mayeni jones, bbc news, bayelsa.t off moves to impeach him have suffered a serious setback. firsthand evidence from a senior white house official that he was so troubled by the president's phone call with the ukrainian leader that he reported his concerns to a superior. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is the first serving white house official to speak to the congressional inquiry. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the white house. donald trump has sought to characterise them as do—nothing democrats trying to tear him down over what was a perfect call. he's called it a "lynching" and says it is people giving evidence are never trumpers and that is what he accused lieutenant colonel vindman of being today. except that lieutenant colonel vindman is a decorated war hero, injured in iraq and turned up at the hearing in his military uniform. and it's hard to characterise him as some kind of party hack who wants to destroy the president. he served both republican and democratic party administrations so that makes

mayenijones, bbc news, bayelsa. it is 9:52am.o voters think about spending the festive period at the ballot box? jon kay has been to bridgwater in somerset to find out. the first signs of christmas in bridgewater. so we thought we'd hand out some cards. this is for you for christmas. thank you. delivering news of what will be a very unusual festive season. happy christmas, you can open it now. i hope you're happy with what i'm giving you for christmas. i've got three children so i'm going to be busy shopping and preparing for christmas. you've got a couple of minutes, though, to put an x on a ballot paper at the voting station, haven't you? no. no? no. i hope you like it. no. no? not a fan of that. why not? i don't think that we need to have one, in all honesty, right now. i think brexit needs to be dealt with before a general election. it's supposed to be a time ofjoy and happiness and goodwill to all men and women and ijust don't that's going to apply. you're giving to back to me? i'm giving it back to you, it's for you now. th