anderson? >> and parnas is going to be on this program tomorrow night. he was on with rachel maddow. what did he say? >> reporter: he's saying that he could have done nothing without the approval of the president. that everything he did, all the movements he made, those were tracked and known about by the president and the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. and anderson, it's just another direct line between the people in this irregular channel, as it became to be known during the impeachment hearing, directly back to the president. and it really is reminiscent of one of the other point men in ukraine for the president, gordon sondland, to the ambassador to the european union, who said, yes, there was quid pro quo, and everyone was in the loop, including the president. anderson? >> alex marquardt, thanks very much. >>> now, a juror as well as a lawmaker is openly interested in hearing from witnesses and weighing the evidence. joining us now is jeff mercury, from oregon. what do you mak

anderson? >> and barbara, just talk a little bit about the significance that ballistic missiles were used. >> well, you know, what we have seen over the months is rockets and mortars. this is so-called indirect fire. it's those militia groups inside iraq that can readily use those relatively lightweight, shoot and scoot kind of thing. they do cause damage, but most of the time, they don't, because they're very inaccurate. those -- that's the category or rockets and mortars we have seen for months. this, ballistic missiles, they have to be feudueled up, they h to be put on a launcher. there has to be a crew to man it and fire it off. the iranians would have to have the intelligence, they would have to understand in terms of weapons firing, exactly where al asad is, exactly where erbil is, and be able to fire against those targets with some level of precision. >> which obviously the iranians have, i mean, given their involvement in iraq, they have been backing these proxy -- >> sure, sure. but th

>>> hi, anderson, andy. i just wanted to congratulate you guys on hosting the most incredible new year's eve party. also the hottest, if i may say so myself. i know you guys are going to kill it. i wish i was there, but unfortunately i need to be in my pajamas in bed. sorry. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from the heart of times square, it's cnn's new year's eve live. wild. star studded. unpredictable. welcome to tv's hottest party with performances and appearances by christina aguilera, lenny kravitz. john mayer. lindsay lohan. shania twain. shaquille o'neal and more surprises. >>> and now, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. >> hey, welcome to times square. how are you doing? >> hey, great. >> great, too. it never gets old. people from all corners of the earth converging on several blocks of manhattan celebrate the dawn of a new year. welcome to times square. i'm joined by my good friend andy cohen. back for our third year. we have an amazing night ahead of you. this is acthrough going to ualle best one yet.

>> well, anderson, it's good to be with you. yes, there was a briefing for staff members, and i had a representative there, and, no, nothing that came out of the briefing changed my view that this was an unnecessary escalation of the situation in iraq and iran. while i can't tell you what was said, i can tell you, i have no additional information to support the administration's claim that this was ang imminent attack on americans, and obviously the issue of intelligence is important, especially given the fact that bad intelligence, false intelligence is what got us into the earlier war with iraq. >> it is interesting because this -- president trump has obviously been very critical of u.s. intelligence, the u.s. intelligence community and yet he is now basing this on what he says was intelligence about an attack being planned. do you believe the administration? >> well, my view is you've got to be shown the evidence. there will be a briefing for senators on monday. i hope the administration will come prepared to present the evide

and anderson didn't, not for long anyway. all out for 269.t right then for england, things were not looking great. that was until stuart broad found the edge of peter milan's bat. the ball, the game suddenly moved quite some place. time then to get a grip of it. ben stokes and another brilliant catch from him. hamza, the latest batsman to wonder just how he does it. and while south africa was still working it out, stokes caught hold of another. england's day brighter by the moment. another player caught by an england hand, but wait. replay showed a no—ball. south africa with the roar for the reprieve. the player along with dean elgar added more than 100. still, fortune remains fickle. and with stokes, england really are in great hands. here he finally got him. moments later, he caught dwayne pretorius as well. four catches, quite a day for him and for england. jimmy anderson striking with the final ball and the celebration really started. england's day for england's knights. adam wild, bbc news. a little earlier, i spoke to england cricketer

anderson? >> and the president said he is going to make a statement in the morning, or the white house said he will. >> that's right. and we don't know exactly what he is going to be saying in that statement, what it will entail, whether he'll discuss any retaliation from the u.s. side. by that time, a battle assessment, battle damage assessment should be made because there will be plenty of hours in daylight in iraq so the u.s. will have a much better understanding of the missile strikes coming from iran tonight. >> all right. pamela brown from the white house. thanks very much. appreciate it, reporting on the white house tonight. let's go to fred pleitgen who is in tehran for us. what else are you learning about the attacks? >> well, the iranians, anderson, seem to be confirming that this was their retaliation for the killing of qassem soleimani. and apparently, at least from what we're reading into this, it seems to be that this is it and the iranians are saying it doesn't have to go any far

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>> hi, anderson. new video that seems to have happened to the plane that took off in teheran. 176 people gone. apparently not an accident, meaning this was about the plane and being self-contained. the evidence as you reported very well on the show tonight suggests that this was done by surface-to-air missiles by iran. why? we'll take a look at this new video. we'll have experts tell us what this is and then what it means. how do you get accountability. what does it mean for the iran and u.s. relationship. and the war powers act. the president said more in a rally tonight about why they had to take out this general than he said in his address to the nation and yet congress didn't vote unanimously to take back its power. why it must and what comes next. >> nine minutes from now. just ahead, secretary grisham the second time returning this week to the ridiculist. cancel your cold. the 1-pill power of advil multi-symptom cold & flu knocks out your worst symptoms. cancel your cold, not your plans. advil m

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. we begin tonight in a far different place than we left you last night, and that is a good thing, plain and simple. iran's signal that its missile strike on two bases in iraq, housing u.s. forces was the limit of their response. the american killing of general qassem soleimani. they apparently offered a way out and this morning, president trump took it. >> iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. no american or iraqi lives were lost, because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well. i salute the incredible skill and courage of america's men and women in uniform. >> this is, obviously, a very welcomed development, no matter where you might stand politically or how you view america's role in the middle east. last night, we were staring into the abyss. tonight, we aren't. that said, if, in fact, president trump took the off-ramp here, the question remain

>> reporter: it sounds that way, anderson. and one of the things we're picking up on this evening, and i think it's fascinating, is that both the joint chiefs chairman, mark mille, and the defense secretary, mark esper are both saying publicly this evening that they agree with this assessment that iran was actually trying to not only destroy property at these bases but kill u.s. personnel. we were hearing from our sources -- cnn was hearing from our saucers earlier in the day, there were some officials saying maybe the iranians had intentionally missed as to not draw a counterattack from the u.s. but from what we're hearing over at the pentagon, there were top officials who were very much convinced that the iranians were trying to kill americans in this attack. and it so may have been an amazing stroke of luck that no american service members were killed, anderson. >> jim acosta, thanks very much. more now on the briefings. we mentioned senator chris murphy sat in on it. he joins us now. senator murphy, you heard from senator

. >> well, anderson, a couple of things jump out at you when you read these emails. first is that throughout all the months of back and forth between omb, the office of management and budget, and the pentagon over this frozen military aid, there is never a coherent rationale articulated for why the aid is being frozen. in fact during this two months process, you have a deputy small group meeting which is a meeting of the deputy heads of the various national security agencies that deliberate the freeze and they all decide unanimously that the aid should move forward. subsequent to that, at the end of august you have a meeting between secretary of state pompeo, secretary of defense esper, john bolton, the national security adviser, and president trump in the oval office where the other three gentleman try to convince the president to release the freeze and release the aid to ukraine. he will not do that at that point in time. and so there is never a coherent rationale. the other thing that jumps out at you is that the pentagon is worried sick that they're going to be l

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. a big night.aking news on the shape of the impeachment trial, including republican senators now talking about wanting to hear from witnesses and not wanting to immediately vote to dismiss the charges. also late word that the president's tv lawyer and alleged bag man, rudy giuliani, has been lobbying to join the impeachment legal team. new reporting as well on the president's claim that killing the iranian general prevented imminent attacks on four american embassies, and big developments as democrats lose another contender today. we close out the hour by marking ten years since an earthquake devastated haiti. we begin, though, this hour, right now, with more breaking news. it concerns the ukrainian company burisma which is at the center of the impeachment saga. and not only does this new reporting stir memories of russia's interference of the 20 2016 campaign, it is also very much in the here and now. quoting from the lead of the story. with president trump facing an impeachment trial over his eff

>> not really, anderson. the president was asked about this on conservative talk radio earlier in the day, and he essentially said, he's waiting to see how the iranians respond. he's basically in the same position that everybody else is across the world. this administration is now essentially putting the ball in the iranian's court and waiting to see what they do next, and then determining from that how they're going to respond at this point. >> and last night, the president made some sort of a vague comment about releasing the intelligence. what did he say? >> he essentially said, they're thinking about it, they may release it to the public. at this point, the plan is to brief lawmakers up on capitol hill. that's going to be happening over the next 48 hours. and i think, anderson, that is going to be a significant moment, because if you have democrats coming out of these briefings, essentially saying they don't believe the intelligence that was behind this military strike on qassem soleimani, then you're goi

anderson. >> all right. jim acosta, thank you.e want to discuss all of the latest developments with a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, take us through tomorrow as the house is going to transmit the articles of impeachment. >> it is a solemn day. i have lived through this on the other end of the white house, and i received the sergeant of arms in the senate when the articles were served on the president. the house will formally transmit the articles of impeachment tomorrow, and they are going to be physically carried from the chamber right down the hall here to the other end of the capitol, and those occasions have the way of bringing home the gravity of the situation. this is a president who was impeached forever on the pages of history, who deserves it, and tomorrow starts the process of finding out if the senate is going to take their constitutional duties seriously. i am encouraged and it bores out the strategy that the speaker has pursued, to let this, to let this air out a little bit and then you are s

anderson starts now. >>> gonod evening. there is new video that appears to show a missile fired into the sky in tehran and hitting a moving object. we're going to play the entire clip. we're only going to show it very sparingly tonight and only when necessary to illustrate a particular point. you're going to first see what appears to be the missile moving toward the plane and what appears to be an impact. about ten seconds later you'll hear the sound of the strike catching up to the location where the photographer is standing. again, 176 people were aboard the boeing 737, 63 were canadians. cnn cannot independently confirm that video, but the buildings in it appear similar to ones in the area where the plane went down. officials are saying the growing belief is that iran did in fact shoot it down, apparently by mistake. they say intelligence indicates that two russian-made anti-aircraft missiles were used and radar signals locking on to the plane were picked up at the time and discovered the morning after but the data took

it wasn't just the killing of soleimani, anderson. it was that they killed him without notifying congress or seeking congressional approval, when there's never been a declaration of war against iran. and they killed him on iraqi soil. iraq is an ally of ours. and they've objected to the u.s. turning iraq into -- you know, like a coliseum, where the u.s. and iran will wage war to the detriment of iraqis. so what you've ended up doing is nobody is sad that soleimani is gone. is iran a bad actor? sure. but this president has rushed us to the brink of war, where iran and the united states are now inflicting battlefield casualties, each on the other without being plain with congress and the american public. we got lied into a war in iraq in 2002 and now everybody realizes it. the administration said that there were weaponization and there weren't. the last thing we need to do is to be lied into another war with claims of imminent threats that didn't exist. >> the sheer number of inconsistencies that are routinely coming out of the administ

host: carol anderson? guest: again, one of the reasons why this looks so easy is because it feels -- everybody can go, it is america, except that is not the way that it works. georgia,of, let's say georgia does have automatic voter registration. that is good. georgia also has a program called "exact match." wind exact match was being run -- when exact match was running, the courts found was a discriminatory because it privileged anglo names. the secretary of state at the time brian camp worked with legislators in the legislature to pass a law for exact match. how would works is you take your voter registration. if there is a discrepancy anywhere between what is on your voter registration card and what is on the state's fivers license database or the social security database, your voter registration doesn't go through. it is put into an electoral limbo. you write your name, your last name garcia-marques. on your drivers license, the-is not there or there are two separate names without that. that can get you

england will have to cope without james anderson for the final two tests of england's tour of south africa. hello and thank you forjoining us. 10 years ago this week one of the most shocking incidents happened to a sports team. togo‘s football team were travelling to the africa cup of nations in angola when they were ambushed by gunmen. two people were killed, with many more injured in the attack, including goalkeeper. he lost his livelihood and nearly his life on that day. and he's among the victims who want the confederation of african football to take responsibility. as victoire ayum reports. just get your reaction to a story that has been breaking, a shooting at the africa cup of nations at the togo team but. to go's football team had just arrived and angola. minutes later, two members of the delegation we re later, two members of the delegation were shot damp. the assistant coach and one other. translation: i heard and one other. translation: i heard a machine—gun. when i tried to move, it was as if i was nailed to the seat. i didn't understand it, but then i saw myself, both my somet

anderson? >> boris sanchez, appreciate it. the president did not notify the four top democrats in the so-called gang of eight before launching the drone strike, speaker of the house pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer. presidents until this president havetraditionally notified top lawmakers. now senators are upset about that. joining us is senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut. president trump said he ordered this to, quote, stop a war. is that your view of the strike? >> what really alarms me is this step clearly seems to be an escalation towards war. in fact, the administration seems to be stumbling into war head first without a strategy that has been defined or communicated to congress or the public. and what's also alarming is the lack of consultation with our allies, which further creates the danger that these additional strikes, which have been reported tonight, will lead to the misperception, perhaps m miscalculation that there will be continuing escalation. so rather than stopping a war, what

this exclusive new interview with anderson cooper. lev parnas, the indicted associate of rudy giuliani, directly implicates president trump in the months-long effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens. parnas says he personally told the ukrainians they would not get aid, be invited to the white house or get a visit from vice president mike pence if they didn't publicly announce an investigation into the bidens. and parnas says president trump knew exactly what was going on. >>> also, very important, parnas says he's willing to testify and says that along with former national security adviser john bolton, he can, quote, fill in all the dots in the impeachment case. >> and the stunning interview comes at the very same time that president trump's senate impeachment trial is about to begin in washington. now do senators want to hear from witnesses? now do they want to see all of the new evidence that's come to light since the president was impeached last month? well, in just hours, the senate will formally receive those article

this exclusive new interview with anderson cooper.nas, the indicted associate of rudy giuliani, directly implicates president trump in the months-long effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens. parnas says he personally told the ukrainians they would not get aid, be invited to the white house or get a visit from vice president mike pen

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. tonight with house speaker pelosi saying he's ready to hand articles of impeachment over to the senate, there's breaking news about the man who would almost certainly be the star witness, that is if republicans allow it. former national security advisor john bolton. never mind what senators might want or majority leader mcconnell might agree to, when it comes to bolton, president trump made it clear he wants him nowhere near the witness stand. that's what he told laura ingraham during an interview. she said why not call bolton, allow him to testify? this thing is bogus, why not allow him to testify? the president says no problem other than one thing. you can't be in the white house as president, future, and have a security advisor, anybody having to do with security, legal and other things. ingraham interjekts are you going to invoke executive privilege? the president says i think you have to for the sake of the office. in a moment our legal and political team weigh in on that. first

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. with the impeachment trial looming, though no date set for it to actually begin, tonight evidence the trump administration does not want you to see. previously hidden contents of internal emails, including one that makes it clear the president of the united states directly ordered the central act in the central allegation against him with, withholding military aid for ukraine allegedly to extract ukrainian help in dirtying up joe biden. now, it took a lawsuit and a judge's order for the center for public integrity to first obtain these emails, and even then, as you can see, some were so heavily redacted, they were essentially meaningless. but now an online forum called just security, which is based at new york university's center on law and security has viewed the unblacked out versions of those emails. what they found, it amplifies recent reporting from cnn and others about just how concerned and suspicious senior government officials were that the aid freeze to ukraine was against t

bad news for england and anderson. he thought he was in some problem in the second innings.rt with his side. he didn't do much building and that mri scan is turned up a left rib injury. it will keep him out for between six to eight weeks. that is the whole of the south africa tour and probably the sri la nka africa tour and probably the sri lanka tour. they have craig overton in the squad and the fast bowlers, they should be available for the third test but i think this really raises a question about anderson. he is 37 now. he says he thinks he can go on. he doesn't see age as a barrier. he wants to emulate ryan giggs in football and keeping playing as long as he can. he's just come back from a calf injury and now this has hit him. every time one of these injuries comes along it will be harder and harder to come back from. now, it's been a tough 24 hours for manchester united after losing 3—1 to their city rivals in the first leg of the league cup semifinal. manager ole gunner solskaer said it was their worst performance this season. the neutrals among us will be hoping for

i can tell you, anderson, coming out of a closed door conference meeting republicans are confident they will defeat that motion on friday to move forward on witnesses. they believe they'll event cruelly get there in large part because of the arguments they're making behind the scenes, mitch mcconnell is saying it could lead to a flood of witnesses, concerning senators, including ones up for reelection in 2020. john thune said earlier to me today the calls for john bolton wouldn't add much for the case that's already being presented to the senate and would not change the outcome and the president would be acquitted. >> wouldn't it be helpful for senators to know exactly what he knows about the president's actions? >> i think there is already on the record from the house managers that sort of evidence so like i said, i mean, you could reenforce it, put different context to it. but, you know, if you start calling him, then the democrats are going to want to call mulvaney and they're going to want to call pompeo. and our guys are going to start wanting to call witnesses on the other side to

so what next for anderson?7 now, and phil tufnell reckons it's inevitable that anderson will be considering retirement, but another former england bowler says jimmy‘s still got plenty to offer. the older you get, the little niggles take a fraction longer to heal, injuries and start creeping in. but he will be determined, he is very driven, a fantastic bowler, he offers so much. let us not write him off. as you get older, you need to keep the body bowling, and it is difficult for him, knowing myself, when you stop, you have a break, difficult to get back into a rhythm. he will come back stronger, absolutely no doubt. still got so much to offer england. great britain have lost their atp cup quarterfinal against autralia. it went right down to a tie break at the end of the final doubles match. jamie murray and joe salisbury were just edged out by nick kyrgios and alex de minaur in sydney. this is a new tournament that's been brought by the men's tour to kick off the new season. britain were captained by tim henman

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anderson, you can't plan for john bolton. he would say if he did come forward. >> fascinating. kaitlan collins, thanks very much. joined once again by our political and legal team. >>> mike, do you -- what do you think jay sekulow -- what do you think the president's team is going to do, will they use all three days? they were concerned about getting this, pushing this to the state of the union. there was an argument to be made they would want to keep it short. >> i'm not a lawyer, but it seems that the defense's job is to get the jury to acquit him. and if they think the jury is going to acquit him, it's a done deal, why would you say anything else? i think that would be true in a lot of court rooms. just like you pointed out a lot of things sound like talking points, if those talking points are going to work to acquit him, they need to keep saying the talking points. the jury is the republicans in the senate. that's who is going to vote on this. they're going to make a decision i'm guessing based upon that with a little spr

>> well, anderson, i'm very disappointed to hear that. i have served with senator alexander for a decade and on many occasions have known him to be a thoughtful and seasoned senator. i disagree strongly with his conclusion tonight. but let me simply say this, and i'll say it to him when i get a chance tomorrow. if the conclusion he's reached is that what the president did was inappropriate, but that the people should decide in the upcoming election, the very least we should do is to make sure that the next election is a free and fair election, without foreign interference. and i frankly think if the american people are to make up their minds in this next election about whether or not to reelect president donald trump they should know the facts. getting john bolton to testify was frankly an exercise in making sure the american people got to hear directly from someone who was in the white house and knew what the president had directed be done. if i hear what you just conveyed about senator alexander's statement he essentially said that the

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>> reporter: well, here's what we heard, anderson. at the monthly portland republican city committee meeting. that is a committee of very active republicans here in maine's largest city of portland. they talk about local issues, they endorse local republican candidates. but he we wanted to talk afterwards about their senior u.s. senator susan collins, and we asked them, do they want susan collins, yes or no, to vote for witnesses in the impeachment trial? well, we got split decision among the people, an indication that no matter what susan collins ends up doing she will have a group of republicans in the state who are not happy about it. but we talked with two of the people, two of the committee members, and they gave us an expression that exemplified their divide. listen. >> do you think senator collins should vote yes or no about allowing witnesses in this impeachment trial? >> i think she should definitely vote yes. >> do you think senator susan collins should vote yes or no on allowing witnesses in the impeachment trial? >> no. be

anderson starts now. >>> good evening. with new reporting tonight, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell does not yet have the votes to block impeachment votes for witnesses. will republican senators embrace the responsibility that comes with their sole power to conduct impeachment trials or will they shrink from it? as they have throughout the trial, lawyers for the president all but urged them from the second. far but taking umbrage, senators seem willing to oblige. essentially dlieng their role as fact finders and truth seekers, with which sounds like an odd position to take. nobody benefits from widespread public suspicion the president was either removed from office or acquitted in a mockery of a trial, or so you might think. quinnipiac polling seems to reinforce the idea that people know what a real trial looks like and want to see one. voters say witnesses should be allowed to testify. witnesses like national security adviser john bolton,s who upcoming memoir reportedly says that the president tied military aid to

injury forjimmy anderson.ase and pick up later as moore rain arrives. and it's being touted as the movie of the year, and is already scooping up awards in hollywood. the stars of the new first world war epic 1917 joins us on the sofa. good morning, it's thursday the 9th of january. senior members good morning, it's thursday the 9th ofjanuary. senior members of the royalfamily ofjanuary. senior members of the royal family has had to ofjanuary. senior members of the royalfamily has had to be hurt after the duke and duchess of sussex announced they are stepping back from their royal roles. the decision is believed to have shocked the royalfamily is believed to have shocked the royal family with reports the royal couple didn't consult the queen or prince william. sarah campbell is a buckingham palace for us this morning. a lot to digester here from that statement, in amongst it their suggestion now that other members of the royalfamily, suggestion now that other members of the royal family, including suggestion no

and in the sport on bbc news, james anderson says he hopes to be fit in a few weeks, after a broken rib him out of england's tour in south africa. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the royalfamily are said to be hurt and disappointed after prince harry and his wife, meghan, announced last night they're stepping back from royal duties.

rudy giuliani's indicted associate lev parnas spoke with cnn's anderson cooper. parnas says he believed the president knew everything about the effort to get the ukrainian president to announce investigations into trump's political rivals. the reason? >> that was the most important thing for him to stay on for another four years and keep the fight going. there was no other reason for doing it. >> that stunning interview follows the release of notes and a stream of text messages from parnas that shed a lot more detail on the pressure campaign inside ukraine, including the potentially illegal surveillance of former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. now the ukrainian government says this morning they're opening a criminal investigation into her potential surveillance. the state department, the own u.s. state department, has not replied to multiple inquiries about whether it plans to cooperate with that investigation or open its own investigation. >> you'd imagine the u.s. state department would want to -- >> would want to. >> would be the mostbassador. >

. >> i appreciate yours, anderson. >>> up next, the historical significance. what's going to start to take place tomorrow on the senate floor. be right back. when people ask me what makes verizon 5g different i talk about firefighters. for hundreds of years they've had to do their jobs in blinding smoke. but verizon 5g ultra wideband is built to transmit real-world data so fast, it could power technology that lets them see through smoke. that's a difference that can save lives. that's a difference that will change everything.

>>> and now, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. >> hey, welcome to times square. how are you doing? >> hey, great. >> great, too. it never gets old. people from all corners of the earth converging on several blocks of manhattan celebrate the dawn of a new year. welcome to times square. i'm joined by my good friend andy cohen. back for our third year. we have an amazing night ahead of you. this is acthrough going to ualle best one yet. >> it is. we are live in 12 hot spots. we have amazing party guests. christina aguilera, dead and company. john mayer. >> i think you're going to handle the dead and company. >> shania twain, lenny kravitz. we have games, new year's resolutions and maybe a surprise guest or two. >> i've heard rumors. >> and a lot of alcohol. i brought my own booze. >> i tried to get out that of

batsman crawley was five years old when anderson first took wickets for england. not as exciting for some. rising and shining was dom sibley. this was his first test 50. joe root passed that mark too, but a day that started with two quick wickets ended the same way. england's lead is beyond 250. any more madness and magic, it will be impossible for south africa to catch up. chelsea extended their unbeaten women's super league run to 10 matches today and their new high profile signing, sam kerr, had a significant part to play as they beat reading by 3 goals to 1. they're now four points behind the league leaders arsenal with a game in hand. miriam walker—khan reports. two years of conversations led to this moment. a player megan rapinoe called the best in the world is making a new home at kings meadow. her first chance in the game camejust a minute in. and it was out of character. reading have been called the "comeback queens" this season, and as another strike came in, it was overshadowed seconds later at the opposite end by reading's grace maloney storming out of

attorneys jeff anderson pointed the finger at a picture brother william farrington at a news conference wednesday. >>announcing a lawsuit against carrington's former employer bowerman prep school and the diocese of san jose. so we're talking about 3 decades. >>of this guy being allowed to be and around kids and schools as a teacher. as a coach. as a under the supervision. the catholic bishops at the lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student referred to as john doe. >>alleges farrington sexually abused him when he attended belem and during the 1960's. the suit was made possible by assembly bill ab to 18 known as california child victims act o all funds a 3 year window for childhood abuse victims to file lawsuits regardless of when the abuse occurred and is being applauded other clergy abuse victims oil castaic the courthouse doors are open. and you can shine light on horrible crimes and ensure that what happened to you never happens to another child. >>because you can expose perpetrators who are walking the streets today, the lawsuit further alleges that development prep knew of the al

. >> in an interview with anderson cooper, parnas is offering to do more than just produce more photos standing with the president, saying he's willing to testify on capitol hill. >> you've personally viewed it, this is about 2020 to help him get the next four years. >> that was the way everybody viewed it. i mean, that was the most important thing is for him to stay on for another four years and keep the fight going. i mean, there was no other reason for doing it. >> reporter: the president also maintained he didn't know anything about a letter written by his personal attorney rudy giuliani to the leader of ukraine, requesting a meeting, a letter that claimed to have mr. trump's consent. >> i didn't know about a specific letter. if he wrote a letter, it wouldn't have been a big deal. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi blasted republicans who are resisting calls to hear from witnesses like parnas, and former national security adviser john bolton during mr. trump's trial in the senate. >> they are afraid of the truth. they don't want to see documents, they don't want to hear from e

>> thank you, anderson. hello, everyone. i am chris cuomo.nt managers made their case, again, about eight hours today. different, though, than yesterday. how? it was more structured. they laid it out more with what they call sign posting. here's where we're going to go. here's why we're going to go there. and it seemed to work. the main points, though, were also some of the most provocative ones. president trump abused his power, how? pressuring ukraine to

>> reporter: anderson, we do expect a statement to come out from lamar alexander. maybe a paper statement that details where he stands. i did catch up with him earlier this evening after dinner time. he had just met with lisa murkowski, the other swing vote. and he told me he was definitely going to announce the statement tonight. he was going to make his decision after that final question. so we should expect any minute that statement. and, of course, that is hugely significant because essentially whatever he decides will determine the fate of the president's impeachment trial. we do expect at the moment two republican senators to vote to move forward on witnesses and documents. that's sues abc news collins and mitt romney. we don't know where two others are going to go. that's lisa murkowski and lamar alexander. of course, if four republicans break ranks, that's enough to move forward on documents and witnesses and that could lead to a whole new chapter of this impeachment trial. but if there are three witnesses, that means there's a tie vote, most likely a tie v