Good morning. We meet this morning to receive evidence on the noil the u. S. Asia region. Our panel has deep knowledge and experience in the region. Victor cha, erin friberg, who is professor of politics at princeton, university, kelly help me. Former principles tal deputy si of defense. And Ashley Tellis senior fellow in tata. Im having trouble with my enunciation this morning. I apologize. Senior fellow and chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, an old friend of the committee. For the past 70 years weve worked with allies and partners to uphold a rulesbased order based on principles of free peoples in free markets, open seas and skies. The rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. These ideas have produced unprecedented peacened prosperity in the asia pacific. Now a throthe most immediate che is a situation on the crane peninsula. Kim jong uns regime has thrown its full weight behind its quest for Nuclear Weapons. Unfortunately, the
Saying she never said no and changed details on multiple occasions and met with cosby several times after the alleged assault. There was no evidence of a crime here, and the insistieyy among the spectators was Gloria Allred who represents two dozen alleged victims of the 78yearold, their stories are limb sim lar to constands, they were drugged and sexually assaulted. Dont think mr. Cosby was thrilled that his own interview with the police was admitted because some of what he said could be quite damming. And cosby waived his right to a formal arraignment and no trial date is set. Chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you chad. The coverage continues on line for you, can you see raw video from today and catch up on the hearing to this point at 6abc. Com. In other news, a driver is now in custody after he allegedly hitting and killed a man at a bus stop this morning. It happened just before 1 00 a. M. At the corner of cotman and bustleton avenues. That is where walter perez is live
At Andrew Jackson Elementary School in south philly with more on that. Monique . Reporter hey, rosemary. A few moments ago i talked to the Elections Office and they told me kenney garnered 85 of the vote. So i asked how many people actually voted and i was told about 254,000. Right now you can see that police and other dignitaries are coming here to the school, awaiting the arrival of mayorelect jim kenney. Hes going to be the 99th mayor of philadelphia. Hes launching his Transition Team in just a couple of minutes. Some of the big issues hell tackle aside from education include no state budget and a new Police Commissioner. Were not sure if hes making an announcement or announcing people that will be part of his Transition Team, but no doubt, all eyes will be watching and listening when hebifnj] speaks about 11 15. Well have it live on nbc 10, our news app, and online. Live in south philly, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. Thanks for that, monique. Now to the suburbs and a close race in
Congress. Heading home, senator Bernie Sanders expected on the plane any moment now, his way back to vermont to continue recovering from whats being told what was indeed a heart attack. Questions remain over his health with only 10 days to go before the next president ial debate. Well bring you the latest in a live report. The new movie joker is nothing to laugh about. The thriller drawing big crowds in the opening weekend. This weekend. And movie theatres and Law Enforcement officials across the country are on high alert. Well tell you why. Lets get started. With this intriguing new headline, the possibility of a Second Intelligence official on the verge of filing a whistleblower complaint. New york times reports that has been interviewed as part of the corroboration of the first claims part of ukraines president. But what are we to make of this new reporting . Hans nichols tracking it down from the white house. The times reports this person is considering filing a whistleblower repor
Duty. Well get to the gop attempts at character assassination that will define the president and his party long after todays hearing. But we start with the facts that are sending the president into a tailspin today. As one more witness, and this time, one who listened in on the fateful call between donald trump and president zelensky, offers devastating testimony confirming the Pressure Campaign against the ukrainians, the case against the president gains an unimpeachable witness and one with firsthand knowledge of the phone call that put the president s impeachment in motion. Vinland w vind m vindman who was awarded a purple heart for his service in iraq testified he reported to his superiors on two occasions his concerns about the Pressure Campaign against the ukrainians who were being asked to deliver political favors to the president. In his Opening Statement, vindman describes his alarm over what he heard on the president s call. Saying this, i was concerned by the call. I did not