The syrian war. Now they are trying to get closer. Turkeys Prime Minister lands in iran. And an Historic Site under threat in pakistan. Its a scandal involving hundreds of millions going missing. Politicians and Civil Servants in malawi have been helping themselves for fash intended for the budget. More than 60 people are going on trial. Well be live to the capital. First, this report from mike hanna. The modest high court in the capital is the setting for a corruption trial. Charges are brought separately against individuals. Within two weeks its expected as many as 10 simultaneous hearings will be under way. Appearing in the dock will be some prominent politicians and business people. The politician will in part argue that Government Computers were hacked into and sums of money transferred when they were transferred into private accounts, and the amounts were staggering. The countrys current president estimates that as much as 30 of the countrys budget has been stolen over the past d
This brings me to the topic of todays proceedings. I would like to recap my recollection of the timeline in which these events played out. I testified about all of this at length in my deposition. In july, i became aware of a hold being placed on obligation of the State Departments military financing or fmf and dods usai fund. In meetings i heard the president directed the Office Of Management And Budget to hold the funds because of his concern for corruption in ukraine. Let me say at the outset i have never discussed this or any other matter with the president and never heard directly from him about this matter. At a senior level meeting i attended july 26th chaired by National Council Security Leadership as in all other interagency meetings on this topic of which i was wear, the
national Security Community expressed unanimous support for resuming funding in the u. S. National security interests. At the July 26th Meeting there was also a discussion how ukrainian anticorruption efforts
World to our continuing coverage on cnn. A man suspected in the fatal twin attacks in copenhagen is dead. Police killed him during a shoot out a few hours ago. They tried to approach a man at an address they were watching when he opened fire. There is nothing to indicate anyone else carried out the shooting outside this synagogue early sunday morning. One died and two officers were wounded. Then after that a man was killed at a Free Speech Forum. The bbc obtained whats reportedly 20 gunshots. Cnn cannot confirm what you are about to hear. We still say, but [ gunfire ] it is chilling to hear that audio. Lets go to Nick Robertson who just got on the ground in copenhagen. You heard that audio. What can you tell us from investigators as well. Do they believe this is the person behind both shooting incidents . Reporter they at the moment, they believe thats the most likely scenario. They havent decided 100 to be sure. Theyve still got to do further checks. He was shot just around the corner
Court. Plus the president s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, canceled a trip to ukraine thought to be talking damaging information on democrats. Why he suddenly decided its not a trip worth taking. And turning up the heat on chinese tariffs. How this move could potentially have a huge impact on voters in key states. Start the hour with the latest between the white house and congress. This could go as was just mentioned all the way to the Supreme Court. Release of the president s tax returns still in question. Theres a new deadline that came out just last night. The treasury has until friday now to release six years of tax returns. So says a house ways and Means Committee subpoena for both treasury second stephen ma nunu and the irs president. A formal request was made in april. Deadline arrived. Mnuchin refuse pd neil had two options. Issue a subpoena or go to court. If mnuchin refuses the subpoena, another deadline, final. And testimony in congress, ten days away. What the washington journal fi
And leaders are gathering to commemorate the event and we are live in berlin. Also this hour well have the latest in the impeachment inquiry in the United States. We have details about with what was said behind closed doors. Also, an arctic surge is expected to sweep through the United States. Experts say the icy temperatures could break more than 200 records. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Natalie Allen in atlanta, georgia. And cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you again for joining us. We begin with germany pausing to mark a milestone in its history. 30 years ago cracks in the soviet union led to the toppling of the berlin wall. The moment is remembered as the symbolic end of the cold war. More live video for you here. Multiple european leaders and as well as young people are on hand for what is turning out to be a low kiey commemorations. Church service and lighting of candles are also part of the days events. Fred pleitgen is coveri