let's go live to our north america correspondent david willis. ll us more about this judge's ruling. well, it's significant, duncan, for two reasons. it is established ——it establishes the legitimacy of the ongoing impeachment investigation in the house of representatives, despite the fact that president trump and republican party... apologies. i think we havejust trump and republican party... apologies. i think we have just lost the line to david willis in los angeles. we will try to get him back inafew angeles. we will try to get him back in a few moments' time and continue the conversation about developments in washington. moving on now. a monthly arts night in new york has apologised for letting harvey weinstein attend. the hollywood producer hasn't made many public appearances since widespread allegations of sexual assault were made against him. several women were booed or asked to leave as they confronted him at the event on wednesday. mr weinstein is on bail and due to stand trial in new york in january over rape allegations, which he denie

i asked our north america correspondent david willis if the inquiry is likely to start getting even more confrontational. this could be a sign of things to come. we saw two dozen testers, republicans, they believe there is a lack of transparency to what is taking place and they believe there is an attempt behind closed doors to overturn the outcome of the last american presidential election. their protest succeeded in delaying proceedings by about five hours, but this contention that the proceedings are not transparent enough or are weighed against the republicans is a little difficult to swallow when you bearin little difficult to swallow when you bear in mind perhaps that use of the three committees that form part of this impeachment investigation have republicans on them and they are granted equal time to question

david willis in washington. a cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of people from traumatic brain injuries. the research suggests tran—examic acid, or txa, can significantly improve some patients' chances of survival. almost 70 million people suffer these kinds of injuries every year as a result of car accidents and falls. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. in a brief moment, a head injury can change a person ‘s life forever. five years ago, pam foley fell off her bike in oxford. all i remember is on one minute on my bike and next minute, on the ground. trying to get up, i knew i was stunned but i didn't realise how much i had hurt myself. pam had fractured her skull and suffered a bleed on her brain. she did make a good recovery but lost her sense of smell and taste. it's a constant reminder of the pleasures that can be had from simple smells. i really miss the smell of freshly cut grass. i love that smell. this is a ct scan of the patient's brain, this is

david willis, our north american correspondent.n some of the other stories making the news: protestors have ta ken to the streets in lebanon for a seventh consecutive day of anti—government marches. the demonstrations began in protest at plans to tax whatsapp voice calls but have grown in to wider discontent about the country's failing economy, corruption, and poor public services four people are missing and one person has died in flooding in parts of north—east spain. among the missing are a woman and her son, who were inside a mobile home when the river francoli burst its banks and washed it away. heavy rain has hit much of southern europe, causing flash floods in northern italy and blocked roads in the south of france. bolivia's leader evo morales is continuing to claim victory police in oslo say a man who stole an ambulance and hit several pedastrians is a common criminal and the incident was not terror—related. police recovered guns and drugs when he was arrested. the man had already been involved in an another accident when h

tariffs on turkish steel and stop negotiations on a trade deal. 0ur north america correspondent david willisons could cripple the turkish economy. they could indeed. that is part of the threat that president trump delivered today. the ministers for defence, the interior, the energy department the interior, the energy department the intention being to get turkey to end its offensive in north—east syria. president trump says he will destroy, as he puts it, the turkish economy. this is an attempt to assuage the critics of this decision to withdraw those us forces, and today, the democrats issued a statement basically calling for republicans to come together... to withdraw us troops from northern syria and indeed, perhaps more tellingly, we've heard from a senior republican mitch mcconnell who is the leader of the senate and he has said ina the leader of the senate and he has said in a statement, he is gravely concerned about events in syria and he is calling for urgent discussions between the senate and the white house wants congress returns tomorrow. thank you so much forjoining us david willi

let's get the latest from our correspondent, david willis, in washington. t has brought about this vote 7 well, this follows pressure, rico, from president donald trump and senior republicans who've claimed that the impeachment enquiry being conducted by democrats in the house of representatives is illegitimate, all the time it's being conducted without there having been a full vote of the house of representatives. that's been the justification the white house has put forward for withholding documents, disregarding subpoenas and advising witnesses not to co—operate. well, once this vote is taken on thursday, it will pass because democrats hold the majority in the lower house, then that justification goes away stop you mentioned nancy pelosi, rico, in your introduction, she said this vote will eliminate any doubts, as she put it, as to whether the trump administration can continue to obstruct the impeachment inquiry. david, what does this say about the direction of the impeachment inquiry7 direction of the impeachment inquiry? well, it could mean, i think, ri

david willis, our north american corresponded.ay's other news: ambassadors from european union countries, meeting in brussels, have delayed a decision on whether to grant london's request for an extension to the brexit process. a decision is now expected on friday on how long any extension might be, and what conditions may be attached. a controversial extradition bill, which sparked months of violent protests in hong kong, has been formally withdrawn. the legislation would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. the bill sparked mass demonstrations that have turned into the worst crisis for hong kong since it was handed back by britain to china more than 20 years ago. there have been more clashes between protesters and security forces in chile. protesters have rejected reforms from president pinera, aimed at ending days of violent unrest. they say it's not enough to heal deep social and economic problems. at least 15 people have died and more than 5,000 have been detained in protests so far. president tr

david willis on the impeachment enquiry.tails are emerging of the us military raid which killed the leader of the so—called islamic state, abu bakr al—baghdadi. the pentagon says two other men were captured and are now in us custody. retired us army general, david petraeus told the bbc the death of al—baghdadi is a significant achievement. the finality of his death obviously literally puts a stake through the heart of many of the images that he tried to project, not the least of which again was this extraordinary achievement of the caliphate. all of that said, and every observer has noted that history shows us that the death of a leader of an extremist organisation, even a hugely successful one like baghdadi or 0sama bin laden or zarqawi or others, does not end the threat posed by the organisation. a shooting outside a mosque has left two people injured in the french city of bayonne. an 84—year—old man with a firearm and gas canister in his car has been arrested. police say the gunman was trying to set fire to the mosque‘s d

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.lly—registered refugees are currently stuck in libya unable to travel to europe, but unwilling to return home for fear of persecution. some of them were inmates of a centre in the suburb of tajoura that, in july, was hit by an airstrike. more than 50 people were killed. 0rla guerin has been to meet some of the survivors — and heard more about their uncertain fate. a night of horror in tripoli. collecting the dead. victims of an airstrike on a libyan run detention centre in the suburb of tajoura. migrants and refugees who dreamt of a better life in europe. this was the moment the missiles struck. hundreds were locked inside. we met some of them before the attack, when we managed to get into the detention centre in april. the conflict was closing in, many already living in fear. every time we hear one, we hear a gunshot every time, every day. after the attack, hundreds who made it out alive headed to a transit camp run by the united nations refugee agency. and here they remain, three mon

david willis, our north american correspondent.e of the day's other news ambassadors from european union countries, meeting in brussels, have delayed a decision on whether to grant london's request for an extension to the brexit process. a decision is now expected on friday on how long any extension might be, and what conditions may be attached. lawyers for carlos ghosn, the former boss of the japanese carmaker nissan, have called for charges of financial misconduct against him to be dropped. at a pre—trial hearing in tokyo, they've argued that japanese prosecutors had colluded with nissan, and the whole case against mr ghosn had been politically motivated. the french—brazilian businessman was arrested last november, accused of underreporting his earnings and misusing company assets. there have been more clashes between protesters and security forces in chile. protesters have rejected reforms from president pinera, aimed at ending days of violent unrest. they say it's not enough to heal deep social and economic problems. at least 1

david willis for us there. let's get some of the day's other news.iolent protests in bolivia, over the hotly—disputed election result. according to the foreign minister, president evo morales wants transparency and the organisation of american states to audit the vote count. 0pposition supporters have also cried foul over the lengthy delay in counting. police and protesters have clashed for a fifth day in a row in the chilean capital, santiago, as demonstrations continue against social inequality and price hikes. the country's president, sebastian pinera, says he has requested meetings with opposition leaders in an attempt to come to a solution. protests erupted last friday, with a state of emergency declared in ten cities. indonesia's presidentjoko widodo, sworn in for a second term, has named his new cabinet. the former industry minister, airlangga hartarto, is to head his economic team. the economist sri mulyani indrawatiwi remains as finance minister. prabowo subianto, opposition leader in widodo's first term and sole challenger in april's bitter

david willis explains the significance.is unlikely to be a similar vote in the senate. i think what it does is it highlights the growing frustration on the part of lawmakers from both parties here — democrat and republican — over the actions of the turkish government in recent years, not least the purchase of a russian missile defence system in contravention of us sanctions and, of course, that assault on northern syria, where kurdish forces have been allies of the united states. so what we've seen here is something that turkey has long lobbied against on capitol hill, this resolution which i think will cheer a lot of armenian americans. there are said to be up to 1.5 million of them here in the us. david williamson based in washington there for us. —— david willis, raised in washington there for us. —— based in washington there for us. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm mimi fawaz, and this is your wednesday sport briefing. barcelona are back on top of the league in spain. two goals

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.the other stories making the news: the us vice—president has accused the national basketball association, and the sports firm, nike, of bowing to chinese pressure and muzzling criticism of beijing. mike pence also attacked china's diplomatic and trade policies, adding that it had violated the rights of people in hong kong. but he insisted the united states wants to avoid confrontation. more trade talks are due on friday. bolivia's president evo morales has declared victory in the country's bitterly—disputed presidential election. thousands of opposition activists marched through the capital in protest and in other places there were clashes between supporters of the two main candidates. the mexican government became the first to congratulate mr morales. however, the centrist candidate, carlos mesa, has demanded a second round run—off and called for demonstrations to continue. scientists studying the humble earthworm have compiled the first—ever global atlas of the creatures‘ range and l

david willis there. has condemned clashes in the pro—independence protests in barcelona and other catalan cities. thousands of separatist protesters have been protesting in barcelona over the sentencing of nine separatist leaders for their role in a 2017 independence bid. damian grammaticas is there and sent us this update. so the police are moving in now, as you can see. down the street they have just jumped out of you can see. down the street they have justjumped out of a van and they have run up to clear the protesters from this area, a group of riot police just moved in there. now, the clashes have been going on for a couple of hours now, and this whole area earlier today, it was absolutely full of the protesters. they blocked the whole of the centre of barcelona here. this main shopping street, through the heart of barcelona, they gathered here because round just down this way is the central government offices. and as they moved in there, trying to break through the police lines, that's when the cla

david willis for us there. stay with us on bbc news.with which scientists will track the position and the acceleration of more than 30 million galaxies. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the remains of the is leader abu bakr al—baghdadi have been disposed of, but us officials won't say where. wildfires in california move closer to los angeles. thousands of homes and busine

live now to our north america correspondent david willis. this now where exactly does all of this stand now and where do you think it is heading? it is interesting because there has been growing pressure from there has been growing pressure from the president and members of his discretion in recent weeks for some sort of vote. a vote of the full house of representatives on this whole issue of impeachment. publicans whole issue of impeachment. publica ns contends that whole issue of impeachment. publicans contends that without it, the process is illegitimate, even though there is no constitutional requirement for such a vote. well, today, congress resumed after a two—week reset and nancy pelosi got members of the democratic party together behind closed doors to discuss whether they should be a vote given this buildup of pressure for one and came out and said that they wouldn't be. there are thought to be some democrats who are shy at the moment of a roll call vote on this. they are unwilling perhaps to put their head above the parapet until t

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the time isjust after quarter past one.inister insists the uk can still leave the eu next week and calls again for a december election and coming up... riding the crest of a wave — the revolutionary new inland surfing lake in bristol. coming up on bbc news, a memorial garden will be opened this weekend at the king power stadium, one year on from the death of leicester owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. the owner and four others died in a helicopter crash last year. rnow, rising from the desert, the stunning sight of uluru is seen as sacred to the indigenous people of australia. they've long asked tourists not to climb to the top of the site formerly known as ayers rock. and earlier today it was finally closed to hikers for ever — but not before thousands of people queued up for one last last climb. from australia's northern territory, our correspondent phil mercer reports. joy, as signs asking visitors not to walk up uluru are removed. the controversial climb is now officially banned, but earlier today hundreds of people came

we get more from david willis. ognise and condemn an attempt to recognise and condemn an historical injustice. in a way it isa an historical injustice. in a way it is a rebuke to modern turkey, isn't it? it is symbolic, as you said, historic, but largely symbolic because there is unlikely to be a similar vote because there is unlikely to be a similarvote in because there is unlikely to be a similar vote in the senate. i think it highlights the growing frustration on the part of lawmakers from both parties here, democrat and republican, over the actions of the turkish government in recent years, not least the purchase of a russian missile defence system in contravention of us sanctions and, of course, that assault on northern syria, where kurdish forces have been allies of the united states. so what we have seen here is something that turkey has long lobbied against on capitol hill, this resolution which i think will cheer a lot of armenian americans. there are said to be up to 1.5 million of them here in the us. it

joining me now is our correspondent david willis. david, dramatic scenes on capitol hill.y? very dramatic scenes. about two dozen republican lawmakers storming the impeachment inquiry today. causing proceedings to be delayed for about five hours. they are demanding greater transparency as far as the impeachment proceedings are concerned. those proceedings are concerned. those proceedings taking place for the time being at least behind closed doors. despite the fact that democrats have promised to hold open hearings and to release documents. there are republicans on each of the three house committees that follow pa rt three house committees that follow part of this impeachment inquiry, they have equal time with the democrats to examine witnesses, but it isa democrats to examine witnesses, but it is a feeling that this could be related to donald trump's exultation a few days ago for members of his own party to fight back as he put it against the ongoing impeachment inquiry. who is not testifying that made these republicans barged into that committee hearing? —— who is 110w t

live now to our north america correspondent, david willis. david, how significant is this news?esn't it, mike, from donald trump and senior republicans who have argued consistently the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate all the time it is not backed by a full vote of the house of representatives. indeed, even though there is no obligation in the us constitution for such a vote to take place, but whitehouse has used that as justification for withholding documents, discouraging witnesses and basically disregarding subpoenas. it won't have the opportunity to do so... or as much excuse to do so, anyway, once a vote ta kes pla ce excuse to do so, anyway, once a vote takes place on thursday because that will be a vote in the house of representatives, where the democrats have the majority, and it's almost certain to be approved. what all this indicates is we could be heading slowly but surely towards the next phase of this impeachment inquiry... the public phase. we've had all the testimony in private up to now as part of what senior democrats are calling the fact—finding part of the

let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in los angeles. t trump in the last few hours. bring us up—to—date on what he has been saying. yes, these very strongly worded statements basically saying that there will be sanctions imposed on turkish individuals and organisations, not specifying it stage which ones. he plans to increase to 50% the tariffs on imports of turkish steel, and he is ceasing negotiations over a $100 billion trade deal with turkey. the president in his statement calling tu rkey‘s president in his statement calling turkey's actions in north—eastern syria destabilising, and also accusing turkey of precipitating a humanitarian crisis and setting conditions for possible war crimes, as he puts it, the president reiterating the notion that he is prepared to, in his words, destroy tu rkey‘s prepared to, in his words, destroy turkey's economy if it continues down this difficult and dangerous path. this statement clearly an attempt to assuage critics, among them many on his own side, his own party, about the white house's decision

the bbc‘s david willis has more from los angeles. embers, buildings have been destroyed. to the north of america's second—largest city, a major blaze is burning out of control. 1000 firemen are battling to control the saddle ridge fire. but it is a losing battle, fuelled by seasonal so—called santa ana winds, the blaze is moving at a rate of more than 800 acres an hour. at a wildlife centre, these horses got loose, but were corralled. other animals had to be led to safety. but of the 100,000 residents already evacuated, many were forced to leave their pets behind. you could see the flames north of our stable, and when we leave the stable to ride into the canyon we go out the back and there is a ridge right there, we call it rattlesnake ridge, and i could see the flames coming over that ridge, i said we have got to go. they won't thinking of this when they named california the golden state. it's ironic that many in the path of the flames had already been making do without electricity, as the power companies cut supply in order to prev

david willis reports.e most explosive yet of donald trump's impeachment enquiry. called from retirement to serve as america's top diplomat in ukraine, he said he arrived to find two separate channels of us policy making, the official channel, of which he was a part, and an unofficial one made up of the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani and others. their goal — to leverage millions of dollars in us aid money on an investigation by ukraine into president trump's political rivaljoe biden, whose son was doing business there. it amounted, mr taylor said in his opening statement, to "a rancorous story about whistleblowers, mr giuliani, side—channels, quid pro quos, corruption, and interference in elections". some see his testimony as a potential turning point. ambassador taylor — highly detailed credible account. that came across that he has a very steep recall of what has happened. and, remember, we're not asking people to recall something that three, four, five years ago, four, five years ago — we're t

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.e re nce in indonesia have been holding a news conference highlighting their findings into the lion air crash last year. all 189 people on board we re last year. all 189 people on board were killed and less than five months later, an ethiopian airlines plane of the same boeing model crash, resulting in the grounding of the boeing 737 max and causing a major financial headache for the world's biggest plane—maker. here to discuss the report's findings, the former british airways pilot and an aviation consultant. thank you for joining us. good morning. we have just had a statement from boeing on this but before we turn to that, let's get your view on the outcome of the investigation. as in all accidents, there are multiple factors that have caused the accident but central to all of this is the mcs system, a system which presses the nose of the aircraft down in the event of the angle of attack, or the aircraft's position in the air relative to the airflow, increasing beyond a certain level

david willis, our north american correspondent.ith long term health conditions, such as arthritis, are more likely to suffer pain on days when it's humid or windy. scientists at the university of manchester used a smartphone app to track the pain experienced by more than two—and—a—half thousand people across the uk while also mapping the local weather conditions. jayne mccubbin reports. three years ago, bbc breakfast launched an ambitious citizen science project with the university of manchester to find out if there was a link between weather and pain. we were using a smart app to track this. after the programme, 13,000 people joined the study. and the results are in. data from breakfast viewers has proven there is a link between weather and pain, and exactly how that link works. this didn't have anything to do with rain. what is it to do with then? we found pain is associated with high humidity and pain can also be higher if there were strong winds and if the pressure is low. it's all about the pressure? three things. it is high h

for more on this, let's talk to our north america correspondent david willis.ence behind closed doors, but it has been leaked?m has. william taylor is of course a career diplomat, he is somebody who has served both republican and democrat administrations since 1985. he came out of retirement to become america's top diplomat in the ukraine. hejustified america's top diplomat in the ukraine. he justified for more than nine hours on capitol hill today, and very damning evidence saying that very shortly after arriving in kiev to take up that position he became aware there were two channels, if you like, of us policy—making. the official channel of which he was a part, and the other, an unofficial channel made up of disparate characters such as the personal lawyer to president trump, rudy giuliani, and others he said the official channel was involved in basically security issues and corruption issues and so on in ukraine, the unofficial channel was devoted, it seemed, he said, to linking $400 million in aid money, foreign aid money to ukraine, to political favours.

from los angeles here's the bbc‘s david willis. this feels stupid, let it out of here.ght in the midst ofa television crew caught in the midst of a blaze that has destroyed thousands of acres of land. the fire, in california's one country, to the north of san francisco, brought down power lines and prompted the evacuation of more than 2000 people. the flames spread rapidly, fanned by seasonal so—called centre anna wins. —— centre. firefighters have resorted to dumping water from aircraft overhead. some here were already making do without electricity after the local company supply in the hope of preventing a repeat of fires caused by sparks from outdated equipment. although, it has been repeated at a fault with one of their transmission towers may have been to blame. california's outdated energy grid is clearly an issue the state governor finds irritating. energy grid is clearly an issue the state governor finds irritatingm is infuriating the odd words, to live in a state, as innovative and extraordinarily entrepreneurial and capable, as the state of california, to be li

i asked our north america correspondent, david willis, how significant this ruling is.it establishes the legality of the ongoing impeachment investigation in the house of representatives. mr trump and his allies had argued that that enquiry is illegitimate, all the time the house has not had a full vote on the matter. well, thejudge disagreed and she also established that members of congress will be allowed to view an unredacted version of special counsel robert mueller‘s report. now, previously only redacted versions had been available to members of congress. to give you some idea, it's a nearly 450—page report, robert mueller‘s effort there, and the first volume of two contains some 240 redactions. so there's clearly a lot of material in there which house democrats believe could possibly be of use to them as part of their ongoing impeachment investigation into president trump. what has been fascinating about this all week, david, is this argument about what should be public and what should be private. earlier on in the week, we had republicans saying that some of the

let speak to our north america correspondent david willis on this.ght back but much depends on how the democrats respond. is it likely to get more confrontational?” the democrats respond. is it likely to get more confrontational? i think it is. this may be just the start or a sign of things to come. we saw a group of about two dozen republican lawmakers are storming the impeachment enquiry in protest. they basically believe there is a lack of transparency to what is taking place and they believe there is an attempt behind closed doors to overturn the outcome of the last american presidential election. there protest succeeded in delaying proceedings by about five hours. but this contention that the proceedings are not transparent enough is a little difficult to swallow when you bear in mind that each of the three committees that form part of this impeachment investigation have republicans on them and they are granted equal time to question witnesses. added to wedge, the chairman of one of those committees, the house intelligent committee, adam schiff,

david willis reports. —— sophie long reports from california.ds spread flames and fear as california burns. with gus of up to 70 miles an hour, new places are sparked before others can be contained. the fire causing most concern is burning through famed vineyards at kincaid, about 70 miles north of san francisco. you could actually hear the wind coming down the canyon. it sounded like a rocket. another is the tick fire, about 30 miles north of los angeles. tens of thousands of people were told to evacuate, memories are evoked of the devastating wildfires of the past two years that killed more than 100 people. the threat to human life here is real. last year, the deadliest fire in california's history was sparked by the main energy company pg&e‘s cables. it cut off power to hundreds of thousands off power to hundreds of thousands of homes recently to prevent this from happening again but now it is a high—voltage tower supported damaged close to where the kincaid fire started. it is infuriating beyond words to live in a state is innovative and ext

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.er expert, normally my head in the clouds don't you said it! the solar wind has been quite strong which brings all the particles down into our atmosphere and it is channelled by the magnetic field around the earth. all getting stared to the north for the south pole, but in this case the north pole. when these particles hit our atmosphere they get rather excited and they bump into these molecules and they bump into these molecules and to give off light in their excitement. the green light is when they hit oxygen molecules, this wonderful glow. have you ever seen? i have dry a couple of times and i even i have dry a couple of times and i eve n we nt i have dry a couple of times and i even went to iceland but it was too crowded. no guarantee at all. particular times of year you are likely to see it? that's a very good question. i'm not sure. i'm not sure there is any particular time of year. obviously when you have longer nights then you have a better chance of seeing it, but i think ther

david? >> willie, the saudis from the very top, we do believe, the crown prince tried to silence a critic whoy at jamal khashoggi for more than a year, talked about various ways to silence him. finally it came down to silencing him by killing him. we think he was choked and then his body was dismembered brutally. a year later we're still talking about it. if they thought they were going to silence this voice, silence this criticism of the kingdom of repressive policies, the opposite has happened. i think that's one of the powerful things about the special section that fred has pulled together. you hear voices from all over the middle east expressing the same ideas about a more open society that our colleague, jamal, expressed in his column. if they wanted to silence him, it didn't happen. >> david, clearly the saudis were hoping that this general statement about accepting responsibility would somehow allow them to turn the corner, as you made clear it will not. what now though a year later, turning to policy, should the united states do? mbs is going to quite likely be the effective leader of

so they're just struggling to keep up. >> david, it's willie.night that summarized your reporting on this story were so arresting. a lot of people were talking about them last night given the specifics you had. i'm curious the time frame on this. we're only 48 hours out from the president's public announcement that the united states would step aside and let turkey go in. turkey clearly was ready to do this. what has been the reaction from the military, from the pentagon, from the special operators, for example, who have worked side by side with the sdf for all these months and now have to stand aside and watch what you describe as a potential massacre? >> willie, i think the only way you could put it is bitter disappointment. these people have seen brave allies fight because the united states asked them to. the kurds in syria have lost 11,000 dead, 24,000 wounded destroying this menace of isis. we in this same period, 2014 to now, have lost less than ten people. so the people who did the killing and the dying were these kurds, and for americans

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along with joe, willie and me, willie's in new york, we have "the washington post" bob costa joining us. jason johnson is still with us. heidi joins the set along with davidou all. great group this morning. >> you know, i get so tired, willie, of having people talk about, oh, whether they going to have their sister soldier moment talking about what bill clinton did in 1992. but i think in this case where everybody else on the stage is darting far left, biden is still sort of firmly in the center. this is a good move for mayor pete for a couple reasons. first of all, tell people what they can and can't do in their own churches is unconstitutional. kurt anderson was saying that. it's also pretty extreme. and also running around saying you're going to confiscate guns, probably not the best move, as mayor pete said. hey, we got 90% with us on expanded background checks, we've got a majority with us on banning military-style assault weapons, why don't we start there? so he's really trying to carve out his own space on the ideological spectrum there. i think it's a smart thing to do. >> yeah. and also, joe, on this day of the democratic debate, mayor pete is go

david ignatius, it is back. >> it is back and it is searching. i like the way willie team erupted with runs because they did. this team, as gene said, scores late in the game. you know, gene and i are not talking about a sweep, a four-game sweep. >> oh, my, that's so cute zb. >> let's play -- >> the atlanta braves went up 2-0 over the yankees in 1996, and i remember somebody, somebody said, "forget about the 1996 braves, let's talk about the 1927 yankees." that's how good this braves' team is. of course, willie, they lost the next four games to the yankees. >> all right. let's not jinx them. >> no, but in a washington where not a lot of things are going right, it is fun to have this team. >> we will get to all of the antics and stuff going on, but first the real issues facing the president. in defense against allegations that president trump froze $391 million in military aid intended for ukraine in order to pressure its government to carry out investigations for his political benefit, trump yesterday in a tweet, quoting republican congressman john radcliff, wrote tha

willie brown jr. he became as a delegate in the naacp chapter. in 2008, they held an exhibit called david johnson.nd this past june, david returned to jacksonville where he received more than 50 proclamations from national, state and civic communities for his contributions. the commission provided guidelines in the naming policy which sets forth a criteria that people may be recognized for their contributions to the city and the recreation and parks department. because of his significant contribution to creating an educational opportunity to capture the rich history of the fi fillmore, we would like to name the photo processing center, the david johnson photo processing lab and create a reading space in the lobby of the center. we have received over 100 letters in support of the request and there have been two community meetings held on friday, september 27 and thursday, october 10. based on the feedback from community members, organizations and rec and park department staff, the staff recommends that the photo processing lab at the harvey milk photo center be named the david johnson photo process

willie brown jr. he became as a delegate in the naacp chapter. in 2008, they held an exhibit called david johnson.nd this past june, david returned to jacksonville where he received more than 50 proclamations from national, state and civic communities for his contributions. the commission provided guidelines in the naming policy which sets forth a criteria that people may be recognized for their contributions to the city and the recreation and parks department. because of his significant contribution to creating an educational opportunity to capture the rich history of the fi fillmore, we would like to name the photo

willy voting. does that help or hurt democrats? does that help or hurt the president? >> i saw your interview with david axelrod earlier.got it right. this is uncharted water, we don't know. i think impeachment is bad for the country as a general rule. we never really want to do it until it's a last resort. it seems to be the last resort. the taylor also information is very, very sobering. i think the house and senate ought to do that duty in a thoughtful way. i think we should trust the american people. i think they can figure it out, make their own decision whether or not this is actually an offense that warrants some kind of conviction. even if there's not a conviction, they can make a decision about whether the information they learn about the president makes these more likely to vote about him or not. what i've hear is it makes it clear that the president and his team has used the power of the presidency -- i think the founding fathers thought that's out of bound and a very serious flag has to be thrown on that. what the congress is doing is going through the legal process, the house being ones that indict, the sen