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respect. this is g.w. news of live from berlin u.s. president donald trump washes out at the impeachment hearings calling them a disgrace and embarrassment to members of the trumpet ministration have told the inquiry a phone call between trump and the ukrainian president was improper and unusual another 2 officials are now testify and also coming up the grinding poverty of daily life in chile shantytowns a stark illustration tonight of the inequality that's driving mass protests against
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the government of president sebastian pinera and lives in ri is coming back as coach of spain's national soccer team he left the post earlier this year when his daughter became trombone only. i bring golf it's good to have you with us we begin in washington on this 3rd day of impeachment hearings against he was president donald trump 2 senior trouble officials have already testified today including jennifer williams an aide to vice president mike pence and a lieutenant colonel alexander vin men of the national security council both listened to the phone call between trump and ukraine's president zelinsky back in july. today testified that the unequal bargaining position of the 2
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presidents in addition to crane's dependence on the u.s. is that all of that amounted to trump making a demand on zelinsky and not trump asking a favor. it was improper for the president to request him to demand an investigation into a political opponent opponent especially at foreign power where there's a best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation and that this would have significant implications if it were became public knowledge and it would be perceived as a partisan play it undermined our ukraine policy and would undermine our national security ard let's take the story now to washington our bureau chief alexander phenomena she is on the story boards do not get any do you alexandra so the 1st 2 witnesses who testified today they belong to the trial but ministration that we
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were talking about trump's people what does their testimony mean for the president i would say it is another piece of evidence pointing in that direction and that presidents trump seem not to be very focused on fighting against corruption in the ukraine and that his decision to block the military aid said to ukraine was not a policy focused policy based decision but driver was managed to advance his political personal gains and that is of course what the democrats strongly believe in and with the attendant kirn the man they had today a very credible witness we have to say president trouble of course he dismissed or that testimony is today calling the whole impeachment inquiry esque have a witch hunt the white house official twitter account went after lieutenant conan vince men questioning his professionalism and here just listen what presidents
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trumped had to say about this witness oh oh. when i watch him for a little well this morning. i think he i'm going to let people make their own determination but i don't know vin i never heard of him i don't know any of these people and we have to add of course that it's not the 1st time that president attacked witnesses in those hearings stet happens last week as well no xander this continues tomorrow we're going to have a very big name testifying tomorrow man with big money i'm talking about the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon song is obviously a trump supporter but what do we expect to hear from him tomorrow well his definitely a key witness this week because as you said he's not
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a career diplomat he was president strums mega dorner and he was sort of rewarded for supporting donald trump by being appointed you asked ambassador to the european union and he is considered a key witness because he is one of few witnesses and maybe the only one that will be allowed to testify in the public who had direct contact with the president trying to talk directly with the president about he's quitting policy and he can testify whether there was a quid pro quo he has testify and tell us if he was told by the president try to press the ukrainian government's to start in the visit and the investigation into the president political opponents joe biden and into his son hunter tomorrow it could become the most important day in these hearings for we will wait and see how xander phenomenon the story boards in washington alexander as always thank you.
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well now to south america among the after demonstrators took to the streets in chile president sebastian pinera is struggling to restore calm thousands have again gathered in the capital santiago demanding better education better health care and pensions and demanding but yet those resignation millions find it difficult to make ends meet in chile many are forced to live in makeshift camps and shanty town. this is my house this is where a friend of mine sleeps. i got me this is my room i want to know the way i'm not ashamed to show it to you i get a lot of this is where i sleep it's a bit messy because on the weekends i like to rest. you know and i believe in the virgin and in god. it's thanks to them that i'm here when i 1st got to santiago i had to sleep out on the street. that he has lived
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in this camp in central santiago for 15 years he became homeless when his family rejected him after he came out as homosexuals here he found acceptance albeit own made within the camp limits. the view to living here is hard the neighbors judges because they think we're bad people. you know they need to believe we steal and that we're up to no good. but that's not true we're working people humble working people. as one of tens of thousands of people living in the slums of. according to a recent census there are 802 camps in the country over 47000 families in situations of extreme vulnerability. and geo calculates 50 percent of them are forced to live in the shanty towns because they can't afford rent this so
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there are a lot of people who move to these camps because of safety concerns but even if you believe a comp is safer than the districts they can afford to live in. many of them also immigrants but that's a much smaller fraction. thousands of people driven to the fringes of society forgotten by the system and treated as outcasts by their fellow citizens. to be sent to the camps represent the very essence of what the protest movement claims is wrong with the country. is a symptom of what's happening it's not necessary the problem itself it's a reflection of a size that discriminates that doesn't take into account the poorest of the poor and a society that doesn't care about others. is n.-g. o. tries to involve the camp's inhabitants in what's happening in the country in a meeting in front of shock they share their thoughts and ideas about the recent up
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people. protesters demand dignified living conditions for all chileans a reality that has long seemed out of reach for one of the founding members of this camp. this is our toilet it's a bit dirty. this is where we relieve ourselves. this is where we wash. we just got this thanks to our neighbors they got us tap their water several of them john wayne we can watch here we can shower here we can cook here but it's not dignified. going to that this is my bedroom. my blanket my stuffed animal my bottle of water. and my candle because i have no electricity here. my biggest wish is to get out of here because i have children. i don't want them to see me in the situation. to make them listen
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i don't want them to see me like this it's not the future i want for them. it's nothing outrageous he's asking for access to shelter and adequate social services or human rights one and go to work every day hoping to save enough money to someday apply for subsidized housing the fact that they might never get it is just one of the many reasons jillian's are still seeking to the streets. where some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world bolivian police and military used armored vehicles to dislodge supporters of former president from a gas plant near the city of la paz officials say one protester was killed the violence comes amid reports of food and fuel shortages calls by his supporters blocking transport. swedish prosecutors are dropping their investigation into rape
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charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange he's serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden despite the decision today in sweden a song still faces extradition to the united states where he's wanted on charges of computer hacking and there's to be a notch in hong kong pro-democracy activists trying to avoid arrest have been involved in a cat and mouse chase with police at the polytechnic university. executive carrie lamb says activists still on the campus must surrender to the police to end the 3 day standoff the united nations has called on authorities to deescalate the confrontation. amnesty international says that more than $100.00 people have been killed in protests and a government crackdown in iran the unrest erupted after hikes in gas prices authorities responded by shutting down the internet over the weekend now the
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supreme leader has described the protesters as thugs and he says the protests are a security math. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place it's difficult to verify. videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u.s. sanctions and mismanagement are the main causes of iran's economic crisis. also president i have 3 jobs to support myself of course people are upset and now they found a reason to show their dissatisfaction everyone does it in their own way. these beautiful pictures of men who have been arrested are shown on state television they're accused of initiating the protests at the behest of other countries one
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hard line newspaper reports they could face the death penalty. more than 1000 people are believed to have been arrested in the wake of the protests the un has expressed concern over the security services heavy handed response. numbers killed certainly in the dozens. in at least 2 figures some reports even higher so it would be very useful to have a better period picture but it's clearly very significant meanwhile the iranian leadership is and hearing to a hard line internet restrictions are still in effect in iran. already in football spain has an else that forward luis enrique will leave the team at euro 2020 and wreak a step down from the role earlier this year due to illness in his family. luis enrique is back in the spain hot seat the coach seen here during his 1st spell in charge returns to the national team set up 5 months off to leaving his position to care
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for his terminally ill daughter she then tragically passed away in organized. spanish football federation boss luis roby alice says he always intended for enrique to return when he was ready. then i'm a little bit more because of everything that happened with luis enrique and because we believe he's an extraordinary coach and we have the moral obligation to give him time so that he can continue what he started getting on to and the re case former assistant robert marino led the team through the end of year a 2020 qualification but he has refused to return to his previous role with reports suggesting he is unhappy at the way the federation has treated him. luis enrique has decisions regarding his staff as well as robert's decision not to continue when he found out we were considering the return of luis enrique our
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personal issues and we won't get involved in that life in persona like north thomas it's a turbulent 10 to the year for the spanish national team they have just 2 games left before next summer's european championship. you're watching news from watson's up next with business news stick around for that. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate the from 250. working on a job discovery. expedition in boyd on the dole.

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