Called by democrats rang in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by a whole. 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime mor
Follow him down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up under siege students to university in hong kong remain holed up. In the u. S. Approve a bill to support human rights that. Unrest in bolivia continues to spiral the Security Forces try to stop ongoing protests. 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 song and said he had no direct evidence from Border Security aide to be withheld from ukraine in exchange for investigations into his political rivals but he and other u. S. Officials believe the 2 were connected alan fischer reports from washington d. C. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stunning testimony and said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u. S. Or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a Company Connected to the son of political opponent joe biden
Firming up their grip on power because new president appoints his brother as Prime Minister. Also ahead taking aim at the government thousands of indias Indigenous People protest outside parliament against plans to evict them. Ok lets get going on once considered to be an ally of donald trump has publicly stated the president wanted to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival americas ambassador to the e. U. Testify before the impeachment inquiry into the u. S. President on weapons day hes gotten some learned he also implicated other top officials saying quote everyone was in the loop helen fisher reports from washington. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stonily testimony. Said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u. S. Or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a Company Connected to the son of political opponent joe biden was there a quid pro quo. As i
And were in sudan where Climate Change being blamed for driving villagers from their homes. And once considered an ally of the us President Donald Trump has linked to the president ial decision to withhold military aid to ukraine with a push to have kiev investigate his political rival however Gordon Tsonga and said he has no evidence that donald trump ordered that directly the Us Ambassador to the e. U. Testified before the impeachment inquiry on wednesday some land implicated other top officials saying everyone knew what was going on and the inquiry is a major topic in the latest democratic president ial debate candidates attacked donald trump accusing him of being corrupt and a criminal in a few hours will be more testimony were expecting to hear from the white houses top russia expert fiona hill and david holmes a staffer at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. Alan fischer wraps up yesterdays events out of washington. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stunning testimony recorded so
A major tunnel connecting Hong Kong Island and cow learn also weve had in the u. S. The passage of the hong kong human rights and democracy act passed the senate you know you know honestly yesterday and today it was the house of representatives now the Hong Kong Government has responded to that its told the u. S. To stop meddling in hong kong the thing is it also says that this particular passage of this bill since the wrong message to the call them the violent protests is now this bill requires the state department and the u. S. To certify that hong kong is protecting and respecting human rights in hong kong and also if this bill does get passed by donald trump it could also introduce sanctions on the Hong Kong Government. Newly elected president go to buy a bunch of pasta has been sworn in and then rather hit his brother as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has served as both Prime Minister and president twice before going to buy raja pasta has vowed to be tough on security issues. Ea