We ll condemning Turkey for the media and genocide Liesl hence a professor of international relations the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of identity politics inside out national identity contest ation and foreign policy in Turkey joins us and joining us now is Frank Bowman a professor of law at the University of Missouri School of Law and a former federal and state prosecutor he s written extensively on impeachment and legal channels in the popular press including New York Times Politico and slight where he s a regular contributor and he s provided testimony to both houses of Congress on multiple subjects including the meaning of high crimes and misdemeanors shing the Clinton impeachment crisis and his latest book just out his high crimes and misdemeanors a history of impeachment for the age of Trump welcome to Background Briefing Frank Bowman nice to be here well thank you and of course the actual Constitution says in times of impeachment treason br
And unfinished business as older employees retire decades of experience go out the door these companies rush to save all that we do every day give our older workers because they re a they re so skilled and b we don t have the people to fill in behind them and we invest in 10152030 years some of them in their skill set and we want to keep those as long as we can all that and more T.V. s news now. Major funding for the p.b.s. News Hour has been provided by. B. And s. F. . Consumer cellular. And by the Alfred p. Sloan Foundation supporting science technology and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie Corporation of New York supporting innovations in education Democratic in Gage mit and the advancement of international peace and security at Carnegie dottle. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by contributions to your p.b.s. Station from
Will Joe Biden she says it s unclear whether articles of impeachment will be brought against the president has denied any wrongdoing portions of the shift interview will air tomorrow on Morning Edition President Trump used a speech at the Economic Club of New York today to boast of the strength of the u.s. Economy but as N.P.R. s Scott Horsley explains Trump made no promises to end the trade war which is taking a toll on factories and farmers Wall Street rallied last week when China announced a truce in the trade war but there were no such assurances from President Trump the u.s. Has been negotiating a possible mini trade deal with Beijing but Trump notes similar talks have fallen apart in the past we re close a significant phase one trade deal with China. Could happen could happen soon but we will only accept a deal of it s good for the United States and our workers and our great companies if no deal is struck Trump or he s prepared to impose higher tariffs on Chinese imports Scott H
1st public impeachment hearings that start today on Capitol Hill we will bring your Those hearings when they start here on w v ale join c 4 and me for our coverage as the hearings open and the chairman and ranking members of the House Intelligence Committee begin to question witnesses right around 10 o clock this morning we ll have it for you live here for the 1st couple of hours on w.b. Alle today s big oops comes from the Maryland Transportation officials who apparently missed something when they went to cash was told that they hate them Bridge last month Baltimore Sun says they forgot to shut off the automated system that sent warnings to drivers who went through the new casualty toll sensors at speeds that would have been considered too fast at the old manual toll booths there are not too fast for the cashless toll sensors but people sent out the warnings anyway it cost the state $20000.00 to send out warning letters to people that they didn t have to get we have a better idea thi
Corey into President Donald Trump N.P.R. s Winsor Johnson reports 1st up are 2 key witnesses who ve already offered what Democratic lawmakers have characterized as compelling testimony to investigators behind closed doors the House Intelligence Committee will 1st hear from Build Taylor the top u.s. Diplomat in Ukraine and then from George Kent a senior official at the State Department in charge of Ukraine policy both officials raise concerns in closed door depositions last month about whether Trump used military aid as leverage to press the Ukrainian government to investigate a political rival Trump has repeatedly denied any quid pro quo in his dealings with Ukraine and has called the inquiry an illegitimate sham N.P.R. s Winsor Johnson reporting the Acting White House chief of staff says he still has no plans to comply with a subpoena to testify before a House impeachment investigators but Mick Mulvaney says he no longer plans to sue over the proceedings he says instead he ll take hi