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hello. i am tadhg enright with your top business stories. politics is leading business news today. as youve been hearing, leaders of seven of the worlds top economies are meeting in hiroshima, japan. but its two that arent attending that will be occupying most of their time. as well as new sanctions on russia, they will be focusing on china, and how to counter its increasing economic power. the bbc�*s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. a huge focus on the sanctions against russia. bu...

The whistleblower made falseht statements, the whistleblower got caught with chairman schiff. Remember chairman schiff, the person that the democrats instead of the House Judicial Committee which has spent a full week on this, thats not who has been in charge. They put in charge was the person that got caught with the whistleblower. Have you spoken directly with the whistleblower . No, we have not. Wed like to. That wasnt true. The person that said he had evidence of the first fake impeachment s...

President or were going to let some foreign power do it. You know who has the right to elect the american president , the citizens of this country and no one else. Men and women have died on the battlefield to protect our democracy. The least we can do is show the courage to stand up tonight and do our part to protect our democracy. With that i yield back. Gentleman yields back. Does anyone else seek recognition on the amendment . Mr. Armstrong. Gentleman is recognized. And im going to go back t...

A lot of countries want access to those resources. it is part of the game of independence. japan is hosting the g7 summit. what do you think will actually come out of the summits came to strengthen the links with the global south? i to strengthen the links with the global south?— to strengthen the links with the global south? i think it is not ust the global south? i think it is notjust the _ the global south? i think it is not just the g7 _ the global south? i think it is notjust the g7 becau...

Theyre going to see that in the judiciary committee and hopefully in the senate, but this is what our framers spoke about when they spoke about articles of impeachment. the constitution is the supreme law of the land. so violations of the constitution is a crime. its a constitutional crime. >> why not say bribery? >> because this is much worse. abuse of power is worse and it includes bribery and a range of other activities, using the power of your office to advance your own political or personal...

>> there is no higher crime than abuse of power. that includes a whole range of activities, including bribery, potentially. theyre going to see that in the judiciary committee and hopefully in the senate, but this is what our framers spoke about when they spoke about articles of impeachment. the constitution is the supreme law of the land. so violations of the constitution is a crime. its a constitutional crime. >> why not say bribery? >> because this is much worse. abuse of power is worse and i...

Just made and ill read from it. the primary check on a presidents power is political. if a president behaves poorly voters can punish him or his party at the polls. but a president who corrupts the system of elections seeks to place himself beyond the reach of this political check. at the constitutional convention george mason described the impeachable offenses as attempt to subvert the constitution. corrupting elections subverts the process by which the constitution makes the president democrat...

Because this, again, is a letter signed by more than 500 constitutional scholars. i think some of the confusion my colleagues have been struggling with is the difference between impeachable offenses and violations of the criminal statute. they write, impeachment is a remedy for grave abuses of the public trust. impeachment is an especially essential remedy for conduct that corrupts elections. the primary check on a president is political. if a president behaves poorly voters can punish him or he...

Hardest job today who is the minority counsel. >> one of the things republicans have said is you know what? three months later after he froze it, the president are leased the aid, the military aid to ukraine. so no harm, no foul. thats not what the house judiciary committee put out. heres an excerpt from friday. a president cannot escape impeachment because of corrupting elections was discovered and abandoned. theres been great reporting by us obviously and "the new york times" and "washington p...