Now russian and syrian warplanes have resumed attacks on the last rebel held province and hes 21. 00 civilians have been killed in edge and in recent days and thats despite a cease fire that was supposed to start on sunday the White Helmets rescue group has recorded more than a dozen of violations of that cease fire. Reports. The damage caused by one of several air strikes in the Northwest Province of survivors trying to salvage whats left. Emergency crews combed the rubble to recover the body of a child the. Other civilians room on the casualties from his lips city. In the afternoon lips which he was targeted by easter cord 23 church they hit the Industrial Area and a. Hallmark it must of those hurt have serious injuries. In a nearby hospital friends console a father grieving his son was a ceasefire which started on sunday was shattered on a one step 6. I was in syrian and russian jets attacked it that city as well as several rebel held town was the ceasefire was brokered by turkey wh
Receive the managers of the house of representatives to exhibit the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore the hour of 12 00 noon having arrived and a quorum being present, the sergeant at arms will present the managers on the part of the house of representatives. The sergeant at arms mr. President and members of the senate, i announce the presence of the managers on the part of the house of representatives to conduct proceedings on behalf of the house concerning the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. The president pro tempore the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. The sergeant at arms hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the United States articles of i
Correspondent kimberly how it is standing by for us in washington d. C. In our bureau there while castro is on capitol hill will be talking with them throughout the proceedings over the next few hours lets go 1st to heidi so heidi what can we expect over the coming hours as both sides give their arguments and are we likely to hear anything new at this point. Well this opens yet another chapter in the impeachment proceedings against trump you know we 1st heard from those facts witnesses then it was the constitutional scholars and starting today will be hearing from the attorneys for both parties who will help in this nitty gritty case of the House Judiciary Committee drafting the articles of impeachment that trump will face in essence these are like the indictments that you that a defendant would face in a trial and what we expect to hear 1st are Opening Statements from both sides those could be quite drawn out afterwards there will be opportunities for questions from the various member
Just want to take a recess so that they can hold a press conference outside this is partisan politics in play the House Judiciary Committee were hearing legal statements today from washington a statement from the legal teams from both sides essentially summing up everything we have heard in the last at my count its been 76 days since the impeachment inquiry began or the process began. And one line that stands out for me from today certainly from the democratic lawyer who said it simply the facts are clear donald trump put his own political and personal interests above the nation while steve consta the republican lawyer talked to the democrats obsession with impeachment saying they believed if they didnt impeach then President Trump would simply be reelected jaimie joe counts our correspondent up on capitol hill today just the tone of the whole event today heidi i mean i know weve seen plenty of conflict in the hearing so far but it feels like its coming to a head today between the 2 si
Assess over the last 76 days is this whether President Trump abused the power of his office through a quid pro quo robbery extortion or whatever by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring ukrainian president selenski to investigate the president s political rival former v. P. Biden for the president s political benefit in the upcoming election a secondary allegation that has been levied is whether President Trump obstructed congress during the inquiry. Evidence of taim during the inquiry does not support either of those allegations the republican report of evidence lays out the reasons in more detail but i will summarize i will begin with the substantive allegation about an abuse of power. The inquiry has returned no direct evidence of President Trump without a meeting or Security Assistance in order to pressure president alinsky to investigate former v. P. Biden witnesses who testified in the in korea have denied having awareness of criminal activity or eve