Democrats, White House prepare for impeachment trial despite standoff; Trump demands "immediate" senate impeachment trial;Washington Post: White House demanded democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 21 December 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Whistleblower: TSA screening changes "making air travel less safe";Trump demands "immediate" senate impeachment trial; Giuliani: Democrats "wanna execute me"; Trump accepts Pelosi's invitation to give state of the union;Trump fumes at popular evangelical Christian magazine that called for his removal from office; Trump claims he has done more for evangelical; Christianity and "religion itself" than any president; House democrats strategizing behind the scenes for impeachment trial despite standoff with senate; Trump claims Pelosi wants "quid pro quo" with senate; Washington Post: White House demanded democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package; Democrats highlight divisions during fiery debate; CNN Poll: 76% say economy is somewhat or very good; U.S. Diplomat's wife charged in crash that killed British teen.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's happening now, trial run.
0:03.0	White House Council Pat's at baloney surveys the Senate floor.
0:07.0	Sight of President Trump's eventual impeachment trial,
0:10.0	and sources are telling CNN the Democratic leaders and key committee staffers are expected to work over the holiday recess to prepare for the proceedings against the president.
0:20.9	Religious awakening. President Trump fires back at a leading evangelical magazine calling for
0:26.2	his removal from office labeling it far left and claiming that no president
0:30.9	has done more for evangelicals and religion than him.
0:34.8	Piling on, Pete Buttigar,
0:36.2	under fire in the final presidential debate of the year
0:39.0	as Joe Biden leads the pack.
0:40.9	But our new poll shows the highest ratings for the economy in almost
0:44.4	two decades. Will that boost President Trump? I'll talk about it with Democratic
0:48.8	presidential candidate, Duval Patrick. And Travel Less Safe, a TSA whistleblower warns that screening changes designed to save passengers
0:58.2	time are placing speed over security, just as millions of Americans are about to board flights over the holidays. It's a CNN exclusive.
1:07.5	I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. Broom. Tonight, Democrats and the White House are actively preparing for President Trump's impeachment
1:22.0	trial despite the standoff
1:24.2	over sending the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate.
1:28.0	White House Council Pat Cepalloney scouted out Senate locations where the trial
1:32.4	would take place just a little while ago and
1:34.7	met briefly with the majority leader Mitch McConnell. Also there's new concern
1:39.5	about the safety of airline travel as millions of Americans are expected to be flying
1:44.8	over the holidays tonight.
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