i would imagine eliot engel voted for that.the end of the day the president was talking to zelensky about rooting out corruption. >> zelensky said there was nothing wrong with the call. and he got the money. he actually got the tax payer money. >> he only mentioned crowd striking and the bidens. it was clear also, the president asking the chinese to investigate joe biden. is that okay? >> that was a rhetorical thing he threw out there to get the press riled up. in the end what you're seeing democrats talking about is using impeachment to hurt trump's chances in 2020. the lead author of the articles of impeachment said if they don't impeach president trump, he will get re-elected. that's not why you have impeachment. it's for high crimes and misdemeanors. alexander hamilton warned about this, about impeachment being used for political advantage. they've not laid out a crime. president trump gave the money to ukraine. zelensky acknowledged that. current law that democrats voted for requires the president before he sends tax payer

i had the pleasure of meeting eliot late in his life. we were watching -- we were watching a series on espn, which was premiering. and he seemed like a very nice fellow. he was suffering from lyme disease then. but i -- when i first read "eight men out" when i would have been in high school, it was terrific. and it is a brilliant narrative. it is such a wonderfully written book, and it -- you just have the feeling that, okay, he's got it all. this is every detail in here. and it would be very hard for me to improve on it. when i was writing my rothstein book, that was the idea i had at the beginning. and then i tried to figure out the narrative and it just didn't make any sense whatsoever. if you took a look at the chronology of things and how things were supposed to happen. it just sort of fell apart. i wrote that in rothstein, respectfully. it was like this doesn't make sense. here's how the narrative really went down with arnold rothstein. but other people have pointed out, and i should have picked up on this, but i first read the boo

congressman engel: i'm eliot engel, congressman from new york.s chair of the house foreign affairs committee, i spend a lot of time focused on america's role in the world. and, we know that our foreign policy can and should be a force for good; rooted in our values, like supporting human rights and human dignity, and built on the power of partnerships and alliances. our country is strongest when we are standing with our friends around the world. and that's especially true when it comes to combatting some of the greatest global threats we face, like terrorism. so, what the president has done in syria over the past few weeks is devastating. he ed

congressman engel: i'm eliot engel, congressman from new york. as chair of the house foreign affairs committee, i spend a lot of time focused on america's role in the world. and, we know that our foreign policy can and should be a force for good; rooted in our values, like supporting human rights and human dignity, and built on the power of partnerships and alliances. our country is strongest when we are standing with our friends around the world. and that's especially true when it comes to combatting some of the greatest global threats we face, like terrorism. so, what the president has done in syria over the past few weeks is devastating. he handed a gift to russia, iran and isis, making us less safe. he started by giving turkey's thuggish leader, president erdogan, the greenlight to invade syria and attack america's loyal partners, the kurds. this went against the advice of our national security experts and military advisors, and it was a stab in the back to our faithful kurdish partners, who fought side-by-side with us against isis. what foll

congress as to the circumstances of her departure in the two letters spent -- sent to steny hoyer and eliot engel? sec. pompeo: as for hong kong, i think the administration has been pretty clear about our expectations for beijing. we have human rights standards we apply across the world. hong kong is no different. in addition, we have a commitment to the chinese government. their obligation is to maintain one country, two systems. that is what they need to work toward. congress has taken action. i will not get out in front of what the president will do before too long, but suffice to say i think the administration has been pretty unambiguous in their support for the chinese communist party's continued commitment to the promises that were made and i think you saw that from the people of hong kong this week. that is what they are asking for, the maintenance of the understandings that were committed to under international law. i don't have much to say with respect to the ukraine investigation other than this. we will continue to comply with all the legal roof airman's -- all the legal requirem

just slightly wetter last year remember eliot last year turned out. >>we didn't get a lot of rain so still long way to go here but certainly these temperatures are not helping out things very dry and it was very warm and spot 73 degrees today, downtown san francisco 10 degrees above the average 72 in oakland 75 degrees in san jose 76. in livermore 78 in ncord in the even 81 degrees today, almost 20 degrees above the average in santa rosa. outside right now we've got mostly clear skies things are going to begin to change though red flag warnings are going up as we get into wednesday early in the morning and into thursday to that are expting the strong gusty winds moran napa sonoma county also in the east bay hills to wahing for that as well tse winds strongest over the mountain tops we could see me gusts of 40 mae 50 miles per hour. maybe even some 60 mile an hour down below ough, even then s the many urban areas, those winds begin to pick up by tomorrow afternoon. and then they really get going on especially overnight on wednesday nht into early on th

we're joined by the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, new york democratic congressman eliotchairman, thanks for joining us. just explain, why were these two witnesses that are about to appear before the committee, why did they have to be subpoenaed? >> well, i think they had to be subpoenaed because we want to make sure that everything is done on the up and up. these people had no wish or desire one way or another to testify except to tell the truth as many of your guests have said. they're career diplomats and they have an impeccable record. and they are people that you can really trust and believe. i know the republicans are making a big deal out of it, but, frankly, they would make a big deal out of anybody who came to testify. i think when you talk about mr. taylor and mr. kent, they are consummate professionals and well thought of by everyone. and so i think we're going to listen to the testimony. i was at the private sessions and heard it. and i think that the american people can make up their minds for themselves. but these are very, very credible witnesses. and the r

and i've come to learn 'd about movement known as extinction with eliot these members believe that the only route to environmental change is for a people's rights. fearful for the planet their own heritage young people around the world are standing up and demanding a better future in the u.s. a growing and passionate group of youth is campaigning for urgent environmental action and the forces. the adults to listen to. what hockey go even how many. miles. this is to summarize movement. and speech just 2 years this group of activists most of whom are under 30 has grown 210-0000 members on but. not with them on. their strategy is clear to hot climate change by working within the system and lobbying politicians into pushing through legislative and economic before. i've come to boston to find out how the sunrise movement has become a force to be reckoned with in u.s. politics. leading the charge is 26 year old partially percussion. while studying in massachusetts she joined the university's fossil fuel divestment campaign before co-founding sunrise in 2015. so you've been at the sunrise mov

joins me live in the studio where it's discuss this further now eliot has there been any explanation of a why this happened hi again well for now no proper details but a leading bolivian t.v. provider called coulter explained their decision to take r.t. spanish off their list of channels through some kind of order that they got from what they called the company's administration listen to what they said this is a decision taken by the companies administration which touched us with shutting down the channels broadcast. so code is a private operator and it is the number one provider in that country bolivia the decision by the way follows a similar move by ecuador although there it was made by a public provider to r.t. spanish to take them off air pretty much which happened almost 2 weeks ago and moscow has demanded explanations from quito which for now it hasn't received in this particular case it's still unclear whether this is something that solely came from the company's management or whether this situation has something to do with the political situation in bolivia member that earli

foreign affairs chair eliot engel: >> by withholding that money, he's taking an asset the united states-- not a personal asset-- of the united states and withholding it to try to coerce the leader of another country to help him in his political election. i mean, if-- if that isn't crazy, then i don't know what is. >> o'donnell: nancy joins us from the hill. and, nancy, these public hearings will be must-see tv. who's going to testify? >> reporter: nothing is certain yet, but there are three names we tend to hear most frequently, norah. first of all, alex vindman. he was on the president's phone call and described it later as "improper." bill taylor, a top diplomat who expressed concerns about a quid pro quo. and ambassador marie yovanovitch, who was ousted by president trump. democrats say they want to focus on just a few witnesses who they believe can best describe this pressure campaign to the american public. >> o'donnell: nancy, thank you. we didn't see the president today, but he weighed in on twitter immediately after the vote. the president called the impeachment inquiry the grea

super there eliot coming up bulgaria and ukraine are in syria hated by comments from the french president on immigration i'll tell exactly what's got them hot under the collar here. right after this break. the people who are printing the money don't rely on taxes to get wealthy they're not part of the real economy that's the that's the same thing as saying the rulers of saudi arabia rely on the wages of people living in saudi arabia to get rich they they don't they just print more or pump more oil in the america the princes that run our economy just print more money they don't need the workers they don't need their taxes that's why they don't have wage growth that's why there's been this aeration because their own media. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. thinks . we. ask. him to post the time for a good morning where he wants you around the world next french president model mccrone was found himself in the midst of a diplomatic scandal after he made controversial remarks about clandestine gangs of both gary and ukrainian migrants from sudan busters the 2 countries have

foreign affairs chair eliot engel. >> by withholding that money, he is taking an asset of the unitedot a personal asset, of the united states, and withholding it to try to coerce the leader of another country to help him in his political election. i mean, if that isn't crazy, then i don't know what is. >>> president trump tweeted that the impeachment resolution is, quote, the greatest witch hunt in american history, ending that statement with an exclamation point. ben tracy has more from the white house. >> this president is good for the country and we are going to keep working and they can continue their sham. >> reporter: white house press secretary stephanie grisham dismissed the now formal impeachment. inquiry as illegitimate, even though the white house said it voted. >> we already released a transcript showing the president did absolutely nothing wrong. >> reporter: president trump later met with republican lawmakers who said mr. trump was in a jovial mood. in a british radio interview today, the president bragged about his strong republican support. >> i didn't have one negati

i often think of the eliot spitzer case where there was a patriot act that expanded basic reporting and ended up eating a so-called suspicious activity report about the use of $6,000. that doesn't need any kind of standard of reportin reporting s suspicious to somebody so they report that. that fact alone that governor spitzer had used $6,000 of his own money justified to the fbi opening a typical corruption case that involved incredibly dangerous activity having a governor that has a protective detail being followed by an fbi detailed of which are armed and designed to fight the other. it's like an incredibly dangerous situation for very little justification in fact when you go to the indictment, he was never charged with any crime, they charged a call girl organization and if you go through the indictment, each client is just numbered and has a paragraph or two describing their activity until you get to client number nine and there was egregious detail that was clearly designed just to embarrass and effectively cause the governor to resign. in other situations you could find just as e

chairman eliot engel of new york made the democratic address , highlighting a bill that imposes sanctions on turkey for its invasion on northern syria following the president's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the region.

congressman eliot engel saying that will wrap up this week and transcripts of those depositions willreleased. and congressman jim hines saying he expects testimony to begin in a couple of weeks. welcome to you. i want to ask you what you thought about the president, all that he said in those 10, 11 minutes there on the white house lawn on his way back to new york. john, you first in terms of what you heard from the president. what stood out most to you? >> i think felipe in your previous segment almost everything the president said was untrue. support for impeachment has been rising. the whistle-blower's account of the phone call has been vindicated. almost everything the whistle-blower has said in terms of the overall thrust of what happened has been vindicated. and i also thought it was shocking that the president continues to call for outing the identity of the whistle-blower. the whistle-blower statute has been designed to protect people from calling out wrongdoing. obviously, it would put that person in jeopardy if the person is outed. though, it's not surprising that this presi

>> the three house chairs of the relevant committees, adam schiff, eliot engel and ambassador taylor's testimony lays a fair the shadowed policy -- with the assistance of ambassadors sondland and volker placed pressure on the ukrainian government to accomplish the presidents goal. and, on the other side, one of the presidents principal defenders, north carolina republican congressman mark meadows. >> the testimony that we are hearing today is getting easier to defend the president from the standpoint that there is no linkage between aid. in fact what we are hearing today is this is part of a broader analysis, or in general in terms of what we should do. it wasn't just the ukraine. >> the number three official at the state department david hale is answering questions behind closed doors. >> shannon: it goes public next week as you said. our team fox coverage continues. busy day at the white house john. >> and that seems to track fairly closely. the white house might be well aware of that and the white house is so far saying that in all of its transcripts there's really no blood here. an

jerry nadler and eliot engel is from new york.oversees appropriation, that wall that he wants so much and chuck schumer is from new york. many more antagonists than more ways than one. >> can you imagine life for him if he was in new york after leaving the presidency in this extremely liberal town? >> in addition to the anning to onnists in congress there are millions of new yorkers that don't like donald trump. the vast majority of new yorkers doan like donald trump. that is not something he's comfortable with or lived through and that is in your face way so it is not a surprise to me. >> it is not. and it is why nba players and the miami heat are in the mix for every nba guy who is a free agent because of the lack of texas a -- the lack of taxes and then texas. and new york is so core to how e defines himself. i build the biggest buildings. like the whole opening to the apprentice and the big buildings and the helicopters and he prides from the brashness and the kind of like, this is how we do it here in the big city, i get why

it would, it's what gave eliot spitzer in his day so much power over wall street, why everybody was lookingto go after the wall street firms and conflicts of interest under the martin act, and he could win in court under that. particularly in new york state court. if she wants to really focus on adam newman and wework given everything we know, and including -- there's a statement from wework, you know, says what you would expect it to say, we received an inquiry from the office of the new york a.g., and we are cooperating. of course they're cooperating. if she wants to go after them, she's got the tools to really turn the screws. i'm not saying she will, she's very, spread very thin. but under that martin act, i mean, think about it, he left with a billion dollar golden parachute after the thing went from a $47 billion valuation -- liz: can i use your quote? consulting. he gets paid to be a consultant. >> he passed up the jpmorgan bank financing deal for this deal with softbank which threw him more money and actually paid him. if he wants to go there, this thing could get very ugly for wewo

the acting chair of the oversight committee and eliot engel, the chair of the foreign affairs committee. two transcripts released today. this is important because it's the first time i get a look behind that closed the door the intelligence committee where for weeks now they've been having these closed-door depositions and interviews. this is a key turning point in this impeachment investigation and paves the groundwork for other transcripts to come out in the next couple weeks and also public hearings. i'm going to redo this statement from those committee chairs. the transcripts of interviews and ambassadors, marie yovanovitch, the former ambassador to the ukraine and david mckinley, an ambassador to the state department advisor here, demonstrate clearly how president trump approved the removal of a highly respected and effective diplomat based on public falsehoods and smears against ambassador yvonn marie yovanovitch's character. now i'm going to go here again, we are looking at this in real time, looks like we have, kind of a compendium about what is said here and i'm just kind of lo

behavior some deemed to be the psychiatric association, at the root of that is a psychiatric and mental eliot had issues it's both, but either way the consequences should match the offen offense. >> tell me the best procedure, in your judgment, and you've got a lot of experience and i can tell from your testimony today that you know what you're talking about. i think most people would agree that justice sometimes has to be tempered with mercy. in the federal prison system how best do we do that? and who should do it? >> senator, as i mentioned earlier, we have no control over who comes into our institutions or when they get out and so coming in and going out. >> you're queen for a day. forget about the current law. >> within our institution, we all have the responsibility to treat our-- to treat our inmates with mercy and compassion because as i said earlier, we believe that an inmate's reentry journey-- >> excuse me for interrupting, but our time is so limited. i'm talking in terms of determining when somebody should get out early. >> that's-- we don't have control over when someone gets out