People democrats began laying out their case against President Trump with public testimony from two key witnesses. In the days biggest bombshell, the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine William Taylor revealed another pivotal conversation tying the president closer to the ukraine scandal. And tomorrow, the ousted u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, will testify. Nbcs Peter Alexander starts us off. Reporter history on the hill as House Democrats make their case against President Trump in the first public impeachment hearing in 20 years. Is this what americans should now expect from their president . If this is not impeachable conduct, what is reporter democrats relying on two top career diplomats to spell out a quid pro quo i do. Reporter much of the focus on that july phone call where President Trump asked ukraines president zelensky for investigations into the bidens and the 2016 election. But taylor revealed another conversation involving President Trump the next day that he says
Selling nba products. A stark warning from beijing, stay out of chinas sovereignty. Keep your mouth shut. Theres action on the trade front. The u. S. Has blacklisted 28 companies which are accused of helping in the repression of uighur muslims in western china. The Foreign Ministry there is considering retaliation. High level talks resume in washington this week, now with a more threatening backdrop. Its another day when the market reacts to headlines. Investors clearly worried again about china trade. The white house is also looking at limiting chinese stocks in u. S. Government Pension Funds. Now, were looking at a significant drop at the opening bell. The dow is off about 170, s p down 17, big drop for the nasdaq, down about 40 to 50 points. Heres what we have. Free speech threatened, American Business threatened, china playing hardball defense as it faces challenges from all sides. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart china trade, deputy level talks start today ahead of the hig
Ratchets up its warnings about that mysterious vaping illness sweeping the country. An outbreak of this magnitude that doesnt show any sign of slowing down is of great concern. More than a thousand people now sickened or killed just ahead, the new clue on what could be the cause. Massive payouts, a major casino hotel that just agreed to pay nearly a billion dollars to victims of the Las Vegas Massacre, what survivors are saying two years after the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. All that plus today exclusive, a rare and revealing look inside chinas secret Detention Camp tell me that it isnt rude to take a mother away from her 4yearold daughter when her father just died emotional return, amanda knox getting candid about her trip back to the place where she was tried and imprisoned. I still have people who send me messages describing how theyre going to murder me and nail biter, an epic game between the seahawks and rams comes down to one final play the winner decided by mere i
Im gigi stonewoods. And im frances rivera. A new week and a new phase of the impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff early as th congress on a twoweek recess. The members most focused on impeachment will remain in d. C. Through the break. At the white house, President Trump is mounting a fiery defense, lashing out with nearly 80 tweets throughout the weekend, last night directing his ire at the whistleblower saying, quote, i deserve to meet my accuser and that he wants schiff questioned at the highest level for fraud and treason. The president also adding that he wants to meet not only his accuser, but also the person who gave the information ending with was this person spying on the u. S. President big consequences. Meanwhile, a cbs news poll finds that the majority of americans now back impeachment with 55 voicing approval of the inquiry. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has more from d. C reporter the ukraine call whistleblower, unseen, unidentified,
Truck traffic is restricted on the ural federal highway; the road is snowed in, icy conditions add to poor visibility. Powerful explosions occurred late last night in ukraine. Messages came from several regions of the country at once. According to local publications, in pavlograd, dnepropetrovsk region, Power Outages occurred after the strikes. The sounds of detonation were heard in the kharkov region, several times. Twice a night in the regional capital. There are also reports of explosions in the village of velikiy burluk. Around the same time , attacks occurred in kherson, controlled by the kiev regime. The air raid alert was announced several times in the evening and at night. The last of them is in three regions in the north and east of ukraine. In the midst of a special operation, fighters from the west group of troops destroyed machine guns apu points. Scouts using drones spotted nationalists who were trying to interfere with our attack aircraft. The combat mission was received