will have to leave it there but great to get your thoughts and analysis bill schneider policy analyst joining us from washington d.c. . now to former twitter employees have been charged with spying for sunday arabia a complaint unsealed in a san francisco district courts alleges the pair accessed personal information of more than $6000.00 twitter users including prominent critics of the society royal family prosecutors say the employees an american and society national were rewarded with a design a watch and tens of thousands of dollars in secret bank accounts they've been charged with acting as agents all of riyadh's with rights registering with the u.s. government's a 3rd man another say the citizen has also been charged in the case let's get more now from rob reynolds he joins us live from los angeles at rupp what we can you tell us about this case. well this is now the 1st time hala that the u.s. authorities say they have charged or or. implicated saudi arabia in espionage activities on u.s. soil and it is spying plot that began in 2015 it was in that year and shortly before the s

brazilian journalist investigating a politically struction of land grab all the farmers helped get bill schneider elected and he's repay them that's empowering everyday people to profit from the destruction of the rain forest people are almost willing to give their life away and guarantee the occupation knowledge of the land is journalism the last hope in the fight so steep that on the phone this is not only a land conflict but a construct of narrative brazil the age of both in our role whose truth is that anyway on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera protesters have been venting their anger in eastern democratic republic of congo towards un peacekeepers demonstrators accuse the un of failing to stop militia attacks on tuesday 2 people were killed as crowds marched through the un base. at least 21 people have been killed in albania by the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades the magnitude 6.4 tremor struck the capital and cities in the northwest in the west and the north in injuring more than 600 people. chile's president has asked congress to allow troops back

i hope you join myself and congressman bunch et in supporting this bill and i yield back. mr. schneider: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. chabot: i yield such time to the republican leader on this particular bill, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burr chet. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burchett: i rise in support of this act. i'm proud of this bipartisan legislation that encourages small business owners to hire military reservists. military reservists bravely serve america and member of our small business work force. in east tennessee, small business owners rely on the abilities and skills. when they answer the call of duty, small businesses shouldn't struggle while that employee is absent. this improves access to military economic injury disaster loans and repayment deferrals. these programs offer financial support to small businesses that lose valuable production enwhen the reserveist is activated for military service. by improving access to these programs, small businesses can continue to operate while appear

attorney general bill barr traveling the world looking into how the russia investigation got started. here's jessica schneideren billed of an investigation of the investigators. attorney general bill barr traveling around the world to open doors for inquiry he launched into the origins of the fbi probe on russian interference in the 2016 election and any trump campaign connection all to determine if the fbi acted improperly when it opened the inquiry in july 2016. the president has blasted the fbi's counterintelligence investigation into whether his campaign conspired the russia, code named cross fire hurricane. >> we can never allow these treasonous acts to happen to another president. >> barr is taking a hands on approach. >> some of the countries that john durham thought might have information or be helpful to his investigation wanted preliminarily to talk to me about the scope of the investigation. >> to see bill barr not just hands on with this case but flying all over the globe, flying to other countries, apparently directly involved in driving this case is extraordinarily unusual. >> barr has travelled

bill taylor. jessica schneider is working the story for us. taylor describes a quid pro quo for u.s. aid going to crane. >> that is right, wolf. and taylor was specific to say that he was told that ukraine would get no military money until the country's president zelensky announced the political investigations that the president was requesting. taylor was detailed in his testimony and even telling the committees that he took meticulous notes in a little notebook complete with quotes so he is certain about the accuracy of his recollection. >> reporter: thetop u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor told lawmakers it is his clear understanding security assistance money would not come until ukrainian president zelensky committed to pursue the investigation into the 2016 election and the ukrainian company where joe biden's son served on the board burisma. they account the how tim morrison told him president trump did insist that president zelensky go to a microphone and say he is opening investigations of biden and 2016. taylor was awarmed and sent a cable to secretary of state mike pompeo

bill taylor. cnn's jessica schneider looks at this week's biggest developments in the democrats' impeachment inquiry unveiled from two key witnesses point to white house chief of staff mick mulvaney as the one who coordinated the quid pro quo demand with ukraine. fiona hill, the white house's top russia adviser telling lawmakers last month that ambassador gordon sondland made his thoughts clear, testifying, ambassador sondland was talking about an agreement with chief of staff mulvaney for a meeting with the ukrainians if they were going to go forward with investigations. the white house's top expert on ukraine, lieutenant colonel vindman, echoed that. sondland just said that he had a conversation with mr. mulvaney and this is what was required in order to get a meeting. vindman adding, there was no ambiguity that a white house meeting was contingent on ukraine opening an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter. several witnesses have testified that the holdup of military aid for ukraine was also directed beimel vab by mulvaney. hill recounted how then national security adviser john bolton,

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bill going forward. rep. sensenbrenner: angela schneider? >> i have one for you, as well. rep. sensenbrenner: ma'am, i told you we had 25 more people. excuse me. well, if you pass, then we will go to dick and germantown. congressman, you are moving through the twilight of your service to the state. for the years i have watched you on c-span, thank you. the remaining months of service, i look for you to further show leadership, integrity, and to hold your service to the station and more importantly, uphold the constitution of laws of our nation. i truly hope you have not determined your decision on how you will hold the potential motion to impeach the president based on the ongoing hearings in the house and maybe you have. for each new day of testimony, witnesses bring forth more information to reveal what the president has done to end them all -- undermined the laws of the nation. i pray you will listen and study the information coming forth in the house testimony at the witness transcripts. the nonpartisan witnesses that have testified focus on the service. they have shown hon

been dismissed the next day >> when judge mike schneider finally heard the case, he was so outraged he ordered the state to pay the family $127,000 in legal bills>> by the time we got to court, the kids had been injured. but not by their parents by the state >> he also plamed the system that with the best of intentions can be too quick to follow the judgment of a child abuse pediatrician >> cps seems to be often willing to once they hear something that meets a certain threshold in their mind to say that's it. >> a statement says the two fractures warranted an investigation, but added a referral to cps is not absolute confirmation of abuse nor a determination of guilt or innocence. a spokesperson for cps issued a statement saying that after the bright case, they didn't feel policy change was needed they simply needed to follow the rules on the books that person also confirmed the case work rer supervisor that handled the case are still on the job here the workers completed court ordered training, but the brights want r more change >> we're actually really lucky and fortunate to have gotten them home. a lot of families don't. >> mason has made a

schneider live in washington for us. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. it was a day of impeachment disclosures. bill taylor's testimony that the president could be heard talking about the investigations. and he said that he cared about an investigation more than joe biden himself. with adam schiff asked if this isn't impeachment conduct, what is? republicans continued their line of attack this was all just hearsay and nothing connected to the president. >> the committee will come to order. >> reporter: the first day of public impeachment hearings, beginning with a startling revolution for house investigators. bill taylor describing a phone call between president trump and the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, overheard by his aide one day after jump's july 25th phone call with if ukrainian president. >> mr. sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what the president thought about ukraine. he said that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden, that rudy giuliani was pressing for.

schneider to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 499. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 187, h.r. 499, a bill to amend the small business act to clarify the treatment of certain surviving -- surviving spouses under the definition of small business concerned and controlled by service disabled veterans. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 416, there are no nays. /3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: have all members voted. any members wishing to change his or her vote? on this vote, the yeas are 423. there are no nays. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, an

schneider in washington live with all of these developments. >> reporter: good morning, john. it was that dramatic day of new disclosures in the impeachment inquiry. bill taylor's revelation that the president could be overheard talking about ukrainian investigations and that taylor was told the president cared more about an investigation into joe biden than he did about ukraine itself. well, all of that rocked the hearing room with the chairman adam schiff at one point asking if this isn't impeachable conduct, what is? meanwhile, republicans continued their line of attack that this is all just hearsay and nothing directly connected to the president. >> come to order. >> reporter: the first day of public impeachment hearings beginning with a startling revelation for investigators. top diplomat to ukraine bill taylor describing a phone call between president trump and the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. overheard by his aide one day after the july 25th phone call with the ukrainian president. >> mr. sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump, my staff asked what

bill aimed at supporting protesters in hong kong and warning china against a violent suppression of the demonstrations. this is in stark contrast to president trump's near silence on the issue. jodi schneiders with us. what does this mean and what is next for legislation, and doesn't really matter? it should become fairly academic when we had the chinese insisting this should be overturned, because they were the only national legislature that has the right to decide on issues of constitutionality. did that ultimately the end of one country, two systems, effectively, i sank there long -- their law is superior to hong kong? jodi: that's a good question although the legislation is not done yet. the senate passed unanimously in the house passed it bipartisan support but they did not pass the same bill and they still have to reconcile it. the law requires the bill that goes to the president's desk is the exact same bill for both chambers. we haven't heard from president trump. interestingly, once they reconcile the bill, it may hit his desk just as they are trying thenchor -- trying to ink face-one trade deal. so he has kept silent on this. china has made it very clear they don't want to see th

bill aimed at supporting protesters in hong kong and warning china against violent suppression of the demonstrations. beijing has warned of retaliation. let's get to senior editor jodie snyder. we've got warning -- jodi schneider. we've got warnings of retaliations. do we have any sense of what form they might take? --u know, nejra they said they will retaliate forcefully if this legislation is passed, if it becomes law. the senate passed it, but it is not quite the law. both chambers have to reconcile slight differences in their bills before they send it to president trump's desk and we have not specifically heard from president trump on whether he will sign the legislation. nejra:? and that is the key question, isn't it how the present -- isn't it? what is the likelihood of this becoming law? a pretty good likelihood at this point. both chambers, and even if president trump or not to sign -- to veto it, they probably have enough votes to override a veto and we heard from vice president pence in recent days sounding -- basically saying it would be hard to do trade deals if there is violence against the hong kong protesters, so that would seem to indicate support for this bill. the bill, what it does is requir