That has been in the making for nearly 100 years. Paying it ford ward is just the icing on the cake. It is a beautiful story. Maybe it is one that the world needs to hear. Reporter elwyn lopez, nbc news, california. It absolutely is a story the world needs to hear. And it goes to show you that you never know how the amazing Ripple Effect of one act of bravery, what it can produce. On that extraordinary note, i wish you a very goodnight. I told you i was giving you sweet dreams. For all of our colleagues, thanks for staying up late with me. See you at the end of tomorrow. In the summer of 2004, The War In Iraq was raging. Fighting had intensified and evidence of american torture at the prison had just come to light. Democrats were promising a new direction for the war. And to make their case, they had just nominated a decorated war veteran to be their nominee. A man who had been awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three Purple Hearts for valor and combat. Thank you. Im john ke
Come to light. Democrats were promising a new direction for the war, and to make their case theyd just nominated a decorated war veteran to be their nominee, a man whod been awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three Purple Hearts for valor in combat. Thank you im im john kerry, and im reporting for duty senator john kerry made his Military Service in vietnam a central part of his campaign for president that year. In the weeks after he accepted the democratic nomination, kerry consistently led the incumbent, president george w. Bush, in the but then in august everything changed. In that was when these campaign ads startedca airing. I served with john kerry. I served with john kerry. John kerry has not been honest about what happened in vietnam. He is lying about his record. Its a central image of john kerrysl campaign, the candida literally wrapping his arms around his vietnam teammates. Now republicans are challenging kerrys war effort with a tv ad featuring other Vietnam Vet
Impeachment. Robin biro, appreciate you on the program. And this is breaking. We just found out Speaker Pelosi will speak at 5 p. M. Eastern right after that meeting with the democratic caucus. Stay tuned to fox. Dana fox news alert. Major developments expected this hour as democrats beat the drums on impeachment amid the ukraine controversy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will make an announcement at 5 p. M. After meeting with other leaders this afternoon. Her office now says she will make the announcement at 5 p. M. But first shes set to take questions at a forum in washington. Well also hear from former Vice President joe biden this hour. Hes expected to say congress will have no choice, that the house will have to impeach if the president refuses to fully cooperate with all of their investigations. Hello, everyone. Join me for this wild ride. Im dana perino and this is the Daily Briefing. Complete coverage this hour. We start with chief White House Correspondent john roberts c
Were holding it up. right. it underscores that the administration didn t appreciate, i think, the gravity in what was at stake here. i certainly don t think they appreciated the national security risks associated with it. so president trump has for a while now used foreign policy aid as a lever, but as a policy, right, he s with held aid from central american countries, from pakistan, from lebanon now, from the palestinians and he ease used it in order to gain traction on other policy efforts. and presidents can do that. but the ukraine aid was congressionally mandated number one. number two, it was for a specific effort to counter the russians. it was also part of our commitment as a fellow nato member. and most importantly, you have a situation where it s tied to personal and political gain. the others are tied to policy issues, right? there s ostensibly an agreement to with hold aid to achieve a goal. there s a big difference and big risk with putting it with personal and politica
We start with chief white house correspondent john roberts covering president trump at the united nations. john, the president gave a big speech this morning. had nothing to do with impeachment but that apparently is what we re going to talk about this afternoon. over to you. reporter: it s what we re going to be talking about all day today and likely the next few months depending on what nancy pelosi says. it was confirmed by fox news that the president, back in mid july, put a hold on $391 million in aid that was destined for ukraine. sources have told me the president was concerned about the amount of historic corruption that there has been in ukraine and whether the united states was throwing good money after bad. also in the context of all of america s foreign policy aid, aid to northern triangle countries and central america, other countries oversea, and whether the united states was throwing goodmentny after bad. the third concern as articulated by the president today, was whe