The chair of the House Intelligence Committee is a possibility thank you very much mike hanna in washington Claire Finkelstein is professor of law and flaws of the at the university of Pennsylvania Law School and joins says on skype from philadelphia great to have you on the program thank you very much now i want to ask just in the grand scheme of things how significant are these allegations and what kind of repercussions could we see from this or is it something thats likely to be swept under the rug as weve seen so many times at the at trumps white house. This is an enormous story possibly the biggest story of this presidency because 1st of all its arguably the 1st time that a whistle blower action has been filed against the president if indeed thats what this action is as we now are coming to understand. And there are extensive protections that are required by law for whistleblowers to enable them to bring Important Information of corruption to light so 2nd of all there would be as
But throughout. On iraq. As questions about his death remain unanswered. Safety 1st diplomats in somalia try to figure out how to hold an election next year against a backdrop of violence. Hello theyve had a fairly quiet couple days across central and eastern areas of china now on the satellite you see this bright bundle of cash just pushing actually outer shell gas is Tropical Storm e tag so as a k. Is the way it takes the rain with it so a good couple of days ahead in shanghai also fine and dry and hong kong still feeling fairly humid of course other nations want to see will scout of the interior now they do become a bit more widespread as we head into friday but they dont make much progress so we might actually just see some localized flooding from the system of the ground is so very wet because the rain over the last few months and the rain is pushing further south so fairly unsubtle across much of borneo its that time of year and also quite heavy across into northern sumatra and p
Baghdad as a rocky Security Forces confront protesters for a 2nd day. Throughout wednesday iraqi Security Forces placed a ring of around to korea square the focal point of the protests. But they werent deterred by the show of force they came in large numbers and full running battles in nearby streets and in other neighborhoods their message to government leaders is simple that. Our demands we wont work we wont work if they do not want to treat us as iraqis then tell us we are not iraqi and we will find other nationalities and migrate to other countries that nobody thought we had demanding the change we want the downfall of the whole government that message of bringing down the government will concern Prime Minister other loved his office says he will meet the protesters as well as set up a commission to investigate events including the deaths of demonstrators quite who the Prime Minister will meet is unclear analysts suggest this is not a movement that seems to be led by any Political
But this is not how a Democratic State responds to what started out certainly as peaceable demonstrations. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including johnson delivers a new brags that offers the e. U. Including proposals to resolve the irish border problem. A day after a student was shot by Hong Kong Police and beijing protests show no sign of letting up. And in the sport peter has action from the World Championships including a goal tonight for britain into. The states is set to impose 7 and a half 1000000000. 00 worth of tariffs on imports from the European Union the tariffs are in retaliation for e. U. Subsidies given to european airplane manufacturer air bus which the World Trade Organization says were legal fears of a tit for tat stem from the e. U. Likely being able to impose its own new tariffs next year for illegal subsidies given to us airplane maker boeing for more on this heidi castro who joins us joins us live now from washington d. C. Heidi how did this all start. Well n
I think for them me say. Directly face parents are people who support the Hong Kong Government and police are referred to as blue and those who support the protest movement are identified as yellow as most of this internal family tension are between blue and yellow members theres also yellow on yellow tensions. Ada code is part of a volunteer group that counsels protesters she spoke with a mother and a son who both support the protesters the mother believes in the movement but does not want her son facing danger on the streets the son says hes doing it for the next generation x. Ray the. He really doesnt want his young. Romeo about what. Would be rare. For a 20 year old redwings future he hopes that he can find Common Ground with his parents he just returned home after being gone for a month. Maybe one day i can find a different approach to try and change their point of view but in the meantime hell continue to go out to the streets and protest hes just not going to talk about it at ho