italians have blessed our country with great art and music. whoonor the italian voyager led a voyage of discovery to the new world, a gentleman known as christopher columbus. to me, it will always be called columbus day. some people don t like that, i do. today, the united states and italy draw strength from our cherished heritage as we work together to safeguard our people and promote prosperity as nato allies. our countries cooperate closely on a wide range of critical defense issues, including the protection of our nations against radical islamic terrorism. the problem is, italy is only paying 1.1% instead of the mandated 2%, which by and of itself is a low number. only eight of the 28 nato ,ountries are paying the 2% meaning 20 of the countries are delinquent in the payment to nato. years.ve been for many germany is 1.3% at most, spain is that less than 1%, turkey, believe it or not, is almost current and paid up. i want to thank the secretary-general because he is going
broadcasting live direct from our studios and international i m john thomas certainly glad to have you. 3 democratic led house committees have subpoenaed the u.s. secretary of state might go seeking to compel him to hand over documents concerning contact with the ukrainian government that says democratic party leaders claim that the us president has betrayed his country and is no longer fit for a circus. this occupant occupant of the oval office poses a clear and present danger to our future to our democracy he s in danger to us all by putting his personal and political interests ahead of the interests of the american people place that i hoped we would never be and never thought we would see a president take the actions that he has it s not about politics it s not about partisanship it s about patriotism on tuesday house democrats in the house of representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into donald trump came after a whistleblower claimed wrongdoing during a phon
after earlier threats by the taliban to disrupt the vote. and victims of oppression in sudan file a complaint against a major french bank saying it was complicit in he would rights abuse. by their good morning. welcome to this 30 minute news roundup with me kevin. first the latest in the double trump impeachment inquiry story 1st now a prominent critic of the us president democrat out and shift is often explosive interpretation of trump s now infamous ukraine phone call with the ongoing impeachment investigation president trump struck back accusing schiff of making up his version of the conversation. want you to make up dirt on my political opponent understand lots of it on this and on that there s a lot of talk about the biden son and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do would be great. i m going to put you in touch with attorney general united states my attorney general bill barr he s got the whole weight. of the american law enforcement. behin
development monitors while neither japan nor the e.u. directly framed the plan as challenging the belgian road mr juncker pointedly noted that the comic to the accord would develop a quote without mountains of debt that claim was taken as many as a subtle but clear allusion to increasing complaints from borrower countries regarding the debt burdens of belt and road projects. japan also unveiled a new trade agreement with a night of states this week one that notably did not address u.s. president donald trump past complaints about a legit unfairness in terms of u.s. japan trade on cars and auto parts the decision to accept some modest incremental progress for now leaves the auto issue to perhaps be revived in the future depending on the increasingly impulsive u.s. president here to situate that news and. the world is the car coach lauren fix. welcome back lauren 1st you know 1st on this mini deal on trade that sort of sets aside the 2 issues the japanese prime minister says th
victims of oppression in sudan filed a complaint against the major french banks saying it was complicit in human rights abuse. this hour welcome to the program 1st for you the latest in the donald trump impeachment inquiry 1st now a prominent critic of the us president democrat adam schiff has offered an explosive interpretation of trump s now infamous ukraine phone call the ongoing impeachment investigation picks up steam president trump struck back accusing schiff of making up his version of the conversation. when you to make up dirt on my political opponent understand lots of it on this and on that there s a lot of talk about biden son and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do would be great. i m going to put you in touch with attorney general united states my attorney general bill barr he s got the whole weight of the american law enforcement. behind him i am also going to have attorney general and we will get to the bottom of it. and by the w