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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In this episode of Up Close, Meisha Ross Porters first day as New York City Schools Chancellor is Monday. Shes the first African American woman to serve in the top job of the nations largest school system. Shes facing a school yards worth of challenges including more in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, the debate about education equity, and whether to reimagine the gifted and talented programs and a lot more. Porter discusses those challenges ahead of her f...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In this episode of Up Close, Bill Ritter breaks down the verdict in the historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The Senate vote acquitted the former president once again, but how badly will this damage his legacy going forward? And what did the impeachment trial accomplish? Bill Ritter discusses the trial with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein and political consultant Hank Sheinkopf also offer up their t...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In this episode of Up Close, Bill Ritter breaks down the verdict in the historic second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The Senate vote acquitted the former president once again, but how badly will this damage his legacy going forward? And what did the impeachment trial accomplish? Bill Ritter discusses the trial with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein and political consultant Hank Sheinkopf also offer up their t...

GO NZ: A holiday at Cape Kidnappers in Hawkes Bay, with kiwis and gannets 13 Jan, 2021 05:19 PM 6 minutes to read A kiwi discovery tour at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Sue Wallace Meet a cute, soft and fluffy kiwi chick with a needle-like beak and tiny eyes for the first time, and chances are you will be smitten. I was. But as awesome as a face-to-face encounter is, its knowing that they can breed and live safely, thanks to conservation efforts, thats just as importan...

Is that north korea has been really careful the long-range missiles or to do nuclear test periods that makes america a lo safer and that is the core between the two have kim jong u refraining from doing those long-range missile tests although hes inching up close, but he really has held back and that is what is keeping the talks somewhat alive at this point. >> tell us whether you agree or disagree with the policy, if yo live in this country youre in american and you should be on american side. ...

For a commander-in-chief to exercise his authority when he senses there is something not right in terms of the prosecution of particular case or something that is contributing to a degree of unfairness. but i also will tell you that ive seen this military justice system up close, operated in it for almost 40 years. i think it is a good system. if youre innocent you want to be in this system. >> bill: here is eddie gallagher sunday morning. listen to this. >> both of these seal officers testified...

Part of whats been so difficult about the last three years is that i dont think that our system ever anticipated that someone like donald trump could become president. you know, the way in which the founders designed the system, the way in which candidates were nominated, someone like this is not supposed to be president of the united states. i dont know how to put it more bluntly than that. the gravity of the job is just too much. i would also say, rachel, im appalled not just necessarily this ...

As a senior administration official seeing the president behave that way? what becomes your responsibility once youre a witness to that? >> well, you know, first of all part of whats been so difficult about the last three years is that i dont think that our system ever anticipated that someone like donald trump could become president. you know, the way in which the founders designed the system, the way in which candidates were nominated, someone like this is not supposed to be president of the u...

University here in washington, d.c. he was a proud howard grad. i received an honorary degree there in 2014. it allowed us to spend some quality time together. up close, i saw his kindness and his passion to work for the american people. his love of the house of representatives, his impressive knowledge of the legislative process and his commitment to improving the lives of his constituents in baltimore. elijah cummings leaves a remarkable legacy. this year he hinted at how he hoped to be rememb...

Interagency window we are getting that is giving us a fuller picture. so from the pentagon we get at least a glimpse, a slice of information that says ukraine was moving in the right direction. >> and the other slice of information we have is the business about europe paying more does not bear out yooit either because europe has been paying more than american through the course of the tension between ukraine and russia since 2014. >> exactly. >> kelly odonnell for us at the white house. coming...