brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. welcome to this holiday edition of "cnn right now." >>> protesters attacked the embassy in baghdad, setting fires and responding to airstrikes. they vowed to protect and defend its people. >>> disturbing new details about the man who stabbed five people at a hanukkah celebration. the fbi pointing to anti-semitic statements in his journal and his numerous internet searches for hitler. >>> plus, three months after suffering a heart attack, bernie sanders provides a doctor's note saying he's in good health, breaking his promise to release a comprehensive health report by the end of the year. >>> and the countdown is on to 2020. more than a million people packed in time square to usher in the new year. we'll take you there live. >>> we begin with breaking news. the u.s. is now sending additional forces to protect embassy personnel in baghdad. the embassy has been under siege as crowds of angry pro-iranian demonstrators tried to storm the compound, setting fires and smashing windows. the f

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>>erway right now, two violent attacks shaking religious communities around the world. in texas, a gunman kills two people during sunday service, the entire ordeal livestreamed on their website. >>> a man stabbed five people in a hanukkah celebration, killing five jews. >>> in the 2020 rice, bernie is trying to convince voters that his medicare for all program won't cost people their jobs. >>> they saw it coming. new reports show the president's staff knew there would be congressional

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, one day after asking for holiday cheer and respect on christmas, the president is tearing into house speaker nancy pelosi on twitter. >>> and frontier airlines facing a federal lawsuit after two women say they were ignored by flight attendants after reporting mid-flight sexual assaults. >>> and as russia intends to meddle in the 2020 election, they are discussing this with vladimir putin. >>> a traffic mess as millions head home from christmas vacation this weekend. >>> any of president trump's goodwill towards men, or women for that matter, did not last long. president trump is on a twitter tirade, hitting the house speaker and democrats for holding onto the articles of impeachment after months of claiming urgency in moving impeachment through the house. democratic congressman dan kilde disagrees. >> i think from the house standpoint, i think we can clearly defend the process that we used. we announced the process some time ago. we held a number of depositions. th

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great evening and a great weekend. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. this is an historic day for america with a vote that took just around six minutes. the house judiciary committee approved articles of impeachment against president donald j. trump. one for abuse of power, one for obstruction of congress making president trump the fourth u.s. president to face impeachment. >> 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 expeditiously. thank you. >> cnn correspondent manu raju is live for us on capitol hill. tell us, manu, about this vote and what comes next. >> a historic partisan vote after weeks of investigation and also several days of contentious fighting in the house judiciary committee. those articles approved along a party line basis by a vote of 2

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, one day after asking for holiday cheer and respect on christmas, the president is tearing into house speaker nancy pelosi on twitter. >>> and frontier airlines facing a federal lawsuit after two women say they were ignored by flight attendants after reporting mid-flight sexual assaults. >>> and as russia intends to meddle in the

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.o this holiday edition of "cnn right now." >>> protesters attacked the embassy in baghdad, setting fires and responding to airstrikes. they vowed to protect and defend its people. >>> disturbing new details about the man who stabbed five people at a hanukkah celebration. the fbi pointing to anti-semitic statements in his journal and his numerous internet searches for hitler. >>> plus, three months after suffering a heart attack, bernie sanders provides a doctor's note saying he's in good health, breaking his promise

"inside politics" with brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, a commercial jet with nearly 100 people on board crashes just seconds after takeoff. at least a dozen people are dead. what we know about the flight. >>> plus a tour helicopter with seven people on board, including children, failed to return hours ago from a tour off hawaii's coast. they are in a search to locate them. >>> from bomber planes to military drills. how the u.s. is preparing to respond if kim jong-un delivers on his so-called christmas gift. tox >>> toxic, evil, psychopath. that is how eddie being pardoned by war crimes is being regarded. >>> we're learning that a tail of a bec air jet hit two times after takeoff. at least a dozen people are dead, 50 others are in the hospital. it lost altitude before crashing into a fence and then a two-story building. joining pme with more on this i nathan hodge. do investigators have any idea what might have happened here? >> reporter: brianna, just a few hours ago kazakhstan's prime reporter said t

don't go away, brianna keilar starts right now.afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn washington's headquarters. underway right now, it's a controversial week for a presidency in peril. why the white house is refusing to participate in a key impeachment hearing. >>> as the republicans run out of actions on president ukraine, they call it a conspiracy world instead. one of the president's punching bags speaks out for the first time. why lisa page said his quote was a, fake, orgasm stunt at his rally. >>> cracks widen within the

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, a political stalemate, mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi digging in their heels on where the impeachment fight goes next, as the white house considers a new talking point that the president wasn't actually impeached. >>> an emboldened kim jong-un is ready to take denuclearization off the table as his security adviser says the security policy is a failure. >>> and he lost some subscribers but gained many after taking a stand against the president last week. is the president's evangelical support about to crack? >>> they reached a verdict in the murder of jamal khashoggi. but they are still debating on what to do with the man who ordered the murder. >>> the house has started impeachment against president trump but has not sent the articles of impeachment. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell doesn't seem in a hurry to give in to demands on the senate trial structure. this morning he said this. >> the papers have to be physically brought over to the senate, and we can't

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, he's mad as hell and making demands. why president trump wants his day in court before the senate. an evangelical christian magazine says the president needs to be removed, and now he's responded. despite all of this with 76% of americans saying the economy is good, is the president closer to or further from reelection after this week? >>> plus a new report raises the question about whether vladimir putin is literally the trump whisperer. >>> and the wife of an american diplomat charged in the car accident that killed a british teenager. i'll be speaking with the family. >>> but first an enraged president trump is now eager for vindication amid a stalled standoff between house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and now we're told that trump is heading to mar-a-lago for the holidays fresh off the heels of impeachment as plans for his senate trial remain in limbo. let's go to kaitlan collins. she's at the white house. she has some new re

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.to this special holiday edition underway right now. so much for holiday cheer. president trump spending his christmas eve railing against impeachment, repeating debunked conspiracy theories and accusing nancy pelosi of hating republican voters. maybe it's a missile test, maybe it's a base. president trump playing down north korea's promised christmas surprise. >>> and a california deputy on leave after disturbing video shows him violently pulling a man from his car, slamming his head into the

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> right now, a political stalemate, mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi digging in their heels on where the impeachment fight goes next, as the white house considers a new talking point that the president wasn't actually impeached. >>> an emboldened kim jong-un is ready to take denuclearization off the table as his security adviser says the security policy is a failure. >>> a

don't go away, brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn washington's headquarters. underway right now, it's a controversial week for a presidency in peril. why the white house is refusing to participate in a key impeachment hearing. >>> as the republicans run out of actions on president ukraine, they call it a conspiracy world instead. one of the president's punching bags speaks out for the first time. why lisa page said his quote was a, fake, orgasm stunt at his rally. >>> cracks widen within the alliance, and the french president calls the group of nations brain dead because of the u.s. >>> but first a critical week on capitol hill as the clock winds down to a christmas day deadline for an impeachment vote. today members of the house intelligence committee are expected to review a report on the inquiry into president trump and ukraine. that is ahead of a tuesday vote to release those findings to the house judiciary committee. that's the panel that will actually draft articles o

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. welcome to this special holiday edition underway right now. so much for holiday cheer. president trump spending his christmas eve railing against impeachment, repeating debunked conspiracy theories and accusing nancy pelosi of hating republican voters. maybe it's a missile test, maybe it's a base. president trump playing down north korea's promised christmas surprise. >>> and a california deputy on leave after disturbing video shows him violently pulling a man from his car, slamming his head into the doorjamb and tasing him. military veterans working to supportive duty troops and u.s. allies in some of the most dangerous hot spots around the globe. it's the spirit of america. >>> but first as families around the country, they're spending christmas eve on the attack. president trump railed against democrats to reporters and he took aim at house speaker nancy pelosi. >> she hates the republican party. she hates all of the people that voted for me and the republican party. and she's desp

"inside politics" with brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washingtonrters. >>> underway right now, a commercial jet with nearly 100 people on board crashes just seconds after takeoff. at least a dozen people are dead. what we know about the flight. >>> plus a tour helicopter with seven people on board, including children, failed to return hours ago from a tour off hawaii's coast. they are in a search to locate them. >>> from bomber planes to military

brianna keilar starts right now. ♪ >>> merry christmas.'m brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters for this special edition of cnn right now. the battle over the impeachment process is still underway during this holiday. the latest, one of the republican senators who may be on the fence, lisa murkowski of alaska is voicing her concern with majority leader mitch mcconnell's coordination with the white house over the upcoming impeachment trial. in an interview, murkowski said and in fairness, when i heard that, i was disturbed. to me, it means we have to take a step pack from being hand in glove with the defense. so i heard what leader mcconnell had said. i happen to think that has further confused the process. murkowski also criticizing house democrats, saying that their impeachment process was rushed and incomplete. and before a senate trial can happen, house speaker nancy pelosi has to send over the articles of impeachment to the senate. she did address that in her dear colleague letter that was dated on the 21st, writing, t

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brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, two violent attacks shaking religious communities around the world. in texas, a gunman kills two people during sunday service, the entire ordeal livestreamed on their website. >>> a man stabbed five people in a hanukkah celebration, killing five jews. >>> in the 2020 rice, bernie is trying to convince voters that his medicare for all program won't cost people their jobs. >>> they saw it coming. new reports show the president's staff knew there would be congressional outcry over the decision to withhold military aid from ukraine. what that means for the president's impeachment trial. >>> but first the last weekend of 2019 ends in violence and bloodshed as people at worship are attacked in new york and texas, less than 24 hours apart, in what are being described as acts of pure evil and downright hate. in new york we're following breaking news. they have filed hate charges against a man for stabbing five people that were at a hanukkah celebration inside a rabbi's hou

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn washington headquarters. a man who once called the impeachment of a president an embarrassing horror show and president trump is unleashing his anger. >>> now a standoff erupts between speaker pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over whether the house will even give the senate the impeachment articles. >>> plus the president's pattern of attacking veterans who have passed away along with their families escalates when he suggests that a late congressman is in hell. >>> and among the events, the republicans are comparing this impeachment to pearl harbor, witch trials and the crucifixion of jesus. >>> we again with the headline, closing out the decade, president trump impeached. the news across the nation is one of two ways, either a party hell bent on impeaching a president they view as deplorable, or as a speaker of the house just seeing impeachment as a way to make history. either way nancy pelosi has made hist

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.he's mad as hell and making demands. why president trump wants his day in court before the senate. an evangelical christian magazine says the president needs to be removed, and now he's responded. despite all of this with 76% of americans saying the economy is good, is the president closer to or further from reelection after this week? >>> plus a new report raises the question about whether vladimir putin is literally the trump whisperer. >>> and the wife of an american

brianna keilar starts right now.afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, as the president hits the world stage, his presidency is in peril back home. a key house committee set to vote on its impeachment report as another is set to lay out its case. >>> a tense face-to-face as the french president defends his comment that the u.s. is making nato brain dead after president trump called it insulting. >>> plus the dow falls after the president warned the trade war with china might not end until after the 2020 election. >>> and democrats get one step closer to the president's financial secrets

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, as the president hits the world stage, his presidency is in peril back home. a key house committee set to vote on its impeachment report as another is set to lay out its case. >>> a tense face-to-face as the french president defends his comment that the u.s. is making nato brain dead after president trump called it insulting. >>> plus the dow falls after the president warned the trade war with china might not end until after the 2020 election. >>> and democrats get one step closer to the president's financial secrets as he loses another court battle. >>> but right now we are waiting for president trump and the first lady to arrive at buckingham palace for a queen's reception of nato leaders. this comes on an extraordinary day when the president and french president emanuel macron publicly clashed on a number of topics, including the strength of nato. we're going to get to them i

i'm the one that made that eddie murphy a star. >> i'm brianna keilar.ront starts now. >>> a stand-off, a top democrat will force votes to compel witnesses to testify in the trump impeachment trial. will republicanss blink. >>> plus timing may be everything. new details about the freeze on ukraine aid. is there more you don't know. and a batting over a white house insider raising a me question, could the president be impeached again? let as go "outfront." good evening. i'm kate baldwin in for erin burnett. the senate minority leader

. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.istoric moment as the house begins debating the articles of impeachment against president trump, beginning a crucial week for the fate of his presidency. the president argues that abusing his power and obstructing congress are, quote, not even a crime, calling it impeachment lite. plus being enabled by his favorite network, his party and now the attorney general. it comes as senators grill the justice department's watchdog

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >> tonight the man accused of using a machete to attack five people at a hanukkah celebration in new york city in a suburb of new york city is charged with hate crimes and investigators say they discovered anti-semitic writings in his journey and following an undisclosed email conversation inside of the trump white house about ukraine. "new york times" is reporting that a senior adviser warned acting chief of staff mick mulvaney in june that with holding security aid to ukraine would likely cause congress to, quote, become unhinged. we'll talk about that and more this hour with congressman eliot engel, chairman of the foreign affairs committeement and our correspondents are are standing by. and let's begin with miguel marquez. tell us about the hate crimes against the suspect in the new york stabbing attacks. >> reporter: big question here, brianna, is why this location. it is not exactly close to where the suspect lived. his government attorney in cour

>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. another historic moment as the house begins debating the articles of impeachment against president trump, beginning a crucial week for the fate of his presidency. the president argues that abusing his power and obstructing congress are, quote, not even a crime, calling it impeachment lite. plus being enabled by his favorite network, his party and now the attorney general. it comes as senators grill the justice department's watchdog who found that the investigation into the trump campaign was unbiassed and justified. and that hearing will get underway again soon. more senators including some 2020 presidential candidates are going to get their chance to question the i.g. and we will bring that to you. it is full steam ahead as the push for impeachment gets a prime time spot. later this evening the house judiciary committee will begin debating the two articles of impeachment against president trump, one abuse of power, the other obstruction of congress. this markup which is this process

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >>> gop senator lisa murkowski of alaska, considered a moderate, said she's disturbed by leader mitch mcconnell's coordination with the white house in the senate trial. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez, outside the president's mar-a-lago resort in florida. boris, the president keeps lashing out on twitter. tell us about this. >> reporter: that's right, brianna. one day after the president put out this message of respect and unity among americans he's lashing out, lambasting as one republican is raising questions about her comments of impeachment and how united republicans are when it comes to that issue. >> as impeachment looms over president trump's holiday vacation, one key gop lawmaker is speaking out. >> we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. >> senator lisa murkowski's openly criticizing the way republicans are handling the impeachment process, specifically taking aim at senate majority

>>> i'm jim sciutto in today for brianna keilar. the green light to impeach the president. what speaker nancy pelosi just ordered democrats to do after she said president trump leaves her no choice. this as the president dares democrats to impeach him and to do it fast. >>> plus, where in the world is rudy giuliani? the president's personal lawyer back in ukraine on a secret mission as he continues to pursue conspiracy theories. >>> and under fire at home. mocked abroad. how the president fumed at ally leaders to mock him during a hot moment. >>> we continue with nancy pelosi announcing to the country and to the world that articles of impeachment against president trump will proceed. pelosi telling the american people that the president has left the congress with no choice but to move forward. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. sadly, 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 artic

. >>> i'm dana bash in for brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, a major milestone on a path to an historic event. the house is one step closer to making donald j. trump the fourth president to go through impeachment, the third to be impeached since the constitution was adopted on september 17th, 1787, 232 years ago. after presenting their case for impeachment to the american people, house democrats boiled it all down to two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> 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. >> the evidence of the president's misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested. how could it not be when the president's own words on july 25th, i would like you to do us a favor, though. lay so bare his intentions, a willingness to risk national security for his own interests. and when he got caught, we had to act to make sure no one is above the law. >

i'm brianna keilar, thank you for watching.rin burnett "out front" starts now. >>> out front next, so much for president trump's christmas day call for unity. he's on a post-holiday tear. tonight, first senator to take on the leader over impeachment is speaking out. and high alert, u.s. officials puzzled over north korea's christmas threat. let's go out front. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. president trump with a less than cheerful

i'm brianna keilar. this is a situation room special report. >>> a powerful show of american force in the iraqi capital where apache helicopters are flying over the u.s. embassy following a violent attack by demonstrators protesting recent u.s. airstrikes. the embassy was placed on lockdown as hundreds tried to storm the compound, smashing windows and throwing rocks and starting fires. president trump is holding iran responsible and said the country will pay what he calls a very big price for any deaths or damage. and tonight a senior administration official tells cnn that the white house is very concerned about the situation escalating. we'll talk about that and more with congressman john garamendi of the armed services committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez. the president has been following all of this from his mar-a-lago resort there in florida. >> reporter: that is right, brianna. as you mentioned we have new r

i'm brianna keilar and a happy new year to you.t, all the worst 2019 starts right now. >>> prepare to be amazed, mystified and mesmerized by the biggest stories from the whole year in politics, sports, music, movies, pop culture and more. we'll cover it all with our guests, comedians and actors bill better godfrey, judy homes, and owen smith, plus actor and model cammy crawford and voice actor billy west and cnn's john berman and conservative political

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >>> both president trump and nancy pelosi took to twitter today to make cases for and against impeachment. pelosi's tweet accused the president of abusing power for his own political gain and the president complained mrs. presiding over the most unfair trial in congress. and mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer have not had any conversations about impeachment and are not likely to before january. we're told that democrats want to keep pressuring mcconnell while they try to get under the president's skin. john garamendi is standing by to take our questions and our correspondents and analysts have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with congressional reporter lauren fox. and the impeachment debate a-- s spilling over by the president. is this part of what nancy pelosi was strategizing. >> a war of words over twitter, brianna. and here is what we're hearing from the speaker of the housement she tweeted today, the facts are clear and every wit

brianna keilar has this for you. >> retired army major pete way and his service dog, rory, have traveled reed melt center just outside washington, d.c. several times. they stay at one of five fisher houses on base. group homes designed to provide comfortable lodging in a supportive community at no cost. they're available to active duty military, veterans and their family members as they receive treatment and military and va hospitals. >> it's a reminder that i'm not alone in this and that there's other people who basically have the same situation and that, you know, i'm not alone. >> sometimes way stays for days, sometimes months, a long way away from home from his family in georgia, to find a prosthetic leg that will work. he spent more than a decade enduring two dozen surgeries until shrapnel wounds caused an infection that nearly killed him and ultimately took his leg. >> i've had 35 surgeries now. the 25th surgery was amputation. >> before his case manager connected him with fisher house, way stayed in a hotel, draining his financial resources and his hope as he thought about what to

. >>> i'm dana bash in for brianna keilar, live from cnn's washington headquarters.erway right now, a historic week. the stage is set for president trump to become only the third american president to be impeached by the house. and it comes as the senate democratic leader announces what amounts to his party's opening bid in negotiations with republicans over what the senate impeachment trial should look like. >>> plus, as one house democrat in a trump-won district faces constituents over her decision to vote for impeachment, another is a no and is set to switch parties. >>> and former president obama reportedly says women are better leaders than men and takes a shot at those who refuse to give up power. >>> we start with the countdown to what will be a day for the history books in the house of representatives this week. the impeachment of president donald trump expected to come on wednesday. the house judiciary committee, which voted last week to send the articles to the full house, issued a 600-plus page report laying out the case. it says in part, president trump's

. ♪ >>> i'm brianna keilar.u are watching the historic hearings on the impeachment of president donald trump. the house judiciary committee is now taking a break for a veseri of votes. the house goes on vacation next week, but before then, they must take a vote on whether the president obstructed congress with its actions with ukraine. we speak to manu raju who has been in this hearing room, and he joins us now to talk about itment mai it. manu, give us the latest. >> we expect a lot more fireworks during the course of the day, more members trying to undercut the articles of impeachment, trying to kill the sections of articles. republicans expected to reject all of them along party lines, and tonight there will be a final vote on these two articles of impeachment for the president who allegedly abused his power in office and mishandling relations with ukraine and congress and its inability to investigate the president and his dealings with ukraine. on the floor of the house, republican leaders are now taking the

i'm brianna keilar.om." >>> gop senator lisa murkowski of alaska, considered a moderate, said she's disturbed by leader mitch mcconnell's coordination with the white house in the senate trial. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez, outside the president's mar-a-lago resort in florida. boris, the president keeps lashing out on twitter. tell us about this. >> reporter: that's right, brianna. one day after the president put out this message of respect and unity among americans he's lashing out, lambasting as one republican is raising questions about her comments of impeachment and how

. >>> i'm dana bash in for brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.ow, a major milestone on a path to an historic event. the house is one step closer to making donald j. trump the fourth president to go through impeachment, the third to be impeached since the constitution was adopted on september 17th, 1787, 232 years ago. after presenting their case for impeachment to the american people, house democrats boiled it all down to two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of

i'm brianna keilar, thank you for watching. erin burnett "out front" starts now. >>> out front next, so much for president trump's christmas day call for unity. he's on a post-holiday tear. tonight, first senator to take on the leader over impeachment is speaking out. and high alert, u.s. officials puzzled over north korea's christmas threat. let's go out front. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. president trump with a less than cheerful christmas rant, from his florida resort. the president was only seen today out playing golf, but he clearly had a lot more on his mind calling house democrats in tweet, hypocrites over impeachment and then calling the house speaker crazy, and once again trying to label impeachment a scam. in total, tweeting 15 times today mostly on impeachment and sending more than 30 tweets since christmas eve. these attacks coming from the same president who said this in his christmas day message. while the challenges that face our country are great, the bonds that unite us are

. >>> i'm brianna keilar. this is cnn's special live coverage. just joining us, the house summary report telling us all learned in the impeachment inquiry so far just released. it's pretty large. 300 pages plus. at the heart of it details how president trump sought political gain in dealing is with ukraine and the committee's belief the president's stonewalling amounts to obstruction of congress. here's what the house intelligence committee said about that, "no other president has claimed for himself the right to deny the house's authority to conduct an impeachment proceeding and forbid any and all cooperation from the executive branch." a i want to go to manu raju. you're seeing new headlines including a focus on vice president mike pence. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yes. a focus where democrats say this goes beyond that july 25th phone call. that phone call, of course, president trump talked with president zelensky. president zelensky urged to open up a political investigation into his opponents. the president said all about a perfect cal

. >> i'm brianna keilar. erin burnett front starts now. >>> a stand-off, a top democrat will force votes to compel witnesses to testify in the trump impeachment trial. will republicanss blink. >>> plus timing may be everything. new details about the freeze on ukraine aid. is there more you don't know. and a batting over a white house insider raising a me question, could the president be impeached again? let as go "outfront." good evening. i'm kate baldwin in for erin burnett. the senate minority leader holding a last-minute press conference telling mitch mcconnell he will force senate votes on every witness and every document if the leaders can't strike a deal ahead of the senate trial. a trial stuck in limbo as house speaker nancy pelosi withholds the articles of impeachment while they negotiate the rules. senator schumer predicting today he'll have republicans on his side. >> we at the very minimum will require votes from all of the senators on each of the witnesses and about each of these sets of documents

. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now, will the president participate in impeachment proceedings? the deadline looms as the democrats decide how far to go with their impeachment. >>> the republicans believe it will be a circus. will the democrats give dit to them. >>> rudy giuliani is in ukraine, literally undergoing something the president could be impeached for. and are there vulnerable conversations between him and president trump? >>> we are following breaking news out of pensacola, florida where a gunman opened fire today inside a naval air station, killing three people. we are now learning the suspected gunman is a member of the saudi military who was training there at that naval air station. i want to bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr along with retired rear admiral john kirby, and we have cnn correspondent josh campbell as well. barbara, tell us what you're learning. >> brianna, the information we have from several u.s. officials, what they currently know is that the suspected shooter was a member of the saudi militar

now, we're going to play the dishwasher rant for you, but i also want to show you cnn anchor brianna keilar'sion when they cut back to her after the clip because i feel like her face really captures how all of us are feeling >> dishwashers, the dishwasher, right? you press it remember the dishwasher, you press it, boom, there'd be like an explosion five minutes later, you open it up, the steam pours out, the dishes - now you press it twelve times. women tell me, again -- you know they give you four drops of water and there in places where there's so much water they don't know what to do with it. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. that's how - that's how i feel, too that is -- [ applause ] that's the face you make at a dinner party when someone tells you an insane story that lets you know they're a weirdo. "call me crazy, but lately i've been enjoying 'the cosby show' more." [ laughter ] also, let's assess donald trump's understanding of dishwashers. i mean, he clearly has no idea how they work. there would be an explosion and steam would pour out sounds like he's talking about a baking soda volcano.