capitol on this historic day. the present -- the presence from both sides of the aisle, from both sides of the capital is a testament to the respect that all have for john. mr. speaker. we are pleased to welcome two former speakers, we anticipate finger gingrich who is with us and speaker ryan. both of them are here. [applause] speaker pelosi: and we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, lindsay and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress and with our country. now it is my privilege to invite father conroy to deliver the invocation. >> ok. i am surrounded by quadrophonic speakers. [laughter] dear god, we give you thanks for the proceedings of this day. and for speaker john boehner and his place in history as the 53rd speaker of the people's house. we thank you for his many years of faithful attention to the people's house as its speaker. our nation will always be grateful for his leadership and aware of the important contribution speaker boehner made to the greatness o

we are going to go to capitol hill as soon as things pop up. first a judge in new york ordering trump to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit claimed he misused his charitable foundation for political and business interests. they have called the lawsuit politically motivated. john roberts reporting live for us, good afternoon i was going to say still evening, it is still daytime. >> the attorney general of new york state and the trump foundation, the president being ordered to pay $2 million out of his own pocket to a group of charities for misusing the trip foundation for political purposes as they found the trump foundation officially closed on december 18th 2018. the court pointed specifically to a fund-raiser for the president had on january 272016 in iowa to benefit veterans charities. he remember the president held that event rather than appearing at a fox news political debate. the court ruled the fund-raiser was actually a campaign event and out of trump foundation event. in addition to the $2 million he has to pay as part of the settleme

rene marsh in washington, kristen holmes on capitol hill. >> let's start with kristen. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning there, victor. that's exactly right. so essentially what we just saw was mark sandy going behind these closed doors. he is a career official with the office of management and budget and they're hoping to get that timeline to see what he knew about withholding that funding from ukraine. i want to talk about that testimony that happened last night behind closed doors because we're hearing from a lot of democrats who are saying that this was really critical testimony, that they believe it advanced the impeachment inquiry. here's why. this is about a man named dave holmes. he is a staffer at the u.s. embassy in ukraine and we learned through public testimony earlier this week that he overheard a conversation between president trump and the ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. i want to set the scene here just like holmes did in his testimony. he said he was able to share this conversation because they were out to a meal

and as that impeachment hearing was underway on capitol hill u.s. president donald trump was meeting with turkish president bunch of time everyone at the white house trump has come under intense pressure for hosting everyone right now he's facing criticism from both republicans and democrats for going ahead with a recent military pullout from northern syria leading lawmakers have been arguing the trump card deserted the u.s. as allies there the kurds. and the white house there was little sign of that that washington and on the same page regarding the kurds with their one defending his decision to invade syria as part of congress fight against terror take a look we're going to sustain our fight against terrorism in a healthy fashion we need to be much more sensitive than we currently are it happens to us today and it will happen to somebody else tomorrow we have a great relationship with the kurds we have head we're with them now we get along with them and by the way i think the president he may have some factions within the kurds but i think the pre

thank you very much and as that impeachment hearing was under way on capitol hill u.s. president donald trump was meeting at the white house with turkish president friendship . trump has come under pressure for hosting everyone right now he's facing criticism from both republicans and democrats for going ahead with a recent military pullout from northern syria after which turkey marched in leading lawmakers have been arguing deserted the u.s. as allies there the kurds. at the white house there was little sign of washington and on grower on the same page regarding the kurds with everyone defending his decision to invade syria as part of an chorus fight against terror our let's bring in our correspondent pablo foley now he is in washington the relations of course between turkey and the u.s. have not been going well they've been going south quickly in fact to the 2 leaders did they find any common ground that they can build on. well karl it was one of those press conferences that at times you were left wondering you know what exactly what was happening and it was quite int

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lauren fox has more on the transcripts from capitol hill. >> reporter: a significant day on capitol hill, as we saw the release of the first transcripts from these closed-door depositions that have been going on for the last month on capitol hill. it's a big opportunity for lawmakers who haven't been in the room over the last several weeks to see what was been occurring. one of the transcripts is from maria yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine, who was concerned that the reputation was being damaged and the president was losing faith in her. there was rumors she was not supportive of the president. and she wanted the state department to put out a statement defending her. she was told that the state department couldn't do that. the president could undermine it with a tweet. she said, what i was told, was there was concern that the rug would be pulled out from underneath the state department if they put out something publicly. she went to gordon sondland and asked for advice. his advice was go big or go home. perhaps she should tweet support for the president, say the rumors weren

>> reporter: big day here on capitol hill. in addition to that open hearing, there is a closed session that is scheduled and that is with the ukraine embassy staffer who said he overheard a phone call, cell phone call between president trump and eu ambassador gordon sondland in which investigations was mentioned. he has been asked to come in and testify today behind closed doors and that is on top of a very busy week next week when there are eight more witnesses that will publicly testify including gordon sondland. >> natalie brand on capitol hill. thank you. >> >> in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, bernie sanders is set to began a three-day california swing in oakland today. he will appear at national nurses united which will endorse him. sanders will visit fresno, los angeles and long beach. >>> new this morning, healthcare giant sutter house settled out of court. they were accused of bad business practices. they agreed to pay more than $30 million. they paid off doctors to get referrals. thousands of fa

just so you have some background here, most aides on capitol hill are not even at the capitol because of the thanksgiving holiday. senator mitch mcconnell's office is closed this week. we're continuing to gather more information on the story. we will bring you the very latest. just so you have a time frame here, authorities began tracking at 8:29 eastern time. the two locations the white house and the capitol went on lockdown at 8:39 this morning. follow the latest updates on what are you searching a version of myself who doesn't make decisions based on fear? no, what streaming apps are you searching for? oh. because you have xfinity flex. it puts your apps in one place, and it comes with your internet. try it! kung fu panda. ah. you have kids? nope. xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashboard that's simple, easy, awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $29.99 a month for 12 months and add a flex 4k streaming device on us. click, call or visit a store today. >>> captured on camera, a suspect seen breaking into this tesla model three. this happened thursday night in front of

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the funeral quartet moves from the white house, to the capitol. seat of the congress of the united states. at the capitol steps and from the limousine come the principle warnings mrs. jacqueline kennedy and her children and president johnson and his wife and robert kennedy, the late president's brother. beneath the dome of the capitol, the casket rests on a catacomb. president johnson places a wreath of red and white roses at the foot of the casket. then mrs. kennedy holding carolyn by the hand goes up to the casket. the widow lichts the flag and touches her lips to the bronze casket. then it is the people of america who come to pay last respects to president kennedy. over a quarter of the million stream through the rotunda. many wait as long as ten hours. they wait through the chilly night. not since the death of franklin d. roosevelt have the american people known such deep sorrow. next day mrs. kennedy and her brothers-in-law have the procession. including heads of state who have come from far away for this final march. all follow the late pres

suzanne malveaux is up on capitol hill. you are watching the witnesses come in to the capitol.e watching the members come in. set the scene for us where you are. >> sure, wolf. well, i just threw a question to bill taylor moments ago. we just saw him pass us by behind and walk into the building. i asked him if he felt this was a legitimate exercise. he did not respond. also asked him as well what does he hope to accomplish. and that really, wolf, is going to be the key challenge here is for these hear,s to unfold and adam schiff, the chair of the intelligence committee, acknowledging for americans themselves to see this process play out before their own eyes and make that determination. whether or not these are credible witnesses and the stories that they are telling sound and ring true to them. a number of republicans, as you know, wolf, are not going to be here. they're not going to be paying attention to this. we've heard from senator lindsey graham over and over. senator john cornyn and ted cruz and others saying that it's a flawed process, a partisan process, even a circus

capitol police source. we're on the third floor of the capitol on the senate side in the russell building. we were able to go out into the balcony and see for ourselves that constitution avenue was closed for a time, about 30 minutes or so. closed to traffic right outside of the building. there was also a helicopter that was hovering above the court area in front of the supreme court. but according to our u.s. capitol police source, what was happening was that they were -- what they call an air condition, as you know, aircraft that was in the area that they could not communicate with. it had violated the air space around this area, very sensitive. and so it was a code orange is what i'm told. the codes go from green at normal, yellow, monitoring the situation, orange, a heightened state of alert. red is when we would have evacuated. there was no evacuation here. there was no shelter in place. we were inside the building. so they allowed us to stay, but they were preventing people from coming inside of the c

capitol. at the ceremony, we will hear from current house speaker nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. speaker pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. as the speaker of the house, it is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of speaker john boehner to the u.s. capitol on this historic day. the presence of members from both sides of the aisle, from both sides of the capital, is a testament to the respect that all have for john, mr. speaker. we are pleased to welcome two former speakers. we anticipate speaker gingrich, who is with us, and speaker ryan. both of them are here. [applause] welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, lindsay, and tricia, and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress and with our country. it is my privilege to invite the delivery of the invocation. >> i am surrounded by quadrophonic speakers. [laughter] dear god -- [applause] --

>> natalie brand on capitol hill.hank you so much. >>> president trump says he was too busy to watch the impeachment hearings in part because he host turkish president erdogan at the white house. yesterday was the first time the two leaders have met since president trump's troop withdrawal that led to an invasion of kurdish forces. >> reporter: president trump welcomed turkish president erdogan to the white house as the first impeachment hearing proceed the two weeks away on capitol hill. >> i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched. >> reporter: the leaders touted their relationship despite tensions last month after president trump pulled the u.s. military out of syria. the president's troop withdrawal led to a turkish invasion against kurdish forces. the same forces that were u.s. allies in the fight against isis. a small group of u.s. troops remain to guard oil fields while turkish and russian forces patrol a 20-mile safety zone along the border. >> today the cease-fire continues to hold. i want to thank the president

s all over salads he was at today's hearing on capitol hill now all over the 1st impeachment hearing in more than 2 decades in the united states what specifically did we hear from those 2 witnesses today. well karl the main takeaway today was that these witnesses here tied president trump closer to this alleged pressure campaign against the ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky they essentially said that there was a quid pro quo and they undermined all these allegations that have been made before but obviously now and probably get a live television and that is exactly what the democrats are trying to achieve here to get their message owl's them out and then bill taylor the acting ambassador to the ukraine confirmed that there was an invitation to the white house for ukraine's president a lot of years olinsky as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid and they were conditioned to investigations against joe biden obviously the political rival of president trump and the democrats are arguing that this would be the betrayal of president tom's all thought office that woul

hill was also to get under way shortly there on capitol hill who will we hear from alexander and what are we expecting them to say. we are going to hear from 2 american top diplomats one of them is william taylor their american top diplomat in ukraine the abra is their deputy assistant secretary of the state department john kander and they have already provided the investigators with vivid details on the trump administration's efforts to pressure the ukrainian government the ukrainian president to investigate president strums political opponent joe biden so this are very crucial testimony and one of the top diplomats is a key witness it is as i said william taylor because he's a career diplomat who served under different administrations and who is very well respected and known for his pickable memory. and you talk a little bit about what the president will be doing today what about where publicans how are they planning to descend the president well for them this is the 1st chance to defend the president in a public hearing they have a clear strategy there was a memo that was circulate

he could testify on capitol hill, talk to us on tv.he "wall street journal," for example. what do you make of his sudden appearance on twitter? >> well, let me say more important what i would like to see and of course, up to adam schiff and the intelligence committee. i'd like to see the former national security adviser testify before congress. ambassador sondland stated clearly that mr. bolton knew of this sort of domestic political errand being run on behalf of president trump, fiona hill, dr. hill corroborated that. mr. bolton knows a lot, and i think he can even draw a closer tie between the president and this, you know, effort to investigate joe biden. >> last question for you, sir. just as a retired colonel in the u.s. army reserve, vice chair of the armed services committee i want to ask you about navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher. acquitted by a military court of the majority of war crimes charges including charges of murdering a militant captive but convicted and demoted on a lesser charge of posing for a photo with this man's cor

and pietschmann inquiry into president donald trump these are live pictures coming to us from capitol hill in washington d.c. where the 2nd public hearing is set to begin shortly. now the only shed jeweled witness for this day is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who says she was the target of a smear campaign led by president donald trump maria van of it arrived on capitol hill just a few minutes ago and she is the 3rd witness to speak publicly about the events surrounding trump's mouth famous phone call with the ukrainian leader in july he's accused of threatening to withhold when the tree aide on this ukraine investigated his political rival joe biden get out of it as a career diplomat and an anti corruption advocate last month she told the inquiry about efforts by trump's lawyer rudy giuliani to publicly discredit her she said a senior ukrainian official had warned her to watch her back now giuliani had accused her of undermining the president before trump dismissed her in may. in just a moment our white house correspondent kimberly how could join us but 1st let's go to heidi

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they invited the senators in to demonstrate to erdogan the force on capitol hill. the president has been complimentary of erdogan in the past. but the relationship has become strained. >> joe johns, thank you for explaining all of that. >>> day one of the public impeachment hearings had viewers glued to their tvs. what did swing voters in one key swing state think? that's next. blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. ♪la-di-la-di-dah don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. ♪the beat goes on yeah! ♪ even though ♪ i find you so captivating ♪ and i'm done with hesitating let's see where this goes? save on a gift that says it all. ♪ jared

helena highway. >>> as we take a live look inside capitol hill.wmaker also hear from four witnesses today. the second round of public testimony in the public impeachment will begin. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and vice-presidential said jen anywilliams set to speak to the house intelligence committee meeting. >> both listened in on the phone call it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help keep us asleep? yes, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. plus 0% interest for 24 to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. ♪ >>> this is a cbs news special report, the impeachment hearings. i'm norah o'donnell in washington. and in just a few minutes we'll be kick off what is going to be a blockbuster week of hearings on capitol hill. nin

this is a live look at capitol hill. this morning, a look at the two witness wrapping up day day five. >> the new lawsuit against bay area sheriff and a private prison company filed by inmates. >> uber wanting to do much more than pick you up this morning. why they want to listen in during your ride. >> good morning. it is thursday, november 21st, 2019. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. good morning. cool conditions mary. >> that is right. it is a chilly starts specialty for the north bay and some spots down to the 30s. here is a live look with our san jose camera taking you to the south bay first. san jose at 45 degrees. 48in ncd. oakldowntown san francisco. a cold 38 degrees right now for santa rosa. pinpointing the north bay, especially sonoma county, unfortunately, you have the power out and dealing with these cold temperatures. 38degrees there to start off the day. 42 in panda loma. all of us will see the sunshine. mild temperatures. seasonal for this time of year. topping out in the mid-60s in concord, sa

so a lot of eyes on capitol hill. and people wondering what's going to happen. >> absolutely, and that's where we begin this half hour, with the impeachment showdown taking center stage on capitol hill for all of the world to see. >> william taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, is up first as the inquiry goes public this morning. he's already testified behind closed doors about a concerted effort to use military aid to ukraine as leverage for political gain. taylor will be followed by senior state department official george kent. >> all this as president trump plays host to turkey's president and holds his own tv event. a news conference at the white house. we begin with abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: less than 24 hours until the first public hearings, democrats eager to let their witnesses speak for themselves. >> speaker, what are you hoping to gain from the impeachment public hearing tomorrow? >> we're just having a press conference on dreamers today. >> reporter: they've carefully chosen the first two. bill t

our nbc news team is here with reaction from capitol hill and the white house. we'll also be talking with the lawmaker who sits on one of those key committees, preparing the point impeachment report. garrett haake is on capitol hill, hans nichols is at the white house, pete williams has more on what is next. let's start on the hill because it's the next big phrase of the impeachment inquiry. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the best way to think of this is that the fact finding stage is largely over. here preparing their report, a summation of everything we learned in open hearings, behind closed doors, and to the degree they've been given any documents to review, from the documents which they have reviewed. here hoping to present the report to the judiciary committee shortly after they come back from their thanksgiving break, so the first week in december. then it's up to judiciary to decide what to do with it. adam schiff explained a little bit of this in a letter he sent yesterday, saying we've gotten the facts, we've gotten the information about what w

(vicki) capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains why. next at 5:30- feces complaints are going up in san francisco. which neighborhoods received the ámost complaints of animal and human waste being left on the street. (catherine) and today wrapped up day five of the public impeachment hearings on capitol hill. what we learned from two key witnesses... it takes a village to raise a child. to build a bridge. to throw a baseball... to throw yourself into the unknown. to lose fear, to create hope. we believe that it takes a village of over 200-thousand dedicated, passionate, driven medical and non-medical professionals to deliver on our belief in total health for all. we are kaiser permanente. thrive. (catherine) another big day on capitol hill - as two new witnesses answered questions from the house intelligence committee in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. (vicki) both witnesses faced tough questions - and laid out new details in the investtigation. steve nannes has the details. --reporter pkg- reporting. nannes i'm steve in w

gillian turner is on capitol hill.nce we last saw you and you're getting even more new information for us. what do you have? >> reporter: going through these transcripts, trying to pick out the most news worthy stuff from the transcripts so we can bring it straight to you guys. ambassador sondland, gordon sondland, ambassador to the e.u., asked about a meeting, impeachment investigators, excuse me, asked him about a meeting in the oval office with president trump, secretary perry and kurt volker. said the president repeatedly directed him to talk to his personal attorney. sondland saying he wasn't even specific about what he wanted us to talk to giuliani about. he just kept saying talk to rudy. talk to rudy. now, dana, this is interesting because we also know, as i told you earlier, that sondland said the president told him that he did not want a quid pro quo with ukraine. the president told him, i want zelensky, the president of ukraine, i want zelensky to do the right thing. so, clearly, he's supporting his boss' pre

let's start with kristin holmes on capitol hill. let's start with the testimony of mark sandy of the omb office. >> that's right, fred. here is what we know. she a career official at the office of management and budget, the omb, and here is why that division of the white house is so important. let's take a look at what this impeachment inquiry is all about from the very beginning. the question is whether or not president trump and his allies withheld funding to get dirt on his political rivals. the organization, the part of the white house that would withhold that fund or release that fund, that comes from the omb, the office of management and budget. so there is really not a lot of knowledge what was going on within that unit at the white house. and that is not for a lack of trying, we know they had to try to talk to people, and they had five suspects, they released documents, but sandy, he is here and he is testified, he respo responded to a subpoena, and it goes to the fact that she a career official that worked with democrats an

under oath and on capitol hill right now another witness testifying to what he knows about the charges laid against president trump, charges that may lead to his impeachment. today another closed door deposition, not on television for open to the public. and this is the man giving the testimony right now. this is mark sandy. he is a senior official at the office of management and budget, the agency that controls the flow of u.s. dollars. he's there now under subpoena, meaning he was required by law to show up. other omb officials have so far refused to answer questions under oath even though they were invited to. but the past 30 hours or so revealed a series of major developments one after another, each one seemingly more damning to president trump than the last. testimony from two highly respected diplomats, one of whoem described how donald trump's personal attorney was operating outside normal channels at the president's direction to dig up dirt on the rivals back home. we heard from an aide who said he heard the president's own voice on a cell phone call talking to another u.s. amb

. >> not good, this was getting on to 680, capitol expressway.on was getting on the on-ramp, pulled over and got back on again and had to turn around. had a little trouble orienting themselves but chp helped them out. there may be activity at the capitol expressway on-ramp to northbound 680. that's it for the south bay and thank goodness that car did, again, stop on the shoulder. everything else looks green for our highway speed sensors but just off 101 at whipple, reports of a roadside fire there. we'll track the reports but it should be a little smoldering going on, the fire crew will take care of quickly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> a live look this morning at capitol hill, where in a few hours americans will get their own firsthand look at the house impeachment inquiry. this will be the first public hearing into the investigation of president trump and whether he held up military funding for ukraine. >> two witnesses are expected to testify today. this is supposed to be the first of three days of public hearings. the two witnesses being

being made on capitol hill lawmakers have begun the 1st public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump democrats are trying to prove that trump abused his office by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to ukraine unless that government investigated the family of his leading political rival joe biden today lawmakers are hearing testimony from 2 top diplomats trump has called the process a witch hunt democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff highlighted what is at stake when he opened today's impeachment hearing if we find at the present united states abuses power and invited foreign interference in our elections or if he sought to condition coerce extort or bribe an ally into conducting investigations to aid israel lection campaign and did so by withholding official acts lighthouse meeting or hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military aid must we simply get over it is this what americans should now expect from their president if this is not impeachable conduct what is what we've got complete coverage of today's impeachment

let's start with lauren fox on capitol hill. lauren, what do we know about the testimony underway? >> well it be points been going on for several hours. but mark sandy is a career official at the omb. that would be the agency that handles disbursing this nearly $400 million in military aid that was supposed to go to ukraine. we know that was delayed until september 11th even though republicans and democrats on capitol hill had agreed o release that money. what democrats want to hear? they want to understand how this process was supposed to work and what might have gone off the rails, what was happening behind the scenes, and why was this money so delayed? remember, republicans and democrats, everyone was asking questions on capitol hill because no one could figure out this is a buy taipartisan, the president had signed it into law, and yet it was being withheld. this comes on the heels of blockbuster testimony really yesterday from david holmes. cnn on taipd a copy of his opening statement in which he recalled a phone conversation that he overheard in kyiv between goron sondland an

he calls up patrick for working at dane capitol investment firm cofounded by.house democrats are warning of a contested convention. with everybody taking a share of the bote could see two or three candidates viable going into the convention which at this time. in north carolina "fox news poll" shows biden and bernie sanders is the only democrats beating trump head-to-head but patrick says he knows it will be tough catching up since his chat with barack obama. >> yes running for president is a hail mary. peter doocy reporting. jon: a whirlwind week on capitol hill including an un president and moment during one of the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. how it might affect house investigators case into president trump. like a biotech firm that engineers a patient's own cells to fight cancer. this is strategic investing. because your investments deserve the full story. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. do your asthma symptoms ever hold you back? about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosino

they don't please washington correspondent of a cell and joins us from the capitol building and can bring us food up to speed all of this was damning testimony from and best someone today but to what degree can it hurt the president as right antony was a lot of damaging material that we got here today in that impeachment hearing on capitol hill essential to form a u.s. or garden sandland said what the democrats were hoping for that there was this now in famous quid pro quo. and that means that the democrats and. that the ukrainian government was supposed to be pushed to launch investigations against trump's political rival joe biden and that in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars of aid in military aid as well as a prestigious invitation to the white house gordon sunland confirmed all of that and the chair of the intelligence committee adam schiff today said that this was a pivotal moment in the history of the investigation. and all of what has been the response to today's proceedings both among republicans and perhaps more importantly the american public right well the line of t

lauren fox reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: well, a huge day on capitol hill yesterday, as lawmakers, republicans and democrats, were on the record when it comes to where they stand on impeachment. the resolution they voted on sets out the rules for the next stage of the impeachment inquiry. also yesterday, tim morrison on capitol hill, where he corroborated testimony from bill taylor. he is a 15-year diplomat, that told lawmakers he had concerns when he learned that the president was trying to use $400 million in military aid to ukraine, as a they to extract investigations that he hoped the ukrainian government would announce against his political rivals. morrison also testified that he didn't have any concerns about the legally of what president trump said on that july 25th call. but he had concerns of information leaking from that call. he said he was part of the conversation about what to do with the call transcript following the july 25th call. boris and christine? >> thank you for that, lauren. >>> washington has been fixated on impeachment for more than a month now. in a lot o

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ukraine testifies on day 2 of the public hearing and president trump's impeachment inquiry we're on capitol hill with the latest also ahead bri sing for trouble hong kong has it to eat this weekend after days of escalating violence university chiefs demand action after on campus protest. and no let up than a suffers renewed flooding after another high tide adding to this threat to the city's unique cultural landmarks the mayor calls for international aid. out my arc thank you so much for joining us everyone well we start in the u.s. where the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump has resumed with the another day of public hearings while today's session the centers on testimony from marie have on of it a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was fired from her post in kiev after coming under attack by trump's personal lawyer rudolph giuliani well in some dramatic testimony today she said she felt threatened after being ousted from her post and finding out that president trump had denounced her in a phone call with the ukrainian president here's an excerpt from the hearing earlier. what

is that a phenomena reporting for you from capitol hill thank you for your continued coverage. one of europe's most important cultural landmarks in the world's most popular tourist destination is facing catastrophe venice is swamp suffering from the highest tide in more than half a century the tide level peaked at just under 2 meters leaving homes inundated boats stranded and terse wading through historic st mark's square where the major the mayor rather is now urging government to help and says the damage is likely to cost hundreds of millions of euros. alarm sounds throughout venice's historic center warning people to find higher ground to escape one of the worst floods in decades high winds and rain caused the water level to surge to almost $0.19 a meters with waves crashing into buildings. mayor luigi berg murdo film can sell for the famous cent marks square and blamed climate change for the extreme weather. some applies to all good after thousands of political divorces we just can't wait unfortunately. we have reached a new negative record as on the theory we have to stand

he's joining us live on capitol hill. manu, set the stage. >> the gravity, both sides recognize the gravity of this moment. the democrats and republicans yesterday behind closed doors went -- strategized about their lines of questioning going in. for the democrats, their strategy is very clear. they want these two witnesses to lay out the full story line of events. their concerns about what they were seeing. the president enlisting his personal attorney rudy giuliani to push the ukrainians to announce investigations into his political rivals, dig up dirt into the bidens. the same time vital military aid had been withheld. they expect bill taylor to say what he said behind closed doors that this aid had been withheld. nearly $400 million for the ukrainians until those investigations were announced. and republicans on the other hand are going to try to make the case that neither of these witnesses had direct line of thinking into what the president actually wanted. they didn't have any direct conversations with the presiden

i want to bring in lee ann kald well who is on capitol hill for us. i know there are question marks about what we're going to see and hear next week on capitol hill on this december 4th hearing that has been set. what do we know so far? >> kristen, we know that the first hearing in this new phase of the impeachment inquiry is next wednesday. they haven't announced who the witness or witnesses are, but we do know that it's not going to be a fact witness or someone like ambassador sondland or yovanovitch. instead, it's going to be a constitutional scholar or an expert. and their role is going to be to sell and explain impeachment to the american public. now, republicans on capitol hill, they say that they should have a say in who their witnesses are as well. and they are calling for adam schiff to come and testify. they say that since adam schiff was running the investigation, running the depositions, just as ken starr did in the 90s under the clinton impeachment, then like ken starr, adam schiff should come and present his evidence to the committee. so

he calls up patrick for working at dane capitol investment firm cofounded by.ats are warning of a contested convention. with everybody taking a share of the bote could see two or three candidates viable going into the convention which at this time. in north carolina "fox news poll" shows biden and bernie sanders is the only democrats beating trump head-to-head but patrick says he knows it will be tough catching up since his chat with barack obama. >> yes running for president is a hail mary. peter doocy reporting. jon: a whirlwind week on capitol hill including an un president and moment during one of the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. how it might affect house investigators case into i were over 50k in debt. through sofi's help refinancing we paid off all that debt. now we're debt free and visiting places like this. thank you guys. i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the team building the most powerful 5g experience for america. it's 5g ultra wideband-- --for massive capacity-- --and ultra-fast speeds. almost 2 gigs here in minneapolis.

kailey: impeachment hearings are getting underway on capitol hill. americans get their first look at witness testimony against president trump. first up is the top u.s. tipple met in ukraine, william taylor -- u.s. diplomat in ukraine, william taylor. while the impeachment hearings are going on, president trump's meeting with turkey's president erdogan, the first time the two have met since the diplomatic clash over turkey's military offensive in northern syria. president trump is expected to pressure erdogan over his plans to buy a russian muscle defense system. a warning today from hong kong officials and chinese state media. they both say there will be consequent is if violence continues. protests disrupted traffic across the city for the third straight day, and for the first time, the government closed public schools. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much. but we've got coming up for y