crane in the czech capital prague thank you. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world or far teams in iran have blocked internet access and say they'll respond forcefully to quell protests across the country at least one person has been killed and many others injured in clashes between police and protesters angered by a hike in fuel prices. because former defense minister got to buy out rajapaksa has won the country's presidential election well wishes gathered at his home to congratulate him it's the south asian nations 1st major poll since it was rocked by easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to postpone military drills in a bid to move the peace process with north korea forward washington deny that the decision was another concession to pyongyang north korea had objected to the drills even bar they've been scaled back. germany's green party is in the opposition for now but polls show them nipping at the heels of under merkel's conservative

crane in the czech capital pronk thank you. turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world has a former defense minister gotten by a french pack that has won the country's presidential election well wishes gathered at his home to congratulate him into the south asian countries the 1st major poll since it was rocked by easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to postpone military drills in a bid to move the peace process with north korea forward washington denied that the decision was another concession to pyongyang north korea had objected to the drills even though they had been scaled back. clashes erupted between protesters and police in the french capital paris demonstrate his marks the one year anniversary of the yellow vest movement protesters set fire and smashed windows police responded with tear gas and arrested dozens of people. in iran thousands of people have been out on the streets protesting against the government's decision to raise petrol pr

crane in the czech capital pronk thank you. some sport now on cost of i will host england and. 2020 qualifier later it's arguably the biggest football match to be hosted in pristina and after england players were racially abused by fans in ball garia and montenegro in previous great games the people of kosovo have gone out of their way to show racism is not rife in their part of the balkans. these banners have been set up in kosovo in order to welcome some very special guests the people of kosovo have a soft spot for england even though the 2 countries football teams are standing on opposite sides of the pitch in sunday's euro 2020 qualifier. there's a fantastic. this this is the best thing anybody's ever done for for the for our country come into football. there's a reason they think so highly of the english britain was a major ally of kosovo in its struggle for independence especially during the kosovo conflict in the late 1990 s. . the british helped us a lot during the war and afterwards and where among the 1st states to re

about workingnk for phil crane or john connolly or bob dole or the others? if reagan ran, you were going to be there for reagan. >> there were some other good candidates running but this is something that for 10 years, i was hoping that he would get a shot, see what we could do with a genuine conservative. that was really no doubt that's were i was going to be. >> what did you do with the campaign? >> i was one of the regional political offenders. i want you to talk about them because i want the students to know, this was really the cream of the crop of republican offers in 1980. >> should i mention all the names? >> well, some of them. >> i want you to name drop, ok. black is alie longtime republican political operative, still active on today's scene. timetimmins was a long republican lobbyist for capitol hill. atwater, everybody has heard of him, he became chairman of the rnc under george h.w. bush. we had a really strong team. charge ofack was in the whole operation. a terrific job in putting a first-class group of people together. roger stone. roger, who

it was remained consistent with administration policies colonel them and you attended a meeting in john bolton's office on july 10th where investors online interjected to respond to a question by senior crane in officials about a white house visit what did he say at that time to the best of my recollection or ambassador or someone said that in order to get a white house meeting there ukrainians would have to provide a deliverable which is investigations specific investigations and what was a mess or bolton's response or reaction to that comment the we had not come completed all of the agenda items and we still had time for 'd the meeting and ambassador bolton abruptly ended the meeting did you report this incident to the national security council lawyers yes i did based on a master silence remark at the july 10th meeting was it your clear understanding that the ukrainians understood they had to commit to investigations doesn't trump wanted in order to get the white house meeting. it may have not been entirely clear at that moment certainly ambassador of stalin was calling for these meet

the person who could bring the most tension is former national security adviser john bolton who exited the administration in september after repeated clashes with the president over foreign policy, including crew crane. the panel announced they want him to testify next week. so once again the big question this week is where are we in the impeachment process? what is to become of president trump's presidency? and what could we expect from the president as the process now moves forward? well, here the discuss all that and much more is someone who doesn't need much introduction, anthony scaramucci was for a short time -- ten days, i think -- the communications director of the trump white house, and he's founder of skybridge capital. >> it was 11 days, gerry. don't shortchange -- gerry: eleven days that shook the world. >> you and i had a good, we were in the oval office together on one of those days. gerry: yes. the famous photograph of you and reince priebus. >> it was a wednesday, i i know i was only there for one wednesday. gerry: let's get on to the president, because exactly, you did

you crane's top prosecutor accused the u.s. embassy of interfering in corruption prosecution inside the country, including one probe into the alleged misuse of an american aid and a letter surfaces from a senior member of congress accusing the current ambassador of kiev of bad mouthing the trump administration. >> marie yovanovitch has bad mouthed thes of the united states this woman needs to be called home to the united states. >> wow. that sounds like a major scoop for the hill's john solomon, right? except none of it is true. he's what george kent said in his testimony in october. kent is asked that original john solomon article, is that based on accurate information? he replied, that was based on an interview with mr. lutsenko. >> and if not entirely made up, was primarily nontrue. let's discuss now. good evening. you've been doing a lot of research into this. how closely woven is this? >> i think right wing media's finger prints are all over this. this is where the seeds were laid in march and april before most of us have

the person who could bring the most tension is former national security adviser john bolton who exited the administration in september after repeated clashes with the president over foreign policy, including crew crane. the panel announced they want him to testify next week. so once again the big question this week is where are we in the impeachment process? what is to become of president trump's presidency? and what could we expect from the president as the process now moves forward? well, here the discuss all that and much more is someone who doesn't need much introduction, anthony scaramucci was for a short time -- ten days, i think -- the communications director of the trump white house, and he's founder of skybridge capital. >> it was 11 days, gerry. don't shortchange -- gerry: eleven days that shook the world. >> you and i had a good, we were in the oval office together on one of those days. gerry: yes. the famous photograph of you and reince priebus. >> it was a wednesday, i i know i was only there for one wednesday. gerry: let's get on to the president, because exactly, you did

russia did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps somehow for some reason you crane did. this is a fictional narrative that is being propagated by the russian security services themselves. i would ask that you not propagate falsehoods. >> keeping that in mind listen to what senator john kennedy said sunday. >> who do you believe was responsible for hacking the dnc and clinton campaign emails. russia or ukraine? >> i don't know. nor do you, nor do any of us. miss hill -- >> i mean, let me just interrupt to say the entire intelligence community says it was russia. >> right, but it could also be ukraine. >> i want to bring in chris rooney. and good for chris wallace for calling him out on air. >> it's what the president is putting out, because it's what the president wants to hear, if reality does not flatter or defend or exonerate donald trump, then the idea is to prevent another reality. it's astonishing how much everyone in the party is following suit. that's how they're going to aswathe their consciences when they vote to acquit him. >> why is this so porj? what dam

it would result in undermining the support of ret john. i want to emphasize to the committee that when i reported my concerns on july 10th and july 25th, i did o so out of a sense of duty. my intent was to raise these concerns because they had significant national security implications for our country. i never thought that i would be sitting here testifying in front of this committee and the american public about my actions. when i reported my concerns my only thought was to act properly and carry out my duty if following each of my reports i returned to work to advance the president's and our country's foreign policy objectives. i focused on what i have throughout my career, promoting america's national security interests. i want to take a moment to recognize the courage of my colleagues that appears before this committee. the attacks on these public servants is reprehensible. it is natural to disagree and engage in spirited debate, and this has been our country's founding since the time of our founding fathers but we're better than perso