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Members of congress are back in their districts this thanksgiving. the drama of the impeachment hearings is following them home. it's becoming a town hall topic for some house democrats as impeachment-related ads show up targeting vulnerable members in swing districts. on the senate side republicans up for re-election are strategizing with how to answer the impeachment question. we have cnn's phil mattingly joining us now. i think there are 23 republicans who are up. about 12 democrats up. who are the republican senators we should be paying attention to as we think about these impeachment hear...

Attorney. this question, this judge ruling that mcgahn has to testify, could this reverberate through this very high ukraine question, this impeachment question for the president? >> it could. it's a really stung opinion on this level. it rejects the theory that this administration has put out there that its witnesses are absolutely immune from testimony. the judge still leaves opened the possibility that witnesses might show up, which she has said that they have to do. and still have some privilege to exert. but, chris, you can imagine how powerful it would be to have witnesses testifying if ...

Judge has said don mcgahn and the president's aides don't enjoy absolute immunity, don't have to show up essentially. the administration has been arguing they don't have to show up to respond to these subpoenas. don mcgahn has been fighting the sympathy 7 months now. according to the judge's ruling, it goes without saying the law applies to former white house counsel don mcgahn just as it does to other current and senior white house officials. the implications are huge. if this ruling stands, don mcgahn is going to have to show up and provide some testimony to the house that has been requestin...

Warrant. jon: you saying minds have not been changed in the house on the impeachment question. that would leave it a democrat versus republican party line vote. that's not the way former impeachment votes have taken place. >> no, there have been people who crossed party lines for that. i don't know what that means if it is a straight party-line vote. go back to the 31 democrats we are talking about. it's november and the election is a year away. how much will this be remembered a year from now. if the economy is roaring? maybe that will determine it. if it's in the tank, maybe that will determ...

Yes for less. tonight, several major storms about to disrupt thanksgiving travel. this evening, the first storm already deadly. treacherous conditions. a 50-car pile-up. snow, wind, and freezing rain in the middle of the country, slamming the east next. then at least two major storms hitting next week. just in tonight, the moment of impact. the fiery train crash. the commuter train filled with passengers slamming into an rv, going up in flames. the major discovery tonight. the school shooting plot. police say the 13-year-old with a hand-drawn map of the school and a list of names and an ...