Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. President trumps impeachment case is in the hands of the u. S. Senate this morning and today all 100 senators will be sworn in ahead of the president ial impeachment trial. Only the third in american history. Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the case which is set to start next tuesday. Yesterday evening seven House Democrats who will act as prosecutors delivered the articles of impeachment to the senate. The house of representatives impeached mr. Trump last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress after he pressured ukrainian officials to investigate joe biden. Naomi, n now theres new eviden and fueling the argument perhaps witnesses should be called during the trial in the senate . Reporter right. An associate of President Trumps personal lawyer is dropping bomb shell accusations about the president and his involvement with ukraine. He said the administration was aware he and Rudy Giuliani were pressuring ukraines president to investigate a political opponent. And now some lawmakers hope this and other unheard testimony will be included in the president s trial. An associate of Rudy Giuliani told ms nbc that President Trump knew about the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens. President trump knew exactly what was going on. Reporter he said u. S. Aid was withheld as he, giuliani and others demanded action. I wouldnt know anything without consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president. Reporter he didnt speak directly with the president about the scheme but claims multiple members of the administration were aware, including Vice President mike pence. Everybody was in the loop. 100 . Attorney general barr was basically on the team. Reporter the Justice Department called the allegation 100 false. Hes currently out on bond after pleading not guilty on unrelated Campaign Finance charges. He now wants to testify in the impeachment trial. His interview came on the same day the house signed off on sending the two articles of impeachment to the senate. I could use some good lawyers, right . I just have to suffer through it. Reporter seven democrats will serve as impeachment managers. That includes colorados jason crow. What our country needs are people willing to step up and defend the rule of law, defend our constitution and do the right thing. Reporter the white house does not believe any new witnesses should be called. The whole process has been proven to be a sham. Reporter opening arguments in the trial are set to begin tuesday. All of the democrats elected as managers or prosecutors in the trial have backgrounds in law. One of their toughest feats is to convince four republicans to allow documents an witnesses. In order to convict the president they need votes from twothirds of the senate. Thank you so much. The u. S. And china signed an initial trade deal easing tensions between the worlds two largest economies. The pact follows an 18 month trade war. Reporter President Trump and chinese vice premier signed the first phase of a new trade deal. Together were righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for american workers, farmers and familie families. Reporter under the deal china has agreed to buy 200 billion of u. S. Goods including soybeans and pork over the next two years. Our negotiations were tough, honest, open, respectful leading us to this really incredible break through. Reporter the president spent much of the ceremony thanking Business Leaders in the room. Josh bolton, business roundtable, thank you, josh. Great job. David calhoun, a very easy company to run. He just took over boeing. Wheres david . Reporter in a letter to President Trump, chinese leader xi jinping who was not in attendance called the deal good for china, the u. S. And the world. President trump says hes confident that china will live up to its end of the truce and he plans to travel to beijing in the near future to negotiate the next phase. Phase one of the deal leaves in place tariffs on about 360 billion in chinese imports. Im leaving them on because otherwise we have no cords to negotiate with. Reporter Myron Brilliant the executive Vice President of u. S. Chamber of commerce said the deal is still a step in the right direction. If f we remove and eliminate tariffs on all outstanding products the benefits will flow to american consumers. Reporter beijing has agreed to stop the theft of intellectual property and refrain from manipulating its currency. There are new details about that tense conversation between senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren after the democratic debate on tuesday. Audio of their exchange was released by cnn. Take a listen. You called me a liar on national tv . What . I think you called me a liar on national tv. Lets not do it right now. You told me warren attacked sanders during the debate after he denied telling her in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency. So far their camps have not responded. A powerful winter storm is dumping snow on parts of the northwest. Yesterday in Washington State gusty winds and snow made the visibility on the roads dangerously low forcing people to pull over. This tractortrailer lost control and jackknifed. That same storm system is expected to bring snowy winter to the east this weekend. Our meteorologist from our San Francisco station looks at the snow totals. Reporter a low that didnt look much on Tuesday Morning suddenly deepened off the pacific northwest. It has produced a powerhouse of a storm that will dump as much as three feet of snow in the sierra where they have winter storm warnings posted for much of the day. Rain and snow for the west. That same low will power to the east where chicago which has sun in the forecast today will have snow by friday night and snow will turn into rain south of st. Louis. Tough travel by late friday on i70. It heads east and wintry mix on saturday. Where does the snow turn into rain . Right around new york and then by the time we get to lay it on sunday it blows out to the atlantic leaving us with blustery and cold conditions on sunday. Also leaves behind some snow, as much a half a foot of snow in cleveland. New york, which had record highs just a few days ago may have more than an inch of snow on the ground by the time we hit saturday night. A United Airlines flight returned to new jerseys Newark International airport to make an Emergency Landing after an engine problem. A passenger on last nights flight posted video that showed flames shooting out of one of the engines. It happened shortly after the plane took off for los angeles. United said the plane returned to newark due to a mechanical i remember. The plane landed safely and passengers were rebooked on another flight. Video from utah shows a small plane exploding shortly after it crashed into a neighborhood. The twin engine plane went down yesterday in roy, about 30 miles north of salt lake city. The 64yearold pilot was killed. He was the only person on board. Authorities say the plane narrowly missed townhouses. It crashed through the roof of a home and no one was inside at the time. The plane crashed about a half mile from the runway. Authorities say its unclear why the pilot veered off course. Dallas area mom is calling for the removal of a bus driver after video revealed her little girl was attacked on his bus for 12 minutes and he did nothing to stop it. Omar villafranca reports. Reporter the troubling video from inside the school bus shows the 5yearold girl being assaulted multiple times. First by an older student in pink sitting next to her and then by a student from behind. Then the boy moves closer to continue his barrage of slaps. At some point she screams for the bus driver to help. But no help ever comes. I lost my mind. I couldnt believe what i saw. I couldnt believe that there wasnt an adult there that could have stopped it. Reporter the incident happened last november during a 45 minute commute from her dallas public charter school. At one point during the assault, you can hear her crying. He heard cries of help and he chooses to do nothing and it could have been stopped within the first two minutes of the attack. Reporter the abuse ended after some 12 minutes with her grandmother picking her up at the bus stop. I think the bus driver needs removed. If he didnt protect my child will he protect anyone elses . Reporter her 5yearold daughter no longer takes the bus. Dallas isd released a statement saying they take student safety seriously. They are providing mormon the organize. The bus driver is now on another route. Omar villafranca, cbs news, dallas. Next up on the morning news, virginia approves the equal rights amendment. Shake up in russia. President putin proposes changes to extend his grip on power. This is the cbs morning news. Power. This is the cbs morning news. Shes had a tiny cough. See you at 5 seriously . Protection. Lysol kills over 100 illness causing germs and viruses. Even those that may cause cough. Lysol, what it takes to protect. I wanted more from my copd medicine thats why ive got the power of 1, 2, 3 medicines with trelegy. The only fdaapproved oncedaily 3in1 copd treatment. Trelegy the power of 1,2,3 trelegy 1,2,3 trelegy woman with trelegy and the power of 1, 2, 3, im breathing better. Trelegy works three ways to open airways, keep them open and reduce inflammation, for 24 hours of better breathing. Trelegy wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Trelegy is not for asthma. 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He proposed sweeping changes to the constitution that could keep him in power well past his term in 2024. After the announcement russias Prime Minister and other top members of the government resigned. Putin has led russia for more than 20 years. There was another all female spacewalk and virginia ratifies the era. Those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. Usa today reports virginia became the 38th state to pass the equal rights amendment setting up whats likely to be a long legal battle. Supporters of the amendment held a rally outside of the State Capitol yesterday. The state senate and house still need to pass each others resolution and the governor must sign it. The era was approved by congress in 1972 to prohibit discrimination against women. Final passage in virginia would be enough states has passed the amendment to add it to u. S. Constitution. Deadline for ratification was 1982. So, the i remember will likely be decided in the courts. Conservative opponents say ratifying the era would make it harder to limit abortion. Our boston station says a star member of the Holy Cross College womens crew team was killed when a teams van crashed in florida. Vero beach police said the van was carrying 12 students when the driver made a left turn into the path of a truck. The teen was in florida preparing for an upcoming competition. Champion rower, grace was killed a day after her 20th birthday. The sophomore set a world record rowing for 62 hours nonstop. Grace was a light to all who knew her. She was incredibly passionate and hardworking. 11 others were injured in the crash. Police say a preliminary investigation shows that both vehicles had green lights and the van should have yielded to the truck. Cbs. Com reports second all female spacewalk in history took place outside the International Space station. Astronauts Christina Cook and jessica mere conducted the 7 1 2 hour spacewalk yesterday to replace solar batteries. 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The dow rose 90 points closing above 29,000 for the first time. The nasdaq added seven and the s p 500 gained six points. Its now safe to eat romaine lettuce again. The cdc says the month long e. Coli outbreak linked to the lettuce is over. The outbreak sickened 167 people in 27 states. No deaths were reported. Fda is still investigating the source of the contamination. Sleep apnea device is paying 37. 5 million to cover kick back allegations. The settlement covers five whistleblower lawsuits filed on behalf of the federal government. The lawsuits claims it provided Free Services and equipment to medical Equipment Suppliers sleep labs and other health care providers. Company did not admit any wrongdoing but agreed to tighten controls on pricing and sales. And robo calls remain a big problem across the country. Americans were hit with nearly 60 billion robo calls in 2019. Thats up 22 from the year before. Earlier this month President Trump signed an antirobocall bill into law. 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From the day youre born we never stop taking care of you. And thats not a tissue. Protection. Lysol kills over 100 illness causing germs and viruses. Even those that may cause runny noses. Lysol, what it takes to protect. Our top stories this morning, all 100 senators will be sworn in today ahead of President Trumps impeachment trial. Yesterday seven House Democrats who will act as prosecutors delivered the articles of impeachment to the senate. Trial is set to start next tuesday. Winter storm warnings are posted in the northwest this morning. A powerful storm is dumping snow and ice. The system is expected to hit the east this weekend. Snow is expected in parts of pennsylvania, new york, and n Northern New England from saturday until early sunday. There are new questions as to why a delta airliner dumped fuel over Populated Areas of los angeles on tuesday. As kris van cleave reports the pilot didnt inform air Traffic Controllers. Reporter the faa is now investigating why this delta 777 descended into the los angeles airport dropped 10,000 gallons of jet fuel much of it on a denselypopulated part of the city. I was scared. Reporter students and teacher at more than 20 l. A. Schools reported feeling the ill effects of the falling fuel. Please return to lax. Reporter air Traffic Controllers knew the plane bound for shanghai had an engine problem forcing it to return to lax but didnt know the pilot was planning to dump fuel despite asking twice. The pilot was planning to dump fuel despite asking twice. Reporter but they did anyway. Pilots are supposed to tell controllers if they are going to dump fuel and will then be directed where to do so typically over water or unpopulated stretch of land with the plane at least eight to ten thousand feet up. But flight 89 dropped fuel as low as 2300 feet. I never hear of this happening in 35 years. Highly unusual. Reporter you want the extra altitude so the fuel has time to dissipate before it gets to the ground. That didnt happen here. Delta said the airline is trying to fully understand what did happen. Pilots are given a lot of leeway responding to an inflight emergency. Their primary focus is getting the people on board the plane on the ground safely. Kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. Coming up only on cbs this morning were announcing the 2020 inductees into the songwriters hall of fame. a more perfect union. Well meet High School Students who rallied to support a friend with cancer. And well take you to antarctica where scientists are learning how warmer temperatures are putting penguins at risk. Thats cbs morning news for this thursday. Thank for watching. Im annemarie green. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com