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before leaving warsaw this morning the president met with leaders from natos eastern flank and reaffirmed their joint commitment quoting the white house here to, quote, stand with the ukrainian people for as long as it takes. vladimir putin was also alliance building, meeting with chinas top envoy saying cooperation between their two countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china. the pentagon spokeswoman today warning, ...

>> plus the justice department marks a new phase of its investigation into donald trump. a federal grand jury subpoena now demands testimony from a key west wing insider. the trump white house counsel pat cipollone. and chinas response to nancy pelosis defiance by dispatching 27 war planes into taiwans airspace. the house speaker says her taiwan visit a clear marker now in the battle between democracy and dictatorship. >> today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy...

Its own subpoenas, which congress cant. if congress wishes to go down the road of trying to compel anybody to testify, theyd have to go to the justice department and take everything to court and would be a more convoluted, complex legal process. so anything the justice department does is going to have more teeth in congress both in the way of subpoenas and bringing in anyone to testify. >> so, but i mean how likely is it the former president would try to invoke executive priv l, and how would th...

Exact issue. we know he was there when members of congress were also in touch with the president of the united states also. so the other key thing about pat cipollone is that he is not someone close to the president currently in trump world so you cant just offer him a job or anything else to get him to not talk to the committee. >> help me understand the line. where does he have priv l, and where is there no privilege? if pat cipollone turned a hypothetical and said, sir, is that illegal? is th...

17 March 2021 | 09:46am StockMarketWire.com - Investment consultancy River and Mercantile posted a 19% drop in first-half profit amid a fall in management and performance fees. Pre-tax profit for the six months through December decreased to £4.6 million, down from £5.7 million, as revenue slipped 5.7% to £34.3 million. River and Mercantile held its interim dividend steady at 3.89p per share, but also declared a special dividend of 0.5p per share. Fee-earning assets under management increased...

Were going to look at the implications for the middle east. also tonight a disturbing question. why are anti-semitic slurs still common in america, and the issue of race is front and center in the upcoming 2020 election. bexar going to see whats driving it. but lets begin with cory lewandowski stone walling at todays congressional impeachment hearing. >> is it correct as reported in the mueller report on june 19, 2017, you met alone in the oval office with the president? >> is there a book and p...

An appeal, and so we may not be done with it just yet. theres an old adage in the law that says no man may resist a subpoena and must produce it unless there is some relevant priv l that protects it. and so the accounting firm received a subpoena and must produce these documents. president trump is trying to refer to this as a redo and a do over from the mueller report. this is completely different. congress has a right to look at these financial records. the judge found that it is within the pr...

Civilian is different. this is an accounting firm. perhaps theyre not going to have the wallet or the stomach for a protracted court fight. why would they? this is their work product. also, it seems to me this company can be compelled to act by the white house. so this could actually happen. these documents, barring a stay from a higher court could actually come out? >> yeah, i do expect well see an appeal, and so we may not be done with it just yet. theres an old adage in the law that says no m...