training program going forward. admiral, stick around with us because we are expecting officials on scene soon. we ll bring it to you as it happens. now to that 5:00 p.m. deadline. president trump has just hours to decide whether he ll have a lawyer representing him in next week s hearings. so far he has opted not to do that. they said shs quo, quote, it re unclear whether the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process. democrats are not waiting around for an answer. they plan to stay in town this weekend. they re drafting articles of impeachment and they could actually vote on those articles as soon as next week. let s bring in cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raju following all of this live for us on capitol hill. manu, tell us, are lawmakers expecting an appearance from
accumulations. at this point, it looks like a lot of slushy, wet snow, that s the disruptive kind, across new york city. thank you, pedram. meanwhile, the house impeachment inquiry moves from investigation to prosecution. the white house says neither will take part in the first judiciary committee hearing wednesday. white house counsel pat cipollone says, we cannot be expected to participate in a hearing where the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear if the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process. he is accusing the democrats to schedule the hearing while the president is at a nato meeting in london. the white house faces a friday deadline to decide whether to participate in future hearings. one republican on the judiciary panel thinks the white house should be there. i think it would be to the president s advantage to have his attorneys there.
the house impeachment inquiry moves this week from investigation to prosecution. but president trump and his lawyers will not be a part of it, at least for now. the white house says neither will take part in the first judiciary committee hearing meeting wednesday. the white house counsel writing, we cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear if the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process. cipollone accusing democrats of deliberately scheduling while the president will in london. the white house has to decide whether to participate in future hearings. but one republican on the panel believes the white house should be there. i believe it would be to the president s advantage to have his attorneys there. that s his right. it would be to the president s advantage to have him testify now. he has to weigh that against the enormous, catastrophic damage that would do to the doctrine of
will not be sending an attorney to that hearing. cipollone spent much of the five-page letter he sent to nadler on sunday night complaining about the house democrats impeachment process so far. for example, complaining that the president and administration witnesses have been denied due process, but specifying that the white house would not be taking this opportunity to have representation at wednesday s hearing. again, the first in the judiciary committee throughout this impeachment process. i want to read you part of the letter that cipollone sent to nadler. he wrote, as for the hearing scheduled for december 4th, we cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process. he goes on to write, accordingly under the current circumstances, we do not intend to participate in your wednesday hearing. now, this had put the white house in a tough spot
high around 40 degrees. it will be a slushy mess across this region, which leads to additional disruptions across the northeast. look at the amount of accumulations. when you travel inland, you talk about significant amounts of snow, 12 to 18 inches. boston and new york on the white contours, 2 to 4 inches of snowfall for those cities. pred redram. the impeachment investigation moves from investigation to prosecution. the white house says neither will take part in the first judiciary committee hearing wednesday. white house counsel pat cipollone says, we cannot be expected to participate in a hearing where the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear if the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process. he is accusing the democrats to schedule the hearing while the president is at a nato meeting in london. the white house faces a friday deadline to decide