somehow one new about baldwin.i maybe must have read another country and then figured out what the room was about somehow prayed is the only one. >> one spread, their friend, would sometimes see, he is so brilliant, his little live i'm his feet. something like that. >> my elderly relatives used to see, i was never afraid to leave my wife alone with him don't you know. don't you know. >> i keep also was our only. in mass culture and high culture. and they were proud. >> someone new, he had very been attacked. by the time of essays, knew about the attack i'm solar and eyes that i hadn't read it. but if leroy joines had sort of attacked in the same language, people knew him. and that kind of. and i remember once walking by window and i saw him. all i had was the journals with me and held them out trembling. he signed them. he is very sweet and gracious we've god. a couple of times i ran into him. but more importantly, baldwin and angeli davis were the first writers the first black writers that for my generation said i

idea of a government grocer is unusual, for a conservative community, such as baldwin. it being social implement we never had intention. >> we don't see it as making a political statement. this is us looking out for ourselves. taking care of our own. the way i think it is supposed to be done. reporter: it is an unusual solution to a common problem, changed. industry analyst say serving remote areas is costly for an already low margin business, independent grocers are declining in share. >> it is justin creasingly difficult to -- increasingly difficult to fine private entrepreneurs to come to town and take that kind of risk. that grocery stores pose. reporter: resident in some food deserts turn to nonprofits others pool their resources and forming co-ops, here in baldwin, they are treating good a food ac resource, and operating this store more like a public utility, they don't top did this indefinitely, they would love an pure tanentrepreneur come in ta, until that happens, the mayor is moon lighting as a grocer,. david: wow thank you. >> 68% of this town voted for donal

i'm brooke baldwin. we continue to follow this breaking news out of pensacola, florida, on this deadly shooting at the u.s. naval air station there. saudi military member who was training at this facility was the one who shot three people to death. he is also injured at least seven others including two officers before sheriffs deputies killed the shooter. florida's governor moments ago saying saudi arabia must answer for these killings. >> given this was a foreign national in employ of a foreign service and time to do this, obviously the government of saudi arabia needs to make things better for these victims, and i think that they're going to owe a debt here given that this is one of their individuals. >> cnn's natasha chin is there in pensacola for us. cnn's josh campbell and andrew mccabe, cnn contributor and former "fantastic beastf fbi di me. training in aviation had a handgun. not supposed to have weapons on base. can you tell me more what we know about him? >> reporter: sure. brooke, so we know he

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn on this friday afternoon. thank you for being here. today will be remembered as a monumental day not only in the had is tris of the trump white house but in the history of the united states of america. >> today is a solemn and sad day. for the third time in a little over a century and a half the house judiciary committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president. for abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. the house will act xpap dish expeditiously. thank you. >> took less than 30 minutes to record that consequential vote in the house judiciary committee today but the 17 hours of debate over the two days leading up to it, fiery, partisan and at times quite personal. something you can clearly see right here on the faces of chairman jerry nadler and committee's top republican doug collins. >> this is a, just travesty and a sham from day one. i could talk until i'm blue in the face but nobody on the majority cares. >> we invited the president of the

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i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you for being here. breaking news from the pentagon involving thousands of u.s. troops. straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what are you hearing? >> reporter: good afternoon, brooke. pentagon is seriously considering sending thousands of additional troops to the middle east as further additional deterrence against potential iranian provocations. the range they're looking at an additional 4,000 to 7,000 u.s. troops mostly devoted to air defense. that is because iran recently has moved a number of ballistic missiles into iraq, could pose a threat to u.s. troops in iraq and to saudi arabia, iran moving all of this into iraq and iran also stepping up its rocket attacks. the pentagon has pushed back since last night against several reports that it's looking at sending up to 14,000 troops to the region. we're told that is not what they're looking at. it's much more in the range, 4,000 to 7,000 troops to the middle east. further deterrence against iran. no firm decision has been made yet. broo

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. here we are only the fourth time in american history. articles of impeachment brought against the president of the united states. today democrat leaders in the house unveiled two articles of impeachment against president trump for, number one, abuse of power and number two obstruction of congress. >> a president who declares himself above accountability, above the american people, and above congress' power of impeachment, which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions, is a president who sees himself as above the law. we must be clear. no one, not even the president, is above the law. >> meantime, white house press secretary stephanie grisham calls the articles "baseless" and says, "the president will address these false charges in the senate and expects to be fully exonerated, because he did nothing wrong." now, a white house source tells cnn that grisham meant his case will be made through attorneys and no plans for the particular

and a terrific supporting performance by alec baldwin. all righty. i love films about space and exploration and... ok, look, i think i'm a bit of a lone voice in this, because i liked it. ok, so basically... you are a lone voice, from everything i've read! yeah, so natalie portman is an astronaut who looks down at the earth from space and then finds it impossible to readjust to life back on the ground. here's a clip. i'm just a little bit... i don't know. you know? say no more. we've all been there. yeah. been where? what did i say? i don't know, but you said it. that's... just feel a little off. no, not off. it's more... you know how it is. you go up there, you see... everything. the whole universe. and everything here looks... so small. we are so small. and then you splash down and you go to, what? applebee's? you know, monday night football? clip your toenails? all you can think about is... when can i go back? and in a way, the whole film is kind of encapsulated in that exchange, that all you want to do is wonder how, you know, when you can get ba

alec baldwin getting a small victory in his legal battle over a parking spot.ng a slander charge against the actor made by the man he allegedly punched. baldwin's claim that he thought the man was going to run over his wife did not rise to the level of defamation. baldwin is facing assault charges over the 2018 incident captured on video obtained by tmc. todd: donald trump says donald trump is more dangerous world peace and kim jong-il and or vladimir putin. donald trump received 41% of the vote when asked to rank the greatest threat to world peace. him came second, iran's ayatollah and putin tied with 8% and xi jinping lasted 7%, donald trump poking fun at justin trudeau after canadian tv channel cut his cameo in home alone 2. >> where's the lobby? >> down the hall and to the left. >> thank you. todd: i guess justin t doesn't like my making him pay up on nato trade. he then added the movie will never be the came, just kidding. the channel which is publicly funded says the cut was made to make room for more commercials. if you thought that was insanity listen t

i'm brooke baldwin. when he was elected the 45th president of the united states, donald trump became the latest member of a pretty exclusive club and is now poised to join another one. u.s. presidents who have been impeached. >> today is a solemn and sad day. for the third time in a little over a century and a half, the house judiciary committee voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the house will act expeditiously. thank you. >> the house judiciary committee voting to advance articles of impeachment for abuse of power, and obstruction of congress, to the full house. manu raju is cnn's congressional correspondent. judiciary committee had its day along party lines. no surprise. shall we expect more of the same come next wednesday? >> reporter: going to about fiery debate that will take place on the house floor when that happens on wednesday. it will reflect what we heard over the last several days in the house judiciary committee. a very bitter

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. >> bernice baldwin.>> bernice baldwin had been recruited by the fbi in the early 1940s to join thehigan communist party she rose through the ranks for nine years became the secretary of the party came in from the close of these hearings and named hundreds of names coming across during the whole period my father was one of those names. as soon as he was named by her, he was fired from his job. >> and then subsequently fired from the cleveland plain dealer and other jobs, correct? we>> five years of blacklisting we went from detroit to brooklyn lived in a small apartment, three kids and my parents with my father's parents back to ann arbor to live with my mother's parents and he got a job at the plain dealer through a friend who had worked with him at the michigan daily but the fbi came to the editor of the play dealer and said he fired a communist or former communist. he was fired from that job and bounced around again for another few years. >> for some reason ended up in the quad cities area of iowa and illinois what was it about the quad cities? >> there was a strike thereby the p

i'm jessica dean in for brooke baldwin this afternoon. the day before christmas president trump goes from seasons greetings to spewing grievances an a holiday videoconference call thanking troops overseas the commander in chief lashed out over his impeach mrcht and continued house democrated led an unfair process and demanding fairness from the senate and slammed house speaker nancy pelosi withholding the articles of impeachment amid concerns the senate will not be impartial in the impeachment trial. >> we're in a very good position. ultimately that decision is mitch mcconnell's. he is head of the senate. people remember, they treated us unfairly, didn't

i'm brooke baldwin. a member of the saudi military training at the naval station in pns, floridenp florida was the person that killed three and hurt many more. with me now, a cnn law enforcement analyst and former secret service agent in the obama administration. so jonathan, let's start with, as barbara pointed out motive unknown. this is still in the early going. how did they figure out if it was a criminal act or it was an act of terror? >> that's what the fbi is doing this moment. they have to see, was this an act, a targeted act of violence, criminal in nature or act of terror. how they get there in the challenge. the suspect in dead. can't interview him. beyond that, who was he training with, with others from his unit? look at them. others part of the training program. everyone this individual had connection to both on the base and off the base. they're going to look at all of his communication. have to see, was there some sort of ideology that he was trying to follow and this -- it's critical righ

i'm brooke baldwin. an week ago when congresswoman debbie dingell told me how it felt awful. her own words. when president trump invoked her late husband's name criticizings her on twitter. two days after her raw revelation to me president trump surpgted john dingell may be in hell. the president said this at a rally in dingell's home state of michigan. president trump was recalling his talk with debbie about her husband's memorial arrangements. >> so she calls me up, like eight months ago. her husband was here a long time, but i didn't give him the b. treatment. i didn't give him the c. or the d. i could have. she calls me up, the nicest thing that's ever happened. thank you so much. john will be so drilled. he's lo thrilled. looking down he'd be so thrilled. i said, don't worry about it. maybe he's looking up. i don't know. i don't know. >> hmm. john dingell died in february of this year at the age of 92 after 38 years of marriage and since that rally last night several republicans in michigan have con

i'm brooke baldwin. we're watching cnn. in a little over a week leaving capitol hill behind and head foam hoar the holidays. before they dou, casting votes for or against the impeachment of president trump. just the fourth time in u.s. history a president is staring down a possible impeachment and in trump's case it will be for abuse of power and obstruction of congress related to efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate his political opponents. at least one congresswoman, michigan's elissa slotkin says while voters are very vocal on this topic she has not yet made up her mind. >> reporter: hearing from constituen constituents? >> constantly. phones ringing off the hook. we literally can't pick up the phone fast enough. people on both sides. strongly against and people strongly for, and i assume that will persist. >> reporter: are you ready to vote for them? >> no. what i'm going to do right now is do what i was trained to do as a cia officer. sit by myself with a full body of information. the articles

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and i think that what baldwin said is true and i think it's a fitting observation as we commence this year long commemoration of the 400th anniversary and as the anthem commands us we sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, but that's also a song full of the hope that the present has brought us so we can, we will and we must persevere. thank you. >> i'm curious. i'm really interested in each of you has a mission, a project work that you're doing related to these topics and you've talked about it so well but i'm curious if you've ever been surprised or shocked or saddened or inspired, give me an example of something that has crossed your path that really moved you. and i just want all of you to just speak. >> a moment that has inspired me. so the first time that i witnessed issues of race and place was when i was in the 3rd grade.my mom as a lesson for helping us to feel empowered when we were registering for school, went up, i introduced myself, and the woman asked what is your address? and i said 741 mcgwire avenue. and he said what apartment number? and he sa

was to write anything you want to write about but take a position so i was really reading a lot of baldwinthat time so why is this culture what i thought i had access to growing up so with black culture in the hip-hop era with black street culture was conflated with a street identit identity. she said this is pretty good i think it could be published somewhere. the beautiful thing about going to these graduate programs that professor knows somebody. so i sent it to the new york times they said it's not fresh enough but wait until there is an event so i just sent it blind to the washington post and they took it and i said i would love to expand it it was only 800 words. so my professor introduced me to an agent i took a semester off of school by the time i came back to finish my degree and i was naÏve enough to think that's how it works. [laughter] but i had no family money i knew i had to support myself for my writing so i approached it as i had no option i couldn't even freelance. >> so you have a contract and an outline and a statement of your thesis. >> that's all i have too my name. [l

reporter: you see only grocery store in baldwin.ey have limited access to transportation. it is difficult to drive 10 miles to next closest super market. the mayor and city council decided to keep the store open by running it itself. idea of a government grocer is unusual. especially for a conservative community like baldwin. >> this is red america, a lot of republicans in this area, it never dawned on anyone to think about it as socialism, we never had the intention of being that way, it is just pure necessity. >> we don't see this as making a political statement, this is us looking out for ourselves, taking care of our own the way i think it is supposed to be done. reporter: industry -- city officials don't want to stay in the business, as soon as a entrepreneur shows up with a viable business model to run the place, they will step aside, in the meantime the mayor is also the grocer. lauren: a small town. why did this store originally, last year, go out of business? because of the consolidation that we've seen in the grocery store

for those whose lives are endangered by deadly emissions jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. just taking a look at the headlines for you now there have been some shop exchanges between republicans and democrats in the u.s. congress today of wednesday's planned impeachment vote against president on all trumped meanwhile members of the house rules committee deciding how much time to allow for the debate before the vote takes place the senate majority leader has also rejected calls from the minority leader counterpart to our white house aides to testify at the expected trial in the senate if the house's obligation to build an ark pled case to him quote if they fail they fail. it's got the sun its job to leap into the breach and search desperately for ways to get the guilty that would hardly be impartial justice here are the headlines a sleaze foreign minister which to my is and libya but he's been meeting with the 105 tour in the eastern city of rajma and the leader of libya's un backed government in tripoli visit coincides with a surge in fighting on the outskirts of tripoli be

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this tuesday, the tuesday expected to go down as the history in terms of impeachment eve. tomorrow the house of representatives said to vote in favor of two articles of impeachment against president trump. that would make just the third time in 243 years -- think about that a second -- that the house has done that to an american president. the vote itself is such a seminal and serious moment for this country today the house rules committee is setting up guidelines how the debate on the impeachment vote will proceed. right now the committee is taking a short break. before they left this final impeachment hearing on procedure about as partisan as all the others we've seen these past couple of week es. >> any actual evidence that the pause on the ukrainian assistance was for the president's improper personal political benefit or might he have had other reasons for withholding aid? >> plenty of other reasons and part is the law itself. certified it's the pre

>>> hello everyone, i am kate baldwin, thank you so much for joining me this hour.thing of a holiday tradition. president trump speaks with troops overseas to thank them for their service. the president weighing in on the standoff between speaker pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell offering up this vote of confidence in the republican leaders. >> that decision is based on mcconnell. he has the right to do whatever he wants. he's the head of the nate. >> chuck schumer warns democrats, they will force a vote on every witness and document if he and mitch mcconnell can not reach a deal over the impeachment trial. over in the house, a top aid is

kate baldwin starts now. hello everyone, i am kate baldwin, thank you for joining us.use representatives prosecute the president. tuesday, following report of weeks of investigation. the next day to the house judiciary committee. the committee responsible for drawing up any charges against the president for articles of impeachment. the big development there, the president trump's attorney will not be taking part in that committee first hearing scheduled

kate baldwin starts now. hello everyone, i am kate baldwin, thank you for joining us. this week marks the moment when the house representatives prosecute the president. tuesday, following report of weeks of investigation. the next day to the house judiciary committee. the committee responsible for drawing up any charges against the president for articles of impeachment. the big development there, the president trump's attorney will not be taking part in that committee first hearing scheduled for we understasched e scheduled for wednesday. the white house is facing a friday deadline announcing whether or not it will take part in any of the house hearing going forward. here is what the president had to say about it as he left the white house to head to london a short time ago. >> the do nothing democrats decided when i go to nato, this was set up a year ago. when i go to nato that was the exact time, one of the most important journeys that we make as president. for them to be doing this which is a hoax. boris s boris sanchez is there for us. what else is the president sa

i'm jessica dean in for brooke baldwin this afternoon. the day before christmas president trump goes from seasons greetings to spewing grievances an a holiday videoconference call thanking troops overseas the commander in chief lashed out over his impeach mrcht and continued house democrated led an unfair process and demanding fairness from the senate and slammed house speaker nancy pelosi withholding the articles of impeachment amid concerns the senate will not be impartial in the impeachment trial. >> we're in a very good position. ultimately that decision is mitch mcconnell's. he is head of the senate. people remember, they treated us unfairly, didn't give is due process, a lawyer. anything. now they come to the senate and want everything. >> a lot of those comments need fact checking. first we go to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez in florida where the president is spending the winter holiday. boris, the heard the president going after democratic leader nancy pelosi and the impeachment proceedings. what else did he have to

"newsroom with brooke baldwin" starts right now. >>> brianna, thank you. hi there. friday afternoon. thank you for being here. today will be remembered as a monumental day not only in the had is tris of the trump white house but in the history of the united states of america. >> today is a solemn and sad day. for the third time in a little over a century and a half the house judiciary committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president. for abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. the house will act

i'm in for brooke baldwin. a special edition. "newsroom." breaking news out of iraq. the trump administration sending additional forces to baghdad and protesters storm the embassy. firing tear gas, the mob angry over recent u.s. air strikes continue to set multiple fires and chat anti-american chants. the violence escalating for hours now. at one point the group attempting to smash in a door. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> inside the embassy, standing. the compound still on lockdown. president trump directly blaming iran saying he will hold the regime "fully responsible." let's get right to cnn's ryan brown at the pentagon. rhine, what's the latest from u.s. officials? >> reporter: the latest is the embassy has not been evacuated. personnel remain on lockdown. these protester, still there and many are not the typical political protests we've been seen roiled baghdad for some time. they appear to be largely be comprised of members of the militia group, the same group the u.s. targeted in air strikes and senior u.s. officials asked the iraqi government to do more t

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watch aring cnn on this friday afternoon. thanks for being here.er nancy pelosi extends and invitation to the president who is quote/unquote mad at hell at her. speaker pelosi asked president trump to give his annual state of the union address february 4

. >>> hi, i'm jessica dean in for brooke baldwin. a desperate search is under way in hawaii. the u.s. coast guard is searching by air and sea for a missing tourist helicopter. this appeared off the coast of the hawaiian island of kauai the day after christmas and aboard that chopper the pilot and six passengers including two children. the helicopter is equipped with an electronic locator but so far rescue crews have not received any signals from it. according to the coast guard, the weather there is not helping their efforts. cnn's dan simon is following this for us. what do you know? what's the latest on this search? >> reporter: well, hi, jessica. this appears to be a real mystery. at this point, no information in terms where the helicopter may be. we know that search and rescue crews are out on the water. also flying above trying to see if they can spot any wreckage. we know that the last communication from this helicopter happened at 4:40 in the afternoon. thursday, yesterday, there in hawaii. about 40 minutes before that helicopter was supposed to land. this was routine

i'm brooke baldwin. today is the day that will go down in history for donald trump's presidency and the nation as a whole. for only the fourth time in u.s. history articles of impeachment have formally been brought against a sitting u.s. president. today there are two of them. abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> the framers of the constitution described a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office. that is the power of impeachment. today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> sources tell cnn and judiciary committee vote will take place by end of this week with a full house vote on impeachment sometime next week. right to manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: one, abuse of power, the other obstruction of congress, related to ukraine but a reference to the pres

i'm kate bolduan in for brooke baldwin. thank you for joining us for a special christmas edition of "cnn newsroom." the date, the time may not be known, but president trump is still hoping that mitch mcconnell will kick off 2020 with what could be described as a belated christmas gift. a speedy acquittal in his senate impeachment trial. of course, not so fast, mr. president, because before senate republicans can act they actually need to get those articles of impeachment in hand. from house speaker nancy pelosi, of course. and she is showing no sign of budging in this moment. in a letter to house democrats, actually, pelosi notes this in part. the house solemnly honored our oath of office by passing articles of impeachment. it remains for the senate to present the rules under which we will proceed. pelosi added the vote was overwhelming and inspiring. start with cnn's boris sanchez traveling with the president. he joins us from west palm beach, florida, right now. boris, the president has definitely blasted democrats repeat

i'm jessica dean in for brooke baldwin today. thanks for being along with us this afternoon. just hours after president trump called for a "culture of deeper respect" this christmas. he tweeted, democratic leader nancy pelosi is "crazy." the insult part of a stream of messages in which he raged against his impeachment and the impasse over it, and the tweet showed that while he may be on vacation in florida, president trump has yet to take a break from washington, and what waits for him when he returns. right now, it looks like he'll face the ongoing uncertainty when the senate impeachment trial will start. house speaker pelosi is withholding the two arms of impeachment from the senate amid concerns the senate republicans will not hold a fair trial. that trigger, this question. a primary for n? for the record, nancy pelosi represented california's 12th district 30 years winning the last primary with 68% of the vote. >>> now to cnn white house reporter sara westwood near the president's resort and we know the president is thinking about impeachment. that's is clear. how is he p

i'm jessica dean in for brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we're so glad to have you with us this afternoon. 90 minutes. that's how quickly the trump administration moved to freeze military aid to ukraine following president trump's july 25th call with his ukrainian counterpart president zelensky. new emails show the white house budget office directed the pentagon to hold off on releasing that money pending a review. but there was also this instruction. quote, given the sensitive nature of that request, i appreciate your keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. the man behind that request? mike duffey, a trump political appointee and budget official. happens to be one of several witnesses democrats would like to see in person at an impeachment trial. this latest revelation sparked this reaction from senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> if there was ever an argument that we need mr. duffey to come testify, this is that information. this email is explosive. >> cnn covering all an lts from the whi

brooke baldwin picks up this coverage right now. >>> you are watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin.with me. here we are only the fourth time in american history. articles of impeachment brought against the president of the united states. today democrat leaders in the house unveiled two articles of impeachment against president trump for, number one, abuse of power and number two obstruction of congress. >> a president who declares himself above accountability, above the american people, and above congress' power of impeachment, which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions, is a president who sees himself as above

i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour here. addressed to house speaker nancy pelosi this extraordinary jaw-dropping letter from president donald trump. in six scorching pages on white house letterhead the president rails against the impeachment process going on right now. calling it a partisan crusade and unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by democrats. let me read you just one graft of this six-page diatribe. he says you are the ones interfering in america's elections. you are the ones subverting america's democracy. you are the ones obstructing justice. you are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our republican for your own selfish personal political and partisan gain. let's go straight to the white house to kick us up a think of hour, white house correspondent boris sanchez. you've read through the six pages. talk to me about more of what the president is trying to express and why. >> reporter: yeah, brooke. diatribe is certainly the right word to use. this reads as though the president dictated it himself

one of the women that we know who participated in that march is marie bottineau baldwin. she's a native american woman, and we felt it was really important in particular because many of the photographs that you see from the women's suffrage movement are primarily of white women marching and protesting for their vote. but we know that women of color were there and were important to the movement, and we really wanted to make sure to spotlight their stories whenever we could. and so we know marie baldwin was a participant of the suffrage march here in washington, d.c. this is actually her official personnel file photo. she worked for the -- what's today the bureau of indian affairs, and i just think it's a lovely photo and i love that she chose to wear her traditional native dress for the picture as well. and i also want to just point out that ida b. wells-barnett was another woman of color who participated in the 1913 suffragist march and also was a really critical activist, not only for women's suffrage but for a number of different issues. throughout the gallery, we have

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being here.e for the big party, in the meantime let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> impeachment has reached an impasse. "the lead" starts right now. president trump wants a trial right away but speaker pelosi wants to make sure it is fair. who will blink in the standoff over the senate impeachment trial. >>> piling on. mayor pete, democrats clash over a wine cave in the last debate of the year. what has the candidate seeing red as they approach the iowa caucus. >>> plus a sitting republican state rep accused of domestic terrorist by taking part in three armed conflicts. there was a time when that kind of thing would end your political career but these are not thermal times. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm brianna keeler in for jake tapper. and we begin with

i'm kate baldwin. is the most important of all jesus' disciples. >> and he singles peter out from the rest of the disciples by saying, "you are peter, and on this rock, i will build my church." >> he is christ's right-hand man. >> i will lay down my life for you. >> but famously he denies jesus in his hour of need. >> i swear i do not know the man. >> head strong, stumbling, confused, questioning: jesus

i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn on this monday afternoon, thanks for being with me. i know for many of us, the race to the end of the year is a hectic one. when we cross off those final items on our to do list. the same is true for lawmakers as congress enters the final week of 2019. it's focused on the impeachment inquiry of president trump. before that, the house has to approve a deal that would keep the government funded and open for business, that is tomorrow, and the day after the big impeachment vote is the recently announced trade deal with canada and mexico. back to the issue on hand, the washington rumor mill is in overdrive, and a key group of democrats is under the micro scope. they represent these districts that backed president trump in 2016 and have been fairly quiet with how they voted. melissa slot kin says she's a yes. >> this is going to be one of the most serious things i'm going to vote on. i'm going to take it seriously, sometimes you have to make calls that aren't based on a poll or some political consultant the. if this is the end of my politic

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you for being with me. here's the story. around 8:00 president trump issued a challenge to house democrats. the quote, if you are going to impeach me do it now, fast to have a fair trial in the senate and so our country can get back to business. all right. so then about an hour later house speaker nancy pelosi stepped before the microphone and granted his request. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for america, today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. >> and now a day after the first hearing in the house judiciary committee, the panel that will draft those articles of impeachment. the big question, what's next? will democrats keep the focus solely on ukraine or expand it to include the mueller report? and once the house hands it off to the senate how long could that trial last and what exactably is the white

i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn on this monday afternoon, thanks for being with me.r many of us, the race to the end of the year is a hectic one. when we cross off those final items on our to do list. the same is true for lawmakers as congress enters the final week of 2019. it's focused on the impeach

picked up by trey baldwin with one hand. >> wow. >> beautiful play. the final, 14-0 louisiana tech. taking care of business. >>> the golden state warriors, quite possibly the hottest team in the nba right now. sounds good, right? three-game win streak. they won on christmas day. biggest upset in the christmas day montage of nba basketball. they upset the houston rockets. and the bearded one. and they were chastised by the referees. here's steve kerr's reaction. >> telling our guys not to run on the floor. that's not happening. we have had a lousy season. we're gonna run on the floor. you gotta call it, you gotta call it. >> gotta celebrate. check this out. >>> kids, young sports fans on christmas day. >> no way. no way! >> oh, my god! >> is that what you wanted? >> what is it, buddy? >> christian mccaffrey. don't know what to get your kid next year? >> goodnight. okay, your brother's lunch is packed. you're buying your own lunch. luke, alex, come on, let's go! there he is. last chance for the summer handshake. [ imitates explosion ] dad? come on, we're only halfway done. i need help

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james baldwin's words adorn another wall. just as a quick aside before i close, i commend to you the barry jenkins film adaptation of ball win's classic of beale street. i was blessed to be invited to a screening of that film and that was followed by a q&a with the brilliant director barry jenkins and the equally brilliant president and director counsel, sheryllin. it was a wonderful conversation. i think he does great justice. they explore a number of the themes of intersections of racial criminal justice. baldwin's words are the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us. our unconsciously controlled by it. history is literally present in all that we do. and i think that what baldwin said is true, and i think it's a fitting observation as we commence this year-long commemoration of the 400th anniversary. as the an thechl commands us we sing a song full of the faith that the dark path has taut us. but that's also a song full of the hope to the president has brought us. we can, we will and we must p