i normally do not get a like that in washington, d.c..e are here to tell a little bit of the truth about what is going on. i am having to leave right after this to go and do an interview. with an ambassador that was relieved of her duty as part of the impeachment effort. i think it is time we sent adam schiff home. instead of the president of the united states. i think it is time. what do you think? [applause] they love to do these things in secret. they love to try to have a narrative -- form a narrative trying to impeach this president. the people spoke in november, 2016. they spoke loudly saying we need a change. we need to drain the swamp. president donald trump is doing exactly that. he's doing exactly that. [applause] rep. meadows: i have had the opportunity to be the chairman of the freedom caucus. for some of you that do not know, we started a small group that said we needed to get together and it had a few patriots. patriots like congressman jim jordan from ohio. [applause] rep. meadows: and i'm here today to let you know that i

but one of the main reasons we were elected in washington, d.c. was to drain the swamp. and i think the american people have a right to know if the vice president of the united states or his family profited from his position as vice president during the last administration, that's about looking backwards and understanding what really happened. the fact that my predecessor had a son who was paid $50,000 a month to be on a ukranian board at the time that vice president biden was leading the obama administration's efforts in ukraine, i think, is worth looking into. the president made it very clear that he believes our other nations around the world should look into it as well. the simple fact is that, you know, when you hold the second highest office in the land, it comes with unique responsibilities. not just to be above impropriety but appearing to be above improp rirks riety. we're going to continue to ask the questions of whether the vice president or his family profited from business. you can see there is clearly quid pro quo. if a prosecutor was not fired, who, among

was all arctics aside washington d.c. is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to win the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all final time the team or at home and put up the 1st 2 runs to change thanks i ended up being their only brings in 76 against the nationals answered back how we can jerk an anthony rant don't both hit a home run in the 7 any i was when it all came down to this point to i was the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years for the 1st time i don't think she's 20. 5 guys i love they. are horrified i just that that like the 1st 5 team wins it is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing would have surprised me i mean from where we started sourav a traveling blues i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck togeth

he made a trip to washington, d.c. in march of 1941 to ask for more money. he stops in chicago on the way, has an operation and dies as a result of that operation. his son, lincoln, took over the work. he started when he was 12 years old so he was brought up with this. he knew all of the jobs, blasting, drilling, pointing. he is an artist. taking over the sculpture must have been both sad and wonderful. lincoln declared that sculpture was completed october 31, 1941. people ask all the time about adding someone up on the sculpture, many presidents have been mentioned, many people have been mentioned. it won't happen. the sculpture is complete. ♪ >> the great stone faces of four presidents in lonely silence. machinery is dismantled after -- with the death of the sculptor last spring, all the cleanup work was abandoned. in a sculptor borglum's studio, his son lincoln puts away models. borglum's hand carving tools are laid away. tools of an unfinished masterpiece. even though unfinished, the mount rushmore national memorial stands as an eternal shrine of democra

was arctics aside washington d.c. is united for the 1st time in franchise history the washington nationals have claimed their title as the best in the world series. used to win the game started well for the houston astros in a winner take all finals. the team were at home and put up the 1st 2 runs to change was time they ended up being their only response when 76 against the nationals answered back how we can jerk an anthony ran don't both hit a home run in the 7th any was when it all came down to this point to god the washington nationals beating the houston astros 62 years to our side in franchise history. 5 by the way. or i'd i guess that's that like the 1st 5 team wins this is amazing the nationals are the 1st team in the world series to win all 4 of their away games disappointing this houston crowd this year. i can honestly say nothing would have surprised me i mean for more we started. a travelling blows i mean you name it we've been through a lot but like i said before these guys we stuck together if you want to

baseball fans in washington, d.c., are saying "at last." last night the nationals won their first-ever world series title. [ cheers ] the nats hoisted the world series trophy in houston after beating the astros in game seven. washington took the lead in the seventh inning thanks to homers from anthony rendon. 6-2. our affiliate wusa is at nationals park where f if not t impossible, coming back from 12 games under .500 in may, and now they're world series champions having won all of their world series winning games on the road in houston. fans here are loving it. let them hear it. this is washington, d.c. it's the first time that they've brought home a championship in 95 years to washington, d.c. [ cheers ] we've had the stanley cup in washington, d.c., the last couple of years, a wnba championship just this year, and the fans are really loving it. >> that was adam longo reporting. the celebrations don't stop there. the mayor of d.c. announced overnight there will be a championship parade to celebrate the nationals' victory on saturday in was

investigation on the bidens so all of this it's a lot of intrigue me of which is really taking washington d.c. by though by the horns and we know the democrats are still charging forward with their impeachment inquiry with more possible witnesses to testify on the hill tomorrow a lot of intrigue indeed how does your castro in washington d.c. thank you very much well let's bring in our own colleague who joins us live now from detroit michigan he's the director of debate and dean of students at the university of michigan thank you very much for joining us coastal but asking you whether joe biden needs to be a little bit careful and how critical he is of of president trump is there a possibility that he could go to fall too soon. it's certainly possible and you know he's in a difficult position because he's running for president the charges that both him and his son in so he is walking a tight rope but at the same time it that you saw tonight he really aggressively shot back the accusations of the president and made his best argument that president trump is attacking him because he's let him in

changes in the coming days and weeks anthony very interesting days ahead public for the elites in washington d.c. thank you. now it's been one year since the saudi journalist and washington post columnist jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey supporters of course mocks the occasion by calling for justice at a memorial event in istanbul a u.n. investigation found what it called credible evidence linking saudi crown prince muhammad bill someone to the murder but he later no one has been brought to justice for the killing. of 1 14 pm friends and family marked the time to show she was last seen alive a moment of silence to commemorate his murder and the sense of a crime gone unpunished in the years since i feel he just says i want to know what happened so he's body i once he's praying to be released from jail i want those in power i hold accountable for day actions. 1 14 pm one year ago a c.c.t.v. camera captured because shoji walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul his body is believed to have been dismembered and disposed of saudi arabia initially hampered

and in washington d.c. on skype while. he served as a senior syria advisor to samantha power a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations welcome to you all 'd thank you for being on inside story on china in washington if i can start with you what is your understanding of the administration's announcement of the future u.s. stall in syria's war is the u.s. administration endorsing a turkish offensive in northern syria and are they abandoning your people the kurds . thank you for having me on the show firstly i think. very short and simple answer to that is we just simply do not know yet because in the last year and a half president trump has tried to leave syria on to 2 previous occasions on both being severely pushed backed by the american establishment on the 2nd time in december in 2019 when president front said he had ordered the military to actually leave syria. the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president

castro live for us then from washington d.c. well 2 associates of president trump's personal lawyer who are linked to that ukraine scandal a jew in court accused of violating u.s. campaign finance laws live pontus and eagle froome and a close friends of former new york mayor rudy giuliani the russian born business men were arrested earlier this month now they're accused of helping funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of the ukrainian government official into the us political system facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg is appearing in front of a u.s. congressional committee again this time to defend the upcoming launch of the digital currency members of the house financial services committee concerned the system could disrupt the global financial system threaten users privacy and facilitate money laundering facebook announced its plans in june to launch a crypto currency called libra which could be used to pay for goods online and send money worldwide there are more than a 1000000000 people around the world who d

project of the australian institute of say libertarian think tank and he's joining us live from washington d.c. yesterday get very good to have you with us on al-jazeera now this policy putting the procedure to avoid it does it mean that the democrats think that they have a very strong case from the private testimonies which will play well publicly do you think. right that's that's what everyone's waiting to see the speaker putting this to a vote does a couple things one it signals that they're ready to move to the public phase of the inquiry they feel that they've collected enough information with their their behind the scenes depositions that they have a strong case to make to the american people and 2nd it undercuts a lot of the procedural process arguments that the republicans have been lobbing at the democrats saying that this president hasn't been given his rights he's been given no due process the ability to participate and and now we're actually going to put some names next to a vote that will take this public where the president will play a more important role and how do you think the

it's outside of washington dc -- washington, d.c. in virginia. is 350 acres and a lot of it is wooded. by all accounts, it feels fairly isolated. i have never been on the campus, but i have driven past. it's like driving past this giant college campus. it's big. despite being in the middle of urban area, it feels isolated. it probably felt even more isolated for jean harris. because she is a grownup. she's in her 50's, and she ease -- she is living on campus with a bunch of high school girls. there were only two or three of the resident faculty members and she is the bar. it's not like she can hang out with the other resident faculty members and have the same relationship. she about you it's them and pay for those things. she is physically isolated. she is socially isolated. she is emotionally isolated from hy. she writes tons of letters none of which is a good idea. the concerns about the relationship seem to be eating at her. they show up more and more in her letters to him. of all sortsynne of things. they would each stay at his house and leav

all of this happened on embassy road and washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were runnin -- ronni moffitt and her husband michael. they turned the corner here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a great sit in. in that great sedan were two cuban-americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the driver seat -- the driver's seat in the chevelle orlando letelier was driving. the order was given by the secret police of chile, ruled at the time by pinochet, a dictator who did not like the political activity that orlando letelier, a former ambassador to the united states from chile, was taking on in washington, so we know now that it was the dictator who ordered the secret police to assassinate him, so they did this partly through an american chilean who came to was

attorney general william barr delivered remarks at a justice department lawful access summit in washington, d.che spoke about social media and technology companies using and -end encryptiono and the threat it poses to the public. he along with his counterparts from the united kingdom and australia sent a letter to facebook's ceo, mark zuckerberg, asking the company to delay o-end across its messaging services, citing public safety. [applause] >> it is great to see so many members of a law enforcement who are here today. many of you have come a long way and we appreciate your presence. you are joined by those from the ngo community, industry, and capitol hill. perhaps this is the first time that so many stakeholders in the lawful access conversation have been in one place. i am especially thankful to be joined by two good friends from abroad, our staunchest allies, the australian minister for home affairs, and the home secretary of the united kingdom. i think each of you for coming, accepting my invitation to be here. constellationce a of common security concerns, but we don't face them alone. w

and in the market story philanthropist in washington d.c. david rubenstein profiles american historians, also being published this week, the hymns of the republic recounts the final year of the civil war. and how to beat they provide advice from political strategist on how the democrats can win the next presidential election. as his time working instructor communication in chief speechwriter to former defense secretary davsecretary james mag the line. look for the titles of bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future a book to be on c-span2. >> brick tv visited capitol hill and asked republican congressman tom cole of oklahoma, what are you reading. >> i'm reading a book by a guy named tom bullying who is an english author, a new historian called appeasement, chamberlain, hitler, churchill and the road to war and just finished up rick atkinson's great book of projected trilogy on the british are coming. it covers the first couple years in revolutionary war. >> how do you select the books that you read. >>

telecom, trade association patrick halley washington, d.c.. give us of lawyers assessment of what the d.c. court of appeals ruled. >> the d.c. court of appeals ruled that the sec's decision was permissible in the industry storing internet freedom order. and it was completely upheld. as a big win for consumers and innovators and a big win for broadband in america. essentially, with the court said to that the sec's decision regulate broadband internet access as an information service as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a two-year. under the title to order, was permissible. it is consistent with supreme court precedent and this d.c. circuit judge going to make a determination that the fcc's classification was incorrect. because it is within their discretion as the expert agency to classify broadband as an information service or as a telik me to case and service. what it did also say was that the commission, and the one area where the commission's decision was vacated, which does not come up impelled -- does not come up until pa

unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.cand around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> congresswoman eddie bernice johnson, also the chair of the science technology committee, and a first time guest on the communicators. thank you for being with us. rep. johnson: thank you for having me. >> before we get into some of the issues, the telecommunication and technical issues your committee deals with, i want to ask about stem education. you come from a science background. science education. what is your committee doing when it comes to stem education educationo you and what do you think congress should be doing? rep. johnson: let me start with the committee. the committee has passed out two major pieces of legislation that was bipartisan and passed on the consent calendar. but it has a long way to go in the senate. it is extraordinarily important that we not only spread the word,

[indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> we are at the national press club in washington, d.c., bringing you live coverage, it was supposed to start in 10 minutes ago, we will hear from bqe plaintiff in the lgt writes case being argued in the supreme court. they will be on the podium to arrive, we are watching live coverage here on c-span. [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> again, just waiting at the national press club in washington, d.c., beginning remarks, brought today by the plaintiff in the lgtbq rights case that was argued today in the supreme court, we are watching live coverage here on c-span. [indistinct conversations] >> while we wait for the remarks by the plaintiff in one of the two lgtbq rights cases being argued in the supreme court, we will take a look at some of today's washington journal. we will be here for the discussion once it begins. we are joined by dd, editor of the nation magazine for a conversation about campaign 2020. we don't have to choose between warren and sanders yet is the headline, i wonder how

he was putting all his personal money it into so he was making a washington, d.c., in march, 1941, to ask for more money. he stops in chicago on the way. dies an operation and he as a result of that operation. o his son lincoln takes over the work. lincoln had started here when he was about 12 years old so he was this.t up with he knew all the different jobs. pointing, rilling, he's an artist himself. over the sculpture and have been both sad wonderful. and lincoln declared that completed october 31, 1941. askle talk all the time and all the time about adding someone up on the sculpture. been residents have mentioned, many people have been mentioned. it won't happen. the sculpture is complete. ♪ faces of fourtone presidents stand in lonely silence. is dismantled for with the death of the sculpture last pring all the cleanup work was abandoned. in the studio his son puts away abraham odore and lincoln were the last of the four faces. are laid arving tools away, tools of an unfinished masterpiece. even though i'm finished, the mount rushmore national memorial shrine of n eternal democra

is joining us live from washington d.c. and the vice president is not the only one on the end washington d.c. he's calling for strong action tonight heidi. that's right although he has been made to be the face of all of this elizabeth and it's interesting that president donald trump himself has been relatively quiet about this announcement of the sanctions he tweeted the official announcement but since then after he actually signed this making it official he has been very quiet about it tweeting about other subjects instead mike pence is really taking the lead on this and he was the one that briefed reporters outside the air outside of the white house earlier today and he has cautioned that these tariffs may even increase against turkey if turkey were not to comply with u.s. demands to limit civilian casualties and limit its military incursion into northern syria and now it's his job to lead a u.s. delegation he says they will leave us soon as possible heading john karr to start this negotiation process but there are many s

and one month later, all business ceased in philadelphia and congress headed to washington, d.c.t is it for this edition of matter-of-fa. we'll see you next week back i the nation's current capitol washington, d.c. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ robert handa: hello and welcome to a special edition of "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. it's hard to believe we are now in our fifth year and i really appreciate our very loyal viewers. it is really gratifying to all of us who work on the program to hear such positive feedback including people at community events who tell me this is their actual favorite show. now one of the things i hear is many fans of "asian pacific america" appreciate that we make sure the artistic and cultural side of the community is highlighted and not forgotten. when we were creating the show it was our goal to try to capture the true spirit and personality of the community at large and i

this is what it looks like in washington, d.c. when it happened. the fans partied late into the night and early this morning. meantime a victory parade honoring the washington nationals is set for saturday afternoon in washington, d.c. one houston astros fan is more than disappointed in last night's loss by the astros. ttr in vail, lost -- that's his name. he lost more than $13 million in betsold mattress mack's in the past month bedding millions on his beloved astros to win the world series as a means of hedging a promotion at his store. he promised to refund all purchases of more than $3000 if the astros won the title. after the game, mattress mack said he has no regrets and he would do it all again. >>> the undefeated 49ers are back in action tonight in arizona to play the 3-4 cardinals. joe fonzi is in glendale, arizona, with a look at why tonight's game will not be an easy one. >> kyler murray stepping up and now he will run it for a first down and more. >> reporter: the high profile matchup inthis year's draft, ar quarterback kyler murray, and

the washington nationals are national league champions! there will be a world series in d.ca four-game sweep of the st. louis cardinals. who would have ever imagined that with a 7-4 victory in last night's nlcs matchup. it earns the nats their first world series berth in franchise history. they'll now await the winner on the american league. houston astros hold a one game lead after last night's 4-1 victory in game 3 in the bronx. >> washington's got one good thing going on it seems. >> i was going to say, it's the only thing anyone's getting excited about in washington. >> let's go to our in house baseball correspondent, mike barnicle. >> there he is. >> would you have ever predicted this mike barnicle after they lost bryce harper last year or traded him or got rid of him? >> you know, interesting, since the all star break in july, the three best teams in baseball have all been in the playoffs here, the yankees, the astros, and the washington nationals. you're absolutely correct. it's about time we have some good news we can pay attention to coming out of washington, d.c. f

there were protests in washington, d.c. calling for kavanaugh's impeachment for the one-year anniversary of his appointment to the high court. people are watching the chief justice, john roberts. he's essentially a swing vote. he sided with the liberal judges keeping a citizenship question off of the 2020 census. ruth bader ginsberg back after her battle with cancer. our producer inside the courtroom said she seems to be in good health and asked the first question. now there are questions of another justice, clarence thomas. he was not on the bench today. the court says he's home likely recovering from the flu.

has more from washington d.c. .donald trump said he wanted to release as much of the operation as he could that he watched in real time on saturday what we're seeing very small snippets of video that has been declassified 1st of all we see a number of u.s. troops on the edge of the compound moving towards the building where they believe al baghdadi is holed up we also see a number of fighters who are in the area they were attracted by the commotion the u.s. military says there were about $10.00 to $15.00 of them they started firing on the u.s. aircraft in the area and they returned fire killing them all eliminating them is actually the phrase they use inside the compound we are told the military then said in arabic to people to give themselves up a number of noncombatants a marriage including 11 children they were searched and handed over and allowed to go free inside the building itself that was then a gunfight we're told that 6 i saw fighters were killed 4 of them women one of them al baghdadi himself he headed to

that is it in washington, d.c. that is making sure that the president can't continue to act on his worst impulses and we have seen this week how bad those impulses are. so i am very, very passionate about it. i have a very bipartisan record, there's a list of people who are, you know from the least bipartisan to the most bipartisan, as the head of the political arm of house democrats i've got a very good ranking on being bipartisan. again, i come from a swing district. as part of our for the people act, eh.r. 1 that chairman em'em -- chairman emmer was criticize, we call for redistricting in a way that offers balance. that offers fairness. i don't believe in carving out little sections so this district can be completly republican an this district can be completely democrat. i don't believe in that. i think if we had more sing districts like the one i come from as a truly swing district if i'm too crazy this way or too crazy this way i cannot be successful. i believe in what you're talking about. but i believe very,

a symbol in washington, d.c. that will remind all of americans of the proud contribution nature culture by latin americans. i hope that this committee, the whole house can join together in a bipartisan way to support the passage of this important legislation. reaffirming the important role that the latino american place in the united states of america. i would just like to ask you, based on your long-standing advocacy and legacy, what message this will send having this museum of latino american heritage on the national mall, what does that mean and what message does that send? >> the greater messages we have been here for centuries and we have been here and then part of the american united states and i say united states instead of america because with south america and north america. we have been here in a be demonstrated and recognized and people can actually go and find our history and the national museum for latinos. i think it's a very important part. especially today by others, today we need this very desper

moment ross thank you very much for that for now that's rather than jordan with the analysis from washington d.c. international reaction to the ticket offensive has been swift from so strongly condemned the move as prime minister says it risks destabilizing the region both u.s. president donald trump and bush promised abbas johnson have expressed serious concern and encores action saying it could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe egypt has called for an emergency meeting of the arab league and russian president vladimir putin says turkey needs to avoid any steps in syria that could damage its peace process moscow blames the u.s. and stability in the region and the divisions between the syrian government and the could make sense of some of the news over the americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria ensured people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to it's now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sense of. subject can set fire to

they don't want to hear any of it and part of it is there's a cast system in washington, d.c.they protect. and i think one of the reasons there's so much animosity towards trump some of it is ideological style or whatever but a lot of it is he represents massive disruption to the business model of washington, d.c. had is -- you come in, you juice in your family, you juice in your friends, you serve in public service, you come out rich, and when you leave office you cash in further. e he represents a threat in a challenge t that they don't like it lots of people from both political parties so to me this is the heart of the matter if it is not -- possible toking investigate joe biden now, then it is never possible to investigate him. all of these things we're talking about mark, happened when he was vice president of the united states. son flew with him and point person on critically important national security issues with foreign governments, and in those instances there's only two countries where joe biden was point person for pus policy, and in both countries, his son just ha

washington, d.c., the district of columbia, takes its name from columbus. in a statement before the vote, d.c. councilmember at-large david grosso said -- "columbus day was officially designated as a federal holiday in 1937 despite the fact that columbus did not discover north america, despite the fact that millions of people were already living in north america upon his arrival in the americas, and despite the fact that columbus never set foot on the shores of the current united states. columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of indigenous people in the americas." the movement to replace columbus day gained momentum in 1992 -- the 500th anniversary of columbus' arrival -- when berkeley, california, became the first city to make the change. earlier protests inspired the movemement, including the annunl national day of mourning in plymouth, massachusetts, held on thanksgiving to challenge the myth of peaceful coexistence between native people and the english settlers, the pilgrims. today, native american

cristina rendon, ktvu fox news. >>> we want to go back to washington, d.c.nce with house speaker nancy pelosi and congressman adam schiff. let's listen in for a few minutes. >> as i've said to you before, across the country you can see grown men cry at meetings because of the cost of prescription drugs. it's almost impossible to stay healthy and financially healthy with the rising cost of prescription drugs. last year this was a high priority and continues to be. when the president says he can't do anything with the consideration of impeachment, i hope he doesn't mean he doesn't want to work together to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we give the secretary additional powers to negotiate for lower costs, it could end the disparity between what consumers in america pay and what those in other countries pay. it would cap expenses and also not only be for medicare, but for all, and it would have an inflation that reverses years of increases. we are very pleased with the work that's gone into it so far by the three chairmen and ways and means, and other mem

and in washington d.c. on skype while. he served as a senior syria advisor to samantha power a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations welcome to you all thank you for being on inside story on china in washington if i can start with you what is your understanding of the administration's announcement of the future u.s. stall in syria's war is the u.s. administration endorsing a turkish offensive in northern syria and are they abandoning your people the kurds . thank you for having me on the show firstly i think. very short and simple answer to that is we just simply do not know yet because in the last year and a half president trump has tried to leave syria on to 2 previous occasions on both being severely pushed backed by the american establishment on the 2nd time in december in 2019 when president front said he had ordered the military to actually leave syria. the crisis grew so much the defense secretary of the time james mattis had resigned over it and then subsequently brett mcgurk also resigned over president tru

in washington d.c. thank you for that update we'll just say see is a former state department official who served under president obama he joins us now from washington d.c. to firstly thank you for joining us so what do you make of this exchange between monk pohnpei of the democratic chairman who's waiting in all of this is a possible to say oh it is because all of this is going far deeper with tentacles in all kinds of places that we're just discovering but behind the scenes they're extending very far and very deep indeed and i mean the criminal ones of this administration are now effecting the state department the justice department the defense department our intelligence agencies except through. this secretary of state is in running with his predecessor of probably being around very soon as the worst one we've ever had and that is saying a lot because he came in claiming that he was going to bring the swagger back to us diplomacy in fact he's in danger in it and in light of his own future prospects he

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in washington d.c. so this is the 1st inquiry into what could be a long road ahead what more do we know well before we actually get on to those rather extraordinary comments from president trump of course we do need to focus on this testimony the 1st testimony in this impeachment inquiry and as you mentioned curt falter now he's the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and what we're hearing from media reports is here. told rudy giuliani no that's president trump's personal attorney he essentially warned him that the information that you leon he was that was getting from the ukrainians and it wasn't really trustworthy he also it's also being said here in the media that president trump ordered the removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine following complaints by giuliani now let's also go back a little bit because in the whistleblower complaint it was said that folk are just one day after the phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president met with the president selenski alongside t

and i'm joined now by joe she is the daughter of toti in washington d.c. thank you so much for joining us here on the program what does this mean to you and your family. thank you for having me here today. it means i would say this horror for war it means a safety belt for my family and my father i would hope this award can help him being safe in the prison since 2700 have not heard anything about my father i don't know if he is mentally doing ok physically doing i don't know if he's even alive and i hope this award could. push china to release more news about my father and allow family visits and also eventually release my father how worried are you about him and other family members who are in china. i'm not able to contact my family in china directly i always have to find a 3rd person or other ways to be able to communicate with them and liking information worries me the most because without information i don't know if they are doing ok and i don't know if my advocates you work and what is happening with that we could affect. how much it could affect. e

is reportedly running a law being campaigned in washington d.c. using a law firm to try and influence staff in the u.s. congress they've also used twitter accounts hiding their u.a.e. affiliations in an attempt to discredit al-jazeera and catherine the gulf nation with a network operates the u.a.e. along with saudi arabia behind and egypt have been blockading katha since june 2017 with calls for the news network to be shut down that you call his war now from washington d.c. this is a really in-depth report again from bloomberg news and what it says is and this has been reported up until now that the blockade has taken a toll in the united states in essence they're saying that this very powerful lobbying firm in fact the most powerful in washington its name is a can grow and how are that the u.a.e. paid them $1900000.00 over the 12 month period ending in june and that what this law firm did is they had contact with staffers from 30 different members of congress and the trump administration all in an effort to get al-jazeera to be named agent of a f

first in washington d.c. thank you. still to come on al-jazeera foreign fighters say conan you will find this book a night on the fringes a percentage of this is california battles to contain blazes raging across the state. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across china things are looking quite nice out here towards the east but we do have a system down here in the south china sea that is bring some clouds across much of the southern areas and that's going to bring also some rain we don't expect to see much in terms of heavy rain but cloudy situation as well as light rain for hong kong as well up to the north though shanghai is looking quite nice attempt a few of $25.00 degrees maybe some more clouds by the time we get towards friday but you will notice down here towards the south for vietnam we do expect to see some more heavy rain across the coastal areas and that means also if the flooding potential is on the rise as well well that system that is causing the flood is going to be m

george washington university and it school of international affairs and he's joining us live from washington d.c. mr launch very good to have you with us on al-jazeera do you think we are seeing the beginning of the end of this control of no fixed in syria. no i think among other things as my former colleague from crisis group was saying this morning that's what the kurds will probably do is retreat to areas where there are strongest and retreat to areas away from the border past the 18 kilometer point that one's been told they can't pass and shore up where they can there so the idea that this is a one month or 2 month operation is just wrong this is probably going to go on for years because everyone himself said he will remain there until we have a peace deal in syria and do you think that he will stick to that i think it's an 80 mile sort of 30 kilometer area that he's been told he can't go beyond i think it depends on the circumstance i think since the justification is turkey defending itself you know if they're in hot pursuit or if they're going after a certain area for very specific strateg

that brought leaders from ought faiths to washington, d.c. to talk about the critical nature of the fact that this first freedom, this freedom we have in the united states is powerful and important and sets the trajectory for nations all across the world. just recently 20 nations joined us at the u.n. in a letter that claimed that abortion is, in fact -- is in fact, just, excuse me, rejecting the claim that abortion is a human right. [applause] this is not to say it is then without cost, that we've awakened every sleeping mind or snuffed out every fake news story, far from it. and based on the news coverage that -- when i talk to folks back in kansas where our friends are, our family is, our church is, i don't fault them. sometimes they don't have the story right. sometimes they'll not see that america is in fact a force for good around the world. our job is to make sure we tell that story. when i say our, i mean mine and yours. here is the other story, a few weeks ago, i had the opportunity to visit my ancestral home. about 1000 people and t

also teaching at the m street colored school, which is, of course, the dunbar high school in washington, d.c. what i like about these two women is that they were on sort of theng responsibility to assimilate african-americans in a post-civil war reconstruction era in a way that would give them white-collar access, so they became -- once they went to dunbar high school, they went to college, and then they were business people, leaders. argumentmbodied that of w.e.b. dubois and booker t. that these men had been having about how to best assimilate african-americans during reconstruction. booker t. washington advocated for technical training, whereas w.e.b. dubois advocated for liberal arts training, and these walk, but walking the they are less recognized than the men, and they are very much equal to both of these men in the ways in which they were make lifeng how to better for african-americans during a very difficult time. so these three women are in this exhibition because they were not advocating for only suffrage, but advocating for other things outside the parameters of this single issue

asked ukraine's president to investigate joe biden and his son shihab rattansi has moved from washington d.c. . unlike before bastardy ukraine's testimony on friday there was no opening statement for fear in the hills or nothing that could be leaked almost immediately to the press nonetheless we have been receiving briefings from those around her about what she is saying and the key the key point is yes there was a shadow foreign policy operation underway at the at the control of rudy giuliani on behalf of donald trump but the next question is always right that's fine the president is allowed to conduct foreign policy in any way that he sees fit but was this on behalf of the united states' national interests or was it on behalf of all trumps personal political interests and that the suggestions we've been getting is yes furia will say it was the latter this wasn't about u.s. national security this was about donald trump's personal position on about may be key in the articles of impeachment. now britain's prime minister has laid out his government's agenda and the queen's speech with leaving