high. >> that father is blind, he carried his disabled son on his back through the floodwaters in abaco. we'll hear his story of survival. live from cnn world head you quarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell, the "cnn newsroom" starts now. we start with the democrats in the u.s. house taking a major step toward formalizing their impeachment investigation into the u.s. president donald trump. here is what sources are telling cnn. they say next week the house judiciary committee is planning to vote on a resolution that would layout the rules for how it conducts hearings. all of this comes as corey lewandowski and two former white house aides are about to test filed before the committee.