shery: josh gallu in washington.e impeachment saga unfold and the white house says it will not dissipate in the impeachment inquiry. give us more details. josh: today, there was a lot going on today in washington with president trump because it began with him trying to walk back some of the things he said about turkey and trying to get back in good standing with the republicans in capitol hill who he needs right now to protect him from this impeachment inquiry. by the end of the day, he had basically made amends with many of them. then by early evening, the white house had sent a letter to capitol hill, essentially telling house speaker nancy pelosi that they are not going to cooperate with the inquiry at all. they said president trump will not, members of his administration will not. they will not provide documents, testimony. this is drawing a line in the sand and signaling they are ready to basically oppose anything they are doing in the house related to this inquiry. they said they have been denied due process be

in this sprawling complex the prince celebrated lavish gallus court balls and masquerades that often went on for days. today that spain are houses several collections started or greatly expanded by augustus the strong one is the old masters picture gallery among the masterpieces to be seen here a raphael sistine madonna with its world famous details the collection focuses on great works from the 15th to the 18th centuries. from titian to rim brand that's finger hosts great names of art history much to augustus the strongs credit. the prince elector also to create a thorough renovation for the dresden castle. he had the state apartments installed now after being closed for over 70 years they've reopened to the public. after world war 2 bombing the dresden castle was just a shell reconstruction only began piece by piece in 1986 the painstaking restoration of the state department is yet another phase in a long process. of the dresden armory started by saxon dukes and electors has been open to the public since 2013. incidentally augustus the strong was not quite as good a commander in wa

paul: white house editor josh gallu, thanks for joining us. let's check the first word news. says he willell resume buying treasury ofurities to avoid a repeat recent turmoil in money markets, while leaving options open on interest rates. he indicated the purchases would be made up of treasury bills and stressed it should not be seen as a return of crisis era qe. three month yields fell on his comments while the dollar rose. >> i want to emphasize that the growth of our balance sheet should in no way be confused with the large-scale asset purchase programs that we deployed after the financial crisis. neither the recent technical issues nor the purchases of treasury bills should materially alter the monetary policy. >> the philippine central bank governor says he has likely finished cutting rates for this year but could still use policy by reducing the funds lenders must hold in reserve. scheduled policy meetings before the end of the year. last month it lowered the overnight borrowing rate to 4%, the third rate cut this year as the economy grows at its lowest pace since 2015.