Khalid, jonathan swan. Plus an abc news exclusive this veterans day weekend. The president s new top military adviser chairman mark milley in his first interview. How important is it to keep an american presence in syria . The footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same, the defeat of isis. O the announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. Welcome to this week. It started with one whistleblower. Now less than two months later, a fu set to reach a critical phase. The first public testimony that will likely shape Public Perceptions of the investigation and the future of the trump presidency. The central question was it an abuse of power for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival at home . Was he acting to further his own personal and political interests by withholding military aid from a key u. S. Ally . With all the rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle and President Trumps own aions t
Donald trump agree to two president ial debates. The candidates defy tradition with new rules after chaos four years ago. This morning, how the history of candidate clashes led to big changes. Reaction from democratic senator Chris Van Hollen and a former top advisor to mike pence and our powerhouse roundtable. Under fire. This is taking down the Supreme Court. Martha a photo shows a stop the steal symbol outside Justice Alitos home days after the january 6th insurrection. The Supreme Court weighs immunity for trumps actions. We will discuss the fallout with Pierre Thomas and jodi kantor who broke the story. Russia moves in on ukraines second largest city. Ukrainian troops struggle to repel the latest advance. Its difficult. Brigades are not totally equipped. James longman is in the war zone. Reaction from former top u. S. Diplomat victor yeah nuland. Announcer from abc news, thats this week. Martha good morning. Welcome to this week. Make my day. Those were joe bidens fighting words t
Honesty and faith in our elections. No more stolen elections. Leigh ann this weeks primaries, sending signals that Abortion Access and denying the results of the 2020 election are driving issues at the polls. Next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided b for 25 years, consumer cellulars goal has been to provide Wireless Service that helps people communica and connect. We offer a variety of no contract plans and our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find one that fits you. To learn more, visit con consumercellular. Tv. Announcer additional funding is provided by koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, sandra and carl delaymagnuson, Rose Hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Leigh ann good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. Im Leigh Ann Caldwe
Honesty and faith in our elections. No more stolen elections. Leigh ann this weeks primaries, sending signals that Abortion Access and denying t results of the 2020 election are driving issues at the polls. Next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporatfunding is provided by for 25 years, consumer cellulars goal has been to provide Wireless Service that helps people communicate and connect. We offer a variety of no contract plans and our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find one that fits you. To learn more, visit con consumercellular. Tv. Announcer additional funding is provided by koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, sandra and carl delaymagnuson, Rose Hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Leigh ann good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. Im Leigh Ann Caldwel
50 states now have reopened to some degree or another. Even if certain areas or businesses can begin to get back to normal after a twomonth lockdown that brought the nation and its economy to a stand still. Keep in mind, a lot of states still have not met the government benchmark for reopening and at least 23 states have now reported increases in this disease just this week. That is almost half nation. For his part, the Vice President , the head of the now silent Coronavirus Task force was in orlando for lunch today, no masks, no problem, as he joined the governor and other customers and traveling staff. The president was back at the white house meeting with the governors of arkansas and kansas. As we quoted a moment ago, taking up the administrations success in this pandemic. What would you have done differently facing this crisis . Well, nothing. If you take new york and new jersey, which were very hard hit, we were very, very low. And in terms of morbidity and in terms of you look a