well for more on this story we're joined now by our correspondent nick connelly who's in moscow and kiev post editor matthew come for who's in the ukrainian capital welcome to you both matthew starting with you this prisoner swap was long awaited it was even cancelled just a few weeks ago so what made it happen in the end. well it was indeed long awaited and of course it was a campaign promise for president volume it is a lengthy but it wasn't exactly canceled a week or 2 ago rather there was information that it would happen and the information proved to be false as for what made it happen we know that there have been talks between between many intermediaries between ukraine and russia as well as talks between president bush as lenski of ukraine and president vladimir putin of russia another sticking point here was a man named someone who was a fighter on the side of russia backed separatists in the done in the region of danielle school bus who is a witness or even a suspect in the downing of the mh 17 flight in 2014 which led to the deaths of 298 people russia wanted him included in the

we're going to talk about this breaking news with congressman gerry connelly of the oversight and foreign affairs committees and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. we begin on capitol hill where cnn congressional correspondent sunlen serfaty is tracking the latest developments. what are lawmakers demanding from rudy giuliani? >> reporter: they want information and documents from rudy giuliani related to the ukraine -- which is now the center of the house democrats' impeachment probe. specifically the powerful house committees, they are referencing rudy giuliani's own admission on cnn that he indeed had asked ukraine for information on biden also the fact that rudy giuliani recently said that he was not acting alone, that he had text messages from state department officials where they knew about his efforts in ukraine. so essentially the committee is asking for all of that. the text messages and information and phone calls and any other communications to show what and who else was involved in this effort and they want that handed over to the committee in two weeks, by oc

chris connelly takes a look back. ♪ always dancing down the street ♪ >> reporter: as songwriter and front craft and an upbeat sensibility to create radio-friendly hits that helped define the late '70s, early '80s rock sound. ♪ i guess you're just what i needed ♪ working alongside bassist-vocalist benjamin orr ocasek led the cars to success with the release of their self-titled debut in 1978. it was catchy, contemporary rock. and the hits kept coming. ♪ who's gonna drive you home tonight ♪ the video for "drive" would feature "sports illustrated" swimsuit model paulina porizkova. she and ocasek would wed in 1989 and have two children together. ♪ you might think i'm crazy ♪ to hang around with you "you might think" in which a computer transformed ocasek and noise model susan gallagher was mtv's video of the year for 1984. later in the decade the cars went their separate ways. on his own ocasek would have some hits, "emotion in motion" in 1986. not a typical rock star, ocasek lived life out of the limelight. he graduated high school near cleveland, returning tth city in 2018 when the cars wer

representative connelly and the democratic party which i am a registered democrat, they do not hit the mark quite right. we in colorado, i retired colorado national guard, when the president comes to a hotel, the cost for the american taxpayer is so enormous, they rent out three-five floors. they have to replace all of the windows and make them bullet proof just for the visit andma then they go back to being normal windows once they leave. i think we have camp david, why do all of these meetings have to be held in private hotels owned by trump when the cost, no one is talking about the actual dollar amount for one days visit when they have a dignitary go to a trump establishment or these people stopping off in ireland. let's talk numbers here. because the taxpayers need to know. >> well, i certainly certainly would agree with you that any presidential entourage ought to be -- we don't want to compromise anyway the president personal security. do we need all who cost a lot of money to the u.s. taxpayer. sometimes traveling with the president becomes a matter of prestige. i think your bo

but how is ukraine reacting to it joining me now is the ws nick connelly he is in the ukrainian capital of kiev welcome nic now why is that ukrainian media reacting to this story and covering it. it off never to well all that outrage all those heights and political passions do seem a very long way away here in kiev it is obviously being covered but the main reaction you get especially when you look at the comments is the museum and suddenly ukraine is being dragged into the center of this internal us partisan battle on capitol hill and i think there is growing understanding of the dangers of this for ukraine tourney ukraine into a toxic issue. in the u.s. for the u.s. political elites but i think there's very little surprise or shock at the idea that a president could mix diplomatic government business with his own party political interests that is something that people here in ukraine are used to from their own politicians i can only your know about and kind of you know kind of awesome selves where this is going to go and what this really means for ukraine according to the mantel of th

my colleague you're right there nick connelly to both of you gentlemen thank you very much was great thank rate discussion. all right now we go to the where it was another of in full day in another eventful week british prime minister boris johnson today addressed parliament in london and challenge the opposition labor party to table a motion of confidence in his government the british parliament resumed its session today after the supreme court yesterday declared that suspension by prime minister johnson to be unlawful here's boris johnson and the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn going at it today in westminster. they have been to house writers use trip to table the motion of no confidence there was no reason to have that right to her they weren't any of the other cultures the spirit of parties thank you girl was trying to make sure would you all you were very willing have the courage to actually refuse to take responsibility and do nothing but their underlay why wouldn't they. offer to yesterday's ruling mr speaker. the prime minister should have done the on noble thing and r

nick connelly in a kid thank you very much for that update from the. former french president jacques chirac has died he was 86 chirac dominated french politics for decades and served 2 terms from 995 to 2007 he led france to adopt the euro and stood national pride with his opposition to the u.s. led war in iraq she rocks lydia's were marked by scandal and he was convicted of corruption after leaving office. today you can a day after parliament resumed after a suspension was deemed under full the speaker of the house has urged lawmakers to stop treating each other as enemies and this comes after bitter confrontations in bars johnson took an angry m.p.'s which led to heated exchanges in the chamber. the speaker of the house of commons pretending to oversee m.p.'s many of whom are crowing with rage of the prime minister's unlawful suspension of parliament's 6 prime minister to talk about the are all right ha it seems like this right boris johnson had to do all he could to be hurt this is this. i think they should listen to speaker the prime minister dead

538 politics podcast and again tonight with the ukrainian side of the story is my colleague nick connelly he joins us from kiev gentlemen welcome back to the show nick in the start with you this story now has multiple components the ukraine president's olinsky at the top the whistleblower report claims that trump wanted to provide political ammunition to help win the 2020 election and that this is part of a white house cover up has there been any reaction today to all of this from president zelinsky. good evening brant no they are keeping very tight lipped here in kiev and i think probably for their purposes rightly so ukraine can only lose a situation there's nothing to gain if they seem to be too enthusiastic helping president trump in his campaign as it would seem against the biden family he will come in and ukraine will come in for criticism from the democrats the other way around as we've seen. very dependent on us aid financially and militarily so i think the real hope here is in kiev to sit this out to be as quiet as humanly possible and hope that somehow these passions and the ukr

politics podcast and with the ukrainian side of the story for us tonight my good colleague nick connelly joins us from here gentlemen to both of you well. let's start with the u.s. ukrainian presidents they just met in a one on one meeting in new york at the u.n. afterwards they spoke to reporters here is part of what ukrainian president zelinsky said when he was asked about being pressured to help dig up political dirt for the u.s. take a listen are you sure that we had. i think good phone call he to us normal we spoke about many scenes then day so i think in the you'll read is that nobody bullshit bush me yes and no great. oh you don't know what they want to know right here and i know there was and by the way you know they would know for sure you have to do it is one of the call are that's what the u.s. president says i'd like to give both of you to react to this nic let me start with you did you get the impression though that president zelinsky that maybe he hasn't grasped entirely what exactly was being asked of him in that phone conversation. well brant this transcript we saw today

democratic congressman gerry connelly of virginia is joining us. a member of both the foreign affairs and the oversight and reform committee. congressman, thank you for joining us. and as you know, the "wall street journal" is reporting in this phone call president trump pushed the president of ukraine at least eight times to work with rudy giuliani to investigate joe biden's son hunter biden. how concerning is this? >> it is concerning on so many levels. it is not normal practice for any american politician to do his or her opposition research on their opponent with the auspices and help of a foreign government. i've had probably 2,000 opponents in my political career, i've never hired or asked a foreign entity of any kind to help me in that business. but he -- we have to remember that president trump during the summer suspended military aid that congress had appropriated for the ukraine. and we need to know whether there was a connection between that action and the response of the brand-new president of the ukraine, president zelensky who has no

conagra has a good handle on that but as connelly explained much of our progress was overshadowed bytory events and weak performance in our arden mills joint venture. now, if his assessment was right we'd see evidence in the next quarter and saw that in the quarter that was just reported again, though, mixed bag when it's a mixed bag i won't fool around. it's a bag but it's a mix bag. on the one hand the revenue number was just plain disappointing coming in at 2.39 billion wall street was looking for 2.48 billion so that was a shortfall. organic sales down 1.7% year over year. not good while refrigerated and frozen foods were strong grocery and snacks took a big hit thanks to tough competition for hunts and chef boyardee. meanwhile conagra's food service international down about 3%. i got to be honest, those were ugly numbers but thankfully there's better news once you head further down the income statement. conagra earned 43 cents a share when wall street was only looking for 38 cents operating incomeebita and net income all better than expected so even though they were weaker than

grain going to give much less room for maneuver there and very tough negotiations ahead he says nick connelly in moscow and matthew cook for in kiev thank you very. much now some of the other stories making news around the world police 8 hong kong have tried to disperse protesters who gathered at a train station in an attempt to disrupt traffic to the airport her democracy activists who vowed to continue their protests despite on home leader karina announcing the with tour of a controversial extradition bill on wednesday. german chancellor angela merkel has called for the rights and freedoms of hong kong residents to be respected during a visit to china she made the comments after meeting with chinese premier and he could chang in beijing now calls arranged to strengthen business ties with china. well hurricane adoring speeding towards canada after making landfall in the u.s. states of north and south carolina forecasters expect it to bring hurricane force winds to part of nova scotia late on saturday is already left of course a trail of devastation in the bahamas thousands of people there ha

i'll get reaction from jerry connelly. >>> first, let's go to our white house correspondent. the president is rejecting harsh criticism of his willingness to meet with the taliban at camp david. >> reporter: he's standing by his location choice even though he's facing push back not only from democrats and republicans. he got some criticism for the choice by members of his own staff who said they thought the venue of camp david just days away from the 9/11 anniversary was inappropriate but now the meeting the president pushed for himself and said he cancelled by himself has been scrapped at the last minute. tonight president trump declared u.s. peace talks with the taliban dead after his abrupt announcement and cancellation of a secret summit with the group's leaders. >> they're dead. they're dead. as far as i'm concerned, they're dead. >> reporter: the meeting was kept under wraps until he tweeted about it announcing he was calling it off because the taliban admitted to a suicide attack that killed an american soldier and 11 others. >> the only reason i cancelled is because t

for more let's bring in our correspondent nick connelly he's on the story for us tonight in moscow good evening to you nic how big of a hit did the russian president take over the weekend i mean how much support has vladimir putin's party last year. well this is very embarrassing for and united russia as you mentioned they're down over 3rd in moscow now in control of only 25 of 45 seats and that's despite considerable resources legal analysts are at their disposal as you mentioned no real true opposition candidates on the ballot paper and also reports of state employees being encouraged to put it mildly to go to the polls and then photograph their ballots for the candidate they've been told to vote and all the more embarrassing given that united russia officially didn't field any candidates moscow all the united russia candidate even the moscow city head of the party ran as independents to distance themselves from this toxic brand so a real slap in the face from the most is in moscow and so can we say then that the opposition despite opposition candidates being banned from the election

for more let's bring in our correspondent nick connelly he's on the story force tonight in moscow good evening to you nic how big of a hit did the russian president take over the weekend i mean how much support has already waltzed year. well this is very embarrassing for and united russia as you mentioned they're down over 3rd in moscow now in control of only 25 of 45 seats and that's this by considerable resources legal analysts are at their disposal as you mentioned no real true opposition candidates on the ballot paper and also reports of state employees being encouraged to put it mildly to go to the polls and to then photograph their ballots for the candidate they've been told to vote and all the more embarrassing given that united russia officially didn't field any candidates moscow all the united russia candidate even the moscow city head of the party ran as independents to distance themselves from this toxic brand so a real slap in the face from the most is in moscow and so nick can we say then that the opposition despite opposition that it's being banned from the election was t

. >> he told chris connelly about the struggles of being raised by a single mom in canada. >> i grewof money. i was, lived with my mom. my mom and dad split up when i was really young. >> what kind of effect do you think that had on you as a young kid? >> you know, my parents splitting up, it's not one of the highlights of my life. it's sad that a kid experiences, you know, feeling like they left. it makes you, you know, not feel so good, but now that, you know, being in my position that i'm in now, looking back it's like i'm so blessed. >> the then 16-year-old bieber sounding confident that he could avoid the pit falls of other child stars. >> what's going to keep you from making those same bad decisions they made. >> my mom's always there for me, and i never want to let her down. >> at 18, he spoke about his devotion to faith. >> are you devout in a moral sense? i know how you feel about drugs, but no booze? >> you got to be responsible. don't drink and drive excessively. you have to be responsible. >> but fame seemed to take its toll. bieber found himself embroiled in scandal afte

gary on connelly was taken off the field on a stretcher with a neck injury. okay and he's angling to play this weekend. jon gruden and we go let's hear from him he had his one 100th career victory. >>and even though that to after the game elza i was thinking about walking off and on back to voters retire and if you know, i mean i was with that would be a good walk off. it's a heck of a tough league the when a man, you know to accomplish said i credit a the coaches i work with all the players certainly it's a special moment but to share with the guys that we have. in the locker room here was was really cool last night. >>raiders chiefs this weekend and finally even being away from the bay area does not stop the 40 niners from giving back to the community the team's staying in youngstown ohio this week for sunday's game against the bengals. today they were out about the day started with players, surprising kids at an elementary school and went over to visit some young fans at the akron children's hospital youngstown very significant to the franchise's eddie deb

here's abc's chris connelly with the abc news exclusive. >> reporter: he made millions laugh as presidentday night live." >> jem, let me tell you something. there's going to be a whole bunch of things we don't tell mrs. clinton. >> reporter: and as a self-centered radio host on "news radio." >> it's time for -- ♪ the real deal with bill mcneil ♪ >> reporter: phil hartman was at the top of his game, starring on tv and in movies, when in 1998 at the age of 49 he was shot and killed by his wife, brynn hartman who then killed herself. >> after i heard brynn had shot phil and then heard brynn had shot herself, i think everyone was in shock in the family. and cannot imagine why she would do that. >> reporter: now for the first time in a new abc news special, details of the couple's relationship from greg omdahl, brynn hartman's brother. >> i would say brynn confided in me quite a bit. i know she was upset with phil on one, maybe two occasions where he would be doing a part, "the simpsons" or news radio. he had mentioned to brynn that maybe i can get you a part. and when he'd come home she'd say

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the football association in hong kong has been fired because of this sort of gesture, which peter connellyesn't really matter. because it is the future, the future of the city, the future, the future of the city, the future of these young people which they are talking about. many people joining together, wanting to send that message once again. we are continuing to monitor what is happening in hong kong. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. another year, another iphone. tech giants apple unveils their latest model in california, but will they be able dodge the fallout from the us—china trade war? there is a question for us. here is a question for you. did you play monopoly when you a little? yes, i1 a loss of houses. it is such a good game ——i1. a lot of houses. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with this story about about the iconic boardgame monopoly, which is getting an upgrade celebrating women's empowerment. its newest version will feature a female mascot called m5 monopoly, replacing uncle pennybags — the ol

for more let's bring in our correspondent nick connelly he's on the story for us tonight in moscow good evening to you nic how big of a hit did the russian president take over the weekend i mean how much support has blood in your putin's party last year. well this is very embarrassing for and united russia as you mentioned they're down over 3rd in moscow now in control of only 25 of 45 seats and that's despite considerable resources legal analysts are at their disposal as you mentioned no real true opposition candidates on the ballot paper and also reports of state employees being encouraged to put it mildly to go to the polls and then photograph their ballots for the candidate they've been told to vote and all the more embarrassing given that united russia officially didn't field any candidates moscow all the united russia candidate even the moscow city head of the party ran as independents to distance themselves from this toxic brand so a real slap in the face from the most is in moscow and so can we say then that the opposition despite opposition candidates being banned from the elec

correspondents did obvious pablo 40 any assholes in washington and to our correspondent in kiev nick connelly welcome to with a few bob let me start with you if i mix and we're waiting to hear from the u.s. director of national intelligence joseph mcguire on the complaints of the whistleblower what can we expect there. well we now know what we can expect because we have this document in front of us now i've had a chance to look at it it is a redacted version of the actual complaint from the whistleblower and i want to just read a couple of elements from it which really stand out. from this whistleblower in the course of my official duties i've received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 us election he also goes on to name the president's personal lawyer mr rudolph giuliani is a central figure in this effort and also attorney general william barr appears to be involved as well at this person also goes on to say that the white house officials who t

kevin connelly in brussels.arned that ministers still have a lot of work to do to ensure the supply of vital medicines to the nhs and care sector if there's a no—deal brexit. the national audit office says there are still significant gaps in the government's plans and that leaving without a deal presents a risk for the nhs. the department of health and social care claims everything is being done to make sure patients do have access to medicines after brexit. katherine da costa reports. some health experts are warning vulnerable patients in nursing and ca re vulnerable patients in nursing and care homes could be affected most by any disruption caused by a no—deal brexit. today's report highlights that the government hasn't been able to get assurances that social care services have made plans to secure the supplies they need. services have made plans to secure the supplies they needlj services have made plans to secure the supplies they need. i think there's two big risks, one of them is that we know that dependen

jerry connelly who is a democrat who sits on two key committees told me this morning, i think this weekend all i hear at home is when are democrats going to get tough? we are looking weak. they fear, brianna, for some of these democrats. they fear they're not doing enough, in their view, of holding the president accountable and impeachment may be the only remedy, which is one reason you're hearing an uptick in the language from the speaker herself. a lot of folks here on capitol hill believe she's starting to keep that door increasingly open toward impeachment, even though she has yet to embrace it. we'll see how she ultimately responds depending on what happens nurse before the acting intelligen intelligence, and expect those calls to continue to grow, brianna. >> manu raju, thank you so much for that report. we have a. scott bolden with us as well as analyst and staff writer for the new yorker, susan glasser. when you hear that the speaker is kregsly keeping the doincrear open, is that rhetoric or do you think they may be moving toward impeachment? >> it's a growing frustration for democ

it takes a look back at her fetime on the scene and behind the scenes and chris connelly, the one andobin. you know, when you heard her voice, when you listened to her lyrics, when you saw her on stage, you thought, debbie harry is fearless. well, it turned out she wasn't that fearless. she had to overcome that. in fact, as her new memoir proves she overcame a lot on her way to becoming a trailblazing rock star. ♪ had a heart of glass >> reporter: as front woman of the new wave band blondie from the mid '70s into the '80s, debbie harry was the undisputed queen of her scene. combining the torrid allure of a rock singer and ironic attachment of a french film star on such hits as "heart of glass." now, four decades after blondie first roared out of new york city's punk mecca cbgb, "face it" offers candid, compelling when you were up on stage what did that feel like at first? >> terribly frightening, yeah, and i suddenly realized, well, i have to make them respond, i have to go out there. i have to get them. after that it was a no-brainer. i just went out and got them. >> reporter: did sh

. >> reporter: shane patrick connelly, chairman of the santa clara county republican party is volunteering at tomorrow's fund-raiser for the president's re-election. >> some people on the left have proven that they are not willing to let people gather peaceably and hear the candidate of their choice, that they will attack them physically. >> reporter: sources tell abc news the event could be in palo alto and protesters are preparing to mobilize. thousands of dollars have been raised campaign to fund the flying of this baby trump balloon. another group called vigil for democracy will bring its inflatable chicken trump to protest the president. >> he was the political outsider last time, he got a lot of free media. it's going to be a very different campaign for him this time around. >> reporter: this is president trump's first visit to the bay area since taking office. his last trip was in june of 2016 when some of his supporters were attacked by demonstrators at a rally in san jose. you might also remember then candidate trump's arrival at the state gop convention in april of that same year

gary on connelly taken off the field on a stretcher with a neck injury. he's expected to be okay. he's angling to play this weekend. and last night mark to jon gruden's one 100th career regular season with. >>yeah, i don't even know that 2 after the game elza house thinking about walking off and on back to voters and retiring, if you know, i mean it was would be a good walk off. it's a heck of a tough league the when a man. you know to accomplish said i credit all the coaches i work with all the players certainly it's a special moment but to share with the guys that we have in the locker room here was was really cool last night. >>and the raiders play the chiefs on sunday night coming up on kron 4 sports attendant johnny cueto makes his return to the giants rotation. we'll ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're living with a condition, kaiser permanente's integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>another death from lung disease related to vaping was announced today in kansas bringing the total number of us deaths to 6. >>number keeps going

democracy says it will bring its inflatable chicken trump to protest the president shane patrick connellylican party is volunteering at the event and hopes the demonstration stays civil. >> some people on the left have proven that they're not willing to let people gather peaceably and hear the candidate of their choice. they will attack them physically. we don't want to see a repeat of that. >> reporter: this is the president's first visit to the bay since taking office. his last trip was in june of 2017 when some of his supporters were attacked at a rally in san jose. you might also remember then candidate trump's arrival at the state gop convention in april of that same year when he stopped his motorcade on highway 101 behind the burlingame hyatt and then jumped over a median to access the hotel. >> it used to be that hollywood was the big california atm for politicians, and now silicon valley is donating even more. >> san jose state political science professor melinda jackson isn't surprised by president trump's swing through the region, and says it probably won't be his last in this e

i read michael connelly, i read ian rankin, i enjoy reading. i enjoy the page turners. they are a lot of fun. and i used to read back in the day like the paperbacks of john d mcdonald. one of my favorite writers ever is raymond hanlon. so have fun when i'm reading the work in just as much or maybe a little more fun when i'm not reading for work. >> all three of you right like people who love to read and all three of these books are a lot of fun to read and can be called page turners. questions from the audience? i invite you to come up to the podium. >> this question is for mr. della went. i recently was reading some biography of ehrenberg and there was a big mystery which occurred when his daughter was traveling from south carolina to new york to visit him about a possible deficit through privacy. it was a fascinating thought that i've never heard of any recent research regarding the outcome that she sailed on. i was wondering, of course this is early 1800s not during the 1700s that you mention. i wondered if your research has shed any light on this mystery? >> unfortu

congressman connelly, the president said it doesn't matter what he said to the president of ukraine, whether he talked about biden eight times or not. does it matter to you? >> it should matter to every american, anderson. it is not okay for the president of the united states to talk to a brand-new, newly elected foreign leader, who has no experience, i might add, in the political realm or in foreign policy, and extort from him a pledge to dig up dirt on a prospective political opponent. that is not normal. that is not ethical. it is probably not legal. and none of us should accept that as the new norm in american politics. >> you used the word "extort." the journal is also reporting the president did not offer anything in exchange on that call. there are obviously large commitments by the u.s. that were being held up, military aid and the like, which has now been released. so after that call, the military assistance gets released. are you saying you think that would be a quid pro quo even if it's unspoken? >> well, i used the word "extortion" deliberately, anderson, because you accu

and the writer and broadcaster, and sea swimmer himself, charlie connelly is full of admiration for sarahf the greatest feats of mental and physical endurance in human history." a quick look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app, number one on the most read is on the supreme court, expect more coverage of that throughout the day on bbc news. sarah thomas' swim is at number two, on bbc news. sarah thomas' swim is at numbertwo, and on bbc news. sarah thomas' swim is at number two, and the story of the world's biggest amphibian was at number one until recently, the giant salamander is at number five. on the most watched, at numbers two and three, a couple of very interesting films. they all are, i have to say, but number two is very striking, 100 days of protests in 100 seconds, the 100 days of protests in hong kong over the extradition bill. and also this story at number three, a woman who is training under a special scheme in ethiopian to carry out emergency operations, it normally ta kes te n emergency operations, it normally takes ten years to train a surgeon but she i

coming up this morning, the american vaping association's gregory connelly will discuss vaping and e-cigarettes. you know? it's will be on to talk about the united states and ukraine. on our spotlight on magazines, bloomberg businessweek's susan bro field will discuss the issues with fda oversights over pharmaceuticals. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. today, c-span has live coverage from the political tent at the texas tribune festival. starting at 10:30 eastern, featuring jim jordan, mark meadows, and chip roy, followed by panels on how to fix american politics, border and immigration policy, and the state of agriculture. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> today on book tv at 7:45 eastern, the black book's matter but already in washington, d.c., featuring audrey ory, angel rich, author of "the history of the black dollar," and author of "under fire." >> at the end of the day, this founding fathers never realized there would be questioning of bill clinton, george w. bush, the first

representative connelly, you just said the president should release a transcript of the conversationss something the democratic party should have said in a united voice to the press as soon as the story broke. also, call his bluff. push him to release the payments that have been made at his hotels by the military, intelligence communities, saudi arabia. the democratic party is not calling this president's bluff. guest: thank you for encouraging us to do more. that is in sharp contrast to the previous color. i think that is good advice. -- in contrast to the previous caller. the president needs to understand he is not above the law and it is our job to facilitate that. we will take your advice. includees double down starting formal impeachment increase? guest: i don't know what formal means. that is what the judiciary committee is doing. whether thatll see leads to a formal impeachment process or not. host: would you like to see nancy pelosi more outspoken about impeachment? guest: i respect roles and i think nancy pelosi has a role that is to make sure this is a ,ethodical fact-based

chris connelly is tracking the latest from los angeles.morning to you, chris. >> reporter: and good morning, michael. the news coming down on monday. comic shane gillis out at "snl" after just a few days amid a firestorm of criticism. from the stormy daniels allegations -- >> stormy, this is michael cohen. are you alone? >> yes. >> and what are you wearing? >> reporter: -- to the opioid crisis. >> i want to use heroin. but i also want to get stuff done. >> reporter: "saturday night live" doesn't steer clear of controversy in its sketches. recent days, though, have seen "snl" dealing with its own controversy. the show declaring in a statement on monday it is dropping one of its new hires, 31-year-old stand-up comic shane gillis. >> i took skoal out of my mouth to come up here. and i didn't vote for donald trump. it makes me like the nelson mandela of central pennsylvania. >> reporter: but a video of gillis from about a year ago surfaced from "matt and shane's secret podcast" in which he mocked and mimicked a chinese accent and referred to a

chris connelly is in florida with all the details, good morning, chris. >> hey, good morning, michaelin miami they've got to be celebrating. they've got two versatile and charismatic performers lined up for super bowl liv. >> are you in? >> reporter: oh, yes, she is. jennifer lopez, the "hustlers" halftime show at miami gardens hard rock stadium on sunday, february 2nd confirmed last night. >> i love that it's in miami. >> yeah. >> it is a very latino town and picked the two of us. >> i feel incredibly honored. >> it's going to be an exciting show. ♪ let's get loud >> reporter: she's not alone. also set to turn super bowl liv into a studio 54 is shakira, the brainy hips don't lie singer/songwriter worldwide star. ♪ my hips don't lie >> it's going to mean a lot for our community. yes, girls. >> reporter: for more than two decades she's been a dynamic performer live on stage. ♪ whenever wherever ♪ we're meant to be together >> reporter: the colombian singer shakira, 42, has ties to prime as does j. lo who's been given the keys to the city of miami beach. the 50-year-old hinting months a

chris connelly is in los angeles with the story.ing, george. you know from "snl" and on talk shows, on "the simpsons," funnyman phil hartman could always make people laugh. then on a day in may of 1998, that laughter turned into shocked silence. and the question, why? two decades later on a two-hour abc news event airing tomorrow, there are some answers at last. he made millions laugh as president clinton on "saturday night live." >> jim, let me tell you something. there's going to be a whole bunch of things we don't tell mrs. clinton. >> reporter: and as a self-centered radio host on "nsradio." >> it's time for -- ♪ the real deal with bill mcneal ♪ >> i'm your host. >> reporter: phil hartman was at the top of his game, starring on tv and in movies. when in 1998 at the age of 49 he was shot and killed by his wife, brynn hartman, who then killed herself. >> after i heard brynn had shot phil and then heard brynn had shot herself, i think everyone was in shock in the family, and cannot imagine why she would do that. >> reporter: and no

that ruled the airwaves in the '70s and '80s, dying on sunday in his manhattan townhouse, and chris connellyre with a celebration of his life and distinctive sound. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning. during an era of pop's most passionate shouters, ric ocasek of the cars was cool and dry and for decades millions were thrilled by his sleek, meticulously crafted rock 'n' roll. ♪ always dancing down the street ♪ >> reporter: as songwriter and frontman for the cars ric ocasek used state of the art pop craft and an offbeat sensibility to create radio-friendly hits. ♪ let the good times roll >> reporter: that helped to define the late '70s, early '80s rock sound. ♪ what i needed >> reporter: working alongside bassist vocalist benjamin orr he led the cars to success with the release of their self-titled debut in 1978. it was catchy, contemporary rock and the hits kept coming. ♪ you might think i'm crazy ♪ to hang around with you >> reporter: the video for "drive" would feature "sports illustrated" swimsuit model paulina porizkova. she and ocasek would wed in 1989 and have two children

. >> guest: brian batow,ed aer, nathan connelly and myself.this is self-promotional about it's a fun listen and a historical listen. >> host: it's called. >> guest: back story. >> host: i want to close here with affairs of nor which you write in the note on method. this book approaches politics in an unusual way. it does not examine political events or personalities in isolation or reduce them to the level of historical an next dough. no does it took sol prod a theme as to loss sight of the participant's perspective, aiming rat other mid-point of prod cultural history and detailed analysis of the political anywhere -- anywherety. whoas the standpoint of ethnohistorian. >> guest: when you write about the founders, people think of them also great men and my point there is what if you just think about an elite population of men in a particular environment, and look at what they do. so by ethnohistorian i meant looking at behavior of a particular population in a particular place. what happens when you look at the founders in that way, how can you

one of the signatory to that op-ed, george connelly, of course, husband of kellyanne conway who works here at the white house and at the state dinner last night. the trump administration, the president himself, talking how it's all fake news. you read the tweets. this is a standard defense from the president insisting the press should be looking into joe biden and allegations that there is some pressure put on by the obama administration not to investigation a business dealing that hunter biden, joe biden's son, had in ukraine back in 2016. rudy giuliani is making a similar claim and really gives the purist distillation of what the white house is thinking on this. biden's defense is, no, i didn't do it, but no media outlets gave credibility to the story. of course they don't. swap media cover's up for the biden family trading on joe's offense offices for years. alison, at this point, at the stage of the story both sides accusing each other of something. difficult to figure out the truth. one way to clear it up, the president release transports of what he told his ukrainian counterpart

connelly just said about the importance of flavors. in my state of ohio, we know consumers our adult ages 18 and up use flavored products. they do not want to use tobacco. another point, these kids are not using products like juul for the flavor. they're using it for the buzz. so we need to get those two misconceptions out in the open or those two facts out in the open. in ohio, since the talk of a flavor ban has been announced and all this issue with the illicit drug market we have lost over 23 stand alone brick and mortar vape stores owned by small businesses. just think if we take a flavor bab nationwide. it is going to anileyate ab entire industry. have a huge impact of $24 billion and people will go back to smoking cigarettes. it's absolutely disgusting what we've seen from the c.d.c. in the last two months. guest: i don't think i could say it any better. what you're seeing is partially because of the lung illness scare. hopefully now that the c.d.c. sadse many most 77% plus of the people who have this lung illness admit to using

read the heard me statement from gregory connelly, the president of the american vaping association.anrding to them if we flavors, that will create a black market, and people will be able to buy them anyway, they just won't be regulated. any concern about that? caller: you always have concerns events thatative occur in the situation. but we're dealing with a legal substance here that we are , andng out is very harmful could kill our children and adults. i believe needs to be taken off the market. host: have you smoked at any point in your life? caller: yes, i grew up on a tobacco farm, i don't smoke anymore and i don't want anyone else to smoke. but i've never smoked in e-cigarette-- and -- an e-cigarette read all the information i'm seeing and hearing suggested should be taken off the market because jurors. i pray and hope that because it is dangerous. i pray and hope that it's removed. host: kathleen is calling from parent,, are you a teacher, or both? caller: a parent and teacher. host: could you speak up please? caller: i'm a parent and teacher. host: what are you seeing? a lot o