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Ukraine being tied to the investigations into buries ma and the bidens. hes the witness who so impressed this committee behind closed doors with his meticulous note taking. he brought receipts. he had backup for everything he said, every meeting he was in, every phone call he took. we know that yesterday, and some of the transcripts that were released yesterday, he expressed concerns going back even earlier than that. by taking this job in ukraine he would be tied up in a giuliani-biden mess he ...

President gets absolute immunity. they can rule the more narrow issue which would avoid embarrassment for the president and it allows chief justice roberts to maintain his view of the court as a nonpolitical institution unlike the other two branches of government. >> you anticipated my question, which was that the president of the united states sees the supreme court as his backstop in all of this. and in other matters, some of the justices he put on the bench himself. does the decision out of t...

The courts acting as an important backstop here in a lot of fights that we had over subpoenas. i think if the democrats were able to get their hands on this grand jury material, it would be incredibly significant. on the one hand you have -- >> for the impeachment inquiry. >> for the impeachment inquiry. i know its shifted and were focussing on ukraine. these obstructive acts havent disappeared. the democrats were able to get information on this, they could certainly use that as part of the inqu...

British prime minister boris johnson and members of parliament are now converging on the house of commons forp a rare saturday session. hasnt been one in nearly 40 years. and to be voted on, another attempt to get the brexit agreement through parliament before the october the 31st deadline. it will be the fourth time three meaningful votes under theresa may on her deal. but the big difference is boris johnson has managed to renegotiate, get rid of the so-called backstop, put together a new deal ...

Disagreements by getting brexit done and moving this country forward as we all yearn to do. this agreement provides for a real brexit, take control of our borders, law, farming, fisheries and trade, amounting to the greatest national sovereignty in historic. it removes the back stop in the customs market. for the first time in almost five decades, the uk will be stri able to strike deals with countries across the world, article 4 of the protocol states northern ireland is part of the customs ter...

There could no longer be a delay. i must tell the house that with this new deal, the scope for future negotiation, for fruitful negotiation has run its course. they said -- they said we couldnt reopen the withdraw agreement, mr. speaker. they said we couldnt reopen the withdraw agreement. they said we couldnt change the withdraw agreement. they said we couldnt abolish the backstop, mr. speaker. weve done both. but it is now my judgment that we have reached the best possible solution. so those wh...

And the other, boris johnson secured a last-minute agreement in brussels only days ago. theres a new withdraw act without the hated backstop. there is also a new protocol on northern ireland. theres new rules on trade. its a feat that no one thought he could pull off. and a few moments ago, those are the pictures you are looking at. boris johnson left his residence at 10 downing street and is now heading for parliament behind me. a short while ago, of course, brussels is not london and the pm wi...

Mean as a friend of i would say its like deja vu all over again its this minor tweaks it allows bars johns to go right along and say we got rid of the backstop they didnt really they got rid of the name theyve really apportion it in different ways but its enough to sort of you know as an advisor headlines most people will be looking at the detail that allows them to say here to certain things but he made some concessions the e.u. made some concessions its just a classic european compromise every...

The senate has always been sort of that back stop for whatever the house does because, you know, the consensus is, steve, the house members are all going to line up and be against any form of impeachment. that may be a little soft right now. what i think is going to be more telling than what a republican senator or congressman does is the fact that you have now a number of people inside the administration who said i dont care about your executive privilege moniker you want to lay on top of what ...

I dont know how many times ive said this but this isnt porton so im saying it im saying it again it does include sort of a backstop through the back door though its just not called that way any more so you could say thats one difference in the wording that boris johnson will be able to sell will also be able to sell the fact that officially northern ireland remains in the same customs territory as u.k. mainland thats also success although in fact its going to be very closely associated to the e....