and elsewhere in latin america people were taken to the streets and i didn't heena and chilling to protest against economic reforms and a higher cost of living. i. i cost of living was also a major issue for zimbabweans the protests were triggered by a 130 percent fuel price hike and that on the country's declining standard of living prompted people to take to the streets throughout the year the. u.s. plane make a boeing also dominated headlines this year it started last march with a fatal plane crash in ethiopia. the 2nd for it 737 max at 1st the company tried to deny responsibility but air transportation authorities were soon ordering the grounding of a 737 max its best selling aircraft within weeks of the incident since then the plane maker has been mired in a crisis in december boeing said it was holding production of the 737 max and c.e.o. dennis mullen berg was ousted new seal david calhoun will now face the task of engineering a turnaround and rescuing started reputation. it's been a busy year for the markets across the world but it appears the u.s. markets have managed to ride out

impeachment of a sitting us president joining us now the studios inside the area politics host catherine heenatest on these impeachment charges cafe and ken and m it is official are basically president trump he could soon joined the ranks of 2 other impeached us president after jerry nadler of new york and otr house leaders announced articles of impeachment against him. today, adam schiff of california, he defended the abuse ofower and obstruction and and the destruction of congress, those 2 articles which democrats drafted but republican steve scalise argues that house mocrats are the ones abusing their power. >>they're impeaching him because they're afraid he will get reelected. >>and then trump. he's insisting, he's doneothing wrong. he is still calling the entire process a witch hunt focusing he says on the 2020 election. if there is a sete tal it would probably begin in january. the white house sa that is not worried about that. but white house press sretary stephanie grisham won't say how much the administration will paticipate. >>i'm not gonna get ahead of the legal strategy, but you ca