us. senator harris, how do you think it went tonight? >> i thought it was a good debate, never enough time to cover all the issues we need to discuss that are very much at stake in this election but i thought it was a good debate. i would have liked the we talked more about a variety of issues, more about climate, we didn't talk about gun safety, we have not talked in a meaningful way about education and the importance of dedicating ourselves to the public education system, we've not really had any conversation on that stage about lgbt q issues so there are a variety of issues we have yet to really i think have a subject of a robust debate. >> reporter: what did you think of the way joe biden handled himself on civil rights issues and the support he said he was getting and seems like you were surprised by what he was saying? >> know, it was just that i needed to correct what he said because there are two black women who have been elected in history of the united states senate and i'm one of them. it was a simple need to correct him on th

if it passes then us senators act as jurors ina it passes then us senators act as jurors in a trial. —thirds of senators find him guilty, donald trump will be removed from office. the first time that would have ever happen. but if the vote goes along party lines, which right now seems likely, the president will be safe. but nothing is certain and public opinion could shift doing the hearing. 0ne thing's opinion could shift doing the hearing. 0ne things for sure, buckle up for the partisan fight to come. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the world organisation for animal health is warning that a global outbreak of african swine fever could kill a quarter of the world's pig population. they say it's the biggest threat to commercial livestock in a generation and food shortages and rising meat prices are likely. imogen foulkes has more. swine fever originated in africa, but for months now it has been raging across asia. it is not harmful to humans, but it's catastrophic to pigs, spreading rapidly, almost always fatal. there is no tre

the us senate has passed a bill to limit armss sales to the hong kong police, as the stand off betweens polytechnic university enters its fourth day. only a few pro—democracy protestors are still inside. they face an increasingly desperate situation — supplies of water and food are running out. at the height of the campus occupation there were hundreds on campus — but their number has dwindled. isabella stager is the deputy asia editor at quartz news and shejoins me now from hong kong. welcome and thanks for being with us. welcome and thanks for being with us. what is the latest from inside the campus? there's really not many people left. many overnight came out surrounded and some try to make a dash for it and were put down by police and arrested and medics surrendered and walked out. like you said, the food situation is getting desperate and people don't want to be named but the food situation is dire, so when they come out they are being arrested and the police have remained cordoning off the area around. are police simply waiting to wait them out? we haven't had any more of the con

, that isa human been passed by the us senate, that is a human rights and democracy act, that one requiresear that hong kong remains independent and from mainland china to maintain special trading standard with the us. -- special trading standard with the us. —— two bills. it has that right now, but after the act, if it passes, they will have to review it every year, if they lose the status, all the tariffs and entity less rounds against china will apply to hong kong as well, that would be a big hit to its status as a trading hub. the bill also provides for sanctions against officials for human rights violations, the second bill passed by the house is more immediate, banning the sales of things like tear gas, stun guns, rubber bullets, pepper spray. beijing is not happy about this and will have to see how it impacts the ongoing situation. they want the trade deal to be signed between the two countries. rank you very much. —— thank you very much. we heard about the impact of that tension between the us and china on markets — here are the numbers. the export reliant nikkei in tokyo feeling t

if it passes, then us senators act as jurors in a trial.f two—thirds of senators find him guilty, donald trump will be removed from office, the first time that would have ever happened. but if the vote goes along party lines, which right now seems likely, the president will be safe. but nothing is certain and public opinion could shift during the hearings. one things for sure — buckle up for the partisan fight to come. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. well, earlier democratic congressman gregory meeks explained the next steps. we, today, finalised the rules and voted on the rules for impeachment enquiry to continue, which we will follow throughout stop which i think was significant and important for the american people so that we can see and hear from those that i've heard from in private. the american people can then see for themselves the demeanour of the witnesses and the demeanour of the witnesses and the fact that they basically are cooperating the statements that were made by the whistleblower about the president's abuse of powe

if passed a coast to the use senate for a trial expected to begin sometime in early to mid january. a couple of reminders this hearing is streamed on our website@c-span.org, also on the free c-span radio app and all the archived at c-span.org. the president earlier today saying democrats must apologize to the usa in a tweet saying the ukrainian foreign minister said u.s. ambassador gordon sondland did not link financial military assistance to request for ukraine to open up the investigation into the vice president and his son hunter. that from the president earlier today. we will monitor the tweets. as you can see these are the locations for each member of the committee to ask the questions. we will hear from democratic and republican council. we expect they will take the bulk of the questioning today and you have been seeing some of those individual early in hearing that took place on tuesday including daniel goldman who is democratic council and their bios are available on our website at c-span.org. all of our coverage is a stream live also under free c-span radio app. you can see

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guilty in a majority vote in the house us president trump will face an impeachment trial in the us senate all right let's take the story now to washington where he used carla blanker is following the story for us good evening to you carla so how significant are the testimonies that we heard today from fiona hill and david holmes given yesterday's damning testimony that came from u.s. ambassador gordon sunderland. today's testimonies were very significant because we heard from 2 more witnesses who have firsthand. confirmation or firsthand experiences of ballots. about these goings on in ukraine that we have heard so much about as you mentioned mr holmes was told directly by mr sandland by ambassador sunderland that president trump doesn't care much about ukraine and only cares about big stuff like the investigation into the bidens and fiona hill has also witnessed ambassador sunland talk about this with ukrainian officials in the white house and tell them a meeting with president trump what only happen if president selenski announced these investigations the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi

hasn't been as much movemenfrom the white house or the senate as we would like to see kyle and hunter is with brady a gun control advocacy group, the use pass gun reform legislation 6 months a but since then there's been no action in the senate. >>republicans and democrats have good and different ideas on how to deal with with gun vience in america. would it be refreshing if the presiden we're to bring us together despite initially supporting stronger background checks and red-ag laws the president has gone quiet. >>senate republicans worry reform efforts could jeopardize second amendment rights it's in the woods. they say therare times of change. we should not have. that right and i don't agree with that that was oklahoma senator jim inhoe on november 7th senate reblicans say they need direction from the white house. they inst they will vote on a bill te president won't sign. still gun reform supporters say voters, not politicians may have the final word. >>when the american people go to vote they're going to remeer eir daily lives and they're going to say no more to this gun violence reporting in waington, i'm trevor surely. >>happen

trump: and also with us are senator john cornyn. i looked at your poles, nobody is beating you, john. and you don't have to worry about beto anymore, that is for sure. from texas. doesn't like guns, religions, or oil. somehow in texas that will not work. i don't think that works anywhere. that does not work anywhere. good. john cornyn. mike lee. mike, thank you very much. cruz also of texas. thank you, senator. thanks, ted. senator tom tellis. tom, thank you very much. senator ben sasse. ben, great to have you here. and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you.

election if found guilty in a majority vote in the house trump will face an impeachment trial in the us senator . old question we asked our correspondent kala black in washington if the democrats are ready to move proceedings forward and if the testimony so far is enough to persuade republicans to change their minds about the president from what we have heard from pelosi and saying that the evidence against trump is clear we can reasonably assume that yes democrats are ready to move into the next phase also because she has stressed that they do want to move quickly now as for republicans it is highly likely that they well not just turn on trump we've seen we've seen republican representatives on this committee down play his acts and and really not see them as anything all too bad and a recent poll has shown that republican voters the majority of them has said they're now even less likely to support impeachment than they were before the public hearing started. the leader of britain's opposition labor party jeremy corbin has unveiled a detailed manifesto for next month's election as he tries to c

we are waiting on us senate -- on the senate to continue to pass another resolution, the funding of government. we have not got that done but we have more hearings on impeachment. we haven't estimate -- we have a deficit. almost on a one year anniversary, name me one problem that the democrat majority has solved. they have created a few more but they have not solved anything. i wish you all a very happy thanksgiving. >> tomorrow, a discussion on the upcoming supreme court term and what the major cases will be. the council on foreign relations host the event and it starts live friday at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. right after that, campaign 2020 coverage continues with democratic president a candidate amy klobuchar in a townhall meeting in new hampshire. she will speak to supporters and voters and that starts live at 2:00 p.m., also on c-span. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has provided america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, and public policy events around the country, so you can make up your own mind. 979.ted by cable in 1 c-span, your unfiltered vi

thank you very much for joining us, senator.ith brian williams starts now. >>> tonight the new report that the president wants his attorney general to say he's innocent as yet more damning testimony in the impeachment inquiry is made public. in exactly one week the testimony will be televised. >>> also, the biggest case out of the mueller report. the criminal trial of roger stone begins. prosecutors promise at least one high-profile witness. >>> after last night's gop setbacks, attention turns to the suburbs as a former trump insider eyes a run for his old senate seat in the south. >>> and it could come down to a tight four-way contest for the democrats in ast state where votingte starts

actually, we see that the us has passed already the bell in the senate, and we hope that it will somehow to make some changes and in order to restrict what the police force is acting on us, as well as those who are staying in campus. we sincerely hope that international society assists in pressure on the chinese government as well as hong kong, which we could see the chinese government react, responding so frequent to what the international is responding. so we think that it some pressure to the chinese government and we hope that it could carry on until those staying in polytechnic university could leave the campus safely without being arrested or any allegations on them. all right, thank you very much. prosecutors in sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against the wikilea ks co—founder julian assange back in 2010. mr assange who denies the accusation avoided extradition to sweden for seven years after seeking refuge at the embassy of ecuador in london. he was evicted in april and sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions. caroline hawl

[inaudible conversations] >> use senate will be back in session today at 3 p.m. eastern. lawmakers will work on the nomination of chad wolfe to be homeland security undersecretary for strategy, policy and plans. when the said returns at 3 p.m. eastern live coverage here on c-span2.

>>a big win for animal rights activists, the us senate officially passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal offense. the past. preventing animal cruelty and torture. in the senate with get this unanimous bipartisan support pax will revise a previous law passed in 2010. current federal law only explicitly prohibits animal fighting and only criminalizes offenders if they make and sell videos showing animal cruelty. so allows for prosecution for crushing burning drowning suffocating and impaling animals and sexually exploiting them. there are exceptions for hunting. offenders would face felony charges with fines and up to 7 years in prison the bill now goes to the president's desk. the impeachment inquiry into president trump continues. and today, some witnesses showed up for depositions and others defied congressional subpoenas. meanwhile, democrats announced when public hearings will begin our washington correspondent alexander them on reports that lawmakers are dealing with the sudden reversal. >>in the testimony of one key figure. >>house intelligence committee chairman adam schi

if it passes, then us senators act as jurors in a trial.o—thirds of senators find him guilty, donald trump will be removed from office, the first time that would have ever happened. but if the vote goes along party lines, which right now seems likely, the president will be safe. but nothing is certain and public opinion could shift during the hearings. 0ne things for sure — buckle up for the partisan fight to come. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. 0fficials investigating a deadly fire that swept through a train in pakistan say it started when a gas cylinder being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded. more than 70 people were killed. the train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. you may find some of farhat javed's report distressing. the flames ripped through three crowded carriages, trapping dozens of passengers who were on their way to a religious gathering. many of the injured were brought to this hospital in bahawalpur. some on the train were sleeping when it caught fire. rubina's husband pushed her out of the windo

. >>2 us senators diedrich returned to his uncle's property tuesday, one of several trips. he's made since evacuation orders were lifted by is down to the centers and. rival at the family home was engulfed by the kincade fire. though the barn and a storage unit we're essentially unscathed the house and at least a dozen vehicles were destroyed up and drive wages, comer. >>the bands you think the place is a bk about 50 p o and you're popping here and you shouldn't place >>i ran to the drinks as the water levels of his uncle's 2 ponds are significantly lower now compared to when the fire started he believes fire crews use the water for airdrops several neighbors managed to keep their homes in part diedrich says with help from the 2, 4 years water. and yet it is days who were left to rebuild this terrible, you know the way it all came down because i expected to see you. >>okay so now it's appearing know. the entry into a appear cook and some but not a a not a day one horses missing otherwise all other family livestock is accounted for. >>and the family is still whole that's eno

. >>2 us senators diedrich returned to his uncle's property tuesday, one of several trips. he's made since evacuation orders were lifted like it is down to the centers and. rival at the family home was engulfed by the kincade fire. though the barn and a storage unit we're essentially unscathed the house and at least a dozen vehicles were destroyed up and drive wages, comer. >>the bands you think the place is a bk about 50 p o and you're popping here and you shouldn't and on. >>are going to need rick says the water levels of his uncle's 2 ponds are significantly lower now compared to when the fire started he believes fire crews use the water for airdrops several neighbors managed to keep their homes in part diedrich says with help from the to 4 years water. and yet it is they who are left to rebuild this terrible, you know the way it all came down because i expected to see you. >>okay so now it's appearing know. the entry into a appear cook and some but not a a not a day one horses missing otherwise all other family livestock is accounted for. >>and the family is still whole

us. senate thing. doesn't like it seems it's losing the internet giants formally launched a legal challenge now against the u.s. defense department after rival microsoft beat the firm to click should bring lucrative data contract decision surprised analysts indeed who did think that was another in the bag kind of thing but the rose more than just about money is saskin taylor explains. amazon and microsoft 2 giants that have changed the way we experience the wild. yes warm and fuzzy ads to appeal to our pockets over the holiday season but it turns out the real money that those soft are is the pentagon and given us military spent over $600000000000.00 annually it's unsurprising there's a battle for the big contracts. so head to head and microsoft have been vying for the pentagon prize of $10000000000.00 over the next 10 years the contract in question is for the judge by project and ambitious event that would allow the pentagon to stall at sensitive data on a single large cloud it would also allow the mil

china accuses the us of interference after the senate passes bills supporting hong kong protesters. i don't know come on peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up this real strike syrian military targets in response to rocket attacks the day before. i should have seen that connection differently and had i done so i would have raised my own objections. donald trump's former special envoy to ukraine tells the impeachment inquiry he didn't realize kian for was pressured to investigate joe biden. also had out of business weeks of antigovernment protests in iraq are affecting trade. china some of the u.s. diplomats after the senate passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong following months of often violent unrest if the bill does become law top officials from the territory could be sanctioned by the u.s. in the future in hong kong a standoff between the police and the protesters on a campus shows no signs of ending is there a clock. in a city rocked by violence and months of protests every day life is carrying on the major pr

china accuses the us of interference after the senate approved a bill aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong. alone welcome on piece of you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up a possible election in israel the 3rd in a year as talks to form a coalition government hit a stalemate. i knew that i had to report this to the white house counsel and. the u.s. president attacks the testimony of a top official who said trump was wrong to pressure crane into investigating the pipe. also ahead mothers on the march in guinea or the killing of children is inflaming angers against the presidential plans for reelection. a top story china has summoned a u.s. diplomat after the senate passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong this comes after months of protests if the legislation does become law top officials from the territory could be sanctioned by the u.s. in the future in hong kong a standoff between the police and protesters on the campus shows no signs of ending sarah clarke is there. in a city rocked by violence and months of protests every d

on what happened in the oval office yesterday you know we had trump there to one and a bunch of us senators who feel very differently about mr elder one truong seems to feel how did that. well 1st and foremost i think it's important to stress that that's this is not something that we often see in fact it's pretty unusual brant as you know to invite me in this case 5 republican senators to a meeting of this level now among them was actually one of president trump you know a close allies that's lindsey graham a senator and he was there because of course they along with members of the republican party and the democrats have been very critical of turkey's purchase of this weapon system from russia and also like i said before you know the treatment of the kurds by turkey in particular in syria and of course they were pretty outspoken in many respects against president trump in the past few months and also of that you know turkey's policies in general now what was quite interesting is what we heard with regards to president out of line taking out an ad and showing at what's being described as a p

people in the white house that have come forward and that's a big difference here i think a lot of us senators are going to be struck by that at the end and the public is going to be struck by that powerful testimony that we will probably hear over the next few weeks well you were faith in the power of evidence that is certainly inspiring mr ackerman we we appreciate you sharing it with us tonight nick ackerman former watergate special prosecutor joining us tonight from new york thank you very much for your time in your insights. thank you for having me. for the reelection campaign of the trump has reportedly already spent tens of thousands of dollars to place political ads on facebook but twitter will not be getting any of that kind of money anymore twitter has announced that it will ban all political advertising starting at the end of november now explaining the decision twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey said that political ads force targeted political messages on to people and because of social media's vast reach political ads can then be used to spread lies and misinformation twitter saying it wi

if it passes, then us senators act as jurors in a trial.f two—thirds of senators find him guilty, donald trump will be removed from office. the first time that would have ever happened. but if the vote goes along party lines, which right now seems likely, the president will be safe. but nothing is certain and public opinion could shift doing the hearing. 0ne things for sure — buckle up for the partisan fight to come. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at our other main news this hour. 0fficials investigating a deadly fire that swept through a train pakistan say it started when a gas cylinder being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded. more than 70 people were killed. survivors said it took almost 20 minutes for the train to stop and dozens of people jumped as it moved to try to escape the flames. the train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. 0ur correspondent farhat javed reports from southern punjab — you may find some of her report distressing. the flames ripped through three crowded carriages, trappi

>>us senators diedrich returned to his uncle's property tuesday, one of several trips. he's made since evacuation orders were lifted like it is down to the sanders and. >>rival at the family home was engulfed by the kincade fire though the barn and a storage unit we're essentially unscathed the house and at least a dozen vehicles were destroyed up and drive wages, comer. >>the bands you think the place is say we care about this tpo and you're popping here and as you can they it on. >>ran to the drinks as the water levels of his uncle's 2 ponds are significantly lower now compared to when the fire started he believes fire crews use the water for airdrops several neighbors managed to keep their homes in part diedrich says with help from the to 4 years water. and yet it is who are left to rebuild this terrible, you know the way it all came down because i expected to see you. >>okay so now it's appearing know. and the free entry way was bair cook and some but not not not a day one horses missing otherwise all other family livestock is accounted for. >>and the family is stil

a brief tutorial on what the constitution requote of the historian of the senate to give us a brief tutorial on what the constitution required and then we opened up a discussion and to our surprise senator graham hard and then we opened up a discussion and to our surprise senator gramm of texas spoke a conservative republican followed by senator ted what texas spoke a conservative republican followed by senator ted kennedy of massachusetts and as i listened to him it sounded like they were saying the same kennedy of massachusetts and as i listen to him it sounded like they were saying the same thing and so we came together and said ok we're going to go forward with the grain thing and so we came together and said ok we're going to go forward with the graham kennedy proposal tom daschle asked me later did i really know for sure i'm kinda day proposal tom daschle asked me later did i really know for sure what we'd agreed to and i told him no but we had agreed and so i suggested what we'd agreed to and i told him no but we had agreed and so i suggested said tom look i think we h

peace to bolivia we will do it but without bullets well off tomorrow others was forced from power us senators jenae 9 years to clear herself interim president of bolivia critics say the move was illegal and goes against the constitution and she was not in line to be the next leader khurshid though most of the army supported and yes and are now under her control on a quarter takes up the story. a new force has seized bolivia's political reins her name is janine is and she's just declared herself interim president but if you did as president of the senate i immediately take on the state presidency for a scene in the constitution and i swear to undertake all the measures necessary to bring peace to the country imus has long been a critic of her socialist predecessor of all more alice who was forced to resign several days ago after the army dropped its support she evoked the constitution to justify getting the top job and his call for new elections but on his herself wasn't actually elected she was just next in line after the president vice president and head of the senate all relinquish their po

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"newsmakers,"n senator patrick leahy, top democrat on the appropriations committee. and with us, we have andrew taylor of the associated press. erica has the first question. senator leahy, thank you for being here. funding runs out december 12. why have they not been able to complete the legislation thus far? leahy: there are several reasons. senator shelby is the chairman of the appropriations committee. only three committees have a vice-chairman and we have met continuously. we met this week along with senator mcconnell and senator schumer. done. get it we are having a meeting the first part of next week with our counterparts, congresswoman foley and congresswoman ranger and we will have questions about allocations and all. to the members of congress, republicans and democrats alike, we could get it done before the continuing resolution runs out, and it would be a terrible mistake if we were still in the continuing resolution after the first of the year. for a whole host of reasons. and i would rather just come in and vote for things up or down. it has been difficult with the

last week us senators expressed concerns about the way tiktok gathers users data. rke has dropped out of the us presidential race. 0n social media, he said his campaign for the democratic party nomination didn't have the means to go forward — but he says he'd work to ensure donald trump was defeated. this is a campaign that has prided itself on seeing things clearly and on speaking honestly and on acting decisively. we have to clearly see, at this point, that we do not have the means to pursue this campaign successfully. a public health emergency has been declared in delhi due to soaring levels of air pollution. officials are blaming farmers in neighbouring states who are using fires to clear land. they say the thick fog has turned the city into a gas chamber. from delhi, pratiksha ghildial reports. it is like a scene from a dystopian science—fiction movie. for a third day in a row now, residents of delhi are inhaling the season's worst toxic air. in some parts of the city, the levels of pm 2.5, the tiny particles that can penetrate deep into our lungs, are peaking

last week us senators expressed concerns about the way tik tok gathers users' data. rourke has dropped out of the us presidential race. 0n social media, he said his campaign for the democratic party nomination didn't have the means to go forward — but that he'd work to ensure donald trump was defeated. this is a campaign that has prided itself on seeing things clearly and on speaking honestly and on acting decisively. we have to clearly see, at this point, that we do not have the means to pursue this campaign successfully. britain has become the latest european country to halt fracking for oil and gas because of safety concerns. the government withdrew its support after a report by its oil and gas authority warned that it wasn't possible to predict the size or timing of any earthquakes that the process might trigger. france and germany, have already banned onshore fracking and it has been controversial in the uk for some time. here's our reporter charlotte gallagher with more on why fracking is so controversial. it's a process to extract oil or gas from deep within th

senior lecturer in latin american politics at the university of liverpool thank you for joining us senator on yes has declared herself interim president as we saw and the former president evo morales is calling this a coup is it the what really has happened here. well the new interpretation of the situation and what alice's restaurant nation moose is has become very controversial so already opposition argues starts with his resignation following. a suggestion from the military that he should resign is as legitimate and the reasons they're in starts over now his electoral fraud allegations are up and also about what our assessment respect of a limited. terms presidential serves in the elections. so what are the supporters out in bolivia and abroad argue instead that's the military's. declaration or so a news article and they shouldn't have been involved in commenting on the political situation. they also argue that's what alice offered new elections so those suggestions should have been followed up and start where does all of this leave in what alice she still has a huge following in bolivi

i wonder what you make of the remarks from a former us senator who only left office injanuary, who saysre were a public vote, yeah, probably donald trump is home and dry. if it was a private vote, though, this isjeff flake who was saying, i've have heard democrats say, well, we'd be lucky to see 30 republicans. he says he thinks actually 35 republicans, if the evidence were there, could vote against the president. i mean, is he in real danger, do you think? i think that's very speculative. how do you know what people would do in a private vote, i don't know. i do think the president right now, it's very highly divided senate. i think some of the approaches the white house is taking where they're criticising some of the witnesses is not a smart thing because it will scare independent voters who will influence these senators that might be on the fence about this issue. right now, the president is safe. so his tweets when marie yovanovitch was giving evidence, the former ambassador to ukraine. you don't think that was helpful, when he said this woman has been a disaster wherever she's gone

and the us senate has passed a bill aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong.on threatens to revoke hong kong's special status granted by washington, unless it retains sufficient autonomy from china. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. 106 people have died in iran during 5 days of protests, according to amnesty international. but the organisation believes the real number is much higher. some reports suggest as many as 200 have died. unrest broke out across the country following a sharp rise in petrol prices. bbc persian‘s rana rahimpour explains the background to the protests. it's partly a result of the sanctions, the president explained that there were three options, one is to sell more oil which is not civil under us sanctions, or to increase taxes or to reduce the subsidies, because the iranians fuel is heavily subsidised, it is very cheap to most of the countries in the region, and they decided the letter but that has triggered these nationwide protests, which according to iranians officials have been at least 100 cities. also making news to

maria: stay with us, senator, i want to ask you about report that is senators will be tuning out nextks stay with us, more with lindsey graham when we come back. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. maria: welcome back i'm back with senate committee chairman lindsey graham, mr. chairman, a lot of the colleagues have called the process a sham, you have a resolution calling a sham going into hearings but now there are report that is you will not look at it, you will tune out this upcoming week, a number of your colleagues said they won't watch the highly-anticipated public hearing, you will not look at the transcripts, is that the answer? >> yeah, i think the whole thing is a joke, i don't want to legitimize what i think is a joke, if you really wanted to find out whether or not the prosecutor was fired because he was getting too close to hunter biden, you wo

the us senate has passed a bill to limit munitions sales to the hong kong police, as the stand off between entered its fourth day. only a few protestors are still inside. they face an increasingly desperate situation with supplies of water and food running out. at the height of the campus occupation there were hundreds of pro—democracy actvists — but their number has dwindled. rupert wingfield hayes reports from the campus. they came out looking more like prisoners of war — hands on each other‘s shoulders, forlorn, humiliated and exhausted. family members looked on anxiously, hoping to catch a glimpse of a missing child. this man saw his brother, a man he says was only in the hong kong polytechnic to help negotiate, but he too is now in a police cell. how does that make you feel? angry. very. and... he wanted justice to come out in hong kong. it's one country, two systems. it's not china. it's the rule of law in hong kong. but now it's being like china. tonight, we managed to get inside the university, and this is the sight that greeted us. the detritus of sunday's battle and the ammunitio

governor and republican for congress and democrat again for city council and republican for the us senate is declined dramatically and so people are taking up sides whether they're being driven that way because of the information sources or be or the information sources are responding to what the net affiliate or nation is i don't know if barack obama. it said in a similar way to a foreign government venezuela or whatever let's go see what senator tom cotton has done or let's go take another political rival had done what would your party be doing right now i think there are a lot of people who'd be screaming bloody murder i am very concerned that the biden piece of this conversation though seems to seems to be off limits for an awful lot to go further tell me tell me more about the vice president was the point man on ukraine policy for the obama administration his son the hunter gets a $50000.00 a month job as a member of the board of directors of a company that has been identified as a place where corruption is a problem the vice president then intervenes to get the prosecutor investigat

political battle being waged in washington as a bill to protect their identities is blocked in the us senate. tackling hate in hospitals health plans to root out racism by threatening to withhold treatment for people who abuse stop. a message there's 0 tolerance towards it would lead to a level of self control the n.h.s. has that to treat people should treat people. without question. although dollars ahead.

the search for us senate relics of the past leads to the cellar and the store rooms that house forgotten treasures. such as unmarked film. along with other things they also tell of the life of jewish people in central berlin not far from the iranian burger strawson this was the so-called shrine in futile or burned district home to eastern european jews who fled here in the late 1900 century. near alexander plots. they were marginalized community. with moments of distinct pride. and small prayer rooms tucked away behind in conspicuous doors. these kind of lovers relief and porcelain figures belonged to the iranian burger stross a synagogue. in november 943 bombs dropped in a british air raid cause severe damage not just to the dome what had been germany's largest synagogue was critically hit. 15 years later authorities of communist east germany had the main synagogue in central prayer room the very heart of the structure demolished. to this day only an outline in the void recalls the beauty last. summer between 57 acclaimed architect had watched no plough is that his wits and for years he