chinese it's a question of gaining time for them this entire stuff started with the initiative of mr trump it's political theater we've said that for a long time on designed to make mr trump appear for his reelection bid as the protector of the united states making the charlie knees and for that matter everybody else in the world give the united states a better deal beating up on the foreigners for cheating us that's as old as methuselah in the world of politics and mr trump is trying it again the charlie need is know that that to hurt them as it has but they also know that it hurts mr trump's reelection bid because it hurts manufacturing farmers and others so the bit bottom line is it's a theater driven by the calculus mr trump's calculus how much does the theater again movie and the how much does the theater lose me. and what ever resigned this coming week it will be overwhelmed by how that calculus shifts between now and election day next nor the november but if the chinese side decides to sign something that they simply can't deliver on because these are impossible benchmarks to fulfil

mr. trump may face. today's witnesses include four constitutional law experts at respected universities from harvard to stanford. and yesterday a report released by the house intelligence committee said mr. trump used his power to pressure ukraine's president to investigate his political rivals. skyler henry is on capitol hill. what can we expect today? >> reporter: good morning. well, after weeks of testimony, the house intelligence committee voted to adopt the impeachment inquiry report late yesterday afternoon. now this process goes to the judiciary committee which traditionally is charged with drafting articles of impeachment. now the white house earlier this week despite an invitation declined to be at today's hearing. house democrats released a 300-page report detailing their findings in the impeachment pinquiry so far. >> this is about whether the american people have a right to expect that the president of the united states is going to act in their interests, with their security in mind

beating up on the foreigners for cheating us that's as old as methuselah in the world of politics and mr trump is trying it again the charlie needs is know that that to hurt them as it has but they also know that it hurts mr drum's reelection because it hurts my former's and others so the big. bottom line is it's a theater driven by that calculus mr trump's calculus how much does the theater gain me and the how much does the theater lose me and what every resigned this coming week it will be overwhelmed by how that calculus shifts between now and election day next nor the november but if the chinese side decides to sign something that they simply can't deliver on because these are impossible benchmarks to fulfill all of us we said then wouldn't it just be a question of if not when that like how chinese will default in the so-called agreements. i think this is a bit more complicated the chinese understand that they get some real immediate advantages tariffs that were set to go into effect won't now that's been agreed to tariffs that were imposed in september are going to be either eliminated or

supposition made that leave voters in this country also like donald trump because donald trump casts himself as mrlar, even unpopular with a lot of leave voters, and this is why boris johnson would do all he can to avoid being photographed... we have not had the big hungry anything. to the extent he lost... you did not have the usual photo you would have had if barack obama was so president. he was the us president who was probably more popular in this country than david cameron was at the time. it is interesting, the calculations the parties have to make. this is all happening in the middle of an election campaign. as we saw at the weekend, you cannot control event. you cannot. going back to george's points, it does also show a little bit of a shift in the startjeremy corbyn. during the state visit, he did not go... the fa ct state visit, he did not go... the fact he is going, it's sort of a more premise to —— more prime ministerial thing to do. we saw questions before about the shoot took a policy. one of the most eye—catching things i think he said over the weekend was that he would reconsider

he said he didn't vote for mr trump, he said he didn't vote for mr trump, he said he thought what mr was wrong and troubling, but not impeachable. what is going on here? well, what he said, and remember, this is the best witness, best scholar that they could bring forth to argue on behalf of the president, was not a defence of the president. hejust said there was not a defence of the president. he just said there is was not a defence of the president. hejust said there is not was not a defence of the president. he just said there is not enough evidence yet to show there was a high crime and misdemeanour. and he also said — left open the possibility that that might happen and urge the process to just go more slowly. that's not a ringing endorsement of trump, and that's the best that they could do. it leaves open the possibility, even on his view, that more evidence would show that this president should be removed. but i was disappointed with that testimony, because we have an enormous amount of evidence showing that there was a trade here, to the ukraine in exchange for personal inform

democrats are charging mr. trump with abuse of power and obstructing congress. rep. nadler: the house comttee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the presidentf the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. laura: democrats allege mr. trump made a white house visit for ukraine's president and military aid for the country contingent on mr. zelensky investigations. with the 2020 election looming, democrats say they must move now. rep. schiff: the argument why don't you just wait"mounts to this -- why don'you just let him cheat and one more election? why not let him cheatne more time? laura: republicans counter that and the demoats are trying to rerun an election they lost. rep. mccarthy: impeachment is the removal of the high elected i don't care ithink. americans who support president trump are deplorables, but you do not have the right to disqualify their vote because you don't like president trump. laura: mr. trump responded with his signature tweet. the full house could vote as early as next were.

nervous and i think that's why there is at least a month independence not to cut the rates which mr trump wants only because he needs to goose the economy in preparation for next november's election or professor also want to get your input on the u.s. in ca which was agreed to on tuesday by members of congress we explained on tuesday that the u.s. in ca it's really not a vastly better deal than nafta listen to this. digital o.c. house democrats have not given us a significantly better deal than nafta and president trump hasn't either and here's the most important reason why because nafta decimated the manufacturing industry in the united states according to commerce secretary wilbur ross the us in ca get this is expected to create 176000. and new jobs with the possible possible 589000 new jobs created over the next 5 years compare that with nafta which according to the bureau of labor and statistics cost 4500000 u.s. manufacturing jobs. so at the end of the day everybody's patting themselves on the back how proud they are of this new deal and how it's a victory right the democrats are say

mrtrump is now mr trump is now the third a relu cta nt mr trump is now the third a reluctant member of club, what is the mid likely to be at the white house? the president is inside the white house, he will speak in about 45 minutes or so we he will speak in about 45 minutes or so we will hear from him directly. this morning he is avoiding the direct topic of the fact that he is indeed the third president ever to be impeached. he is focusing in on the idea that democrats are holding back before they send the articles of impeachment to the senate for a trial and he is saying that this shows that the whole thing is a hoax. and the white house is pleased that not a single republican defected, so that enables them to present this as just a partisan episode any deeply polarised country, but of course, for the president, who in some ways almost escaped being held accountable in his private life —— always escaping held accountable and spread lie, he was able to declare bankruptcy, use his wealth, the legal system, nondisclosure agreements, to shield himself from a lot of accountability, now t

before leaving town, mr. trump did say he thinks trudeau is actually a really nice guy. ben tracy, cbs news, london. >>> nearly three years after president trump took office, work is finally under way on the u.s.-mexico border wall. cbs news got access to the site. construction crews are pushing to finish an eight-mile stretch of border wall in the town of dawna, that's located in rural south texas. west of that area, a second three-mile stretch of the wall is also being built. one family who owns the land along the border for generations is worried the government will build on their land. >> we feel attachment to the land, you know. our parents did, too. but they -- they would tell us something like "leave it to god." we don't think like that. we think that, no, we're not going to leave it to god. these people are abusing us. >> nearly $10 billion has been set aside from government agencies for the wall. the president had insisted since his campaign that mexico will foot the bill. right now, it's on u.s. taxpayers. >>> former president jimmy carter is out of the hospital

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mr trump himself responded with his signature tweet.le, the full house could vote on whether to impeach the president as early as next week. republicans are looking ahead to a january trial in the senate that they control. the battle lines are drawn here in washington. laura trevelyan, bbc news. earlier, republican strategist rina shah told me she'd met with house speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday. this evening is certainly one where so many, like myself, are feeling sort ofjust not any other emotion, but wow, what a day! this was truly an historic day, and for me to have seen and heard from speaker pelosi on such a day as today, for me, i have to tell you, it was really humbling that a woman of her age and her stature and of everything she stands for could speak so eloquently after the morning — the morning here in dc was filled with, number one, unveiling those two charges that are so important and they were very succinct — abuse of power and obstruction of congress. and then, only 1.5 hours later did speaker pelosi come out and mention

today he stood by those remarks, even after mr trump rebuked him publicly. is a very, very nasty statement to make to, including them, to essentially 28 countries. i think that, you know, they have a very high unemployment rate in france. france is not doing well economically at all. in fact, the alliance faces another far larger threat to unity — the military action by nato member, turkey, inside northern syria. turkey's president erdogan is enraged nato isn't100% supportive of his fight against kurdish troops that he brands terrorists. but president macron completely rejects the turkish position. when i look at turkey, they now are fighting against those who fought with us, shoulder to shoulder, against isis. 70 years ago when nato was established it all felt so much simpler. the american—led alliance faced a single enemy, the soviet union underjosef stalin. it was soviet communism which eventually collapsed. nato survived, but now struggles to agree its future role. nato is the most successful alliance in history, because we have been able to change when

but it's mr trump's comments about the nhs that have caught the attention of the guardian.the health service, it reports thatjeremy corbyn is deeply sceptical — and if he and mr trump chatted at buckingham palace tonight, would attempt to raise his opposition to any future trade agreement that including the nhs. i wonder if they did bump into each other. coming from the opposite side of the political debate, the express leads on mr trump's quote that wouldn't want the nhs even ‘if it was served on a silver platter‘. he obviously knows how we

interesting to hear the more conciliatory tone in terms of nato's role from mr trump. rump said that nato was obsolete and has been speculation about his private view that the us didn't need to commit so heavily to european defence also his very strong objections to what he saw as an overburdening of the us economy in paying for the defence of europe, but today, in that meeting with emmanuel macron and another meetings he has been having, he also had a bilateral with justin meetings he has been having, he also had a bilateral withjustin trudeau, the cane —— canadian prime minister, president trump talking about nato coming on, taking credit for other people stepping up financially another country sensing that the us and france have done some good things together as partners, but some countries still not fulfilling their commitments to the alliance. let's listen in. nato is becoming different than it was, much bigger than it was, and much stronger than it was because people are now fulfilling their commitments here. nato is becoming bigger and much stronger — because peo

chinese it's a question of gaining time for them this entire stuff started with the initiative of mr trump it's political theater we've said that for a long don designed to make mr trump appear for his reelection bid as the protector of the united states making the charlie knees and for that matter everybody else in the world give the united states a better deal beating up on the foreigners for achieving us that's as old as methuselah in the world of politics and mr trump is trying it again the charlie needs know that that can hurt them as it has but they also know that it hurts mr trump's reelection bid because it hurts manufacturing farmers and others so the bit bottom line is it's a theater driven by the calculus mr trump's calculus how much does the theater again movie and the how much does the theater lose me and what. the resign this coming week it will be overwhelmed by how that calculus shifts between no alexion the next more the november but if the chinese side decides to sign something that they simply can't deliver on because these are impossible benchmarks to fulfill all of us

3 or 4 people involved in that conversation are enjoying the story being told at the expense of mr trump quote wrapping all of that. up in a huge health warning for you allegedly but those are the allegations we do know that donald trump has canceled his nato summit press conference the actual why and where for when it comes to that we will of course find out in the coming half hour or so i suspect. staying with areas and items trump related the committee holding the impeachment inquiry into president from has laid out what it says is quote overwhelming evidence of misconduct in office its report says mr trump used his power to seek help from ukraine in his bid to be reelected next year and other news gunmen in eastern afghanistan have killed 6 people including a doctor as the head of a japanese medical charity the vehicle they were in was ambushed in jalalabad up next is the bottom line i will see you very soon. the war on drugs in the philippines is pushing james to breaking point a record number of inmates languish behind bars for years awaiting trial one o one the philippines locked

her words after mr. trumptwitter the supreme court could stop the impeachment process. in the interview, ginsburg said the president is not law trained. she said that the judiciary is a reactive institution and does not have an agenda. ginsburg added senators who show bias should be disqualified from participating in the impeachment trial. >>> the "salt lake tribune" says the latest move by the church. jesus christ of latter day saints is hitting the struggling boy scouts organization hard. the mormon church is ending its nearly century-old relationship with the boy scouts of america. according to the church, many of its values no longer align with the scouts, and the church is ready to start a new program. more than 400,000 boy scouts will be shifted into the new global program by the end of the year. the lds church says it will be titled "children and youth program," which it will not require a uniform and does not include the eagle ranking most boy scouts hope to earn. >>> according to "stars and stripes,"

mr. trump's conduct should mean he should be removed from office. house democrats say the president abused his office to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidensli while repns say he did nothing wrong. we report from capitol hill. reporter:nother historic step in the impeament inquiry as it moves to the judiciary coittee. a new room, a new set of members and witnesses, and the ultimate question -- did president trump commit an impeachable offense? for caskey constituternal scholars calle in to give their analysis. three of the professors were emphatic that the president had to be held accountable for putting his persona interest above the nation and its security. >> professor feldman, did president trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power based on that evidence and thosi fo's? >> based on that evidence, the president did commit an impeachable abe of office. >> professor carlin, same question. >> same answer. >> and professor gerhard? >> we are unanimous. repor

well i think the bait the basic thing is the tax cut if you want to give mr trump some credit give him credit with the republicans for this dramatic tax cut on corporations and the richest folks amongst us in december of 2007 t. it meant that last year 2018 and this year you have given to the richest folks in this country on enormous boost which they used to go into the stock market to produce the very record that you're talking about they did not take their tax savings and increase production what they did do is move it into the stock market which for people who have stocks is of course very good nudes the real question is what will the longer term results be when your basic economy is bumbling along not so well but the stock market is achieved records we've not seen that this way before and the big question is where will that take us i mean it seems like people i mean to your point and this is quickly you could agree or disagree but it seems like like you say is that everybody is just trying to squeeze as much out of the market as they can right now and then when it starts to fall th

today, mr. trump today said the trade talks were going very well. meanwhile, mr. p's trade agreement with japan's primeni er shinzo abe will take effect in january, after it won approv in the japanese rliament today. the deal was agreed to in september, easing japanese tariffs on u.s. farm products. further talks may address a u.s. tariff on cars imported from japan. top ofcials in iran urged todathat jailed prot be treated with what they called "islamic mercy." the jailings came during a crackdown on demonstrations over gas price hikes. in a televised speh, president hassan rouhani claimed again the u.s. hped foment the ptests. but he said some who took part, were innocent. >> ( translated ): those who were not guilty in this regard, or those whose crime is not major, they have to be treated with mercy and they should be released. >> woodruff: separately, supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei said protesters who were killed should be considered martyrs i they had no role in instigating the unrest. he urged that their milies be compensated. amnesty international sa

mr. trump's alleged attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. mr. . p is also accused of withholding security aid to ukraine for political reasons. the second charge alleges that he attempted to block efforts to investigate his actions president trump denies wrongdoing. he was quick to react. at one point, threatening that a future democratic president might face an impeachment process as revenge. pres. trump: it is a scam. it is something that should not be allowed. it is a bad thing for our country. you are trivializing impeachment. i tell you what, someday there will be a democrat president and there will be a republican house and i suspect they will remember. phil: straight to our washington correspondent, welcome. the president in a fighting mood. does he acknowledge this as a great situation? -- a grave situation? correspondent: it seems like if you what he was also addressing his supporter base when he responded. not trying to convince anyone on the others of the aisle, he said, you just played a soundbite, that it should not be allowed that a p

mr. burke. trump are aware president announced his candidacy for reelection in 2020 and announced the month before the july 25 call on june 21? mr. castor: ok. >> did you look at the injured investigation as part of looking at president trump's intent on the job i-25 call? obviously: he is running for reelection. what does the date he announced his intent to run for reelection -- >> you knew joe biden had announced his intent in april? mr. castor: it has been related to me. i do not know when joe biden indicated he is going to run. ifyou would agree that ukraine announced a corruption investigation of joe biden, that would hurt his credibility as a candidate, would you agree? mr. castor: nobody -- >> would you agree? disagreer: i slightly with the premise of your question. >> [indiscernible] rep. nadler: the gentleman is not recognized. at the gentleman has the floor. >> i object to the question. rep. nadler: the question is in order. the judgment will continue. gent -- the gentleman will continue. ab

against president donald trump for me accusing him of abusing his power and obstructing congress mr trump is only the 4th president in american history to face and impeachment wasn't just. last time to close a trades in his reindeers course kubica it in it reared as you did with the shops to braise awareness about marine conservation and spread some holiday cheer. and have a home for a glad you could join me british prime minister boris johnson has delivered his 1st address outside of downing street off to gaining an absolute majority in says day's general election that he drove the conservative party said that the tories landslide victory would settle the braggs it question he also said the country must begin healing off the years of bitter division now with the conservatives set for their largest majority in over 30 years johnson has a clear mandate for his agenda genda. many people are still worried about what exactly that means. a few scuffles replaced the jubilation from ellie on friday as auntie conservative purchased as slowly outnumbers johnson supporters near downing street. for

i think it's a little bit of both i think what has happened is that mr trump has discovered 2 important things after 2 years of china bashing number one you can impose tariffs the chinese will come right back with their own and in the end it will cost you politically particularly with farmers who lost markets in china that they rely on he's learned mr trump that is that it's going to cost him politically to keep playing this game number one number 2 he's discovered that if he thought that any of this could shake or change the way the chinese economy and society work he's been taught a lesson that he doesn't have the power if he ever did or nor has the united states to do that anymore so the real question is are you going to continue having a confrontational relationship costing you politically and not achieving its goals or are you going to do as the chinese have said over and over and come to some sort of partnership work things out as competing countries can do if they both want to i think you're seeing the shift from the confrontational theatrical bluster to the much more realistic r

mr. trump. more, now, from chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: dave and amara, we are hearing that president trump is clogrowing increasingly aggravated. the coverage bugs him. a separate adviser says the president has been preparing for this moment for some time, suspecting for the better part of last year that democrats would try to impeeach him after taking control of the house. he believes it's the ukraine scandal. frankly, it's a little surprised that the ukraine thing has done it. mr. trump is irked by the fact that he will join the list of presidents impeached. the president believes he is winning the debate on impeachment. he says that republicans are showing sign they're not going to support impeachment in the house or the senate. we should note, at his rally this week, the president appeared to crow over the fact that he's only facing two articles of impeachment. he has dubbed the process impeachment light. but in the history books, it doesn't say impeachment ligh

but it's mr trump's comments about the nhs that have caught the attention of the guardian. not be interested in access to the health service, it reports thatjeremy corbyn is deeply sceptical, and if he and mr trump chatted at buckingham palace tonight would attempt to raise his opposition to any future trade agreement that including the nhs. —— included the nhs. coming from the opposite side of the political debate, the express leads on mr trump's quote that wouldn't want the nhs even "if it was served on a silver platter". the i focuses on the same story — and it too reports doubts by the labour leader about the us president's pledge to keep the health service out of a trade deal. in a different nhs story, the daily mail says that nhs bosses have slammed the aggressive promotion of online betting as half the population are now gambling and it's risking the health of young people. in other news, the metro describes the humble hero who helped save lives in friday's london bridge terror attack. lukasz k says he reacted on instinct. and the times has the headline sloshed on th

overnight, mr trump saying a trade deal with china might have to wait until after the 2020 presidentialinvestors sentiment. investors hoping they would come to a resolution before the next tower of the schedule to kick in december 15. donald trump is throwing shade into his so—called baseline trade agreement which he said was imminent last week. people are saying president trump is really fickle. it is either he is using the 2020 election reason to gain average on china on ongoing negotiations or to campaignfor on china on ongoing negotiations or to campaign for his re—election next year —— leveraged. to campaign for his re—election next year -- leveraged. thank you. good to see you again. now, let's brief you on some other business stories. amazon prime's first foray into screening premier league matches started on tuesday. the e—commerce giant's prime service won the rights to show all ten midweek premier league matches played this week. the first time a streaming platform has been responsible for showing the matches. indoor bike start—up peloton has sparked criticism on social media

drew says that he strongly opposes impeaching mr. trump. this comes on the heels of a new cbs news poll which finds americans are divided on whether mr. trump should be impeached over ukraine. 46% say he deserves to be impeached, while 39% disagree. 15% say it's too soon to say. laura podesta is here in new york. what can we expect as the vote is set to get under way on wednesday, right? >> reporter: well, i think we're going to be seeing strategizing because each party wants to put up a united front and emphasize that their position is the right one. for democrats, that the president should be removed from office for putting himself before country. for republicans, that means insisting that this has been a concerted effort by the left since the day president trump was elected in order to get rid of him. the senate's top democrat is calling on his republican colleagues to produce an honest impeachment trial. >> i'm worried that we won't get a fair trial where all the facts and all the truth comes out. >> reporter: with the house of represen

. >> mr. trump hoped to escape the impeachment frenzy with a two-week trip to florida over the holidays. but not everyone is happy about the president's vacation that is because white house aides are saying they're concerned the president may have too much unstructured time. susceptible to influence from outsiders and tv news coverage. here's our jim mccosta from the white house. >> demanding to be declared innocent in the ukraine scandal, president trump is slamming house speaker nancy pelosi's decision to hang on to the articles of impeachment while negotiations continue over the upcoming trial in the senate. the president tweeted, actually, they have zero proof of anything. they will never even show up. they want out. i want an immediate trial. mr. trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, told young c conservatives at the turning point usa summit, democrats are out for blood. >> they want to put barr in prison and they want to execute me. good luck. i just eat angrier and i go after you more. >>

. >> reporter: mr. trump attacked the house process and the people behind it. >> crazy nancy pelosi's house democrats. ( booing ) have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame. and it really is. it's a disgrace. after three years of sinister witch hunts, hoaxes, scams, eonight the house democrats are trying to nullify the ballots of tens of millions of patriot americans. e> reporter: he came to battle creek, michigan because it's a critical battleground state. it's also in the district represented by congressman justin amash, who abandoned the republican party and switched to an independent after declaring he supported impeaching president trump. >> the radical left in congress is consumed with hatred and envy and rage. you see what's going on. ( booing ) i'll tell you, these people are crazy. >> reporter: for most of the day, the president was out of sight but paying attention to he house debate tweeting out attacks on the democrats. sources tell cbs news mr. trump is furious his legacy will now b pe

mr. trump. "more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials," mr. trump wrote. "you have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word 'impeachment'." >> look, this has been a-- a total sham from the beginning. ierybody knows it. >> reporter: the president icused pelosi of inventing the charge of abuse of power branding it, "completely elsingenuous, meritless, and baseless." pelosi, he wrote, suffers from "trump derangement syndrome." earlier this month, pelosi says she harbors no hatred for the president. ay i was raised in a way that is full-- a heart full of love and ys pys pray for the president. ded i still pray for the president. >> reporter: in his letter, though, the president wrote pelosi is offending people of faith by suddenly saying, "i pray for the president," when t u know this statement is not true, unless it is meant in a negative sense. mr. trump said today he accepts no responsibility for the t atoric blot about to land on nis presidency. >> no, i don

mr. trumped to conceal his conduct from the public, defying subpoenas and intimidating witnesses. house intelligence chairman adam schiff: >> i think what we have produced in remarkable short order is so overwhelming that it ought to be presented to the judiciary committee now. >> reporter: cell phone data shows the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, made multiple calls to many of the key players, but so far, there is no record of a september call between president trump and u.s. ambassador gordon sondland, in which the president claims he said this: >> i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. >> reporter: do the phone records cast doubt on anything you heard from the witnesses or anything the president has said publicly? >> the phone records are remarkably consistent with the coordination of a lot of this scheme. >> reporter: the president weighed in today from london. >> this is a total fix. you know what a fix is? it's a fix. >> reporter: the report's authors write that it is hard to

mr. trump. more, now, from chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: dave and amara, we are hearing that president trump is growing increasingly aggravated over the likelihood that he will be impeached. a trump adviser told me the coverage bugs him. a separate adviser says the president has been preparing for this moment for some time, suspecting for the better part of last year that democrats would try to impeach him after taking control of the house. this adviser says mr. trump is somewhat taken aback that it's the ukraine scandal that's leading to his impeachment. frankly, it's a little surprised that the ukraine thing has done it. mr. trump is irked by the fact that he will be joining the less than envious list of presidents that have been impeached. the president believes he is winning the debate on impeachment. he's satisfying that republicans are showing not many signs that they will defect in either the house or the senate. polling shows that support for impeachment is st

mr. trump is not just soliciting ukraine's help with his presidential campaign, he's using united states military aid the country desperately needs in an attempt to extort it. so am i correct, mr. goldman, that by september 25th allegations that president trump was using military aid to pressure ukraine to announce investigations was being widely reported? >> i'm sorry, by what date? >> september 5th. >> yes. well, widely reported, certainly the aid being withheld was widely reported. >> and by september 9th our investigative committees announced a congressional investigation into the president of these issues -- into the president about these issues and, mr. goldman, what day did president trump release the military aid? >> two days after the investigations were announced and two days after the i.g., the inspector general, told the intelligence committee that there was a complaint that was being withheld. >> so then am i correct that as the timeline on the screen in front of you shows, it wasn

mr trump himself responded with his signature tweet.se could vote on whether to impeach the president as early as next week. republicans are looking ahead to a january trial in the senate that they control. the battle lines are drawn here in washington. laura trevelyan, bbc news. france's government is set to unveil details today of its programme to reform pensions. it comes as commuters have been dealing with transport chaos amid a series of strikes. at the moment france has a retirement age of 62, one of the lowest in the developed world. with me is hugh. where are you from? scope of markets. these are situations that the previous presidents have tried to push through. 42 different pension systems in the country? there are so many different pension schemes which people are attached to. it doesn't give one big legislative law that keeps people in certain criteria. so we have a retirement age of 62, which is rather low in the developed world, but some workers within france on different points systems could retire as early as 52. so what