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Senate are sworn in to act as jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the articles of impeachment are read out in new evidence implicates the president over his dealings with ukraine. And after blasting by jarvis dynamite and looting by thieves the archaeological treasures of afghanistans balmy and valley are now facing a new threat. Im brian thomas great to have you with us this morning we start this program in libya where there appears to be a breakthrough in efforts to secure a truce in the civil war there the German Foreign minister heiko mosse has announced that the powerful rebel leader Khalifa Haftar are has agreed in principle to abide by a cease fire is also expected to attend an International Summit here in berlin this we ....
Gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, make burman at the white house, edward were starting with you. Will the u. S. Impose more tariff s on chinese goods this weekend or next . Deirdre, youre asking right now, today, yes. The administration Going Forward with those tariffs nothing has been changed, as of right now, white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow saying its up to the president if he sees enough progress to change that and it was a very busy day as you noted on capitol hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that she got a usmca deal but was a nonstarter and she turned it into in her words an infinitely better deal. Now the house ways and Means Committee chairman richard neil says theres no more roadblocks and a vote could be set ....
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Joined by jason dick Deputy Editor at roll call newspaper. R and alana treene. Last weeks impeachment inquiry involved several current and former members of the Trump Administration testified behind closed doors, is that going to continue again this week and if so who is on the docket for the investigative committees . Alayna it will continue and i imagine it will extend beyond. Right now we are seeing the schedule for this week. The house committees investigating the president and ukraine and annie and propriety potentially and any impropriety, they are ramping this up quickly and moving fast. They scheduled on sundays this week, two people a day to come in and testify behind closed doors. People from the nsc, people from omb, the office of management and budget. Technically acting omb director which is a semicabinet position. We have im looking forward to tomorrows tes ....