House in their back and forth exchanges with the acting director of National Intelligence. Nancy, what, if anything, do we know about the author of this report . Theres no name on this document. Reporter correct. We know very little aside from the fact that this is someone who is in the Intelligence Community, and apparently had been detailed to the National Security council at the white house, and in that capacity had a lot of interaction with white house officials. We also know that this whistleblowers ha s havvery mu to come to capitol hill and be interviewed by lawmakers. Youll hear from a number of democrats from the National Director of intelligence are you going to let this whistleblower come and talk to us and speak expansively to us. The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community did determine that this whistleblower had a potential political bias. Perhaps didnt want President Trump to be reelected. You will hear republicans talk about that today. However, the icig also n
May they live lives of obedience and abundance, as they follow where you lead. Lord, provide them with courage to do right as you give them the ability to follow your footsteps. Help them to make glorifying you their top priority. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , september 26, 2019. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable martha mcsally, a senator from the state of arizona, who will perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, th
Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things, faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. That oath cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot. Where there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But the second responsibility to defend the constitution, what does that really mean . The founders were not speaking, of course, of a piece of parchment, they were speaking of the president to defend our system of checks and balances that the constitution enshrines, to defend the rule of law, a principle on which the idea of america was born that
We are getting green on the screen and european equities. Investors are focused on the trade narrative as weve heard from President Trump that a deal with china could be closer than we think. We saw u. S. Stocks jumped the most in weeks. The 10 year yield has jumped some nine basis points moving down three today. Perhaps a bid for safe haven along with risk on trade and the dollar index caught a strong bit yesterday as well. Was that to do with concerns around the impeachment inquiry . Could it been something to do with Charles Evans . The dollar is holding on to that strength in the session. Lots of dynamics to digest. Coming up among dont miss our exclusive conversations with the ceos of xo and ab inbev as well tesco, ab inbev, as well as spains Prime Minister. Boris johnson came out fighting in his first appearance back in the commons. He refused to resign or even apologize saying the Supreme Court was wrong. He challenged his opponents to trigger an election, accusing them of cowar
Problematic ok kimberly sorry to cut you off that said Joseph Maguire just about to start speaking more crosscuts you know 2nd for now lets head over to capitol hill and listen in to this i beg your pardon this is adam schiff who were looking at now he is about to open this testimony about objection. The chair reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time the president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do 2 things faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution that oath of course cannot be honored if the president does not 1st defend the country if our National Security is jeopardized if our country is left undefended the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot where there is no country there is no office to execute and so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But what of this 2nd responsibility to defend the constitution what does that really mean the found