On friday and the second person in the attack has not yet been named. Good morning. We are so grateful to have you with us here. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Nine people are dead after a plane went down in chamberlain, south dakota. Miraculously three survived the crash. It crashed in blizzardlike conditions after it took off and en route to idaho falls. The area was pummeled by a snowstorm at the time of the crash. Visibility under less than a mile. Snow falling at inch an hour according to National Weather service. The states Attorney Says there is a two children and the pilot are among the victims. She also praised First Responders there thanking their efforts which was heroic as she calls this extreme weather conditions which is really complicated the matter. We will update you nor with that story as we get more details, of course. The storm, of course, is creating havoc in south dakota. Its part of a same or the same system that is on illustrates mov
Us. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. This is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. Donald trump is escaping the impeachment frenzy in florida with a twoweek trip to florida. The president , his wife and their son arrive in florida on friday. Along the way, mr. Trump signed a bill creating the Newest Branch of the military, the u. S. Space force. Not everyone is happy about the president s vacation, meantime. White house aids are saying near concerned he might have too much unstructured time susceptible to influence from outside and tv news coverage. Staff for the key house committees are expected to work over the holiday recess, consulting with democratic leadership and prepping for a trial as early as the week of january 6th. But that depends on House Speaker nancy pelosi who says she wont send the articles of impeachment until the parameters of the trial are set. When they wrote the constitution, they suspected there would be a rog
It is all ahead here this hour. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im natalie alan live from atlanta where it is five in the morning. Thanks for being with us. This is cnn newsroom. And lets get started. The u. S. Capitol may be in christmas vacation mode. But white house lawyers and Top Democrats are busy working out the details of Donald Trumps trial in the senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is withholding the articles of impeachment until she is clear on how the trial will work. Meantime, the white House Counsel met friday with Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell to coordinate strategy. Cnns sarah murray has more about it. President trumps impeachment trial may be officially stalled. But behind the scenes, House Democrats are getting ready. Staff for the key house committees are expected to work over the holiday recess. Consulting with democratic leadership and prepping for a trial as early as the week of january 6th. But that depends on house Spe
Late last night. And he avoided a Government Shutdown by signing a 1. 4 trillion spending bill. The president may be officially on vacation, but his team will be prepping for the expected Senate Impeachment trial during this holiday break. And despite this volatile week during which the president was impeached, President Trump did accept an invitation from House Speaker nancy pelosi to give the state of the Union Address in early february. Cnn White House Reporter Sara Westwood joining us now from West Palm Beach, florida. President trump begins his holiday in impeachment limbo, but he is preparing for a senate trial that could happen in january. Thats right, amara and victor. That is something that he and his aides will be discussing over the course of the two weeks that hell be spending here in West Palm Beach because there are a lot of Unanswered Questions about what shape that defense will take heading into a impeachment trial that is expected to take place sometime in january. Sti
The lawmaker on break in the impeachment focus moving to 2020 and Speaker Pelosi said she wants assurance that the trial will be fair but a member of President Trumps legal team says its time for her to stop playing games. We will wait between the break obviously to see if nancy pelosi is pulling a stunt and we can get back on track and have a normal trial with house managers and go through the real motions in the real process that we did not see in the house. That will lead to the president s acquittal and dismissal of the two articles of impeachment. We have rich live inside the Convention Center where the president will be speaking. Good afternoon. 2000 Young Conservatives and truck supporters for the turning point annual summit in the president is supposed to be here in an hour in white house Officials Say he is expected to talk about the accomplishment over the past year and a very energetic crowd and we dont know what the president is going to say or how long when he starts to sp