democrats are turning up the heat on donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has been ordered to turn over text messages phone records and other communications related to ukraine it's a significant step by the house intelligence committee as it examines whether trump abused the office of president when he asked ukraine's president to dig up dirt on political rival joe biden this country trump has been pushing back aggressively firing at verbal barbs against democrats leading the impeachment probe reports on the whistleblower that prompted us probably figured i made a call the call was perfect when the whistleblower reported it he made a senator and then you have that i'm sure of who even worse made up my words which i think is just horrible that everything that they are going to but the allegations against the president are mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york time

is feeling right now all these under a lot of pressure and 1st and foremost rudy giuliani is president trump's private lawyer who travel to madrid to meet ukrainian officials and press essentially press the ukraine to initiate investigations against joe biden and his son hunter biden the front runner of the democratic party and therefore a likely potential political rival of president trump so that's very problematic in and off itself and the committees are now believing that president trump and rudy giuliani could have been jeopardizing the national security with their behavior with pressing the ukraine to interfere in national election and that is obviously for the president very dangerous as the rudy giuliani was acting on his behalf. and on another front all of the new york times reported today that trump has been in touch with the astride the in prime minister scott morrison asking for 5 is what can you tell us about that or following that report on the investigation on russian election meddling in the 2016 campaign the so-called moller investigation was initiated after the tips c

president donald trump house democrats subpoena his personal lawyer rudy giuliani over the ukraine was a lower allegations. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us china has been staging a massive military parade to mark 70 years of communist rule some 15000 soldiers on his of tanks and military hardware including a hypersonic missile all rumbling through the capital beijing the celebrations commemorate the founding of the people's republic of china by chairman mao 1949 an event that ended a bitter civil war they claimed millions of lives president she said china's development would be peaceful but that is normal terry would safeguard the nation's sovereignty and security. let's bring indeed abuse mathias bowling who's at the celebrations in beijing good morning to you mathias president saying this morning that nothing can stop the rise of china was that message more for the home crowd or for the international audience. it was of course for both but the more important crowd here is the home crowd because what she's impeding ideology what his narrative his promise to his people is is

told rudy giuliani no that's president trump's personal attorney he essentially warned him that the information that you leon he was that was getting from the ukrainians and it wasn't really trustworthy he also it's also being said here in the media that president trump ordered the removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine following complaints by giuliani now let's also go back a little bit because in the whistleblower complaint it was said that folk are just one day after the phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president met with the president selenski alongside the u.s. ambassador to the european union in which they spoke to him about how to navigate trump's requests now before his testimony folk are also handed over documents including copies of text messages that he had with rudy giuliani but of course this testimony has been taking place behind closed doors and a lot of the attention today has been focused very much on those rather explosive comments that came from president trump. exactly the president's making new accusations saying that it's not just ukraine but

president donald trump house democrats subpoena his personal lawyer rudy giuliani over the ukraine whistleblower allegations. and on the macula serving her last term as for germany's leader she's still the most popular politician at home but internationally it is a different story with many saying the french president is now stealing the show. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us china has been staging a massive military parade to mark 70 years of communist rule some 15000 soldiers hundreds of tanks and military hardware including a nuclear capable hypersonic missile all rumbling through the capital beijing the celebration commemorates the founding of the people's republic of china by chairman mao in 1949 event that ended a bitter civil war that claimed millions of lives president xi jinping said that china's development would be peaceful but that is military would save guarded sovereignty and security. spring indeed amusement is billing who's at the celebrations in beijing good morning to you mathias president easy saying this morning that nothing can stop the rise of china was that messa

giuliani never rudy giuliani of course is the president's own private attorney and you know this as i said the testimony is taking place behind closed doors and while old this was taking place today of course we had some rather extraordinary comments coming from president donald trump. this road to scandal with appears to be multiply nel says that both ukraine and showing should investigate joe biden joe biden's son was listen to what the president said today. they did it best they gave because that is a company that newly formed well these companies if you look good by the way like white guys just started to gauge it. because what happened. is just about what happened with. with your great. he says there what happened to china is as bad as what happened to ukraine was to talk about why china. right well china refers back to a trip by the then vice president joe biden to china in 2013 in which he took along his son hunter and his daughter and now on the trip hunter met with a chinese banker who would later become his business associate now what's happened is that the republican sena

president donald trump house democrats subpoena his personal lawyer rudy giuliani over the ukraine whistleblower allegations. and abducted freight and forced to give birth police in nigeria free dozens of women from what's being called a baby factory. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us china has been staging a massive military parade in beijing to celebrate 70 years of communist rule the anniversary is also being marked in hong kong with violent protests tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets near the regional government headquarters with some throwing molotov cocktails authorities responded with tear gas and water cannon one protester has been taken to the hospital after being shot in the chest his condition is on know that demonstrators also threw eggs at a portrait of chinese president xi jinping hong kong. in a scene months of on dresses locals call for greater autonomy from beijing. and we have our correspondent on the ground in the middle of those protests there did abuse charlotte chill some pill is standing by for us hi charlotte tell us

giuliani president trump's personal lawyer however it is not clear now if pale and giuliani will comply secretary pompeo has already accused the democrats of bully like tech takes. no the republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said that he would have no choice but to take of articles of impeachment if the house approves them so is it likely to come to that well we have to keep in mind that the impeachment inquiry inquiry has just taught sets and staff we have a majority of the house membership saying that they are in favor of beginning the proceedings but they have not committed to how they would vote on the impeachment articles however we have to say that in the house of representatives. they just need a simple majority in the senate this is a different think there. is needed 2 thirds super majority and we have to say that the majority of republican senators are still behind the president supporting here so it doesn't seem that this is likely to happen in the senate i was under for a moment in washington thank you for your thing d.w. news live from brother and still to c

us democrats of subpoena president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani as they search for documents relating to mr trump's dealings with ukraine secretary of state my companion accused democrats of bullying his staff and said it was not feasible for 5 state department officials to comply with congressional subpoenas. and police in nigeria say they have freed 19 pregnant women and girls from a so-called baby factory the victims are believed to have been abducted and raped so their captors could sell the paintings. this is d.w. news from berlin you can stay up to date with all the latest headlines on our web site that's t w dot com. coming up next to kick off will have all the goals i'm to glory from the weekend's puns as big games awful used at the top because i'm going to. kick off playoffs gave away their home advantage. and being trained to listen to the best weekend a week to the bank not might see off the top of the barrel and keep the ball rolling the big. world unto itself. with its own gravitational pull. the finest musical compositions. with some mysteries terrific. don't ki

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giuliani and secretary of state mike compare the president is alleged to have abused his office by urging ukraine's president to investigate democratic presidential candidates joe biden and now there is evidence of mr trump pressured australia's prime minister for political gain. the story starts to seem all too familiar democrats say that new allegations pointed yet another cover up by the trump administration according to the u.s. justice to part. meant in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with australia's morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i know a. trump insists he's done nothing wrong medical corps was preferred when the whistleblower reported the very center of. this 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for hi

inquiry against president trump congressional committees have issued subpoenas against trump's lawyer rudy giuliani and secretary of state mike pompei oh they've also asked 5 state department officials to testify. was lashed out at the requests accusing democrats of bullying and trying to intimidate his stuff is in italy at the start of a europe trip he said it was not now feasible for the officials to testify giuliani has also suggested he won't comply. well d.w. washington correspondent public for the las can tell us more about welcome what do you make of pump response to the subpoena. hi anthony well it comes as no surprise in many respects that we're hearing this from pompei or because of course within the trumpet ministration we're kind of grown we've grown accustomed to a term which is stonewalling which is essentially you know obstructing or or or delaying a process and in this case we're seeing it in this inquiry this impeachment inquiry which is taking place at the moment i'm in fact my pump those words were very strong in what he said to you know the committee that's investigatin

giuliani and 2nd prius state mike pompei i have also lost 5 state department officials to testify on pio has lashed out at the request accusing the democrats of bully and trying to intimidate his stuff is in italy at the start of a european trip and has said it was not now feasible for the officials to testify mr giuliani has also suggested he would not comply. well at the end of another incredible day in washington correspondent for the l.d.s. is there and can tell us more public welcome what do you make of mike pompei as response to the subpoena. hi anthony well in many respects it doesn't actually come as a surprise we're seeing this from. the trumpet ministration it's not the 1st time they've best stonewalled a congressional investigation and it was very clear from my pompei i was words that they're angry and angry at this impeachment inquiry and i was at how quickly it's moving and in fact if you just listen to the words my pompei i said he said that it was the speed of the investigation raises significant legal and procedural concerns and that he will use all the means at his d

giuliani and the u.s. secretary of state might bump a they've also asked 5 u.s. state department officials to testify well that drew on peo to criticize the requests he says the democrats are bullying and trying to intimidate his staff is in italy right now beginning a trip through europe he says it's just not feasible for the officials in his department to testify giuliani has also suggested that he will not comply with the subpoena. earlier i spoke to the w.'s washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon i asked her what she makes a response to that subpoena. i think that this is very telling how aggressively secretary pompei of push back on demands for dispositions of potential witnesses state department officials as you said he he said that. not feasible that he accused democrats of bully like tech ticks and it was also interesting interesting how quickly the democrats fired back a warning secretary pompei of that if he is trying to prevent witnesses from talking to congress if he is trying to intimida

giuliani. giuliani is the president's private attorney. as i said, the testimony is taking place behind closed doors and while all this was taking place today, we had some rather extraordinary comments coming from president donald trump. brent: the scandal appears to be multiplying. trump now says that both ukraine and china should investigate joe biden and his son. let's listen to what he said today. >> they should investigate the bidens because how does a company that is newly formed and all these companies by the way likewise china should start an investigation into the vikings. what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine's. brent: he says what happened to china is as bad as what happened to ukraine. what's he talking about? >> china refers back to joe biden in 2013 when he took his son and daughter on a trip and his son met with a banker who would become his business associate. the republican senator chuck grassley questioned hunter biden's actions in which he

giuliani trump's dealings with 2 foreign leaders are also under the spotlight. the story starts to seem all too familiar democrats say that new allegations point to get another cover up by the trumpet ministration according to the u.s. justice department in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with australia's morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i can only trump insists he's done nothing wrong medical corps was preferred when the whistleblower reported that he raised senator. the 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only add more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. they tallied capital rome has been plagued by a garbage crisis in recent months trash

giuliani and u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe they've also asked 5 state department officials to testify those requests to have pump aoe accusing the democrats of bullying the state department in trying to intimidate his staff of pompei it was in italy at the start of a trip here in europe and he says it's just not feasible now for his staff to testify giuliani has also suggested that he may not comply with the subpoena. democrats believe that trump abused his office by urging ukraine's president to investigate democratic presidential candidate joe biden well now the justice department has disclosed that trump asked other leaders to investigate the russia probe the probe that he once called a witch hunt. the story starts to seem all too familiar democrats say that new allegations point to yet another cover up by the trump administration according to the u.s. justice department in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert mill