An Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 2019 the United States ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in kiev when she was called by a Senior State Department official and told to get on the next plane back to washington. Upon her return to d. C. She was informed by her superiors that although she had done nothing wrong, she could no longer serve as ambassador to ukraine because she did not ha
Inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 2019 the United States ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in kiev when she was called by a Senior State Department official and told to get on the next plane back to washington. Upon her return to d. C. She was infor
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 201
But to try to get them to understand the importance of evidence. And the crisis is being handled. You know, if you look were talking this morning, something to think about. China was way early and theyre getting under control just now. And europe was way early and theyre getting under control. We followed them with this terrible china virus and we are likewise getting under control. Some areas were very hard hit are now doing very well. Some were doing well and we thought they may be gone and theyre flaring up and were putting out the fires, but other places were long before us. And theyre now its life, its got a life and were putting out that life because thats bad life. Dr. Fauci losing the battle versus the president , its being handled. It is friday, july 3rd. He went back to talking about us doing very well. And that the crisis is handled. Again its consistent with everything he said in january when he said its one person coming in from china. Soon it will be down to zero when it
And msnbc contributor, jeremy peters. Hans, starting with you. What were learning about numbers, locations, possible Additional Forces in afghanistan. Break it down for us. The numbers, the range is 3,000 to 5,000. Thats what were hearing. I just got off the phone with a Senior Administration official. Theyre stressing this is still in the deliberation process. No final decision has been made. And President Trump is asking some questions about this proposed policy. What we know about the policy, more troops to fight directly against the taliban. Bolster the Afghan National army. What trump is asking about is whats the regional approach. He is asking these questions namely because its difficult to see a solution in afghanistan unless you have some sort of approach to pakistan. The hostages. The network holds them in pakistan. A great deal of fighters that go back and forth. Remember, a couple of weeks ago it was the secretary mattis went to kabul. I was there with them. Theyre talking a