Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. So we begn with a historic day in washington and for this country. For the first time, the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is set to go public. This morning bill taylor, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, and george kent, a highlevel state department official, will testify before congress for all of america to see. Both men raised concerns over mr. Trumps attempts to pressure ukraines president into investigating joe biden and his son, hunter. Natalie brand is on capitol hill. Natalie, what are democrats hoping to achieve from this public testimony . Reporter annemarie, House Democrats say they want the American People to hear the evidence for themselves in the witnesses only words. We already have a good idea of what these witnesses are expected to say since bot taylor and kent have already testified behind closed doors as part of the 15 witnesses and more than 100 hours worth of depositions that have led up to todays first public hearing. President trump returned to the white house tuesday night on the eve of the first public hearing in Congress Impeachment inquiry. Democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoax and delusional witchhunts which are going nowhere. Dont worry about it. Reporter democrats are investigating whether the Trump Administration pressured ukraine to open politically motivated investigations using military aid as leverage. The nationally televised hearing will be conducted by the house intelligence committee. I think youre going to see the cream of our diplomatic corps speak truth to power. Reporter William Taylor is one of two state Department Officials testifying today. Taylor is expected to tell lawmakers set conditions for nearly half a billion dollars in aid that had been temporarily withheld. Taylor will be joined by george kent, Deputy Assistant secretary of state. In a deposition last month, kent said he learned the white house would not release the funds until ukraines president publicly announced investigations linked to President Trumps political rivals including joe biden. While democrats say the witnesses will show the president tried to coerce a foreign nation, republicans say the impeachment inquiry has been unfair from the start, and today will try to take aim at the process and substance of the investigation. Theyre relying on people like bill taylor as a star witness who is going to tell us something that is third or fourthhand information. Reporter the white house says President Trump plans to watch at least part of the proceedings on television. And cbs news has learned his team plans to launch a Rapid Response during the testimony. Our white e house team has leard the administration is planning an aggressive response during and after this hearing which is expected to last several hours. We will also see and hear from the president himself later today when he holds a News Conference with turkeys president during his visit to the white house today. Annemarie . Natalie brand on capitol hill. Thank you so much, natalie. Cbs evening news anchor and managing editor Norah Odonnell will have a special report from washington during todays hearing and again for fridays hearing. You can also watch continuing Team Coverage to our 24hour streaming network, cbsn. The eastern twothirds of the u. S. Remains in a deep freeze this morning. Arctic cold is giving millions of americans an early taste of winter. Snow fell from the great lakes to new england. The entire state of michigan saw snowy weather this week. The National Weather service said some areas reported 30 inches of snow. The snow and ice made for treacherous travel conditions. Yesterday, slick roads caused a 50car pileup near youngstown, ohio. Two people were critically injured. The arctic cold surge is expected to shatter hundreds of midnovember records. Chief meteorologist kate bylow of our philadelphia station, kyw, will tell us how long this cold snap will last. In the wake of a very strong arctic cold front, the rain and snow has moved out. The cold has moved in and bitter windchills to start our morning. Take a look at morning temperatures from new england all the way into texas. Temperatures well below the average, 19 to start in little rock, 17 in st. Louis, 20 in nashville, 25 in philadelphia, and 22 in boston. And that doesnt even take into account these very strong winds bringing in that cold canadian air. So early wednesday morning, were talking windchills in the single digits, even subzero. It will feel like two below in st. Louis at 9 00 a. M. 7 in lexington. 2 in buffalo, 3 in boston each at the height of the afternoon, many portions of the great lakes will feel no better than the teens. That continues into early thursday morning. Now it does stay dry through the remainder of the week. Then were going to shift our attention to a storm developing off the southeast coast for the weekend. Its going to sit and spin, bringing rain along the southeast coast, battering northeast winds as well as the threat for rough surge and beach erosion. Im minors kate bilo, cbs news. Googles efforts to collect Health Information on 50 Million People has prompted an investigation. Regulator regulators, patients, and lawmakers, expressed concern about the initiative code named project nightingale. Google partnered with ascension to collect the data which includes names, birthdays, lab tests, and doctor diagnoses. At issue is whether google and ascension are at quality adequately protecting patient data. Google says it is happy to cooperate with any questions about the project. The mother of a missing florida girl has been arrested in connection with the girls disappearance. Brianna williams has been charged with felony child neglect and making false statements to police. Yesterday investigators found remains they believe to be 5yearold Taylor Rose Williams in alabama. Dna testing still needs to be performed to identify those remains, though. The little girl disappeared from her jacksonville home last week. Her mother was hospitalized after an apparent overdose. And former president jimmy carter is recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from recent falls. Mr. Carter, who is 95, underwent surgery yesterday at an atlanta hospital. A spokeswoman says there were no complications. The former president will remain in the hospital for observation. A source close to mr. Carter expects him to be back Teaching Sunday School soon. A michigan teenager is recovering after a rare doublelung transplant. Hes one of more than 2,000 americans treated for lung damage linked to vaping. At least 40 people have died. Dean reynolds has the latest. Reporter when this 16yearold boy was transferred to Henry Ford Hospital in detroit last month, he was very near death. He had been vaping, his parents said. He was nonresponsive, his lungs were horribly inflamed and filling with dead tissue. He had been to two hospitals before coming to henry ford. The boy was placed on a machine which breathed for him, but still he deteriorated. The only thing that could save him was a doublelung transplant. This is an evil that i havent faced before. It was worse than my expectation. Reporter the team was led october 15th in the sixhour operation, believed to be the first doublelung transplant for a victim of vaping. This picture shows him holding one of the boys destroyed lungs. You had never seen lungs in that condition before . Is that right . Ive seen lungs in bad conditions, but this is by far the worst. Reporter officials wont say what the boy was vaping when he fell ill. Dr. Nemi and the team say he is recovering and breathing with his new lungs. He can eat, he can talk and take a few steps, and he recently celebrated his 17th birthday here at the hospital. Dean reynolds, cbs news, detroit. Coming up on the morning news, a new fraternityrelated tragedy. A student at Washington State university was found dead. And Colin Kaepernicks audition. The nfl reaches out to the free agent quarterback. This is the cbs morning news. Rback. This is the cbs morning news. Needles. Essential for the sea urchin, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz xr, a oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. Xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. 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On the cbs money watch, disneys new streaming service has a bumpy start, and facebook launches a new payment system. Diane king hall is at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Good morning, diane. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Wall street turns its focus to washington once again. A side from the impeachment inquiry, Jerome Powell will head to capitol hill. He will testify on the economic outlook. Now notable earnings reports scheduled for today include cisco and canada goose. Stocks closed slightly higher yesterday led by gains in health care and technology shares. Now the dow was literally unchanged. The s p 500 gained 4 points, and the nasdaq added 21. Disneyplus is getting a minus after having technical issues on launch day. Some users said they could not log into the streaming service, and the mobile app was down. Disney said the demand for disneyplus exceeded expectations. Disneyplus launched for 7 a month or roughly 70 a year. 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The most common side effect is nausea. Quit smoking slow turkey. Our top stories this morning the first public testimony is scheduled today in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Bill taylor, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, and george kent, a highlevel state department official, will testify before congress. Both raise concerns over President Trumps attempts to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden. Snow blanketed the great lakes to new england. The entire state of michigan saw at least some sort of snow this week. The National Weather service said areas reported 30 inches of snow. The arctic cold surge is expected to shatter hundreds of midnovember records. And the mother of a missing florida girl has been arrested in connection with the girls disappearance. Brianna williams has been charged with felony child neglect. Yesterday, investigators found remains believed to be 5yearold Taylor Rose Williams in alabama. The little girl disappeared from her jacksonville, florida, home last week. An arrest warrant has been issued for a connecticut banker accused of killing a hotel worker on the caribbean island of anguilla. Errol barnett has new details. We want to warn you, the report contains some disturbing video. Reporter Scott Hapgood was a no show for a preliminary hearing monday, choosing to stay in the u. S. He says he fears for his safety. The government of anguilla called that concern totally groundless, labeled the father of three a fugitive, and said the arrest warrant will be issued through interpol. In august highway he said he wanted his day in court. In april he said he was attacked by Hotel EmployeeKenny Mitchell who he says tried to rob him with a knife. A witness told cbs news hapgood it mitchell pinned down on the floor for 30 minutes before paramedics arrived. Hapgoods wife says mitchell was alive when he left the room. An hour later, he passed away at the hospital. Reporter thats not true according to Kenny Mitchells family. They gave this cell phone video to cbs news because they say it shows his lifeless body wheeled out of the crime scene. Now there is an extradition treaty between the u. S. And the uk over which anguilla is a territory. But its unclear if the Trump Administration will abide by it. Just last month, President Trump responded to hapgoods wife, imploring him for help by saying he would look into it and that something sounds for wrong with this case. Errol barnett, cbs news, new york. Coming up on cbs this morning, special coverage of the public impeachment hearings. Well get a preview from anchor Norah Odonnell, 60 minutes correspondent John Dickerson and correspondent major garrett. Jericka duncan talks with montgomery, alabama, mayor steven reed as he begins his first full day in office as the citys first africanamerican mayor. Well check out a baby boom at a Sheriffs Department in missouri where deputies welcomed 17 babies this year. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green. Have a great day