GOP Debate Recap, Biden Impeachment Hearing, Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
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His rivals for the republican presidential nomination finally get around to criticising the front runner, Donald trump.

The trump is missing an action. He should be on the stage tonight.

What did rivals say to stand .

out that Steven skip? And this is up first from M. P. R. news. Houses republicans will hold the first public hearing in their impeachment inquiry against president biden today. Democrats have criticized the timing of the hearing because the government is facing a shutdown. So what can we expect?

Also, tens of thousands of people fled their self proclaimed republic inside as a bygone. How can they get out as government forces move in? Stay with us. We've got the news. You need to start your day.

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The location of last night's republican debate paid all march to a former republican.

President my life from the sima but the debate showed how far the republic lan party .

has moved beyond ranald reg front runner Donald trump didn't show and one candidate called him Donald duck. Other candidates contended with each other to deliver one liners.

And in pr, Daniel kt, labor was watching from southern california. Daniel, morning, good morning. It's really early where you are.

So thank you. Thank you. Of course, preciate, what was he like?

IT was chaotic. There was a lot of cross talk. There were multiple instances of that as seven candidates tried to be heard over each other.

And for those who are listening, who didn't watch, there are some moments that you will hear about that that seem destined to become means or gifts. Here's one. This is former south CarOlina, a government. Nicky hay taking aim business may envy ae rum, swam after he explained that he joined tiktok as a way to reach Younger voters.

Tiktok is one of the most dangerous social media as that we could have. And what you've got, I honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dummer for what you say.

So probably the sharpest job of the night, at least one of the sharpest jobs of the night there. But still, for all of the yelling for all of the Bakery, I don't think you could say that there was one candidate who made a clear case for why they should be the president over someone else. I'm not sure how much clarity was gained.

Okay, I want to follow up on policy in a moment, but I do want to ask also about the absent person, Donald trump. How did his absence become a presence, so to speak?

Well, he got some criticism for not being there. Florida governor run. The scientist was one candidate who took game. Here he is.

Donald trump is missing in action. He should be on this stage tonight. He owes IT to you to defend his record.

Uh, also forming new jersey governor ris Christe tok me at thump. He said that trump was afraid that his word to beyond the stage and defend his record really clearly trying to go at the former president using language that he thinks will get adam yeah .

looking at the camera, I guess, and saying, dont I know you're watching and then attempting to make him essentially doing what Christie would have like to do with trump. They are on stage, but I want to get back to that question of policy. These are seven candidates, plus one ABS and candidate who are saying they want to be president for four years, which means they could do and off a lot, two or with the united states.

Did you get any? Did the moderators guide them toward any particular policy differences? Did you hear any particular policy differences covering them? Do you have a sense of any policy differences?

So the moderators tried to some degree, to get them to show some daylight between themselves. But honestly, in the end, among those seven who are on stage, you've got the sense that, yes, of course, they all want to tighten up the southern border. They are all opposed to abortion rights.

But any number of other areas, they all in roughly the same ballpark. But you didn't get the sense there were a lot of gaps in between them. And some of them took aimed Donald trump, for example, for his recent squshy ss on abortion, for his spending as president. But no, there wasn't a lot of substance that really came out of IT.

And there is Daniel courts labor.

Thanks for the facts. Appreciate IT. yes. Thank you.

We are two days away from a government shutdown.

and today a very large house committee will spend the day on something other than trying to keep IT the republican. That committee will hold its first public hearing on an impeachment inquiry into president biden. Here's house oversight committee chairman James comer talking to N. P. R.

We want to educate everyone on what an impeachment inquiry is and how we planned to use that forward.

Many other republicans allegations are related to biden, sun hunter. But so far, we haven't seen exactly what those actions have to do with the president, who would be the one impeached.

Npr congressional correspondent cloudy a sallis is covering the story. Cloudy a good morning.

Good morning.

Steve.

What do you do in today? So we're going to see the house oversight committee hold what's Normally a traditional hearing, but of course, focused on president by IT. The panel has close to fifty members who will be asking questions.

So this could be a very long day. Some estimates are seven hours. Now we're going to see three republican committee chairs lead the hearing. James comer, who just heard there who lead oversight as well as the chairman of house judiciary that's jim Jordan and Jason smith, who leads the ways and means committee, which focuses on tax issues. They'll split about ten minutes in opening reMarks. And then for the democrats, the top ranking member, jammy rason, who LED the impeachment against former president trump's second preachment, will respond to their claims.

Republicans have found endless um facts and information to embarrass the president's on hunter biden. It's been a little harder to connect his actions directly to the president.

Could today be any different? We're not expecting IT to be. A lot of this focus is focused on honor by and and his business dealings. And as we know, he's battling his own criminal case. But republicans are going to be looking a lot today at payments that we're made to hunter as well as irs tax records backing that up and two irs whistle blowers tied to these allegations but again, we haven't seen back up documents that connect that two president biden I do want to .

know though um when they are confronted by reporters with their lack of evidence against the and who they would impeach, republicans often say, no, wait, we are not paying attention. We have tons of evidence, so do they yeah so they .

do respond that way. I did ask chairman comer that exactly and he said that's why today is largely going to be a rehashing of evident of claims they've made in recent months. He says the media has been getting IT wrong, so they are going to be revisiting all of that.

Now republicans are are claiming that hunter exploit at the biden name in his business dealings with associated. It's gonna a part of that central argument. Same ment. They were ties to foreign associate from china, for example, in that president biden knew about this before his presidency and he was tied to these payments. But republicans have failed to connect those dots, and democrats will argue that, and they are saying this is a big destruction from dealing with a shutdown threat. I talk to asking about this.

We've been working on this for seven months, and there no facts or evidence leading to any criminal capability on the part of the biden.

okay. So I just want to follow up on this. You said that you asked James common, one of the coach s what evidence you have? Any evidence? Where's your evidence? And he said, we're going to work on IT.

We're going to rehash all the dance today. So who are today's witnesses? And do they have any direct evidence of anything?

There will be four witnesses total, three for republicans and one for democrats. And these are largely subject matter witnesses. For example, for the republicans.

One of them is a familiar name, George washington university law professor, then tirely. He appeared on various media outlets, and he's often defended president trump. And so this is largely the focus today is subject matter experts.

He's often on fox news and is occasionally been kind enough to come over and talk with his on N P, R. But just to be clear again, he's not a direct witness of any activity of any kind. Right, right. Cloudera.

thanks so much. Thank you.

This into a cloudy gresset us.

And accidents continues from a self proclaimed republic in hazara, ia. That's because .

government troops recently seize control of the breakaway area of the country, which is by the cash, and see more than sixty eight thousand people, roughly half the population, have fled. They are ethnic armenians, and they are fleeing a place they considered their homeland. Some are moving toward the nearby country of armenia.

Ampas Philip breeze has covered this story for decades. IT stretches back into the past century. In fact, fill up. welcome. Thank you. What are you hearing?

Well, people are continuing this morning to come down that road, just as they have been for the last four days in cars, buses, even garbage trucks and tractors. A few days ago, a fuel depot in the gonna Carry ac exploded, killing more than sixty people. And that's created a shortage of gas.

So some people are just walking. They are bringing their farm animals, chickens, goat and so on. Now this is usually by car, a journey of five, six hours, but the roads being jammed.

And so it's taking far a longer than that. And these people believe are leaving their lives behind. They're abandoned their villages and the mountains, their homes, their towns and and and really no problem. They see no prospect of returning when .

you say going down that road. We had a description over on the program on npr morning edition just yesterday. I was described as a single road going westword to armenia goes through the mountains. This has gotten be an arduous journey, especially for those who, as you set on foot.

Yes, indeed, IT is tough. And they've been blockaded by as a bijan in four months before now. And so many of them have had to live on what they could grow in their own homes and gardens and on. And so, you know, they're not in great condition for that reason.

Also now, esab yjan sent troops to retake control of this breakaway area. People are in fear of the ezer bijan I troops, apparently. Um is the evidence that they need to be? Is the government in any way assuring people's safety? Are they endangering people's safety?

Steven gonna, Carry backs been the focus of conflict between armenia and iza. Bijan, often it's shortly before the fall of the soviet union. They thought to have was the being atrocities on both sides.

And so I means are worried about their safety, their traumatized when the as a bejan military sees control. The other day, IT was very quick, but we're hearing was bombing that was fighting. People got.

And I think that yet there are assurances from massiban that their rights will be respected. But you know, they don't trust those. As a byo says, he wants to reintegrate them into their society.

But the ethnic needs to speak their language. Their Christians, where is as a bijan, is a muslim majority country. And one of the big concerns among ethic armenians is is that their ancient Christian and cultural heritage will now be lost to them. And they worried about reprisals. Steve, as a byan, detained one of the the most prominent people he's been accused to call in to roadwork time seeing of illegal residents in asset by jam because officially it's part of Carry back is part of as a bio and that's another reason for concern among the residents that .

remain pis file breeze, who is reporting today from reg lap. Hia, thanks for your insight file. And that's at first for this thursday, september twenty eight.

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