Новости за 10.12.2019

This week on 60 Minutes: Scott Pelley profiles Harvard Medical School geneticist George Church, a visit to the city of Rawabi in the West Bank, and a conversation with "Uncut Gems" star Adam Sandler

Fredriksson's management company said the singer of hits including "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love" died after a 17-year battle with brain cancer.

Merriam-Webster declares "they" as word of the year based on a 313 percent increase in look-ups on the company's search site

Government data shows startling inconsistencies in how long shelters and detention centers take to release migrant children to their families

Trump took to Twitter to denounce FBI Director Christopher Wray over his reading of the Justice Department inspector general's report on the origins of the bureau's Russia investigation.

Pamela Karlan of Stanford Law School explained what makes President Trump different from a king during her testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee asked Karlan what characteristics of kings influenced the Founding Fathers in shaping the Constitution. "Kings could do no wrong because the king's word was law," Karlan told the Democrat from Texas. "And, contrary to what President Trump has said, Article 2 does not give him the power to do anything he wants." She added an example... Читать дальше...

Congressman Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, was taken aback by a response from Noah Feldman during Wednesday's impeachment hearing and appeared to imply that constitutional law experts should not interpret the Founding Fathers' words. "I think we just put in the jury pool the Founding Fathers and said what would they think? I don't think we have any idea what they would think," Collins said. "... To in some way insinuate … that the Founding Fathers would have found... Читать дальше...

Jonathan Turley, a CBS News legal analyst and George Washington University law professor, testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he strongly disagrees with one of the articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon and, in turn, disagrees with its use as a basis for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. "Citations have been made to the third article of the Nixon impeachment. First of all, I want to confess, I've been a critic of the third article of the Nixon impeachment my whole life. Читать дальше...

About a year ago, one of the owners of a Southern California donut shop became seriously ill. Her neighbors in a little surf town spread the word on social media and it made all the difference. John Blackstone returned to Donut City to see how the sweetness of strangers paid off.

Jonathan Turley, a CBS News legal analyst and George Washington University law professor, diverged from his fellow witnesses when he testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Turley, who was invited by Republican committee members, said that the Constitution does not allow a "boundless interpretation" of bribery and accused pro-impeachment lawmakers, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, of using a liberal definition of bribery that includes the exchange of meetings for political gain. Читать дальше...

Pamela Karlan of Stanford Law School quoted conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during her testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. "'It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of a democratic self-government,'" Karlan said, quoting Kavanaugh. "... Then-Judge, now Justice, Brett Kavanaugh was so correct in seeing... Читать дальше...

Michael Gerhardt, the Burton Craige distinguished professor of jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina School of Law, said Wednesday that President Trump's behavior was comparable to that of President Richard Nixon, who resigned ahead of an impeachment vote in the House. Watch his opening statement in the impeachment inquiry.

Pamela Karlan, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery professor of public interest law and co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School, said Wednesday that President Trump's actions aided Russia, which interfered in the 2016 election. Karlan said Mr. Trump's behavior "shows a president who delayed meeting a foreign leader and providing assistance that Congress and his own advisers agreed served our national interest in promoting democracy and limiting Russian aggression."... Читать дальше...

Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter professor of law and director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, said Wednesday that President Trump "committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency" in asking the Ukrainian president to investigate a political rival. Watch his opening statement in the impeachment inquiry.

He is set to hold the rally hours after House Democrats announced articles of impeachment against him.

The House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump on Wednesday. Watch Congressman Doug Collins, the top Republican on the committee, deliver his opening statement.

The House Judiciary Committee took the reins of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump on Wednesday as the panel held its first hearing in the probe. Watch Chairman Jerry Nadler's opening statement.

Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina Law School testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that if Congress does not punish President Trump for his actions the power of the Constitution will erode. "I want to stress that if what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable," Gerhardt said. "... If Congress concludes that they're going to give a pass to the president here … every other president will say, 'OK, then I can do the same thing.' The boundaries will just evaporate... Читать дальше...

For the first time ever, this year’s Kennedy Center Honors celebrates a TV show: "Sesame Street." It has revolutionized how we think about childhood and the world. The ceremony, which airs Sunday on CBS, paid tribute to the program’s co-creators, Lloyd Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney, and especially the muppets. Anthony Mason reports.

Jonathan Turley, a CBS News legal analyst and the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University Law School, said Wednesday, "We are living in the very period described by Alexander Hamilton, a period of agitated passions." Watch his opening statement in the impeachment inquiry.

"To the man who smacked my butt on live TV this morning: You violated, objectified, and embarrassed me," the reporter tweeted.

A study finds that half of U.S. companies require some of their workers to sign noncompete agreements — a promise they won’t work for competitors in the future.

Noah Feldman of Harvard Law School testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that, without the ability to impeach a president, we would not have democracy. "The abuse of power occurs when the president uses his office for personal advantage or gain," Feldman said. "That matters fundamentally to the American people because if we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy, we live in a monarchy or we live under a... Читать дальше...

Congressman Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and Republican counsel Paul Taylor questioned constitutional law experts Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry. Watch this portion of the witnesses' testimony.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler kicked off the first round of questioning Wednesday with 45 minutes granted to himself and Norm Eisen, who is serving as the Democratic counsel. Watch them question constitutional law experts in the impeachment inqury.