more than 200 rockets are fired from gaza in response. And in sport big changes of footballs arabian gulf cup which is to be hosted by katz author initially boycotting the events saudi arabia bahrain and the u. A. E. Say they will now play in dark. Is the 1st televised day of the us impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with both sides presenting opposing narrative democrats accuse trump of an abuse of power all republicans say its a Smear Campaign 2 senior u. S. Diplomats William Taylor and george kent. Center stage on capitol hill the crossexamination by the house of Representatives Intelligence Committee both men presented evidence condemning the president but House Republican devon is described as fat chick will perform as the chair of the Committee Says the inquiry is simply about whether trump violated the president ial office to abuse of power
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With President Trump. The president meeting with his turkish counterpart amid rising tensions in syria. We will bring you President Trumps comment as soon as they begin. On capitol hill, the first public impeachment hearing more than 20 years is just wrapping up. What the witnesses told lawmakers, their reaction from both sides of the aisle. Attention costco shoppers, the details on the viral coupon that is too good to be true. Connell ah. Melissa i want to know about that. Connell always say. Fox Business Team coverage on the busy day. Blake burman live at the east room of the white house still waiting for the News Conference to begin. Gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence from capitol hill. Kristina partsinevelos in new york and jeff flock in chicago. Try to get to everybody. Kristina, the huge day i referenced about disney. Hit it on the head. Did is any had over disney had over 10 million subscribers over the streaming platform they launched yesterday. T