I kneeneed a trophy. Thank you, i appreciate it and happy friday. We start with the final fare wells to a giant of the House Of Representatives, Elijah Cummings. Funeral services are starting as we speak in his beloved baltimore. The church is so packed theyre having to turn some people away. You will see speeches live from Hillary Clinton and nancy pelosi this hour and later today from former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton. They have halted congressional action on the Impeachment Inquiry today, but there are still two big developments this morning. A top source is telling nbc news that investigation into the russia investigation is now a criminal one. Were going to explain what that means legally, the extra power the doj now has, and why democrats are livid. And just in the last couple of minutes, nbc news Learning Lawyers for ousted National Security adviser john bolton are in talks for a possible private deposition in the impeachment
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That if he was acting corruptly, wrongfully, that it was unlikely he was going to confess to president zelensky that he was asking for the investigations explicitly to help his prospects . In my experience, you almost never have a defendant or someone who is engaging in misconduct who would ever explicitly say in this case, president zelensky, im going to bribe you now or im going to ask for a bribe for i am now going to extort you. That is not the way these things work. Thank you. And going back to you, you said hunter biden had been on the board going back to 2014, correct . Yes. President trump supported ukraine with aid and otherwise in both 2017 and 2018, correct . President trump has done a lot for the ukraine. Taking a break from the
hearing for breaking the news on the doj watchdog report. Has just out, Inspector General Michael Horowitz as anticipated, his longawaited report on the russia investigation. We are just getting it now, live at the Justice Department with what we ar
Times square in new york after 8 00 p. M. Tonight eastern, bars and restaurants are closed. We dont know how long. In other parts of the country, this emphasis go bay area people issuing an order for six counties, only essential business is allowed to open. Halting the spread of the virus as a u. S. Death toll rises to 80. At midnight, a ban on travel to the u. K. And ireland is set. The president saying hes issuing a federal lockdown in a months long struggle with the virus. In a move critics are calling trumpian, canada preventing its citizens from crossing borders. Seattle, researchers given the first vaccine to 45 human volunteers. Even if the Research Goes well, they say the vaccine will not be available for widespread use for 1218 months. Tonight, there are reports that australian researchers believe they may have a possible cure, a combination of drugs to treat malaria and hiv. California line stretching around for gun stores as gun and ammo sales are through the roof. This is f
Accomplices ended up trying to stop the investigation. They tried to stop the criminal investigation into what had happened. When they say about watergate the coverup was worse than the crime, this is what thats about. It was spelled out in the first article of impeachment brought against nixon. Richard m. Nixon using the powers of his office engaged personally and through his close subordinates interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the department of justice, the federal bureau of investigation, the office of Watergate Special prosecution force and congressional committees. Endeavoring to interfere. That was the first article of impeachment against nixon. Obstruction of justice. In the aftermath of watergate, in the aftermath of nixons resignation, in the aftermath of that National Political disaster, there were a bunch of political reforms. And one of the reforms was a structural, basically technical fix to head off some of the sins outlined in
Investigation into what had happened. When they say about watergate the coverup was worse than the crime, this is what thats about. It was spelled out in the first article of impeachment brought against nixon. Richard m. Nixon using the powers of his office engaged personally and through his close subordinates interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the department of justice, the federal bureau of investigation, the office of Watergate Special prosecution force and congressional committees. Endeavoring to interfere. That was the first article of impeachment against nixon. Obstruction of justice. In the aftermath of watergate, in the aftermath of nixons resignation, in the aftermath of that National Political disaster, there were a bunch of political reforms. And one of the reforms was a structural, basically technical fix to head off some of the sins outlined in that first article of impeachment, the issue of the president interfering in this case