this is news live from perlin the evidence of misconduct in office is overwhelming that's the conclusion reached by the house investigation into u.s. president donald trump micah's have approved the report the next day also coming out. as nato turns 70 french president of madd will mccrone calls for solidarity and stands by his warnings of brain death that the alliance president trump calls the remark nasty language that and aba disputes the shattering on the summit. and

activists credit to him big crosses the atlantic again by bugs with a climate point she says drastic measures and they did to cut emissions she prepares to deliver her message for the un climate summit. i'm anthony howard welcome to the program the us house of representatives has approved a report by the intelligence committee that makes the case for impeaching president donald trump according to the 300 page document the evidence from pitching trump for misconduct in office is quote overwhelming the white house dismissed the report saying it failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing the finding support formal charges against mr trump this report chronicles a scheme by the president i'd states to coerce an ally ukraine that is at war with an adversary russia into doing the pleasure of the president's. political dirty

work it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts a white house meeting as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign well for more let's cross to washington and correspondent all of a sell it one of the key findings of the democrats' impeachment inquiry report and what we now know well anthony you just heard adam schiff speak so essentially the intelligence committee wrapped up the findings of their hearings that were concluded 2 weeks ago and they say and they say that there was a will relman evidence for president tom's wrongdoing as a reminder what the democrats are trying to prove and the committees is that so-called quid pro quo and that is essentially that president tom withheld military

aid. and wanted in exchange investigations into is a political rival joe biden who of course is very likely to be the democratic front runner the democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 election campaign now adam schiff the chairman of the intelligence committee said that president trump abused his powers for gaining personal and political again and all of these findings are going to be the foundations for the hearings of the judiciary committee that is going there are going to start on wednesday and with him on what does this now mean for the u.s. president. well trump is calling this a sham he's done so right from the start he's questioning the legitimacy and he also was invited to take part in wednesday's hearing he neglected that of course simply to not give the give these hearings that legitimacy and same accounts for

the white house legal counsel now the republicans issued their role report as an act of defense if you will $123.00 pages and they argue that president trumbull's acting on genuine and reasonable skepticism over ukraine so they're trying to make the case that president is just fighting corruption in ukraine which of course is a interesting argument if you consider that corruption in ukraine should not necessarily be the business of a sitting u.s. president now what that means for trump is unclear at this point it is likely that he will be impeached out of office but the democrats hope that the voters eventual he will be will decide on his fate in next year's election but the public until now remains very much divided on the question of impeachment out of

a sell it in washington many things or meanwhile in london leaders of nato member states seeking to paper over the cracks amid what appear to visions of being treated to a reception hosted by the queen at buckingham palace to mock the 70th anniversary of the alliance its founding it follows a very public spat between the french president a man and us president donald trump. when the 2 latest sat down together earlier it was somewhat hard to predict just how the meeting would go. would you like. everyone you want. not quite cordial combative tone pervaded the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emanuel marc hong at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are

currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty of. perhaps you look at what's happened with the best you look at what's going on during certain parts of this season here and you just can't go around making statements like that it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down that uses my statement we. shake a little bit all people and. the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato they don't want to write and frankly one of the benefits really not least is the united states would never believe we're helping your. money to solve this we ought to be on the phone

call was made. and. another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remain upbeat about nato with all of the differences you've had of course we'll have to discuss them we have to talk about the future of nato and the strategic partnership i'm fairly optimistic about this meeting mr. optimism alone however it will not be enough to bridge the divide within the alliance. hoffman has been following the summit from london and from there he said this this is us. major leaders would have a lot of reasons to squabble here in london there have been many problems multi-layered problems in the last weeks but it almost seems like they've struck a truce saying let's not talk about this not right now at least because we're here to celebrate the 70th anniversary of nato but that doesn't mean the truce will hold if you think about it money would not cost the french president's statements about

the so-called brain death of nato or about trams repeated criticism of european allies not spending enough on defense or what turkey is doing in northern syria that all gives us reason to question whether this truce will really hold on wednesday the 2nd day of the leaders' meeting here in london from next often in london now to some of the other stories making news around the world. democratic senate a kamel harris has told supporters that she's ending had bid for the presidential democratic presidential nomination she says she doesn't have the financial resources to continue campaigning 15 content is still remain in the democratic field with 2 months to go until voting begins and i will. spare a company has a new chief executive summed up the child i will take the reins of alphabet succeeding co-founder larry page it comes as google faces a raft of antitrust inquiries by the u.s. congress and justice department as well as european authorities. canary

has hit the philippines leaving at least 2 people did. more than 150 kilometers an hour brought down trees and electrical posts and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate and international airport was shut down with hundreds of flights canceled . the next climate activist has arrived in the portuguese capital lisbon headed for the un climate summit in madrid she'd had been attending climate protests in the united states and made the entire transatlantic crossing by boat had refused to fly back to europe because of the carbon emissions. the final moments of a nearly 3 week journey across the atlantic ocean from the united states to lisbon portugal. looked tired and happy to be back on dry land the 16 year old swede said she took the transatlantic voyage by boat to prove

a point. i'm not 8 travelling like this because i wanted everyone to do so i'm doing this to sort of sum the message is that it is. even possible. thank god it is impossible to live sustainable today and then seeing these become much easier to invoke arrives in europe as the un's cup 25 climate summit is in full swing representatives and delegates from some 200 countries have gathered in madrid spain to try and find a way to reduce the world's emissions of greenhouse gases her rival also coincided with the release of a bleak report from the world meteorological organization predicting that the past decade will most likely be the hottest in recorded history. says many don't realize the power of the popular movement this may be unleashed. i think people are

andras to making the force of angry kids. says she'll be meeting with activists in lisbon before making her way to the climate summit on friday. well here in germany or thirties now reportedly believe russian intelligence was involved in the murder of a form of chechen rebel commander in berlin. was shot twice in the head as he walked to a mosque in the german capital federal prosecutors and now planning to take over the investigation into his killing from local authorities soon after the murder in berlin suspicion arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim a georgian national fought in the chechen war against the russian government the suspected killers of 49 year old russian currently in custody reports say germany's federal prosecutor now also suspects the involvement of russian intelligence and is

planning to take over the investigation. there's a lot of evidence including the fact that the suspect was already wanted for murder in russia then he disappeared before reappearing under a new identity that's one of the key factors here. the murder in berlin could be similar to the poison gas attack carried out in britain on double agent. and his daughter in march 2017 that prompted many western countries who impose sanctions on russia conservative foreign affairs expert odorless keys of eta says the german government will also need to respond. so dizzy should it become clear that indeed russian government agencies were involved in this contract killing we must respond this specially with sanctions and we need a coup ordinated european response as we had in the screen case of the russian government denies any involvement in the murder and has so far refusing to cooperate in the investigation. a touch of sport now in baseball is known as

america's guy but is also loved in latin american countries like venezuela but u.s. sanctions against the venezuelan government have been affecting the sport there now the u.s. reportedly plans to exempt venezuela's iceball link from those sanctions and the reprieve couldn't come at a better time because venezuela usually sees an influx of major league baseball talent flaying the american went to. a night at a baseball stadium a classic past time for many venezuelans but their national league had been under threats in august sanctions imposed by the trump white house block us players from signing for venezuelan change during the off season the decision led to do in dealing support an addict in the league's quality since it resumed in november. but . the level of at play has gone down and attendance at the stadium has also gone down quite a lot. but it's still an activity that the public enjoys. the environment are still

good it's nice to come and have a good time but i mean you have a somewhat about for many and they'll be stars the venezuelan league offered an ideal solution during the off season a competitive environment and a chance to stay in shape. always heard about the vince why the league always wanted to calm down experiences. another situation is pretty. amount here to play baseball i i want to play baseball and i want to come down here and play baseball. has a lot of. i want to combine well with the south american nation does have a lot of great players and the best often head north the big money and started one was even world series m.v.p. and 2017 now with this exemption found some players from both nations should be able to once again fulfill its people this and enjoy the sport they love. you're watching news coming up next is a doc film with

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