Democrats are considering going it alone with a much more expansive and expensive bill. The latest on these negotiations. Good evening, bret. Tonights meeting is the first time that President Biden has invited them to the white house and all of them are republicans. Whether or not he is willing to compromise or not to earn their support is still very much. Go big or go bipartisan. Thats the question President Joe Biden faces as he attempts to pass his 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. The president calls for bipartisan support and 10 moderate republican senators responded to the roughly 600 billion plan of their own. Im going to do everything i can to encourage the president to do something that is much more targeted from the 1. 9 trillion package. He was one of the ten moderates to send a letter to him on sunday reminding him of the promise tomorrows going to be it looks like you are in the snow globe at the white house. Thank you. Down the street from the bipartisan meeting in the oval
Im annemarie green. We begin with a new day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today a top diplomat central to the democrats investigation will testify. In just a few hours, lawmakers will hear from u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. He will likely face questions about a phone call with President Trump a day after mr. Trumps july 25th call with ukraines president. Later in the day, laura cooper and david hale will testify. All three witnesses were recently questioned behind closed doors. Meanwhile, key testimony involving the republicans star witnesses went into the night. Yesterday lawmakers questioned former envoy to ukraine kurt volleyer volker and National City council chairman. This was critical for house republicans. How did it go . Reporter yeah. Good morning. It seemed like a marathon, didnt it, because of how long everything went. Both witnesses who testified said that they had concerns about the white houses ukrainian policy. Kurt vol
So this morning the impeachment investigation into President Trump enters a crucial phase. The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first public hearing focusing on the possible charges mr. Trump may face. Todays witnesses include four constitutional law experts at respected universities from harvard to stanford. And yesterday a report released by the House Intelligence Committee said mr. Trump used his power to pressure ukraines president to investigate his political rivals. Skyler henry is on capitol hill. What can we expect today . Reporter good morning. Well, after weeks of testimony, the House Intelligence Committee voted to adopt the impeachment inquiry report late yesterday afternoon. Now this process goes to the Judiciary Committee which traditionally is charged with drafting articles of impeachment. Now the white house earlier this week despite an invitation declined to be at todays hearing. House democrats released a 300page report detailing their findings in the impeachme
On hidef doppler, zooming in to the light rain coming down across San Francisco. Light rain for the east bay. Heavy rain across tr vall the ultimate pastor livermore and across 580, light rain coming down for fremont and heavy rain for the southbay right over san jose. As we head through the afternoon, we will see that rain tapered to scattered showers and we will see the scattered activity in the afternoon and for that evening commute. Mid 50s for the coast and upper 50s for daytime highs or the bay. Upper 50s in land so seasonable tense. We will still have that unsettled weather as we head to the day but the south bay is pouring right now. That is where we find a very serious accident. They just issued a Traffic Alert. Its onto 80 northbound right as you approach 87. That is not a b parkway. I will zoom in and show you how bad the traffic is. It is really backed up via bond 101. Alternates as well six to seven vehicles reported in this accident. We heard from chp that one person was
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with the next round of hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. This as news surfaces of a lastminute witness that will now testify publicly this week. Four witnesses will be questioned before the public today, including Alexander Vindman. Vindman is a ukraine specialist with the National Security council who listened in on President Trumps july phone call with ukraines president. Meanwhile, new transcripts from the closed door testimony of david holmes was released overnight. Holmes, a Ukrainian Embassy staffer, testified privately over the weekend. He will testify publicly on thursday. Skyler henry is on capitol hill. What was revealed in the latest transcripts . Reporter yeah, annemarie, good morning. David holmes is a Career State Department official based in the ukraine. Transcripts show that he testified u ukrainian officials were told