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Where democrats say evidence from the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump showed his actions present a clear danger to Fair Elections and National Security republicans have countered by saying democrats dont have enough evidence in their case to impeach trump trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival and current democratic president ial hopeful joe biden. 2 days ago President Trump stated publicly that he hopes that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani will report to the department of justice and to congress the results of mr giulianis efforts in ukraine last week to pursue these false allegations meant to tarnish Vice President biden President Trumps persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger to our free and Fair Elections and to our National Security this case in many respects comes down to 8 lines in a culture and script let me say clearly and unequivocally that the answer to that question is no the record in the democrats impeachment inquiry does not show that president dr abuse the power of his office or obstructed congress to impeach a president whos 63000000 people voted for over 8 lines in a call transcript is boni. As cannot seem i can and washington so remind us what the process underway in washington is but whats happening at the moment now is the Judiciary Committee of the house which is tosk withdraw the articles of impeachment is hearing evidence from all of the committees within the house today it was the Intelligence Committee expressing its findings during its weeks of investigation into this matter what then happens is that the Judiciary Committee continues to hear various points of view from committees in the house it will then sit down and begin to draft those articles of impeachment we do not know how many articles they could be 2 to 4 perhaps but certainly this is now the process that we are going to be seeing the Judiciary Committee getting every last little shred of evidence out before it begins formally drafting the articles of impeachment and whats the timeline not impeachment. Well democrats in the house are pretty sure certain that they want to get it done as quickly as possible they are talking about days in which the articles of impeachment could be drawn up they looking at a vote in the house happening before christmas this is an expedited timeline although this investigation has been underway by various committees and various branches for a long period of time it still seems to be moving very quickly at this particular point could be as soon as by the end of the week that the the articles of impeachment will be drafted up before christmas as i said a vote in the house so this is moving very quickly indeed but very clearly the democrats are insistent that they want to see this move fast they do not want to get into a situation where it drags out they could have gone off to other evidence which has been blocked by the courts or by trumps injunctions to the courts theyve decided not to do that to go with what theyve got and to do it as quickly as possible and how much of people are actually watching all this people at home. Thats a very good question that has the initial impeachment hearings televised did attract a lot of attention certainly a tad track to a lot of Media Coverage but that has dissipated to an extent in terms of viewership in the day is that have passed youve had scenarios for example where youve got 4 law professors sitting before the Congressional Committee explaining the very arcane concepts of constitutional law and justifying reasons for the impeachment or non reasons for the impeachment of President Trump so certainly this has tested the viewer to a certain extent but the fact that it is taking place in public the fact that it is a transparent process is very important to those seeking to impeach president trying to put to rest the accusations of them operating behind closed doors in some opaque way that leaves out any of those seeking to defend President Trump from the process mike hanna thank you very much indeed. Staying with us politics and the f. B. I. Has been cleared of political bias and investigation involving the president and the Justice Department internal watchdog says its found no evidence of political bias in the opening of an investigation into contacts between Donald Trumps president ial campaign and russia in 2016 the Inspector General says the f. B. I. Probe was opened on a legitimate and properly authorized basis. We are chumps described mondays impeachment hearing as a hoax and said the Justice Departments internal report was an attempted overthrow of the government its a disgrace what has happened. With respect to the things that were done to our country it should never again happen to another president it is incredible far worse than i would have ever thought possible. And its its an embarrassment to our country its dishonest its its everything that a lot of people thought it would be except far worse. Was just more stories coming out of washington with harriet and hes a former u. S. Deputy assistant attorney general joins us live from washington d. C. Thanks for being with us on this the report what do you think was the surprising and until bit. You know i dont think it was particularly surprising it was always sort of farfetched and incendiary to suggest that there was some kind of j. Edgar hoover style spying of the Trump Campaign what the story seemed to be and what it turned out to be was there was credible information they require the opening of a counterintelligence investigation something that had the f. B. I. Not followed through on they would have been quite derelict and thats what the Inspector General found happened at the same time we found the failure to cross certain teaser dots certain eyes but you know in fact the story turns out to be that actually the what you would expect to happen with the federal bureau of investigation in fact did happen and that the suppositions to the contrary were just sort of you know the stuff of fantasy so the attorney general william barr has said quote generals report now makes kid that the f. B. I. Launched an intrusive investigation and the u. S. President ial campaign on the finish to suspicions that in my view were insufficient to justify the steps taken why would he Say Something like that if the if the report does. Kind of exonerate the f. B. I. For night. Why indeed you know its a very unusual to be contradicting the Inspector General who is supposed to be independent and i think the characterization of what the chief is really you know a little bit tendentious i mean the headline here is clearly that the id didnt find what trump and his champions had hoped for and so the use of the words of sort of intrusive and the like. Seem seem to be slanted but also again he has said before that he thinks theres something amiss there he repeats the again in this kind of conclusory way we dont exactly know what he means but hes obviously believes theres some modicum of evidence pointing toward a more sinister story than the than the i. G. Does and its simply a mystery what hes referring to did you go back to the impeachment hearing that we had today weve had the democrats you know saying that the evidence is overwhelming in his Opening Statement and weve had republicans noise saying simply no clear evidence so it can completely polarized view of what actually happened when just how does the hearing we had today actually take us in the in the process of impeachment. Well it takes us a few steps down the road but no closer to any kind of actual bipartisan action and that you know that is the parties are entrenched in the views you say you might have thought after the fortnight of evidence weve received that the republicans would be saying things like maybe the president should have acted this way but impeachment is is severe but they actually are staring in the face what seems like a monolithic collection of evidence and saying that its that its inconclusive and if thats going to be their attack then really there will be no sort of debate joined and itll simply be to each party to state its case and never the twain shall meet harriet and thank you very much indeed for your time we appreciate you being with us on the edge there thank you. Syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in rebel held province in just 24 hours Syrian Government and russian asterix have intensified despite a cease fire announced by moscow in august dozens of civilians have been killed than a smith reports he was there was a marquee tailor in this southern italy village when the strikes began. Did you know they were russian jets according to the syrian observatory for human rights. Volunteer white helmet her medics are there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the civil war trying to save the lives of civilians there are scrubbing through the dirt by hand i dont know when you know anything using machinery could displace more rubble she day she said she was that is what i did feel somehow this man is still a large. Muslim and a player. Intensive airstrikes by jets targeted the main market the airstrikes killed at least 8 civilians and left Dozens Injured as Civil Defense we took out the bodies and help the injured. By leon was one of 5 villages hit by Syrian Government forces in italy province in the last 48 hours this territory is the last holdout of groups opposed to president Bashar Al Assad russia which supports assad and turkey which backs the rebels had agreed in august that this would be a deescalation zone but attacks of continued since then. More than 18000. 00 people have been displaced since sunday as a consequence of the latest bombardments most had north towards the Turkish Border worsening an already desperate refugee situation there. Bernard smith aljazeera. Talks underway in paris between the leaders of russia and ukraine meeting between that amir putin over not only as a lenski brokered by the leaders of france and germany is aimed at ending the 5 year conflict in Eastern Ukraine creating official say among the demands are a lasting cease fire in the region and the exchange of prisoners. And im not a step fasten in paris so whats come out of those talks. Well we have yet to hear law and its a big 8 hours now since the talks started here at dealey say and the talks have finished weve heard also the dinner between the 4 leaders has has finished already and were waiting now to hear what has come out of the meeting but nothing a formal yet informally there have been some reports about what has been decided and its sort of what has been expected a prisoner swap according to the Russian News Agency interfax has been decided here in paris there was a prisoner swap between ukraine and russia in september already that was the 1st one well there will be probably not one as well no sign of any ceasefire that was another thing that the president s alinsky very much wanted to achieve here but all the bigger things the status of the russian backed territories in Eastern Ukraine nothing has come out of that looks like it also about a timeline for elections in these territories and also the status of special status for this region that was supposed to be in the agreement as well there was a lot of sensitivities about it especially about the new control over the border in Eastern Ukraine selenski said ukraine should have control over the border when these elections were going to be held and all the armed troops backed by russia should have left that area probably to has not been any. Result on that issue here in paris and what is always mean for the people in Eastern Ukraine. Well at the moment they are still suffering the cease fire agreements are always violated nearly every day theyre still shelling so really they want peace and really they want of a serious cease fire so if these talks basically have 2 more trust between the 2 nations between ukraine and russia and zelinsky and put in that at least that would be something of progress especially for the millions of people there who are still suffering not only because every week people are still killed there but also economically a lot of people have left millions have left the area and its basically a ghost ghost town i was there a couple of weeks ago and life is nearly dat in that area so everything that would lead to more trust between the 2 sides would be an improvement already stephanie thank you very much indeed. What challenges there are more to come including a controversial citizenship bill in india which excludes muslims is passed through the 1st day just condiment. British politicians begin last minute campaigning to win over undecided voters before thursdays general election. Hello the heat is still very much in place across much of australia theres also want to showers on their way slightly further to the south into tasmania and quite a bit of cloud just really a clipping areas all the victoria so as we go through the heat is continuing 36 celsius in sydney this will not help the fire as the wind is a fairly strong as well and theres no sign of rain at the moment but that is actually set to change meanwhile into Western Australia 34 degrees celsius in perth on tuesday getting even warm by wednesday 38 and that of course is 100 degrees fahrenheit but it does by then begin to cool off a little bit across the eastern areas its still very warm there through the interiors attempt is that well above these coastal figures and we should tools and we begin to see some rain into that so east coast to sydney and up into southern queensland meanwhile we have welcomed their way across by thousands of new zealand its a cloudy day for the most falls into cross church on tuesday and then it should be feeling warm wednesday and by then we just parsing through the north on a but its mostly dry for both days and then we had up towards the japan and again here we will some mostly dry weather conditions and rain is off to the east which is not see bad. On its way but dry in tokyo 40. I mean green bacteria in a bridge. Gate be. And one of the top stories just there yes democrats say evidence from the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump should his actions present a clear danger to Fair Elections and National Security republicans say there is not enough evidence to impeach trump over his dealings with ukraine. The leaders of russia and ukraine are meeting in paris talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany are aimed at ending the 5 year conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The syrian activists say more than 800000 people have been displaced in rebel held province in just 24 hours Syrian Government and russian air strikes have intensified. 5 people have been killed and 8 others im missing after a volcanic eruption off new zealand eastern coast a minister just in order and says New Zealanders as well as tourists from australia the u. S. U. K. China and malaysia are among those affected where a childs house will. Rise as thousands of meters into the air is the white island volcano also known by its indigenous maori name for a car erupts its 50 kilometers away but the toxic cloud of sulfur and chlorine can be seen from the mainland. 34 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering rescue was attempts to get to the island 47 people went on to the oil and. We can never forget under so east. 31 currently in hospital through the i. Still missing in 3 had been discharged from hospital. New zealands Prime Minister has talked to the rescue missions i want to acknowledge the courageous decision made by feast responders and those pilots who in the Immediate Response if its my day incredibly brave decision extraordinarily dangerous circumstances in an attempt to get people out as a result of the if its a number of people we risk it from the island why its island is located in the bay of plenty and has been active for at least 150000 years his new zealands largest and most unpredictable volcano erupting every couple of years releasing a gas cloud steam and rocks the alert level was raised last month a warning that the volcano may experience a period of activity more than normal and its not a particularly big eruption is its seed it was kind of. Almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and thats why material probably wont have made it to my new zealand what mike it mainly in new zealand on the scheme of things from volcanic eruptions its not large but if youre close to it is of this not good. Emergency services havent confirmed whether any of the missing a still alive but reconnaissance flights havent yet found any signs of life or retellings aljazeera. Turkey says its deported 11 french nationals who are suspected iso fighters returning them to fr