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Liberia: Zoe Pennue Gets Green Light to Senate; To be Certificated on Wednesday Liberia: Zoe Pennue Gets Green Light to Senate; To be Certificated on Wednesday Share MONROVIA – After a long legal battle between Mr. Thomas Yaya Nimely and Mr. Zoe Pennue, the National Elections Commission (NEC) says it will go ahead on Wednesday to certificate Senator-elect of Grand Gedeh County Zoe Emmanuel as winners of the December 8, 2020 election. Zoe was given a greenlight by the NEC to take office as Sen...

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>> at her first news conference, senator-elect hillary clintons message was bipartisanship. the media glare will intensify when mrs. clinton returns to washington, especially since shes laid out an ambitious legislate of agenda for herself. >> that the headline right there! >> thank you so much for showcasing the reporting here at fox news and taking it to a big audience in prime time. that has really matter to me. >> tucker: there have been many times when i called you because i trust what you ...

President has launched on generals, gold star families, even members of his own cabinet. look, i think we need more civility in politics, but i think it is important that we make clear that this president should be investigated. for now i think we ought to leave impeachment off the table. i think we should be focusing on smart, targeted oversight, oversight that improves the fin functioning of government, shores up the institutions of our government, that helps ferret out wrongdoing. and lets wa...

To weigh in on several looming policy clashes between congress and the white house. he reportedly sought out the role. this of course follows the intense back and forth early this week between romney and president trump after the senator -elect blasted the president in an op-ed for "the washington post," which also stressed the importance of maintaining international allie allies. here is president trump responding. >> i wish he could be more of a team player. im surprised he did this quickly. i...

A republican. i dont know. we talk about -- >> i am a conservative, not a republican. >> okay. does this administration have any leverage right now when it comes to this wall? as a conservative, how do you read it? >> well, i think that the thing -- right now, the problem of course is that you need 60 votes in the senate. so, you know, if mitch mcconnell had -- and i think it was smart that he didnt. but the only shot they had at building the wall, i think, the $5 billion, the full wall, just en...

Control of everything, and mitch mcconnell would have had to have gone nuclear, blown up the filibuster. i actually think it would have ultimately hurt republicans, but that was probably the only shot they had. >> okay. so, molly, lets talk about mitt romney, senator-elect now. his op-ed on trump. this is what he told jake tapper earlier today about 2020. >> i havent decided who im going to endorse in 2020. im going to see what the alternatives are. by the way, i acknowledge the president was su...

>> sandra: saudi arabian prosecutors seek the death penalty against five suspects charged with killing "washington post" column shift jamal khashoggi. the october 2 murder in istanbul has strained u.s. relations with the kingdom. the senate blamed the saudi crown prince for the murder and the chamber passed legislation seeking to cut off american aid for the saudi-led war in yemen. >> president trump: with mitt romney, i would love him to be a team player, possibly he wont be. if he fought reall...

Joining me is utahs senator romney, who will officially be sworn in tomorrow. senator-elect, thank you for being here. >> thanks, jake. good to be with you. >> so why write this op-ed and why do it now? >> i actually wrote a very similar op-ed before i got into the primary in utah and laid out my views with regards to the president and his presidency. and noted that i will work with the president, as i would, frankly, with any president, which is on those areas where im in agreement, well be abl...

How youre doing. you battled prostate cancer not long ago. obviously, your lovely wife ann has had her issues with multiple sclerosis over the years. how is your health? >> fortunately, were doing very, very well. >> thats not -- >> were doing very, very well, and in particular, she keeps very healthy and very strong. and im doing just fine, as well. >> senator-elect, i hope youll continue to come here and talk to us. we really enjoyed it. thank you so much. >> thanks so much. >> appreciate it. ...