Representative Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, drew laughter and applause Wednesday for a comment she made about President Trump having “five Pinocchios on a daily basis.” She made the remark while questioning Ambassador Gordon Sondland in his public impeachment hearing. Source

“Just FYI Charles Barkley told me tonight ‘I don’t hit women but if I did I would hit you,’ and then when I objected to that he told me I ‘couldn’t take a joke,'” she wrote Source

California Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, and Steve Castor, senior investigative counsel for Republicans on the panel, questioned U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland on Wednesday, the fourth day of public impeachment hearings. Source

The pressure to falsify records came from management at the Balfour Beatty Communities at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the former worker said Source

Participants in this discussion at the 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland, include: Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania (2009-2019), Chair Emerita of the Council of Women World Leaders (2014-2019), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders; Oby Ezekwesili, Presidential Candidate (2019), Minister of Education (2006-2007), and Minister of Solid Minerals (2005-2006), Nigeria; Vice-President for Africa at the World Bank (2007-2012) Source

Participants in this discussion at the 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland, include: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia (2010-2013), Member of CWWL; Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist, IMF; Jacqueline Hunt, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE. Source

“In your opening statement, you confirm that there was a quid pro quo between the White House meeting and the investigations into Burisma and the 2016 election that Giuliani was publicly promoting. Is that right?” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff asked U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland on Wednesday. “Correct,” Sondland replied. Source

Amy Weaver, the president of Legal & Corporate Affairs at Salesforce, pledges her commitment to the 2019 Reykjavik Global Forum of Women Leaders. Source

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Daniel Goldman, senior adviser and director of investigations on the committee, questioned U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland on Wednesday, the fourth day of public impeachment hearings. Source

Elaine Quijano, anchor of CBSN’s “Red and Blue,” interviewed award-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on Wednesday at the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders in Iceland. Watch the full interview. Source