Good morning on this Martin Luther king y. Im Frances River and im cori coffin theres one key question hanging over capitol hill. Will democrats allow witnesses to testify last night Chuck Schumer vowed to keep battling for support. We democrats aim to get the truth, and make no mistake about it we will force votes on witnesses and documents, and it will be up to four republicans to side with the constitution, to side with our democracy, to side with rule of law, and not side in blind obeisance to President Trump and his desire to suppress the truth. Now, for his part, President Trump is taking his defense on the road, dismissing the impeachment trial during a speech in texas. Were achieving what no administration has ever achieved before, and what do i get out of it tell me. I get impeached. Thats what i get out of by these radical left lunatics i get impeached. Nbcs tracie potts is following it all for u washington tracci tracie, good morning, a lot to break down. Good morning. Its g
Biden today. Assuring ukrainians that they can count on americas support. Let s listen to the direct speech and then i will ask a question. Today we met with nabu and sap, which were founded to work on by creating a strong independent anticorruption structure, and we strongly support it. Ukrainians want to have a transparent and prosperous economy integrated into europe, and for this they need to do many things. The eu has determined what is necessary for yours. Promotion and part of our work, and the ambassador and i work closely together, is to really help ukraine move forward, such as the set of policy reforms that will make it more likely that we will be able to attract more and more investment to ukraine, sir evgeny, how carefully u washington is watching what is happening in kyiv in terms of compliance with the eu s anticorruption requirements, i think these requirements are basically. Quite standard for the western world and there are no differences between the European Union an
Moment. We want to bring in Harry Hairston, who is live right now from new york city. You were already in new york working on another story just block was from this scene. You are there now. Tell whaus youre seeing. Reporter right now, were seeing a larger Police Presence. You can see as i turn this around. I want to show you police starting to move down to where everything ended. As i adjust my camera so you can get a good picture. This has been the scene all afternoon. More and more police cars going down west street, down to chamber, where the red pickup truck finally came to a halt and captured that suspect is but after five people all struck, two of them are fatal. There are other Police Vehicles here and officers as well. Were looking on the other side. New York State Police has been coming into the area a lot of new yorks Police Officers still at this area right now as well as the Fire Departments Still Standing by. As they say, this is no longer a threat. One would think theres
From washington. Reporter President Trump says he will not immediately pull out of the north American Free trade agreement. He tweeted this morning that he spoke with the leaders of mexico and canada and agreed to renegotiate the deal. He often criticized. But he added if they cant reach an agreement, he nay still terminate it. On wednesday, the president unveiled his tax reform blueprint. Details wont be revealed until the summer. But the plan would slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Cut rates for individuals andly few the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three. The American Economy has been held back and this is about unleashing economic growth. Reporter but critics including senator minority leader Chuck Schumer called it a giveaway to the wealthy. While emydable class americans and those struggling to get there need help just staying afloat. Reporter a cbs news poll Shows Americans remain sharply divided on their views of the mm a majority of
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