the need increases in winter when families struggle to pay higher heating bills and children stop receiving free school lunches over the holidays. it s so important to be able to give people more than just food. it s really important to be able to give people hope and support during this time and help get them back on their feet. reporter: the organization recommends calling your local food bank to see what items they need most this christmas or donating money to pay for food deliveries and support services. a mince pie, you know, a bag of fancy flavored crisps. who knows what? it will make a small difference. in a way you are still a secret santa. you just won t know the person you re giving the food to. scott mclean, cnn, london. someone asked the uk government why thousands of families are relying on food banks this christmas. a spokesman for the government said this. the reasons for people using food banks are complex. we spend over 95 billion
lawmakers and activists fear that hong kong will lose a generation of future leaders. with people with heart or with ideals and really values what they believe, these are people with quality. they are the future of hong kong, and the hong kong government is treating them damaging them, putting them into rooms. reporter: almost a thousand protesters have been charged with offenses ranging from unlawful assembly to the more serious crimes of rioting, assault, and arson. a third of them are students. legal experts believe the court system is not equipped to handle the sheer volume of trials. the first schedule to start early mention year. and if the majority of protesters are convicted, there s concern the prison system will be overloaded. the hong kong police tell cnn they want to see further prosecutions and say the only thing holding them up is the slow speed of the courts. at the moment, we don t know
he indicted himself on the white house lawn when he said we re left no choice. the iowa caucus will take place february 3rd. we turn now to afghanistan. a disputed vote there is prompting accusations of fraud. long delayed initial results put president ashraf ghani on track to win a second term, but it s not that simple. cnn s nathan hodge reports from moscow. reporter: preliminary results in afghanistan s presidential election show a clear lead for the incumbent, president ashraf ghani over his chief rival, abdullah abdullah. according to results released sunday by the country s independent electoral commission, ghani received 900,000 votes to abdullah s 700,000. but abdullah has also raised questions about what he sees as widespread and systematic fraud in september s votes, raising concerns in afghanistan about a reprise over the protracted political crisis scene after the 2014 presidential election. that crisis was only resolved
more now on the pending impeachment trial of president trump in the u.s. senate. but before that happens, house speaker nancy pelosi has to send over the articles of impeachment, which she says she won t do until a clear and fair path forward is presented. so how does impeachment work in the senate? cnn s victor blackwell explains. reporter: house democrats and white house officials are spending the holidays prepping for the president s senate trial. here s how it will all work. the rules were written for andrew johnson s trial in 1868. everything is minutely choreographed. the sergeant at arms kicks things off, and you ll be seeing a lot of him. hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all persons are dmacommanded to keep silent while the president united states is sitting for the
gap when it comes to a couple of other democratic challengers. senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. keep in mind that this poll was done before the house impeached the president. and, again, we said the strong economy is the likely reason for president trump s steady numbers. that new cnn poll shows 76% of americans think the economy is good. we haven t seen that number that high in a poll 18 years. well cnn s martin savidge went to the key battleground state of pennsylvania to see what voters there think about the impeachment. reporter: in blair county, pennsylvania, the impeachment of donald trump isn t hurting the president. no. i love him. reporter: supporters say it s helping him. i think what they re doing is completely wrong, and i will vote for him in the coming election. reporter: voters here are