Yep, ambassador sondland basically implicated trump, Rudy Giuliani and most of his cabinet. At this point trump grabbed his chest and said, i think im ready for phase two of my physical. Early today starts right now. Good morning im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We are just hours away from the final public hearings of the week in the impeachment inquiry. But its ambassador Gordon Sondlands incendiary testimony that is still smoldering on capitol hill this morning. The Washington Post this morning summing it up with diplomat acknowledges quid pro quo. And the New York Times in all caps, we followed the president s orders the ambassadors words reverberating throughout the testimony that followed his own. Senior pentagon official laura cooper updated her closeddoor deposition with new information from her staff aidas being held upils which my staff showed me two unclassified emails that they iv one was received on july 25th at 2 31 p. M that email said that the Ukrainian Embassy an
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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 testimony by bill replaced the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine between Text Messages and past testimony weve seen lay
Your unfiltered view of 308 ticks. Of politics. Each week when congress is in session we like to take time to look at the week ahead in washington. Joined by jason dick Deputy Editor at roll call newspaper 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 look
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 218 and the nays are 185. The motion is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Velazquez, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4406, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 4406. A bill to amend the Small Business act, to improve the Small Business Development Centers program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressl