Rivet Daily

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News Espresso: Pelosi calls for articles of impeachment, Paris shut down over strikes, U.S. sailor opens fire at Pearl Harbor

December 05, 2019

Saying President Trump's 'wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our Constitution,' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered a public statement this morning announcing House Democrat will move ahead with articles of impeachment. The Eiffel Tower is shut down because of nationwide strikes and protests over the government's retirement reform. French high-speed trains are also standing still and schools are closed. Paris authorities barricaded the presidential palace and deployed six thousand police. An active duty US sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days before dignitaries and veterans descend on the base for the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack. Pirates have boarded a Greek-owned oil tanker off Nigeria and kidnapped 19 Indian and Turkish crew members in what have become the world's most dangerous waters for such attacks. The International Maritime Bureau says the Gulf of Guinea now accounts for about 82% of crew kidnappings in the world.