Its 9 00 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where the us house of representatives is set to vote later on wednesday on whether to impeach donald trump. Its over claims that he threatened to withhold military aid from ukraine unless it investigated his leading democratic rival in next years president ial election joe biden and his son. In a letter to the house speaker, nancy pelosi, mr trump called the impeachment process an illegal, partisan attempted coup, that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. The democrat controlled house is expected to vote in favour, which would lead to a trial in the senate, probably in january. Heres the president speaking earlier. This has been a total sham from the beginning. Everybody knows it. Ive never seen the Republican Party so united. We got, as you know, 100 of the vote. I believe the senate is equally as well united. I watched Mitch Mcconnell this morning, i watched numerous people last nigh
With the headlines. Now on bbc news, its panorama. President trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6 page letter to top tonight on panorama democrat nancy pelosi, we investigate the church facing accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. Allegations of fraud. On the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, hes claimed hes been denied his most fundamental rights even though hes turned down i feel like heartbroken, an offer to give evidence himself, because im thinking this and have his legal team question is supposed to be like a family. Witnesses. And like, most importantly, its like gods people. And its leader, a charismatic pastor. God is going to help you. Hes going to change your life forever. We reveal the churchs appetite for cash. A basic person in a month should give a thousand. In his letter to the House Majority leader i think that is normal. Mr trump claims the charges he faces are complet
President trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6 page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. On the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, hes claimed hes been denied his most fundamental rights even though hes turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. In his letter to the House Majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the Us Constitution, is nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. Now the fear that impeachment could backfire, politically, on democrats is in the minds of some members of congress, as our north america editorjon sopel reports. 0h, say does that star spang
President trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6 page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. On the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, hes claimed hes been denied his most fundamental rights even though hes turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. In his letter to the House Majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. biv now the fear that badly fail at the voting booth. The fear that impeachment could backfire, politically, on democrats is in the minds of some members of congress, as our north america edi
Joining us from sunny arizona. Your clients havent done too badly this year. Jeff its been a great year, and what a difference a year makes. Vonnie why is that, jeff . Jeff the reason for that is because this year, we had a lot of very supportive factors pushing the market higher. First and foremost, weve got a very strong and resilient consumer, and that is evidenced Online Retail sales. Next, weve got Central Banks. Central banks have been supportive and accommodative here in the u. S. And overseas. Next, weve got earnings. Earnings are looking like they are going to improve not only in the end of this year, but into next year. Finally, and probably most importantly, shortterm, weve had improvement on the trade front. It looks like we have that phase one trade deal ready in the nottoodistant future. Vonnie you say what a difference a year makes. Obviously, a lot could happen in the coming year as well. What are the greatest risks for 2020 . Jeff the greatest risks we see are policy r