Inquiryndpresent, a lot of the questions centered around the work of the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Nancy cordes reports the president is still in giulianis corner. Rudy was a great prosecutor. He was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. Reporter President Trump defended his embattled personal lawyer today, even as House Republicans backed away. I think there would be other people i would have represent myself. Reporter a top adviser to the secretary of state told lawmakers today that fallout from Rudy Giulianis ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. Michael mckinley said he was stunned by the mistreatment of marie yovanovitch, the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was removed this spring because giuliani viewed her as an obstacle. Rudy giuliani was seeking out , d what hap 16election. Reporter the president tried to reframe giulianis mission today, though he, too, had urged the ukrainian president to investigate former Vice Presid
York. What can you tell us about the criticism President Trumps facing . Reporter good morning. As you mentioned, this criticism is bipartisan. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle believe the president made the wrong decision. And thats in part because the hole that was created when u. S. Troops left have made it able for russians to get influence and potentially for terrorist groups like isis to regain strength. Images from a russian journalist appear to show what the u. S. Withdrawal from Northern Syria looks like. Cocacola cans, boxes of food, and a football are some of whats left behind at this former u. S. Base in manbij. The u. S. Military con an air strike to destroy weapons in another base of kobani where u. S. And Kurdish Forces first worked together to drive out isis. Now the russians have moved into the area to help kurdish fighters battle a turkish invasion. If russias going to help in protecting the kurds, thats a good thing, not a bad thing. Reporter President Trump defe
A brets a deal finally in sight e. U. And u. K. Negotiators are sending mixed signals as brussels warns time is running out yet again. Doubts are growing about a timely reconstruction of notre dame paris promised to a race damage from aprils place within 5 years but critics call that a fantasy. Im serious almost got to thank you for joining us prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong have interrupted a major policy speech by the territorys leader kerry lab now she was forced out of the legislature after opponents heckled her and called on her to meet the demands of hong kongs protest Movement Demonstrators want to see 5 things implemented in hong kong including free and fair elections. Oh the speech was in peril before it even began. In the chamber fellow to make his head coach chief executive carry. Tango why even call lawmakers please be silent or you know anyone who does not say so im going to we will be arsed to leave the chamber will you time. Laugh i would choose a goal i know i see o
Were missing. In indonesia the police took time while protesters rallied along the main road. And in india the message was no less passionate it would be personally getting below to head the climate is close to full of change in mindset of a government of the people of. This protest in south africa was no less noisy. This groundswell of global thanks tim passion for action and change from young people has surprised some in government many have been inspired by the teenager gretta thornburg who last year started skipping school on fridays to protests. Downside the swedish parliament. In just a few days World Leaders will meet in new york at the United Nations conference on Climate Change we must hope but we we must also be prepared for. That nothing comes out of it and then we need to continue no matter what because giving up cannot be an option that is fissions World Leaders make in new york will affect the future of these young people far more within themselves it is the youth embolde
Its definitely a unique and remarkable moment with respect to the fact that we havent seen large. Not large but widespread political protests in egypt in several years this is taking place in a number of cities it is a challenge to monitor the situation accurately because unfortunately there are a lot of fake videos that have also been circulating that is from 2013 protests that have been posted by people purporting to be protests today but as we try to work to verify the images it is clear that there are a number of protests taking place in a number of different provinces throughout egypt the size of the protests are still fairly small and a number of them are being dispersed but it still shows remarkable courage and while the numbers may not be very dramatic. You have to multiply those numbers by the extraordinary risk being taken by those who are being brave enough to go to the streets under such trying circumstances and in the in an atmosphere thats filled with violent repression r