-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellipsis 1100 children who were able to find a forever home. [applause] and this was done using the additional resources but by identifying efficiencies and collaborating with partners and stakeholders, and leveraging the best we can, those existing resources. we are working hard to make the adoption process is transparent and user-friendly as possible so that every child can find a loving home. i also hope that the legislature will send me the parental consent bill that was debated last year passed by the house but not passed by the senate. [applause] one other update on last sessions good work was a legislation that dressing fraud and abuse is already producing results. citizens insurance has revised its rates because of the impact of the bill, resulting in nearly 44000 additional policyholders receiving rate decreases. the number of aob lawsuits involving citizens has dropped as well. from over 500 in june of last year to only 148 in december, an early indications are similar effects are being observed across the private market. [applause] o

-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellipsis was sandy removed because he expressed. [inaudible] by august 7 people in our government were worried. and when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do as they draft memos. because when they are concerned about getting caught up in something that does not seem right, they do not want to be a part of it. so on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about aid. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aide was consistent with american national security interest, it would help to oppose russian and russian. it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks, omb continued to issue funding documents that kept kicking the can down the road. supposedly to allow for more of this quotes into her agency process. while inserting those footnotes, throughout the apportionment documents stating the delay would not affect the funding. but here is the really shocking pa

-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellips .-ellipsis. >> but it is still on. when martin was around he was responsible in some ways for the first black man. because martin said okay i understand the negro because now he wants to be included and he understood and poor people as a black politician. and that's why we have to keep our politicians accountable. moving into the beginning stages of the presidential election where we have a white president again. so it will be interesting particularly if hillary clinton should win to see the gymnastics that black people will come out one - - come up with not too criticize sitting the first woman president if it happens to be hillary clinton around the issue that is no doubt, it will be fascinating. and then we will not tell the truth. but you lose your moral authority and politicians become more centrist and that is a new york liberal response. and the congressional caucus that is a whole different thing. then they will not listen to you. and then to go into such a deep depression when obama leaves the white house beca

-ellipsis .-ellipsis .ellipsis beginning at 8:30 p.m., there are three programs a look at doctor kings politics in the last hours of his life. find more schedule information in your program guide. >> at a recent talk at miami university in hamilton ohio, former ohio governor and 2016 republican presidential candidate john kasich argued that solutions to americans problems need to come from the bottom up. >> most politicians, listen to us. and i am going to give you a couple of examples. the civil rights movement. you think they passed the civil rights laws on their own? martin luther king went to see jon kennedy, and kennedy he left the white house and said kennedy didn't care. he was really upset about it. what happened over time, because of king and some of the people i have mentioned, people began to see we needed justice. and the pressure came from the bottom up. the marches, the gassing, the dog biting's, the jailing. it did not square with us as free people. we wanted justice. and we demanded justice

-ellipsis .-ellipsis this council might recommend against that. [laughter] it's not the way it works, presidents don't do that. >> will they pick up the pace? >> you tell me are they moving too slowly? look here's the reality they have 24 hours a put their case forward. they may take, it looks like they will take all 24 hours. we will make the determination on our presentation of the case based on what we are responding to in our case. i don't know if it's can it take ten hours, 14 hours, 24 hours, or six hours. when you are in a proceeding like this, you have to be flexible, you have to be fluid and we are doing that. [inaudible] i'm sorry. [inaudible] no it's not, i understand they are making a mode of purpose it's a video that is been seen before. there was a lot more to the video than what were seeing. the fact of the matter is none of that, rules, regulations. >> a i would never tell if he was and be he's a little bit busy. [laughter] how would i handle it? it is not a decision i would make individually as it presidents private counsel the wh

-ellipsis .-ellipsis .-ellipsis was sandy removed because he expressed.inaudible] by august 7 people in our government were worried. and when people in the government get worried, sometimes what they do as they draft memos. because when they are concerned about getting caught up in something that does not seem right, they do not want to be a part of it. so on that day, mark sandy and other colleagues at omb drafted and sent a memo about aid. according to sandy, the memo advocated for the release of the funds. it said that the military aide was consistent with american national security interest, it would help to oppose russian and russian. it was backed by strong bipartisan support. but president trump did not lift the hold. over the next several weeks, omb continued to issue funding documents that kept kicking the can down the road. supposedly to allow for more of this quotes into her agency process. while inserting those footnotes, throughout the apportionment documents stating the delay would not affect the funding. but here is the really shocking part

in the afternoon ellipsis he was targeted by sukhoi 23 jets they hit the industrial area and alcohol market most of those hurt have serious injuries. al-qaeda linked groups are the strongest forces in these areas but the u.n. says some $3000000.00 civilians remain here too under the cease fire brokered by turkey which supports the rebels and russia which supports the syrian government as strikes were to have ceased on sunday mostly says it's been targeting rebels who've been attacking civilian government held areas in what was supposed to be a deescalation zone brokered in 2018 also by turkey and russia the u.n. says some 700000 people have been displaced and lived over the last 8 months turkey and russia are reported to have been negotiating the establishment of a secure zone in the region where those displaced can find safety during the winter in addition moscow's announced look safe corridors have already been established to allow residents of ad libbed to cross over into government held territory but it's unclear yet as to how many have chosen to do so she ever time to see al-jaz

-ellipsis . . >> and mark the second season of the realignment for go we are pat on - - proud of the realignment of the podcast launched last year if you haven't been following it look at the episodes of last year with secretary of state mike pompeo, mike gallagher and others. and excellent program because of the ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along. and we are happy to launch this year's program with mike who is a prolific writer from the new america foundation. michael is a professor at the johnson school of public affairs in texas and the author of the new class war it was just published today so congratulations on your new book. there is a direct line between the new class war that we've been pursuing since the nineties with the next american revolution. and through nationalism. whether you agree with his interpretation of politics since world war ii to understand the seemingly never ending cycle of clashes which is exactly the realignment podcast seeks to explore. and with the premier guest jd is the author of hillbilly all a g talk about america and recent

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-ellipsis . . . . then there is nothing that would stop you fromdoing it again . president trump has abused the power of his office and must be removed from that office . mister mcconnell, i'd yield back . >> the majority leader is recognized. >> chief justice, i suggest a 15minute recess . >> withoutobjection, so ordered . >> congressman adam schiff concluding his argument on article 1, impeachment article 1 on abuse of power, saying the president has abused his office and must be removed from office. they're taking a 15 minute break here and we will resume next we understand by taking up the second article of impeachment on obstruction of congress . as we've done in the past, greg here on c-span two. we will hear from members of the president's team, house managers, senators as well. we have several locations across the capital and we will keep our eyes on those locations as well and hear from you on our phone lines here momentarily to hear your thoughts and what you heard in the closing arguments there from adam schiff on article 1, 202 748 8920 is aligned to c

-ellipsis that scheme begins with the attempt to get ambassador yovanovitch out of the way. by all accounts ambassador yovanovitch was a highly respected and effective ambassador. witnesses praised her 33 year career as a nonpartisan public servant. they told us she particularly excelled at fighting corruption of broad. president george bush named her as ambassador twice. president obama nominated her as ambassador to ukraine where she represented the united states in 2016 to 2019 . eradicating corruption in the ukraine has been a key policy priority of the us government for years. during the house inquiry,the ambassador explains why implementing this anticorruption policy was so important . >> as critical as the war against russia is, ukraine's struggling democracy as equally important challenge : telling the soviet legacy of corruption which has pervaded ukraine's government. corruption makes ukrainians leaders vulnerable to the russians and the ukrainian people understand that. that's why they launched a revolution in 2014 demanding to be part of europe, demanding the tra