investigations. now, the reaction to this moment in the white house is also key. this was taking place in john bolton s office. hill describes bolt on stiffening when he heard those words. later he said he told her he wanted nothing to do with this drug deal that was cooking up between sondland and mulvaney. now, this is all placing mulvaney much closer to this alleged quid pro quo that itself is at the heart of the democrats impeachment inquiry. democrats really want to hear from mulvaney. they subpoenaed him to appear on friday. he defied that subpoena saying that his position in the white house made him immune to congressional investigators. so john bolton is saying, listen, i ve got some information or his attorney actually is saying that bolton has got some information that has not yet been disclosed about ukraine but he s not going to testify unless the court forces him tochlt do so. is there a sense that he s
going to be mark .pay o . if he was doing what trump said to him him to do. ez. by not admitting in that moment to martha, stonewalling and stiffening the constitutional rormt in an impeachment inquiry. first of all, this meeting is as unprecedented to you as it is to me. you ve never seen anything like this. i ve never seen anything so like this. i d like. what can you imagine the
u.a.e. for super cup for the 1st time ever a woman will referee a major man s match in european competition france s stiffening will take charge of the all england clash between liverpool and chelsea that s taking place in turkey. istanbul is the venue for the latest milestone in the career of stephanie frappe the french referee has already taken charge of a men s game in her country s top league but she says she doesn t feel like she has to stand out from her male counterparts. i don t think so i think is the same we had to prove as physically they d meet me and tactically that we have the same that demands so i m not afraid about that so i think nothing changed for me. the respective coaches say they re proud to be part of history. so many things
go back to talks with the iranians. the iranians for their part is saying it s precisely these sanctions that are preventing them from going back to the table. only if the sanctions are dropped will they return to the negotiating table. a senior advisor saying the foreign leader being sanked means he s slowly being turned into a nelson mandela for iran, dave. how about that for a comparison. fred pleitgen in tehran. thank you, sir. let s discuss all of this with washington post congressional reporter. good to see you. good morning. so the sanctions, will they have any impact? and what is the trump administration s central goal in iran? is it repackaging the jcpoa in some sort of usmca type of manner? it is stiffening, there was a
we were told republicans would tolerate a lot of this stuff because of tax cuts. now they re willing to swallow tax increases? what are the chances they can override a veto? well, it wouldn t be the first time that what apears to be a stiffening of the republican spine against the president doesn t actually turn out that way. we ve seen that again and again. i think it was interesting in his press conference with theresa may yesterday, the president reminded republicans that they have an approval rating at least according to him among gop voters. he s clearly using his power. now, the question i think the message from what the republican senators were saying yesterday was that they hope this is going to be fixed before next week. there are talks in washington today between senior delegations from the u.s. and mexican sides. there s going to be an attempt to try and get some face saving situation here. it doesn t look if you look