Good morning. We meet this morning to receive evidence on the noil the u. S. Asia region. Our panel has deep knowledge and experience in the region. Victor cha, erin friberg, who is professor of politics at princeton, university, kelly help me. Former principles tal deputy si of defense. And Ashley Tellis senior fellow in tata. Im having trouble with my enunciation this morning. I apologize. Senior fellow and chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. For the past 70 years weve worked with allies and partners to uphold a rulesbased order based on principles of free peoples in free markets, open seas and skies. The rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. These ideas have produced unprecedented peacened prosperity in the asia pacific. Now a throthe most immediate che is a situation on the crane peninsula. Kim jong uns regime has thrown its full weight behind its quest for Nuclear Weapons. Unfortunately, the
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Congress. Heading home, senator Bernie Sanders expected on the plane any moment now, his way back to vermont to continue recovering from whats being told what was indeed a heart attack. Questions remain over his health with only 10 days to go before the next president ial debate. Well bring you the latest in a live report. The new movie joker is nothing to laugh about. The thriller drawing big crowds in the opening weekend. This weekend. And movie theatres and Law Enforcement officials across the country are on high alert. Well tell you why. Lets get started. With this intriguing new headline, the possibility of a Second Intelligence official on the verge of filing a whistleblower complaint. New york times reports that has been interviewed as part of the corroboration of the first claims part of ukraines president. But what are we to make of this new reporting . Hans nichols tracking it down from the white house. The times reports this person is considering filing a whistleblower repor
Duty. Well get to the gop attempts at character assassination that will define the president and his party long after todays hearing. But we start with the facts that are sending the president into a tailspin today. As one more witness, and this time, one who listened in on the fateful call between donald trump and president zelensky, offers devastating testimony confirming the Pressure Campaign against the ukrainians, the case against the president gains an unimpeachable witness and one with firsthand knowledge of the phone call that put the president s impeachment in motion. Vinland w vind m vindman who was awarded a purple heart for his service in iraq testified he reported to his superiors on two occasions his concerns about the Pressure Campaign against the ukrainians who were being asked to deliver political favors to the president. In his Opening Statement, vindman describes his alarm over what he heard on the president s call. Saying this, i was concerned by the call. I did not
But certainly on this day, on this saturday, it may feel like it is not a saturday in washington. Rather, the middle of the week. Theres been so much happening today, in the last 24 hours, we begin with yet another potential whistleblower, that story coming into focus, the New York Times reporting that a second ukrainerelated whistleblower is weighing whether or not to file his or her own complaint. The second person with claims to have been on the call was quote alarmed by the president s doings with ukraine, and has more direct information about that than the first whistleblower, according to the New York Times. Now, secretary of state mike pompeo in addition to that missed yesterdays subpoena deadline, to hand over documents, related to ukraine. He spoke about that this morning. The state department sent a letter last night, to congress, which is our initial response to the document request. Weve all known there has been corruption in ukraine. The United States government has been e