A political process i think this is played out exactly the way that i predicted months ago on this show and it looks like thats exactly how the process will play out joe. Minority leader Chuck Schumer said that not allowing democrats to hear from you kerns an extra fissions in the senate trial is tantamount to a cover up by republicans how do you react to that i mean i think again thats really a bunch of ludicrous but if democrats want to hear from witnesses they should have gone to the courts to compel them to show up i mean this is i mean this is not Rocket Science this is schoolhouse rock political 101. 00 i mean if you want if we have 2 breasts of government that disagree that the tie goes to the courts and the courts will decide democrats didnt want to go to the courts because they understood inherently that a drawn out impeachment process was probably bad for them politically so they want to have their impeachment cake and eat it too you know they want to act different publicans
Been a 3 month 3 year march to where we are today. Just spinning wheels. Well i agree with the other day i dont think theres any chance that theres going to be a fair trial in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell has already announced that on National Television that he is not an impartial juror and and you know this is a political process the impeachment process is to some degree a political process i think this is played out exactly the way that i predicted months ago on this show and it looks like thats exactly how the process will play out joe. Minority leader Chuck Schumer said that not allowing democrats to hear from the current an extra decisions in the senate trial is tantamount to a cover up by a republican certainly react to that i mean i think again thats really a bunch of ludicrous but if democrats want to hear from witnesses they should have gone to the courts to compel them to show up i mean this is i mean this is not Rocket Science this is schoolhouse rock political 101. 00 i mean
For those watching on pbs and around thelobe, welcome to a bbc news special edition of world news america. We are following the ongoing debate on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives. These are the live pictures. Lawmakers have been making the cases one b one, first a democrat, then a republican, backwards and forwards. 435 members, it takes a little bit of time. Many have invoked the constitution or the solemn oath that they took themselves as lawmakers. And of course we have heard some of the usual talking points from both parties and from the mspresident f. When they have all had a chance to speak, they will hold a vote two votes, actually. One, use of power. We will have the ll est from capill, but first, north america editor jon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence jon decber 18, 2019, a day that will go down in american history. A day that started at least with solemnity. Give them wisdom and discnment jon but very quickly moved om the sacred
Pressure on e. U. Alliances but europes top officials remained resolute. We will be the exporter of knowledge, technologies. Every company should contribute where they do extra in business. Europeans a particular have to go a little further. From i ranran to saudi arabio south africa leaders spoke to bloomberg about their challenges. Weve already committed to reducing expenditure on a number of fronts. We want to avoid a dangerous escalation. We are flipping the page. All straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. On this special edition of bloomberg best, well look back at 2019 and europe, in the middle east, and africa revisiting the most interesting interviews with new makers, policy makers and leading figures and business, finance, and politics. Lets begin with brexit. When 2019 began theresa may was facing a march deadline to achieve a deal. By years end, a new British Government was still promising to get brexit done. It was a year of negotiation
The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to tom our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and before i hand the baton to him, ill just introduce my copanelist, or miller, the acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a sort of a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are awa