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Hour. A rough transcript of President Trumps call with his ukranian counterpart is released stirring even more controversy. The white house says it proves there was no quid pro quo. But democrats say it backs up their calls for action against the president and are moving forward. They claim it is an abuse of power. The president is due to give a press conference shortly in new york well bring that to you live. Well be live for the next hour with all the analysis from both sides of the atlantic. ...

Yet, centred on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. All of this comes as the former president runs in the hope of becoming the next president , courting the Republican Party nomination while facing mounting legal concerns. So, lets take a look at the latest charges filed against him yesterday. This time, he was accused of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. During a brief arr...

Of course this comes as the former president , runs in the hope of becoming the next president , courting the Republican Party nomination while facing mounting legal concerns. So lets take a look at the latest charges filed against him yesterday. This time he was accused of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. During a brief arraignment in the Nations Capital yesterday, mr trumps lawyer entered a p...

And seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We ca...

out swinging against nikki haley, launching a range of verbal attacks on her record and against each other. you were bankrupt _ and against each other. you were bankrupt when - and against each other. mm, were bankrupt when you left the un, after you left the un you became a military contractor, you actually started joining service on the board of boeing whose back you scratched for a very long time. that maths does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt. there is noth...

National Security Team that was in helsinki. And we need to do that immediately. We need hearings as soon as possible. To assess what President Trump might have committed to president in secret. I trust our Intelligence Community and i trust their assessment that there was a russian meddling in the election but i also trust investigations so far which has shown absolutely no collusion. Dana it we have that story covered from multiple angles. Bret baier is standing by with analysis but first repu...

From that time, and we know a lot more about the overall scheme than when the impeachment occurred. lets get some more analysis. robert costa is a correspondent with cbs news, hejoined me earlier. robert koster, chief election correspondent for cbs news. great to have you with us. we are on somewhat unusual ground, this is uncharted territory, and yet we have also been here before in the past few months when it comes to donald trump. talk to us about what you are hearing today from the trump cam...

Does raise significant concerns. i think that there has been a lot ofjournalistic look at the claim made often by conservatives that conservatives that conservatives are targeted. i do think at a time where there seems to be an asymmetrical, not that there is none on the left button asymmetrical level of misinformation disinformation from certain kinds of right—wing figures about covid, for example, the platforms are struggling to deal with it, there are ways to deal with it, there are ways to...

Those two shocking things were happening. so just from a security perspective, aside from the nature of why these people did this, that was really extremely surprising to me and i have seen a lot of things going on in the capitol. where were you as it unfolded? i was out by the building talking to the people coming in and out and trying to find out — the challenge for me was trying to get at why or what did he hope to accomplish. there were different types of people there. they were not a big ...

Interesting listening to all - interesting listening to all three of you, susan, robert and david, is the degree of emphasis on the functioning of american democracy and zing, if we can bring you win, you are editor—in—chief of vice uk and i wonder as you have observed this story whether this marks a broader shift in journalist interest and how democracy functions and how that is described to their audiences? i described to their audiences? i think it certainly reflects a kind — think it c...