chancellor charismatic pronouncements. the chancellor pronounced all her policies chancellor pronounced all her policies as being without alternatives, so that was stymieing public alternatives, so that was stymieing public debate for renewal so renewal, public debate for renewal so renewal, at least, is what we are getting renewal, at least, is what we are getting. and what direction the renewal is taking place will have to be determined. be determined. clive, you are a euro -e be determined. clive, you are a europe correspondent, - be determined. clive, you are a europe correspondent, you - europe correspondent, you watched angela merkel s performance on the european stage. does german leadership matter as much now? will olaf scholz will be looking to what s happening in europe that the angela merkel government had neglected? angela merkel government had ne . lected? . angela merkel government had neulected? , .. angela merkel government had neulected? , .. , ..
houdini. special counsel investigation is something he managed to evade accountability from. he was impeached twice and aquitted both times. are there reforms that you would like to see to make the executive branch more responsive to those specific proceedings, to special counsel investigation, an impeachment trial, investigation in the house or trial in the senate? yes. we have a package of bills in judiciary. i think intelligence also has important pieces of legislation for reform so that this kind of stymieing and stonewalling cannot happen again and we could get another administration that s a bad actor, especially when you watch the nature of mcconnell and mccarthy not wanting to learn what happened on 1/6. i used to ask what are they are afraid of and now i ask what are they covering up. right. we have to exert the rights as a co-equal branch of
give congress the whistleblower complaint, at least a version of the whistleblower s complaint by thursday. the complaint will reportedly go through a classification review and then congress will get it. bottom line here, we haven t known about this whistleblower s existence or about this kpla complaint for very long. the complaint was filed on august 12th. it s a member of the intelligence community that was reportedly disturbed by something he or she observed when it came to president trump and his contact with foreign leaders. that whistleblower conveyed that information by the process that he or she was supposed to under law in a way that should protect him or her from retaliation up to and including losing his or her job or being prosecuted. the white house then apparently intervened to stop that complaint from being conveyed to congress. that has led to these two twin stories. the stymieing of the congressional oversight process, including what is supposed to be a sacrosanct lega
and his contact with foreign leaders. that whistleblower conveyed that information by the process that he or she was supposed to under law in a way that should protect him or her from retaliation up to and including losing his or her job or being prosecuted. the white house then apparently intervened to stop that complaint from being conveyed to congress. that has led to these two twin stories. the stymieing of the congressional oversight process, including what is supposed to be a sacrosanct legal whistleblower protection regime and whatever it is that so upset that whistleblower in the first place. if the whistleblower s complaint is conveyed to congress because of this announcement from nancy pelosi today, both of those matters will make serious progress both in terms of the obstruction and in terms of the content here. it s amazing what a little focus will do to what had previously seemed like a real impasse on a story this big. all right. lots to get to tonight. stay with us.
other students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity instead of their sex at birth, the court refusing to hear that case and leaving the policy in place. in the case of the family of a 15-year-old mexican boy trying to sue border patrol agent for shooting and killing the boy the court will hear arguments to determine whether the agent is protected by qualified immunity and is not able to the suit. senate leadership battling over future courts. mitch mcconnell saying he would try to fill the seat of one opened up in the 2020 election year. chuck schumer referencing his stymieing of merrick garland in the 2016 election responding mcconnell is a hypocrite with something like artwork you see on the screen adding the gop agenda is so radical the only way to achieve it is through the courts but what we saw today, yesterday the court not playing politics, judging things by the merits. heather: do you think chuck schumer did that artwork