i did say to him, ambassador sondland, i think this is all going to blow up, and here we are. >> the last scheduled impeachment witness has spoken, leaving house democrats with some decisions to make. he wants a trial in the senate. >> the trump white house defiant in the face of possible impeachment. china's president xi talking tough. new comments about his trade war with president trump. mayday, mayday, mayday -- >> a scare in the sky as passengers see flames shoot from a jet engine in mid flight.

welcome to our viewers around the world and in the u.s. this is "early start." >> we start in the nation's capital this morning. democrats moving full speed into the next phase of impeeachment proceedings. house leaders say they are undeterred by the white house blocking key documents and testimony from firsthand witnesses. democrats could fight for court records, compelling testimony from mick mulvaney, mike pompeo, and former national security adviser, john bolton, or proceed with evidence they have. house speaker nancy pelosi making her choice clear yesterday. >> we're not going to wait until the courts decide. we can't wait for that. it's a technique. it's obstruction of justice. >> democrats say they have the

evidence they need to build a solid case to impeach the president on obstruction. two final building blocks came yesterday. the testimony of david holmes who overheard that call between the president and e.u. ambassador gordon sondland. here's phil mattingly. >> reporter: the lawmakers that had seen fiona hill's hearing, knew what they were bringing. that wasn't necessarily the case for everybody else, who got to see an individual who knew her subject matter, who was keenly aware of everything going on around her and had sharp criticisms, not just for the republicans on the committee of jurisdiction, the republicans who had pushed the idea that ukrainians had meddled in the election, but also for the

ukrainians he served, especially when it became an irregular channel, a channel that was led by gordon sondland, who was operating out of normal lines when it came to ukraine policy within the united states. >> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. i said this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> reporter: strong words. concise words for a problem that the democrats have been investigating for a series of weeks. that investigation is going to ramp up going forward. they're done with the hearing phase. now, comes the writing phase. staff will be drafting a report, in which point they will transmit that report to a judiciary committee where articles of impeachment will be drafted. at this point in time, just about everybody involved with this acknowledges that impeachment is coming. there will be articles of impeachment. there will be a house floor vote to impeach the president of the united states. that's a foregone conclusional this point. and democrats aren't waiting.

they are moving over the next couple weeks to do this and move for a vote as early as christmas. the republicans make clear throughout the process, i've seen a number of republicans, they do not expect to lose any republicans. democrats, republicans, very firm in their positions right now. moving forward, very much diverging on how they move through this process. one tells cnn, the testimony from pompeo, bolton or mulvaney would change things. they believe a senate trial would work in the president's favor. >> he wants a trial in the senate. he wants to bring up witnesses like adam schiff, like the whistleblower, like hunter biden. like joe biden. he says if the house moves forward with this sham and they continue to push the fake, illegitimate proceedings on to

the american people, he wants it to go to the senate and he wants a trial. >> more from cnn's pamela brown at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. the last two witnesses' testimony wasn't damaging to the president. and they're looking forward to the senate trial. sources at the white house claim that a senate trial could be good for the president as they make their case. as one senior white house official told me, have an opportunity to take down the democrats' weak case, as this official put it. in fact, the white house had several republican lawmakers come over and meet with the white house counsel and game out what a senate trial might look like. i'm told through sources that white house officials have made clear they do not want a long, drawn-out senate trial. at the same time, if it goes there, they want to make sure that the process is thorough enough so it doesn't give democrats om ni s ammunition to process is flawed, as the white

house and the republican vs hav been complaining about. there was talk about whether the whistleblower should be subpoenaed. republican lawmakers said there shouldn't be focus on the whistleblower. the whistleblower should not be compelled to testify. a lot is under discussion. options have not been taken off the table yet. and there's a way to go until this happens. and the wild card is the president himself, who will ultimately come up with his own defense. and he hosted republican lawmakers for lunch at the white house, as well as those who have been critical of him, like mitt romney. but lawmakers say that while impeachment did come up during that lunch, that the president wasn't trying to putter up lawmakers in their votes, if this goes to a senate trial. dave and christine? >> pamela brown, thank you.

new fuel by president trump against his allies. a former fbi lawyer, accused of altering a document, connected to robert mueller's russia investigation. sources briefed on the matter, says the document was part of the package that was used to get a warrant for former campaign adviser carter page. the probe by the internal watchdog, likely to fuel claims of wrongdoing by the fbi, when it investigates russian meddling and the campaign. xi jingping says that china wants to work out a phase one deal with the u.s. but china is not afraid of a trade war. when necessary, we will fight back. we have been working actively to not to have a trade war. time is running out. on a american side, a source familiar with the state of play, says there's two options on the

table. first option, is more tariffs next month or to defend american workers from chinese aggression. the second option is a minideal. the deal was not skinny. but anorexic. this deal involves more access to chinese financial markets in exchange for rolling back tariffs and cancelling tariffs scheduled for december. the president believes there's room to stand tough on china, because stocks have been resilient since the trade war. since the president first announced the first tariffs on steel and aluminum, is dow is up 12.8%, the s&p 500, 15.9%, and the nasdaq 18.4%. amid all of the tariffs, the stock market has been resilient. >> are the markets baking in a deal? >> from time to time they have.

but they baked in real reform from a little symbolic deal to maybe not having a new tariff in december. they've been processing a different set of factors, which is why it's interesting that official yesterday was saying that, look, there's only two options on the table. either the president sticks to his guns and puts more tariffs on and we keep going, or there's some skinny deal that is what the chinese and wall street wants. >> no structural changes in that one. it may be the last thing you want to see from an airline seat. >> i've never seen that before. >> more from this frightening flight, next.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing charges in three separate corruption cases. it's the first time in israel's history that a sitting prime minister has been indicted in investigations. he calls the charges against him an attempted coup. paula newton is live in jerusalem with the latest. paula? >> reporter: good morning, christine. those charges are serious. but the stakes are also high. this is a country, christine, think about it, without a government right now. we'll get to that in a minute. i want to discuss the charges. serious kacharges. fraud, breach of trust, and bribery. this prime minister is protected because he is the prime minister. it gives him a little immunity.

i'll get back to that issue in a moment. in terms of the prime minister himself, as you said, he is accused and denies the allegations of influence peddling. he, himself, gave official favors as prime minister, in exchange for good press coverage. and more than that, the allegations that he took hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of gifts. at issue here, though, is whether or not he should step down. his political rivals say it's time for him to do that. he was echoing the language from trump there. this is an attempted coup. they are trying to get me to step down. and beyond, that saying that the investigators need to be investigated. he goes on and says this has been a long, simmering witch hunt. at issue is no government here in place right now, that leaves everything in limbo, including the charges. a lot at stake, christine. this country is seeing if they get to new elections in the new

year, which may take until that time until we know netanyahu's fate. >> paula, thank you for that. a frightening moment aboard this flight from los angeles to the philippines when an engine caught fire. >> mayday, mayday, mayday -- >> that was the call from the cockpit. this was the view from the cabin, flames shooting from the wing. >> there's fire out of there. i've never seen that before. that doesn't sound good. >> people were panicking, smoke, firing coming out of the right engine. g the faa was able to turn back and land at l.a.x. without injuries or incident, other than blowing some tires and scaring some passengers. vaping and its health risks will be the subject of a white house meeting today. president trump will host a

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police arresting an 18-year-old freshman at syracuse university in connection with graffiti that supported student protests. the protests of two weeks of race relations on campus ended after the chancellor agreed to meet students' demands. they wanted better diversity and inclusion programs on campus. the chancellor says 12 cases of racist and anti-semitic graffiti have been found on or near the

syracuse campus. the police are investigating four cases. four students were suspended for a verbal attack on an african-american student last week. he said that material was sent to students by air drop was probably a hoax. president trump awarded the national medal of arts and humanities to eight recipients to trump supporter, jon voight. that's voight playing a hustler in "midnight cowboy." other honores include alison krauss and james patterson. the british band coldplay is holding off on touring its new album until it can figure out how to make concerts environm t environmentally friendly.

front man chris martin telling the bbc the band wants to take time over the next year or two to find out how tours can be sustainable and actively beneficial. he acknowledged that flying is the biggest problem and would be kiss disappointed if the tour wasn't carbon-neutral. he wanted to have a show with no single-use plastic and would like it to be solar power. >> would like to know the carbon footprint for a concert. >> massive. football, the battle for the afc south. the texans defeated the colts 20-17. texas quarterback deshaun watson hooking up with deandre hopkins on two, long touchdowns. with the win, houston takes the lead in the division at 7-4. colts are a game behind at 6-5. all of the scheduled witnesses have testified in the impeachment hearings. hear what democrats and the white house have to say about the next steps, after this. ave w customers to care for

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i did say to him, ambassador sondland, i think this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> the last scheduled impeachment witness has spoken, leaving house democrats with some decisions to make. he wants a trial in the senate. >> the trump white house defiant in the face of possible impeachment. joe biden and elizabeth

warren both interrupted by protesters on the campaign trail. mayday, mayday, mayday -- >> a scare in the sky as passengers see flames shoot from a jet engine in mid flight. welcome back to "early start." happy friday, everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> it is friday. we made it. i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour here in new york. democrats moving full speed into the next phase of impeachment proceedings, after hearing the last of the planned public testimony. house leaders say they are undeterred by the white house blocking key documents and testimony from firsthand witnesses. democrats could fight for court orders, compelling testimony from white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, secretary of state mike pompeo or former national security adviser, john bolton, or proceed with evidence they have. house speaker nancy pelosi making her choice clear yesterday. >> we're not going to wait until the courts decide. we can't wait for that. again, it's a technique. it's obstruction of justice. obstruction of congress.

>> democrats say they have the evidence they need to build a solid case to impeach the president for abuse of power, extortion, and obstruction. two final building blocks came yesterday. the testimony of u.s.-ukrainiai embassy david holmes who overheard that call between the president and e.u. ambassador gordon sondland. here's phil mattingly. >> reporter: the lawmakers that had seen fiona hill's deposition knew what they were bringing. that wasn't necessarily the case for everybody else, who got to see an individual who knew her subject matter, who was keenly aware of everything going on around her and had some sharp criticisms, not just for the republicans on the committee of jurisdiction, the republicans who had pushed the idea that

ukrainians had meddled in the 2016 election, but also for the ukrainians he served, especially when it became an irregular channel, a channel of individuals who were led by e.u. ambassador gordon sondland who appeared to be operating outside of the normal lines when it came to ukraine policy within the united states. >> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. i said this to ambassador sondland, gordon, this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> reporter: strong words. concise words for a problem that the democrats have been investigating for a series of weeks. that investigation is going to ramp up going forward. they're done with the hearing phase. now, comes the writing phase. over thanksgiving week, staff will be drafting a report, in which point they will transmit that report to a judiciary committee where articles of impeachment will be drafted. here's what we know for a fact -- at this point in time, just about everybody involved with this acknowledges that impeachment is coming. there will be articles of impeachment. there will be a house floor vote to impeach the president of the united states.

that seems to be a foregone conclusion at this point. and democrats aren't waiting. they are moving over the next couple weeks to do this and move for a vote as early as christmas. this is happening, in other words. where do republicans stand on all this? the republicans make clear throughout the process, i've seen a number of republicans, they do not expect to lose any republicans. democrats, republicans, very firm in their positions right now. moving forward, very much diverging on how they move through this process. guys? >> thanks, phil. one tells cnn, the testimony from pompeo, bolton or mulvaney would change things. but the white house says they believe a senate trial would work in the president's favor. >> he wants a trial in the senate. he wants to bring up witnesses like adam schiff, like the whistleblower, like hunter

biden, like joe biden. he says if the house moves forward with this sham and they continue to push the fake, illegitimate proceedings on to the american people, he wants it to go to the senate and he wants a trial. >> more from cnn's pamela brown at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. here at the white house, officials are claiming that the last two witnesses' testimony wasn't damaging to the president. and they're looking forward to the potential senate trial. sources at the white house claim that a senate trial could be good for the president as they make their case. as one senior white house official told me, have an opportunity to take down the democrats' weak case, as this official put it. in fact, the white house had several republican lawmakers come over and meet with the white house counsel and game out what a senate trial might look like. i'm told through sources that white house officials have made clear they do not want a long,

drawn-out senate trial. at the same time, if it goes there, they want to make sure that the process is thorough enough so it doesn't give democrats ammunition to say the process is flawed, as the white house and the republicans have been complaining about. also, the whistleblower came up, as well. there was talk about whether the whistleblower should be subpoenaed. republican lawmakers said there shouldn't be focus on the whistleblower. the whistleblower should not be compelled to testify. a lot is under discussion. options have not been taken off the table yet. and there's a way to go until this happens. and the wild card is the president himself, who will ultimately come up with his own defense. and he hosted republican lawmakers for lunch at the white house, as well as those who have been critical of him, like mitt romney. but lawmakers say that while impeachment did come up during that lunch, that the president wasn't trying to butter up lawmakers in their votes, if

this goes to a senate trial. dave and christine? >> pamela brown, thank you. new fuel by president trump against his allies. a former fbi lawyer, accused of altering a document, connected to robert mueller's russia investigation. sources briefed on the matter, says the document was part of the package that was used to get a warrant for former campaign adviser carter page. the probe by the internal watchdog, likely to fuel claims of wrongdoing by the fbi, when it investigates russian meddling and the campaign. the window is closing for congress to approve the north america trail deal before the year ends. last year, nancy pelosi said lawmakers were in a good place. yesterday, that optimism seemed to fade. >> i'm not sure if we came to an agreement today that would be enough time to finish. that depends on how much

agreement we come to. > >> pelosi had a meeting for that deal. congre congressman neil said he was going to talk to the trade ambassador again. the clock is ticking. thursday was the last day before thanksgiving break for the house. there's only eight official working days left this year. ahead, two 2020 candidates confronted by protesters on the campaign trail. you'll see how both dealt with the situation, next.

two 2020 democrat presidential kacandidates had t pivot and deal with protesters on thursday. joe biden was interrupted while speaking last night in greenwood, south carolina. the group is chanting not one more deportation. those protesters angry about obama-era deportations. here's how biden dealt with it. >> it should be report reported. >> the two were talking off-mic.

it got to this before biden waived off a security guard. >> we know protections under my -- let him go. >> biden defended obama's record on immigration. senator elizabeth warren was interrupted last night during the first minutes of her speech in atlanta. listen. protesters there saying our voice, our choice. they want to end funding for charter schools. the crowd then turned in warren's favor. the crowd chanting, let her speak. moments later, she did, acknowledging the activists. >> i love you. let's talk about fighters and fighters in history.

because the lessons of history will live in every part of my presidency. and i will ask you to hold me accountable for those lessons every, single day. >> warren continues her speech which focused on civil rights. kamala harris speaking on "the late show with stephen colbert." here's some of what they talked about. >> the news just break. some people don't know about this. lindsey graham is launching a proep of the bidens' burisma and ukraine. first question, what the hell? >> yeah. >> you're on judiciary with him. >> yeah. >> what do you make of this? >> it's the same thing they've been doing. to create a big distraction from the facts a s in evidence. my perspective is leave joe alone. just leave him alone.

leave him alone. this has been -- we know them every day, from thank god, open to the public hearings that we've been witnessing. the burisma, the biden probe, it's a bunch of b.s. >> senate judiciary committee lindsey graham is asking for documents related to the former vice president's communications with ukrainian officials. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing charges in three, separate corruption cases. it's the first time in israel's history that a sitting prime minister has been indicted in investigations. the defiant prime minister vows to remain in power, calling the charges against him an attempted coup. paula newton is live in jerusalem with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, dave. those words probably sound familiar to you. this is a country in political limbo and the stakes are high.

benjamin netanyahu is prime minister. that is because this country has failed to form a new government. that's significant. to the charges you are talking about, it is fraud, breach of trust and most seriously, bribery. it could lead to britaprison ti. a defiant netanyahu saying this is an attempted coup, calling it a witch hunt and saying it's the investigators that now need to be investigated. as i said, he is taking a page from donald trump's playbook. some critics here say he is threatening the entire political system by doing that. many people now calling him to resign, something he says emphatical emphatically, he will not do. in the next few weeks and months here, every dramatic turn here is going to actually make history. that's because, as i said, they have failed to form a new government. they could be heading to an unprecedented third election early next year. and because of that, because he is prime minister, a certain level of immunity there already. but if he runs again, and he wins as prime minister this

time, and is able to form a coalition government, again, a lot of the charges and indictments, it will be up to the courts to decide whether or not he can retain that title of prime minister. a lot going on here. and israelis really quite cynical about the whole thing. >> one would imagine. quite a mess there. paula, thank you. back here, a frightening moment for passengers aboard a flight from los angeles to the philippines when one engine caught fire. >> mayday, mayday, mayday -- >> that was the call from the cockpit. this was the view from the cabin, flames shooting from the wing. >> there's fire out of there. i've never seen that before. that doesn't sound good. >> people were panicking, smoke, firing coming out of the right engine. >> the faa said the plane was able to turn back and land at l.a.x. without injuries or incident, other than blowing

some tires and scaring some passengers. an awkward moment for elon musk. why the rollout of his truck didn't go as planned. it's angular.

the houston texans coming through with a huge comeback win over the colts, to take control of the afc south. >> hey, andy. >> good morning. five weeks left in the nfl season. i mean, this is a big win for deshaun watson and the texans.

they have control of their division. they were down in this game multiple times. down 7-3, in the second quarter. watson will scramble and go deep. finds a wide-open deandre hopki hopkins. the touchdown. those two hook up again. texans hold on for the big win, 20-17. after each of the receptions, hopkins handing the ball to his biggest fan, his mom. she's legally blind after having acid thrown in her face in 2002. >> my mom is my biggest supporter, my biggest critic. when i drop a ball, she's on me. i catch a touchdown, she's still on me. you know, that's my hardest critic. you know, i put her up in the first row to be part of my accomplishment of scoring a touchdown. obviously, you know the story about her. and not being able to visually see me on the football field. i want her to be part of that touchdown. the nfl announcing they are

upholding the browns myles garrett indefinite suspension for hitting mason rudolph with a helmet. it's the longest suspension in nfl history. a new wrinkle came out yesterday. according to reports, garrett told the nfl in his hearing, that rudolph said a racial slur toward him during the skirmish. in a statement, garrett said, this was not meant for public dissemination nor was it a convenient attempt to justify my actions or restore my image in the eyes of those i disappointed. i know what i heard. whether my opponent's comment was borne out of frustration or ignorance, i cannot say. but the actions cannot excuse my lack of restraint in the moment. mason said he did not use any slur. and the attack on his integrity is worse than the assault that occurred during the game. the nfl looked into the racial slur allegation and found no such evidence. and no player on either side

knew about it. it is tough to believe. and it wouldn't change the facts anyway. andy, have a good weekend. let's get a check on cnn business this friday morning. looking at markets around the world. a little optimism seeping into investors' psychemorning. on wall street, futures moving up here. a bounce since stocks ended lower. there's conflicting trade developments. the dow closed 55 points lower. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq fell. there's no deal with china. the two sides are divided on issues like agriculture purchases and tariffs rollbacks. major averages have been up and down on each trade headline. tech stocks, though, for the year, they have been so resilie resilient. all up this year. apple, far and away the winner there. 68%. so, this is the best start to a -- the best year for tech stocks in a decade. wework's former ceo, he had

a massive payout and now 2,400 workers are losing their job. they are going to cut costs and move forward after the failed ipo attempt. the layoffs were done to create an efficient organization. they couldn't afford to pay severance before it was bailed out by softbank. if you want to drive something that looks like a bat mobile, you might want to test drive tessa's new pickup truck. elon musk unveiled the cyber truck. a bullet-proof truck that looks like art more than a truck. a stainless steel alloy allows the car to be bullet-proof against smaller firearms, including a 9 millimeter and gun. but during a demonstration of the unbreakable glass windows. >> oh, my god. well --

maybe that was a little too hard. >> the glass broke. production on the cyber truck begins in late 2021. >> best laid plans. coldplay holding off on touring for its new album until it can figure out how to make its concerts more environmentally friendly. ♪ front man chris martin telling the bbc the band wants to take time over the next year or two to consider how future tours can be sustainable and actively beneficial. he says that flying is the biggest problem and he would be disapointed if the band's tour wasn't carbon-neutral. he wanted to have a show with no single-use plastic. i'm thinking of a big, megaconcert, that these guys put on. can you think of how many straws and how you would have to change the system to unwind all that. they want to think of how to get

that done. >> undoing single-use plastics at hundreds of venues is a massive task. >> i would give up plastic to see coldplay. >> as would your kids. we survived a week of impeachment hearings. while you were sleeping, stephen colbert offered up his own late-night solution. >> the witnesses have been compelling. they've corroborated what the whistleblower said. but the people on the tv says the thing has one problem. >> the issue keeps on being complicated to follow. >> has this gotten too confusing for the american people? >> there's too many names and too many tell me that you're too confused. >> it's not easy to follow all of the names in this particular saga. >> are you seriously claiming that it's not easy for americans to follow sagas with a lot of characters? have you heard of "game of thrones"? but to help everyone remember,

we've written this catchy jingle. everybody! ♪ there's just one thing that you need to know ♪ ♪ trump said do us a favor, though ♪ >> now, it makes sense. >> i get it. there's just one thing you need to know. it's time for us to go. have a great weekend, everybody. a great rest of your friday. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day." he was being involved in a domestic political errand. and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. >> the president's voice was loud and recognizable. i heard president trump ask, so, he's going to do the investigation? >> we have to stop this. they're not going to. >> it undercuts all of the defenses that the president and the republicans have put forward. >> they continue to push the fake, illegitimate proceedings.

>> he wants to go to the trial. >> it's obstruction of justice. obstruction of congress. this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special edition of "new day." it is friday, november 22nd. 5:00 in the east. so, here we are. two historic weeks, 12 public witnesses, a mountain of evidence, hours of testimony, all telling the same story. the president was using foreign policy for his own personal purposes. a domestic political errand. that's what happened, according to witnesses, their testimony, and the evidence. so, what now? what now for the democrats is moving forward without fighting in court for documents and testimony from a number of high-ranking administration officials who have refused to testify. sources tell cnn, the democrats are preparing a report of their findings that will serve as a