Trial that could take place in the new year. Inappropriate in my judgment for senators on either side of the aisle to prejudge evidence before they have heard what is presented because each of us will take an oath to seriously render impartial justice. Collins and murkowski doubting the leaders approach, scrutiny fall on republicans, like Lamar Alexander of tennessee, who could force leaders to work out the terms of 1999al the way they did in with the impeachment trial of president bill clinton. Edward is in newport, florida, optimistic. Caller greetings and happy new year from sunny florida. I am very optimistic. Hasdentally, Arnie Arnesen a net worth of 70 million, all through politics. Has made hismp money in business. In new port richey, the tampa area, every block has new construction on it. When i go to the vfw, my fellow veterans are very positive and optimistic about what President Trump is doing. ande in a community of 55 at our community center, we have optimism from senior c
Fromion, Alexandra Petri the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. Hey, john. [applause] f npr, myheslow o former colleague. [applause] tillman of buzzfeed. [applause] we have a buzzfeed crowd here. [laughter] cheating, she brought a second competitor. [laughter] gangitano from the hill. [applause] from theawsey washington post. There you are. [applause] eric geller of politico. [applause] is a great lineup of fierce competitors. Lets have a round of applause ofor them, as they start to think about their spelling. Now, id like to turn the podium over to our friends from scripps, who will introduce their team and go over the rules of the competition. Hello, everyone. I am one of the eight spellers who won the 2019 Scripps National spelling bee in may. [applause] theall ourselves octochamps. [laughter] it is a great honor and privilege to be here today. I would like to thank the Scripps N
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, if youre unsure, it is. You can text and post on the social media sites. Usa today and suffix university did a poll doing this idea that if americans thought things would get better or worse in their own lives in 2020. When they say that, 80 said yes, 11 said no. 80 predicting their lives would be better, that optimism stretched across demographic lines. One of the main reasons those party those people participated said they thought that our lives would be better from the economy. Also, those surveyed protected things would get better for their community, but as a nation as a whole, optimism was more 72 percent towide 16 . Democrats thing said things would get worse. You can factor that into your thinking, whether you would view more things optimistically or pessimistically. We will take calls in a few moments. We will be joined by opinion nests to talk not only about politics but other issues, as she has many a day on this program. Joining us from New Hampshire is the syndicated tal
Leaders of ukraine and russia meet for the 1st time theyll be in paris for a summit that aims to put an end to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine so will the 2 leaders find a solution and charge of a way forward and whats at stake this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im home here in ukraine elected a president in april whose top priority was to end the conflicts in the east more than 13000 people have been killed during the fighting there between the Ukrainian Army and russian backed separatists and i for the 1st time since he came into office lot of years are in ski is meeting russian president Vladimir Putin where french and german leaders are mediating the talks taking place in paris on monday the socalled Normandy Group last met to discuss ways to end the fighting more than 3 years ago but president selenski is optimistic he can bring peace to Eastern Ukraine but his critics see him as a political novice and fear he might give away too much in his quest for peace as