♪ george h.w. bush lying in state at this hour. president trump paying respects as funeral details are revealed. after a year of silence, we're about to hear how much michael flynn knows about the president's ties to russia. critical details expected today from the special counsel. cia director briefing on the jamal khashoggi case. her absence last week drew scorn from lawmakers. and another assault

allegation against former nfl chiefs running back kareem hunt. one nfl announcer is saying enough is enough with the second chances. the washington redskins are in need of a quarterback. colin kaepernick remains on the sideline. they put a waiver claim on the domestic abuser a week ago. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. at this hour. george h.w. bush is lying in state in the capitol row tun der. his body -- rotunda. his body will remain for viewing. mr. trump saluted the 41st president and mrs. trump held her hand over her heart. >> they will visit the bush family across the street today. lines stretched into the early morning hours. we get more now from sunlen

serfaty on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. there have been so many moving moments to honor the life and legacy of george h.w. bush. up here on capitol hill, there was so much much emoti -- so mu from his family as they watched his casket be brought into the capitol. his body lies in state at the rotunda. it was opened all night for the members of the public to come in and pay respects. earlier in the day, a ceremony on capitol hill where the common theme was not only speaking about the achievements of the former president, but mostly about who he was as a man. he was humble and he was kind and someone who established deep relationships here in washington. >> he showed us that how we live is as important as what we

achieve. his life was a hymn of honor. his legacy is grace perfected. his memory will belong to glory. >> reporter: the former president's body will continue to lie in state overnight tonight until wednesday where it will be brought to the national cathedral for his memorial service. he will be eulogized by his son, former president george w. bush. christine and dave. >> thank you. in addition to that, president bush will be eulogized by brian mulroney and jon meacham. donald trump will not speak. president p s are asked to give eulogy, but plans were in place before trump was elected. >> all of the living presidents

are expected to attend the funeral on wednesday which should make for interesting political theater. putting aside predecessors he harshly criticized. george h.w. bush will wear socks honoring his naval service. special counsel robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing memo for michael flynn today. the document could provide details about what mueller knows and where his investigation is headed. flynn was forced to resign as national security director in february of 2017. the white house says he was let go for misleading vice president pence about conversations with a russian diplomat. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and he agreed to

cooperate. the special counsel also expected to file a memo for paul manafort by friday. at least some of the memo will be made public. mueller promised to layout specifics of the manafort alleged lies which led to the termination of the plea deal. the contempt for the special counsel is boiling over for the president. his latest twitter feed to amount to obstruction of justice or witness tampering. >> mr. trump tweeted cohen is making up stories to get a deal for himself, his wife and father-in-law so they can get off scott free. notice the spelling of scott free? scot with one "t" is free of penalty. we get more from some girl, a

terrific reporter, kaitlan collins, at the white house. >> reporter: it seems that president trump bottled his anger toward the special counsel robert mueller and unleashed it in a series of tweets going after the special counsel, but after his former attorney michael cohen who recently pleaded guilty to lying to congress. president trump is not only saying he lied under oath, but calling for the maximum prison sentence for michael cohen saying he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for the crimes he committed which he says were not related to him. two high profile guilty pleas have had to do directly with president trump. one admitted he violated campaign finance laws which he did at the direction of president trump and lying to congress, which he said he did out of loyalty to president trump. this seems to have unnerved president trump. we reported michael cohen sat down with the special counsel's

team for at least 70 hours over the last several weeks which is something clearly giving the president a cause for concern. dave and christine. president trump showering praise on roger stone for standing up against robert mueller and refusing to testify against him. tweeting nice to know some people still have guts. stone is under mueller's microscope with contacts with wikileaks during the 2016 campaign and if he knew ahead of time of the democratic e-mails hacked by the russians. the president's tweet spawning a twitter fight with his son eric and the husband of kellyanne conway. george conway is a lawyer in d.c. who with has been p critical -- who has been critical of the president. beginning monday morning when the tweets were suggested and amounted to witness tampering. eric responded with this, of all

of the disrespect he shows toward his wife and her career and everything she fought so hard to achieve, might top them all. kellyanne conway is a great person and his actions are horrible. george conway responded with the series of retweets. one referencing the stormy daniels saga. a temporary trade truce between u.s. and china. they will not rise to 25% come january 1st. that's the truce. big moves for china stocks. apple, boeing, caterpillar. all closing higher. the president agreeing not to rise the tariffs on those goods. china will purchase agriculture, energy and other u.s. products. president trump tweeted about the success of the meeting with

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senator lindsay graham says the vote should show saudi arabia and the trump administration that congress isn't mugging for the cameras. we are a co-equal branch of government to safeguard the country's interests, values and reputation. after all, someone's got to do it. i think i'm the most qualified person to be president. the words of joe biden on a book stop in montana. he says his family must decide if they are prepared for a white house bid. the he decision will be made ine next six-to-eight weeks. i am a gaffe machine, but my god, what a wonderful thing compared to the guy who can't tell the truth. >> it is interesting. in another era his willingness to say anything would have been disqualifying. now it is almost refreshing. it would be interesting if he gets in. ahead had, the names of

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the republican operative denied any wrongdoing. mccready conceded after harris won by 905 votes. the police chief in springfield, missouri is promising to do better. following the investigation, paul williams is apologizing to the sex assault victims after rape kit destruction was a regular practice. he invited victims to contact him if they felt their cases were not conducted appropriately. >> he will no longer give the victims ten days to respond to investigators or face closure of the cases. this is by no means limited to springfield. more than two dozen law enforcement agencies destroyed 400 rape kits tied to cases that could be prosecuted. the number is much higher. a new assault allegation

against the running back kareem hunt. he kicked a man at the kansas city nightclub in january this year. hunt and several others hit the victim breaking his rib and nose. the 37-year-old unidentified male did not pursue charges. the chiefs released hunt on friday after video surfaced showing him assaulting a woman in february. he has apologized publicly. says he deserves another chance. another nfl domestic abuse case came up on monday night. monday night football announcer jason witten says this sends the wrong message for reuben foster. >> the redskins taking a chance on reuben foster. should they? >> 100% no. i believe the redskins used horrendous judgment. i understand it is an ongoing investigation. my family has been affected by

domestic violence. i understand the anguish. yo young player s need to understad there is no tolerance for putting your hands on a woman. >> redskins president bruce allen said the team did its own investigating and felt comfortable they heard the foster story that was different. the pennsylvania supreme court rejected a request to release the names of 11 unidentified priests in the clergy abuse grand jury report. the court says keeping identities under wraps is the only way to protect their reputation. the state attorney general says his office cannot release the names, but the catholic bishops should. the report detailed decades of sexual abuse of children by hundreds of priests. coming up, cyber bullying

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opening up about cyber bullied and considering suicide. in a candid instagram post, he had troubles lately, including the joke about the republican candidate who lost an eye in combat and break up with singer ariana grande. in the post, he talked about battling bipolar disorder and hopes what he has to say can help others cope with tough situations. >> despite the online bullying, davidson refuses to give in. writing, no matter how hard the internet tries to make me kill myself, i won't. to all those holding me down and seeing this for what it is, i see you and i love you. echoing the sentiments of the republican he joked about dan crenshaw. a record celebration for

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♪ live pictures now. george h.w. bush lying in state at this hour. president trump paying respects as funeral details are revealed. after a year of silence, we're about to hear how much michael flynn knows about the president's ties to russia. critical details expected today from the special counsel. cia director briefing on the jamal khashoggi case. her absence last week drew scorn from lawmakers. and another assault allegation against former nfl chiefs running back kareem hunt. one nfl announcer is saying enough with the second chances. good morning. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. at this hour, george h.w. bush is lying in state at the capitol

rotunda. his body will remain there for public viewing through tomorrow. the president and first lady honoring him with a moment of silence. mr. trump saluted and mrs. trump held her hand over her heart. >> they will visit the bush family across the street today. lines stretched into the early morning hours. more now from cnn's sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. there have been so many moving moments to honor the life and legacy of george h.w. bush. up here on capitol hill, there was so much emotion from his family as they watched his casket slowly brought step by step into the capitol. his body lies in state at the rotunda. it was opened all night for the

members of the public to come in and pay respects. earlier in the day, a ceremony on capitol hill where the common theme was not only speaking about the achievements of the former president, but mostly about who he was as a man. he was humble and he was kind and someone who established deep relationships here in washington. >> he showed us that how we live is as important as what we achieve. his life was a hymn of honor. his legacy is grace perfected. his memory will belong to glory. >> reporter: the former president's body will continue to lie in state overnight tonight until wednesday where it will be brought to the national cathedral for his memorial service. he will be eulogized by his son, former president george w. bush. christine and dave.

>> sunlen, thank you. in addition to that, president bush will be eulogized by brian mulroney and jon meacham. former senator alan simpson. president trump will attend the funeral on wednesday at the national cathedral, but not speak. presidents are usually asked for eulogies, but the service was already in place before he was president and there is another president in the family to speak anyway. >> all of the living presidents are expected to attend the funeral on wednesday which should make for interesting political theater. at least an astonishing photo op. putting aside predecessors he harshly criticized. george h.w. bush will wear socks honoring his naval service. he started as an 18-year-old naval aviator. the post office will honor

george h.w. bush with a day of morning on wednesday. special counsel robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing memo for michael flynn today. the document could provide details about what mueller knows and where his investigation is headed next. flynn was forced to resign as national security director in february of 2017. the white house says he was let go for misleading vice president pence about conversations with a russian diplomat. in december of 2017, flynn pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi and agreed to cooperate with mueller. the special counsel also expected to file a sentencing memo for former campaign chairman paul manafort. at least some of the memo will be made public. mueller promised to layout specifics of the manafort alleged lies which led to the termination of the plea deal. president trump's contempt for the special counsel appears to be boiling over in the latest twitter rampage which could amount to obstruction of justice or witness tampering.

>> mr. trump tweeted cohen is making up stories to get a deal for himself, his wife and father-in-law so they can get off scott free. >> capital "s" capital "f." notice the spelling of scott free? scot with one "t" is free of penalty. scott with two "ts" is some guy named scott. we have more from kaitlan collins at the white house. >> reporter: it seems that president trump bottled his anger toward the special counsel robert mueller and unleashed it in a series of tweets going after the special counsel, but after his former attorney michael cohen who recently pleaded guilty to lying to congress. president trump is not only saying he lied under oath, but calling for the maximum prison sentence for michael cohen saying he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for the crimes he committed

which he says were not related to him. two high profile guilty pleas from michael cohen have had to do with president trump. one admitted he violated campaign finance laws which he did at the direction of president trump and lying to congress, which he said he did out of loyalty to president trump. this seems to have unnerved president trump. we reported michael cohen sat down with the special counsel's team for at least 70 hours over the last several weeks which is something clearly giving the president a cause for concern. dave and christine. president trump showering praise on roger stone for standing up against robert mueller and refusing to testify against him. tweeting nice to know some people still have guts. stone is under mueller's microscope with contacts with wikileaks during the 2016 campaign and if he knew ahead of

time of the democratic e-mails hacked by the russians. the president's tweet spawning a twitter fight with his son eric and the husband of kellyanne conway. george conway is a lawyer in d.c. who has been critical of the president. beginning monday morning when conway suggested that mr. trump's tweets on the russia probe amounted to witness tampering. >> eric responded with this, of all of the disrespect he shows toward his wife and her career and everything she fought so hard to achieve, might top them all. kellyanne conway is a great person and his actions are horrible. george conway responded with the series of retweets. one referencing the stormy daniels saga. later today, cia director gina haspel is expected to brief the lawmakers on the murder of

jamal khashoggi. some lawmakers slammed the trump administration when they were denied a briefing on the case. haspel may provide details of the audio tape of the murder. briefing last week without haspel triggered a backlash with senators voting to advance the resolution to cut support for the saudis for the war in yemen. in an editorial, senator lindsey graham said, quote, the recent vote should show saudi arabia and the trump administration that congress is not mugging for the cameras. we are a co-equal branch of government to safeguard the count country's interests. after all, i think someone has to do it. i think i'm the most qualified person to be president. the words of joe biden on a book stop in montana. he says his family must decide if they are prepared for a white house run. the decision will be made in the next six-to-eight weeks. biden sounds like he is in

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ports on the azov sea. in a confrontation, russia rammed and fired on ships capturing three ukrainian ships and detaining service members. ukraine declared marshall law. ukraine welcomes to the restored access, but awaiting the release of the service members. the death of the top admiral in the middle east was an apparent suicide. cnn reported that vice admiral scott stearney was found dead in his residence in bahrain. admiral john richardson said he was unaware of investigations into stearney. he oversees operations in the red sea and persian gulf. ahead, could the members in the ninth district have to vote

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a voter fraud scandal in north carolina may lead to a new election. officials in the mninth distric were investigating if absentee ballots were tampered with between mike harris and dan mccready. >> the set of 161 absentee ballots showed the same people signed at least ten absentee ballots each and many of those nine people seemed to know each other. only the voter or near relative can hand in an absentee ballot. the republican operative denied any wrongdoing. mccready conceded after harris won by 905 votes.

the former running back kareem hunt kicked a man in january of this year at a nightclub. others hit the victim and breaking his nose and rib. the victim did not pursue charges. the chiefs released hunt on friday after video was released showing him assaulting a woman. he apologized and said he deserves another chance. and another case came up on monday night football. washington claimed reuben foster after he was cut by the 49ers following allegations of domestic battery. monday night football announcer, jason witten says this sends the wrong message. >> the redskins willing to take a chance on reuben foster. should they? >> 100% no. i believe the washington redskins used horrendous judgment in claiming this guy. i understand it is an ongoing

investigation. my family has been affected by domestic violence. i understand the anguish it causes. young players have to understand there is no tolerance for putting your hands on a woman. period. >> jason witten did play alongside a convicted domestic violence abuser. redskins president told espn the team did the investigating and they were comfortable they heard the side of the story from foster which was different. the family attorney of the man killed by police in the alabama mall said he was shot three times from behind. the investigation of the e.j. bradford family said he was shot near the head, neck and hip. he was at the mall on thanksgiving night when someone opened fire. moments later, hoover police officer working security at the mall misidentified bradford as the gunman and shot and killed him.

bradford's father is furious. >> why did you shoot him? you can't explain that to me. that ain't training. that is cowardice. you will not get off with this. i will make sure. hoover, you need to do the right thing and own this one. it's wrong. >> bradford's autopsy report is finished, but hasn't been released to the public. after identifying bradford as the gunman, hoover police changed their story saying bradford probably wasn't the shooter, but had his hand on his gun. a week after the shooting, the authorities identified eric brown. he is now in kucustody. the pennsylvania supreme court rejected to name the 11 unidentified priests in the grand jury report. keeping their identity secret is the only way to protect their right to represent tuition under the state constitution. the state attorney general says

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a hate crime investigation is under way in california after a swastika was spray painted on the side of a home sunday night as hanukkah started. the homeowner says she believes the crime happened in response to the hanukkah themed lights she put up. a car vandalized. two people in dark clothing were seen leaving the area. the family says it will not stop them from celebrating. four people are hospitalized this morning following a bus crash in arkansas which killed a child and injured 45 others. charter bus carrying a youth all-star football team home to memphis from the championship game played over the weekend in dallas. the driver said she lost control of the vehicle. 26 patients between ages 9 and 13 were treated at the hospital. no word if charges will be filed. the deadly camp fire triggered so many claims, one

california insurance company has gone out of business. the judge declaring the company insolvent because of the liabili liabilities. the company faces $64 million in claims from the town of paradise. the policyholders are covered by the california insurance guar t guaranty association. -- guarantee association. "snl" star pete davidson opening up about cyber bullying and considering suicide in a instagram post. he made a joke about a republican candidate who lost an eye in combat and break up over his relationship with ariana grande. he talked about battling bipolar

disorder. >> despite the bullying, davidson writes, no matter how hard the internet or how people try to make me kill myself, i won't. for all those holding me down, i see you and i love you. davidson criticizes the culture for being offended by things. a holiday light display in austin, texas, lighting up 911 emergency switch boards. this homeowner was inspired by "christmas vacation." recreating the scene where clark griswold is hanging from the roof. a man drove by and dialed 911 and stopped to help before he realized it was a dummy. the homeowner tracked the man down and invited him over and thanked him for his service for the country and gave him $500

for the holiday. >> it went from terror to saying it is a joke. all right. let's get a check of cnn business. global stocks are lower as excitement about the trade truce fades. shanghai and hang seng up slightly. european stocks are lower in early trading. the fading excitement extends to wall street. futures are lower. on monday, the dow rose 277 points. i'll tell you, dave, you think you would have a bigger gain than 1% if you thought this is the end of the trade war. >> optimistic. >> the reality here is the u.s. and china have 90 days to resolve trade issues which have been a problem for years if not decades. tumblr is cracking down on

adult content. including porn from the platform. by expanding the list of banned material, tumblr wants to make people feel more comfortable expressing themselves. otherwise, they are cleaning things up. netflix has big plans for the new year. netflix chief content officer said he expects netflix to shell out more money on original content after spending more than 8 million. i'm sure it is more than that. $8 billion this year. 2019 will bring netflix co competiti competition. disney has plans for their platform next year. it is uninterested in expanding in live and sports programming.

putting original content first. social media went too a tizzy after "friends" would leave the platform. people said they would cancel the service. someone tweeted the holiday a armadillo granted your wish. >> one of the great episodes where ross couldn't find a santa suit. i'm happy to hear netflix will stay with "friends" for now. "early start" continues right now. ♪ george h.w. bush lying in state right now. president trump paying respects as funeral details are revealed. after a year of silence, we're about to hear how much michael flynn knows about the president's ties to russia. critical details expected today from the special counsel.

cia director briefing on the jamal khashoggi case. her absence last week drew scorn from lawmakers. and another assault allegation against former nfl star kareem hunt. one nfl announcer is saying enough with the second chances. good morning. i'm christine romans. >> kareem hunt cleared waivers yesterday. we shall see if he gets another job. i'm dave briggs. we start this hour with george herbert walker bush lying in state at the capitol rotunda. his body will remain there for public viewing through tomorrow. the president and first lady honoring him with a moment of silence. mr. trump saluted the 41st president and mrs. trump held her hand over her heart.