News in :90 – Oct. 29, 2019

A military officer at the National Security Council who raised concerns over the Trump Administration’s urge to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, arrived on Capitol Hill to testify on Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry.

Army Lieutenant Colonel, Alexander Vindman, is prepared to tell House Investigators that he listened to President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on July 25th.

Vindman said he was concerned by the phone call and did not think it was proper to ask a foregin government to to investigate a United States citizen.

As wildfires continue to burn in California, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation will be switching off power this morning to prevent the high winds from damaging its equipment and igniting any further fires.

Pacific Gas and Electric said that it’s blackout period will begin early Tuesday and is estimated to affect 605, 000 customers in Northern California.

The announcement was made by the company before the last blackout period expired, which shut off power to more than 2.5 million people.

Many California residents are skeptical of the motives behind PG&E’S blackouts. Some feel that the company is more concerned with its finances than it is concerned with the the major inconvenience it is causing.

St. Thomas seniors Chris Cho and Harrison Muller have developed the unique clothing brand BlestSinners, which features themed collections.

Muller and Cho connected with the streetwear-meets-punk/grunge look and decided to combine it with their own styles. Their brand focuses on creating unique pieces and building a community.

Cho explained, “we didn’t really make this to make money, we made this because we want to put ourselves out there and put our art out there.”

Nora Rodvik can be reached at rodv7698@stthomas.edu.