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Atonic energy agency if they would validate any of these claims. lawrence: why are they targeting these nuclear facilities? whats the end goal there? >> we really dont know for certain. clearly, theyve been targeting important infrastructure in the country trying to see the control. and other nuclear power plants is to control the power of the country nuclear provides 5% of the electricity to ukraine. so thats clearly a strategic asset to control if youre trying to cease the country. i dont thin...

Would validate any of these claims. lawrence: why are they targeting these nuclear facilities? whats the end goal there? >> we really dont know for certain. clearly, theyve been targeting important infrastructure in the country trying to see the control. and other nuclear power plants is to control the power of the country nuclear provides 5% of the electricity to ukraine. so thats clearly a strategic asset to control if youre trying to cease the country. i dont think russia counted on the towns...

Atonic energy agency if they would validate any of these claims. lawrence: why are they targeting these nuclear facilities? whats the end goal there? >> we really dont know for certain. clearly, theyve been targeting important infrastructure in the country trying to see the control. and other nuclear power plants is to control the power of the country nuclear provides 5% of the electricity to ukraine. so thats clearly a strategic asset to control if youre trying to cease the country. i dont thin...

Number five. r&b artist r. kellys world came tumbling down this year as criminal charges piled up. his is facing indictments in illinois, new york and minnesota on charges that include recruiting women for sex and buying back tapes that purport to the show him having sex with underaged girls. kelly pleaded not guilty and passionately proclaimed innocence to cbss gayle king. >> i didnt do this stuff! this is not me! im fighting for my [ bleep ] life. >> kellys trial in chicago and new york are se...

>> democrats are hoping to vote on formal articles of impeachment before the holidays. they dont plan to make robert muellers report central to their investigation. muellers reports misconduct were widely panned for turning into a circus. impeachment requires a majority of the white house. removal from office requires two-thirds of the senate, which is controlled by the gop. and president trump responded angrily about the whistleblower complaint. he said whoever spoke to the whistleblower is...

Lot of questions. the director of intelligence was on capitol hill for fierce questioning for thursday. he defended not only his handling of the complaint, but also the whistleblower. and said the whistleblower followed that complaint to get that tape into the right hands. if he is allowed to, that could be the next step in what has officially become an impeachment inquiry. christine and dave. >> great reporting, jessica. thank you. as for the next steps, speaker pelosi has assigned the house in...

Information? thats close to a spy. you know what we would do to spies in the old days? we would handle it differently than we do now. >> cnn has learned that inside the white house, some are second-guessing if decision to release the whistleblower complaint and the call summary. phil scott and charlie baker, among republicans in congress, criticism of the president and support for impeachment in rare. the party strategy is trying to discredit the whistleblower. >> what in this case rises to im...

On capitol hill for fierce questioning for thursday. he defended not only his happen handling of the complaint, but also the whistleblower. and said the whistleblower followed that complaint to get that tape into the right hands. if he is allowed to, that could be the next step in what has officially become an impeachment inquiry. christine and dave. >> as for the next steps, speaker pelosi has assigned the house intel committee to take the lead on the impeachment inquiry. the probe will focus o...

Contain the damage he was doing. giuliani claims the state department reached out to him first, a claim that cnn has not been able to verify. "the new york times" reports that mike pompeo is frustrated with giuliani. this is his response. >> im a legitimate whistleblower. i have uncovered corruption that this washington swamp has been covering up effectively for years. and his state department, you know, asked me to do this. mike, if youre unhappy with me, im sorry. but i accomplished my mission...

President at his several day of u.n. visits, how do you think ally, adversaries are watching this chapter in the trump presidency? >> yeah, its a great question. look, there was -- president trump did have reason to be a little suspicious about transcripts or records of his calls coming out, even aside from whether he had committed some sort of an abuse in a conversation. remember early on, of course, his phone conversation with the leaders of mexico and australia both leaked to "the washington ...