house of representatives authorizes release of certain grand jury materials, united states house of representatives versus united states department of justice. u.s. department of justice, a lette letter-- >> good morning, your honor, may it please the court, i'm for the the department of justice. the district court in this case denies the government's request for appeal to this court for opportunity to review the important questions. the court denied that motion even though it clearly has the grand jury issues are disclosed they can't be undisclosed. the bell can't be unrung after the fact. the court denies that

his tax records to the house of representatives. significant on both fronts, susan. >> it is significant. they set a briefing schedule december 5th, intending they intend to move rather rapidly on this case and willing to grant an administrative stay indicating they are willing to take up the case and not just the immediate decision whether president trump has to give up his finances but the scope of the united states presidency overall. incredibly significant in the don mcgahn case the court is ruling what is called a ju dishble question, not a political question between the executive branch and congress to work out themselves. the court saying, no, it is within our jurisdiction to decide when you have the president of the united states making an astonishing broad assertion of immunity and not complying with congressional subpoenas at all. >> what kind of decision? >> a justiciable decision. >> go ahead, jeffrey. you learned a new legal word. >> william burke, the lawyer for don mcgahn just issued a statement. i wonder if i could r

to the house of representatives in five days. we certainly have both stand and jurisdiction from that order, and we think it's wrong because i don't think, i think the premise of your question that an impeachment proceeding in the legislative branch is a a judil proceeding in the sense of rule 6(e). >> i think it's an interesting question. could you address it, whether there's a jurisdictional bar of us looking at the impeachment proceeding? >> so this issue is not addressed -- >> i know. >> but i think the answer to the question isn't is there isn't a jurisdictional bar. the committee came in under the local rules of the this a court which provide any person, a newspaper can anybody could come in and ask in any case by supposition the district court provision of the grand jury and ask for an order. once the discipline issue that order then of course the department of justice has the right to seek review of that order. >> it doesn't go to your review. it goes to the district court deciding the issue in the first place. >> i agree

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lawmakers vote to make the inquiry official democrats in the house of representatives passed the resolution without a single republican vote so what does this mean for the president still go to washington to find out also coming up lebanon's president warns of impending economic collapse after 2 weeks of mass protests michel aoun calls for a government of experts for just 2 years the country out of crisis plus their arms are there on the front lines and they're all women to meet zimbabwe's female only anti-poaching you. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we begin with a historic vote in the united states democrats in the house of representatives have taken a major step in their efforts to impeach president donald trump voting to move forward with their investigation the resolution sets out the ground rules that lawmakers will use moving the process from closed door sessions into the public eye. the weather on capitol hill couldn't have been more symbolic the vote in the house of representatives means an uncertain future to the trump presidency with 232 yes to 196 nays the democratic co

the house of representatives has endorsed the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the vote was almost entirely along party lines, with democrats supporting it, and republicans against. it's only the third time in modern history that the house has voted against a sitting president. democrats are looking into whether president trump betrayed his oath of office by trying to get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. as laura trevelyan now reports, it's clear mr trump and house speaker nancy pelosi are on a collison course. on this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 196. a historic moment. a house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. ..on the table. did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong—arm the ukrainian president into investigating joe biden? that's the accusation. the house divided almost entirely on party lines. only a couple of democrats voted with the republicans. nancy pelosi, the house speaker, was never an enthusiastic supporter of impeachment. now she says the enqui

the house of representatives. may god bless our new president and our new vice president and may god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> we have about a minute left. we start off talking about the founding fathers and how they created the system. what does that moment say about the american system? dr. brown: that is an extraordinary moment. you have an active statesmanship. an individual who was running for election who decided not to create a constitutional crisis by essentially ignoring the supreme court decision. he could have recognized the florida representatives petitioning to be heard and to throw out florida's ballots. he did not. it is so important to realize that really critical junctures in our country's history, statesmanship has been all but has kept us going. bruce ackerman writes an extraordinary book about precisely that failure of the founding fathers around making the vice president the president of the senate who would announce that ballot. >> thank you for your time. dr. brown: t

, would go to the house of representatives. it would do five to three. >> the next election everyone studied in high school was the 1824 election. adams, clay, johnson. what is important to know about that? dr. brown: there's a couple things that are really important to know. not until james monroe's presidency, this idea of how does the nominee get decided? it really was not a controversy. everyone understood john adams would be the successor to washington. everyone understood james madison would be the successor to thomas jefferson. the problem was now you had james monroe, who had been governor in virginia. he had been secretary of state under james madison. he again becomes president. a lot of other people are starting to say, wait a minute. how come the virginians are consistently getting nominated for this office and winning? by the time munroe's presidency is winding down, it is 1824 and competition has been brewing for years. people cannot wait to jump in. they have a lot of candidates and one of those was actually will

boehner, 53rd speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] mr. boehner: thank you, thank you, thank you. well, well, well. i'm excited to be back in the capital. [laughter] you see, madame speaker took care of me. she put a box of tissues down here just in case. we will see how i do. madame speaker, thank you for hosting this event today. i want to thank my colleagues that i served in the leadership with, and our distinguished guests, friends and family. and let me say thanks to all of you for being here today. it may thank my family, dad, lindsay, tricia, jay, dominic, -- my family, deb, lindsay, tricia, jake, dominic, allister, and for being supportive all these years. [laughter] made thisbbards who portrait a reality with their generosity. they cannot be here today that cannot thank them enough. i also think the artist, ron, whose work can be found in the national portrait gallery. he has done work for some of our nation's top officials including some of our past presidents. you may be aware that one of our , 43,presidents, my friend george w.

in the house of representatives, working on the impeachment investigation of president richard nixon right alongside another young house staffer named hillary rodham who married bill clinton the next year after the nixon impeachment investigation. joining us now is former massachusetts republican governor bill weld. during watergate he was on the staff of the house judiciary committee. he is now running for the presidential nomination against donald trump. governor weld, thank you very much for joining us tonight. what was your reaction today to see not a single republican vote in the house of representatives for this resolution for public hearings? >> well, it's quite a contrast to 1974 in the nixon impeachment proceedings. fif first of all, the vote to authorize it was overwhelming, only four dissenting votes in the entire representatives. the respective chief counsel and republican chief counsel of that committee were quite clear they wanted to run a unified staff, so much so that ms. rodham and myself found ourselves in the same office. we were both members of the constitutional

again, at the end of the day, that's a task given to the house of representatives by the constitution to figure out what that means. and this, you know, specific set of house members will have to do that. again, what exactly they decide that might go in a set of articles of impeachment, whether they're just about what happened in ukraine, whether they also include obstruction of congress, whether they include other things, other conduct by the president and his administration, we'll have to see. but this is one of the thorny questions at the heart of any impeachment inquiry. what does it mean for something to be a high crime and misdemeaner? @ t: on twitter we're at c-spanwj. host: michael on our independent line. morris, illinois. go ahead. caller: good morning. i hope you'll give me the same amount of time that you have given to some of these other people. i have a comment and a question for ms. reynolds. the comment, i voted for trump, i voted for obama in 2008, i voted for a third neart 2012. now, -- party in 2012. now, it seems to me, and ms. reynolds commented on what gerald for

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 22 and the nays are 194. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic device. members, this is a five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 209, the nay

united states house of representatives. >> good afternoon. it is an honor to be here. of all the turmoil going in washington, john boehner brought us all back together. [laughter] a special thanks to john's wife debbie and to his children and grandchildren. i spent many hours with your father and sometimes it was a smoke-filled room. [laughter] but he always spoke of you. he always spoke of you. from the earliest days, the capital billing has showcased americans values through art. -- the capital building has showcased america's values through art. few individuals embody these values more than john does. think for a moment of the american dream. a young boy growing up with 11 siblings and sweeping the floors of his dad's bar. nothing prepared him more for the job of being speaker. [laughter] in congress, john served in several leadership roles and as a committee chair. in modern history he was among the best prepared in history to be elected to become speaker. and this preparation served john well, and our country. history will be kind to thi

of the house of representatives is clear. the court have recently agreed. for all the disagreements i have with president trump, for all his policies, his tweets and rhetoric that i deeply disagree with, i never wanted our country to reach this point. i do not take any pleasure in the need for this resolution. we are not here in some partisan exercise. we are here because the facts compel us to be here. there is serious evidence that president trump may have violated the constitution. this is about protecting our national security and safeguarding our elections. that's why the intelligence committee has been gathering evidence and hearing testimony. like any investigation, reasonable confidentiality has been paramount. witnesses should not be able to coordinate testimony in advance. the truth must be allowed to prevail. republicans have been a part of every single proceeding conducted so far. republicans conducting these depositions along with their staffs have had an opportunity to question each and every witness. now, madam

put it this way. -- we havethe court concerns with the standings of the house of representatives to file civil actions against the executive branch to raise arguments and assert the exercising of executive power. we think those are not article three cases. that is not this case, that is many other cases. but if we do think that there are article three problems with the house of representatives trying to create cases or controversies in the federal court, we will not advance that argument here, i think there is a serious? , but that is another reason to grant a stay pending appeal. thought. to finish the i am not aware of any case in which the court has thought that the need to defeat all relevant evidence, or to complete the story or investigate fully showingbeen an adequate under rule 6(e). there is not. i think the committee's argument is that is not fair to them because how are they supposed to know what to look for in the investigation? respectfully, i think that depends on the premise on whether they are under the right bucket of rule 6(e) at all. as the rule explains, the federal p

i do agree that i see a need for congress for both the house of representatives and the senate. keep them on focus of the agenda and not on security. i think that's why were seen a political divide. they're protecting the president who can run the career who does not support him. >> thank you philip. >> thank you. as i said before this comes up almost every time that i'm on and it's something that i've thought about a lot probably because i'm an exception that proves the rule and reporters, most of the people who reported with me when i first started coming along on. the house aref around for the clinton impeachment and only 15 of the senators who were jurors and members of the senate during the clinton impeachment trial, only 15 are still in office and that's only 21 years ago. so to me that's a pretty strong evidence that the system of government of governing and elections ofti potable ambition and buyers remorse politician who get the congress, that all is working pretty well. it is the case -- it is proved that the republican leader in chuck schumer are two of the 15 and int

it overwhelmingly passed the house of representatives. and my feeling is that those troops should have been there. i can say that i have voted for military aid to protect the kurdish forces. frankly, i don't care what president erdogan thinks. i have met with him a couple of times before all of this came out. here's becoming increasingly dictatorial. he is jumping in bed with the russians, who are traditional enemies of the turks. russianot a antiaircraft missile systems he has installed. he has invited putin to come there. what more do you need? >> i appreciate that and you make some good points. my question is more directed at how the president has embraced him and the implications that , has for u.s. foreign policy. rep. sensenbrenner: i think it is a mistake. >> we don't seem to be coherent and how we address -- rep. sensenbrenner: i think it is a mistake. and it is certainly a reversal from what president obama and president bush did with respect to the turkey-syria border and the protection of the kurds. we have to remember the kurd

house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 414, the nays are one. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 by the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson, who which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 116-289 offered by mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: a recorded vote has been ordered. a sufficient number having isen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two--minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 210, the nays are 214. is not adopted. not the unfinished

to the house of representatives. he came to congress as a graduate of the university of georgia and a successful businessman. before coming to congress, he served as a member of the georgia air national guard. leader,e house minority a state senator, and as the chair of the state board of education. on that day, i said, you brought a wealth of knowledge with him. colleagues -- her to our colleagues that in his decades of public service in our home state, johnny delivered a greattion or developed a reputation as a bridge builder. beliefs itas strong is also willing to work with others to get things done. very quickly, members of the house and senate discovered how true this was. the senator does not make a lot ability, but he has the and the power, the capacity to speak to power. when johnny served in the house of representatives, we always found a way to come together. tradition whenat he was elected to the senate. we worked on many issues like housing,ation, water, and veteran affairs. we always find a way to get al

house of representatives the sole power of impeachment. liz on burr oak drive. ladies or gentlemen first? >> it is just me. rep. sensenbrenner: my question is, the federal deficit is high at this time but it has grown over the years without a doubt. i think we are in the trillions. rep. sensenbrenner: 22 trillion to be precise. >> what are they doing at the federal level to look at this and start pulling back or cutting the debt off? rep. sensenbrenner: unfortunately, nothing. i favored a connotation of amendment for -- constitutional amendment, because that seems to be the only thing to restrain congress from doing whatever it wants to do. i have criticized federal spendings, i have voted against budgets, and debt increases atause if you look at what what a lot of us putting our spending on the cuff is about, it is us spending money on ourselves and giving the bills to pay for it, plus interest, to our children and grandchildren. that is neither good economics and i don't think it is moral. we will see who votes each way on funding the go

president donald trump is moving into a new public phase the house of representatives which is controlled by tribes rivals the democrats watcher to advance and formalize the investigation a for a phone call between trump and ukrainian president for not a man selenski is at the center of the inquiry tromso accused of withholding military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating political rival joe biden and if the house ultimately votes to pursue impeachment the trial would happen in the republican controlled senate and trump's removal from office would require a 2 thirds majority vote among fences so hopefully as we go forward with this the clarity of purpose a clarity of procedure a clarity of fact a clarity of troops it's about the truth it's about the constitution we will do so in a way that brings people together that is healing rather than dividing they are trying to impeach the president of the united states less than 13 months before an election based on anonymous walsall blow works with no firsthand knowledge who has a bias against the president it's reported that the whistleblo

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 416, there are no nays. /3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: have all members voted. any members wishing to change his or her vote? on this vote, the yeas are 423. there are no nays. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from illinois, mr. snyder, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3734 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 3734, a bill to require the comptroller general the united states to report access to credit, to require the administrator of the small business administration to report then veteran inters agency task force and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amende

speaker, this coming sunday of s the 26th anniversary the house of representatives passing the northern american free trade agreement, nafta. this agreement with our two closest trading partners, canada outdated , has become as time has passed. economies have flourished. now, we are in desperate need of updating nafta to meet modern day economic demands. many of us have staff who are younger than nafta, and we world hasree that the changed an awful lot in the last three decades. needs to bring the united states-mexcio-canada or usmca, to a vote immediately to keep trade fair.nd a vote on usmca is long overdue. 400 days more than since president trump announced this historic agreement, and have often anada given usmca the green light. or farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and everyone in between, we must follow suit. so many different industries can benefit from a modern trade agreement. in pennsylvania, nearly 43,000 depend on manufacturing exports to canada and mexico. pennsylvania e, in products billion to canada and mexico. there is no telling what lies ahead ential with a new revampe

house of representatives if he is trying to convicted in the u.s. senate that would be a 1st and regardless of partisan politics it would be a trauma for the country but this impeachment process is already facing numerous firsts never before has an alleged abuse of power by a president been retold in public on live television by witnesses directly connected to the alleged abuse never before has the president been so vocal on his own behalf in the run up to impeachment hearings trump's twitter feed is full of tweets referring to the impeachment asked a witch hunt and never before has any impeachment been undertaken in a hyper polarized congress representing a deeply divided nation presidents richard nixon and bill clinton never enjoyed unquestioned support by almost everyone in their political parties so far it doesn't look like republicans will abandon this president. the questions presented by this impeachment inquiry are whether president trump sought to exploit that allies vulnerability and invite ukraine's interference in our elections whether p

the speaker of the us house of representatives has said president trump has already, in effect, admitted bribery, in the phone call with ukraine's leader which is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. nancy pelosi was speaking just before a second day of public hearings. and she had this to say about republican pressure on the whistleblower who triggered the inquiry. nobody, nobody, the president is not above the law. the president will be held accountable and nobody should have the right to endanger whistleblowers and that is a system that i will defend and the american people, the american people understand that. speaking at a campaign rally in louisiana, president trump again lashed out at the democrats. this just thisjust came this just came out, big story, new remarks from top ukrainian official damages democrats‘ impeachment narrative. cheering and applause. just came out... i only read it because they don‘t like to report stories like this, you know about that. we are fighting the democrats but much more hard to fight is the fa ke but much more hard to fight is the fake new

if you listen carefully to the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, it is clear where they are going with this. she is talking about bribery. this is the whole idea that donald trump essentially tried to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to ukraine until they launched an investigation into his political rival, joe biden. now, it is likely that is going to be one of the articles of impeachment. another may well be the fact that president from locked or tried to stop some of those officials from going to give evidence to the impeachment enquiries. you get a sense the democrats are moving forward, but you also get a strong feeling from president trump and republicans that they have their defence well prepared, and he is pointing out time and time again, in increasingly aggressive terms, but first of all, no investigation was actually launched by ukraine, and that actually, that military aid was paid. on another point, there is another turn in the battle of the president trump's tax returns? yes, a long—running one, this. time and time again, peopl

house of representatives 25 years. i've had a few years now to reflect on my time and what it meant to me to work under this. it was a chance to learn from people that i admired. the late henry and a guy name john. there's a chance the friendships with people on both sides of the aisle and both chambers. many of you are here. we'll friendships and close friendships like richard and t tom. i remember the day that i was first sworn in as speaker. i was doing well. had my act together, i had my tune up, i had it all together. i was waiting to be applause to die down and i looked up to see my three best buds. formal. [laughter] there is a chance to change our government, they closed the house thank. later, our mantra and jobs. it provided the company my speakership. as a chance to make law and f kennedy and speaker pelosi pointed out, to demonstrate colleagues where we were able to workwo together without compromising on our principles. i have tori say, working with harry reid, for many years, was an opportunity to again,

the house of representatives is seeking grand jury materials from the mueller investigation to determine whether president trump lied in written responses to questions from the special counsel. a three-judge panel at the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit heard oral argument on how the documents are relevant to the ongoing impeachment inquiry. this is just under an hour and a half.

i think that the articles of impeachment by the house of representatives will move forward i think there will be a trial in the senate i don't think he will be removed i think he'll be impeached as the constitution provides in the house of representatives and i think the senate will likely find him not guilty and i don't think he'll be removed is the trump case warning you'd like to prosecutor the defendant that's a good question larry and steve caster by example you're steve castor is the g.o.p. counsel and steve castor and i would say law school i'm familiar with steve steve by extension as representing the g.o.p. but really donald trump's interest i wouldn't want to be steve castor and i've heard people say on social media he's done a bad job the truth is he has a bad case and that's a bad job to have fact of the matter is i wouldn't want to defend trump or the g.o.p. in this instance because the facts aren't on their side slayer. so we have still haven't answered questions in your mind or not of course we have unanswered questions we have a number of witnesses who have not testified

he faced a full vote in the house of representatives. bill clinton and andrew johnson were both impeached but not convicted in the center -- in the senate. you can follow the entire process on our website. we have chronicled all the major events on the site at c-span.org and you can check it out as we continue to follow the story. we are back on the campaign trail tomorrow in des moines, iowa for the iowa democratic party dinner. live coverage at 7:30 eastern here on c-span and on the c-span siriusxm,and on including all the democratic candidates in the race. that program going well into the evening. and at the same time president trump's in tupelo, mississippi. live coverage can be seen on our companion network, c-span2. we are back tomorrow morning with washington journal, now that a more formal set of rules has been put in place by the house rules committee and voted, -196.inal vote was 232 reaction from house democrats, capitolt this from hill. thee just had a vote on floor. in march of this year, speaker

the headlines: the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into president trump — the house of representatives will begin hearings in public. it's about the truth. and what is at stake? what is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy. investigators in pakistan say a passenger's cooking stove was responsible for a train fire that killed at least 70 people. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: as african swine fever spreads, international experts call it the greatest threat to commercial livestock in a generation. and a special bbc investigation reveals domestic workers being sold in kuwait via an online slave market on platforms provided by google, apple, and facebook. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9:00 in the evening in washington where the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump has entered a new, and more heated phase. the us house of representatives voted to formalise the process and move towards public hearings. the vote was the first form

of representatives for crushing the jim jordan act today. it's not just democrats who know how silly that man is. and when we come back, john brennen will join us to explain the danger of what foreign governments learned about donald trump in today's impeachment hearing. that's next. ur own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the aisle, even if it's a better car class than the one you reserved. so no matter what, you're guaranteed to have a perfect drive. [laughter] (vo) go national. go like a pro.

congressman conyers represented michigan in the house of representatives from 1965 until 20 17, making him the longest-serving african-american member of congress and the six longest serving member in history. he died last sunday at the age of 90. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time, our friend, one who we our 42nd president of these united states of america, the honorable william jefferson clinton. [applause] former pres. clinton: thank you bishop.h, .t is an honor to be back i thank you and the other bishops and pastors who are participating and the other religious leaders who are in the audience. thank monica, john, paul, nathan, the entire conyers family for inviting me. i come to pay tribute to my friend. this amazingnk of political leaders who .ave come here john conyers was 90. governor, the lieutenant governor, the senators, members of the house of representatives, the leaders of the congressional , the mayor, the county executive, the chief jackson,udge, reverend the professor to deliver the eulogy. don't worry. it says "professor," but it means "preacher." you will be just

they were to be taken up by the house of representatives. now, why doesn't that change the nature of our inquiry here? mr. freeman: i think it does change the nature of the inquiry and that we are not dealing with a judicial proceeding. judge griffith: we will get to that. we disagree with you. we think this applies here. we will get to that. but on that premise, it is different in terms of showing a particular need necessary, because the mueller was never going to identify the allegations of presidential misconduct. mr. freeman: i do not think that is right at all, your honor at the point of the mueller was that, and the mueller made that clear up a judge griffith: -- clear. judge griffith: that any issues of misconduct would be handled by congress and not the department of justice. mr. freeman: the point of the mueller report -- judge griffith: that is the history here. they engage in fact-finding, and they pass it along to the house of representatives. mr. freeman: the point i'm trying to make is that is what the mueller did. it included

the first stage of the vote in the house of representatives, which has to be carried by a simpleajority. if that is passed, the articles of impeachment go to the upper house. here, the president is put on trial with 100 senors acting as a jury. for donald trump to be removed fr office, two thirds of senators would have to find him guilty, a threshold that has never been reached before.bl on thikbuster wednesday, donald trump is meeting turkey's president erdogan at the white house. pres. trump: i am too busy to it is a witchhunt, it is a hoax. i'm too busy to watch it, so i'm sure i will get a report. jon: mr. trump has railed iainst the unfairness of the process, and hasisted repeatedly he has done nothing wrong. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: for analysis of today's args, i spoke with to constitutional law professor and bbc legal analyst jonathan turley. what struck you as the most significant piece of evidence that came out today? jonathan: funny enough, the most damaging piece of evidce came at the very end when chairman schiff was wraing up, and he noted that the aid to uk

the impeachment inquiry into president moving to a public phase the house of representatives approved a resolution paving the way for open hearings in congress and formalizing procedures for that investigation a day after the southern philippines was struck by a powerful earthquake people are now worried about aftershocks the magnitude 6.5 quake struck on thursday killing at least 5 people this is the 3rd powerful earthquake to strike the philippines in 2 weeks about 12000 people are staying in shelters in the island of mindanao there was another earthquake on friday off the southern coast but no reports of injuries or damage up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next. twitter says no to political advertising the social media platform imposes a ban on the head of next year's u.s. presidential election but how will this be enforced and what does encourage all stifle political debate this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm the star of the attack now social media has transformed the way we debate politics and no one knows that more than

the governor, the lieutenant governor, the centers, the members of the house of representatives, the leaders of the congressional black caucus, the mayor, the county executive, the chief federal judge, reverend jackson, professor michael eric dyson would deliver the eulogy. don't worry. it says professor but it means preacher. you'll be just fine. i'd like to thank the people of detroit for electing him 27 times. [applause] i'd like to thank you for giving him space and the support, not just to faithfully represent this district, but to represent people all across our country, and even around the world, on the things that we should all care about. he was out there banging the drum against apartheid in south africa long before it was a widely popular cause. [applause] he always supported the people of haiti, even when he could not support their government. he said the people deserve a better deal, and the united states should be a good neighbor. [applause] he worked for all of our cities, for jobs and appointment an opportunity, and peace and justice everywhere. not every district giv

we are here as a part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry because president donald trump sought to condition military aid to ukraine in an oval office meeting with the you -- with the new ukrainian president in exchange for politically motivated investigations trump believed would help his reelection campaign. the first investigation was of a discredited conspiracy theory that ukraine, not russia, was responsible for interfering in the 2016 election. the second investigation that trump demanded was into a political rival he apparently feared most, joe biden. trump sought to weaken biden and refute the fact that his own election campaign in 2016 had been helped by russian hacking and dumping operations and russian social media campaign directed by vladimir putin, who helped trump. underminedeme military and diplomatic support for a key ally and undercut u.s. anticorruption efforts in ukraine. trump put his personal and political interests above those of the united states. the ambassador would tell david holmes after speaking to the president, trump did not give a expletive