Snow was falling up to an inch an hour. That storm that is blanketing the midwest is part of the same system that is moving through the northeast right now. We have a team of correspondents scattered across the country covering these breaking stories. Lets begin with nick watt and this tragedy in south dakota. Nick, what are you learning . Well, as you mentioned, fred, three people miraculously survived this crash and First Responders have to contend with that horrific weather to rescue those three. Theyve been taken to the hospital in sioux falls. Nine people dead on that plane. As you mentioned, among the dead two children. Also were told the pilot of the airplane. They were planning to fly west. About 600 miles or so to idaho falls. But that plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Now, the faa and the ntsb are already investigating the cause and of course one major focus of that investigation will be that weather. As you say, a very bad winter storm moving through the area at the time
Plus, the kblogloves are off. The 2020 campaign trail gets hot. Hes a damned liar, man. And mayor Pete Buttigieg feels the pressure of a campaign on the rise. First of all, weve got to win. No question about that. With primaries right around the corner, who can emerge from the free for all . Hello. Im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is crossing a threshold. Those are the words of House Speaker nancy pelosi, whose team of Top Democrats is working all weekend on articles of impeachment against President Trump. The first votes on those articles could come this week. It is now almost certain that donald j. Trump will become the third u. S. President to be impeached by the house of representatives. The president s legal team signaled it will not participate in the house process which the president again yesterday called a continuation of a threeyear witch hunt. Instead, his team is looking ahead to a trial in the republicancontrolled senate. But the a
Illegitimate, a hoax and a stunt, as well as attacking career diplomats who testified. But does he risk missing an opportunity to make his own case . Jeremy diamond is with the president where hes been spending his thanksgiving holiday. Are you getting any indication of what the white houses plans are for the president . As you mentioned, there are two key deadlines, one of those coming tomorrow and one later in the week. So far the white house has not made a final decision on either of those as far as whether or not they will send lawyers. The deadline tomorrow is about this hearing on wednesday. And so far our sources have indicated to us that the white house is leaning against sending lawyers to that first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. The question though is more about this bigger impeachment deadline on friday, about whether the president or his attorneys will participate in any of the hearings before they are expected to draft those articles of impeachment. And on that
Articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power. And constitute the highly partisan and unconstitutional attempt at impeachment. Nadler responded immediately in a statement. If the president has no good response to the allegations, then he would not want to appear before the committee. Having declined the opportunity he cannot claim the process is unfair. And house intel chairman schiff saying the white house said they want an open hearings. Now closed. And then they didnt want those either. Then said they wanted to participate in the proceedings and now they say they dont. All they really want is hide the president s serious miskulkt. Its not working. The House Speaker undaunted by the house. Said this. Last night. Acts are clear the constitution is clear. The president violated the constitution. The white house decision was not unexpected. Given president s repeated refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents or allow officials to testify. Trumps legal team has an official c
Radicalized whether it was here or its unclear if he has any ties to any other organizations. The saudis have promised full cooperation with the investigation. Were going to take them at their word. And were now learning from the defense secretary, mark esper, saying one or two saudi nationals who were friends of the gunman filmed the attack, but it isnt clear if the actions are being considered nefarious. There are reports that several saudis have been detained and that several of them had been filming the incident. First of all, is that true . And there are some top florida officials willing to say this was a terrorist plot. Yeah. So some were detained, friends of his that were also on that base, as i understand it. And i also was told that some one or two were filming it. Whats unclear is were they filming it before it began, or was it something where they picked up their phones and filmed it while they saw it unfolding . That may be a distinction with or without a difference, but w