Its a sham. Its a hoax. Youre trivializing impeachment, he said. Then about 60 seconds later, the man so concerned with trivializing impeachment and the pursuit of facts and truth, laid a whopper. He claimed the favor he was asking of ukraine in that july 25th phone call wasnt for him. No, the us he was referring to when he asked ukraines president to, quote, do us a favor was actually us, the country. Thats right. You and me. Take a listen. You said, do me a favor. No, it didnt say that. It says do us a favor, our country, talking about the past election, talking about corruption. Kind of tortured, dont you think . He wants you to believe he was putting country above self and pursuing a potential 2020 opponent for wholly patriotic reasons. Oh, and when he says he was talking about corruption, its worth noting that in two phone conversations with president zelensky, he never said the word corruption, not once. Never said the word. Incidentally wed be remiss if we didnt point out that o
And important implip indicatiim. The president could only say its a sham, its a hoax. Then about 60 seconds later the man so concerned with trivializing impeachment, he claimed the favor he was asking wasnt for him. The us he was referring to when he asked ukraines president to quote do us a favor was actually us, the country. Thats right. You and me. Take a listen. You said do me a favor. I didnt say that. I said do us a favor, our country. Talking about the past election. Talking about corruption. Kind of turtuortured. He wants you to believe he was putting country above himself. In two phone calls with president zelensky he never said the word corruption, not once. On this friday the 13th, that the man responsible for pursuing those biden allegations, Rudy Giuliani, was back at the white house today. Well have that story later in the program. Right now we want to stick with the fritrial ahead for donald tp because while this debasement of truth starts at the top, it doesnt end there
Recognized by their fellow countrymen. While most countries use the 70th anniversary of world war ii to honor those who fought in those wars, certain countries had an ulmaterial yr motive. They used the anniversary to show gigantic displays of military power. Chine haw showed off their tanks and missile launchers, much of this in this weird digital blue camo. They rolled out dozens of weapons known as carrier killers, missiles designed specifically to target u. S. Aircraft carriers. Another missile they paraded out was given the name of guam killer because it was supposedly capable of striking the u. S. Naval base in guam. They even had helicopters spelling out 70 while in formation. That year the russians also held a military parade to honor the 70th anniversary of world war ii. It was the biggest military parade that country had ever seen. Missiles, tanks, thousands upon thousands of troops. No expense was spared. The chinese may have used helicopters to spell out 70. The russians sp
What do they feel in the senate . Thats certainly not the preference of Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell who has made that clear to rank and file members who are coming around to the idea of a shorter trial. Essentially there is a concern that once you get into a fight about witnesses, including whether hunter biden would testify, the whistleblower, joe biden perhaps, that puts some of those moderate republicans up for reelection next year in a tough position. People like susan collins, people like thom tillis and cory gardner but essentially theyll have to decide whether or not to vote with the president or against him in the wishes he has on the witness list. So that is one of the potential obstacles for moderate republicans looking forward in this senate trial. Now, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has been very clear that he is in close coordination with the white house and that has been very concerning for some democrats who argue thats really not appropriate given the fact that he
Lets get straight to breaking news out of north korea. State media there announcing another, quote, crucial test which was successfully conducted at the satellite launching site saturday. South korea says it is closely monitoring the activity with the United States, but it did not offer any specifics. This would be the second test at the same site in one week. Our Paula Hancocks joins us now live from seoul, south korea. What more are you learning about what might be going on here . Well, natalie, we have no confirmation from the north korean side as to what exactly it is that they tested, but they said it was a crucial test, it was a successful test, also saying that it does help with a reliable, Strategic Nuclear deterrent, saying that is the reason they have done this particular test. Now, we do know we are waiting, the United States is waiting for this socalled Christmas Gift that north korea said it would give to the u. S. Before yearend, saying what the gift was really depended o