. >> bradford kane serve the legislative counsel in congress and the department secretary of information technology. and the author of this book, "pitchfork populism". i want to talk about why you think donald trump got elected. >> it was a perfect storm is a combination of different forces that are combined, part of it was certain demographics that felt left behind that had never come forth out of the rubble from the 2008-2009 financial crisis, things like that and they were displeased with both political parties. donald trump recognized that and capitalized on that but there were other forces as well, trade mobilization which not only donald trump but bernie sanders brought to the floor and there were a lot of different elements that came together both sociological and political at the same time. >> people talk about populism, the reemergence of populism. what are your thoughts? >> this form of populism my content is not populism. populism like if you go to the 1800s and early 1900s, economic populism is about the people, a movement of the people where the people rise up and are trying

the constitutional congress prayed. we will go ahead and allow this. same thing happened in the cross case. in history is very valuable as i think you can all probably gathered from what's happening right now. my problem with those cases is that the history that they can cite is just as malleable as you could offer. the same one that was cited in that cross case. the guy who gave that prayer was a traitor he turned traitor. he actually wrote this letter to washington that we have condemning the continental congress. what it says. certainly it is permissible. the presidential calls for prayer. these things are not a violation of the constitutional principle enacted in the establishment cause. the lady to my left over here. in kentucky and several other states it has brought us in god we trust being displayed i would like both of your thoughts on whether or not that is in line with the founding of our nation. or violation of that. i absolutely think that the current national model in god we trust is unconstitutional. i think it violates the central princ

i invite any members of congress who wish to join us to do so as well. to lead us in prayer is an associate pastor at bering memorial united methodist church in houston, texas. representative nunez is a daca recipient, she was born in mexico and came to the us at the age of 9. what it means for herself and the community she serves, welcome. >> good morning, everybody. no pressure. as we begin this gathering we talk about the occupation of land. i would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral territory over indigenous -- which we are learning and organizing today. may we continue to recognize those homes we are standing on and bring honor as we work towards justice and call upon my ancestors who guide me and strengthen me as i navigate white spaces. never in my life that i think i would be a pastor. however, today, i can stand before you and confirm that this is where god wants me. it is my very experience as a marginalized dehumanize documented woman that god continues to remind me of my worth as god's creation and the power i hold as such. i am c

bello the oh a member of congress with the independent democratic union party welcome everyone it's good to have you seen i know you've been protesting was the last time you were out on the streets protesting i wasn't just you know just the way up to clear. the just you know. for months in the streets and then we walk around the streets. with signs making songs where. again we were. programs with it when we were just walking how would you explain the atmosphere the mood where you are protesting right. very unsafe everything i know my house my farming is conserved i'm protesting and this concern. but police it's not like i'm a protest and it's going to hurt me the police that way in every way. what i also remember one of. the things of those pictures there right now jaime when you see that how do you explain that to an international audience watching. so we had to make a difference between the massive protests that have been like a very peacefully. another number of brought this have been like very violent so this started. 3 weeks ago when 6 stations of the subway were burned at the same

then do the job of congress for the institution and i think it goes back for several administrations not just the trump administration people of congress have given away their powers and authorities to the other end of pennsylvania avenue fairly steadily the last couplepesy decades one wayo not complain anonymously is do something about it. but that's an editorial aside. >> i am doing some research into the roosevelt presidency, franklin roosevelt and i can tell you that this argument goes back 100 yearsth and the power has been shifting to the white house for 100 years in prevention of the priorities set by the constitution remember article one establishes the legislature article twoes establishes the executive. and the founding fathers i think really thought congress is where it was going to be at and because of technology and the speed a lot of power has moved down pennsylvania avenue. but it is also true too much ha has. >> from a business perspective does your book sell outside of washington? [laughter] >> i don't know if there are people inside washington. it sold in 33 countri

and also requires congress to step up and play its brawl. he is the people can summon the courage to deploy calmly congress us to be able to summon the courage to decide whether they want to go there in the first place so as one example of the kind of constraint that would help us have a more balance. [inaudible conversation] at audio. [background sounds] >> in order to win the votes of african-american voters, have to do some of it. so most important thing is to make sure, i am putting forward the best vision for the future. know what i to do especially when it comes to systemic racism in this country is is it too comprehensive action. that recognizes the fact that we learned the hard way this country that you just replace a racist policy with initial one, that is not enough quality to just come about on itself because inequality compounds itself. in the same way that we do save a dollar, compounds rose, that is true of a dollar stolen. and there is generational theft wealth of generations of people are enslaved in this country is the very

the fact that a freshman member of congress and alexander cortes from new york has more agenda or at least -- >> 14,000 votes. >> and we are talking about the issue more than anything else on the democratic party. it's pretty remarkable. to be fair the only way that it does work or what's say the system and congress does speaker still has control over what gets to the floor. with that said, she has control over what is getting into people's computers or whatever. much more than nancy pelosi was ever able to do. technology has changed the way we see institutions and so institutions are either fading away or have to evolve. the parties themselves have become less important in determining a lo the a lot of te issues, but the partisanship is more important than ever because those are now the key that we use to understand our world. this is a confusing issue i am hearing all of this back and forth or is this right or is that right, who's telling the truth and who's not, a democrat is telling me that okay i will believe it. you see this all the time in pulling. you ask a question of folks

do you still have active sources in the congress? >> guest: well, i told you about a meeting i had last week and i don't want to implicate any of those veterans, but the people i know who are active in journalism now and some of the people i know that are active in politicsti very clearly indicate that everybody who's been in public service for a long time and who isn't an extremist is embarrassed by this guy. >> do you hear this from sources outside of the white house or in the white house? >> i certainly heard along with colleagues that in the most recent sort of big story of the week which is impeachment that the communication between the white house and that he'll hasn't always been as robust as some republicans would like. i can't really testify from my own't reporting to the general feelings among senators and lawmakers on the hill because it isn't my beach and i don't have as much time there as many of my colleagues that have more of a beat then i have. but it's not surprising to me. i mean it doesn'tme come acrosso me as some

when congress turns it monday. that's a serious crime. every afternoon, people find themselves lacking access to affordable healthcare. they're trying to figure out how to afford prescription drugs they need. people are suffering and even dying and even as we debate today, that is a serious crime. every evening, people sit at the dinner tables wondering how they're going to afford a college education for the children. women they need i mean if they will even be able to get a etsecond job. that is a serious offense. we should be leaving arsenal and martin sanctions inc. the branch of government, when they properly begun and wech should e doing the job we were elected to do history, not the passions of this moment but guide your aactions. >> host:: elijah cummings from 20 years ago. this was the same town, the same rationale the monday democrats were using to share her staying we should not pursue impeachme impeachment, that we should pursue our agenda. when the majority, the ability to makeor policy and the ability to change the debate ove

robert: congress, and a nation vided. >> it's a sad day because nobody comes to congress to impeach a president. no one. robert: an historic house week formalizes impeachment preedings against president trump. as evidence mounts about a possible quid o quond as more officialsre called to testify. the president and republicans respond wh fury. president trump: you can't who did president nothingg wrong. you can't impeach a president that has the greatest economy in the histo of our nation. >> trying to put a bow on a sham doesn't make it any less of a sham. >> this is "washington week." funding is provided by --

impeachment inquiry she felt threatened by donald trump a transcript of the closed door testimony to congress has been released memory of on of which was recalled from her post in may after what she described as a smear campaign against. the u.s. has formally begun withdrawing from the paris climate agreement the global pact was set up to fight climate change in 2015 has been ratified by 185 countries president donald trump has criticized the treaty saying it imposes an unfair burden on american workers the air quality in india's capital has reached critical levels public health emergency has been declared there and the number of private vehicles allowed on new delhi's roads has been hard those are the headlines you're up to date right now and it's witness. to the prime minister. or a mission to deliberate it on the 31st of october and making this country the greatest place all are pretty much it is delayed. drama of brick sit on al-jazeera. i stopped all. she doing with a virus checker. told gulf boy a volley struck me. just as hard to choose just girl. just. all all. can i work on my just i

congress has not done anything. to give up on congress and look for a solution in the private sector? do you see that going? >> i think it is both and. the american people deserve more. we are going to do whatever we can to make sure they get it. either in the next year or we elect a new congress. that doesn't mean the private sector cannot act. this is a burgeoning area of support for the gun safety act. we have partnerships. we have worked with many. trust in of declining government, governmental americansns, we find still have trust, faith, and connectivity to the brands they love. the companies behind those opportunity,n obligation, to speak out. way ortion that in some form move this country toward a safer future. dick's sporting goods has taken courageous action, taking assault rifles off of their shelves. can feel good going home knowing responsible actions have saved lives. >> the climate on the hill is not bright for gun control. policy. have you and other groups surrendered the view there is no moving on t

congress knew they did then something illegal. that by collecting all of your metadata and all of your phone call data, that went out the permission of thet judge, they pviolated the fourth amendment. they knew that he had probably become the greatest whistleblower of all time. and yet where are the voices defending edward snowden now. not one of these people who say outrage over this whistleblower president trump and the impeachment, not one of them will stay on up for edward snowden, they would still put them in jail for life if they could. in the end we did and collection because edward snowden bravely came forward and said that the government was lying to us. james clapper, now the president trump pater, came before the senate and he lied directly to senator wyden and he said we are not collecting your data. yet where is it bestowing all of this is these great defenders of the whistleblower statute are. not a word for edward snowden. he said himself that he didn't have adequate protection to bring in his flames internally beca

has a duty to act to protect lives in the president's cowardice absolutely should not set congress's agenda. donald trump backtracking on the serious issue is disgraceful, i asked my republican colleagues to remember we are not beholden to the president or the gun lobby. we do not need donald trump's permission to vote on bills or to act to save lives. in states across the country we have been able to take on the gun lobby and make meaningful progress to address this crisis. in my home state of washington we have closed background check loopholes and enacted extreme risk protection orders. we were able to accomplish those things because of the advocacy of groups like moms demand action across the state. the washington state of mind for gun responsibility, every town for gun safety, march for our lives and so many more as well as the dedicated volunteers and activists behind the organization. the brave people who have been making their voices heard including pressure on lawmakers to do their jobs, to end this senseless epidemic. people like jane rice in mill creek, washington after sh

descended into omas continual conflict between its rival senses of power my guess this week here in congress it is i would not seek deputy prime minister of the un backed government of national accord closely allied to groups of armed militias which are being credited with serious human rights abuses conflicts. in 90 minutes on d w. stand for. lawyer. language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w. . frankfurt. international gateway to the best connection self in road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers triallists services. be allat gassed transferred airport city managed by from a bought. plane . this is d w news live from but even most anticipated witness in the trump impeachment hearings delivers his testimony to us i'm back. the president demanded pressure on ukraine to investigate chumps political rival joe biden and he claims everyone close to the president. meanwhile u.s. democrats far even their ability to defeat donald trump in 2020 during the nation's debates of presidential contenders

the oppositionll movement, a bill has been sent to congress that would raise the minimum wage. have left 20s .eople dead they have become smaller, but they have grown more violent. region, onthe wednesday, a bolivian protest .eader arrived in the capital -- our reporter brings us up to speed. >> he quickly rises to .opularity they plan to march to the aesidential palace to demand written resignation to be signed. >> we want one united bolivia. >> awaiting him wednesday was the runner up in the election. the opposition has been calling for him to step down since the vote. here, townhall was set on fire. clashes turned deadly. >> we have three people dead. the latest died after being beaten. been in power ance 2006 and is looking to fourth term. he has defended his election in and accuse the opposition of trying to lead a coup against him. >> turning to iraq. protest immigrants blocked the entrance to the port. live ammunition has been fired at antigovernment protesters in the capital. on wednesday, iran n resumed uraniuium enrichment at its facicility. donald trump walked away f

he was able to do it, congress actually functioned. administration, he was secretary for international organization. he loved working at the state department. he was head of the agency for international development. >> you were the former head of the democratic senate campaign committee. as you look at 2020, putting on your political hat, how did the democrats regain control of the summit grip -- senate? >> i wish more candidates were thinking about this. it cannot be an afterthought. the presidential candidates need to be on focus -- as focused on winning the majority of the senate as they are the presidency. shouldwo imperatives create a discipline going into the selection which will allow us to beat donald trump. that, what itbout will take to win in purple states like colorado. i'm the only candidate in this race who has one to national elections in a purple state. when i'm in new hampshire, one of the early states, i think about somebody like the senator from new hampshire. if we ran the presidential election the way she ran her r

we go through this impeachment seeing -- ande nothing else gets done in congress. there is not a budget that has been passed. what used to be the premier infrastructure in the world is deteriorating at a rate that we might not be ever able to return to. nothing is being done. people cannot buy prescription drugs because of the pricing. nothing is happening in immigration. and this is not just happening now. it has gone back decades. so maybe we need to take a look at ourselves, and we are sending people to congress who are more interested in the star chamber of washington than they are of us, and maybe also we don't have to worry about foreign influence to destroy our country. we are doing the best we can to do it ourselves, because we are focused on this political theater, whether it be trump -- who probably should not be in office -- or it was obama before him and bush before him, and clinton before him. god holy help the next person who is president because the day after the election, the in the -- the investigations will begin. host: to that point, the first im

credibility of the whistleblower and the motivation of the democrats ask me every single member of congress that now has a transcript of a phone call what is the impeachable offense so i'll make you this one promise. republicans believe in the constitution we believe in the rule of law and that's why we're standing here today. democrat congressman al green is an outspoken supporter of impeaching president trump he stresses the democrats have no other choice when it comes to impeachment and balance of power of the constitution protecting you know preserving the republic you have to put principle above politics or you have to do that you do not allow your personal ambitions to become an impediment to protecting the country. the impeachment inquiry will now take place in the open despite the political risks involved in trying to remove president trump from office the democrats clearly feel the time for caution is over . w.'s washington bianchi felons and or phenomena outlines what that vote means for the impeachment inquiry. the impeachment inquiry is entering a new phase now the american publ

in congress we will fight by continuing to push the senate to vote on the house passed dream and promised act. we are a country as you all know with a strong immigrant heritage, and the diversity of our communities strengthens our national fabric. this issue is a personal one to me as i had a grandparent, my grandmother, who came to the united states as a young girl. my grandmother came to the united states because both her parents had died around the time of the mexican revolution, and she and her younger sister, my grandmother was six or seven, the closest relatives that could take them in were not in mexico but when san antonio, texas. i often think when i think about the legal limbo that the dreamers are in today, i think about my grandmothers story and how when she came to the united states, the document that allowed her in, there was a line of that document that read something to the effect of purpose of visit. scribbled into the outline where the words, to live. she was coming here to live. our dreamers have been here with us for many years. they have been part of the fabric of ame

rival senses of power my guess this week here in congress it is ahmed might seek deputy prime minister of a un fact of national accord closely allied to groups of armed militias which are being credited for serious human rights abuses conflicts so for 90 minutes on w. w's talk show. strong opinions clear positions from international perspectives some. every week we get to the point on our current topic. i'm. committed to the book to the point. of a. cut cut cut cut. cut. cut. cut cut cut. cut. cut. this is deja vu news live from berlin the most anticipated witness in the trump impeachment hearings delivers his testimony u.s. ambassador. says the president direct. it him to pressure ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden and he claims everyone near the president knew about. it meanwhile u.s. democrats spar over their ability to defeat donald trump and 2028 of the latest televised debate of democratic contenders for the presidency condemning donald trump was.

makes it up in the process but over time after for a peach with congress sort of mix it up a little bit as it goes yeah but david if i can stay with you here i absolutely agree with you but the way it's being perceived by the public and i and there's been polling data on this is that it seems intensely unfair what is going on here coaching witnesses not allowing the of the of the other party to ask questions not allowing them have a point of order i mean it seems inherently unfair and i think people are beginning to see that. i agree with you the congress has the right to make its own rules ok because it's a this is a political process it's not a trial that goes later in the senate but the this perception and i and i this i just think the democrats have their lives so blinded by their own hatred they can see that they're really unfair go ahead david finish up ok so what i want to come back to and say here is that is that to a large extent you know i think there are there are problems in terms of the optics for a lot of people in the united states you know for the republicans clearly

congress are demanding answers from a.b.c. news after accusing it of burying the truth and a letter they urged the network to explain why it shelved an interview a few years back with an alleged victim of convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein what appears to have been presented to mr obama is 1st hand evidence of human trafficking i am deeply concerned that this victim in search of justice went to see news provided information and an interview and then a.b.c. news chose to burry the truth it is imperative that the public be assured newsroom decisions regarding exposing human trafficking are not tempered by financial interests or outside forces a video recently surfaced of a.b.c. host amy robach complaining that the interview had been dropped lawmakers want her to shut light on who prevented the story from running have a story for 3 years i've had to say if you would for any roberts then the palace found out that we had her whole allegations about prince andrew and threatened us a 1000000 different ways she told me everything she

or or appeared to fend torture and spy on congress to get a job at m.s.n. b.c. now let's start watching the honks. this is. really it's like. part of. what they like you know what i got. was that we. were all going to watching the hawks i am tired bro. all right earlier i was joined by journalist blogger and author of the new book peace all my back david swanson to discuss the controversy surrounding trump pardons and the united states hypocrisy on all things war crimes take a listen. well he said he wants to give soldiers going forward a sense of confidence apparently confidence that they can shoot civilians that they can kill prisoners and these are the these are the crimes killing civilians without the use of a drone right if you if you're a president and you kill a bunch of civilians with a missile from a drone there's no prosecution but if you do it with a gun then very occasionally there is a prosecution and i think trump is stating quite clearly that's an acceptable parts of the war and in fact i would point out that it's the majority of what these wars c

or to the problem if you are in congress which is do the job of congress more assertively stand up for the institution, and i think this goes back several administrations. this isn't only true if the trump administration. people in congress have kind of giving away their power and authority to the other end of pennsylvania avenue. steadily the past couple of decades and one way to not complain anonymously is just say desperate to do something about it is to do something about it, but that is an editorial aside. >> guest: i'm doing some research into the roosevelt presidency, and i can tell you this argument goes back 100 years and the power has been shifting towards the white house for 100 years in contravention of the priorities by the constitution. remember article one i of the constitution establishes the legislature. article two establishes the executive, and i think that the founding fathers really thought that congress was where it was going to be at. and i think that because of technology, because of the speed of development and so on, a lot of the power has naturally moved down

before congress as house democrats continue their impeachment inquiry. so, during your reporded calls and meetings with president zelensky, did you suggest investigation into joe biden and his son, election interference? was there any role you had regarding corruption and aid, or do you feel at the president's -- that the president's call was perfect, as he has said many times? vice pres. pence: you know, the american people have the transcript of the president's call. they can see there was no quid pro quo. the president did nothing wrong. the president's focus has been, as my focus was, on supporting president zelensky's efforts to deal with an historic pattern of corruption in ukraine, and also to enlist more european support. frankly, it was a frustration of the president's since we took office that the united states was standing with ukraine. but too many of our european allies were not providing the kind of support that ukraine needed. from early in our ministry, -- our administration, president trump, unlike the last administration, made military

congress does have an obligation to look into things. believe this is a credible, valid exercise of congressional oversight, put it all out in the light of day. won, thattricts trump looks promising. s.ere are some hole can you point us toward the ?laces you are still recruiting >> we have races that are already covered. we are recruiting every day. i am not sure where what you want me to go with it. arepeople are going, these great candidates. we are going to have a lot more people that show up. 420 races will be covered. >> there will be a difficult -- difference between a candidate who raised a lot of money and one trying to get off the ground. different media markets, environments in play. the average winning democrat in the house spent $4 million. it costs less to sell the truth. we are doing extremely well when you focus on fundraising. 2-3 thousand dollars where the committee was. we had 40 more members. we are way ahead of the pace when you look at prior cycles. >> you are going to have to compete in a lot of major markets. are y

attack of the july 14 are divided on hosting the congress. let's cross to nice where allison is standing by. allison, what is the aim of an event like this? does it actually achieve anything? goal is to bring victims together so they can meet each other, share stories with society, media, governments, international institutions over the world. victims will be speaking. there will be a series of roundtables. experts coming together to talk topics like how to better support victims, particularly children dealing with trauma and what governments can do to support victims after attacks. the first of these conferences was held in 2004. it was organized by the spanish association in madrid in the wake of the train bombings. o overs association took the organization of the conference in 2011, held in paris. that is the last time until now the conference has been held. since then, france has seen devastating attacks. we were talking to the president of the french terror victims association earlier today who mentioned, who would have imagined? what wa

that the chinese would have been able to say maybe trump is on our side the bill would have passed congress anyways they would have had a 2 thirds majority if the president had not been on board all right and of course we've seen markets react quite dramatically is there a danger that this could spill over to other countries dealing with hong kong with china. for sure it's possible that both sides will then it's an indian's escalates say to their trading partners don't do business with the other side do business with us or else and the united states for example has done this before on iran and german companies for example caved in people like siemens who didn't want to lose the u.s. business around business was not that important different case in this case an interesting voice not one that was heard very much but recently hank paulson the former u.s. treasury secretary said that with the unilateral reciprocal and retaliatory steps on both sides it is not in our interests to isolate ourselves when the rest of the world is not going to decouple from china it's in nobody's interest right any

thanks to congress for recognizing the armenian genocide. it's an actual fact, it happened to my grandparents, they're survivors. for them, i'm hear. two times in my life in america i've watched the popular vote go the way of the person that is supposed to win the election and for some reason, you know, we don't have one man, one vote. instead we have the electoral college. twice in my life the popular vote was won by the more popular president. the more popular candidate. and twice in my life the election was stolen from the people. stolen from the vox populi. taken away from our choice, our one man, one vote, and given to some tyrannical fool, and both times it's ended horribly. this president, his wild bombastic racist, bigotted, homophobic xenophobic rhetoric is the cause of death for some people in this country. i don't like him, he could get the hell out of the whole country as far as i'm concerned. it's disgusting that we have this president. it's disgusting. it's absolutely not representative of the will of the people. the people vot

to proudly raise our hand to protect and defend the constitution of the united states as congress took the 1st vote in the impeachment inquiry of president donald trump the measure which authorizes the inquiry to enter a public phase passed 232 to 1962 democrats joined a unanimous republican caucus in voting no those in favor please say. those opposed say no. democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box that's not my words that's the words of my colleagues from the other side of the aisle that has offered impeachment 3 different times this impeachment is not only an attempt to undo the last election is it in tempt to influence the next one as well. over the past weeks more than a dozen witnesses have testified before impeachment investigators behind closed doors leaked portions of their testimony paint a narrative of trump using the power of his office to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rivals to morrison the russian expert on the national security council appeared on capitol hill on thursday despite white

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a member of congress and a mber of the leadership in their own right. that is significant and a warning, i think, to her fellow republican and fellow conservatives not to go there. don't question the patriotism of these peoplerp question their intation. question their information. say maybe they are a secret democrat. but don't question their patriotism when they are wearing their decorations on their uniforms sitting before you and they have served so honoray for their country. >> right. do you feel she drew that line in the sand for the otr republicans to say hey, maybe we shouldn't cross this line here moving forward in >> a there are many ways to try to undermine the veracity or the credibility of her particular witness. this is just not the avenue that will be most fruitful for them. >> right, do inyou impeachment will happen before the end of the year or in 2020? >> i think the house isng tr very hard to get public hearings going in the moh of november to have that house judiciary committee act in the month of december and possibly even have a hou

trial against a former trump advisor roger stein the longtime trump ally was convicted of lying to congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering an effort prosecutors say was meant to protect the president the case grew out of the investigation which concluded that russia did interfere in the $26.00 day u.s. election evidence show that stone had tried to get information from russia to hurt hillary clinton and donald trump. and some support down at the end of an era in german football president lee honus retired on friday after 40 years of management at the club as is considered one of the most influential figures in german football and is responsible for transforming bind into a football powerhouse but harness is a divisive figure question publicly with many other bundesliga clubs over the years he also served time for tax evasion earlier this decade but he remains a hero and by an where he said his final farewell at the annual general meeting on friday evening. tried to fight back the tears. since i was reelected in 2016 you have given me 3 wonderful years thank you. it's hard to i

constitution that requires members of congress to actually take the step in order to conduct an impeachment inquiry of the us president however congressional republicans have argued that the process which has been led by house democrats has been illegal the president has called it a witch hunt so by calling this vote on the state the house speaker nancy pelosi essentially was calling house republicans bluff challenging them to say that they did not support a public and official inquiry even though that had been their complaint all along the next step for house democrats is to try to move from the closed door preliminary questioning of witnesses inside the trumpet ministration to a series of public hearings perhaps by the end of november at the earliest what democrats are hoping to do is to convince the general public that what has been reported has been breaching the u.s. constitution and they want these witnesses to make their case before the general public house republicans however are looking for ways of stopping this process from taking place but regardless of what happens in the coming

to falsely testify before congress and there's also one count of obstruction of justice all right will soon as we know has pleaded not guilty but of course that's for the jury to decide if they find him guilty what sentence could he face right so the roger stone is just the 2nd one to plead not guilty by the way those indicted by mahler he calls it a politically motivated investigation as we've heard in the report so that's the typical trump rhetoric here if he's found guilty on all charges he could face up to 50 years in prison earlier this year the former campaign manager of the trunk campaign polenta ford faced similar charges but he pleaded guilty in contrast was convicted only to 7 and a half years in jail so it'll be interesting to follow and see how this turns out for roger stone now wrote just. i guess a flash of public drama he's described himself as a dirty trick or in the past any signs of that flamboyance in his testimony so far . all right he's a very colorful figure there is one story where roger stone defense team wanted to play a clip of a movie the godfather part 2 of

in for saying that vote however is not easy for congress so they would likely have to go to a federal judge and ask a judge to find that he was in contempt of congress and then to issue a subpoena for him to actually follow through with congress's request for him to appear something is a just a in the 1st answer is really interesting is what he said that under these rules the president trumps side will be able to bring witnesses to support his case in that case why didn't we see republicans voting yes in this in this vote in congress because some of these rules may in fact a sista. and you ask a very very good question and i think in fact the republicans in the house but you know that it will not. and if. you have. a house those witnesses are not likely to make the president look very good oh who might be called rudy giuliani know what rudy giuliani almost certainly should be called and i expect that the house democrats will actually try to call him but republicans know he would not make a very good witness who could be called who would be of benefit to the president it's not clear th

caller: it is disappointing that the house in particular and the congress in general has been so over the last three years. today sounded in large part like opinion and speculation over the meaning of sounvents without any real d legal issue with the president. is so muchintment time is being spent on this issue and no time being spent on things like usmca and military issues and so on. i think the ambassador was very help mr.his efforts to trump understand the situation .ith mr. zelensky i think the outcome was favorable. apparently that is not satisfactory to mr. schiff. it is unfortunate that ts division has gone on in our country. we should stop this ongoing issue. host: these open hearings before the house intelligence committee began last week. there will be three of them this week, two today. one continuous hearing set for tomorrow as well. we will tell you about that in a bit. we continue to get your calls .nd comments let's hear from jim next, republican line, tucson, arizona. caller: can you hear me? host: make sure you have muted your television. caller: i am a cpa in tucso

attempt to detain an antiwar activist for allegedly assaulting a member of congress to the meeting on venezuela. came to her home without a warrant. in the u.k. linked to beliefs including witchcraft is on the rise well critics say political correctness is becoming a barrier to protecting vulnerable children. a high school shooting in los angeles leaves 2 dead and 3 injured on the very morning the suspect turned 16. a low from a network center on. friday morning 8 am here in moscow here's what we're across for you this american antiwar activist medea benjamin has been threatened with arrest stuff that being accused of assaulting a member of congress the incident happened when she was forcibly removed from a news conference for opposing u.s. actions in venezuela she claims she's being treated like a terrorist. police cars rode up to my house and motorcycles as well so around the house as if i were some kind of terrorist and said there was a bulletin for my arrest and i refused to go with them i said where is the warrant they didn't have a warrant and killed them and we stayed outside m