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At 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we are learning more about the list of witnesses to be interviewed by the fbi in the probe of Brett Kavanaugh. Apparently neither judge kavanaugh nor his accuser Christine Blasey ford are on that list. The president continues to insist, though, the fbi has free reign to speak to whomever they choose while conducting this oneweek limited probe. But sources tell cnn the white House Counsel is working with the Senate Republicans behind the scenes to keep the i...

Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with the investigation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh, and questions about who is actually pulling the strings. The president continues to insist the fbi has free reign to speak to whoever they choose during this one week limited probe. Sources tell cnn the white House Counsel is working with Senate Republicans behind the scenes to keep the investigation narrow and to...

Now denying a new allegation of Sexual Misconduct. And the white house is standing by him, calling the allegation part of a Smear Campaign. Now, this comes as kavanaghs original accuser is set to tell her story before the Senate Judiciary committee on thursday. Christine blasey ford alleges kavanagh pinned her to a bed, tried to remove her clothes, and covered her mouth during a house party when they were both teenagers. Kavanagh denies that ever happened. More now from cnns jessica snyder. Repo...

Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts now. At 4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, thank you for being with us. Before he won the u. S. President ial election, donald trump promised to rip up the paris climate agreement. After he became president of the United States he aimed to made good on that promise announcing the u. S. Would back out of the international accord, but this morning that agreement, it is still alive and well. In poland, the delegates put it into action prompting a celebratory j...

Of staffs attempt at damage control after making a major admission about the ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Good to have you with us. So, time is running out for former u. S. Allies, the kurdishled syrian forces. A brokered ceasefire expires tuesday and turkey says its ready to relaunch its offensive unless kurdish fighters pull back from a socalled safe zone. And you can see that area shaded in green right here on the map. The kurds say they have evacuated the border t...

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Forces, especially in this part of the country. now, we havent reached anywhere near the front line at this point, but what weve seen in recent weeks is the russians are using their advantage in the number of artillery pieces just to pound cities like sievierodonetsk into dust to try to actually gain more ground. >> all right, ben, thank you for staying on top of that one for us. appreciate it. all right, russian president vladimir putin threatening to strike new targets if the united states s...

And the government is, once again, publicly considering easing restrictions. perhaps sensitive to some of the violent opposition weve seen elsewhere in europe to new lockdowns. but, of course, that might please some segments of the population, but that leaves doctors and nurses bracing for a fifth wave of covid before the 4th has even ended. rosemary? >> very sobering. ben wideman bringing us the latest from bucharest. appreciate it. and still to come here on "cnn newsroom," growing concerns f...

Restrictions and they are lashing out. well, cnn is following europes covid crisis across the continent. we want to bring in salma abdelaziz in austria and ben wideman who joins us from bucharest. welcome to you both. tough restrictions were put in place where you are. how are people responding to the restrictions across austria and, of course, elsewhere? >> reporter: rosemary, let me start by telling you where i am. im in one of viennas beloved christmas markets. as you can see behind me here...