We are very pleased to have pole here with us this evening. We crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for the Los Angeles Times based in washington over several decades he wrote about National Security and foreignpolicy on both the pentagon and state department and he held other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose in this cityy on the National Security affairs and in his new book he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out for in particular, ryan crocker, and patterson and Chris Stevens. How significant officers these days folks work with our military and intelligence communities in such countries of afghanistan, iraq, serious, pakistan and libya to combat terrorism and manage the challenging situations. At a
And if you are an independent, 202 7488002. We are also on social media. Send us a text message at 202 at cspan wj,eet and we are on facebook. First, it an investigation into the deadly shooting in pensacola. The headline has brought details from the Washington Post, fbi officials broadening their probe amid reports that several of the gunmens saudi compatriots took video footage is the attack was underway. Meanwhile, the names of the victims have been released. Family member of watson,of joshua caleb the officer on watch at the time, his family says that he saved countless lives today with. Is own and died a hero we are beyond proud but there is a hole in our hearts that can never be filled. This from the wall street journal, the testing continues in north korea. They are reporting that pyongyang continues to spread expressing displeasure over the stalled Nuclear Talks with washington. The House Judiciary Committee issued its report over the weekend. Him it is just over 50 pages with
Wall street watching washington today. Stocks set for a lower open. Google, the banker. The search giant reportedly planning to offer Checking Accounts next year and nikes amazon challenge, the sports wear retailer set to stop selling its clothes and shoes directly to the ecommerce giant. Wall streets going to pay close attention to events on capitol hilld chair powell will testify before the joint Economic Committee of congress and the nation will hear public testimony from house impeachment witnesses for the first time the inquiry surrounding the president s actions toward ukraine, for our purposes, jim, well see what powell says first as we expect him to say the economy is in a good place. Yesterday was a punitive moment with President Trump calling for negative rates and i think that a lot of what lets just call all of our watchers who are in the professional side of things, i think were unanimous in what was that about, thats off the reservation. I think jay powell is immune to it
Participate in the impeachment probe, which it calls illegitimate what do you mean youre not participating . [ laughter ] its its an impeachment inquiry, not secret santa. No, not for me this year. You dont get to choose whether you participate . Youre like a guy getting dragged away in handcuffs, screaming, im not participating in this arrest. [ laughter ] according to a new poll, 58 of americans support the opening of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. So congratulations, man, youre finally polling above 50 . [ cheers and applause got it got it over the line a poll also states that 65 of women support the impeachment inquiry. Well, thank god they cant vote, said mike pence [ laughter ] what . They can since when . [ laughter ] according to politico, President Trumps sudden announcement that he would pull american troops out of syria caught National Security officials offguard, with one saying, quote, potus went rogue. Im sorry, he went rogue [ laughter ] hes always been ro
Is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. On the uk government site. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. All thomas cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. Coming up, ive been speaking to some of the People Living in one london borough thats been hit hard by knife violence. And also coming up, well speak to a former sun journalist about Coleen Rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her,and selling them to tabloid newspapers. The fighting in syria has taken a new turn with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. Turkey has begun a major offensive against Kurdish Forces who control the north east of the country. The kurds are currently involved in joint military operations with american troops in syria and have played a key role capturing thousands of is fighters. Its unclear what will now happen to those fighters. The