but it wasn t just the frequency of mr. giuliani s contacts that were significant. here s what mattered. president trump direct did u.s. officials to work with his personal agent who was pursuing investigations not at all related to foreign-policy. u.s. officials including the president on national security adviser new there was no getting around rudy giuliani when he came to ukraine. witnesses repeatedly testified to the constant presence of rudy giuliani on television and in the newspaper. a state department official christopher anderson said that john bolton quote joked about every time ukraine is mentioned giuliani pops up. after ambassador yovanovitch s dismissal ambassador bolton told dr. hill there rudy giuliani was a quote hand grenade that s going to blow everybody up. dr. hill testified that ambassador bolton issued guidance for the national security council staff did not engage with rudy giuliani. why? because mr. giuliani was not conducting official u.s. foreign-p
Im concerned with the growing void of leadership within the department of Homeland Security. This is a department charged with trying to grappling with some of the things in this nation. President trump prepares to take more extreme measures including reinstating the policy of separating children from their families. When people think of little kids, they think there has to be a line in this country. We know at the aclu not every one agrees with our views on immigration but i think virtually every one agrees taking a little child away is something we cannot do in this country. Good day. Attorney general welcome barr has just wrapped up his testimony promising to release the Mueller Report. He will not say how much he will cut out. Telling a House Sub Committee his team is working with the special counsel to keep from public view grand jury material, intelligence sources and methods. Issues affecting ongoing prosecutions and material that he says could embarrass individual who is have n
Democratic republic of congo. You are watching cnn, im brooke baldwin, thank you for being here. We begin this hour with those internal conversations between the white house and the pentagon. The conversations that led the president to call off a pending military strike against iran, after a massive u. S. Drone was shot down in the region just one day ago. First, the president s own candid explanation on why he pulled the plug with only 10 minutes to spare. They came and said, sir, were ready to go, wed like a decision. I said i want to know something before you go. How many people will be killed . In this case, iranians. I said, how many people are going to be killed . Sir, id like to get back to you on that. Great people these generals. They said, came back, said, sir, approximately 150. And i thought about it for a second. I said, you know what, they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken p
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Congress Renews Push To Expand African Burial Ground National Monument
The bill aims to turn the 6.6-acre memorial into a sister site with the NMAAHC. Getty
Lawmakers from the United States Senate and House of Representatives are looking to the past in order to honor the ongoing futures of the Black community. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Jeffrey Nadler reintroduced a bill to expand the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York into an international museum and education center.
For those not in the know, the cemetery is the final resting place of more than 15,000 free and enslaved Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries. On April 7, the third centennial commemorating the slave rebellion that took place in 1712 will honor the lives of the 21 freedom fighters whose execution led to harsher slave codes. Colleagues Carolyn Maloney, Hakeem Jeffries, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, and Adriano Espillat stood in support of the idea.