strategy heading into the hearings, we re joined by a p t political science lecturer in london. thank you for coming on. good morning, natalie. the republicans are spinning this to keep the focus on the bidens and corruption and a away from donald trump. is that going to work? i think the problem for republicans is that there doesn t appear to be any evidentiary basis to contradict the fact pattern. so they are left with no other options. they might say either trump s actions didn t rise to an impeachable offense or that the intent to commit a crime wasn t there or the white house policy with ukraine is so incoherent that no one can really make sense of it. i don t think that any of those justifications, unfortunately for the republicans, seem convin convincing. sgl the republicansen b issued a witness list to the democrats. they would like to see hunter biden and the whistleblower probably very slim that
the moment is remembered as the symbolic end of the cold war. more live video for you here. multiple european leaders and as well as young people are on hand for what is turning out to be a low kiey commemorations. church service and lighting of candles are also part of the day s events. fred pleitgen is covering it for us. we joins us live from berlin by the littgtittle slice of the wa that is still left. let s begin by reflecting back how difficult it was to bring down this wall. it was a lot of chipping away there for a while. reporter: it certainly was. and i think one of the things, natalie, that was very surprising in those days in 1989, i do remember that very well, that there were these demonstrations that were taking place all over eastern germany
new york, but also into the southeast here. more widespread all freeze warnings will expire through the early part of the morning. but right now, current temperatures in addition from the 20s to the 30s all the way down in it the deep south through new orleans almost seeing those 30s. you factor in the wind, it feels like it is in the teens in some spots. we do recover nicely later today. 64 in kansas city. that is a good 30 degree jump. so this little piece of cold air is going to be with us, watch what happens here, it retreats followed by a bitter cold blast of air that is coming in early part of next week and that is what will allow for the potential of 240 record lows all across the east here with temperatures that will be like natalie said more reminiscent of january than november here. look at these frigid morning lows, this is fahrenheit. so single digit lows for tuesday morning in minneapolis, that is
and leaders are gathering to commemorate the event and we are live in berlin. also this hour we ll have the latest in the impeachment inquiry in the united states. we have details about with what was said behind closed doors. also, an arctic surge is expected to sweep through the united states. experts say the icy temperatures could break more than 200 records. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m natalie allen in atlanta, georgia. and cnn newsroom starts right now. thank you again for joining us. we begin with germany pausing to mark a milestone in its history. 30 years ago cracks in the soviet union led to the toppling of the berlin wall.
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