We like them board. Today is thursday, november 7th. He wanted william barr to hold a press conference to say no laws were broken in the call with ukraines leader. The president denies, asking the attorney general to clear his name. Democrats are suppressing dissent, defaming the innocent, eliminating due process, staging show trials. A chinese spokesman said china and the u. S. Have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others goods in phases. Former attorney general jeff session plans to reclaim his Old Senate Seat in alabama. Twitter has charged two former employees over tweets with saudi arabia. Accounts have been compromised. We will make sure we do not have another escape. Mexican authorities have arrested another man wanted in connection of the murder of a New Hampshire couple. Hes accused of stealing up the couples truck. The nasty prewinter snow has dumped snow in the upper midwest. All that kids couldnt hear her. They cant hear me because theyre listening to kids bop. Lets do this. And all that matters. They just released the blooper reels from stranger things. Im dont think so. Its your grandpa. Whats wrong with you. On cbs this morning. The College Student beat the odds when he took a shot at getting free tuition for a year. That was university of nevada student reese york hitting the shot. If you think thats his reaction, you should see his parents. Mr. And mrs. York are doing the happy dance. This is his senior year. Take a money shot. Welcome to cbs this morning. We have new information about the white house strategy to defend President Trump from the house impeachment inquiry. Cbs confirms President Trump wanted attorney general william barr to make a statement that mr. Trumps controversial phone call with ukraines leader. Ben tracy is at the white house. Good morning. A lot of moving pieces here. How are the defenders changing their approach . Good morning. Cbs news has learned the white house is bringing in reinforcements to help fight the p. R. Battle. Its doing this because the impeachment inquiry is now entering the public phase and theyre telling the white house it needs a better strategy. You know the whistleblower, the one who came out with, oh, trump said this and trump said that at a rally President Trump railed against the whistleblower. Its an illegal act as far as im concerned. The president continues to double down on his defense, there was no quid pro quo. I had a perfect phone call, a totally perfect phone call. But at least five witnesses have testified there was. A transcript wednesday shows acting ambassador to ukraine bill taylor said it was his clear understanding Security Assistance money would not come until the president committed to pursue the investigation of joe bidens son. President trump has insisted for weeks he can defend himself by himself. I dont have teams. Everybodys talking about a team. Im the team. Now apparently the president is getting one. Cbs news has learned theyre beefing up their communications team, bringing in tony sayegh and former attorney general pam bondi to help the white house fight back. Republican lawmakers who have been publicly defejd the white house have been warning theyre losing the p. R. Battle. Theyre working on getting a messaging team together. The white house is now sending a representative to a daily meeting on capitol hill where republicans are coordinating their message and strategy on impeachment. During the special counsels russia investigation the president relied on a team of outside personal attorneys to represent him, but cbs news has now learned that white House Attorneys will be defending him during the impeachment inquiry. Meanwhile former National Security adviser john bolton is expected to testify on capitol hill today, but were not expecting him to actually show up. All right, ben. Thank you. Ambassador bill taylor will be the first witness to testify when the House Committee starts Holding Public hearings next week. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, whats the purpose of testifying in public if their closed door testimony has already been made available . One put it this way. Ultimately the jury is the American Public. They need to be convinced. The polls show currently the public is split 5050 on impeachment and removal. The democrats have gathered all the evidence. Now they need to lay it out for the jury in the most compelling way and theyre starting with people they believe are their most compelling witnesses, nonpartisan, decades of experience, all of them very well spoken, witnesses to or victims of this back channel diplomacy that they say ran counter to americas interest and was only in the president s interest. Nancy, what comes after the theyll last at least a couple of weeks. Then the House Intelligence Committee would gather all the evidence its gathered which would draw up and debate actual articles of impeachment, maybe hold its own hearings, and if a vote is successful in the judiciary, it goes to the full house of representatives to a straight majority vote on the articles of impeachment. If it passes there, it gould to the senate for a trial and then a twothirds vote on removing the president from office. Nancy cordes. Thank you, nancy. Former attorney general Jeff Sessions is expected to announce later today he wants to return to the senate seat that he gave up to join the trump administration. Sessions plans to run in the alabama republican primary next year, and if he wins, he will take on democratic senator doug jones. One year ago today President Trump pushed out sessions, ending a long running dispute over the attorney generals decision to withdraw from the russian investigation. An arctic blast is set to hit the central part of the u. S. Starting today. Heavy snow fell across part of michigan yesterday. That same system is now headed east, and br cd cbs newsnd climate contribur jeff beraradelli is tracking the cold. Jeff, how low will it get . Low in terms of windchills. Even in january, it would be impressive. Were having it in november. There are two shots of it. The first one is coming tlup in upstate new york. Tomorrow were going to have record lowe co record low cold temperatures. This is not even close to how long the next cold snap is going to be after that. This is a recordbreaking High Pressure moving in from canada. This is going to go all the way down to the gulf coast with temperatures near freezing there, and there could actually be some snow in places like d. C. , richmond, and boston as we head into next tuesday, and the floodgates open next week. Look at monday, tuesday, into wednesday. Take everything out of your closet winterwise and bring it out. Youre going need it in the next several days. Wow. Those minor signs are a little imposing. Thanks, jeff. Family members of those killed in an ambush in mexico are looking at theories on what may have happened. Video shows an suv riddled with bullet holes and filled with tors. Manuel bojorquez is in ciudad juarez, mexico. Manuel, whats next for the family . Reporter good morning. Funerals will be held today for Donna Langford and her two children and Juanita Miller and her four children and 8monthold twins. The family is pressing for answers on what prompted this attack. Look at the bullet holes in donnas vehicle. Reporter Mexican Government officials now believe the killers shot bullet holes through the suv belong to a cartel. The extended family lived in lebaron. Local police have been on high alert ever since the two cartels engaged in a gun battle early monday morning. They first mistaking them for cartel members. Family members including max lebaron, say the group was targeted. The question is then why target this family . These organizations theres no logical reason behind it other than theyre just terrorist organizations. Reporter they point out that children traveling with 29yearold Christina Langford johnson say she raised her arms to show shes not a threat. She put her baby she could. She got out of the vehicle. She tried to identify there were women and children there and she got gunned down. Reporter mexican Officials Say the first suv was hit by bullets and exploded around 9 00 a. M. Hours later the other two were ambushed down the road. 13yearold dev inlangford hid his siblings in bushes and went for help 14 miles away and alerted family members. His uncles were forced to wait for Army Personnel to arrive before they could set out to find the children. This is video of 7monthold faith found alive in the bullet riddled suv 11 hours after the shooting. Otal eight children were rescued. Three are still recovering in an arizona hospital. The mexican president says he is open to the u. S. Working alongside local authorities in this investigation. Officials here in mexico say more than 200 bullet casings were found at the crime scene. They say those were manufactured by a u. S. Based gun maker and commonly used in military assault rifles. Thank you, man yell. The more we hear, the more gutwrenching it is. For the first time federal authorities are accusing saudi arabia of spying in the u. S. In case involved two former twitter employees who allegedly gained access to thousands of accounts. Jeff pegues has more on whats behind all of these allegations. Reporter in custody this morning ak mad abouammo. Ali al za barra whos a saudi citizen is said to have fled the u. S. They were working as assets of the saudi government and they spied on up to 6,000 accounts. The men were paid in cash and jewelry. The complaint says abouammo lied about payments but received at least 300,000 for his work and tried to sell a watch a saudi official gave him for at least 20,000. Abouammo and alzabarah were both involved. One of those accounts belonged to a prominent critic Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered last year. Its believed mohammad bin salman ordered the killing, which he denied. In recent years there has been a debate about the amount of user data that Tech Companies have and their ability to protect it. This case again puts the spotlight on that issue and how governments try to exploit the information. Makes you wonder if there are others out there, jeff. Thank you very much. This morning turkeys president is accusing the u. S. Of not living up to its commitment to move Kurdish Forces out of Northern Syria as President Trump had promised. U. S. Troops are still in that region where the recent arrival of syrian troops backed by russia is making area more dangerous. Charlie dagata has been covering the story. Hes following a u. S. Military unit in oil fields in northeast syria. Reporter for most of the morning weve been floming the u. S. Military convoy as theyve been visiting oil fields in this region in Northern Syria. Rdedoo trump so they dont fall into the hands of isis, and their mission has changed over the past couple of weeks. It was only a few weeks ago that President Trump ordered u. S. Troops to withdraw from this region. That essentially gave the green light for turkey to invade and fight syrian Kurdish Forces here. Hundreds of thousands of people had to evacuate that area, hundreds of people have been killed, and theress ees a lo criticism now. Its suggested the u. S. Cares more about protecting oil fields than they do about protecting civilians. Now, as far as the mission here is concerned, u. S. Military Officials Say their primary operation has not changed, and that is the fight against isis, this part, securing the oil fields, is simply part of that mission. Charlie dagata reporting from Northern Syria. And an arrest has been made in connection with a New Hampshire couple found dead in adam curtis was arrested and taken to houston. He was arrested for felony theft but not for the murder of james and michelle butler. Why do they think williams may be involved . The only key piece linking him to the murder is a photo of williams and a woman taken at the u. S. mexico border. That photo shows 33yearold williams behind the wheel of the murdered couples truck. Mexican authorities also detained the woman seen sitting next to him identified as amanda noverr. They say she was in the country illegally. The butlers remains were found october 27th in shallow grays on padre island south of houston. Last month they went on a dream trip living out of an rv. Williams was arrested and he remains in county jailrng. A neference is expected d are forfelony thef it sure t murdered. Not at all. And buried. A lot of people rent rvs and make that trip. It is a dream trip for many. It is. 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Here is a live look with our cam. You can see how its 7 30. W heres whats happening on cbs this morning. The process is illegitimate. The impeachment inquiry begins a new phase with public testimony starting on wednesday. Will be an opportunity for the American People to evaluate the witnesses for themselves. Mexican police lean toward mistaken identity to explain why nine americans were murdered in a shootout. Theres no reason, theres no logical reason. Two former twitter employees are charged with spying for saudi arabias government. Plus, only on cbs this morning, oprah will be here to reveal her latest Book Club Selection. You have to be the fierceness, the love that we want to see. Lift up your arms. Right there. And our series, a more perfect union, shows a paramedic who makes everyday rescues magical. All i want to