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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 M...

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And there was a connection somehow. >> i knew there were kids out there that could use the help. and i'm healthy and had the means to be able to donate. >> reporter: that mystery donor? broomfield, colorado, police officer carolyn becker. >> we're never off duty. whether i'm wearing my uniform or not, if i see somebody in need, i'm going to help. that was true in this case too. i saw an opportunity to help somebody. >> reporter: you knew you could save a life? >> yeah. >> reporter: doctors removed a portion of becker's liver and transplanted it into clyde. his improvement, almost immediate. >>...

The hoffmans were saddled with huge medical bills. >> i knew there was more i could do to help. thank you. that will be so helpful for him. thanks. i decided to stand on the side of the road with a sign much like panhandling. thank you. >> what a wonderful thing you're doing. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> reporter: raising more than $10,000 one donation at a time. >> this is a ea-68 prowler. >> reporter: so when clyde and officer becker finally met more than a year after the surgery, the hoffmans had a lot to be thankful for. >> hard to have words for all of it. i think that's why the fi...

Family and enjoy your life. and that's your christmas reality check. >> can i just say, if you had told me that your christmas gift to america was going to be sticking up for butter, i would have said never. butter, misunderstood historically. >> misunderstood butter. >> what about butter, john avalon asks. >> who will speak out for butter? i will. >> you. >> that was beautiful. can't wait for that reality check. so a denver area police officer already went beyond the call of duty. way beyond by donating part of her liver to an ailing boy. then she took things one step further to help his fa...