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Schools closed. officials looking for the person or persons who sabotaged the infrastructure there. the mayor john strictland will join me with the latest details. we begin with georgia senate runoff. cnn correspondent dianne gallagher is in a polling site in fulton county, georgia. so polls open for about three hours now. what is the turnout look like where you are? >> reporter: so, you can't tell because there are no long lines behind me. but, look, that is a good thing for voters. the georgia secretary of state office unofficially estimated that at least a quarter million of people have cas...

Floor saying this should be a swift process. they want to get this nomination through fairly quickly. talk to me about what you're hearing on the hill today. >> yeah. speed is going to be paramount here. that's what we've heard from multiple senators in this process as it begins in earnest. the thing that struck me yesterday when i was huddling with other reporters and judiciary chair dick durbin, until they have a nominee they can't set any specific timeline so the idea that they want to go quickly is the only time metric we have. durbin stressed the relationship and long-standing relationshi...

That goes along with this announcement is likely to happen today, that's the expectation. again, we put in the caution because of world events, the president's time is divided with that. but it is important to try to get this done, he did meet his commitment of saying he would make a selection during the month of february and now the judiciary committee wants to see a swift process and we have heard from different members, the chairman dick durbin is saying he wants to see conversation before april and it goes to the full senate for a vote, the vetting process has been already done. she previo...

Time this morning. >> good morning, jim. good morning, poppy. >> you were in the room for fiona hill's testimony and other officials testifying. have you heard evidence to this point that would support articles of impeachment against this president? >> yes, jim. we have. but the president's going to get a fair process. it will be a swift process, but we'll continue to do our work. and just so your viewers understand, essentially a tip was placed through the whistle-blower tip line that, you know, the president was engaged in this extortion scheme with the ukrainians and that a cover-up was und...

>> wolf, we'll do this on our timetable. not the accused's timetable. and the president has a legal obligation to comply. we're going to seek their compliance. but we have a confession from the president. we have cooperating witnesses and text messages turned over yesterday from a former u.s. ambassador. we're going to give this president a fair process but it is also a swift process and we're not going to let him continue to on trukt us and prevent us from getting to the bottom of this. >> don't you think that holding a formal vote and getting the 218 vote majority would bolter your legal aut...