Go on down jordan the sound is there a line from joe also coming up students of a university in hong kong remain holed up while the u. S. Congress threatened sanctions if human rights and upheld the terms. On the nicaraguan president is accused of persistent repression will have the latest on the protests on the standoff at a cathedral. A significant moment in the impeachment inquiry of u. S. President donald trump came on wednesday during testimony from the ambassador to the European Union gordon somebody repeatedly talked of a quid pro quo in which trump wanted security aid withheld from ukraine in exchange for investigations into his political rival sunderland to the next a 1000000. 00 to trumps inauguration implicated other top officials saying everyone was in the loop alan fischer reports from washington d. C. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Study test. The money. Said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u. S. Or a meeting at
Authorized subpoenas. We need to feel safe and private and secure with our data. Reporter Cyber Security professor says this case is important because your privacy is important. And thats probably what he is looking for, to see if there is any kind of violation. Reporter of our privacy . Our privacy, yes. Reporter we reached out to facebook, which says, quote we have cooperated extensively with the state of californias investigation. Today we have provided thousands of pages of written responses and hundreds of thousands of documents. This has been going on for 18 months now. Whats next between california and facebook . Well, jessica, as it turns out, this is the First Official confirmation of this 18month investigation that we got just today. Part of the ongoing frostiness between california and facebook. Now that the courts are involved, you can expect more elbows to be thrown for a while between the two sides. Okay. Scott budman reporting for us. Now internal documents obtained by n
The worst is still ahead Australian Authorities warn that massive bushfires raging in two states will continue to pose a threat to life. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Hello. It is being seen as one of the biggest coups in womens football. Sam occurred, one of the best strikers in the world, has signed for chelsea women. She is the all time top scorer in the american and australian lea ks. Thanks,jane, and nick miller has the weather. It may be dry now, but there is more rain on the way two areas that might not be wanting it. And the role that the weather is playing on the floods in venice. Thanks, nick. Also coming up is the drive for electric cars risking damage to the ocean bed . We have exclusive access to a project assessing the impact of deep sea mining. Good afternoon. Labour has unveiled plans to outspend the conservatives on health care in england, with a warning that the nhs is crying out for a Financial Rescue plan. Labour is pledging a real terms increase in fu
Impeachment process. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Next. Host good morning. It is monday, november 18, 2019 week 2 gets underway tomorrow. 8 witnesses are set to testify over three days before adam schiffs house Intelligence Committee. We are spending our first hour today asking if the three open hearings that have taken place so far have changed your mind on any aspect of the impeachment of President Trump. If you find yourself changing your mind, 2027488000 is the number to call. If the open hearings have not changed your mind, 2027488001. Textan also to send us a this morning. That number, 2027488003. On social media, you can catch up with us on cspanwj at twitter and at facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning. You can start calling now. Some of the latest polling on whether bang mines are changing m reutersif so spoke reutersipsos poll over the weekend. Reuters and if
Security economic and Technical Assistance were to continue and if i had the backing of the secretary of state to implement that policy and i worried about what id heard concerning the role of Rudy Giuliani who had made several controversial statements about ukraine and u. S. Policy for the country so during my meeting with secretary pompeo on may 28th i made clear to him and the others president present that if the u. S. Policy toward ukraine changed he would not want me posted there and i could not state issued me that the policy of strong support for ukraine would continue and that he would support me in defending that policy with that understanding i agreed to go back to cave because i was appointed by the secretary but not reconfirmed by the senate my official position was sharjah fair odd interim in effect i was the acting ambassador to ukraine. I returned to cave on june 17th carrying the original copy of the letter President Trump signed the day after i met with the secretary i