Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest loop of a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. Donald trump will start some kind of Dumpster Fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the Nato Alliance stand right now because you have Jeremy Corbyn and going into election mode doubting the only alliances necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. Well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr my core which is
Military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest loop of a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris the many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato. Is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because the nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people are worried that. Donald trump will st
Reports that the aid was being held, because ukraine was being coerced into doing an investigation. And congress had initiated congressional investigations into why the aid was being released. We you know, we can talk about alternative facts all day long, but the facts are really pretty clear. That the president abused his power. The precious power of his office, to coerce a country that was dependent on us. A country whose fight in russian aggression because when ukraine fights russian aggression theyre helping us fight russian aggression and he did it for personal gain and he should be held accountable. I yield back. Gentle lady yields back. Mr. Chairman i have u man news consent. Who . Arizona. Recognized. My first consent request is the record of the correspondence and subpoenas served on executive Branch Officials by chairman schiff. We have concerns because three of those served prior to the passage of the res. We will reserve the right. I have another one. Two letters sent by th
About before this is a show unfortunately today the witness who is supposed to be the star witness chose to take a pass and let a staff answer for that hes chairman of a point of order and usually mr chairman the point of order you know moves to this point of order is chairman because to do one of ruhleben requires you. To schedule a minority hearing day not to consider it not to meet to discuss it but to schedule one and to schedule it in a reasonable time not after articles have been drawn not after theres been a vote on articles of impeachment i enquire and insist mr chairman that you immediately schedule a minority hearing day or tell us why you are of the gentleman ignoring the rules gentlemen we were weve already gone through that but i peek it is not a point proper point of order in todays hearing as i have told the ranking minority members several times in considering the even aris request if you think we would be violating the rules of the house if we consider the articles of
Articles of impeachment for only the fourth time in American History. Joining me now for our coverage, Andrea Mitchell in washington, jeff bennett on capitol hill and Hallie Jackson at the white house. Well hear from former u. S. Ambassador to russia and nbc news analyst michael mcflaw, president ial historian and former u. S. Attorney and nbc news legal analyst. Jeff, set the scene. This is a very different hearing to those weve seen thus far. Youre right about that, lester. Good morning. Think of this as a day of final arguments in the life of the trump impeachment inquiry. Today Committee Members and for that matter the American Public will hear from Committee Staffers for democrats and republicans of the house intelligence and how Judiciary Committee. Those attorneys will lay out all of the evidence that house investigators have compiled over the past several months. Democrats will also make the case for the legal right and responsibility as they see it for pushing ford with impeac