Leading politics about the races to watch in the 2020 elections. But first, what a long, strange trip 2019 has been. This summer the president spoke on the phone with the leader of ukraine and asked him for a small favor. And just under five months later, he became the third president in the history of this country to be impeached by the house of representatives. Believe it or not, this year we also saw the release of the mueller report, remember that . A document once seen as the greatest threat to the trump presidency. And while the president battled those investigations, both of which he dismissed as hoaxes and witch hunts, Democratic White House hopefuls battled it out on the campaign trail for the right to take him on this fall. Candidates came and candidates went as the mood of the electorate came into a clear view. What came of it all . A nation starkly divided, the most consequential in decades. Senior White House Reporter for nbc news digital, shannon pettypiece. For Hillary C
45 degrees in San Francisco. 33 in santa rosa, hovering around freezing all morning long. And thats not the only spot. Temperatures very cold in livermore at 36. Oakland slipping to 39 there and san jose at 45. A lot colder this morning for most. Patchy fog for some. As we get into the afternoon, we are going to remain partly cloudy, dry, but on the cool side for some. Ill have a look at your temperatures coming up in just a little bit. If youre traveling to the sierra, snow continues to fall at this hour. Details coming up. We have the latest update on the crash we mentioned in san ramon, Bollinger Canyon road, still multiple lanes closed at that intersection because of the crash, but it is in the clearing stages. Also want to mention northbound 238 at westbound 580, a big rig involved in a crash there. Skip ahead to where we are talking about we want to show you the carquinez bridge, east shore bay, a nice easy drive. When you get to the toll plaza traffic very light. Go back to the
And biology are promising to bring about revolutionary changes in the way humans leads and as we learn today how to change our d. N. A. I mean the possible implications are just mind blowing from getting rid of diseases unborn babies today i sat down with revolutionary scientists and molecular engineer Dr George Church to talk about that. Professor George Church thank you very much for being on our program today so do you know sequencing and gene editing is Something Like the internet in the eightys on the brink to explode those are your words so do you mean to say that soon genome editing will be just like surfing the news on a sunday morning with a cup of coffee. Its possible i mean its hard to rule out that scenario just like there are many. Drugs that we pop without prescription that might be one of them right right now lets stop the case but there are many. Pharmaceuticals that we take without without thinking about them that much so when you say that you know madigan is on the br
Hello youre watching R T International im words on a lockwood welcome to the program. Now the u. S. Justice department has charged 2 former twisted employees with spying for saudi arabia prosecutors claim the pair an american citizen and a Saudi National used their positions to collect Sensitive Information about users critical of the kingdom you know neal discussed the case with donald quarter. Well its 3 people being charged here 2 or former employees at twitter one being a u. S. Citizen and the other a saudi citizen and their 3rd accomplice also a saudi citizen now the duo are being accused of using their positions at twitter to access the personal information of thousands of twitter users in the interests of the saudi government and against to be used against critics of the monarchy now on wednesday the Justice Department filed a criminal complaint against all 3 involved the defendant did knowingly act in the United States as an agent of a Foreign Government acted within the United
Message that theres 0 tolerance towards a. Level of self control the n. H. S. Is there to treat people that should treat people. Without question. 9 from our last guest today where its currently a minute past 4 oclock in the morning youre watching r. T. International thank you for joining us. Now the u. S. Justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees for spying for saudi arabia prosecutors claim the pair an american citizen and a Saudi National used their positions to collect Sensitive Information about users critical of the kingdom you know neil discussed the case with don a quarter. Well its 3 people being charged here 2 or former employees at twitter one being a u. S. Citizen and the other a saudi citizen and their 3rd accomplice also a saudi citizen now the duo are being accused of using their positions at twitter to access the personal information of thousands of twitter users in the interests of the saudi government and against to be used against critics of the monar