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Yovanovitchs testimony makes clear is shedding more light on the shadows of the shadow foreign policy that the president has been running with respect to ukraine. it is very clear that mr. giuliani and others as well inside of the administration were going around the normal processes, and the normal procedures and the ambassador and the embas si and actively trying to smear and get kicked out of office the u.s. ambassador to ukraine and that is the opposite of how things are supposed to work. i ...

>> the ayes are 228. the nays are 206. article i is adopted. >> impeachment is a political process, which means public support is vital. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you will give today shall be the truth -- >> the inquiry should be undertaken as a great act of public education about the specifics of this case but also about the american system of checks and balances. a democracy can turn into a tyranny not all at once with a bang, but over time. officials, even elected,...

Now to level the processes of return to the streets as they continue to press for wholesale political reform the country has been swept by more than 2 weeks of demonstrations against a political class accused of corruption the prime minister steps down this week but protests protesters are demanding a complete overhaul government supporters have also been making their voices heard . rallying around their leader thousands of protesters are pushing back against cries for president michel aoun to s...

Am amadi. >> the substance is that the president asked for a public investigation into his rivals and also ukraine aid withheld and bill taylor testified -- >> your conclusion. >> im saying thats whats come out. >> a conclusion to me. we disagree. >> the president asked for the ukrainians to investigate the bidens. is that okay? >> the president asked for the complaint to go through the normal processes and we have seen nothing of that. when you say that you have made the conclusion, whatever, i...

There may be some processes to end the power sharing, but this will take a very long time. basically, were asking the political elite to commit elective suicide. they depend on this to justify their existence. >> and you dont see the political elite in many count countries doing that, do you? >> absolutely not. >> the militant group his hezbollah is one of the main political parties. could it or any other group dominate the political landscape? >> not necessarily. hezbollah relies on politics. a...

Are considered terrorists? do they get a gitmo * situation? >> france doesnt have gitmo. the bush administration made a wise decision. its difficult to deal with them through the normal legal processes. thats why the french dont want them back. some of these terrorists may end up getting released and becoming terrorists again. the french really want those prisoners to stay where they are. if they do they will have to help the kurds and work with our administration in stopping erdogan from invadi...

Will republicans go ahead and subpoena anyone they want because there is no process in their impeachment preparation, refusing to interview monica lewinsky. are republicans being hypocritical here? >> everybody is a hypocrite. this is all about politics but i think republicans have a fairness point in terms of when you prepare the two processes, impeachment of bill clinton and this process the democratic minority had more rights and as i read the resolution and see how it was applied maybe it wi...

Witnesses to come in and contradict everything that we now know the president did. particularly, in connection with the dirty deal with the ukraine. the quid pro quo. so i actually think its a very wise move on behalf of the democrats to give the president those rights. >> katy, what does this mean for bill barr as he looks at these rules that have come out? were looking at an attorney general who has certainly looked at this process with a very questioning eye, shall i say, and as hes moved for...

Now, at the same time, our democratic processes are under direct attack from the president in a way weve never seen in u.s. history before, and i think thats making us learn about them if only to understand what it is thats threatened. and so its a -- this is time for sort of i think for specific -- civic e -- dedication, to be dedicated to learning what our own responsibilities are as citizens and to pay attention whats happening right now. this is not a time where you can just let the news was...

Pro quo. i think its a wise move on the part of the democrats. >> katie, what does this mean for bill barr, as he looks at the rules? were looking at an attorney general who has looked at the process with a questioning eye, and as he moved forward with the justice department, not been supportive of this process. how might he throw a wrench into this? >> i think what we need to do is look at the impeachment, and almost today as parallel processes, on impeachment, yes, we have seen the republicans...