Part of californias phase 2 those decisions and announcements have led to a little bit of confusion and some frustration by this time next week just about all the bay area counties could move into phase 2 of reopening sonoma napa and solano counties are already in phase 2 on monday, the 18th San Francisco marin and san mateo counties will join in phase 2. And today we learned alameda and contra costa counties are in the process of deciding when phase 2 will start Alameda County says it anticipates moving into earlystage to next week. Contra costa county will decide on monday so while San Francisco marin and san mateo counties are starting face to monday for now contra costa and alameda counties are holding back. Health officers and both of those counties say they will likely reopen early next week but they have not set a date just yet kron fours michelle kingston has more. Its pretty difficult to her side story as early as her theres no sidewalk jim and sandy rowdy on a small yarn shop
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to acting white house chief of staff demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favors. They accused him of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our washington corrrespondent, Chris Buckler has more about the demand for documents. We have a development from the democrats themselves. So these are the chairmen of three congressional committees, and they have all written together, demanding that the white house releases a number of documents that they requested just under a month ago. Now, in this letter, as you mentioned there, they say that they believe the white house has refused to engage with or even respond to multiple requests for documents from their committees on a voluntary basis. After nearly a mont
Hello and welcome. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favors. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is in washington. Chris, good to see you. Can you give us chris, good to see you. Can you give usa chris, good to see you. Can you give us a sense of the latest on this subpoena . Yeah, there have been a request for information and it has now become a demand and it is intended to put extra pressure on President Trump and the white house. Alongside the subpoena demanding all of these documents has come a letter from the chairman of three congressional committees. Leading democrats who, as you mention there, up democrat
To the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favours. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction, and cover up. I asked our washington correspondent, chris buckler, what more we know about the subpoena. There had been a request for information, that has now become a demand. And it is intended to put extra pressure on President Trump and the white house. And alongside this subpoena demanding all of these documents has come a letter from the chairmen of three congressional committees. Leading democrats who, as you mentioned there, say that up to this point, they believe the white house has refused to engage with or even respond to multiple requests for documents from their committees on a voluntary basis. As a result, they are now issuing these subpoenas. And they say after nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the president has chosen the path of defiance, obstruc
The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favours. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction, and cover up. Our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. What one president asked another is what is at the heart of these enquiries. And how far it donald trump go to press president zelensky to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son. The chairman of the three congressional committees have now issued subpoenas demanding documents that they hope will also reveal what was discussed inside the white house. In an open letter, they said multiple requests have been ignored, and they accused President Trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction, and co