steve: let me turn to kimberly leonard. kimberly: dr. collins, we will have more questions about marijuana, but i want to turn quickly to animal research. i have done a lot of stories on this as part of my work for the "washington examiner." animals are used in all kinds of government-funded research -- not just mice, but dogs, cats, primates. i know at the nah, you worked to end research using chimps. i do you also get a lot of backlash from animal rights groups who say the research is unnecessary and cruel. i am wondering, do you see a future in science where animal research might be more rare. there have been so many technological developments. have you already made progress in this area? do you think there could be a time when animals are used in -- used rarely in conducting medical research? dr. collins: we are working very hard to develop alternative ways to test drugs to see if they are safe and effective that don't involve animals, such as putting human cells on chips where you can assess the effect of the drugs without putting h

kimberly: dr. collins, the national institute of health has secured several funding increases over several years and another heading into the following year. obviously, you testified before appropriations committees, but also met privately with lawmakers to talk about why investing in medical research is an important thing to do. i was hoping you could take us behind the scenes of those conversations. how do you convince lawmakers it is important for public health? particularly those who might be a little bit averse to increasing government funding? dr. collins: well, we have been very fortunate that over the past five years, congress has seen fit to increase the budget for nih. each one of those years, by $2 billion or $3 billion. for fy 20, another $2.6 billion is being added to our base, which makes it possible to a vast array of science that otherwise would have to wait or be done at a smaller scale. it is part of my job to explain that. i'm not allowed to lobby the congress, so i cannot go and

thank you for an incredible introduction kimberly. [applause] i always get in trouble for saying this but everyone make notes. [laughter] we have to have a little fun. [laughter] if the left had their way we could never have fun again. so kimberly thank you for the incredible introduction it's always difficult to follow her program link to do it because she is so good. she is so nuanced and much more beautiful than i am. it's always tough to follow that. she can do it all as you saw the other day she can go for the kill that she does it so well you come back for more. [laughter] i am a one trick pony if you need a sledgehammer i am your guy. thank you so much. it is truly an honor like kimberly ronald reagan was one of the true inspirations of my life one of the real people that probably push me toward conservatives them and what he could accomplish in his presidency is a legacy if you would ever live up to. it's an honor to be back. last time it was a little different maybe the second presidential debate and my father was no longer o

reaction now with kimberly white house correspondent kimberly i'm going to just read out donald trump's tweet which is about half an hour old now with the curious beginning all these whale missiles launched from iran to military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i'll be making a statement tomorrow morning. i know we used to expect in the unexpected with president trump kimberly but that was certainly not what i expected for him to start with all is well and so far so good. yeah let me try and translate that because i'm getting pretty good at reading these tweets in between the lines after 3 plus years of doing so what essentially i think he's saying there in layman's terms is that right now the pentagon is waiting for daylight which i know as we've been reporting seems to be the sun seems to be coming up in the region and this is typically when that so-called battle damage assessment takes place so what the united states typically does in these sit

kimberly atkins, senior news correspondent for wbur. carl hse,hief washington correspondent for the "new york times," jeff zeleny, senior washington correspondent for cnn, and carol leonnig, investigative reporter at "the washington post and co-author of the much discussed book on the trumpnc presi let's start with chairman schiff as we see who has been driving the democratic side. carl, h he been able to break through with any republin nators? carl: i don't think so. and he gave a rousing speech and there was a great f responsem the people who are critical of trump. but the republicans actually were rea put off by that speech which was an unusual thing but they wered offen and they said he's basically impugning them for being behind a president who he also said puts hwn interests first and is selfish, basically, and would risk the national security of the country i talked to -- first thing this morning i ranen intoor richard durbin. i said, what do you think? he said schiff was phenomenal, i'mkeptical he moved any votes, we're not seei

she's an iranian american journalist welcome ladies good to have you here i saw kimberly. reading the tweet today when can leave a tweet in front of the white house something bad is about to happen. this is the 20 hope that all house republicans will vote against crazy nancy pelosi war powers resolution kimberly why is this important and then i'll get you to weigh in as well so i don't know if you have that whole tweet out there in full frame but i worry really struck me was the ending fairly were i believe it's presidential harassment exclamation point as i recall yeah that's a big problem ok so here's why this is a big problem congress is required whenever there is military action being proposed by the white house there are obligated to debate this this is the check and balance that is to put in place by the founding fathers in the u.s. constitution so when the president says presidential harassment when congress is essentially doing its job that is not only unusual it's alarming because once again this is a president who did not use that he is behaving as an imperial pr

so kimberly, thank you. it's an honor to be here, ronald reagan was one of the true inspirations of my life, one of the realhe people probably pushd me towards conservatism. what he was able to accomplish in his presidency his legacy that few would ever live up to. so thank you for having me here. last time i a was here was a little bit different, it was, i think it was the second presidential debate. i that phase, my father was no longer on the outskirts, he was in the middle. [laughter] no energy job. [laughter] come on, already? kimberly. kimberly, author princess voice of reason. this is going to go big. she's like, no. [laughter] i remember saying it, i was impressed. my father, he had taken a pretty aggressive position in the opening debate.ti he did the low energy thing. the next day, he was running a commercial. running down the street. i was like zero man, it's over. [laughter] so he came to that debate and he threw a little barr and my father, is a different response. he goes, that's great. you've

helka reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed. the u.s. and china have signed a deal that could help end a trade war between the world's 2 largest economies it's the 1st phase of an agreement that aims to reduce some u.s. tariffs on chinese goods and get china to buy more american goods or u.s. president total trump said the historic sighting was a step towards a fair and reciprocal trade with china together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security for american workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future our negotiations were tough honest open and respectful leading us to this really incredible breakthrough most people thought this could never happen should have happened 25 years ago by the way but that's ok well here's how the world's 2 largest economies became locked in this bitter trade battle that's lasted for over 18 months now u.s. president on a trump as long accuse chatte

kimberly guilfoyle. [applause] a flag that i am proud to stand for our military and law enforcement. a sense of new hope and a beginning that we have all had the opportunity to share that for the next generation and now to be able to be here at the reagan library is such an incredibly powerful and humbling moment. [applause] and while studying for their education i have the opportunity to write about ronald reagan the man who stole my heart and dreams who literally made me feel that there was not i could not accomplish because i was a born free american. [applause] ronald reagan without race or creed or color that human beings were capable love intelligence and love and faith and tremendous heart of liberty and the question is desire for freedom and peace through strength. and all of my heart filled up with the opportunity to be here and stand as senior advisor to the president of the united states, donald trump. [cheers and applause] this is the president that has the spirit and the passion we all felt

how could kimberly house the white house taking all of this. you know already there's an effort by this white house to discredit the proceedings against the president as a sham illegitimate at and really focused on politics not the work of the american people that is required for the american people in fact stephanie gresham the white house press secretary releasing a statement in it she writes the naming of these managers does not change a single thing president trump has done nothing nothing wrong he looks forward to having the due process rights in the senate that the speaker pelosi and house democrats denied to him and expects to be fully exonerated and the question really becomes as this senate trial kicks off how will the president try to influence as we saw him doing when the impeachment inquiry was underway in the house of representatives we certainly saw the president there at points tweeting well there was live witness testimony trying to the essence some would argue even intimidate the witnesses other times we saw this blocking of te

. >> and i'm kimberly brooks. we begin with new details about the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant. investigators are describing the crash site as devastating. they confirm the pilot was trying to climb above a layer of clouds just before the crash. >> overnight the empire state building was lit up in the colors of the los angeles lakers as kobe bryant's fans, admirers and former teammates came together to mourn. overnight emotions running high as the nba paid tribute to their fallen star. ♪ o, say, does that star spangled banner ♪ >> reporter: players taking a moment of silence hugging, crying as the world mourns kobe bryant and the eight others killed in sunday's helicopter crash. >> this impacted so many families and there's husbands that lost their wives, wives lost their husbands, parents lost their children. >> reporter: fellow laker lebron james breaking his silence monday posting photos of the two along with the caption, i'm heartbroken and devastated, my brother. adding, i promise i'll continue yo

hocket way that plan is going to be unveiled at the white house kimberly of course a bit of a change in how it's going to be announced we understand now company that the israeli prime minister is not going to be there with the u.s. president. yet i was trying to get some clarity on that right up until we came on air and there still is very little clarity on why that is the case because that certainly wasn't the case 24 hours ago what we're trying to determine is whether he is the israeli leader will be in the audience or whether he will not be in the room at all but what i can tell you right now per our producer who is in the diplomatic room where this is said to be lodged is that right now there is only one podium that has been set up so certainly this will lot be side by side remarks which is initially what we had expected so again watching the diplomatic room very carefully for the details of this proposal that we have been waiting for almost instead of truck took office and promised that he would bring about some revolutionary deal to resolve the issues that have been longstandin

. >> and i'm kimberly brooks in for janai. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." >>> anger is spilling over in iran as protests spread well beyond its capital. protesters face tear gas and rubber bullets as they rallied against the regime after iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a passenger jet. >>> queen elizabeth hosts princes charles, william and harry today at her country estate outside london. the meeting is meant to work out the future roles of precipitate harry and duchess meghan, his wife. they shocked the family last week saying they no longer wanted to be senior royals. >>> beverly hills police say new england patriots wide receiver julian edelman got a little too aggressive with a mercedes. the super bowl lii mvp is facing a misdemeanor of vandalism charge for allegedly jumping on the car's hood. >>> and it's the tigers versus the tigers. college football crowns its champion tonight in new orleans. lsu is looking for its first title since 2007. meanwhile, clemson wants to

and live to kimberly halkett now our white house correspondent kimberly the white house is keeping tabs on this trial in the senate tell us about their reaction so far. yeah the latest statements coming back ground from white house officials to al-jazeera the statement from the president's long time personal attorney who is one of the team members arguing the case on behalf of the president the senate jay sekulow he says that there is a lot to rebut and we will rebut we will challenge aggressively the case that they are putting forward meaning the democrats they specifically take issue with adam schiff one of the house managers the lead house managers the point that he has been repeatedly making is that the president. conducted quid pro quo in his conduct with ukrainian leader but they point out that this never alternately ended up in the 2 articles of impeachment in other words the 2 things that the president did wrong in fact this is something that has been pounced on him as well by a number of attorneys generals from republican states these would be the highest lawyers that each of t

how could use it in our washington studio what will the white house be making a little of this kimberly. you know well the white house is trying to control this process particularly when it comes to witnesses and whether or not they will appear the white house is trying to push for a speedy trial in order to see the president acquitted there are a number of republican supporters of the president in the u.s. senate who are also trying to push for a very quick trial but that's becoming more and more challenging adrian in light of some of these new revelations in terms of evidence text messages e-mails that have been uncovered by house democrats as part of their overall impeachment inquiry essentially there are claims that have been backed up by the person at the center of all of this a man by the name of lev harness he is an associate of rudolph giuliani yes the personal lawyer of president trump he went on national television in the last 24 hours to say that the president knew exactly what was going on when there was this parallel channel to try and pressure ukraine into an investigation

helka reporting live from washington many thanks kimberly. iranian revolutionary guard command has warned that wednesday's missile attack on a base hosting u.s. troops in iraq is only the start of a retaliation that will continue across the region ali says that iran strikes weren't meant to kill soldiers but to damage the american military machine also reports from. a country in mourning thursday's memorial ceremony began in the supreme leader's residence in teheran. the commander in chief of iran's armed forces accompanied by the man who has replaced is sasnett a general hossam so the money as head of the revolutionary guards let's force. similar memorial services were held across the country to mark the u.s. killing of general salim on the impact that on friday. and on wednesday this was iran's promised response this video was broadcast on state t.v. it appears to show members of the revolutionary guard loading ballistic missiles. before launching them into the night sky their targets a military base across the border in iraq housing u.s. s

interests ok kimberly. thank you remote rockies and bus route have held a funeral procession for a paramilitary leader. he was killed along science of money in friday's airstrike hundreds of schools the commander of the iranian backed. station forces is funny cers were involved in the see the u.s. embassy in baghdad last week the sum of injuries. where there was a funeral procession and public viewing for my hondas. after some d.n.a. tests and his body being blessed at religious ritual religious science in iran his body has arrived in basra where there was a funeral and the body will now travel to nudge of for its final resting place i would imagine wonders is now been replaced by. a commander who's also been quite efficient in the fight against somebody was very close to iran as well and how the lumber used to lead the bugger militia we've also seen the impact of this from his beloved because there was a lot of influence of that particular group and the united states going after that group signaled that th

state department with reaction in terms of how the suggestion was received and kimberly how was the u.s. president likely to respond to this requests of troop withdrawal this was a big campaign pledge from him. it was a big campaign pledge for him to remove troops from these so-called forever wars as he called it but it's really been a situation of mixed signals from the u.s. president with the specifics surrounding iraq the next steps remain a little bit unclear because you remember just a few days ago we were talking about that leaked letter from a top u.s. commander inside iraq that essentially was saying yes the united states was going to respect the sovereignty of iraq was going to begin withdrawing troops all e. to hastily have a press conference from the defense secretary saying no no no no we're walking that back even the secretary of state called the letter a mistake then we look to some of the speeches from the u.s. president on wednesday when he was talking about iran and the tensions he meant made no mention of troop withdrawal so it's unclear what the u.s. president is thin

our white house correspondent kimberly hallock at reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and his government have resigned it comes after president vladimir putin use his annual state of the nation address to announce a plan for political reform husin says the parliament should choose the country's prime minister but the president should keep wide ranging powers protests calling for reform erupted last year after all position politicians were barred from running in local elections hootin said he would hold a referendum on any changes to the constitution. as far as our joint work is concerned with mr medvedev if it's been 8 years since he's been leading the government which we have an agreement it's clear what the prime minister's duties are and what the president's duties are i have asked him to be involved in security issues and that should be done in the near future. in this context it is clear that the government of the russian federation can give our country the possibility of making all the necessary decisions and in thes

senate's that's going lotto white house correspondent kimberly hocket kimberly the unveiling of the proposed plan for peace in the middle east the timing of the signing of this new deal raising quite a few suspicions. it is because 'd certainly this appears to be an effort by the white house to distract from the negative headlines that are occurring on capitol hill namely that the former national security adviser john bolton what's been called the bolton bombshell leaks from his upcoming book suggest that in fact one of those articles of impeachment that the president abused his presidential powers for political purposes the leaks in this book seem to indicate that to be the actual case than john bolton all those air essentially is confirming it now this is something that the u.s. president does not want to be in the news so in fact even in advance of this very elaborate signing ceremony on what is a legislative achievement for this president he was discrediting john bolton but in just minutes before the ceremony the president now on the south lawn i'm looking that ceremony now underway tout

[applause] dominique: thank you, kimberly.ointed director of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, a friend of the memorial foundation since she came to the administration as deputy assistant secretary for fish and wildlife. please give her a very warm welcome this morning as she makes her way to the podium. good morning. [applause] >> thank you, terry, are inviting me here today. for not only a solemn occasion, but to a celebration of the birth and life of dr. martin luther king jr. it is an honor for me to be here with the king family. thank you all for allowing me to share this day with you. it is good to see my boss, assistant secretary rob wallace. we are all here as part of the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. we all have different stories to tell. about the legacy that dr. king built for us. as a proud black woman, appointed by president trump to serve his administration, i praise the lord every day for dr. king and his legacy that has paved the way for me. the legacy built by dr. king affects all of us. black and whi

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the white house for us kimberly mr trump's on to associate saying. yeah the u.s. president has just tweeted in laos have to pull that off i thought you were going to pull that off and read it peter but we can do it together here we go all is well missiles launched a rocket to military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement tomorrow morning so that would be wednesday here in washington to the still tuesday evening right now about 10 just to come have to 10 pm local time so we had been reporting earlier because there had been some speculation here in the media here in the united states that the u.s. president may be addressing the nation that did not occur and now we are hearing from the president directly that he will be making a statement in the morning a lot of people wondering what just happened we had expected given the tough talk from the u.s. president that there would be some sort of retaliatory

great to have our colleague kimberly brooks in for janai norman. we begin with the weather extremes from coast to coast. >> people in the pacific northwest are waking up to snow this morning. power outages are already being reported. meanwhile in the south, they're cleaning up the destruction after more than a dozen tornadoes. one twister was on the ground for 40 miles. >> and on the east coast it's weather whiplash after record temperatures that felt more like may than january. >> reporter: overnight in seattle -- >> snow hitting the county tonight. we'll see how far south it comes. >> reporter: a day's long cold snap kicked off with snow. a rare sight for the area even in january. storms are hitting the pacific northwest along with the coldest temperatures so far this season. >> the snow is coming down pretty good, and frankly is accumulating. >> reporter: the storm is raising safety concerns along the coast after the rough surf swept a family out to sea. authorities say an oregon father and his two children were on the beach when they were hit b

. >> and i'm kimberly brooks. the mayor of los angeles may have said it best. kobe bryant will live forever in our hearts and will be remembered as one of our greatest heroes. >> fans are remembering him not just for his determination on the basketball court, but for his larger than life personality and for his fierce devotion to family. >> as the tribute to bryant, the purple and gold colors of the los angeles lakers are lighting up landmarks across the region including l.a.x. airport, the santa monica pier and l.a.'s city hall. >> and the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed bryant is now getting under way. >> reporter: this morning, the new clues about the crash that took the life of nba legend, kobe bryant. that column of smoke was first seen just before 10:00 a.m. >> south of 101, helicopter went down. >> reporter: the fiery remnants of the helicopter barely visible through the thick fog. emergency crews rush to the remote scene. >> paramedics were hoisted down to the incident early into the incident. they did a search of the area for surviv

so we've had a window into what the legal strategy will be now we're seeing 1st evidence of that kimberly the fact that we're just looking at pictures of donald trump there in also the moment the fact that he's not there in washington d.c. what's your read on that i think a lot of people might look at it and think gee you're on trial the beginning of your trial you could be removed from office here and you're not even there for the trial regardless of whether you plays any role in the trial right. well the white house press secretary stephanie grisham who's traveling with the president did kind of respond to this she said essentially the president checking in on this but what she was implying was that the president is working on behalf of the american people it's a real stark contrast sensually the president you know perhaps could be here but what he's trying to do is appear presidential which is a challenge when he goes on twitter he did in fact in just the last hour or so saying once again a tweet we've seen before read the transcripts what he's trying to say as he said in the past his

. >> and i'm kimberly brooks. we begin with the race for 2020. a public feud has escalated between two leading candidates just hours before they face off on the debate stage in iowa. >> senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are embroiled in a tense he said/she said offering conflicting accounts on what sanders said about whether a woman could win the white house in 2020. >> all this as another candidate exits the race. abc's karina mitchell joins us with the new details. good morning, karina. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and kimberly. the iowa caucuses are now less than three weeks away, and as final preparations for tonight's debate are in full swing, the gloves are coming off. democratic candidates bernie sanders and elizabeth warren may agree on many things, but one thing the two apparently don't see eye to eye on is who can win the 2020 presidential election. warren alleging the vermont senator told her in a 2018 meeting that he didn't think a woman could win the white house. in a statement she says, among the topics that came up

kenneth, kimberly. >> elizabeth, thank you. abc news will bring you live coverage of today's impeachment proceedings beginning around 12:30 p.m. eastern time. >> the impeachment process is impacting the race for 2020 with the iowa caucuses less than two weeks away. a new poll finds former vice president joe biden leading the pack, and he could gain more ground because three of his rivals, senators bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar, are being forced to return to washington for the senate impeachment trial. meanwhile, sanders has apologized after his campaign promoted an editorial written by a surrogate claiming biden has a corruption problem. sanders responded saying, biden is a decent person and is not corrupt. >>> we turn now to an incredible story out of southern california where a mountain lion has attacked a little boy. >> yeah, the toddler was walking with his family in a park and authorities say his father's his split-second decision likely saved the boy's life. >> oh, my god. wait, that is so terrifying.

ok kimberly. what about the fact that and this may be he was talking to not only gets to saying well presidents don't necessarily have to be there but the fact that donald trump isn't even in the country at the moment i mean is this just him saying hey business as usual i'm all for. making america great again. well there's always the argument that the president is trying to ignore domestic headlines by making international noise obviously this is a meeting that is scheduled far in advance we didn't exactly know when the impeachment trial was going to take place so it's not necessarily true that the white house was able to orchestrate in any way this sort of distraction if you will but there's no question it's seizing upon the opportunity to as sensually make the argument look at some of the triumphs of my presidency i've negotiated new trade deals like phase one of china trade also the new deal that would take over for now after the u.s. m.c.a. negotiated with mexico and canada and it is really a

kenneth, kimberly?. >>> this morning an over-the-counter drug is causing quite the headache for major pharmaceutical company glaxosmithkline has temporarily stopped production of excedrin extra strength and excedrin migraine. it says it found problems in the measurements of ingredients. as a result some stores have run out of those two products, sparking a nationwide shortage. the company says its other painkillers should still be on sale. >>> remembrances took place around the country on the annual dr. martin luther king jr. holiday. >> dr. king's oldest son, martin iii, honored his father at the monument bearing the reverend's image in washington, d.c. the younger king joined the others laying a wreath while delivering a message of upholding justice. in hawaii, the navy honored world war ii hero doris miller. he will be the first black man with an aircraft carrier bearing his name. >>> and democratic presidential hopefuls, bernie sanders, amy klobuchar, elizabeth warren marched arm in arm during an ev

how kit kimberly just tell us about the reactions farce from the white house or the opening arguments made by the democrats on on day 2 off the strive yeah well the white house says one of the big points that they're making to reporters is that they feel like this case by democrats being made in the senate is based on hearsay and assumptions they point out that a lot of the witnesses this case relies on never really had direct contact with the president so the information that is being used to make the case that the president abused his presidential powers is not firsthand information they're also saying that the ukrainian president or rather leader made very clear that he was under no pressure in the words of the white house and also in transcripts provided in fact the u.s. president tweeted that no pressure in all caps that no way was there any sort of effort to influence another foreign government and finally the other point that's being made is that the president had a right they say to be concerned about corruption in fact this is something that dr fiona hill in the house inquiry

i am curious, kimberly, what have you heard from your neighbors in your community?you still know if your house is fine? >> it is of the moment. my dad is still there. he is going to be there for a little while. coming on the way in, it is not looking great. it just takes on a life of its own. >> trace: and what are they telling your father, and what are they telling you about the conditions over there and what the days and weeks ahead will look like? >> essentially, they are telling everyone to get out. it is probably going to be worse than what it was. it is taking some people 16 hours to get home. it is absolute chaos. >> trace: i think chaos is a good word for it. kimberly, best of luck to you and your family and your communities. our hearts go out to you. we are hoping that support is coming from the united states and canada and from other countries to help get those wildfires under control. let's get to our chief meteorologist. he is live in the fox extreme weather center. is there any relief on the way for the fire crews in australia? >> no, not really. kind o

hockett who is live in washington kimberly so what are we watching for today in terms of trans defense. you know what we're specifically watching for that brief that you alluded to off the top there that should be coming in the next hour but you know with deadlines in this trial in this inquiry you know there have been some flexible moments this could be one of them but again we are expecting that in the next hour it will give us a sense of how the trump team is expected to defend the president and argue the case but at the same time we already have a bit of a guideline that was released over the weekend the white house holding a call with reporters where simply they've made the arguments that the charges are invalid that the president has committed no crime in their view and that this is nothing more than the president being the victim of democrats who are trying to overturn the 2016 u.s. election result they go on to say that there is no need for a witness testimony and even if witnesses were called for example former national security adviser john bolton well then the president woul

our white house correspondent kimberly how it is standing by to tell us about president obama's strategy and his defense team but we go 1st to heidi on capitol hill for as heidi talk to us about the process today and also remind us why democrats are so critical of mitch mcconnell spline. certainly will this republican drafted plan came out late last night and it's really incensed democrats in the senate and what mitch mcconnell has drafted is a very quick and narrow process on the matter of its case he is proposing that opening arguments will will last 48 hours but that it will be condensed into a matter of only 4 days so expectedly there is going to be 12 plus hours of testimony a day perhaps very likely dragging into the middle of the night where few americans will be tuning in on their television screens as far as keeping the trial narrowed this plan under mcconnell would not only not answer this question about whether or not to call nuclear missiles to the trial but it also does not automatically include the existing evidence that has been developed over the course of these last mont

kimberly we haven't seen president trump tweeting yet but we are waiting from reaction from the u.s. for sort of thing can we expect. well we're still trying to nail down when exactly this might happen and we have been attempting to answer that question for some hours now without success there is a lot of activity that's taking place here at the white house campus not just the press office but also the residence as well people coming and going lot of flurry of activity but still no clarity on when the president will make that address as he promised in his late tuesday evening tweet now the challenge for the president when he speaks will be to speak to the american people to simply make the case for why there has been this strike to kill general salut money and where things stand in terms of the broader overall strategy this is a president that has been known for his inconsistency is but when it comes to combat with another country certainly there needs to be a consistent message and we have not seen that in recent days take for example the explanation from this administration thus fa

how this is something that the president's had said would happen kimberly and now we've heard the details from these texas state and the secretary of treasury. yeah another round of sanctions by the trump administration have to remember that the 1st round of sanctions as part of its broader maximum pressure campaign as they call it started when the united states withdrew from the j.c. p. aware that agreement to limit iran's nuclear program those sanctions put in place since then 2 more rounds of sanctions now we have yet another and the administration very clear the reason for these sanctions retaliation for iran's attacks on those 2 bases this week inside iraq that also housed u.s. military now the as you outlined there the sanctions are extensive they front the steel and iron industries as well as trade construction mining textiles all the sectors of the economy that the united states feels this would further inflict financial pain the goal very clear from the treasury secretary the desire of this administration is not only to isolate iran from the global financial system but also to cr

in the weight sometimes with all the hear all the complications kimberly how could that white house correspondent. ok up to capitol hill she had her tans these days been following developments there high she had what do you take us through. and again simplest possible terms what actually happens today day one sorting out the rules that seems. let's begin with day 0 just last night here in washington there was an uproar when mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader published what he said would be the motion for the rules of this impeachment trial in the senate and bet was uproar because under those rules the both sides both the house democrats and the white house lawyers would only have 2 days to make their case in opening arguments over 24 hours they had 24 hours to fill over 2 days. just seemed absurd to the democrats who said well that could be like 12 hour days in 2 days each day begins at 1 pm we could conceivably be in session on to 1 am 2 am 3 am so they said that this is ridiculous there was another reason why there was uproar there was also a suggestion that the evidence t

and kimberly critically here are questions around where the new evidence will be tendered and whether we'll hear from witnesses what are the prospects of that. yeah well that is going to be debated at length today but those rules that you talked about that are fairly controversial is something that democrats are really pushing back on because they believe this is an effort to obscure of the witnesses they have been pushing for you know in the last 24 hours we've got a sense of the timeline of what the senate trial is going to look like it's pretty condensed with 24 hours over 2 days for the impeachment managers or the democrats in the house of representatives to argue their case and then for the president's defense team is going to go into the wee hours of the morning but we know that ultimately this means that it could end up wrapping up before february 4th which is an important day that's the day the president of the united states gives his state of the union address to a combined house is both the lower house and the upper house of congress so significant in all of this is the deba

hockett our white house correspondent kimberly tell us 1st about the arguments made by president defense team. yeah well we can tell you now that the executive summary of that brief that we were expecting is out and we also know from sources that are working with the president's legal team that they're really looking at this as a whole as the 1st opportunity for president trump to get his case out they make the argument and i'm not necessarily sure that this is true but they make the argument that the president hasn't had the opportunity to present its case thus far they say he was locked out of the process during the house inquiry didn't have an opportunity to cross-examine that no lawyers were present again some of that is true not all of that is true having said that what we can tell you is that we have a pretty good sense of how this case is going to be argued by the white house legal team it's going to be an attack centrally they're saying the charges are invalid that this is an attempt to undo the 2016 u.s. election that the president has committed no crime and that there's no need

victory to the so-called enemy in this case iran does anyone talk about potential diplomacy kimberly pump a is technically the chief diplomat of the united states he is the secretary of state. but it's his counterpart that would be mohamed jevons or if the iranian foreign minister kind of get into the u.s. at the moment. at 6 actually right i'm glad you asked that question because the exact words we heard from mike pompei as he gave a briefing about iran earlier on tuesday he said the united states seeks a diplomatic solution his exact words wanting to deescalate these tensions but at the same time looking for ways for iran to cease its so-called malign activities and you're right as the u.s. seeks a diplomatic solution to the tensions in the back and forth between iran and the united states the united states is also in the same breath prevented the iranian foreign minister from attending the meetings that will take place at the united nations security council on thursday the u.s. state department has the ability to issue this these officially they're saying that there were some proc

hockett to joins us now live kimberly president meeting with netanyahu right now inside the white house it's a busy day for him is also due to meet benny gantz the israeli opposition leader. yes and we now know that the long awaited often very secretive mideast plan by this administration is set to be unveiled we're told by the president 17 g.m.t. on tuesday now the u.s. president is already touting it as being something that could be potentially very successful he says the has always been a tough deal to try and make it even though we know in advance that palestinians say they're likely to reject this given the fact they have not been consulted in any way the u.s. president speaking very optimistically saying in fact that he believes that initially it may be rejected but ultimately they will like it and if they don't well in his words donald trump's words life goes on so that's probably not going to sit very well with many who are concerned that what's not in this plan is palestinian refugees right to return compensation and also the feeling that the submit astray she has been so lopsi

kimberly the u.s. house must be distinctly on impressed with that briefing if they are also limiting president trumps military priors. yeah it will be the sort of the wills were set in motion even in advance of the briefing but the result and result following the briefing is still pretty much the same house democrats who control the house of representatives have been alarmed from the moment they learned that there had been the ordered killing of gen soleimani so this is something that was put in place late last week but it has certainly gained momentum as a result of those briefings the debate is set to begin in the house of representatives at 15 g.m.t. on that effort to limit the president's ability to use military action against iran moving forward without congressional approval and this is something that the u.s. president has been pushing back on in the last hour in fact tweeted about 4045 minutes ago saying hope that all house republicans will vote against crazy nancy pelosi as war powers resoluti

well president trump is denying any wrongdoing all right let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly haokip his there in washington so day 3 then the last day of the democrats on the house the impeachment managers if you like their their opportunity to present their case which is effectively the prosecution. that's right they continue to make their case that the president needs to be removed from office on the 2 articles of impeachment abuse of power and also the allegations of struction of congress but they've also encompassed and spent much of the day is the previous with arguments about the president's character that he has behaved as an imperial president and as a co-equal branch of government if that yet another reason that he should be removed from office now that bar of high crimes and misdemeanors but it's must be proven certainly this is a challenge but the argument from democrats is it's all encompassing despite the fact that it's big to address this very sort of behavior but they have to convince republicans who control that body and the challenge has been in this very lof