impeachment hearings, just one day away. democrats and the white house laying groundwork to make their days. . breaking overnight, former president jimmy carter back in the hospital. we'll tell you what's ailing the 95-year-old. and the coldest temperatures of the season, bearing down on the east coast. hundreds of record lows could be shattered, from the deep south to new england. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, november 12th.

it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. it's 11:00 a.m. in jerusalem. we start with closed-door hearings, one more day until public testimony begins in the probe. aides describing with remarkable consistency, the white house acting directly on its own, to withhold $400 million in aid to ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the nothing and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security secretary john bolton over the ukraine policy. >> two officials say the aid was frozen after it was said in july. the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting

the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly onorter: christine an, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have the biggest hearing in years. two witnesses that are testifying, william taylor, the official top diplomat to ukraine right now, who has given explosive behind-the-door testimony. one democrat i was talking to said this is an individual, straight out of central casting. who you would expect as a diplomat. that's who democrats want on the stand. the strategy is not to unearth things we've not seen in the depositio depositions. we've had thousands of pages of depositions. they want to make clear to the public, that there's a narrative that lays together how probl

problemmatic that the u.s./ukraine policy was. that is the goal for democrats this week. republicans have made clear, they are coming to the hearings prepared. they have been preparing. trying to pick up holes they have seen in witness testimony. trying to make sure, that a lot of the witnesses, the three you're going to hear from, haven't gotten specific orders from president trump, related to things democrats allege he did. all of this is going to play out in public. one key thing to keep an eye on when the hearings launch, the start of them. it's not going to be a traditional hearing. it will be 14 minutes for each side. democrat and then republican. and likely, the top democrat and republican will yield to staff counsel. that means, it can be an explosive start to the hearings. more than two hearings, one on

send, one on friday, all next week. all of the things that people have been saying behind closed the doors, they're about to be live, on your tv screen. we'll see how things kick off on wednesday. >> you're watching history unfold. cnn has obtained the talking points ahead of the impeachment inquiry. according to the source close to the campaign, expect renewed attacks on the whistleblower and adam schiff and marie yovanovitch. and that rudy giuliani is considering launching an impeachment podcast. president trump's attorney was overheard discussing the plan at a new york city restaurant. and giuliani's spokesperson confirms it. a much more aggressive joe biden in the town hall in iowa.

the former vice president calling out elizabeth warren, saying she was in the wrong party's primary because he does not support medicare for all. >> what is elitist about medicare for all? >> the attitude that we know better of what is in people's interest. the attitude is elitist. people can't make up their own minds. where i come from, the last thing i liked was people telling my family and me, what we should know, what we should believe, as if somehow we weren't informed. because we didn't have money, we weren't knowledgeable. i resent that. and i wasn't talking about her. i was talking about the attitude, if you don't agree with me, get in ter o pahe othe. i'm more of a democrat than

anybody in this party. >> biden used his strongest on impeachment. suggesting that the senate could convict mr. trump. >> everybody says the house will indict, impeach, there's enough reason to go forward with the trial and the senate will never move. i don't buy that. i don't buy the senate can never move. if you're a republican and you live in a republican area and you have a republican representative and you think the president has violated the law and the republican senator does not have the courage to stand up, like howard baker and bill cohen and so many others did with nixon, you're going to let them know. elizabeth warren, she was campaigning in new hampshire. she was asked about the challenge of getting men to vote for a woman. >> how about we give them a tough, smart woman to vote for. if you have more ideas.

i was told what i needed to do was smile more. >> a new quinnipiac university poll, finds biden with a narrow lead for biden over warren. and sanders and buttigieg in a battle for second place. jimmy carter undergoing a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain. the former president was admitted to emory university last night. doctors say it's caused by bleeding from his two recent falls. the 39th and oldest president ever celebrated his 95th birthday last month. it appears science will no longer be a priority for the government when protecting public health. the epa plans to limit the science needed. it would require all scientists to expose raw data for the

agency to consider conclusions. the agency tells cnn they're committed to science transparency. they found that the epa exceeded its goals in the first two years of the trump administration. welcome to january in november. there's a record-breaking cold air mass. more than 300 record lows could be set or tied in the coming days. >> whoa. oh. hey. >> a big scare for passengers on american airlines flight landing in chicago and skidding off the runway as you can see. more than a thousand flights canceled at o'hare due to weather. the holdest air of the season so far will cover much of the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next two days.

here's pedram javaheri with the latest from the cnn weather center. >> good morning, guys. it's an impressive lineup of cold air over the next couple of days. in the plains, the wind chills are already bringing the temperatures down, to 6 below in chicago. 5 below in minneapolis. st. louis, colder than in february in some of these areas. in atlanta, new york city, washington, temps on the milder end. as tuesday afternoon builds, the arctic air will be felt across the region. another cold air in place that produces, snowshowers across the appalachians. and in portions of interior new england. notice the major metro cities of the northeast. just a little too warm beyond anything in the forecast. across the midwest, thousands of flights disrupted because of the cold air already in place.

afternoon highs in chicago, only up to 19 degrees. atlanta makes it up to the middle 40s by the afternoon hours. and notice where the front hasn't arrived, the 70s in the gulf coast. it's wednesday morning. temps down into the single digits from chicago into detroit. >> pedram, thank you for that. breaking overnight, israel takes down a senior jihadi leader. cnn is live on the israel/gaza border.

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breaking overnight, and israeli forces killing a senior jihad leader in gaza. that could ignite tensions in the region. dozens of rockeds towards israel. one barely missing several cars on the road. let's go to the border and bring in oren leibermann. what are you seeing? >> we're a couple of miles from the border here. we had to scramble to the bomb shelter near us a couple times over the last several hours. it looks like this will continue in the near future. this happened at 4:00 in the morning, when israeli military says it carried out a killing of a senior jihad leader. they said he was responsible for many of the rockets we've seen and planning attacks against israel, including some that were

so supposed to happen immediately. after that killing, gjihadistsh. some of them reaching 60, 70 clamors outside of xwgaza. israel says it's only islamic jihad behind the rocket fire, not hamas. an off-ramp, if israel are in any position to take that towards de-escalation. right now, it seems like that's not happening at the moment. this seems to be part of a wider operation, from israel, against jihad leaders. in syria, a state-run news agency reports an attack against a senior palestinian islamic jihad leader there. according to the state-run news

agency, he wasn't killed. his son was takilled in the attack. the military not comments on that attack. where does this go from here? the situation has been sense, as it has been for months. we wait to see developments and hear drones above our head monitoring the situation. >> population just waiting on another siren. oren lieberman. stay safe, my friend. "the wall street journal" reports google began working on project nighting gail with a hospital chain ascension. the project, project nighti inne looks at their names and dates of birth. according to the journal, 150 google employees have access to the records. neither patients or doctors were notified. that's okay, as long as the information is only used for

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impeachment hearings now just one day away. democrats and the white house laying groundwork to make their case. breaking overnight, former president jimmy carter back in the hospital. we'll tell you what's ailing the 95-year-old. and the coldest temperatures of the season bearing down on the east coast. hundreds of record lows could be

shattered from the deep south to new england. is it january in november? >> welcome to winter. >> it's nice here. it will be colder tomorrow. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 4:32 eastern time. we start with new transcripts from closed-door impeachment hearings released, one day before public testimony begins in the probe. military and diplomatic aides with consistency talking about ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the pentagon and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security secretary john bolton over the ukraine policy. >> two officials say the aid was

frozen after it was said in july. it is the argument of trump backers that the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have one of the biggest hearings that's happened in years, maybe in decades. the first public impeachment hearing related to donald trump. two witnesses that are testifying, william taylor, the official top diplomat to ukraine right now, who has given explosive behind-the-door testimony. we've seen the deposition, we've read through the key points. one democrat i was talking to said this is an individual, straight out of central casting. exactly who you would expect from a service officer to diplomat. that's who democrats want on the stand. the strategy is not to unearth

things we've not seen in the depositions. we've had thousands of pages of depositions. i think everybody's eyes are tired by now. they want to make clear to the public, that there's a narrative that threads together how problematic that the u.s./ukraine policy was. how the president and his team were exercising a shadow or rogue policy. that is the goal for democrats this week. republicans have made clear, they are coming to the hearings prepared. they have been preparing. poring through transcripts, i'm told, trying to pick up holes they've seen in witness testimony. trying to make sure, that a lot of the witnesses, the three you're going to hear from, haven't gotten specific orders from president trump, related to things democrats allege he did. all of this is going to play out in public. one key thing to keep an eye on when the hearings launch, the start of them. it's not going to be a traditional hearing. they won't be going member-by-member, five minutes at a time, people parading for

the camera, if you will. it will be 14 minutes for each side. democrat and then republican. and likely, the top democrat and republican will yield to staff counsel to ask the questions. that means, it can be an explosive start to the hearings. more than two hearings, one on wednesday, one on friday, all next week. all of the things that people have been saying behind closed the doors, they're about to be live, on your tv screen. we'll have to see how everybody prepares and how things kick off on wednesday. guys? >> should be interesting. cnn has obtained the talking points ahead of the impeachment inquiry. according to the source close to the campaign, expect renewed attacks on the whistleblower and house intel chairman, adam schiff and marie yovanovitch. along with claims that the entire process is a political stunt orchestrated by democrats. and with televised hearings about to begin, rudy giuliani, said to be launching an impeachment podcast. president trump's attorney was

overheard discussing the plan at a new york city restaurant. and giuliani's spokesperson confirms it. a much more aggressive joe biden on display last night at cnn's town hall in iowa. the former vice president calling out elizabeth warren, after he suggested she was running in the wrong party's primary because he opposes medicare for all. >> what is elitist about how she is pursuing medicare for all? >> the attitude that we know better of what is in people's interest. the attitude is elitist. people can't make up their own minds. where i come from, growing up in a middle-class neighborhood, the last thing i liked was people telling my family and me, what we should know, what we should believe, as if somehow we weren't informed. because we didn't have money, we weren't knowledgeable. i resent that. and i wasn't talking about her. i was talking about the

attitude that, if you don't agree with me, get in the other party. i'm more of a democrat than anybody in this party. >> biden used his strongest language to date on the impeachment of the president, even suggesting that the republican-led senate could convict mr. trump. >> everybody says the house will indict, impeach, there's enough reason to go forward with the trial and the senate will never move. i don't buy that. i don't buy the senate will never move. it depends on what their constituency says. if you're a republican and you live in a republican area and you have a republican representative and you think the president has violated the law and the republican senator does not have the courage to stand up, like howard baker and bill cohen and so many others did with nixon, you're going to let them know. you're going to let them know. and that's going to change their view. elizabeth warren, campaigning in new hampshire. she was asked about the challenge of getting men to vote

for a woman. >> how about we give them a tough, smart woman to vote for. if you have more ideas. i was told what i needed to do was smile more. >> a new quinnipiac university poll, finds biden with a narrow lead in new hampshire, with warren, buttigieg and bernie locked in a tight battle for second place. breaking overnight, jimmy carter is undergoing a procedure this morning to relieve pressure on his brain. the former president was admitted to emory university last night. doctors say it's caused by bleeding from his two recent falls in his plains, georgia, home. both incidents landed him in the hospital. the nation's 39th and oldest president ever celebrated his 95th birthday last month. welcome to january in november. a record-breaking cold air mass bearing down on the east coast.

300 record lows could be set or tied in the coming days. >> whoa. oh. hey. >> a big scare for passengers on american airlines flight landing in chicago and skidding off the runway. more than a thousand flights canceled at o'hare due to weather. and hundreds more are scratched for today. the coldest air of the season so far will cover much of the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next few days. here's pedram javaheri with the latest forecast from the cnn weather center. >> good morning, guys. it's an impressive lineup of cold air over the next couple of days. about 240 million people feeling subfreezing temperatures in the next few hours. this morning, 6 below in places

out of chicago. 3 below in omaha. minus 5 in minneapolis. an air temperature more in line with the heart of winter, say in february, than even the beginning of november. the trend here, pretty impressive to say the least. and notice the front. if it doesn't feel cold across your area, it will get there soon. the front pushes across this region. with it, gusty winds and windchills will drop down to subfree subfreezing, as well. atlanta, 25-degree temperatures expected on wednesday morning. houston, they were in the 80s a few days back. in chicago, ranging from 5 to 25 degrees, depending where you're tuned in from. and the trend continues over the next couple of days. we think upwards of 350 record temperatures could be set for much of this week across the eastern u.s. guys? >> all right. that's your weather. here's your business. the plan is t-mobile ceo is supposed to run the company when it merges with sprint. but he may be considering other

options. a source told cnn he is now in charge of weekwork. the company has been struggling after softbank bailing out the company. adam neumann was pushed out after controversy. he's been criticized after strange management techniques and accusations of self-dealing. legere's t-mobile has had its own issues. its merger with sprint has to get regulatoryapproval. it's facing a lawsuit from 15 states over antitrust concerns. the suit is expected to go to trial next month. legere is credited with transforming t-mobile from a struggling carrier to the fastest growing network in the country. breaking overnight, israel takes down a senior jihadi leader. dozens of rockets are flying into israel. cnn live at the israel/gaza

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all right. breaking overnight, israeli defense forces, killing a senior islamic jihad leader in gaza. that could ignite tensions. i want to bring in oren leibermann. i know he has been discussing with officials in his live shot. what's going on there? >> reporter: the idea of it is

trying to remove us from our location. we will move after we finish this broadcast. let me give you the latest on the update. i apologize. an idf soldier is putting his hand on our camera. an idf with his officers putting his hand on our camera, we're trying to broadcast the latest developments from -- the officer, now, is telling both soldiers he is not okay. and the soldiers are using violence against us, even as the soldier has told him we're okay to be live. we'll get back to you as soon as we can. >> all right. orren leibermann on the israeli/gaza border. we've been watching idf officials there. >> the signal is still up. the camera has not been shut off, despite the warnings of the troops there. let's see if oren is still with us and still safe. oren, can you hear us still? >> reporter: kill the camera.

>> reporte >> oren can't hear us. but the shot is still up. >> we've. broadcasting without incident already from there. and oren was ready to go to his live shot. and officials told him to move locations. he said he would as soon as he finished the live shot. they forced him from the scene. we're going to make sure everything is okay with oren and why they are removing our broadcast and get back to you on that. meanwhile, former bolivian president, evo moralmorales, afe was given political asylum. he says it will prevent what he calls blood and grief in the unrest following morales' resignation. a resignation, morales and his supporters called a coup. morales asking bolivians to take care of peace and not fall into

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today, the supreme court will hear arguments on president trump's decision to terminate daca. this group of dreamers and their supporters walking hundreds of miles to be outside the supreme court. inside, justices will be mulling the fate of the obama-era

program that protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants that came to the u.s. as children. the court handing down a decision in the heat of the 2020 election. jessica schneider with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, this could really be a brea make-or-break moment for the dreamers, who depend on daca to stay in this country and continue to work. the supreme court will hear arguments later this morning, whether the trump administration followed the proper procedure under federal law when it decided to end daca in september 2017. when that decision was made, several groups immediately went to court to challenge the winddown. and several federal judges at the time agreed in a the administration did not give an adequate explanation for ending the program and did not properly follow the acts. the program could not be terminated. it remains in effect now. for the past two years, these dreamers have had the protection

but lived in legal limbo while they waited for the supreme court to hear their case. if the justices, though, side with the administration in this case, the 700,000 dreamers will be at risk of being deported. today's arguments, they will be technical, all about the administrative procedure act. but hundreds of dreamers have come here to washington. they're going to stand outside the supreme court. and they are trying to get their message out, that this is a human issue. dave and christine? >> all right, jessica, thank you for that. southwest airlines apparently conducted thousands of flights without having full knowledge of the safety of their planes. according to documents just released by the senate commerce committee, southwest acquired 88 jets from foreign airlines. in may of last year, paperwork abnormalities and an audit revealed 360 major repairs had previously been made to the planes without the airline's

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in three months. on wall street, a mixed look right here. and markets closed mixed yesterday. the dow was up just barely enough to hit a record high. boeing drove the dow higher. shares of boeing were higher after it said it is possible it will deliver the 737 max to customers by tend of the end of year. the next big event for investors, president trump's speech at the economic club. a new force is awakening in the streaming wars. ♪ >> the dark side. >> all right. that's right. disney-plus launching today. the feature has movies such as "star wars" and "toy story." only $6.99 a month. disney is pushing into a crowded space. the streaming wars are not be cheap. disney will invest billions into this platform, hoping for consumers' attention and money. getting a lot of attention, the new series.

disney has been working on this for a couple of years. a lot of people say this will be bob iger's legacy if he gets this right. >> a pretty secure legacy. >> but this is quite a way -- >> "star wars" and streaming wars, should be entertaining. "early start continue" continue now. impeachment hearings just one day away. democrats and the white house laying groundwork to make their case. breaking overnight, former president jimmy carter back in the hospital. we'll tell you what's ailing the 95-year-old. and the coldest temperatures of the season bearing down on the east coast. hundreds of record lows could be shattered, from the deep south to new england. good morning. welcome to "early start." sorry if you're on a canceled flight yesterday. >> sorry if you're in nashville where it will be 8 at 5:00 a.m.

we start with the latest on impeachment. new transcripts from closed-door impeachment hearings, with one day until the public hearings begins in the probe. military and diplomatic aides with consistency talking about ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the pentagon and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security adviser, john bolton, over rudy giuliani's influence over ukraine policy. >> two officials say the aid was frozen soon after it was put on hold in july. that's earlier than previous known. ukraine's imagine undercuts the argument from trump backers that the aid could not be used as leverage. we learn that military support