Phones camera. A consumer alert ahead of the Holiday Shopping season. How scammers are draining the money from gift cards without you noticing. Plus, megastars hitting the court at halftime. All you have to do is wait a second for a wild dance party. The clock is ticking good wednesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the most anticipated witness of the impeachment investigation taking the hot seat this morning. The u. S. Ambassador to the European Union who appeared to have instant access to President Trump is set to testify today. Ambassador Gordon Sondland was a key player at the center of the president s dealings with ukraine, which involved withholding military aid. His testimony will follow four other officials who made it clear that the president s phone call to ukraine was far less than perfect. Abcs Megan Tevrizian begins our coverage from capitol hill. Megan, good morning. Reporter good morning, kenneth and janai. Republican megadonor turned ambassad
Im annemarie green. We begin with a new day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today a top diplomat central to the democrats investigation will testify. In just a few hours, lawmakers will hear from u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. He will likely face questions about a phone call with President Trump a day after mr. Trumps july 25th call with ukraines president. Later in the day, laura cooper and david hale will testify. All three witnesses were recently questioned behind closed doors. Meanwhile, key testimony involving the republicans star witnesses went into the night. Yesterday lawmakers questioned former envoy to ukraine kurt volleyer volker and National City council chairman. This was critical for house republicans. How did it go . Reporter yeah. Good morning. It seemed like a marathon, didnt it, because of how long everything went. Both witnesses who testified said that they had concerns about the white houses ukrainian policy. Kurt vol
Testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. You may be seated. The microphones are sensitive so you will need to speak directly into them. Without objection, your written statements will made be made part of the record. Mr. Holmes, you are recognized for your Opening Statement and when you conclude, dr. Hill, you will be recognized thereafter for your Opening Statement. Mr. Holmes thank you. Good morning, mr. Chairman. Members of the committee. My name is david holmes. Im a Career Foreign Service officer with the department of state. Since august 2017, i have been a political counselor at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. While it is an honor to appear before you today, i want to make sure make clear i did not seek this opportunity to testify today. Since you determined i may have something of value to these proceedings and issued a subpoena, it is my obligation
Intelligence committee continues another week of public hearings. Join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. It is wednesday, november 20, 2019, day 4 of open impeachment increase hearings. More witnesses are set to. Estify we want to hear your reaction to yesterdays hearings and your expectation for today. 2027488000. You can send us a text. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. On social media on twitter it is . On face on twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling now. Online today, you can pick your impeachment inquiry headline depending on your political persuasion. From the universe of conservative news sites, democrats try to alter their trump impeachment playbook and it is blowing up in their faces. Their testimonies were bad for adam schiff and from the left, this from vox. Tuesdays impeachment hearings republicans. Er for pur
Studios, this is kpix5 news. Now at 4 30 and streaming on cbs and bay area. Looking live from our tower camera as were looking south at the Embarcadero Center there. It is wednesday, november 20th, 2019. We wake up and dangerous fire conditions on tap. Tracking those offshore winds especially in the Higher Elevations and that high fire danger. Lets first show you a live look with our Treasure Island camera. A little cooler compared to yesterday at this time. Weather headlines. Tracking gusty winds in the hills and mountains. Gusts earlier this morning up to 67 Miles Per Hour up in the north bay mountains. Breezy for the rest of us to start off the day and very dry air because of the northerly to north easterly winds this afternoon. Another burst of strong winds this evening in the mountains. Low 70s in concord, upper 60s san jose, oakland and san francisco. Good morning. Take a look at the roadways right now. If you plan to take the san mateo bridge, traffic is very late. A live look,