Has some explaining to do. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We begin in the Nations Capital, where we will for weeks and months. President trumps phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. It may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president pushed his rivals. Bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. In the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, sondland called and told him of his meetings. My staff could hear President Trump hear asking about the investigations. The ambassador cold President Trump they were ready to move forward. Someone asked what President Trump thought about ukraine. He said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pushing for. Thats more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. Taylors revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassador gordon sondland. The a
Apartment, saying her hands and feet were tied. Investigators now on the scene in the Dominican Republic. The state of emergency in one of the worlds most famous cities. The deadly flooding in venice. The historic city under water tonight. The investigation into nine Student Deaths at the same university. Whats behind it . Your health tonight, and the major finding. The watch that can detect abnormal heartbeats while youre awake and while youre sleeping. Is it saving lives . The major headline involving quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Is he about to make his nfl comeback . Which teams will be watching him . And america strong tonight. The surprise gift. The moment she opens that front door. And youll see it right here. And good evening from the Nations Capital tonight. And we are here because of this moment in history. The start of impeachment hearings for President Trump. Only the fourth president to face these proceedings. Millions watching on television today, and there was a surprise
Four days until christmas and for the moment all is quiet in washington. Lawmakers are out of town for the long holiday break and the president kicking off a twoweek stay at maralago club. A showdown looms for the two most powerful on the hill. Nancy pelosi says she wants to see Mitch Mcconnell set up a fair trial first and mcconnell on an i allowing. I think many of us would like to hear from witnesses that did know come forward. The president did not allow some witnesses to dom forward. Thats important before we make a decision. Im perplexed why the president doesnt want some of the witnesses to come forward. Ed this as ken starr who says that its pelosi who is now guilty of abuse of power. I think theres abuse of house power in the way this unfolded in the house and riding rough shod over minorities rights and ultimately the rights of the president and now shes essentially trying to tell the senate how to do business. And here is the deal, and its wrong constitutionally. Ed and not
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