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    The impeachment hearings begin

    Officials began testifying in public on live TV with millions of Americans watching.

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    By Josh Barro • Nov 15, 2019 • 50m Listen

    The impeachment hearings have begun. Thirteen million Americans tuned in on Wednesday, and President Trump himself was angry tweeting about them on Friday. Will they change minds as the House heads toward what could be a near party line vote to impeach President Trump before Christmas? On the first day of impeachment hearings, President Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. What explains their cozy relationship, even as the US and Turkey drift apart?

    Top White House adviser Stephen Miller’s emails leaked and we know he was sending around links from white-supremacist websites.

    Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is promoting her book. Is she promoting herself as a possible vice president? And Deval Patrick is running for president. Does anyone care?

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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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      Elizabeth Bruenig

      Staff writer, The Atlantic

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      Former producer of Left, Right and Center

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      Michael Brendan Dougherty

      the National Review

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      Merve Tahiroglu

      Turkey program coordinator at Project on Middle East Democracy

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