Because they cant actually pin anything a factual basis on you know the president did nothing wrong while republicans continue to stand by their president who has dismissed the move as an attempted coup. I mean Taylor Nandan with the rest of the top stories including lebanons saad hariri says he will not seek to stay on as Prime Minister ahead of much to late talks to give the protest right country a new government. India Supreme Court postponed hearings against a new citizenship law to next month as anger against the legislation grows. Well in just the past hour the final debate has got underway over whether to impeach the president of the United States democrats and republicans in the house of representatives on making their case about whether donald trump violated the constitution hes accused. Of withholding aid to ukraine to pressurize into investigating his political rival the democrat controlled house is expected to make trump the 3rd president to be impeached in u. S. History on
Welcome susan rice to afterwards. It is a fascinating book with a personal tale and chronicle of your professional life but lets begin with the Current Crisis with the president of ukraine in july a whistleblower reported in august and it was released in the last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What is so extraordinary is that now we have in blackandwhite the president s own words the fact that when hes conducting business on behalf of the United States with foreign leaders hes conducting his own personal business is personal political business but if you read the transcript not once did the president of the United States raise anything that is National Significance to the United States of the sovereignty of ukraine has been violated by russias invasion or holding russias feet to the fire or providing Economic Security support to ukraine as a matter of us policy. All the president asked for is that the president of ukraine do trump a personal political favor by
[inaudible conversations]. We will come to order. Good afternoon this is a fourth in a series of hearings we are holding as part of the inquiry without objection the chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. There is a quorum present. Well proceed today as an Opening Statement than the Ranking Member can make his Opening Statement and then we will turn to the witnesses and then two questions. Without a now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement into the impeachment inquiry of donald j. Trump the 45th president of the United States. This afternoon well hear from two witnesses Ambassador Special representative for ukraine negotiations and to morrison former senior director for European Affairs at an sei appreciate the minorities request for these witnesses as well as undersecretary of state from whom we will hear tomorrow progress we have heard from other witnesses when joe biden was considered whether to enter the price one the president ial race in 2020 giuliani began a
All morning with your phone calls, Facebook Messages and tweet. Journal, 7 00on a. M. Eastern wednesday morning. The House Intelligence Committee has just wrapped up public testimony from kurt volker, the official envoy to ukraine and tim morrison. As part of the inquiry into President Trump. We will show that now in its entirety. The meeting will come to order. Good afternoon. This is the fourth in a series of public hear chairman schiff the chair is recess at to declare anytime. I will make an Opening Statement and the Ranking Member will make his Opening Statement. We will proceed in the same fashion. I will make Opening Statement and the Ranking Member will have opportunity to make Opening Statement. Then we turn to the witnesses for Opening Statements and then to questions. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry of Donald J Trump. This amp we will hear from two witnesses requested by the minor. The special representative for the uk
The pa. Reflecting thrge in th polls, Pete Buttigieg came under fire for his political inexperience while Kamala Harris try to regain momentum. On capitol ll, House Democrats heard from witnesses this week in the hm impeent investigation of resident trauma. Former white house advisor fiona hill and ambassador were among those that test testified. There was a quid pro quo for ukraine while fiona hill characterized the campaign as a domestic political errand. With us now is go chronicle and hundrepresident of sheeted people, amy allison. Thank you for being with us. Journalists start with you, just been made of south bend, indiana mayor pete the judge and his recent rise in the polls. What was his goal on wednesday and you think he achieved it. The goal is not to be a beat down. He has biggerproblems. He is ahead in a state that is white. When it comes to california, the stats here ofsay half latinos dont even know who he is. He has real problems. When he goes to south carolina, black fo