i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the bake breaking news. an historic vote this hour, and the house intelligence committee voting for the impeachment, and it is a big one here and accuses president trump of grave misconduct and abuse of power. it is now, this entire document in the hands of the judiciary committee and it is a handoff that matters for american history because it is the judiciary committee that will write the former articles of impeachment against the 45th president of the united states of america. donald j. trump and this report includes new phone ridiculouses that democrats say show the president's allies and including the top republican on the intelligence xhisht intelligence committee devin nunes, and mike pence's role in helping trump abuse the power of the presidency for personal political gain. so we'll have much more on all of what is in these pages in just a moment. i want to go first to capitol hill and manu raju is out front. first of all, this is a crucial vote in history in this process. what more can you tell us

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front" next. breaking news. trump's tantrum, a jaw-dropping six-page rant from the president of the united states just hours before his near-certain impeachment. chuck schumer is out front to respond. still digging. rudy giuliani says trump supports his dirt digging on a political rival in ukraine. so who is giuliani meeting with to get this information? plus unseating lindsay graham. the senator's challenger who is raising big money is my guest tonight. does he have a chance? let's go out front. good evening. i'mier u. i'm erin burnett. a six-page rant from the president of the united states. president trump sending this letter to house speaker nancy pelosi just hour ahead of his all, but certain impeachment and trump knows it is all but certain. tonight he remains defiant. >> do you take any responsibility for the fact that you're about to be impeached? >> no. i don't take any. zero, to put it mildly. >> well, the president, with that stoney-faced glare speaking right before sending this letter to pelosi, and

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let's get it back to erin in new york. that's the state of play here. back to you. >> obviously, it will be a very big night beginning moments from now. more on the breaking news. president trump has weighed in on his own impeachment trial. and a democratic senator will have to vote on whether to remove president trump from office. is he willing to lose his job for his vote? a president who abuses power. and obstructs justice. the impeachment of donald j. trump. he was supposed to protect our constitution. not trample on it by asking foreign countries to undermine our democracy for his personal political gain. trump broke his oath to america. members of the house and senate must now do their constitutional duty. if you agree, sign our petition at need to impeach.com need to impeach is responsible for the content of this advertising. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clea

erin. they're always unstructured and always are pretty much a headache for aides who have been working with the president. then hes down there, he has other ideas. more so this time because it's coming at such a critical time in his presidency. these next few weeks as he's got crucial decisions to make about that senate trial, when and if, it likely does happen. including who is going to be opening during those arguments. who is going to be closing those arguments. who will be presenting evidence. a lot of decisions still to make as far as when it comes to the defense strategy for the president. and because he's got so much unstructured time while he's down there, that's what we've been hearing from aides so far. now, it's not just his schedule. it's also who he has access to. a lot of people have access to the president when he's at this private club in south florida. whether he's in the buffet line, golfing, dining. it's his old buddies and when the president gets around them, it essenti

i'm erin burnett. the house judiciary committee has ended its first impeachment hearing and it was contentious and highly partisan and aggressive questions and answers. the committee expected to announce the hearing at any moment. jerry na jerry nadlera clear where he stands. all three professors said it was clear that donald j. trump should be impeached. >> professor feldman, did president trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power based on that evidence and those findings? >> based on that evidence and those findings the president did commit an impeachable abuse of office. >> professor carlin, same question. >> same answer. >> professor gerhardt, did president trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power. >> we three are unanimous. yes. >> it was a powerful moment and series of testimonies, but there was an exception on the deus today. a fourth law professor the republicans' alone witness jonathan turley. >> i'm concerned about lowering impe

i'm erin burnett out front. the breaking news. we are learning that the judiciary committee will take up the articles of impeachment tomorrow night live, exactly 24 hours from now. the committee members will make opening statements on the two art i articles of impeachment, abuse of power and they will speak life tomorrow night and each will make their case to the nation and this coming after a historic day, democratic leaders standing before the american public to announce that president trump will become the fourth president to face impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. according to the resolution, president trump abused the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. he has also betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections. president trump responded a few moments ago. >> they put up new articles that frankly, are very weak and they're very weak. >> the

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight the breaking news no defense. president trump's legal team will not participate in house impeachment proceedings. democrats had offered the president and his team the chance to attend the hearings, ask questions, raise objections, request consequences, and make a closing statement. but trump said no. minutes before the deadline tonight yes or no, defend or not, white house lawyer pat cipollone sending a authority two-paragraph letter writing in part, quote, your impeachment inquiry is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fund mebl fairness. well, nadler fired back saying having declined this opportunity he cannot claim the process is unfair. house intelligence committee adam schiff weighing in saying the white house said they wanted open hearings, not closed, and then they didn't want those. then they said they wanted to participate in the proceedings and now they don't. all they want is to hide the president's serious misconduct. it's not working. those are the partisan points.

. >> erin, what was it like to have this front row seat of course to history and capture what a really fascinating ima images? >> it was an incredible eck appearance. we were really grateful to the lawmakers for opening up this process to us. and letting us see you know the long hours, the deliberations and a lot of hard work and serious worg on both sides. >> and marissa, let's talk about tran sparnsy here. how important is it for the american public to be able to see these images? >> extremely important. normally when you look at pictures of capitol hill and the impeachment process or anything going on in washington, you're seeing pictures that are pretty carefully choreographed and things the lawmakers want you to see so at the times, it's extremely important for us to double down on our visuals and show people what's happening behind closed doors and give them that nder view. >> that's what i was thinking. that on television, it looks so, for lack of a better phrase, politically choreographed where as these fphotos are not. you really get a sense that you are in there and that they

joining me to discuss, gibbs wealth management president, cio erin gibbs, retail analyst, erin sikes. i will have to go with gibbs and sykes. maybe a 1980s cop show or maybe a law firm. you're the retail expert. did weekend live up to your expectations? >> absolutely. it is surpassing expectations. that is not just because we see retailers finally truly embracing omni channel with e-commerce and brick-and-mortar but the rise of mobile. mobile actually took 65% of all e-commerce through the weekend. so that is the new medium. charles: erin, we saw where some of these retail stocks came on last week, the second best-performing sector, were consumer discretionary stocks but we all know they can't be winners. as you sift through numbers. obviously online has done well. there are brick-and-mortar winners. to sykes's point, those names, call them "bopis," buy online, pick up in store. retailers that do that are in the sweet spot right now. maybe need good investments? >> walmart is one of prime examples being able to do that. and a lot of other big businesses are getting into it. i think wh

plus pg e's reorganization plan is pleasing one of its toughest critics what erin brockovich had to say about the company's plan to exit bankruptcy and if you'd like to skip commercials get more news during the break sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. >>the genie's reorganization plan is pleasing one of its toughest critics capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala spoke with erin brockovich on the company's plan to exit bankruptcy. >>to be exactly this plan that's in front of us now lets it run that the woman made famous for building a case against the genie nearly 30 years ago says she's pleased with the company's reorganization plan as the company aims to exit bankruptcy as soon as possible erin brockovich likes pg e's proposal that satisfies the state legislature's demands to ensure victims are fairly compensated and a $40 billion commitment over the next 4 years

now people are asking why he had been released early from prison on a terror-related erin erin reports from london. >> reporter: serious questions being asked tonight, specifically whae doing out of . he was identified at usman khan, convicted in 2012 of plotting terror attacks on the u.s. embassy in london as well as the london stock exchange at the time. the judge explicitly warning authorities not to let him out on what's called early license in this country. nevertheless, it's exactly what happened. he was released and electronically tagged. today british prime minister saying the epidemic is evidence of a broken system. >> when you cut a sentence in half to violent offenders out early simply isn't working. you had some very good evidence of how tisworking, political implications for prime minister johnson. keep in mind the general election is 13 days away and there's serious questions about the government's decision to lower the threat level here in the u.k. in the weeks prior to the attack. erin mclaughlin, nbc news, london. >>> dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man ac

nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us now from london. so erin, talk about the level of progress that was made at those meetings >> reporter: hey, frances. we just heard from the nato secretary-general trying to project the alliance's strength saying that the alliance is strong, the alliance is agile, that it's themost effective alliance in human history. but he also gave a nod to the differences, differences that were on full display yesterday in that bilateral meeting between president trump and president macron macron standing by his brain death comment, something that president trump was very critical of earlier in the day, saying the comments were nasty but macron saying the comments were warranted he said that this alliance does not stray strategy going forward, that yes, there's an emphasis that's needed on burden sharing, which is a priority of president trump, but it also needs a common strategy and that's distinctly lacking. something they'll likely discuss during their three-hour working session today. each leader will get abou

i'm erin burn net, "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. the impeachment report is out, released moments ago by the house intelligence committee to members of the committee. this report is crucial. it details the evidence that democrats have collected over the past eight weeks, lays the groundwork for the specific articles of impeachment, and frankly, sets the clock ticking on that formal vote to impeach donald trump. in less than 48 hours, the judiciary committee is going to hold its first public impeachment hearing and they of course then are going to be writing formal articles of impeachment. we now know who will be testifying at the public hearing. four impeachment experts, president trump taking to twitter today to protest and his tweet, the do nothing democrats get three constitutional lawyers for their impeachment hoax. they will need them. the republicans get one. oh, that sounds fair. but it's important to note that that tweet is -- doesn't add up. the white house declined to participate in wednesday's hearing. in fact, trump could

erin mclaughlin has more >> reporter: around the world, the faithful gather. millions celebrate at the vatican, pope francis calling for peace, saying change begins from the heart. but in the heart of paris, there is sadness for the first christmas in over 200 years, the beloved notre dame cathedral is dark instead they celebrate across the senne, in another gothic church next to the louvre. notre dame, in its entirety, may not survive. the cathedral recollecter says there's a 50% chance it will be saved. eight months ago, the world watched in horror, as a blaze tore through the roof. the iconic gothic spire gone officials warn the cathedral vulnerable hundreds of tons of scaffolding were put in place, part of a renovation effort. there is concern it could come crashing down on the already fragile structure. the government's goal to reopen by 2024 in time for the paris olympics, but the rector says until the scaffolding is removed, they won't know if the cathedral will be saved.ry treb notre dame like it was before because of the symbol. >> reporter: so tonigh

erin mclaughlin has that story >> reporter: tonight, minneapolis after a devastating fire, gratitude. >> makes my heart feel good to see all these people out here. >> reporter: from those who lost everything early christmas morning a luxury hotel turned homeless shelter burst into flames, injuring three. >> i came in with nothing and now i really left with nothing >> reporter: forcing 200 people onto the streets many of them children. >> these children are looking p. the parents are trying to hold it together. this is really hard. >> reporter: hope arrived after news of the fire spread. boxes and boxes of food and supplies, even presents. a parking lot full >> good to see the human spirit, you know, alive. >> reporter: so much so volunteers asked people to stop giving goods and to start donating money the minneapolis foundations raised over $100,000 so far. all the victims now placed in temporary shelters a show of christmas spirit moving some to tears. >> god, thank you so much. i thank everybody that came out here to help us. i thank y'all so much. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc

the man police say went on that deadly stabbing rampage and the heroes who rushed to help save lives erin mclaughlin now with their stories >> reporter: tonight new video of the deadly london bridge terror attack. bravery on full display as bystanders armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwal tusk, reportedly pulled from the wall of the nearby fishmonger hall, together take down the terrorist who'd killed two. one identified tonight by several british a ou ets as 25-year-old jack meit khan, according to the police his home raided by counterterrorism by police. >> even though i ain't -- i ain't no terrorist. >> reporter: later convicted of being just that. 2012 convicted of plotting to bomb the u.s. embassy and the london stock exchange. he was released early, monitored by electronic tag >> he served half of his sentence, he was out on automatic early release, and i have long said that this system simply isn't working. >> reporter: now we're hearing from the heroes who helped stop the deadly rampage >> he was wielding two knives one was sort of duck taped to his hand. >> reporter: thomas

nick to make his rounds and then go shopping for those post-christmas deals lester >> erin mclaughlin in chicago, thanks. >>> and here in new york and other big cities, a beefed-up police presence is keeping watch over t shoppers the threat of holiday-time terror attacks not far from mind i recently joined one group of experts preparing to battle a new scenario what first responders are walking into -- a smoke-filled subway tunnel, screams of people trapped in the aftermath of a bombing and collapse -- is not a what-if scenario it's happened. in madrid, in london, and remains a deep-seeded fear for millions of urban commuters. >> test one. you're in a train. >> reporter: the men and women in this frightening exercise are new york city police and firefighters, but today they are working as teammates for u.s. homeland security, one of fema's 28 urban search-and-rescue task force teams across the country. >> in the last five years i think we've deployed seven times, and that's just new york task force one, but the system is active every year. >> reporter: we see them at natural disasters

erin mclaughlin has that story >> reporter: tonight, minneapolis after a devastating fire, gratitude. >> makes my heart feel good to see these people. >> reporter: from those who lost everything early christmas morning a luxury hotel turned homeless shelter burst into flames, injuring three. >> i came in with nothing and now i really left with nothing >> reporter: forcing 200 people onto the streets many of them children. >> these children are looking for presents and hoping. the parents are trying to hold it together. this is really hard. >> reporter: hoping the news of the fire spread, boxes and boxes of food and supplies and presents, a parking lot full. >> good to see the human spirit, you know, alive. >> reporter: so much so volunteers asked people to stop giving goods and to start donating money the minneapolis foundations raised over $100,000 so far. all the victims now placed in temporary shelters a show of christmas spirit moving some to tears. >> god, thank you so much. i thank everybody that came out here to help us. i thank y'all so much. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc

attorney erin nealy cox picked up the case. >> i'm a mother of three children, all girls, one of which is an 8-year-old, just like the victim in this case. >> reporter: you're kidding. >> no. so for me it was important to bring the suspect to justice. >> reporter: did you find yourselves in brief moments thinking about what the mom was going through? >> oh, absolutely. we met with the family who was just so courageous and inspirational to me personally about how they were dealing with this. >> reporter: the 51-year-old suspect pleaded not guilty, but in court, nealy cox played part of his interrogation tape where he admitted to kidnapping the girl. it took the jury just ten minutes to convict him. he was later sentenced to life in prison. >> nobody's ever going to be victimized by this man again. if you're sitting at home and the amber alert goes off on your phone it doesn't mean you can't do something. >> reporter: nealy cox says it has had a profound impact on not just her but everyone involved, especially the officers there at the rescue. some are still dealing with the memories of

nbc's erin mclaughlin has the latest >> reporter: tonight in hong kong on the eve before christmas, clashes at one of the city's luxury shopping malls. christmas shoppers watch in shock as plainclothes police officers beat back protesters protesters say it's a fight for greater democracy, what some have sarcastically dubbed hong kong's white christmas. instead of snow, tear gas and pepper spray one journalist told us the clashes lasted into christmas day >> it's 3:00 in the morning in hong kong you can see the protesters are still on the street. >> reporter: police broke through a barricade, only for protesters to set it up against observers said the protesters' intensity dipped in december but with more protests in the works, they could have momentum going into the new year erin mclaughlin, nbc news >>> and in this country, there are new questions tonight over the controversial pardons issued by the governor of kentucky just before he left office now the fbi is looking into them as well. nbc's pete williams has that story >> reporter: matt bevin, kentucky's former republican governor is ou

nick to make his rounds and then go shopping for those post-christmas deals lester >> erin mclaughlin in chicago, thanks. >>> here in new york and other big cities have beefed up police presence, is keeping watch over holiday shoppers the threat of holiday time attacks never far from mind. i joined a unique group of first responders learning to confront an especially challenging scenario [ gunfire what these first responders are walking into -- a smoke-filled subway tunnel, the screams of people trapped in the aftermath of a bombing and collapse is not a what-if scenar scenario it's happened. in madrid. [ sirens ] in london. and it remains a deep-seeded fear for millions of urban commuters. >> test one. you're in a train. >> reporter: the men and women in this frightening exercise are new york city police and firefighters, but today they are working as teammates for u.s. homeland security, one of fema's 28 urban search-and-rescue task force teams across the country. >> in the last five years, i think we've deployed a total of seven times, just new york test force one, but the system i

>>capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala talk to as erin brockovich on the company's plan to exit bankruptcy. >>to be exactly this plan that's in front of us now lets it run that the woman made famous for building a case against the genie nearly 30 years ago says she's pleased with the company's reorganization plan as the company aims to exit bankruptcy as soon as possible erin brockovich likes pg e's proposal that satisfies the state legislature's demands to ensure victims are fairly compensated and a $40 billion commitment over the next 4 years to make its equipment safer by fulfilling the states demands pg e will have access to a multibillion dollar wildfire fund for future fires its equipment causes the fund is made up of money from the state's investor-owned utilities and the tax california already collects governor gavin newsom's office didn't respond to a request for comment friday but has said this week governor is reviewing the reorganization plan this. >>alright situation with this reorganization and this judge that is clearly going the salon that governor asked to hold this ground

. >> you remember the flap that he sparked with erin andrews in october, when she asked him how it felt to be 8-0 and he answered it feels great, baby. and a lot of people got carried away with it. that apparently included the 49ers here. and niners superhero george kittle after the win over seattle. see that shirt right there. now you could own one for $30. we don't know if erin andrews will buy one but she was a good sport about it when it made waves, it says "it feels great baby". >> heart jimmy g. they will find out who they will play in the divisional rounds january 11th here on nbc bay area at 1:35 in the afternoon so you could have your friends over. you know. >> well speaking about tonight. a lot of people want it to be clear to see the fireworks. >> the clouds are what we worried about and we could expect to see some clouds creeping into the tri-valley. fog, stay away, we're trying to watch the fireworks. >> end of a decade. >> happy new year folks, we'll see you in 2020. >> see you next year. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change,

full day before continues and the rush is on for those with holiday shopping still left to do nbc's erin mclaughlin has what you need to know >> reporter: it's christmas eve, and for those who have left shopping until the very last minute -- >> i panicked. >> reporter: -- no need to panic. plenty of stores are open but you can always buy online. prices for overnight shipping and same-day delivery are getting steep. picking up the online purchases in-store may be your best bet. while there may be long lines for the pick ups, there are less distractions. >> i get distracted in the aisles and end up buying other things that i probably didn't need. >> so it actually saves you money? >> yeah, it does. >> reporter: for those trying to avoid the in-store holiday crush, consider e-gifts. many big retailers along with websites like gift card granny sell gift cards at a discount. a $50 gift card in some cases could cost you less than 40 bucks. looking ahead, december 26th is the biggest day of the year for returns. that inventory bump will push prices down even more. so this late into the holiday

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erin griffith: so why can't we recycle them? kind of a dumb question but-- ann: well, eventually, we can, some of them. but when you process and purify them and make 'em into new metals and alloys, you're actually changing the chemical basis of it so sometimes you can split it apart, many times you can't. the other thing, today, recycling isn't a good solution because we don't have enough of 'em out there to have a critical mass to be able to create a nugget then to be able to go back from there. joseph menn: if these are in the earth, all over the earth, why can't we just mimic what the chinese processing capability is? how hard could it be to just do the same processing that they did? ann: well, it's probably not hard compared for americans who are pretty ingenious. we gave up this landscape about 20, 30 years ago, literally. i mean, we don't have many schools that offer degrees in this. and our patents filings on these is going like this and china's are like this. they literally have filed 10 to 20 times more patents over the

fighting so there's a lot of security a lot of areas are still not very easily reachable fortunate erin workers and many n.g.o.s have told me that the government isn't providing a lot of the service that people need and a lot of these things schooling roads and medical services are being provided by u.n. agencies and n.g.o.s. i mean joy just listening to this reports as if you know when you think about this nation south sudan the youngest nation in the world there's then famine and there's been disaster political instability fighting one wonders if things can get worse for the people of sudan but how do they see things well it really struck me in the conversations with the people that is how little and how unable people are planned to plan for the future. and the people i spoke to i think about the next few weeks the next few months how to feed their family but there's very little and people can do to think about how they can build on their lives and how they can improve on their lives so i really feel like all of that to change there needs to be real long term peace and security. that'

fighting so there's a lot of security a lot of areas are still not very easily reachable fortunate erin workers and many n.g.o.s have told me that the government isn't providing a lot of the services that people need and a lot of these things schooling roads medical services are being provided by u.n. agencies and n.g.o.s. i mean joy just listening to this report if you when you think about this nation south sudan the youngest nation in the world there's been famine and there's been disaster political instability fighting one wonders if things can get worse for the people of sudan but how do they see things well it really struck me in the conversations with the people that is how little and how unable people act and plan for the future. and the people i spoke to i think about the next few weeks the next few months how to feed their family but there's very little and people can do to think about how they can build on their lives and how they can improve on their lives so i really feel like in order for that to change there needs to be real long term peace and security right that's journa

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front" next. breaking news. trump's tantrum, a jaw-dropping six-page rant from the president of the united states just hours before his near-certain impeachment. chuck schumer is out front to respond. still digging. rudy giuliani says trump supports his dirt digging on a political rival in ukraine. so who is giuliani meeting with to get this information? plus unseating lindsay graham. the senator's challenger who is raising big money is my guest tonight. does he have a chance? let's go out front. good evening. i'mier u. i'm erin burnett. a six-page rant from the president of the united states. president trump sendi

here in the studio with me for a look at some of the more colorful christmas traditions hello to you erin so what have you got well you know it tis the season to get a little bit silly and there's no wrong way to celebrate christmas so the 1st video we have is from cocoa beach in florida where hundreds of surfboard riding santas have taken to the waves now it's a charity event that's held on every christmas eve and this year it featured some $600.00 surfing santa as who hang 10 and raise some $40000.00 for nonprofits this year all right so surfing santa that looks the very. christmas under palm trees where do we go next and when next we're going to mexico and where they're asking the question what does a radish have to do with christmas if you asked me not a lot i mean it's red and white but of course i'm not from mexico where they're celebrating their annual radish christmas festival now the festival features hundreds of art is sculpting a christmas directions from radishes you know it's a 122 year old tradition that started as a way for farmers to raise a little bit of the festive spiri

depending on where you are people mock this season in all sorts of different ways state of reporter erin chilton is here in the studio for a look at some of the more colorful christmas traditions so what do you got there ok well you know there really isn't any wrong way to celebrate christmas and we've been looking for the wires this season is called the ways people are doing it right now and we start in cocoa beach florida where hundreds of santa claus have taken to the waves for an annual surfing competition now it's all part of a charity event in this year it helped raise some $40000.00 for nonprofits throughout the united states and around $600.00 santas took to the waves and hung 10 for charity. 3 equal now here's another question. for you what do radishes have to do with christmas. if i just guess they arrange their regular the red white and green says live in a festive for me they're not exactly the 1st thing i think when it comes to the christmas season but then again i'm not from what mexico where they're celebrating their annual christmas rather sculpture festival and i believe

attorney erin nealy cox picked up the case. >> i'm a mother of three children, all girls, one of whom is an 8-year-old, just like the victim in this case. >> reporter: you're kidding. >> no. and so to me, it was important to bring this particular defendant to justice. >> reporter: nealy cox tried the case personally, getting an indictment on federal kidnapping charges. >> reporter: did you find yourselves in -- in brief moments thinking about what the mom was going through? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, we -- we met with the family, who is just so courageous and inspirational to me personally about how they were dealing with this. >> reporter: the 51-year-old suspect pleaded not guilty. but in court, nealy cox played parts of his police interrogation tape. >> i scoped it out pretty good. >> reporter: where he admitted to kidnapping the girl. it took a jury just ten minutes to convict him. he was later sentenced to life in prison. >> nobody's ever going to be victimized by this man again. if you're sitting at home and that amber alert goes off on your phone, it doesn't mean you can't do s

fighting so there's a lot of security a lot of areas are still not very easily reachable fortunate erin workers and many n.g.o.s have told me that the government isn't providing a lot of the service that's that people need and a lot of these things schooling roads medical services are being provided by u.n. agencies and n.g.o.s. i mean joy just listening to this reports as if you know when you think about this nation south sudan the youngest in the nation in the world there's been famine there's been disaster political instability fighting one wonders if things can get worse for the people of sudan but how do they see things well it really struck me in the conversations with the people that is how little and how unable people are. planned for the future. and the people i spoke to i think about the next few weeks the next few months how to feed their family but there's very little and people can do to think about how they can build on their lives and how they can improve on their lives so i really feel like in order for that to change their needs to be real long term peace and security.

here in the studio with me for a look at some of the more colorful christmas traditions hello to you erin so what have you got well and you know it. tis the season to get a little bit silly and there's no wrong way to celebrate christmas so the 1st video we have is from cocoa beach in florida where hundreds of surfboard riding santas have taken to the waves now it's a charity event that's held on every christmas eve and this year it featured some $600.00 surfing sanna's who hang 10 and raise some $40000.00 for nonprofits this year. all right so surfing santa that looks very nice they have christmas under palm trees where do we go next and when next we're going to mexico and where they're asking the question what does a radish have to do with christmas if you asked me not a lot i mean it's red and it's white but of course i'm not from mexico where they're celebrating their annual radish christmas festival now the festival features hundreds of art is sculpt teena christmas directions from radishes you know it's a 122 year old tradition that started as a way for farmers to raise a little bit

here in the studio with me for a look at some of the more colorful christmas traditions hello to you erin so what have you got well you know it tis the season to get a little bit silly and there's no wrong way to celebrate christmas so the 1st but he we have is from cocoa beach in florida where hundreds of surfboard riding santas have taken to the waves now it's a charity event that's held on every christmas eve and this year it featured some 600 surfing santa as who hang 10 and raise some $40000.00 for nonprofits this year . all right so surfing santa that looks very nice they have christmas under palm trees where do we go next and when next we're going to mexico and where they're asking the question what does a radish have to do with christmas if you asked me not a lot i mean it's red and white but of course i'm not from what mexico where they're celebrating their annual radish christmas festival now the festival features hundreds of art is sculpt teena christmas directions from radishes you know it's a 222 year old tradition that started as a way for farmers to raise a little bit of th

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front" next, breaking news. no deal. the house shut down for the year without handing the articles of impeachment to the senate and the senate majority leader says fine with him. so what now? we are live in los angeles tonight where the democratic presidential candidates are about to take the stage as a major e vafrmgvangelical public founded by billy graham says billy graham says president trump should be removed from office. let's go out front. good evening to all. i'm erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of out front. first, president trump's impeachment. the white house is

i'm erin burn net, "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. the impeachment report is out, released moments ago by the house intelligence committee to

i'm erin burnett out front. the breaking news. we are learning that the judiciary committee will take up the articles

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here to share their reporting and insights, cnn's phil mattingly and mae westin, erin haynes with the associated press. happy post christmas, everybody. we're still digesting. phil mattingly, and all of you, really, but i want to show on the screen just the visual of what we're talking about, a president tweeting like gang bustbu gangbusters even on and around christmas, even on holiday. to say that trump tweets a lot, it's like saying it's a day that ends in y, right? but it is a gift for us in one key way in that we always get a sense of what he's thinking and where he is emotionally and strategically. >> sure. and i think it's exacerbated when he's in mar-a-lago. i think it's always been the case that he has more free time for himself and that ends up showing itself in 280 characters to some degree or another. i think the interesting thing is we know where his head is on this issue. he said it publicly, he's very anxious for the trial, he's frustrated that pelosi decided not to send the articles of impeachment over until she has a sense of what the senate trial will actually look l

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. president trump with a less than cheerful

>> i can't, erin, i really can't. i've never seen anything like it. typically at this point an attorney general would step forward and acknowledge the work of his or her ig and then immediately address what steps they were going to take to address the recommendations in the report. in this case, attorney general barr has decided instead of doing any of that to attack the report and then to continue to flog this false narrative about fbi leadership malfeasance and suggestions of echoing back to all the worst tropes of the deep state conspiracy. look, we have to acknowledge the fact that he does this for one reason. it is a narrative that is politically important to the president. and the attorney general has indicated with a statement today that he is willing to keep supporting that narrative, despite the facts. >> look, the facts, right, the report says that despite mistakes made, which as you and i have discussed there were some. >> there were. >> the fbi did have a, quote, authorized purpose to monitor carter page. so they're saying there were all t

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight, trump's increasingly frustrated on impeachment. taking it out on twitter again today. attacking the house speaker as she continues to withhold the articles of impeachment from the senate. this tweet, just hours after pelosi herself tweeted, quote,

nbc news's erin mclaughlin has the latest. >> reporter: around the world, the faithful gathered. and millions celebrate. at the vatican, pope francis calling for peace. saying change the heart, but in the heart of paris, there is sadness, for the christmas in over 200 years, the bee lofbled notre dame cathedral is dark and instead they celebrate across the river in another gothic church next to the louvrer. there is a 50% chance that the notre dame cathedral will be saved. the akonic gothic spire gone. now officials warn the cathedral is still vulnerable. prior to the fire, hundreds of tons of scaffolding were put in place, part of a renovation effort. now, there's concern it could come crashing down. on the already fragile structure. the government's goal, to reopen by 2024, in time for the paris olympics. but the recollecter says until the scaffolding is removed, they won't know that the cathedral can be saved. >> they are going to try to rebuild notre dame because it is a symbol simply. >> in paris, determination and prayer. knowing it could be years before they find out if th

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, an impeachment vote is happening. house speaker nancy pelosi taking the irrevocable step in asking for formal articles of impeachment. she said in an article, don't mess with me. despite her announcement this is

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the bake breaking news. an historic vote this hour, and the house intelligence