mike hanna joins us live from the white house so mike we've just heard more from president trump what else did he say . well those were the words that we heard repeatedly in the course of the afternoon coke's he described the impeachment investigation fraudulent crime was another colorful phrase that he used to describe certainly president trump absolutely furious at the ongoing investigation lashing out at the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff who is in fact the face of this ongoing impeachment process but president making very clear he believes that this whole process is indeed a sham it's notable that on a number of occasions in the course of his meeting with the finnish president he brought up the issue of the phone conversation the record of the phone conversation he had with the ukrainian president now he referred to it as a transcript repeatedly he referred to the detailed skills use of the stenographer who wrote down every word well here's a bit of an issue it was not a transcript of the conversation that the white house handed out as it made very clear it

democrats have already warned that any stonewalling will be viewed as an obstruction of justice mike hanna reports. ambassador sunderland had flown back from brussels and was eager to appear agreement for the deposition had been reached to the state department but then at half past midnight a voicemail was left on someone's lawyers phone saying the trumpet ministration would not allow him to give evidence the failure to produce this witness. the failure to produce these documents. we consider yet additional strong evidence of structuring of the constitutional functions of congress a co-equal branch of government republican committee members all back to the white house move what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court and chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo there was no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to buy the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed o

allegations from top democrats that his tweets have intimidated witnesses in the impeachment inquiry mike hanna joining us from just outside the white house what does the president have to say mike. well the president spent about 17 minutes of a photo opportunity with the finnish president ranting about the ongoing persecution as he puts it up himself saying that the letter that you know the conversation he had with the ukrainian president which has been the center of mass of controversy and indeed impeachment proceedings was as he once again put to perfect president trump very feisty in angry at some points insisting that he had done nothing wrong insisting that the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff had to lie about the contents of that particular letter when he read it out to congress so certainly president trump absolutely infuriated about the ongoing pressure to bear against him and his administration as the house continues its impeachment process and how worried is the white house my plans for the house committee to issue a subpoena for documents related to ukraine as p

through the ballot box or by a successful impeachment trial of the president before the senate mike hanna al-jazeera washington or so you heard there in mike's report about some of the attempts by members of the u.s. congress to censure saudi arabia over jamal khashoggi lindsey graham very prominent republican was one of them another congressman jim mcgovern a democrat from massachusetts who i spoke to as he and his colleagues in washington recently were holding their own events. he's not telling the truth and that you know our u.s. intelligence has even raised the issue that the crown prince had direct knowledge of what happened this wouldn't have happened without the crown prince's permission so i don't buy it at all and we're here because we believe one year after there still needs to be accountability how do you view accountability in the case of the united states of the congress there of the leadership there well i mean what i think the united states congress and the administration should do is we should stop all arms sales to saudi arabia and all military assistance congress in a bi

let's now bring in mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. so on the very latest mike on what president trump has been tweeting about the situation. well president trump is making very clear that he's intent on imposing sanctions against turkey and coming days he's backed in this by congress congress has been vociferously critical of president trump's decision to withdraw all forces from northern syria something that he did a week ago the remnants of u.s. troops leaving in the last 24 hours but in particular lindsey graham a senator on the foreign relations committee has been very very critical of the president but now he's been tweeting that with the president's assistance and with the president's cooperation congress will be launching sanctions against turkey in the next few days now the instruments have already been put in place on friday the treasury secretary steve newton said that president had authorized him to impose sanctions by executive order at any stage so certainly president trump appears to be lining up some form of retaliatory

leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who was working in ukraine mike hanna joins us live from washington d.c. mike this seems like a pretty heavy testimony that she had tell us more about a rabbit it's. well it was behind closed doors but what did happen is that her opening statement to to the congressional committee was leaked to before and in a very very critical of the trump administration insisting that who recall was manipulated by those with questionable motives as she put it she insisted that her recall came under the direct instruction of president trump she points out though that if she was recalled in may this year that is before that infamous phone call that president trump filled to the ukrainian president which is at the center of these ongoing impeachment investigations but certainly she would have provided to congress some of the details that to lead to that phone call and some of the negotiations that were carried out by among others the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani so she was actually it's our understanding the night before he

those messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry when mike hanna joining us from washington d.c. so songlines testimony is really regarded as quite key mike is it not. it is indeed it provides a link in that line of communication that led to the phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine in which allegedly he attempted to use political pressure on that ukrainian president financial pressure that is to provide political dirt on his opponent in the 2020 elections now what's significant about this as well is that and best of us on the land was keen to go before the committee is lawyer says he's deeply disappointed that he's been prevented from doing so by the state department of which he's still an employee sunderland had in fact flown from brussels yesterday members of the committee who are on recess at all come into washington for this meeting the chair of the committees says that they had been discussions of department of state yesterday afternoon and into the evening and it appears that it was all go for this hearing however j

lead have been engaged in this what we will continue to do even one of us noises going on well mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c. at mike just how significant is it that might compare was on that particular call well it had been widely reported that he was but confirmation by the secretary of state makes one thing very certain and that is that the congressional committees investigating impeachment are going to argue very strongly that the secretary of state has got to recuse himself from engaging in the process otherwise there is a conflict of interest the congressional committees will be very strongly that the secretary of state himself is a subject of investigation and as such has got to hand over control of state department with regard to the ongoing investigation to his deputy because of this conflict pay are making very clear that this is unlikely to be the case throwing a blanket a restraint on members the state department to go before those congressional committees at this particular point the problem here of course is that the constitution doesn't make much provisio

subpoena has now been issued calling on ambassador sutherland to appear with all these documents mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well the u.s. senate intelligence committee has found that russia was behind essential media to see information campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to say a division and to spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chase trace the accounts to the internet research agency that's a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin it echoes findings of the report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the internet research agency. now an aide to turkey is president has told the reuters news agency that a military intervention against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces all the s.d.f. in northern syria is about to begin turkish troops gathering near the syrian border in preparation for an offensive against the kurdish led s.d.f. it follows a preemptive strike by ankara which targeted the syrian i

politics and put a spotlight on washington and riyadh close relationship mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . a gathering on capitol hill to remember. the event arranged by the project on middle east to mark received the same organization that hosted the journalist last public appearance in the u.s. before he traveled to turkey and his death. just over a year ago he was full of praise for the saudi crown prince crown prince thank you very much the day before mohammed when solomon had paid a visit to the white house a slight smile on his face as president trump outlined the financial importance of the saudi relationship some of the things that have been approved and are currently under construction and will be delivered to certain area very soon but many in congress had a different view on the value of the relationship expressing deep concern about the saudi war in yemen there was always deep tension between congress and the white house on the issue of saudi arabia the war in yemen just one of the reasons stretching back to the involvement of saudi nationals in the $911.00 attacks the m

subpoena has now been issued calling on ambassador sunderland to appear with all these documents mike hanna. washington. there have been passionate scenes outside columbia's supreme court by supporters and opponents of former president. he testified on tuesday as part of a deeply divisive investigation into whether he participated in witness tampering and bribery it's the 1st time a former president has been called before a court on allegations that could lead to criminal charges and reports from bogota i surrounded by bodyguards and political allies former colombian president climbed the stairs at the supreme court on tuesday with the country collectively holding its breath. for the 1st time a former colombian president could be facing criminal charges as supporters and opponents of the still popular right wing leader confronted each other in front of the tribute i protest years calling him a criminal and the beast as as his supporters are known trying to silence them with horns. it was god we came here today to finally demand justice from our system alberto urrea is an assassin who belong

off we go to washington now mike hanna is there for might the united states clearly there is a a presence there but there's still so much talk about the abandonment of the kurds there how's it all being brought together by the white house at the moment well indeed yes there's been intense criticism of president trump even from his own loyal supporters for his decision to pull all u.s. forces out of northern syria the situation now is that president trump is threatening to impose sanctions the congress is insisting that it may well back him in terms of introducing sanctions in days to come but president trump also been tweeting in the course of the day on the assertion that the kurds may be releasing eisel prisoners in an attempt to get u.s. forces to reengage in that particular region this is what his tweet says could maybe releasing some to get us involved easily recaptured by turkey or european nations from where many came but they should move quickly big sanctions on turkey coming do people really think we should go to war with nato member turkey never ending wars will end that last se

messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry let's bring in mike hanna who's joining us from washington d.c. with the latest on this story and i suppose the question is is why will fall on testimony regarded as a so important mike well because he was central to that process that led to the tram phone call to the ukrainian president and what congress is trying to find out is whether this was part of a process to bring pressure to bear on the ukrainian president to provide political material to the u.s. president on one of his rivals within the 2028 election sunderland's evidence was very important in that he was party to the decision making among the group who are attempting to communicate to the ukraine president as well as communicating with the u.s. president during that particular process so clearly this is a very important element in the chain of communication that led to the phone call between president tram and his ukrainian counterpart so where does the investigation go to next. well we heard there from the chairman of the intelligence committee a

subpoena has now been issued calling on ambassador sunderland to appear with all these documents mike hanna just. washington. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has found russia was behind a social media disinform ation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to sow division and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chiefs traced the accounts to the internet research agency a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin with echo's findings in the miller report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the ira al jazeera source in jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. said rowles did we learn anything new in this report. well i think there was a lot of information that was already out in the media that many people knew about this disinform ation campaign that was waged during the 2016 election and this report from the intelligence committee on the senate side did confirm that the efforts of the internet research

mike hanna washington.now jeff house has a noir executive director of the revolving door project at center for economic and policy research and he says despite the white house's intimidating behavior more whistleblowers will come forward it's contested right now to see how many whistleblowers would be willing to come forward it's clear that there is an effort by the white house to discourage whistle blowing and it's clear that to the extent to which the name of any was or borkum you come public that individual should expect torrent of abuse and that is awful you cannot really have a lawful society in which people who are bringing forth evidence of abuses by superior officials feel threatened but that is what's going on and so i don't know how many whistleblowers going to be willing to come forward despite the directives from the trumpet ministration but i suspect some more will they're ready is evidence of that but it's not entirely clear and i do think it is something that congress can do is to impeach on

in the straight and blocked a diplomat at the center of the inquiry from testifying to congress mike hanna has more. ambassador sunderland had flown back from brussels and was eager to appear agreement for the deposition had been reached to the state department but then at half past midnight a voicemail was left on someone's lawyers phone saying the trumpet ministration would not allow him to give evidence the failure to produce this witness. the failure to produce these documents. we consider yet additional strong evidence of structure and of the constitutional functions of congress a co-equal branch of government republican committee members all back to the white house move what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court in chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo and there's no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to by the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowe

together are likely to see large noise coming out of the congress when they return from their recess mike hanna with the latest on that developing story mike for the moment thank you. well meanwhile iran says one of its oil tankers has been struck off the coast of saudi arabia the state news agency says the vessel which is known as disability was hit by 2 missiles in the space of half an hour the ship was sailing 100 kilometers off the saudi port city of jeddah it's now under way again and the crew are reported to be safe send us ravi has more from tehran. iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of its oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpet

experienced chest pains doctors say he's received treatment for a blocked artery let's bring in mike hanna also joining us from washington to tell us what you're hearing about bernie sanders and his health. well then he's on his campaign says all campaign activities have been suspended until further notice as they put it they say though that he is in very good spirits but obviously this is going to have a major impact on his campaign remembering that bernie sanders turned $78.00 on the 8th of last month so clearly among voters that would be concerned about his advanced age there was one particular stage introducing health issues as well may certainly have a major impact on the race for the candid to see for president bernie sanders has been tailing in the polls behind joe biden fighting it out with elizabeth warren for 2nd and 3rd place but certainly this is going to have an impact on the campaign in the days and weeks to come he certainly was very active mike when it came to the campaigning he just announced a couple of days ago that he had raised 20 $5300000.00 in the 3rd quarter and tha

who said to have 1st hand knowledge of a phone call between trump and the ukrainian president's mike hanna joining us from capitol hill so why are these subpoenas mike. will the remarks at the committees are investigating ultimately is where the president trump used his position to get political on an opponent in the united states from the leader of a foreign country now what this has to do with is that the acting head of the white house budget. committee as well as the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was directed to go to the pentagon to persuade them to put a hold on military assistance to ukraine which had already been approved by congress now the significance of this it came at a time of that conversation that president trump hailed with the president of the united with the president of ukraine and also at the same time as his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was actually engaging with ukrainian leaders in a bid to get the ukrainian leader to investigate joe biden and his son hunter so what the committees here on the hill are looking at is where the this is part of that quid pro quo w

into investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who have business interests there mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you have one of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing i

leader into and besta gating as democratic rival joe biden and his son who was working in ukraine mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you've done of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of the opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearin

ukraine's a leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who worked there mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you have one of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a nun.

council was told the situational the ground has been made worse by turkey's military offensive mike hanna has more from the u.n. . this was to be the regular monthly humanitarian briefing on the situation in syria but again 10 added significance given the events of the past 2 weeks in particular the turkish military operation in northeastern syria the council was told that this has made a desperate humanitarian situation even worse in the past 2 weeks some 180000 people are being displaced including 80000 children the united nations remain deeply concerned about the prospects of further hostilities along the turkish syrian border and the impact on civilians including further displacements the latest surge in hostilities in north northeast syria compounds an already dire humanitarian situation a terse exchange between the german and russian ambassadors a reminder that the security council remains deeply divided on the situation in syria and they will also bar the words from the turkish ambassador to his syrian counterpart on a rare cation when the 2 were in the same chamber the one point o

fiona hill who resigned days before trump crane's president to investigate joe biden and his son mike hanna has the latest from washington. yet another official from the trap administration has defied the presidential boycott of the going impeachment proceedings and arrived to give evidence before 3 separate congressional committees he is george kent an assistant secretary of state with responsibility in europe very much an expert on the ukraine now the committee is unlikely to be questioning him about evidence they'd heard yesterday from another ukraine expert and russian expert fiona hill who was a member of the national security council before reining in resigning shortly before president trump's conversation with the ukraine president now according to several sources fiona hill spoke about a shadow state department that was a stablished outside normal state department protocols to deal with the ukraine and to bring pressure to bear on the ukrainian president now this was headed she says by donald sunderland a trump a donor and ambassador to the european union also involving rudy giulian

allegations that the us president tried to pressure ukraine to dig dirt on his democratic rival mike hannahas more from washington d.c. . it's got to be understood is that this is essentially and in the end a constitutional issue what is going on here is a virtually unprecedented struggle between branches of government congress on the one hand the executive the administration on the other now the constitution makes very clear that these bodies are equal as chairman schiff pointed out however the white house is contending that somehow the executive has greater power basically daring congress to take some form of punitive action within which the the constitution it does not have it does have the right to argue obstruction of justice the u.k. may threaten to withhold security cooperation from the european union if it doesn't get a deal soon according to the spectator magazine and then has incited british government sources saying downing street will take an aggressive stance of talks break. for hundreds of algerians and marching through the capital and other cities protesting against presiden

mike hanna washington. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has found russia was behind a social media disinform ation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the report outlines how social media platforms were used to sow division and spread fake news in efforts to get donald trump elected also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . the report from the senate intelligence committee is part 2 of its investigation into illegal foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election as many people already know it was the internet research agency run by a man with very close ties to the kremlin that was behind the massive social media manipulation that was designed one to destroy political support for hillary clinton the democratic nominee to to build political support for donald trump the republican nominee who is now the us president and 3 something that many people did not know before now to want to destroy the reputations of those republicans running against mr trump including the u.s. sen

those messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry mike hanna has more from washington. ambassador sunderland's lawyer says he's deeply disappointed not to appear before the congressional committee he was willing and ready to do so he flew in from brussels in the palm course of the past 24 hours to give his evidence and to the chair of the intelligence committee adam schiff says there have been discussed ins with the department of state in the course of yesterday and into the evening and they appeared to be no problem then just hours before the hearing was due to begin the instruction came down that ambassador sunderland was no longer allowed to appear this would appear given this chain of events the instruction came from the executive from the white house rather than from state department itself well democrats on the congressional committees absolutely incensed by what they see as yet another attempt to obstruct justice and it's very clear that there is a move now to collect all these details off the white house obstructing the process into wha

ukraine's leader into in investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who worked there mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you've done of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of her opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing in c

obstruction of justice charges that could be added into final articles of impeachment against president mike hanna thank you very much indeed. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has found russia was behind a social media distance from ation campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee report outlines how social media platforms were used to so division and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chiefs trace the accounts to the internet research agency a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin it echoes findings in the miller report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the ira. still to come on al-jazeera the promise of jobs to stop widespread protests now iraqis are demanding the government follows through with its plan. freshman not in jail and straight back to the streets we speak to one u.k. climate activist undeterred by the police response to extinction rebellion. still got some rather lively showers around central parts of the mediterranean sea this area cloud here just

subpoena has now been issued calling on ambassador sunderland to appear with all these documents mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and saying in the u.s. the senate intelligence committee has found that russia was behind essential media this information campaign designed to influence the 2016 presidential election the committee ripple of outlines how seychelle media platforms we used to say division and spread fake news in an effort to get donald trump elected u.s. intelligence chiefs trace a accounts to the internet reset agency that's a russian organization widely believed to be directed by the kremlin and it echoes findings in the report which led to the indictment of 12 russian nationals linked to the internet or says changes say. now among a similar is a senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center he says there's bipartisan consensus that russia into fit in the 2016 action this report is not is repetitive and that it asserts that russia it was not only involved in a campaign to undermine u.s. democracy and it lays out in excruciating $85.00 page detail how the internet resea

mike hanna thank you very much indeed. taking place in several cities around the world ben smith spoke to some demonstrations in abbeville in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region a little love lost here between the kurds in this part of northern iraq kurdish controlled parts of northern iraq and the turkish authorities the crowd has been chanting one terrorist or one terrorist and there is also a real feeling here of betrayal by the americans the kurds here saying that one day they are leading the fight with the americans against i saw and then the next day has been about. this 5 of them in the isis. was. 30. 3 you surprised by what the americans did of course everyone is surprised that america was by sight of kurdish rebels by crusade with the storm help for critters and where they leave kurdish arrows aba. residents and it was crazy because in one night every one of them was strangers it's a chance for turkey to dominate us and kill the kurdish people so the american government has always promised our protection but now

whistle blowers lawyer is a big democrat the whistleblower has ties to one of my democratic opponents mike hanna joins us now from washington d.c. and of course it seems very much that the president is on the warpath anees well he wants blood doesn't. well indeed yes it appears that the president hasn't declared war on congress his counsel sending congress or sending the speaker of the house a fiery 8 page letter in which it was outlined the problems that the white house has with this ongoing impeachment investigation essentially the white house is claiming that there is no constitutional basis to the investigation that there is no due process involved and that congress needs to vote to start an impeachment process all of which has been completely dismissed by the speaker of the house nancy pelosi in a very strong response she denied that there was any need to hold a vote in the house to conclude or to carry out the impeachment investigation she also insisted that the president is not above the law he will be held accountable so these are yet another round of solvers in a massive battle between

he meant by mediation but clearly as you mentioned turkey would not accept his mediation either mike hanna thank you very much indeed. the turkish military offensive in taking place in several cities around the world ben smith spoke to some demonstrations in a bill in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region a little love lost here between the kurds in this part of northern iraq kurdish controlled parts of northern iraq and the turkish authorities the crowd has been chanting one terrorist or one terrorist and there is also a real feeling here of betrayal by the americans the kurds here saying that a warm day they are leading the fight with the americans against i saw and then the next day in about. the. course of this 5 of them were isis on all. of us come on. to you so.

hill who resigned days before trump asked ukraine's president to investigate joe biden and his son mike hanna has the latest from washington. yet another official from the trump administration has defied the presidential boycott of the ongoing impeachment proceedings and arrived to give evidence before 3 separate congressional committees he is george kent an assistant secretary of state with responsibility in europe very much an expert on the ukraine now the committee is unlikely to be questioning him about evidence they'd heard yesterday from another ukraine expert and russian expert fiona hill who was a member of the national security council before writing a resigning shortly before president trump's conversation with the ukraine president now according to several sources fiona hill spoke about a shadow state department that was established outside normal state department protocols to deal with the ukraine and to bring pressure to bear on the ukrainian president now this was headed she says by donald sunderland a trump donor and ambassador to the european union also involving rudy giuliani

yet another reason to display and put on trial a president who they regard to be unfit the right mike hanna thank you plenty more head on the others there are news hour including synchronized slowdown the stark warning on the global economy from the new i.m.f. chief. anger in ecuador as the country grapples with austerity measures computer has a sports news including how south africa became the latest site to qualify for the rugby world cup quarter final. but 1st the president of the european council has accused the u.k. prime minister a finger aging in quote stupid blame games the bricks of the blind looms more on this let's cross over to lauren taylor in a european new center. thanks to rain yes don't want to risk sent a warning to boris johnson on twitter saying the future of the u.k. and europe is at stake this is british media say the german chancellor has made it clear that it breaks it deal is overwhelmingly unlikely during an exchange with the prime minister largely report. by the time boris johnson's cabinets arrived for their morning meeting westminster was awash with the news tha

united states not only words but the maining and it's a disgrace it should not be allowed to happen mike hanna has more from the white house. well those were the words that we heard repeatedly in the course of the afternoon hoax he described the impeachment investigation fraudulent crime was another colorful phrase that he used to describe it certainly president trump absolutely furious at the ongoing investigation lashing out at the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff who is in fact the face of this ongoing impeachment process but president making very clear he believes that this whole process is indeed a sham it's notable that on a number of occasions in the course of his meeting with the finnish president he brought up the issue of the phone conversation the record of the phone conversation he had with the ukrainian president now he referred to it as a transcript repeatedly he referred to the detailed skills use of the stenographer who wrote down every word well here's a bit of an issue it was not a transcript of the conversation that the white house handed out as it made

investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who has business interests in the country mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari your benefits was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of her opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing in c

whistleblowers lawyer is a big democrat's whistleblower has ties to one of my democrat opponents mike hanna has more. essentially president trump has declared open warfare on the impeachment investigation and on the members of congress who are intent on carrying out in a fiery 8 page letter to the speaker of the house white house counsel insists that this procedure is unconstitutional that there is no due process involved that it is essentially illegal because the house has not voted on an impeachment procedure the speaker of the house nancy pelosi has responded in kind insisting there is no need to take any vote insisting that the president is continuing to obstruct justice and saying that he is a comfortable and that he is not above the law so certainly the use of the ongoing solvers in this battle between 2 branches of government to equal branches of government the congress and the executive and this very serious indeed no real sign of how this ongoing battle can be resolved the democrats in congress continue to insist that while the president continues to obstruct justice in their eyes

of this ongoing probe into what happened in the ukraine on the gods of the trumpet ministration mike hanna live from washington d.c. in the u.s. a white police officer who shot an unarmed black woman in her own home and has been charged with murder police have named aaron deen and say he acted without justification. but here the. 28 year old attorney and jefferson was killed in fort worth texas on saturday while looking after her nephew a neighbor had called the police because her front door was open. the corruption trial of former south african president jacob zuma has been postponed until next year zuma is facing 16 charges related to a government deal for military equipment with french arms company zuma says he hasn't done anything wrong in a miller has more from pietermaritzburg on a scandal that goes back more than a decade. jacob zuma made a short appearance in what was expected to be the 1st day of questions into allegations of corruption within minutes the trial was again perspire own to february next year mr zuma elects to exercise is. the full extent. of his guns just not rights.

he'll step down saying the government is refusing to cooperate or acknowledge human rights abuses mike hanna has more from the u.n. in new york. the council was addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel co-founder who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared to be those aligned with opposition parties and said there'd be little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front he said that being a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the us ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies or affirming his commitment to peaceful elections and encourage the government to take tangible steps towards this goal one of those steps is to allow international and domestic election observers unfettered access to the election process and open and permissive political environment is also critical t

mike hanna has this update from washington various comments from the pentagon saying that this is necessary in the light off those attacks in september last month they are sending immediately another $1800.00 soldiers this brings to nearly 4000 the number that have been deployed since that particular attack in the last hour the special representative for iran brian hawk has said that this is essential in terms of what he brands it reigne an aggression but it's not only extra forces that are going there there's also a patriot missile battery all actually 2 of them a high altitude defense system along with 2 fighter squadrons and an expeditionary unit so certainly this is a rector tuneup of the u.s. presence in the region remembering as well that this comes at a time when the u.s. is pulling forces out of syria meanwhile iran says one of its oil tankers has been struck off the coast of saudi arabia the state news agency says the vessel which is known as this bt was hit by 2 missiles in the space of half an hour the ship was sailing 100 kilometers off the south in port city of jeddah it is now

she said this is not what the whistle blower said mike hanna has more from washington d.c. well 3 congressional committees have sent subpoenas to the pentagon and to the white house budget office now that budget office is headed by the acting director mick mulvaney who also happens to be president trump's acting chief of staff now the committee use allege that mick mulvaney was sent by the president to the pentagon to put a hold on some 4 $100000000.00 worth of military assistance to ukraine now this came at a time when president trump was engaged in an apparent campaign to persuade the president of ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son hunter at the same time president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani was also involved in the same process so what the congressional committees are investigating is with that there was indeed a causal link between president trump's holding back of military assistance to the ukraine and his insistence that they provide him with information about a political rival this is in itself an impeachable offense. a u.s.