[ light laughter ] welcome to impeachment after dark live. The only show that recaps the very mean, very nasty things democrats said about me at todays impeachment hearings [ laughter ] and before we go any further, yes, i got this after show idea from andy cohen. Or as i call him, opposite mike pence [ laughter ] now i admit, folks, i thought this whole impeachment thing would go away by now like a common cold, or a second wife but yet, here we are [ laughter ] and worse, now you cant even get the truth from shows like fox and frenemies. [ light laughter ] even though i am totally innocent, and legally handsome, i have to take matters into my own huge hands [ laughter ] and ill be honest, todays hearings had me on the edge of my seat. Like when Rudy Giuliani goes on fox news, or when Stephen Miller texts me kk. Stop right there, stephen. [ laughter ] but lets just jump into it. The impeachment hearings began this afternoon and just as i suspected, it started out totally full of schiff
And 15 minutes long. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this committee will come to rnder. Good morning, everyone. This is the first of a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the impeachment inquiry, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at the committee of any time there is a quorum present. Here is how the committee will proceed for the hearing. I will make an Opening Statement in the Ranking Member will have opportunity to make a statement. We will go to witness statements and then to questions. For audience members, we welcome you and we respect your interest in being here. In turn we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention to proceed without disruption. Man making a polymer entry inquiry. This is our first hearing under the new set of rules, House Resolution 660 gives you the discretion to allow yourself in the Ranking Member
Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ah. Lauren good morning. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl beautiful shot of the new york city skyline this morning. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren the shot that never gets old, right . Lets take a look at your money this morning. More records perhaps today for the dow, nasdaq and s p. Rally mode, dow surging 113 points, s p up 10, nasdaq up 35. Cheryl never get sick of winning when it comes to the markets. Lets take a look at whats going on in asia. We have a mixed bag. Were watching the situation in hong kong, that escalated overnight. We are looking at positive comments about the u. S. Trade relationship going on. The shanghai and hang seng are slightly higher. Lauren in europe, stocks are in the green as well. A 1. 2 gain in london and in frankfurt. Cheryl our top stories is the crisis in hong kong, the violence continued overnight as a group of protesters remain hole
In a new report into the it meltdown which left nearly 2 Million People without online services. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ben croucher. A big night coming up for wales as they bid to qualify for the european championships. They know victory in cardiff over hungary tonight will see them into next years tournament automatically, hoping their big guns like gareth bale and aaron ramsey will be fit. Good afternoon, it was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, slowly they will be a milder air coming in from the south west with the chance of rain, and late in the programme we have a look at how wet it has been so far this month. Good afternoon, welcome to Southampton Solent University where we are coming from during today on bbc news. Boris johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head in theirfirst general election tv debate tonight. The liberal democrats and snp wont be taking part in the show on itv, after they lost a last minute legal bid to be included. T
Who are refusing to surrender. Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation of rape allegations against the wikileaks co founder, Julian Assange. Prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her. Its 5 oclock, our main story. A leaked report into severe failings in Maternity Care at shrewsbury and Telford Hospital nhs trust has criticised what it calls a toxic culture at the trusts hospitals, going back a0 years. And it warns that lessons are still not being learned. The report contains the interim findings of a review into the trust, ordered by the government in 2017. It followed allegations that dozens of babies and mothers had died unnecessarily, or been left with permanent disabilities. The report says staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents concerns, were unkind, got dead babies names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as it. Our Health Editor hugh pym explained the significance of todays new