fevers. you just saw that. go got our temperatures checked. reporter: with similar scenes playing out in airports in and out of the region, even as far as moscow and lagos, nigeria. in wuhan, behind-the-scene footage shows extreme measures being taken to contain the virus. but reports of confirmed cases continue to rise, now reaching six countries, including the united states, where a man in his 30s remains in isolation at this hospital north of seattle. and as more people get sick the world health organization has added an extra day of talks to decide on whether this epidemic constitutes a global emergency. as for here in china, it s already taken decisive and some would say very startling action that begins, really, in the next alw hours. norah. o donnell: all right, ramy, thank you. today, president trump appeared to downplay want injuries sffered by u.s. service members in iran s recent missile attack on a base in iraq.
president from office. president trump has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance. reporter: lead impeachment manager adam schiff launched his opening arguments by honing in in a three-day period from last summer. that alone is grounds for removal from office of the 45th president. reporter: it started, he said, on july 24, the day special counsel robert mueller testified about his two-year investigation into russian election interference. did you aually totally exonerate the president? no. reporter: one day later, president trump asked the ukrainian president to do him a favor and investigate his campaign rival, joe biden. the very next day, he s on the phone, president trump is on the phone with a different foreign power this time ukraine trying to get ukraine o interfere in the next election. reporter: the next day, president trump brought it up
himself has weighed in? reporter: that s right. ca campaigning in iowa, where he says that he himself is not going to be party to any kind of witness swap because he wasn t involved in this scheme and did othing wrong. but at the end of the day, norah, it s up to the senators. if 51 vote to hear from joe biden or john bolton or anyone anyone else, then those arbpoenas are going to go out. o donnell: all right, nancy, thank you. tonight, president trump is back in washington after a quick trip to the world economic forum in ecitzerland. but even while he was on the eorld stage, the president was focused on what was happening on the senate floor. ben tracy reports tonight from the white house. we have a great case. reporter: before leaving the world economic forum in switzerland, president trump deid there s somewhere else he d like to be. will you please be seated? reporter: front and center at his impeachment trial. te i d love to go. wouldn t that be great? wouldn t that b
his own attorneys rave reviews and then unloaded on house managers: democrat adam schiff e d jerry nadler. these two guys, these are major sleaze bags. they re very dishonest people. e> reporter: despite republican efforts to block witnesses, president trump claims he d love to see testify from current and former members of his administration, including former adviser, john bolton. but mr. trump said national security concerns, particularly in bolton s case, make that unlikely. he knows some of my thoughts. he knows what i think about leaders. what happens if he reveals what i think about a certain leader, and it s not very positive? i don t know if we left on the best of terms. i would say probably not. reporter: back in the u.s., the president s campaign manager, brad parscale, told ,cbs this morning impeachment is helping mr. trump s re- election bid. there are millions now are engaged to show up. and the president has a larger base now significantly from 2016. reporter:
again in an overheard call with his e.u. ambassador. president trump asked sondland, so he s going to do the investigation? reporter: those three days, schiff argued, showed the president himself was behind the scheme, using millions in military aid as bait. ly it was not only immoral. it was also illegal. reporter: the president s edgal team looked on from a table nearby. we will challenge aggressively the case that they re putting forward. > reporter: in a series of late-night votes, senate republicans blocked the minority s attempts to secure new witness testimony. i move to table the amendment. table the amendment. table the amendment. reporter: some republicans say they re open to witnesses if biden testifies, too. democrat chuck schumer: that trade is not on the table. do o donnell: nancy cordes joins us now and, nancy, on this idea of a witness swap idea, i know democrats are saying this isn t like some fantasy football trade. and i understand joe biden