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Some of it is redacted as you can see the black marks here. We dont know what it is. There is a reference to military aid that was suspended, essentially, or put on hold to ukraine that is raised in the whistleblower complaint. That is at the heart of what some have described as potential quid pro quo, one the president has denied. Let me explain what that is. The United States had been set to deliver this military assistance to ukraine. The president did ask for that to be reviewed. That was no...

States would result in an extraordinary threat to National Security and Foreign Policy. So, the Inspector General is saying, heres why you have to investigate this thoroughly, is because this potentially affects National Security and Foreign Policy. Also goes on to state that he wants this to be further investigated. We now know as of yesterdays reporting that he not only referred it to the Justice Department for a possible criminal investigation of the president of the United States, he also re...

Cream with eric clapton has died at the age of 80. And in the sport at 5. 30, champions Manchester City fall eight points behind in the title race after suffering a shock home defeat against wolves. Good afternoon. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have again taken to the streets in hong kong, defying a ban on wearing face masks, which has been imposed under a new emergency law. Police used tear gas and charged with batons to try to break up the crowds. The protesters, who first took to the str...

House in their back and forth exchanges with the acting director of National Intelligence. Nancy, what, if anything, do we know about the author of this report . Theres no name on this document. Reporter correct. We know very little aside from the fact that this is someone who is in the Intelligence Community, and apparently had been detailed to the National Security council at the white house, and in that capacity had a lot of interaction with white house officials. We also know that this whist...

Growth, trade uncertainty, lower inflation. A number of participant thought it would better align the feds benchmark Interest Rate with socalled neutral rate, the rate that neither spurs nor slows growth. Several members want to the maintain rates. Not cut rates last seening. They thought the economy was in fine shape and they wanted to save firepower for when the economy actually deteriorates. There were a couple who wanted a 50 basis point rate cut. We know one of those was st. Louis fed presi...

Loss of life. Security forces have been deployed by the Prime Minister who has also appealed for calm. If the security situation worsens, he warns the risk is the destruction of the state. These protests havent come out of nowhere. Their roots lie in the terrible damage inflicted on iraq and its people by decades of warand iraq and its people by decades of war and the failure of politicians to unite and rebuild a fragile country. A big force driving them to demonstrate is unemployment. Even thos...

Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things, faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. That oath cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moo...

Plus, the red carpet turned purple for televisions big night. Well tell you the big winners from this years emmy awards. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is here in new york city this morning for a threeday visit to the United Nations. A whistleblower complaint about mr. Trumps conversation with the ukrainian president threatens to overshadow the trip. Democrats are demanding details of Preside...

While futures are off their highs following the release of that complaint but we will still be up about 50 points on the dow, up maybe 4 on the s p, 4. 5 on the nasdaq. We were higher than that before the whistleblower complaint was released. We have come down a little bit but not that much. Look, this is going to be a very big day for politics and of course, for your money. You are going to see Speaker Pelosis news conference. Thats in our 10 00 hour. The speaker owns the impeachment process. S...