room. happening now, breaking news. influential democratic senator joe manchin reveals he s not seeking re-election. delivering a major blow potentially to his party s chances of keeping control of the u.s. senate next year. we re getting new reaction from a key senator to this bombshell announcement. also tonight, a break in israel s bombardment of gaza. the white house says israeli forces are moving forward with daily four-hour pauses in northern areas of the territory to allow palestinian civilians to get out and humanitarian aid to get in. and cnn has exclusive new details on the prosecutors strategy in the trump classified documents trial and a potential witness list that includes a mar-a-lago plumber, a maid, a chauffeur and a woodworker. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first tonight, the breaking news rocking capitol hill. west virginia de
really having personal, you know, personal qualms about what s happening here and raising concerns to a national security council lawyer. i mean, she expanded what was already a really devastating scandal for the white house to the people that were, you know, one degree remove from the president. so it gave the house investigators so many more avenues to pursue and bolton is almost surely going to get called. yeah, you say that she placed him there. i don t know if you ever played the board game clue have you? oh, yes. absolutely. it sounds a little bit like that. mr. bolton in the oval office with the telephone. you re placing different figures and then especially if they re out of government, do you expect him to then have to testify? because there aren t a lot of arguments left, as we ve just reported, if they re talking about what he himself called a drug deal. well, what we re seeing is, you know, fiona hill and, you know, marie yovanovitch have laid out a template for o
can t we still be friends. gillian: welcome back while kids across the world are writing christmas list asking santa for hottest games like fidget spinners, hatch paper board games. board game clue and whistle wall. aren t those 100 years old? what do my fellow fivers think of class of 2017 hall of fame? what do you make of these inductees? greg: not much. who doesn t like a good lawn dart. that was my favorite toy and then they banned them. the f.a.a. rit toy of all is your imagination. you can have your frisbee or whistle ball. have you no idea what games i m playing inside my head. they are horrible and strange and never end, kimberly. make it stop. kimberly: i want you to get off the tree outside my
it was a secret room. it sounds like something out of the board game clue, but it s for real. just look at the blueprints. a wall of shelves labeled hidden door. and behind that wall office supplies. innocent enough. we know he likes to stock up at staples. maybe that s where his keeps his binders full of women. up next, why republicans have fear if the president s health care law succeeds, they lose. you re watching hardball, the place for politics.