Republicans have said a lot of what theyre hearing is repetitive, but at least one admits some of this is fresh. Senator john kennedy of louisiana telling the New York Times ive learned a lot, everybody has, senators didnt know the case, they really didnt. We didnt stay glued to the television. We havent read the transcripts. Democrats not shying away from a topic republicans have tried to use against them. House managers repeatedly mentioned Hunter Bidens position on the board of the Ukrainian Energy company at the heart of gop conspiracy theories. Democrats also displayed elaborate exhibits throughout the day. Judiciary chairman jerry nadler using a 1999 clip of Lindsey Graham to make the case an actual crime is not required for impeachment. At the time graham was a house manager in the clinton impeachment trial. Its a high crime how about if an important person hurt someone of low means . Its not very scholarly, but i think its the truth. I think thats what they meant by high crimes. It doesnt have to be a crime, its just when you start using your office and youre acting in a way that hurts people. Youve committed a high crime. Senator graham was not in the chamber yesterday when that clip was being played. Now cnn has learned the president s allies are lobbying behind the scenes. They are pushing wavering republican senators to oppose any witnesses. That push coming not only from capitol hill but also identifying people back home the senators trust and getting them to call and push the senators. Democrats have 7 hours, 53 minutes left to open their case. Today theyll move onto article 2, obstruction of congress. Senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny has more. Reporter christine and laura, democratic impeachment managers begin making their last case in their opening arguments against President Trump. It was after a long day on thursday about going after abuse of power which is laid out in the article 1 impeachment. Now, throughout the day the democratic managers led by chairman adam schiff made the case that President Trump is an ongoing threat to the nation. It was no mistake, they argue, withholding that political aid from ukraine. And they listed through a crinology of events spanning over the months throughout the summer and fall a series of bad judgments and also intentional bad behavior. But it was at the end of a long day of trial of senators, all of them were sitting in their seats when chairman schiff implored them to do whats right and said this. You know you cant trust this president to do whats right for this country, you can trust he will do whats right for donald trump. Hell do it now. Hes done it before. Hell do it for the next several months. Hell do it in the election if hes allowed to. This is why if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed. Because right matters. Because right matters, and the truth matters. Otherwise we are lost. Reporter so those powerful words certainly hung hefbopy in the chamber, out bits unclear if republicans enough will join democrats to call for new witnesses or new evidence. Certainly no one is showing their hands to that point. But the final day today for the democratic managers to make their case. The president s lawyers begin making their case in a shorter session on saturday. Christine and laura . Jeff zeleny in washington. Thank you so much. Meantime President Trumps legal team was gearing up to present their defense suggesting they wont even need the allotted three days to do it. Were going to use a sufficient amount of time to not only defend our case and point out the inconsistencies of their case. Were going to do it it in an appropriate manner. Were not going to try to run the clock out. A growing number of republican senators are poircpo President Trumps threat to invoke executive privilege. That could bode well for majority leader Mitch Mcconnells goal of a swift conclusion to the Senate Impeachment trial. Four gop senators who could force the chamber to call witnesses, well, theyre not saying much at all right now. Theyre mostly waiting for kms to finish their opening arguments before committing to a vote which could come as early as next week. And chinese officials plan to ramp up their efforts to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus by building a dedicated pneumonia hospital in wuhan by the middle of next week. Much like the one built during the 2003 sars outbreak. Dozens have died in china, and nearly 850 people have been infected worldwide. But the World Health Organization says coronavirus hasnt spread enough overseas for it to be considered a Global Health emergency. Cnns david colver is live for us in beijing for us. What are officials saying now . Its 850 people. Its incredible. Reporter right, it is incredible, laura. And chinese officials are contributing a lot of their information, were told, to the World Health Organization. But the w. H. O. , while they believe it does transmit human to human and thats something we learned from chinese officials earlier this week, they say they dont have enough information quite yet how readily infectious this is. But nonetheless they are still moving forward with investigating this. And the cdc of course handling that within the u. S. Itself. Now, here in china the biggest concern is surfacing on social media. Its this desperation were seeing out of wuhan. We left more than 24 hours now, but our contacts there have confirmed that narrative to us. You see that overflow at hospitals, influx of patients and really lack of ability to provide the proper care turning some people with fevers even away. Cnn has gained a few videos that we want to share with you from chinese social media. We havent independently confirmed these and verified them but our producers did go through and look at the images and dialects and they seem to be genuine. They show everything from tents being setup as makeshift hospital rooms to accommodate the surge of people. They show a woman as you may have heard there shouting towards a line of patients trying to get tested and telling them as best as she could to keep quiet and to not be nervous. Thats quite difficult in those situations. And this view from one patient in their hospital bed looking out and imagine seeing this, your hospital staff and the medical workers who are supposed to be assisting you and attending to you covered in hazmat suits. Thats what theyre wearing to protect themselves for obvious reasons. Now, this is something, laura, that has been echoed across china right now and growing concern out of how things are being handled within what is the partial lock downed city of wuhan. Hazmat suits are a little disturbing for anybody who is there. We should mention the centers for Disease Control has now increased travel precautions for wuhan to the highest possible level. David, thank you so much for being there for us. It has been delayed twice already. Now the president s middle east peace plan will go public as leaders battling to be israels leader head to washington. Cnn is live in jerusalem. Cdc guidance recommends topical pain relievers first. Like salonpas patch large. Its powerful, fdaapproved to relieve moderate pain for up to 12 hours, yet nonaddictive and gentle on the body. Salonpas. Its good medicine. Hisamitsu. Because its tailored to you . Take the personal assessment and get matched with a proven weight loss plan. Find out which customized plan can make losing weight easier for you myww join for less than a 1 a day. And you know what they isay about curiosity. Itll ruin your house. So get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like meow. 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President trump has dangled more tax cuts before. His 2017 tax package slashed Corporate Tax rates. Those cuts were permanent for corporations, telephoneerary for the middle class. That tax law and a huge twoyear spending bill have swelled the federal budget deficit despite Trumps Campaign promise to shrink or even eliminate the deficit. Its an unusual situation. Usualhy the deficit widens in economic down turns, but the u. S. Economy is expanding. The president said in his second term hes open to cutting federal entitlements to reduce the deficit despite his Campaign Promise to protect medicare and Social Security. In 2016 President Trump said he wouldnt have to touch Social Security because his plan to boost the economy by at least 4 Economic Growth would take care of entitlements and longterm problems. The economy is growing at half the pace promised by the president. Powerful testimony in the harvey wine stein Sexual Assault trial. Actress anabella sciorra describing in terrifying detail how he barged in her apartment and raped her. Telling the court weinstein gave her a ride home and later forced his way in the home. She says she tried to run into a bathroom, but, quote, he kept coming at me. I felt overpowered because he was very big. The actress went onto describe how she ickicked and punched weinstein trying to fight him off until he held her arms above her head on the bed and raped her. Sciorra telling the court she confronted weinstein about the attack at a dinner weeks later and he said, quote, thats what all the nice catholic girls say, this remains between you and i. Weinsteins lawyers played a video of sciorra telling David Letterman in 1997 she has a, quote, Bad Reputation for lying to the press. Sciorras encounter with inweinstein happened too long to be charged, but prosecutors are using her testimony to establish a pattern of behavior. 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Even those generally supportive of a u. S. Led Peace Process are deeply, deeply skeptical of the intent of putting out this plan now. Twice the administration held this now to put it right before this election seems to be an indication the Trump Administration has gone all out for netanyahu. It looked like the administration backed away from netanyahu before the last election, but now it seems someone in the Trump Administration whether its trump himself, jared kushner, secretary of state mike pompeo or ambassador David Freeman decided netanyahu is the way they want to go. Netanyahu he was trumps loudest international cheerleader, has cheered every trump move and pushed other World Leaders to do the same and never once criticized trump. Meanwhile it puts nettanyahus rival and now he basically has to decide whether hes going to commit to the peace plan which seems to mean throwing some weight behind netanyahu. Where is this process going . Well, it could be a trump green light for annexation for some parts of the west bank by netanyahu. As for the palestinians theyre almost sure to reject this. It will likely tick all of the boxes and then some and few of the palestinian balks. All right, an upset down under. Serena williams losing in her third round match of the Australian Open. Serenas quest for grand slam title number 24, it continues. Thats the number she needs to tie for the most alltime. And serena didnt have it in this match against chinas qiang wang. Serena went for the third set but would end up losing. And she now hasnt won a slam since winning the Australian Open back in 2017. I was optimistic i would be able to win. I thought, okay, now ill finish this off. I honestly didnt think i was going to lose that match. Honestly if we were just honest with ourselves its all on my shoulders. I lost that match. I cant play like that. I literally cant do that again. Its unprofessional and not cool. The main event of the day at the tournament was defending champion naomi osaka taking on 15yearold coco gauff, but a different result this time. Coco dominating the match winni winning 63, 64 and she now moves onto the next round and even coco cant believe how far shes come. Oh, my gosh, two years ago i lost first round in juniors and now im here. This is crazy. The starters for this years allstar game in chicago lebron once again getting the most votes. Theyll draft the teams on february 6th on inside the nba. Hes a starting and lebrons teammate Anthony Davis also in the starting lineup. Its going to be a special game for him since hes from chicago. And check out the hawks trey young when he found he was an allstar for the very first time. He broke down with emotion. Definitely a special moment to share right there with his mom. Finally the pro bowl is this weekend and one of those fun parts of the week has become the dodge ball challenge. 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