i'm thankful for that. i would have gotten beaten up 20 times more if i was harvey. >> i hope you enjoyed this interview. his best selling book is out now. ♪ we, at the very minimum, will require votes. >> we're at an impasse. we can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over. >> the impeachment standoff will last into the new year. what democrats are demanding and why republicans aren't budging. dreaming of a white christmas? keep dreaming. ah. >> let go of my leg. >> new video of a deadly

confrontation between california deputies and a suspected carjacker. it turns out the man was driving his own car. i want to make them happy and feel like they're at home. >> she won her battle with leukemia. now, a 6-year-old heads back to the hospital to spread some holiday joy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm alison kosik. >> i'm joe johns. it's tuesday, christmas eve, and 4:00 a.m. in new york. i was hearing from you that santa is consulting and getting ready to take off. >> santa has gone high-tech. i'm traveling him on twitter. apparently at this moment, because he tweeted 56 minutes ago, santa is in the reindeer barn, reviewi ining the flight

with the reindeer. >> i hope he does. >> we're going to keep track of all of his movements throughout the shows today. not much holiday spirit in washington. congress seems headed towards a long standoff for the framework of a senate impeachment trial. democrats will stand firm on the demand for more witnesses and documents. >> we, at the very minimum, will require votes, from all the senators on each of the witnesses and about each of these sets of documents. and i don't think my colleagues, democrat or republican, are going to want to vote to withhold evidence in such an important trial. >> it could take 20 republican votes to remove president trump. but only four would have to side with documents to compel

witnesses or documents. at the moment, it is unlikely republicans will budge. congress is not slated to return to washington until january 6th. here's congressional reporter lauren fox. >> reporter: both sides digging in over when and if the senate impeachment trial will start in january. there's still questions looming, as everyone is waiting on nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, to send over the articles of impeachment. the democrats are insisting he gets witnesses. and mitch mcconnell makes hit clear that he gets those articles before he makes the next move. >> it's an absurd decision after you impeach the president, you don't send over the impeachment

papers. e everybody enjoy the holidays. >> reporter: there was more fiery back and forth on monday. this is as chuck schumer said they need to be negotiating arguments. you have the house managers make their case on the democratic side. then, you have the president's lawyers defending him on the senate floor. then, you would make a decision about witnesses. but all sides at this point, digging in. no sign that the stalemate will break anytime soon. joe and alison. the suggestion of impeaching president trump again. a court filing from a house judiciary committee, seeking testimony from white house counsel don mcgahn. the former white house counsel.

mcgahn shed light on alleged obstruction of justice in the mueller investigation. that was not included in the articles impeachments passed last week. >> the house impeachment ends and an urgency to tie up the mcgahn case. and they should have gotten to court to hear the issues. rudy giuliani making some eye-opening comments, depending his work, digging up dirt on donald trump's colleagues. they pleaded not guilty to charges they illegally funneled foreign money into campaigns. >> the magazine asked why giuliani ever trusted the pair. he said, they look like miami

people. i know a lot of miami people that are legitimate and act like them. neither one have ever been convicted of a crime. neither one. generally, that's my cut off point. if you do it based o ed on allegations and claims, you can't trust anybody. >> marie yovanovitch. juligiuliani said, don't tell mm anti-semitic if i oppose him. soros is hardly a jew. i'm more of a jew than soros is. that's giuliani, saying he is more of a jew than a man who survived the holocaust.

>> no, mayor, you are not more of a jew than soros. but it's offensive to deny anyone's faith and worst, to submit anti-semitic theories. dennis muilenburg is leaving the company inning the wake of two accidents. two accidents killed 346 people. they revealed a culture that discounted safety concerns and streets regulators as rubber stamps. muilenburg had been credited with tripling the stock price. but the tragedies in ethiopia and indonesia was too much to overcome. we have more. >> reporter: the company offered a series of disstmissteps.

for the last nine months, muilenburg tried to get the plane back in the air. otherwise, they announced they were suspended action. that was a huge blow to suppliers and companies. that shifts the timeline for the 737's return throughout the year. the board was very concerned about the feedback it was getting from customers and regulato regulators, about poor communications two muilenburg himself. it boils down to lack of on trying to fix the problem with the 737 max. but the board decided it was on the right track with regulators and now was a good time to make that change. big picture here -- boeing is

one of the largest exparters e. some made a production halt, can knock a half a percentage point off of gdp. the company is hopeful to get the 737 flying again in 2020. the securities and exchange division is investigating bmw. a source familiar with the probe said, the s.e.c. is looking into how the automaker may have boosted its pfigures to have dealers register cars that had not been sold yet. bmw is not the first to do the t this. earlier, fiat paid dealers to

record, quote, fake sales. a spokesman for the company is cooperating with the investigation. the pentagon has identified the u.s. service member killed monday in afghanistan, as army firsting sergeant michael j. goble. the pentagon is pushing back on goble's death. they targeted with improvised explosive devices. but troops were investigating a weapons cash when it wept off. the west coast is dealing with a powerful storm, bringing rain and snow. the possibility of a white christmas, decent in the north. not so much in the south. this year, dreaming of a white

christmas may be as close as you can get. meteorologist pedram javaheri will have your forecast. >> you look at where the snow is on the ground, you have to be in the higher elevation or the northern tier of the country. you've had days where plenty was shifted farther towards the south. but that won't be the case this go around. high pressure begins to build here. a blow moving system on the coastline. we'll see a warming trend and a drying trend, as this departs off of the carolinas. plenty of rainfall on the immediate coast of georgia and south carolina. this is all but offshore because we see the drier weather pattern take shape. the four-corner states, in the high country of arizona and utah, in the areas of california.

that's all there is. los angeles, 60 degrees. we'll take a 53 on christmas eve and a pair of 4s over christmas eve. >> our thanks to pedram javaheri. he's on the sidelines. but colin kaepernick's new shoe is flying off of the shelves for the holiday. battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it's gentle on her skin, and dermatologist recommended. tide free & gentle. safe for skin with psoriasis and eczema.

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idaho issuing a missing children alert. the children were last season weeks before tammy daybell was found dead. another tragic mystery in the backwoods of michigan. a body found submerged near the town of honor has been found as 37-year-old adrian quinntal. she had not been seen since she had called to say she was involved in a shoot-out with two men. >> it's been hard searching for her. and even though we're glad to have closures it's been heart wrenching. a search had been hampered by flooding in the area. officials say an initial investigation showed no signs of foul play, even though there were shell casings and bullet holes where quintal was staying.

we want to warn you. the video in this may be disturbing. a deputy has been placed on lead, after body cam showed him removing a driver from his car. >> i'm getting out. i'm getting out. [ yelling ] >> let go of my leg. >> he just bit me. >> the officers were responding to a report of a stolen car. after a pursuit, the deputies tried to pull david ward out, thinking he was the carjacker. it turns out, ward was driving his own car and had been the victim of a carjacking. he later died at the hospital.

the county sheriff's office says blount will be on leave while the incident is being investigated. the officer is responsible for his own death, because he took bizarre actions that made deputies think he was an armed carjacker. no team will fire him but kaepernick's new nike is flying off of the shelves. the sneaker has a not-so-subtle message with the 8-14-16, on the sole of the shoe. that was the first time the quarterback took a knee for the national anthem. the sneakers retail for $110. eddie murphy's return to "saturday night live" was a ratings triumph.

>> my neighborhood is going through so much. it's going through something called gentrification. it's like a magic trick. white people pay a lot of money and, poof, all of the black people are gone. where do they go, boys and girls? back to where they come from, of course. atlanta. >> murphy's return was "snl's" highest rated show in tfour years. the episode was the highest rated comedy on any network since "the big bang" series finale back in may. a 6-year-old cancer patient bringing holiday cheer to patients at a virginia hospital where she underwent treatment. so sweet. poppy was diagnosed with

leukemia last year. she returned to the children's hospital bearing gifts. 300 donated lego sets for friends, old and new. i want to make them happy. >> it's hopeful and inspiring and makes you feel really good about the future. >> the gift of hope, the gift of love, and a gift of compassion. >> she said the kindness of other people helped her daughter heal. they wanted to pay it forward. christmas won't be the same in france. notre dame, an icon, closed for the first time in 200 years. cnn is live there coming up next. here, it all starts with a simple...

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the christmas spirit coming alive in beth hlehebethlehem. the city claiming to be the birthplace of jesus, holding celebrations and carols. oren leibermann is joining us live. >> reporter: joe, it's unfolding behind me, with the church of the nativity, as we build toward midnight mass. the square behind me filling up. a few hundred people. there's a long way to go until it's full. all week they are calling for rain today. it's quite the opposite. there's a few clouds dotting the

sky. it is a festive and joy us occasion. and you get that feeling looking behind me. today, it won't be a religious or spiritual celebration, it will be an economic celebration. a lot of the hotels in the area are booked. and they are up some 15%, to make the city happy and makes everyone around here happy. all of that will add to the occasion behind us. as we build into this evening, midnight mass is the highlight. and that's what the faithful are looking forward to. we're getting there, even though there is a long way to go here. there's been christmas carols playing throughout the day. and a short time ago, there's a rehearsal of the religious scouts that came through. we look at all of that building towards the highlight this evening. >> oren leibermann thanks for that. christmas tradition forced to change in paris. for the first time in more than 200 years, the city's iconic

notre dame cathedral will not have christmas mass. melissa bell is live for us in paris. you know the images of notre dame, burning, so memorable from april. walk us through the reconstruction efforts. and when you're hearing from officials when the reconstruction will end. >> reporter: in the wake of that fire, the world looked on aghast as the flames engulfed the cathedral. the french president said they planned to rebuild in five years. no christmas eve mass here, for the first time since the wake of the french revolution, where notre dame was turned into a temple of reason. but since 1804, a mass has been held here.

and it doesn't look like there will be one soon. you remember when the spire collapsed. that spire had been being renovated. the scaffolding is threatening the structure. that's why the giant crane has been put there to pull out the bits of metal. this is what the chaplain of notre dame told us yesterday, about when the reconstruction will start. >> the construction will begin in a year's time. the building is still fragile because of the scaffolding that is weighing on the walls. >> reporter: picking out the scaffolding is a delicate operation. and the five-year deadline is looking hopeful. >> amazing to see the cathedral

encased in the scaffolding. >> there was a lot of reporting that the cathedral needed much more work before you could say it was safe, out of the woods and ready to move forward. >> and there's the reason it will take so long. >> absolutely. back here in the united states, the impeachment impasse. the democrats demands and the republicans standoff, will last into 2020. janie, come here. check this out. let me see. she looks... kind of like me. yeah. that's because it's your grandma when she was your age. oh wow. that's...that's amazing. oh and she was on the debate team. yeah, that's probably why you're the debate queen. - mmhmm. - i'll take that. look at that smile. i have the same dimples as her. yeah. the same placements and everything. unbelievable.

we, at the very minimum, will require votes. >> we're at an impasse. we can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over. >> the impeachment standoff will last into the new year. what democrats are demanding and why republicans aren't budging. dreaming of a white christmas?

keep dreaming. but some parts of the country face wicked weather for the holiday. >> get out of the car. >> all right. i'm getting out. i'm getting out. >> new video of a deadly confrontation between california deputies and a suspected carjacker. it turns out the man was driving his own car. i want to make them happy and feel like they're at home. >> she won her battle with leukemia. now, a 6-year-old heads back to the hospital to spread some holiday joy. welcome back to "early start." i'm joe johns. >> i'll allison costic. good morning. congress seems headed towards a long standoff for the framework of a senate impeachment trial. democrats will stand firm on the

demand for more witnesses and documents. >> we, at the very minimum, will require votes, from all the senators on each of the witnesses and about each of these sets of documents. and i don't think my colleagues, democrat or republican, are going to want to vote to withhold evidence in such an important trial. >> it could take 20 republican votes to remove president trump. but only four would have to side with documents to compel witnesses or documents. at the moment, it is unlikely republicans will budge. congress is not slated to return to washington until january 6th. officials are prepared for several weeks without resolution to the face-off. here's congressional reporter lauren fox. >> reporter: both sides digging in in washington over when and if the senate impeachment trial will start in january. there's still questions looming, as everyone is waiting on nancy pelosi, the speaker of the

house, to send over the articles of impeachment. the democrats are insisting he gets witnesses. and mitch mcconnell makes hit clear that he gets those articles before he makes the next move. >> it's an absurd position after you impeach the president, you don't send over the impeachment papers. we're at an impasse. we can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over. so, everybody enjoy the holidays. >> reporter: there was more fiery back and forth on monday. this is as chuck schumer said they need to be negotiating witnesses now and not wait until the start of the senate impeachment trial. republicans are arguing what they're going to do is something very similar to what they did during the clinton impeachment trial. you have the house managers make their case on the democratic side. then, you have the president's lawyers defending him on the senate floor.

then, you would make a decision about witnesses. but all sides at this point, digging in. no sign that the stalemate will break anytime soon. joe and alison. >> our thanks to lauren fox for that. house democrats raising the suggestion of impeaching president trump again. a court filing from a house judiciary committee, seeking testimony from white house counsel don mcgahn. the former white house counsel. mcgahn shed light on alleged obstruction of justice in the mueller investigation. that was not included in the articles impeachments passed last week. >> earlier monday, the justice department argued in its own filing, the house impeachment ends and an urgency to tie up the mcgahn case. and they should have gotten to court to hear the issues. the mcgahn case is expected to be heard january 3rd. ceo dennis muilenburg is

leaving koe inine ining boeing right the company after two accidents. the company is hopeful to get the 737 flying again in 2020. the securities and exchange the tragedies were too much to overcome. the democratic candidates have called for sweeping measures to deal with the climate crisis. the president thrust the issue back into the forefront, with a bizarre speech, using the green new deal and said the crisis was a rallying cry. trump says he wants to scale back inconveniences like

lightbulb regulations and turbans. >> i know windmills very much. i studied it better than anybody. tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere. you know we have a world, right? the world is tiny compared to the universe. tremendous, tremendous of fumes and everything. you talk about the carbon foot present, the fumes are spewing into the air. >> a lot of that is not true. for one thing, wind power has the smallest car gobon footprin than most uses. trump has made nostalgic and unfound eed claims on other

issues. and allowing people to say merry christmas again. tens of millions are expected to travel this week. the west coast is dealing with a powerful storm, bringing heavy rain and mountain snow. the probability of a white christmas, decent in the north. not so much in the south. this year, dreaming of a white christmas may be as close as you get. meteorologist pedram javaheri has your yuletide forecast. >> you look at where the snow is on the ground, you have to be in the higher elevation or the northern tier of the country. that's about it. we've had christmas eves and christmas days when plenty of snowfall has shifted farther towards the south. but that won't be the case this go around. high pressure begins to build here. a low moving system on the coastline. we'll see a warming trend and a

drying trend, as this departs off of the carolinas. plenty of rainfall on the immediate coast of georgia and south carolina. beyond this afternoon and evening, this is all but offshore because we see the drier weather pattern take shape. the four-corner states, in the high country of arizona and utah, in the areas of california. that's where all of the wintry weather is. los angeles, 60 degrees. but in chicago, we'll take a 53 on christmas eve and a pair of 4s in new york city, over the next couple of days. >> thank you, pedram. last-minute holiday shopping has paid off big-time. the last saturday before christmas hit a record $34.4 billion. that's the biggest u.s. shopping day in history. customer growth partner said

supersaturday results topped black friday sales by 10%. the national retail federation says the average american will spend over $1,000 this holiday season. that's the most ever recorded. evidence says strong job growth and wage growth, as well as happy household finances. all of that put shoppers in the buying mood this season. the best deals may be the week after christmas. a 6% to 8% of holiday shoppers are expected to hit stores for more sales. breaking overnight, prince philip is out of the hospital for christmas. the 98-year-old left the hospital. the queen's husband was admitted friday for what was called a pre-existing condition. he will join the queen at the sandringham estate where she spends christmas. a tragic end for a woman

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she called a friend in october, to say she was involved in a shoot-out with two men. >> it's been hard searching for her. even though we're glad to have closure, it's been heart wrenching. >> a search by police dogs, friends and family, had been hampered by flooding in the area. an initial investigation showed no signs of foul play, even though there were sell casings and bullet holes at the cabin where quintal was staying. we want to warn you, now, the video you're about to see may be disturbing. a deputy has been placed on lead, after body cam showed him removing a driver from his car. >> get out of the car. >> i'm getting out. i'm getting out. [ yelling ]

>> let go of my leg. >> he just bit me. >> the officers were responding to a report of a stolen car. after a pursuit, the deputies tried to pull david ward out, thinking he was the carjacker. it turns out, ward was driving his own car and had been the victim of a carjacking. he later died at the hospital. the county sheriff's office says blount will be on leave while the incident is being investigated. the officer is responsible for his own death, because he took bizarre actions that made deputies think he was an armed carjacker. a missouri family dealing with unimaginable loss this christmas eve. two boys drowned in a frozen pond near their home.

they are 7-year-old cleveland and 8-year-old terence hicks. the boys went on a bike ride and ended up on thin ice covering a shallow lake. they believe one brother fell through and the other died trying to save him. police have identified a suspect in the fatal stabbing of the brother of quarterback c.j. beatha beathard. michael closely is facing attempted homicide after nashville police say he stabbed three men, including c.j.'s younger brother, clayton. >> moseley has a violent criminal pass. he is a convicted felon, convicted of violent crimes. we consider him to be a danger to the community. >> the stabbings, according to the police, appear to have happened during an argument about a woman. the third man stabbed has wounds

to his eye and arm. concern over a meezasles outbreak may have exposed others. the unidentified person went to restaurants, a target store and the international airport between december 14th and 17th. for a full list of locations, check out the story at cnn.com/health. this is coming after three people with the virus traveled through los angeles international airport december 11th. measles was declared eliminated in the u.s. two decades ago. but there has been a recent upsurge as vaccination rates have declined. good news for migraine sufferers. there's a new drug for the dree treatment of migraines in the

u.s. the drug will be old under the name ubrelvy. those that were sensitive to the initial experiences. a surf ur ser survivors a s attack near santa rosa, california. a helicopter shows the rescue after a surfer was bit on the leg this weekend. he was saved by the quick thinking of his friend, who put a tourniquet to prevent other blood laoss. it was the best outcome for a terrifying situation. that's not what the owners of a fireworks stand had in mind

for the holidays. the stand in williamson county, texas, caught fire on monday, igniting the fireworks. firefighters brought the blaze under control. no one was injured. the cause of that was under investigation. it would have been better at night. firefighters in poke county, going beyond the call of duty, saving christmas presents after responding to a fire over the weekend. crews went in to retrieve the gifts and the christmas tree. all of the gifts and the tree were undamaged. a 6-year-old, er cancer patient bringing gifts to a hospital where she underwent treatment. poppy was diagnosed with leukemia around christmas last year.

she returned to the children's hospital bearing gifts. 300 donated lego sets for friends, old and new. i want to make them happy. >> it's hopeful and inspiring and makes you feel really good about the future. >> the gift of hope, the gift of love, and a gift of compassion. >> her mother says the kindness ofer people helped her daughter heal. and they wanted to pay it forward. amazing story. you see that turning into a movie, couldn't you? >> the 6-year-old with a big heart. that's the holiday spirit. tesla's rival brought in the biggest yet. cnn has the details next. 40 hou.

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welcome back. the christmas spirit coming alive in bethlehem. the city claiming to be the birthplace of jesus, holding celebrations and carols. oren leibermann is joining us live. i unction understand that people are gathering where you are. >> reporter: still 12 hours until midnight mass. the church of the nativity, where people believe that jesus christ was born. given the hours until then, manger square is filling up. you might be able to hear the christmas carols playing here all morning. it was "silent night" a few moments ago. it is a joyous atmosphere here.

they were calling for rain all week. instead, it is just a little rain expected here. we expect more tourists to come here as we get closer to midnight mass. it is very much an economic celebration for the city of bethlehem. tourism numbers are up 15% over last year. hotels are booked and the stores are full. that will add to the occasion here and the festivities and the warm feeling here that will go on throughout the day. as you pointed out, the moment we're all waiting for, about 12 hours away at this point, midnight mass. we get towards that and it becomes dark here as evening sets in, it will become more beautiful and i suspect more joyous. >> beautiful and festive. orr oren leibermann, thanks. a bit of a different story in france. a christmas tradition forced to

change in paris for the first time in more than 200 years. the city's iconic notre dame cathedral will not celebrate christmas mass. the landmark nearly destroyed by huge fire back in april. melissa bell is live in paris. >> reporter: the parisian will have to get used to not having christmas mass here at notre dame. that's because of the scale of the devastation that was caused by the flames. back in april, the whole world looked on aghast, when the flames took over the 850-year-old cathedral. at one point, the great spire in the center of it collapsed to the gasps of those that gathered all around. the trouble with the

reconstruction and the reason it hasn't begun yet, is as that spire collapsed, with scaffolding around it, it is that scaffolding that the giant crane is going to begin picking out in the new year. a delicate operation in the new year. reconstruction isn't going to begin until the end of next year. it will be a while before the faithful have a chance to celebrate mass. and probably the world's most famous cathedral. >> thanks so much for that, melissa bell, in paris. let's get a check on cnn business this morning. taking a look at markets around the world. looks hi s like a mixed perform in asian markets. hong kong markets will be closed on wednesday and thursday for the holidays. european markets will open lower. and moving to wall street, looks

like futures are barely moving. flat on this shortened trading day. the stocks closing at all-time highs again, on monday. the dow closing up 96 points. the s&p and the nasdaq edging up slightly. the markets will be closing at 1:00 p.m. for christmas eve and will be closed entirely tomorrow for christmas. the newest car company on the block just had its biggest investment yet. rivian raised $1.3 billion. the investment rivian's fund-raising to almost $3 million. it's building its own pickup and suv, and helping ford develop a new plug-in battery vehicle. it is also making electric fans for amazon. rivian is seen as the biggest competition for tesla's cyber

truck. rivian plans to deliver cars next year. merry christmas. have a great rest of your day for our international viewers. for our u.s. viewers "early start" continues right now. we, at the very minimum, will require votes. >> we're at an impasse. we can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over. >> the impeachment standoff will last into the new year. what democrats are demanding and why republicans aren't budging. dreaming of a white christmas? keep dreaming. but some parts of the country face wicked weather for the holiday. get out of the car. >> all right. i'm getting out. i'm getting out. >> new video of a deadly confrontation between california deputies and a suspected carjacker.