to protect against flare ups caused by the sun. herpecín l. it does more for a cold sore. the president's actions made it necessary. >> speaker nancy pelosi has house democrats drafting articles of impeachment against president trump. >> it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. >> facing the very real prospect of impeachment, the president and his allies look ahead to a trial in the republican-led senate. a deadly gun battle breaks out after armed robbers hijack a delivery truck. you're a damn liar, man. that's not true.

>> dramatic moments at a iowa town hall. joe biden gets in a heated exchange with a voter. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. >> happy friday, everybody. i'm dave briggs. december 6th. we're 59 days to the iowa caucuses and one step closer to impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi has officially directed the judiciary committee to lay out the charges against the president in articles of impeachment. just hours ago, at a live cnn town hall, pelosi said the constitution and the facts are now clear. >> this is a very sad day, i think, for our country. it's something i would hope we could have avoided. but the president's actions made it necessary. you cannot violate the constitution in full view. >> here are the next steps in the process. the white house has until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to decide whether they will participate in

a hearing on monday. lawyers from the intelligence and judiciary committee will present their findings from investigations into the president. monday's hearing sets up a issue judiciary vote with a vote of the full house possible the week before christmas. lauren fox with more from capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, making it clear, the democrats are moving forward with impeaching the president. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election, for his own benefit. >> reporter: now, what we do know is that next week is going to be another explosive one on capitol hill. on monday, the house judiciary committee will hold another hearing, this one to discuss that 300-page report from the house intelligence committee, all revolving around that july 25th phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president, zelensky. the democrats will have to be

drafting the articles of impeoplement. we have a sense of where they are going. whether or not the president obstructed congress, not allowing witnesses or information to be revealed to the intelligence committee. we know they're looking at the abuse of power charges against the president. and there is a debate within the democratic caucus whether to broaden this out to include anything in the mueller report. we know that could potentially come in the form of an obstruction of justice article of impeachment. all that will have to be voted out of the house judiciary committee. and then, the week after, they vote on the house floor whether or not to impeach president donald trump. if that's the move the democrats want to move, it would make donald trump the third in history be to be impeached. speaker nancy pelosi had this scathele answer to a reporting. a reporter from the sinclair broadcast group asked if she hates president trump. she came back with a passionate

no. >> as a catholic, i resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. i don't hate anyone. i was raised in a way that is a heart full of love. and always pray for the president. and i still pray for the president. i pray for the president all the time. so, don't mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> president trump reacted with a tweet. he accused pelosi of having a, quote, nervous fit in that moment and lying about praying for him. pelosi was asked about the reporter's question and the president's tweet at cnn's town hall last night. >> the word hate is a terrible word. for him to say that was really disgusting to me. the president is a master at projecting. when you call somebody else nervous, he's the nervous one. when he suspects somebody's not praying, he's probably not praying. but i do pray for him because he is the president of the united states. and i pray that god will open

his heart to meeting the needs of people in our country. >> after months of trying to stop the impeachment in the democratic house, the president and his aides and allies have accepted it's all but certain and are turning their attention to his trial in the republican-led senate. the white house signaling it will try to turn the tables on democrats, aimed not only to stop the president's reprooufl but to turn the senate trial to his political advance. that story at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, with impeachment likely a foregone conclusion, the senate is mounting a robust defense of president trump. the white house is going to try to use this as an opportunity to bash democrats and score points. the president tipping his hand a bit on twitter, writing he may compel some prominent democrats to testify. he writes, schiff, the bidens,

pelosi and many more testify and we'll reveal for the first time how corrupt our system is. i was elected to clean the swamp and that's what i'm doing. trump later tweeting it's a good thing that republicans have never been more united. trump will lean on senate republicans to bide a senate trial in a way that's favorable for the white house. and to potentially call up the roster of witnesses he says he would like to hear from. notably the white house counsel, pat cipollone, whomembers of th white house communications team has been meeting with republicans for weeks trying to iron out strategy and messaging and fix problems before they pop up. disagreements whether that whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment process should testify. plenty for the two sides to iron out. the president, though, sounding confident he was asked on thursday, if he believed that impeachment would be a stain on his legacy. listen to what he said.

>> is this a stain on your legacy? >> not at all. it's a hoax. a big, fat hoax. >> reporter: one other note. while we've been hearing from forces that the president is unlikely to grasp the reality that he will be impeached from the white house, he is hiring dozens of attorneys for what will come in january. >> thanks, boris. new developments on trade. china is considering tax exceptions on some pork and soy products from the u.s. the tariff waivers were based on applications of individual firms for park imports. that's what the finance ministry said in a statement. tend of the year is coming and president trump has not closed on two big deals he campaigned for in 2016. china and the north america trade deal. for china, the tariffs on chinese good is december 16th. "the wall street journal" reports the hangup here, the u.s. hangup, is on the size of

the farm goods purchases. chinese state media said china wants current tariffs rolled back, specifically the ones that rolled in september. that's their hangup. the president said this about additional tariffs. >> right now, we're moving along. we're having major discussions. on december 15th, something could happen. but we're not discussing that yet. >> bottom line, everything is up for grabs here. trump said a deal was imminent in october. back in june, the treasury secretary said the deal was 90% complete. thursday, talks were progressing. then, trump's north american deal the usmca. they are trying to ratify that deal before the holiday recess. the president complained that house speaker nancy pelosi is holding up the deal. it is clear that trade wars are not easy to win. and competing headlines will be the market drivers until something is decided. >> back to the usmca, what's the hold up in that deal?

>> there's a couple of things. the democrats want more labor protections. they want enforcement of labor protections. they want to be able to see that factories in mexico have the same standards that u.s. factories have. >> not likely. >> the mexican government -- look. there's a lot there up for grabs. protections for u.s. workers seem to be at issues for the democrats. >> all right. ahead, a terrifying rush hour scene. a deadly police gun battle in broad daylight. details, next.

a frightening fatal gun battle breaks out when armed robbers hijack a u.p.s. truck during rush hour and led police on a dramatic chase. it started when two men robbed a coral gables jewelry score. one woman at the store was hurt. minutes later, the police said they took a hostage at gunpoint. and they led police on a breakneck 20-mile chase, driving on sidewalks and through a barricade with dozens of emergency vehicles in pursuit. >> this is what dangerous people do to get away. and this is what people will do to avoid capture. if people give up and are held accountable for their crimes, we wouldn't put these many people in danger. >> police approached the truck when it got stuck in heavy

traffic. they say both suspects, the u.p.s. driver, and a bystander at the end of the chase, were killed. it is day seven of joe biden's barnstorming tour across iowa. he will be joined by john kerry, who just endorsed biden. on day six, biden had a heated exchange with a voter at a town hall. we get more from cnn's jeff zeleny. >> reporter: christine and dave, joe biden is receiving the endorsement from former secretary of state john kerry. he is the winner of the iowa caucuses, a failed presidential candidate in the general. but he does know how to win the caucuses. he hopes his endorsement will help the former vice president over the next two months or so in iowa. it was a different home from a town hall on thursday in new hampton, iowa, that overshadowed that news. >> you, on the other hand, sent your sunday over there to work

for a gas company that he had no experience with. in order to get access to the public for the president. you're selling access to the president just like he is. >> you're a damn liar, man. that's not true. no one has ever said that. >> i see it on the tv. >> you see it on the tv. i know you do. and by the way, i -- let him go. let him go. look. the reason i'm running is because i've been around for a long time and i know more than most people know. and i can get things done. that's why i'm running. you want to check my shape, let's do push-ups together. let's go run. let's do whatever you want to do. no one has said my son has done anything wrong. and i did not in any occasion, and no one has said it. >> i didn't say you were doing

anything wrong. >> you said i set up my son to work at an oil company. isn't that what you said? get your words straight, jack. >> i hear it on msnbc. >> you don't hear that on msnbc. you didn't hear that at all. what you heard -- i'm not going to get in an argument. >> i don't want to. >> yeah, you do. look, here's the deal, here's the deal -- >> you know it looks like you don't have the backbone that trump does. >> any other questions? i know you weren't. you're too old to vote for me. >> reporter: joe biden said he did not lose his temper, he was trying to correct the record. he was sensitive about conversation about hunter biden and his business dealings with

ukraine. and joe biden is about wrapping up an eight-day bus tour here in iowa. he's trying to regain his footing. he was the front-runner for much of the year, overtaken by pete buttigieg. most are coming back to campaign, before two months before the iowa caucuses open the 2020 race. christine and dave? >> jeff zeleny, logging quality miles in iowa. i think joe biden handled that without raising -- you know, raising his voice. without showing a temper. >> i would argue that's the best he's performed throughout the entire process. better than he has on the debate stage. >> i'll challenge you to push-ups in the break. >> i can do that. we'll talk sports ahead. good news for the romans kids here. while you were sleeping, the dallas cowboys' struggles continue. not so much for chicago, though.

welcome back. spacex's latest mission includes giving mighty mice a ride to the international space station. >> four, three, two, one, zero.

engines ignition. liftoff. >> the dragon capsule blazed into orbit atop a falcon ix rocket. the mice are from a lab in maine. they have genes to enhance their muscular growth. they will help scientists limit muscle and bone loss in humans during space traffic. a big night for the chicago bears and their quarterback. mitchell trubisky ran for three scores. the bears beat up on the slumping dallas cowboys, 31-24, on "thursday night football." chicago won for the fourth time in five games to stay in the hunt for the playoff spot in the nfc. dallas has lost three-straight and seven of ten. their record is six of seven. and they're still in first place in the nfc east and could still host a playoff game. a special day for a little boy in michigan state.

thursday was adoption day in kent county. 5-year-old michael clark wanted his friends to be with him. so, he brought along his entire kindergarten class. they waved hearts and cheered him on. michael's mom and dad have been his faster parents for a year. the judge was impressed with all of the love in that courtroom. >> it's a great tribute to michael that he had so many of his classmates here. and so many said he was their best friend, too. >> it was loads of fun. and the kids were into it and supporting their best friend. and the family of michael, as well. >> that doesn't put a smile on your face, you don't have a heart. the icing on the cake for michael, a meeting with santa to cap off his amazing day. bravo. >> i like michael's chair dancing in that video. he was scooting around in the chair. good for him. >> a wonderful story. i needed that today. >> we all did on a friday. ahead, though, on the other

hand, we're at a rare moment in american history. just steps away from the impeachment of the u.s. president. more on what to expect in the days ahead, next.

the president's actions made it necessary. >> history in the making as speaker nancy pelosi has house democrats drafting articles of impeachment against president

trump. it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. >> facing the very real prospect of impeachment, the president and his allies look ahead to a trial in the republican-led senate. a deadly gun battle breaks out after armed robbers hijack a delivery truck. you're a damn liar, man. that's not true. >> dramatic moments at an iowa town hall. joe biden gets in a heated exchange with a voter. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. congratulations for making it through the week almost. house speaker nancy pelosi has officially directed the judiciary committee to lay out the charges against the president in articles of impeachment. just hours ago, at a live cnn town hall, pelosi said the constitution and the facts are

now clear. >> this is a very sad day, i think, for our country. it's something i would hope we could have avoided. but the president's actions made it necessary. you cannot violate the constitution in full view. >> here are the next steps in the process. the white house has until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to decide whether they will participate in a hearing on monday. lawyers from the intelligence and judiciary committee will present their findings from investigations into the president. monday's hearing sets up a issue judiciary vote with a vote of the full house possible the week before christmas. lauren fox with more from capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, making it clear, the democrats are moving forward with impeaching the president. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election, for his own benefit. >> reporter: now, what we do know is that next week is going to be another explosive one on

capitol hill. on monday, the house judiciary committee will hold another hearing, this one to discuss that 300-page report from the house intelligence committee, all revolving around that july 25th phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president, zelensky. the democrats will have to be drafting the articles of impeachment. we have a sense of where they are going. whether or not the president obstructed congress, not allowing witnesses or information to be revealed to the intelligence committee. we know they're looking at the abuse of power charges against the president. and there is a debate within the democratic caucus whether to broaden this out to include anything in the mueller report. we know that could potentially come in the form of an obstruction of justice article of impeachment. all that will have to be voted out of the house judiciary committee. and then, the week after, they vote on the house floor whether or not to impeach president donald trump. if that's the move the democrats want to move, it would make

donald trump the third in history be to be impeached. speaker nancy pelosi had this scathele answer to a reporting. a reporter from the sinclair broadcast group asked if she hates president trump. she came back with a passionate no. >> as a catholic, i resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. i don't hate anyone. i was raised in a way that is a heart full of love. and always pray for the president. and i still pray for the president. i pray for the president all the time. so, don't mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> president trump reacted with a tweet. he accused pelosi of having a, quote, nervous fit in that moment and lying about praying for him. pelosi was asked about the reporter's question and the president's tweet at cnn's town hall last night. >> the word hate is a terrible

word. for him to say that was really disgusting to me. the president is a master at projecting. when you call somebody else nervous, he's the nervous one. when he suspects somebody's not praying, he's probably not praying. but i do pray for him because he is the president of the united states. and i pray that god will open his heart to meeting the needs of people in our country. >> after months of trying to stop the impeachment in the democratic house, the president and his aides and allies have accepted it's all but certain and are turning their attention to his trial in the republican-led senate. the white house signaling it will try to turn the tables on democrats, aimed not only to stop the president's removal but to turn the senate trial to his political advance. more from boris sanchez at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, with impeachment likely a foregone conclusion, the white house is focusing on the senate

and is mounting a robust defense of president trump. the white house is going to try to use this as an opportunity to bash democrats and score points. the president tipping his hand a bit on twitter, writing he may compel some prominent democrats to testify. he writes, schiff, the bidens, pelosi and many more testify and we'll reveal for the first time how corrupt our system is. i was elected to clean the swamp and that's what i'm doing. trump later tweeting it's a good thing that republicans have never been more united. trump will lean on senate republicans to bide a senate trial in a way that's favorable for the white house. and to potentially call up the roster of witnesses he says he would like to hear from. notably the white house counsel, pat cipollone, members of the white house communications team has been meeting with republicans for weeks trying to iron out strategy and messaging

and fix problems before they pop up. disagreements whether that whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment process should testify. plenty for the two sides to iron out. the president, though, sounding confident he was asked on thursday, if he believed that impeachment would be a stain on his legacy. listen to what he said. >> is this a stain on your legacy? >> not at all. it's a hoax. a big, fat hoax. >> reporter: one other note. while we've been hearing from sources that the president is unlikely to grasp the reality that he will be impeached from the white house, he is hiring dozens of attorneys for what will come in january. >> thanks, boris. troubling details from uber's safety report, that revealed that uber received nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault, including 464 reports of rape in 2017 and 2018. the report noted there were 19 deaths caused by physical

assault during 2017 and 2018. uber said it would release the report a year ago, in response to a cnn investigation. that investigation found 103 uber drivers in the u.s. had been accused of sexually assaulting or abusing their passengers in the previous four years. uber attempts to put the number of sexual assaults in a context as a percentage of total rides. saying that 99.9% of rides occur without incident. last year, uber had a partnership with rapid s.o.s., that sends a rider's location to a police station when the rider uses an emergency button in the uber app. lyft says it will release a safety report by tend of the year. >> do you let your kids take an uber or lyft? >> no. in my town, they really pushing it in my town. they don't want the kids dropping kids off with uber or lyft. they say, it's -- >> safety is their priority.

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battle breaks out when armed robbers hijack a u.p.s. truck during rush hour and led police on a dramatic chase. it started when two men robbed a coral gables jewelry score. one woman at the store was hurt. minutes later, the police said they took a u.p.s. driver hostage at gunpoint. and they led police on a breakneck 20-mile chase, driving on sidewalks and through a barricade with dozens of emergency vehicles in pursuit. >> this is what dangerous people do to get away. and this is what people will do to avoid capture. if people give up and are held accountable for their crimes, we wouldn't put these many people in danger. >> police approached the truck when it got stuck in heavy traffic. they say both suspects, the u.p.s. driver, and a bystander at the end of the chase, were killed. three soldiers were killed when they're blackhawk helicopter crashed in a flight from an army facility in

minnesota. the chopper went down when conducting a maintenance test flight. the cause of the crash is under investigation. the identities of the soldiers are being withheld until their families are notified. it is day seven of joe biden's barnstorming tour across iowa. he will be joined by john kerry, who just endorsed biden. on day six, biden had a heated exchange with a voter at a town hall. we get more from cnn's jeff zeleny. >> reporter: christine and dave, joe biden is receiving the endorsement from former secretary of state john kerry. he is the winner of the 2004 iowa caucuses, a failed presidential candidate in the general. but he does know how to win the caucuses. he hopes his endorsement will help the former vice president over the next two months or so in iowa.

it was a different moment from a town hall on thursday in new hampton, iowa, that overshadowed that news. >> you, on the other hand, sent your sunday over there to work for a gas company that he had no experience with. in order to get access to the public for the president. you're selling access to the president just like he is. >> you're a damn liar, man. that's not true. no one has ever said that. >> i see it on the tv. >> you see it on the tv. i know you do. and by the way, i -- let him go. let him go. look. the reason i'm running is because i've been around for a long time and i know more than most people know. and i can get things done. that's why i'm running. you want to check my shape, let's do push-ups together. let's go run. let's do whatever you want to do. no one has said my son has done

anything wrong. and i did not in any occasion, and no one has said it. >> i didn't say you were doing anything wrong. >> you said i set up my son to work at an oil company. isn't that what you said? get your words straight, jack. >> i hear it on msnbc. >> you don't hear that on msnbc. you didn't hear that at all. what you heard -- i'm not going to get in an argument. >> i don't want to. >> yeah, you do. look, here's the deal, here's the deal -- >> you know it looks like you don't have the backbone that trump does. >> any other questions? i know you weren't. you're too old to vote for me. >> reporter: joe biden said he did not lose his temper, he was trying to correct the record. he was sensitive about

conversation about hunter biden and his business dealings with ukraine. and joe biden is about wrapping up an eight-day bus tour here in iowa. he's trying to regain his footing. he was the front-runner for much of the year, overtaken by pete buttigieg. most are coming back to campaign, before two months before the iowa caucuses open the 2020 race. christine and dave? >> jeff zeleny in beautiful, des moines ai, iowa. a fifth migrant child has died in the government's care. it shows the guatemalan boy collapsing in his texas holding cell in may. in a statement, officials say the boy was found unresponsive during a welfare check. video shows the cell matefindin

collapsed and alerting officials. he was laying unresponsive for four hours. border patrol logs say three welfare checks were done during that time. the logs do not indicate that anything was amiss. they say he died from the flu, complicated from an immune disorder. the investigation into the teen's death is ongoing. a photo showing a class of correction officers trainee officers giving a nazi salute is showing two dozens of class members in uniform, with their faces blurred. the photo says heil, byrd, a reference to their training instruct instructor. the governor has called for those involved to be fired. joe manchin says the actions warrant an immediate

investigation. >> that's ridiculous. 50 minutes past the hour, chaos as workers paralyze parts of farance. we go live to paris, next.

teargas and bricks flying in the streets of paris. hundreds of thousands of people across france, protesting president emmanuel macron's plans to reform the national pension system. police in the capital have detained dozens of people so far and stopped to question thousands of protest

organization organizers say they will lost through monday. jim is in paris for us this morning. what do the protesters want? >> reporter: basically, they want to see the government withdraw its plan to reform the pension system. the government hasn't detailed what the pension plan reforms they have in mind are. they're not going to do that until next week. the unions are keeping up the pressure. over the weekend, the strikes will continue. there's no demonstrations today, like the ones we had yesterday, that brought 800,000 people. and like you said, there were 71 people arrested overnight and held overnight. the question is, whether there will be further demonstrations over the weekend. some unions are talking about it. and whether the strikes will continue into next week. all this is preventative to stop

the government from tampering with the pension system. this is the third time that the government has tried to tamper with the pension system. each time people have pushed back. this time, macron thinks he can do. >> we heard the president of the united states criticize emmanuel macron for some of the violence in the streets, the protests in the streets. this is what the president was talking about. >> reporter: sure, absolutely. and in fact, it kind of gives a terrible image for france. but the french people have gotten used to this. we've seen so much of it in the past, you have to evaluate each one going along. people are getting to work today. it's difficult to know if you don't live here. >> anybody who has visited paris has experienced a strike of some sort. that's very true. thanks, jim bitterman. thanks.

spacex's latest mission includes giving mighty mice a ride to the international space station. >> four, three, two, one, zero. engines ignition. liftoff. >> the dragon capsule blazed into orbit atop a falcon ix rocket. it is slated to meet up with the space station on sunday. the mice are from a lab in maine. they have genes to enhance their muscular growth. they will help scientists limit muscle and bone loss in humans during space traffic. let's get a check of cnn business. trade headlines dominating global markets. it's a positive. there will not be a mutual destruction between the united states and china. on wall street, the futures are leading a little higher. stocks closed slightly higher yesterday. the dow closed up 28. the s&p and the nasdaq up just a bit. a pricey milestone for health care. american households spent more

than $1 trillion for the first time. up 4.4% from last year. overall, health care spending rose to $3.6 trillion last year. that's a little over $11,000 a person. the cost of health care has been a key issue for democrats on the campaign trail. some want to strengthen obamacare and some want to scrap it in favor of medicare for all, eliminating private insurancers and medicare for everyone. the jobs report is due today at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. the labor department is said to have found its footing again. the labor market, rather. economists say 180,000 jobs were added. something to watch for in this report, manufacturing. that sector is struggling, contracting for the fourth-straight month in november. it's in a mild recession in manufacturing in this country, the sector that president trump sought to favor with his tariffs and tough talk is shrinking because of the higher tariffs and slowing global growth.

thanks to our international viewers for joining us. have a great rest of your day and a great weekend. for the rest of our u.s. viewers, "early start" continues right now. the president's actions made it necessary. >> history in the making as speaker nancy pelosi has house democrats drafting articles of impeachment against president trump. it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. >> facing the very real prospect of impeachment, the president and his allies look ahead to a trial in the republican-led senate. a deadly gun battle breaks out after armed robbers hijack a delivery truck. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> 59 days to go until the iowa caucuses. and the president, president trump, is ever closer to impeachment. house speaker nancy pelosi has officially directed the judiciary committee to lay out the charges against the president in articles of

impeachment. just hours ago, at a live cnn town hall, pelosi said the constitution and the facts are now clear. >> this is a very sad day, i think, for our country. it's something i would hope we could have avoided. but the president's actions made it necessary. you cannot violate the constitution in full view. >> here are the next steps in the process. the white house has until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to decide whether they will participate in a hearing on monday. lawyers from the intelligence and judiciary committee will present their findings from investigations into the president. monday's hearing sets up a issue judiciary vote with a vote of the full house possible the week before christmas. lauren fox with more from capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, making it clear, the democrats are moving forward with impeaching the president. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is