Heard or seen much from the president themselves. They had few credits to offer as star witnesses, but here we go. No way out, both witnesses, Senior State Department official george kent and acting ambassador to the ukraine bill taylor left discom discomfitted. And the zeal seems dampened and displaced by obvious disappointment. I heard a staff person from the office of management and budget say there was a hold on Security Assistance to ukraine. The first i heard of the call was with a phone call with tim morrison. What i can do today is tell you what i heard from people. In this case it was what i heard from ambassador sondland. Lou what he heard and repeated all said but not heard and seen by the eyes and ears of these star witnesses from the schiff production. If the next few days performances dont improve, schiff and pelosi shouldnt expect a long run at all. Lets go to chief white house correspondent, john roberts, for the latest. Reporter in a News Conference this afternoon with
Heard or seen much from the president themselves. They had few credits to offer as star witnesses, but here we go. No way out, both witnesses, Senior State Department official george kent and acting ambassador to the ukraine bill taylor left discom discomfitted. And the zeal seems dampened and displaced by obvious disappointment. I heard a staff person from the office of management and budget say there was a hold on Security Assistance to ukraine. The first i heard of the call was with a phone call with tim morrison. What i can do today is tell you what i heard from people. In this case it was what i heard from ambassador sondland. Lou what he heard and repeated all said but not heard and seen by the eyes and ears of these star witnesses from the schiff production. If the next few days performances dont improve, schiff and pelosi shouldnt expect a long run at all. Lets go to chief white house correspondent, john roberts, for the latest. Reporter in a News Conference this afternoon with
Builds. When it has to be said that the great majority of these protests have been peaceful this is the intention of of most of the people who have been attending the marches and theyve been focalizing how they are against any of the violence that has been seen on the streets in these past few nights but it is problematic in the sense that the governments there have been calls from the very top of the government to civil disobedience now that echoes one of the independent dismayed which thinks that. Just protesting on the streets enough that more direct action needs to take place the problem is how does civil disobedience and more direct action getting targeted by members of society who are deeply frustrated with the ongoing situation and how do they take that amongst their own into. The right hand says well now the problem is that while the president told catalonia has been calling for civil disobedience hes also been sending out to the very same Police Forces that have been trying to
Investments ever. Were closing in on new records in the markets, this amid new optimism for that potential china u. S. Trade deal as you saw stocks are set to open higher. And the tech lash heads to the states a major multistate investigation into antitrust practices at google, set to be announced later on this afternoon. David, kick us off on t. Interesting here. In so many ways. 3. 2 billion as you said the stake from elliott, the largest single investment i believe they made at the company, a long letter comes out this morning detailing the reasons why this could be a 60 stock within lets call it three years or so, 2021 is what theyre talking about. 65 or so upside to todays stock price. They believe 5 in dividends and 55 stock price, you could get to 10 earnings per share grower with significant margin improvement, what theyre calling for. And buyback. Something i want to make sure people understand here, it is interesting, people who know the company well, but sort of are vaguely
Morning from hampton pull in south west london on what is going to be the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record, about 400 people are about to start a triathlon here. I guess on a day like this you want to start early, but do it quick. Thats the plan, anyway. All of your weather is coming up. Good morning. Its monday the 26th of august. Our top story a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron in france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds m