no, nobody would say blackburn.of creativity and culture that comes from the working classes that has been filmed and screened here in blackburn and it's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. now on bbc news, our world. in the gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold on apps provided by google and apple. it's been called an online slave market. in kuwait, 90% of households employ a domestic worker. bbc news arabic and our world go undercover in kuwait to reveal a disturbing illegal online trade in domestic workers. it's been called an online slave market. and this trade is taking place on apps hosted by some of the world's biggest tech giants. what they're doing is illegal. if google, apple, facebook or any other company is promoting apps like these, they are promoting an online slave market. there are more than 700,000 domestic workers in kuwait. in 2015, the government here passed a new law givin

no, nobody would say blackburn.of creativity and culture that comes from the working classes that has been filmed and screened here in blackburn and it's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's programme... i'm in saudi arabia discovering the hidden desert city of hegra. this is thousands of years old and this makes it unique, not just for archaeologists but for people like you and me. lucy is back with more global gadgets. so apparently i've got a brushing score of 1%. i promise i can brush my teeth properly. i was brushing on camera, that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it. and how to keep bears out of your bins — japanese style. in north—western saudi arabia, 1000 kilometres from riyadh, lies the hidden desert city of hegra. you'd be right in thinking it looks similar to petra injordan. a cultured civilisation of traders known as nabateans who built that

no, nobody would say blackburn.e that comes from the working classes that has been ignored and screened here in blackburn and t's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. wouldn't you just love to see the whole of that film. now let's look at the weather. for many others, the wet and windy weather has been continuing throughout the day and we will continue to see travel disruption into the evening. there is a mix of gales and heavy rain, especially for southern england and northern scotland. gusts of 50 to 60 mph up here and a0 to 50 must power down south. the winds will be better into the evening. there could be some misty patches around tomorrow morning, especially for northern ireland towards north wales and into the midlands but certainly frost free, six to 8 degrees in the morning. tomorrow it will be a much less windy day than it has been. still some blustery showers down towards the south—west too. some sunny

no, nobody would say blackburn.that comes from the working classes that has been ignored and screened here in blackburn and about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. idid i did once meet a cowboy from croydon and he had been in the wild west and came back to live in croydon. strong winds have caused travel delays and power cuts across large parts of southern england and south wales. gusts have also blown over trees and there's been travel disruption. the environment agency has issued 22 flood warnings while police are urging people not to make unnecessary journeys. there's disruption at the port of dover, and several train companies are running services at reduced speed and a number of lines are blocked by fallen trees. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas we still have some really strong winds, particularly over the next few hours. strength of the winds continue with some heavy rain which i

no, nobody would say blackburn.asses that has been filmed and screened here in blackburn and it's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. a reminder of our top story: there've been wild celebrations in south africa as the national rugby team crushed england in the world cup final injapan. get in touch with me on twitter. the worst of the winds are easing but we have had particularly nasty weather today. this is one of you our weather watcher captured in cornwall. it is a very exposed site but on the isle of wight, an hundred and nine miles per hour, plymouth 83 mph. very stormy for a time. it remains blustery as we get into the night, it will not be as windy as it has been. there are some areas of wet weather to contend with affecting england and wales and through to eastern scotland. drying up into northern ireland, parts of south—west scotland, north wales, one or two mist and fog patches. low pressure is still w

president trump: yes. >> i think they are underrepresenting senator blackburn. they took a page from the -- in new york and overcame an awful lot of processes and obstacles. president trump: that's good. >> great work. >> this has been a beautiful bipartizanship, that i think members of congress and actually get things in done. president trump: she is always very laid back. >> thank you. think it speaks for yourself. we go right up until august of 2020. it has only been 100 years. we still have never had a female president. we're here to celebrate. thank you for your low pressure. i think the four-letter word called will is the difference between what does not get done and what gets done. the leadership and some of your great team here in the white house has been working on this around the clock. president trump: they have been working very hard on this. thank you very much. it is an honor to be involved with it. i'm glad we got it done. [applause] president trump: thanks, everybody. announcer: the impeachment inquiry hearings continue next week. erald nadler ho

no, nobody would say blackburn.of good luck messages are coming in from you this morning for england. this has not come in direct to bbc breakfast, mind you! the queen says the team's performance has inspired many throughout the country. that is a letter she has written to their head coach eddie jones and the duke of sussex is in japan and will deliver the message in person. the england football legend gary lineker remembers, he could have dropped it off himself! he only works next door. he remembers the last time he set an alarm to watch game of rugby with england in the final in 2003. the tea m england in the final in 2003. the team beat australia to win their first world cup trophy. can they make it a second? he will know what pressure is like. one man who played for england in the famous victory, millbank, urges the current squad to make all of the sacrifices worthwhile. —— neil back. and scottish rugby in a rare show of support, say they will support their home nation rival but they worn normal service will be

no, nobody would say blackburn.rom the working classes that has been ignored and screened here in blackburn and t's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. let's get more on the rugby world cup final now. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu has spent the day at harpenden rugby club, watching the game with england fans. she's just filed this report. the rugby club, once upon a time base to train some of those playing in today's match. the clubhouse feeling every twist and turn of the match, but a muted round of applause at the results. four out of the 30 when england players have honed their skills here at this rugby club, including captain 0wen farrell, buck, the fans here have packedit farrell, buck, the fans here have packed it out, hoping that today's match would end and celebration. it hasn't. nonetheless, they have nothing but pride for england's efforts. i thought we played really well, they were a really hard t

and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you. great job you are doing. and josh hawley, our young star. he is a young star. thank you, josh. great job, everybody. in addition, the nation owes an immense debt of gratitude to a man whose leadership has been instrumental to our success. so important to him. he always mentions it, number one point. i have always heard that when you become president, the single most important thing you can do is federal judges. they say supreme court judges, but we have them too. but federal judges. based on that i think there is nobody that has done a better job ever than senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] pres. trump: you know mitch. standup. stand up. [applause]

and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you.

blackburn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to speak for a few minutes -- the presiding officer: senator, we are in a quorum call. mrs. blackburn: i ask that we suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. blackburn: i wanted to speak for a a few minutes today to talk a little bit about rural health care and to ask my colleagues for help in he can prosecuting the 20% of -- for help in protecting the 20% of americans who live in rural areas and are in danger of losing or may have lost entirely access to health care in their communities. since 2010, 118 rural hospitals have shut their doors, 14 of those facilities are in my state of tennessee. medical practitioners are paying attention to this trend and more often than not choose stability in the cities and suburbs over the uphill battle that comes with practicing medicine without access to the funding and modern resources many clinics now ta

it was 2015 at the royal blackburn hospital.it five days. he was told not to eat or drink anything but staff failed to give him any nutrition through the drip in his arm or enough fluid. records suggest at one point he went for 20 hours without any fluid. 0n the fourth night, mark, who was autistic, became highly agitated. he said he was in the worst pain of his life but nurses dismissed him as a trouble maker. the next day, staff suddenly gave him a large amount of fluid. he died after being taken to the operating theatre. no—one will ever know exactly what caused mark's death because no postmortem was carried out. the hospital sent this certificate to the coroner indicating that he died of a natural cause. it's since apologised and described it as a slip—up. it was appalling, from start to finish. and then, after he died, it carried on, so we've had to ask, push and push, all the time, to get information. 0ur opinion is they want this brushed under the carpet and gone away. the nhs trust which oversees the royal blackburn hosp

it was 2015 at the royal blackburn hospital. he was made to wait five days. he was told not to eat or drink anything but staff failed to give him any nutrition through the drip in his arm or enough fluid. records suggest at one point he went for 20 hours without any fluid. 0n the fourth night, mark, who was autistic, became highly agitated. he said he was in the worst pain of his life but nurses dismissed him as a trouble maker. the next day, staff suddenly gave him a large amount of fluid. he died after being taken to the operating theatre. no one will ever know exactly what caused mark's death because no postmortem was carried out. the hospital sent this certificate to the coroner indicating that he died of a natural cause. it's since apologised and described it as a slip—up. it was appalling, from start to finish. and then, after he died, it carried on, so we've had to ask, push and push, all the time, to get information. in our opinion, they want this brushed under the carpet and gone away. the nhs trust which oversees the r

senator marsha blackburn what is on your reading list this weekend. this weekend i downloaded talking to strangers from one of my favorite authors. i am just so jealous last week my husband and son attended at the breakfast where he was speaking. i have read everything and i have all of his columns for years. i have now downloaded on my kindle and just a little bit into it. totally intrigued. i have made certain that i have my 2020 farmer's almanac downloaded and working with that. you can't beat good reading when it comes to the farmer's almanac. i love it. i am a gardener. i love being outdoors. so you have to have the farmer's almanac. a lot of weather and if they are going to be thick and willy. you never know. you're gonna find all sorts of things and that farmer's almanac. good tips for living. he is so counterintuitive and a in a lot of his approach. i find it incredibly interesting because what he does he doesn't take anything at face value. of what you see on the surface. and probably outliers. here is the premise and this is why you should b

the tennessee senator marcia blackburn will join us coming up. of the senate judiciary committee. we'll talk about it today, what happens next. melissa: starting tomorrow nearly one million people in california could be left in the dark for the fourth time in two months. what this means for the future of the state later this hour. connell: the end of an era. washington's national zoo saying good-bye to beibei. melissa: oh, no. connell: the last of the giant panda cubs flying home to china. an agreement with the zoo the chinese officials have had since the cub was born. beibei will travel in style, flying on its own private plane. melissa: i was saying that is not style. connell: they call the private plane, fedex panda express. bamboo, apples, sweet potatoes anything you want. melissa: better than the crate. connell: a lot better. all the best beibei. a brokerage account. with value like this, there are zero reasons to invest anywhere else. fidelity. only pay for what youns need with liberty mutual.lse. any comments doug? yeah. only pay for what

blackburn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i ask that i can finish my remarks before the vote, and i ask that with the zuckerman nomination that if invoked, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. blackburn: i am here to stand with my colleagues to talk about the 2019 violence against women act. most women will tell you that they know of a female friend or acquaintance or relative who has experienced the horrors of sexual assault or domestic violence or even trafficking. through my work with shelters back home in tennessee, i've learned that the volunteers, the counselors, the advocates, the attorneys who support these victims are of the utmost importance. that is who the victim needs to see the minute they walk through that door into the arms of somebody who says, how can we help you? this is a safe place. those are the people that come around them to empower them. and the on

senators john cornyn, dan sullivan and marsha blackburn join in the push to reauthorize the violence against women act. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today to speak on the violence against women reauthorization act of 2019. this bill passed the house by 263-158, with 33 republicans supporting it. a week ago along with every other senate democrat i introduced a bill in the senate. people on the front lines helping these victims wrote these bills. this bill is not a democratic bill. it is not a republican bill. this bill is a survivors bill. it is written with the help of survivors who know what is needed in the real world. the bill accomplishes two things. it preserves the advancements we made during the last reauthorization in 2013 and includes certain meaningful improvements to the law. in particular there are three key elements. one, it expands jurisdiction over non-native americans for domestic violence offenses and crimes against children, elders and law enforcement. violence is a big problem on tribal land and the best way to address it is to allow the tribes to prosecute these

blackburn: as you were hiring new staff, what is the length of training? ms. sawyer: we have two weeks of institution familiarization when some is three weeks. three weeks of training in our law enforcement center in georgia. so that is six weeks and what's ideal, and what we used to do, is link a probationary employee to a seasoned employee, and they can follow them and shatter them and learn. unfortunately, with our staffing shortages, we are not able to do that. but as we staff up, we will be able to return to that. we also have annual training and every staff member has to go through that. we have incremental training throughout the year. sen. blackburn: staffing is one of the most acute issues. ms. sawyer: staffing and training. when our budget cut cut, one of the first things, you cut your training budgets. we are having trouble filling positions, a lot of new employees and if we can't train was adequately, what suggested earlier, they are on their job but they may not know everything they need to know and those are the areas that are stressing dramatica

the leeds united captain suffered a groin tear in the win over blackburn on saturday.players who will be missing from the england squad for tomorrow's friendly in the czech republic. she scored in their defeat to germany on saturday but is being rested as she manages a knee injury. and here's how they came out of the hat for the draw. it's only just finished as, it finished with a victory for two time champions in sports myth, they took the lead early on, and easy headerfrom a sports myth, they took the lead early on, and easy header from a few yards out there. portsmouth equalised soon after. brandon with a lovely strike here. curling into the bottom left—hand corner, check this out, an absolute screamer from ronan curtis giving portsmouth a 2—1 victory. their reward is a second round tied thomas o'hara gets aren't able to emulate some other non—league sides who caused shocks at the weekend. this is how they came out for the draw. the full draw is on the bbc sport website. there were more medals for great britain at the world para athletics championships in dubai toda

the leeds united captain suffered a muscle tear in his groin, during leeds' win over blackburn on saturdays one of four players who will be missing from the england squad for tomorrow's friendly against the czech republic. she scored in their defeat to germany on saturday — her first international match since her return from a knee injury. we're into the last week of the tennis year. the eight best men in the world are in london at the atp tour finals. it's day two at the o2 arena. sue barker and the bbc sport team are there. what an entertaining match that was. to of the rising stars of the game, but high quality tennis. extremely high quality tennis and i think a little bit of an upset. 0bvious, when you look at the head coming in, medvedev had won all five of their previous encounters, but i was so impressed the way that tsitsipas brought a lot of variety to his game. he finished, i think, brought a lot of variety to his game. he finished, ithink, about brought a lot of variety to his game. he finished, i think, about 24 points to the net. he won 20 of them, using the severn volley at d

>> i feel sorry for senator blackburn and for anybody who feels required by partisan politics to embarrasse of a patriot and unfortunately in a happened to a great many congressional republicans. i think most of us have made up our minds about this president's character but there are a lot of folks in the senate and in the congress who deep down know better and ought to remember that for the rest of their lives, they will be remembered for their conduct during the weeks and months ahead. >> also finally, i want to give you an opportunity to respond to something president trump said today in his free-willing appearance on "fox and friends" and said it is difficult picturing you dealing with kim jong-un or xi jinping. what is your response? >> that might have been a swipe at my age. if so, i would point out that president trump has been repeatedly manipulated and misled and that was by kim jong-un himself who is younger than i am. and as far as dealing with xi jinping, he said he would like to see me negotiate a deal with jinping, i would like to see him produce a deal with xi jinping. they'

tennessee senator marsha blackburn tweeted an attack on lieutenant colonel alexander vindman writingive vindman is the whistle-blower's handler. for more i'm joined by jonathan lemire and charlie sykes. charlie, i want to start with you. what is it in the water that's causing, you know, pretty good conservative republicans who i have no problem with over the years, and i've covered marsha blackburn, she's a public servant, certainly further right than i'd like, but why is she making fun of a guy who served the country all these years? vindictive vindman, what is she in this game for? >> well, trumpism corrupts and it apparently corrupts absolutely. the fact you have a united states senator who is adopting this sort of purile and it's the spread of the hackry in this era that's really so amazing and the way in which republicans and i wonder whether they listen to that phone call they realize what they're defending, that really what's happened is they're now becoming coconspirators to what donald trump has been doing. and this is an ongoing scandal, the attempt to demean and to degrade

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senator blackburn rejected the proposal. a look. >> madam president, i was honored today to attend the second hearing that i've attended in the supreme court of the united states. if you stand on the floor of

blackburn: thank you, mr. president. it really has been quite a year here in washington for drawing out policy battles. it's november. we're still fighting over defense spending trade, the results of the election that long ago was decided in 2016. but a quick flip through this morning's world news sections served as my daily reminder that americans really do have so incredibly much for which to be thankful. you might even feel inclined to say that we are really lucky to live here in the united states. but i will tell you luck really doesn't have a lot to do with it. our freedom was bought with the blood of thousands, thousands who instigated a revolution in spite of being outspent, outmanned, out gunned by the global -- outgunned by the global superpower of their time. thank goodness they had that fighting spirit, the same absolute belief in the right to self-determination went on to fuel the abolitionists, the women suffragists, the civil rights warriors, and today their fearlessness inspires freedom movements that we a

senator blackburn rejected the proposal. here is a look. >> madam president, i was honored today to attend the second hearing that i've attended in the supreme court of the united states. if you stand on the floor of the senate and look east through the glass doors you can almost see the supreme court building across the street. the supreme court is many times the last stop when it comes to c human rights, civil rights, after all the work that's been done by the congress but by ther president many times is the supreme court that has the last word. in the case of plessy versus ferguson when the supreme fecou held segregation was constitutional the last word was a disappointment. in Ãbversus united states and the supreme court upheld the tournament of japanese americans during world war ii it was another disappointment. but other times the court has risen to the challenge the famous case of brown versus board of education which finally struck down the concept of separate but equal where the supreme court recognized the right t

blackburn: thank you, mr. president. i would like to articulate the reason for the objection to the legislation that is brought forward by my friend, the senator from illinois. once again, i have found it necessary for the good of the order to object to a unanimous consent request brought by our friends in the majority because, once again, they are attempting to bypass the senate's rules on behalf of a piece of legislation that this body has had -- not had the time to debate, to deliberate, or to consider in committee. the american dream and promise act passed the house of representatives by a near party-line vote. unsurprising, considering the bill addresses the contentious issue of immigration law. this bill supported by the senator from illinois would offer temporary legal status to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants. those affected immigrants have tried to remain in the u.s. under the deferred action for childhood arrivals or the daca program, a backstop made possible by nothing more than an executive memo that was

and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you. great job you are doing.nd josh hawley, our young star. he is a young star. thank you, josh. thank you. great job, everybody. in addition, the nation owes an immense debt of gratitude to a man whose leadership has been instrumental to our success. it is so important to him. and that is he always mentions , it, number one point. i have always heard actually that when you become president, the single most important thing you can do is federal judges. they say supreme court judges, but we have them too. but federal judges. and you know based on that i , think there is nobody that has done a better job ever than senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] you know mitch. stand up. come on, stand up. [applause] i always get up and i talk about the economy, the economy, i am always talking. they never write about it, but that is ok. the people get it, but mitch will follow me and talk about judges. it is great when you have done, incredible. the impact is truly amazing. we also have two great supreme court judges. that is

blackburn: thank you, mr. president. it is so interesting to be here on the floor and to listen to a variety of ideas and to know that across the country, people are logging on and they are tuning in and they're watching how we go about our business. and one of the things that is so interesting is we pull the internet and online activity into our lives and stay connected. we sometimes enjoy the idea of just unking unplugging for a -- unplugging for a weekend, going super-in the country that -- going somewhere in the country that hold a really special pull. especially this time of year, people will talk about going away for thanksgiving, or maybe they went to look at pretty leaves. they see is it as an escape and maybe even an opportunity to get just a little by the of smugness in their tone when they talk about they have chosen a destination that has politely informed them not to expect wi-fi and not to expect that internet connection. but here's a question for you. how many would make that trip but still knowing there's

marsha blackburn there in tennessee.ow releasing hundreds of prisoners, the state is today in what officials will be the largest single day commutation in u.s. history. the parole board improved the measure for 450 inmates serving time for low-level offenses. we're live in oklahoma with more from there. >> we are right outside of the gates of the correctional center where this location alone will see 70 women walk free today. not only a big day for the hundreds of inmates who are being released early around the state but also for the state which after today will no longer be number one in the nation for incarceration. >> matthew addison. >> those are just a few of the 460 people whose sentences are being commuted all for cases involve low-level drug offenses and property crimes. in 2016 voters in oklahoma approved a pair of ballot measures that reclassified certain felonies making them misdemeanors now. lawmakers voted to make the laws go into effect retroactively. the governor says they have more work to do in terms of

whistle-blower hunter biden nellie ohr fusion ghs intelligence chairman adam schiff today senator marsha blackburn said house investigating hasn't turned up anywhere near enough evidence to convict the president. >> i have not heard anything that would make me change my mind, because you have heard witness after witness say there is nothing, that rises to the level of impeachment there is no quid pro quo not extortion not bribery. >> two-thirds vote is required to convict president means democrats would need at least 14 republicans to vote against the president in order for him to be moved frremoved from office extremely tall order gop leaders say democrats have almost no chance of making it happen, jon. >> from washington, thank you. impeachment inquiry moves forward president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani is defending his work in ukraine, while is? ing not afraid of being indicted. >> i did the right thing, i represented my client in a very, very effective way. i was so effective that i discovered a pattern of corruption at washington press has been covering up for three or four years.

republican senator michael blackburn from the judiciary committee, should impeachment head to the senate will be a juror. good to have you with us. we are starting to hear more about the horowitz report, this from the washington post, running the fbi russia probe where there will be findings, the report generally rebuts accusations of a political conspiracy among senior law enforcement officials against the trump campaign to favor democrat hillary clinton while knocking procedural shortcomings. this is what rush limbaugh has to say. >> i'm not all in on horowitz. horowitz is from the same group of people who have been testifying all weekend last. shannon: do you think people who hope this will exonerate the president or will in some way show there was the highest level of the fbi real trouble and real bias are going to be disappointed by this report? >> we are going to find out from the horwitz report, who was involved and how much spying they used for spying on the trump campaign and we know it took place. we had 100 witnesses, reviewed their statements. we will be able to look at that

maria: joining us now is marsha blackburn.t to tell you, they did the same thing over and over and over. the aid went to the ukraine. they cannot prove otherwise. ukraine got its aid. trump has done more for the ukraine than obama did, so where were these guys when obama was sending blankets and mres. trump sent javelins, he backed up the ukrainians. i've got to tell you, maria, people in tennessee are not watchings this. they are paying attention to the stock market and the great job that happened yesterday with the stock market. maria: that's what lee carter said earlier, that people are really not sure what to read -- how to read into this, lee. >> yeah. maria: and you see th the consistent sort of changing of the rules and the process and it makes you wonder is this a scam. >> yeah, i think a lot of people see this as a witch hunt on one side and a lot of democrats see this as, you know, their answer. so i don't think that anything's changed. i think most people by and large are living their life and saying this is a whole

senator blackburn is the one person who is fighting right now for artists to be able to own their workle thing, can she sing her songs or can she only now start singing them at her age, some of these go back to when she was 16 or 17. >> i think the rights holder stepped forward and did say yes, we are going to allow you to play the songs. i know there was an issue which she may have owed them some money, might have been a money issue, so when she got into the twitter spat with him, that was made public. the spat is still ongoing. but it is an interesting point. should artists own their work. if you are a singer, if you just sing the song, you don't get the same amount of money from the music as if you wrote the song. we have to wait and see. neil: final word. alex, we want to thank you both very, very much. do we know if adele was nominated for anything? >> no adele this year. neil: wasn't a slight. had she been there -- >> she's getting together with someone who she can break up with so she can create a new album. >> she just went through a divorce. now she's dating someone new. neil:

leland: marsha blackburn also said that. is that really impeachable? >> it was concerning. i think these hearings are very important. i think these open transparent hearings are very important. i think the american people need to understand what the issues are. leland: right. but typically, though, impeachment is to impeach someone for a crime, whether it was the watergate break-in, whether it was bill clinton's lies. has this gotten too confusing for the american people, something that was sort of a very simple idea, both with nixon and with clinton. it seems so much more complex now. >> i still think that -- what got me to where i am, saying we need to have an open and transparent process, was the fact that president trump appointed inspector general said that there was a credible threat to our national security. we are learning that we held up monies that had been appropriated by congress very clearly to ukraine, that should have been with some kind of -- i'm careful of the use of -- leland: was it really held up? >> yes, it was held up. that has been documented. i'm goi

. >> senator marsha blackburn what is on your reading list these days. this week i downloaded talking to strangers. i was so jealous last week. my husband and son attended a breakfast where he was speaking. and i followed his columns f

. >> congressman, republican senator marsha blackburn tweeted vindictive vindman is the whistle-blower's handler. how do you feel about government officials in this case republicans, lawmakers, attacking career foreign service officers? >> i think there's plenty of opportunity here to disagree with positions that the careerists take as well as the political appointees take. i don't like anyone making personal attacks or on their background. >> all right. congressman, thank you so much. ambassador wendy sherman, congressman bob bar, margaret taylor. >>> is it wrong for a president to withhold aid to the country and if so what are the consequences. >>> and the big warnings from witnesses also. you're watching "velshi & ruhle." witnesses also you're watching "velshi & ruhle. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ fidelity has zero commissions for online u.s. equity trades and etfs, plus zero minimums to open a brokerage account. with value like thi

he suffered a muscle tear in his groin, during leeds' win over blackburn on saturday.cyprus on saturday, then host kazakhstan three days later. they're back underway at the year ending atp finals in the o2 arena in london. stefanos tsitsipas is taking on daniil medvedev. it is early days at the moment. it is on surf at the moment. —— on serve at the moment. rafa nadal plays alexander zverev in the evening session. that's all the sport for now. two cannabis—based medicines have been approved for use on the nhs in england for the first time. the drugs advisory body, nice, says the medicines will help people with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. charities have welcomed the decision, but said thousands of other people who could benefit from cannabis—based medicines have been left in limbo. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this treatment comes from cannabis. have your medicine, look... indy rose has severe epilepsy, but her seizures have reduced dramatically since she's been on the drug. her parents are deeply disappointed, as it will still not be available o

senator marsha blackburn will join us, it's an oversight hearing on the bureau of prisons.e epstein case now facing charges for allegedly falsifying records, could be more to come on that front. top of the hour, "after the bell." liz: connell, thank you, said liz. [laughter] connell: that was pretty good. liz: i'll take it from here. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >>> from one legal drama to yet another, could wework founder adam newman's fight be heading from the street to the courtroom? with the closing bell ringing in 17 minutes and the dow still struggling, down 87, and the s&p clinging to just a tiny bit of green there, that's an all-time record, charlie gasparino is running, cantering, galloping to our set with exclusive details on the new investigation into the disgraced real estate start-up leader and his allegations of bad financial behavior could constitute actual criminal charges. charlie breaks it next on "the claman countdown. ". ♪ ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted.

. >> ian blackburn. >> you know, mr. speaker, i thought it was prime minister's questions, not a rant. i have to say. [shouting] >> i have to say. >> order. i'm seriously worried about your condition. calm yourself, man. i'm very concerned for you. calm down. ian blackbird. >> i certainly wish mr. grant all the best for his future because he's not coming back like so many of the scottish conservatives. [laughing] we hear that the prime minister is going to be coming up to scotland in the election campaign. can i tell the prime minister he's welcome because each time he comes to scotland -- ] mr. speaker, scotland -- we won't have it forced upon us. isn't it clear that the scottish national party is the only party standing up for scotland's interest? and respecting our democratic decisions to remain in the european union? mr. speaker, this coming election will be one of the most important in scotland's history. only a vote for the snp can secure the escape route for scotland the way from this brexit mass, from the chaos o

he suffered a muscle tear in his groin during leeds' win over blackburn in the championship on saturdaygh a nations league play—off. they're away to cyprus on saturday, then host kazakhstan three days later. ellen white is one of four players who will be missing from the england squad for tomorrow's friendly against the czech republic. she scored in their defeat to germany on saturday — her first international match since her return from a knee injury — but she'll be rested tomorrow, along with captain steph houghton. alex greenwood and jodie taylor are out injured. england have lost five of their last seven matches. great britain's hollie arnold has retained herjavelin title at the world para athletics championships in dubai. that has laid down a marker for next year's paralympics in tokyo where she'll also be the defending champion. she threw a personal best as she made it four world titles in a row in her class. ididn't i didn't even mean to. —— i didn't mean to cry. it means so much to have that fourth title and pb at the same time, so, yeah, i'm really happy. stefanos tsitsipas has

. >> senator blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today and for taking our questions. responded, you have addressed senator, senator, senator. i think you should be addressing victims because they are the ones we are asking questions on behalf of. they are the ones who have come today on behalf of their family members. another thing i want to ask you -- you have mentioned a couple of times a lack of awareness of emails or documents or communications. we have something around here before we vote. we read the bill. so we know what is in it. if we need to ask questions, we ask questions. we develop the awareness that is so necessary to make good decisions. of thehave a full view situation that is in front of us. disconcerting to hear someone who is to be the leader of a company to say, i was not aware. or, i did not know. that.had not read nobody made me aware of that. buck.l that passing the it is your responsibility if you are going to lead the company to have that awareness. have you at this point read each a

bring in immediately senator marsha blackburn, republican from tennessee.you back on the show. >> good to be with you, thank you. stuart: tell us how to support the protesters in hong kong, please? >> one way we can support them through social media, letting them know that we are watching and letting china know that the world is watching to see how they respond. another thing, we have the hong kong human rights and democracyç act. we need to pass that. we need to send a message that the u.s. congress is watching very closely what china is doing. that we are going to stand with these hong kong freedom fighters. we're going to work to protect them. it would allow sanctions. being able to sanction the chinese that are pushing against these hong kong freedom fighters. another thing, legislation, i have, stupider, the protect act. which would prohibit sending tear gas or selling tear gas to china so they cannot use this against their people and against these freedom fighters. stuart: would you, would you, think postively towards a trade deal with china, a big t

secretary as well and the colleagues on the senate and on this audit and budget issue for senator blackburn thank you to them and the secretary did raise the issue of the cr which is important. you described it but there is a way to deal with it which is the defense appropriations bill which my colleagues on the other side stop filler bowstring which and just vote on it and with the bipartisan concern and get on the double vote and the appropriations and we will continue to press and certainly will. >> i want to thank you again and you submit any additional questions for the record by friday and i appreciate and wolf you promptly respond to any additional questions from the members of this committee. with that we are adjourned.

thank you senator blunt area senator blackburn. >> thank you mister chairman.thank you for being here today and fortaking our questions . i'll tell you this as a responded address senator, senator, senator i think you should be addressing victims. because they're the ones who are asking questions on behalf of. and they're the ones who have come today on behalf of their family members and other things iwant to ask you , you've mentioned a couple of times a lack of awareness of emails or documents or communications and mister mullen bird, we have something around here before we vote. we say we read the bill. so that we know what's in it. and if we need to ask questions, we ask questions area and we develop that awareness is so necessary to making the decisions. and to have a full view of the situation is in front of us. and it is disconcerting to hear someone who's used to be the leader of a company to say i wasn't aware. i didn't know or read that. nobody made me aware ofthat. i depended on that . we call that passing the buck . and it is your responsibility . i