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>> reporter: well, we get a lot of details the, alisyn. not only about what happened last tuesday when he was at that rally and needed to ask for a chair to sit down. what happened after that. but also as we learned, alisyn, in the weeks prior to this, the symptoms that hed been having. >> i was more tired than i usually have been. had more trouble sleeping than ordinarily. occasionally id be up there at the podium and feel a little bit unsteady. one time i was literally holding the mic up to my...

Support although interestingly so far the saudi have not gone public with their investigation. but at the moment, you know, were trying to get more details on precisely what has happened and the damage thats been done. but absolutely raises tensions in a very tense region at the moment. >> absolutely, nic. thank you for that reporting. now to this important update. turkey says that as of this morning, more than 200 people have been killed. this is as turkish forces keep advancing into syria. k...

Law. any one particular case shouldnt outshine the other. >> thank you for being with us. please keep us posted as you travel to washington and let us know if this hearing is, in fact, happening. appreciate it. >> alisyn? >> former vice president joe bidens campaign is blasting "the new york times" of a smear campaign with its coverage of joe biden and his son hunter biden and the connection to ukraine. cnns senior media reporter oliver dorsey joins me now. let me read a portion of what the bide...

On the turkish/syrian border. give us the latest context for this. >> reporter: absolutely, alisyn. weve been hearing from an official with a good knowledge here. this will stretch initially from here tel abyad down to another town where we saw some of the shelling yesterday. initially into that territory. then it is entirely possible that operation could cover what was referred to as much of the stretch of the turkish/syrian border. thap is an extraordinary large operation in terms of its scope...

Reporting about that july 35th phone call between president trump and ukraines president that led to this impeachment inquiry. the whistle-blower wrote a memo saying a white house aid who was on that call who listened into that phone call described the conversation as crazy and frightening and it apparently left him shaken. cnn has also learned that months before that call, president trump directed rick perry and two top state department officials to circumvent official diplomat iic channels and...

For those payments. we reported last month that officials from the das office interviewed cohen when they opened their investigation. now, a law enforcement official tells cnn, cohen is expected to tell prosecutors everything he knows about those matters. and if its deemed credible could lead to cohen testifying before a grand jury. cohen is one of several people with knowledge of the payments that could be of interest to prosecutors. but he has cent issues. after all last year, he pleaded guilt...

Product lines back from mexico and this is especially important bianna, because gm is slagts to close four plants by 2020, including this one right behind me. so as these picketing workers are waiting to hear their fate about this contract, theyre also waiting to see if theyre going to have a job to come back to in 2020. >> thats right. thousands of jobs and votes at stake here. thank you. and thanks for watching for our cnn viewers, cnn newsroom with max foster is next. and for our u.s. viewe...

Very much. john? >> all right. thank you very much, alisyn. so how will republicans in congress react to the release of what some are calling the smoking texts? a former republican senator who was called on somewhat of statue to the republican party to, quote, stand up. joins us next.

Everyone. >> and i know that it has been a challenge for you to listen to any videotapes now of him singing because of all that youve lost. >> yes, certainly. it brings me so much grief when i have to listen to him up there. it just breaks my heart to know that hes not around anymore. and so for now, i cannot take it in. probably later down in life i might be able to do that. >> yeah. >> and alisyn? >> yeah, quickly, mr. crump. >> he was a near perfect person of color. and it shouldnt be that yo...

Defendant did not cause the death of botham jean under immediate passion. and sentence 10 years imprisonment at the texas department. >> the words left botham jeans family appearing dismayed and shocked. she will be eligible for parole in five years, at just the age of 36. [ crowd chanting ] >> outside the courtroom, the sentence angered protesters, sparking chants. >> police department around the country have done to our kids. >> this is not a joke. this is our lives. >> but at the same time in...