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Head for the Hill: this week’s impeachment hearings

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Democrats have a hard task as the hearings’ public stage proceeds: not uncovering new evidence, but building a robust public case for impeachment. The online-grocery business is tough—but that isn’t stopping e-commerce players big and small from trying to crack it. And it’s getting harder for artists to hang around on the album charts; new talent is coming in, and heading out, ever faster. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:09.0

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.2

You can buy just about anything online, but only a small fraction of online shoppers get their groceries delivered.

0:24.5

It's a business with sticky logistics and paper-thin margins, but e-grocers big and small are battling it out to drop off your weekly shop.

0:33.7

And it used to be that a breakout album could spend years on the charts.

0:38.5

These days, not so much.

0:40.4

Albums that come in as chart-toppers are gone from the list faster than ever,

0:44.3

and those that don't hit number one with a bullet never get there.

0:56.0

But first...

1:00.1

The committee will come to order.

1:02.3

Good morning, everyone.

1:05.0

This is the first in a series of public hearings. The public stage of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump is entering its second week.

1:11.2

The question of whether Mr. Trump tried to coax his Ukrainian counterpart into investigating a

1:15.8

political rival by withholding military aid is dominating Washington.

1:20.7

After two days of testimony last week in front of the cameras, come three more.

1:25.0

Eight witnesses are due to be heard this week.

1:30.0

The hearings are absorbing an enormous amount of attention in Washington. John Fasman is our Washington correspondent.

1:34.5

I went up to the hill on the first day last Wednesday and I arrived at what I thought was

1:39.9

a prudent two hours early in the line outside the Ways and Means Committee room already

1:43.3

stretched all the way down the hall. And i was sort of stuck between two conversations one was a bunch of

1:48.9

photographers trading tips on how to get the best witness pictures and the other was a bunch of

1:52.4

hill interns you know college students steeped an impeachment arcana the better question i think is

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