Employees, they do not. Jason much more of that ahead but we begin with our top stories. A busy week in d. C. With impeachment hearings. Trade talks hitting a series of road bumps. So much more and legislation passed by congress, supporting hong kong protesters. Lets break it down with Ryan Teague Beckwith in d. C. So ryan, help us understand everything that happened there in the nations capital. Ryan yeah. This was a long week. And i think the last news day was june 15, 2015. Last slow news day was june 15, 2015. [laughter] this was a particularly newsy week. The sondland testimony from the ambassador to the e. U. On what day was that even . Thats how long of a week its been. Jason wednesday. The sondland testimony on wednesday established pretty definitively that there was at least one quid pro quo holding out the white house meeting in exchange for investigations into the bidens. Sondland testified that he was not definitively sure that there was a second quid pro quo on the aide bu
2020. 2020. We are pretty constructive on 2020. People want the year to be over. We are just not there yet. There are still some scabs, wounds here. December 15 is looming. I dont know if there will be a trade deal. That could create dislocation in the market. We dont know how many more phases we could get. Anything could go wrong at this point. We dont want to end the year on a mediocre note. We need to see the data come through in order to pop the champagne and call the all clear. Jonathan the year is not over yet. Joining me around the table, oksana aronov, george rusnak, and greg peters. Greg, lets begin with you. A real year end field to so feel to many discussions weve been having at the moment. How do you have a 2020 call before 2019 is even over . Greg people want to look forward just to look forward. There is such a focus on seasonality. Like the calendar really matters the end of the day . I dont think so. I dont know why there is such a focus, everything is pulled forward. I
Jeep of staff, saying the Vice President know you had a conversation about investigating based the bidens upon potential investigations. This comes at a time where he is at the Political Center of the storm. Republicans still stepping by the president. Democrats continuing to press ahead with this. As of now, according to my reporting, this testimony has not done anything to move this impeachment inquiry out of the political sphere into a risk of the president being removed from office. David as a lawyer, you parse the language, ambassador sondland said i did not think the president wanted a completed investigation, he just wanted the announcement of the investigation. By the way, i did not know he withheld the aid from this, i just thought he might have. Kevin i will leave the legal speech to you, but heres what i can say. I spoke with one source this morning who said this testimony onay is putting pause President Trump, it is completely damming to rudy giuliani. How he has negotiated
Remarks by the lawyer of congressman conyers regarding the women who accused him of sexual harassment. If you missed it you can find it online at cspan. Org. Starting now, take you live to a discussion about diplomacy and north korea. This is being hosted by the u. S. Institute of peace in washington, d. C. Live here on cspan. I was waiting for a cue. Great. Thanks. I was waiting for a hi sign and we dont need one. Its not like all that. Usually you wait for the guy in the headset to give you like that and we are a little bit less formal today. Thank you for being here to this presentation from america abroad. Its a show that brings social issues at home. Im todd. Ost of the takeaway from international and wnyc. I have been excited as i have been preparing because the issue of north korea is rising to the forefront of americans minds. These are experts here with me and you are well versed in this topic as well and Many Americans for the first time in a long time are starting to think a
Many americans, for the first time, are starting to think a lot harder about north korea, the potential threat, and what it means for them. Everybody in washington is thinking about it. I am glad you are here and im glad to be part of this. I am joined by four panelists to bring a wide range of perspective on north korea. First is our host, frank, who is the u. S. Institute of pieces expert focusing on issues from 2001 until this year. He served as the Senior Adviser for north korea in the office of secretary of defense. Welcome. [applause] he is your host, after all. Jean lee is here. The First American granted access to north korea. She became the chief of the pyongyang bureau. [applause] she is a colleague in the press. Former reporter. Todd anthony is a senior fellow at the foundation. He is a former government expert on targeted financial measures, sanctions against hostile regimes. He is here to guide us through some of the questions of sanctions. It is good to have you, anthony.