Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Right now we want to talk about the weather today. You say were in the clear this morning. We are. But it is cold and weve seen the teams in the north bay dip below freezing but because were expecting the rain in the next 24 hours, today is your day to get out there and make sure everything in the yard is secure for the high wind and youre ready for the rain. Right now storm ranger giving us the all clear but as we zoom out we see it apoaching the pacific northwestern coach and some of the rain reaching the north coast just to the bay, north of the bay area. Well see the rain moving into the north bay around midnight and then spreading into the rest of the bay area tomorrow morning. Mike said listen up if youre headed toward a bridge. And that is a lot people. Westbound across the bridges would be your commute direction. And looking toward the bay bridge west from oakland and we see the lanes are starting to fill in now. So i think there may h
All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a monday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news quarters here in new york. Day 1,033 in the Trump Administration as another week is underway, another dangerous week for this presidency courtesy of the House Democrats running the impeachment inquiry. The next round of live, televised hearings set to start just hours from now. There are nine more witnesses scheduled to appear just this coming week. Late tonight, two more witness transcripts were released. More on that in a moment. Tomorrow the hearings resume with two officials who were listening in on the july 25 call with the new president of ukraine. Pence adviser Jennifer Williams and National Security staffer lieutenant alexander vindman. We get a preview of williams testimony over the weekend when a transcript of her november 7th deposition was released. She told investigators she took notes of the call and that, quote, the mention of those specific investigations seemed u
Ukrainians president zelensky triggered the investigation now trying to distance himself from the controversy and insisting he never met with Rudy Giuliani and denying that he was pressured by trump to investigate biden. Did you feel pressure from President Trump to investigate the bidens to unfreeze military aid . Translator i understood. I would like to tell you that i never feel pressure. Reporter all of this as the president s defenders follow his lead in trying to disparage the whistleblowers credibility. The thing is filled with i dont know, i heard, i overheard. There is not a single time he says i know. Reporter trumps other personal lawyer jay sekulow arguing the president didnt break the law. What is the rule, regulation statute that was violated in the conversation that the president had where the president of ukraine . None. Nothing. Reporter and, jake, there are some trump allies concerned that the white house was not adequately prepared for the fastmoving impeachment inqu
In a moment. Two other witnesses were no show today, acting chief of staff mulvaney and mark sandy. The director of National Security program at the office of management and budget. The president is responding to the barrage of impeachment news today. He hinted the possibility that hell release the transcript of a second call with zelensky. I had a very good call with the president of the ukraine. I assume thats what you are talking about. The call was perfect. Now theyre after i have a second call but nobody knew about and i guess they want that call to be produced also. You heard that, john. I have a second call, i had a second call with the president which actually i believe came before this one. Now they all want that one and if they want it, i will give it to him. It is like an s. A. T. Sets of questions. The first call and second call we did know that call. President trump is muddling the water on this one. Lets get to the testimony of lieutenant Alexander Vindman and the testimo
Transcribed is a quid pro quo. Its funding will not flow unless the investigation into the into the democratic server happened as well. We do we do that all the time. With Foreign Policy. I have news for everybody. Get over it. He put out a statement just hours later trying to say that he never said that or didnt mean that which is a hard case to make when you put it in the context of two weeks of congressional testimony, documentary evidence on the question. Two thursdays ago lawmakers released Text Messages among the key players outlining the aid for dirt deal. As well as one diplomats sharp objection to a quid pro quo. He called it crazy. He testifies next we can. Past monday russia adviser fiona hill told investigators that Rudy Giuliani was doing an end run around professional diplomats for the president and then National Security adviser john bolton was so alarmed told her to alert white house lawyers. Following testimony from Mary Yovanovitch that she herself was cut off the loo