Early today at Johns Hopkins hospital due to complications from longstanding health problems the sharecropper s son Cummings was a powerful advocate for the poor in his district which encompass much of Baltimore his policies often put it off with Republicans and President Trump who once referred to Cummings district as a rodent infested mess as chairman of the House Oversight Committee Cummings was front and center in the House effort to impeach President by a new washing Gordon soundman do on Capitol Hill today the ambassador to the e.u. To be deposed in the ongoing House impeachment inquiry they have been gathering for days backers of President Trump they re pumped up about tonight s rally in Dallas in addition to private fund raising events President Trump s rally at the American Airlines Center in Dallas hopes to fire up his Texas Republican base the respondent George fanzone no school today in Chicago after months of negotiation the Chicago teachers unions 25000 members have vote
The news is 1st live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying the House committees leading an impeachment probe against President Trump are hearing today from a career diplomat with long experience in Ukraine Here s N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen deputy assistant secretary George Kent was the number 2 at the u.s. Embassy in Kiev until last year he was also a leading figure in u.s. Anti corruption efforts for the region before that in leaked e-mails he s shown defending the u.s. Ambassador Marie Yvon of edge who was withdrawn after facing a smear campaign according to those e-mails can t describes one of the allegations against the ambassador as quote poppycock a day after his deposition another career diplomat Michael McKinley has been called to appear he resigned as a top aide to Secretary of State might just last week Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department the inquiry stems from allegations of President Trump leaned on a foreign government to investigate a domestic poli
But not leave the country as for tells c.b.s. Is pace the nation that the conflict between Turkish forces and u.s. Backed Syrian Kurdish fighters have become untenable for the u.s. Military Japan has deployed thousands of troops and rescue workers after one of the strongest storms in years final thought his State of the 20000 military troops as well as numerous helicopters and boats have been deployed in a massive relief operation risking people stranded in flooded homes the death toll from a ferocious typhoon has hit double figures with more missing one woman is reported to have full and to her death from a rescue helicopter public boat Costa and h.k. Says 14 rivers across the nation had flooded some spilling out in more than one spot I m shells of that s my place in New York are still piecing together a shooting at an elite illegal gambling club early Saturday that left 4 men dead and 3 others enjoy all 4 of the men who ranged in age from 32 to 47 were New Yorkers 3 other people a w
And without power around Tokyo and meteorologists are saying up to 20 inches of rain could fall in the next 24 hours some $7000000.00 plus of March to evacuate Turkey s military making games in northern Syria today while Kurdish fighters are calling for u.s. Help. Turkey s military says it captured the Syrian border town of Rahsaan it represents Turkey s most significant game to date as its offensive against the Kurds and for the 4th day and meanwhile the main Kurdish led group in northern Syria is calling on its allies to close Syrian airspace to Turkish replying with the Syrian democratic forces did not directly name the u.s. But the f.b.s. Was the main u.s. Ally in the fight against the Islamic state group the s.p.x. Says we don t want them to send their soldiers to the front lines and put their lives in danger but calls closing the airspace something they can do easily and a moral responsibility. That s Thomas for employing polls closed in Louisiana is election the governor s race
Us House committee a federal court in Washington Rules $2.00 to $1.00 that Mr Trump couldn t block the order he s never made his tax returns public despite promising to do so the case could now end up at the Supreme Court South Korea is to cut the number of troops in the army by 100000 because of a declining number of young men available for compulsory military service Michael Brister has this report South Korea s Amica only has just and a half a 1000000 soldiers that number will be reduced by a 5th of the next 3 years the decisions be made because a fall in birth weight means there ll be fewer young men to complete their 2 years of military service South Korea has a fertility rate of about one child per woman half the amount needed to maintain a stable population I can trick only has $51000000.00 people that could drop by a 3rd over the next half century Michael Bristow reporting world news from the b.b.c. . The United Nations refugee agency says more than a quarter of a 1000000 peop