lukens and other diplomats deeply unsettled. mr. lukens, who served as the acting ambassador before woody johnson arrived in 2017, emailed officials at the state department to tell them what had happened, colleagues said. a few months later, mr. johnson forced out mr. lukens, a career diplomat, shortly before his term was to end. and i know what you're thinking, right? president trump using his power as president, using the u.s. government to pressure a foreign government to do him a favor, using the office of the presidency to benefit himself. career civil servants forced if their posts after raising alarms we have seen a version of this movie before the last time it ended with him being impeached in december. but what this now report in "the new york times" tonight describes does differ from the ukraine debacle in one key way when president trump was pressuring the ukrainian government, using the powers of the u.s. government to pressure the ukrainian government to give him dirt on joe biden that he could use in the election, he w

lukens, a career diplomat, shortly before his term was to end. and i know what you're thinking, right? president trump using his power as president, using the u.s. government to pressure a foreign government to do him a favor using the office of the presidency to benefit himself. career civil servants forced from their posts after raising alarmi alarms about what was happening. we have seen this version of the movie before, right, we have the last time it ended with him being impeached. the new report in "the new york times" does differ from the ukraine dedebacle in one key way. when president trump was pressuring the ukrainian government, using the powers of the u.s. government to pressure the ukrainian government to give him dirt on joe biden that he could use in the election, he was pushing that foreign government for a political favor. what he appears to have been trying to get from the british government here was money. was a business favor for his business was a basically a personal financial favor that would put money in his own pocket. he

lukens says johnson still pitched the idea to scotland's secretary of state david mundell. a spokesperson for the british government says that conversation never happened. >> no, i never spoke to woody johnson about that, about turnberry. turnberry is a highly respected course, as you know, one of the best in the world. >> reporter: but the president has not been shy about using his stature to promote his own properties. just last year, he chose his doral resort in miami to hold the g7 summit. >> we have a series of magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows. they each hold from 50 to 70, very luxurious rooms with magnificent views. >> reporter: eventually, facing withering criticism, the president reversed course. david, tonight, the ambassador to the uk, woody johnson, is also under fire, accused of making racist and sexist remarks. one report claiming he said he prefers to work with women, because they are cheaper and work harder than men. tonight, johnson is denying those allegations. david? >> our white house correspondent rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you. hr

there's a $2 trillion spread between democrats and ripple lukens -- and republicans. is it the base case that we get something done in the next two weeks? sam: yes. i think they do get something done. they realize they have to do something. i think it is in their best interest for the incumbents who want to get reelected. but at the same time, they don't want to be tagged as a laggard dragging back both monetary and fiscal stimulus that is required, especially as corunna cases are ramping up again. cases are ramping up once again. tom: i want to go to the dynamics of the sectors you study each and every day. what is the message we can glean by the absolute and relative performance of sectors right now? sam: well, that tech is your friend, and the old adage is the trend is your friend, so you will stick with it until it ends. technology, as we have been seeing, is doing exceptionally well, not only just in terms of price, but also in terms of fundamentals yet expectations are that earnings will decline, but in the single digits, as compared with a 45% shortfall for thi

right now, the white house is listening to rob luken requests for the cdc, state department, and relatingom a cure here and there's many areas of disagreements but republicans have looked at that and see where the he's going to come and they're taking this virus seriously. if the president is not enough and they've been messaging him this for weeks like senator mcconnell, and alexander the head of the health institution. calling into the sunday and the cries for help are very loud as they go on. but there acknowledging that it's a disaster and we are still behind 24 countries. and they face the voters in november they want to see a decrease. >> bret: senator mcconnell mentioned that in the oval office and chris, you mention fighting for liability protections for businesses and that will be a big part for him. >> yeah, and mitch mcconnell is the guy who gets it done in washington. at least on the republican side. when it comes down to it, mcconnell has made it clear that he has been unusually loquacious for the senate majority leader in talking about what this will be and it isn't going to

once ruth lukens figure out what they want they can go to conference with the house which has a much,sive bill but the point is we are running out of time. at the end of this month is when the supplemental unemployment benefits run out. there are people in states all over the country where the eviction bands are going to end soon and the economy is not getting better right now and congress needs to act fast. >> bret: guy, the unemployment benefits are a question. a disparity inside the administration with -- whether to continue this $600. the president saying maybe would be a percentage, scale it back but it seems like there is some negotiation ongoing. >> there is a very real concern that there's a lot of members of the workforce that are getting paid more not to work so there's not an incentive to go back to work which is obviously not the way it should work. there are people who do need additional help so the president dodged the question, won't he accept? $600, or $300. could they meet in the middle? i will say briefly the sound bite that you played from chuck schumer, democratic

lukens says johnson still pitched the idea to scotland's secretary of state david mendel.erson for the british government says that conversation never happened. >> no, i never spoke to woody johnson about that, turnberry's a highly respected course as you know, one of the best in the world. >> reporter: but the president has not been shy about using his stature to promote his own properties. just last year he chose his doral resort in miami to hold the g7 summit. >> we have a series of magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows. they each hold from 50 to 70 very luxurious rooms with magnificent views. >> reporter: eventually facing withering criticism, the president reversed course. the ambassador to the u.k., woody johnson, is also under fire, accused of making racist and sexist reports. one report claiming he said he prefers to work with women because they are cheaper and work harder than men. >>> three people have been arrested in connection with the brutal murders of three friends at a florida fishing spot. the polk county sheriff's office says t.j. wiggins pulled t