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House Impeachment Hearings Ignite Fire in the President

April Ryan
November 16, 2019

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Rep. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., questions former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Today’s public impeachment hearings have ignited a flame in President Trump who says he does not think he intimidated ousted Ambassador Yovanovitch, a witness in the impeachment inquiry.

Trump is also unhappy with Congressional rules which do not allow Republicans to ask questions at some periods in the hearing.

April Ryan speaks with Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) who is a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., second from right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Jeffries is joined by, from left, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee acting chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan