beginning of september quote in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i presume that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement well earlier i spoke to correspond it fully ileus and i asked him what this means for the inquiry and the president through the president trying. well it s a blow to president trump another one this time coming from the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunland who now remembers telling an aide to the ukrainian president devoted to me that selenski. warsaw meeting in september along with the u.s. vice president mike pence that u.s. military aid to ukraine would likely not occur until ukraine and an investigation into corruption that was part of this investigation included allegations against
house of representatives has voted to formalize the impeachment investigation on the sets the ground rules long makers will use as they transition from closed door sessions to public hearings or the inquiry focuses on a telephone call made in july in which president trump asked ukrainian president for a lot of her selenski to investigate democratic political rival joe biden. let s get you the very latest on these developments from washington following the proceedings. alexander of a nominee alexandra so a pivotal vote did lawmakers voted along party lines yes they did expect that we only have 2 democrats who decided not to vote on the resolution both of them from swing districts and both of them have sat for the votes that they think that this is a bad idea that the democrats should focus instead on the measure is that or issues
and it wasn t really trustworthy he also it s also being said here in the media that president trump ordered the removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine following complaints by giuliani now let s also go back a little bit because in the whistleblower complaint it was said that folk are just one day after the phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president met with the president selenski alongside the u.s. ambassador to the european union in which they spoke to him about how to navigate trump s requests now before his testimony folk are also handed over documents including copies of text messages that he had with rudy giuliani but of course this testimony has been taking place behind closed doors and a lot of the attention today has been focused very much on those rather explosive comments that came from president trump. exactly the president s making new accusations saying that it s not just ukraine but china that should probe the
already preparing for a president my parents well i don t think they re that far along i mean let s see what happens between now and the time that the impeachment process starts the question is who gains from that does he mr trump again as somebody who s the victim and then plays for its own base or do the democrats win and they have a bit of a problem because even if they go for the impeachment they re going to have some point pivot to the real issues on the table for everyday voters not this so one way or the other this is going to be a very difficult chess game for both sides you know the german chancellor angela merkel well. ukrainian president selenski. he is quoted in this phone call transcript summary with the us president and he he. did not say the most flattering things about miracle were germany s policy with ukraine do you think
obviously in an attempt to spin that back to raise doubts about the credibility of these 2 investigations the transcript reportedly was then treated the same way that the transcript of the selenski call the ukrainian president was treated that it was saved on a high security computer system so that very much looks like a common practice under. the white house under president trump to try to make material that is potentially damaging simply disappear of a cell in washington thanks be time now to some of the other stories making news around the world but as prime minister barak johnson says he ll release his final plan this week to to get a deal for britain to leave the european union at the end of october report suggests his ideas include an island economic zone and for the e.u.