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This. lauren fox, cnn congressional reporter. cnn contributor michael deantonio who's written several books on donald trump and jennifer rogers, former federal prosecutoecuto prosecutor. thanks for being with us. and lauren, alaskan senator lisa murkowski is disturbed by the coordination between mitch mcconnell and the white house on the impeachment trial. what kind of pressure are moderate republicans like her under to go along with mcconnell, and how will the majority leader keep his party united in all of this? >> you have seen president trump, jessica, sort of tweeting about these moderate...

Newsroom. an avalanche at a ski resort in the swiss alps. cell phone video you see the beginning of the avalanche on a ski slope. six able to free themselves from the snow. helicopters brought in to rescue two people with minor injuries. rescue teams still searching that area for more skiers. it's about 70 miles south of zurich, switzerland. from the college admissions scandal to a high-profile kidnapping and celebrities in court, cnn's jean casarez is counting down the top nine crime stories of 2019. ♪ >> reporter: a celebrity hoax, a multi-millionaire suicide, a college admissions scanda...

Completely misunderstood, basic economics. the u.s. runs a big trade deficit with china but run as big trade deficit all over the world because we spend so much and because we have tax cuts and the tax cuts that give americans and businesses money to spend so we spend more than we produce and run trade deficits. then trump says that's because others are cheating on us. it's just we're spending a lot. kind of an economic illiterate but it ends up resulting in silly policies he has to suspend. >> i want to talk about your op-ed for cnn.com, too. in that op-ed you suggest the president is intenti...

Information, the articles over. >> cnn the sara westwood standing by. trump staffers are anxious how to use the unstructured time in florida. appears concerns warranted with a twitter rant this morning bhan are you hearing? >> reporter: right, jessica. so far seems like president trump is using at least some of his time to demonstrate how agitated he is about the uncertainty surrounding his senate trial. he is clearly eager for his symbolic day in court. while president trump is in-patient for this to get started senate majority leader mitch mcconnell still signaling he is not eager to get thi...

- even our competitors - so you can be confident you're getting the right flight at the best price. kayak. search one and done. they have already spent a combined $200 million in their quest to win the white house and not a get vote cast. talking michael bloomberg and tom steyer, billionaires who jumped into the 2020 race long after many better known politicians, in a year of big money and progressive democrats. will their investment pay off? cnn political commentator and "washington post" columnist who's with us. great to see you.