our own way. today, we re asking, with republicans going after joe and hunter biden, could this blow up in their faces and cost them their house majority? and then when politics gets personal, how does a name, a face, and a heart-breaking story change the debate over abortion? and good grief. yea or nay on the 73-year-old who is all the range among gen zers. the panel is here and raring to go. sit back. relax. and let s talk about it. up first, the house republicans formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. the third time congress has begun this process in just the last four years. for context, before 2019, it had happened only three times, in the nation s history. at the heart of the gop s case, the president s son hunter, who amped up the drama by speaking outside the capital, instead of testifying inside. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. hunter biden on the attack. after years of pounding for his foreign business deals. go
democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement. our republican colleagues who have said action on the border is so urgent should have no problem with continuing to work next week. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling republicans bluff on border security. he s delaying the upper chamber s recess in hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid, which includes critical funding on ukraine. meanwhile, the biden administration put more pressure on the israeli prime minister to scale back the country s ground war in gaza. we ll have the latest developments from the middle east. also ahead how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. hey, everybody. good morning to you. and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 15th. i m yasmin vossoughian, in for jonathan lemire. there are signs this morning on a potential deal on immigration reform, which could pa
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the national zoo in washington bids farewell to its beloved trio of giant pandas who were loaned as goodwill ambassadors from china. welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners of war will likely deploy to ukraine in the nearfuture. in an apparent violation of the geneva convention. they will be deployed to the east of the country where active combat is taking place under the control of the donetsk people s republic. the russians claim the soldiers will receive equal treatment, to the russian infantry, including salaries and benefits. george barros is a russian analyst at the institute for the study of war and geospatial intelligence team lead. what do you know about the men in this battalion and have been chorused and fighting their own side? ~ . ~ ., , ., ., chorused and fighting their own side? . ~ ., ., side? what
consequences. i don t believe it. i think if we call the president s bluff, send him something over this weekend and he maybe pat, the president is maybe the president called your bluff fz. exactly. i love this time, pat. yeah, pat s got it backwards as usual. he called the republicans bluff. you know, the president has shown wait a minute, it s my turn now. i believe that as a democrat what president was willing to do was a a bad deal for the democrats. it cut social security. cut medicare. there were no tax revenues right away until 2013. i didn t like that deal. but the fact the president showed he was to go that last mile to get an agreement. let me ask you at the white house, do you think the president is prepared to shut the government down if he has to. well his tone this evening
i don t believe it. i think if we call the president s bluff, send him something over this weekend and he maybe pat, the president is maybe the president called your bluff fz. exactly. i love this time, pat. yeah, pat s got it backwards as usual. he called the republicans bluff. you know, the president has shown wait a minute, it s my turn now. i believe that as a democrat what president was willing to do was a a bad deal for the democrats. it cut social security. cut medicare. there were no tax revenues right away until 2013. i didn t like that deal. but the fact the president showed he was to go that last mile to get an agreement. let me ask you at the white house, do you think the president is prepared to shut the government down if he has to. well his tone this evening was one of trying to insure the