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Breaking overnight, Iran says an oil tanker was struck by missiles off of Saudi Arabia.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiyamad Ali.

This is new. People close to President Donald Trump tell us that Trey Gowdy's ascended since the

President's circle is an attempt to supplant Rudy Giuliani as a presence on cable television

and Sunday shows.

One person close to Trump said the White House has been pulling its hair out every time

Rudy opens his mouth on TV.

But Trump said yesterday before departing to

Minneapolis that Trey Gowdy can't start until January because of lobbying rules and regulations.

He said, we'll have to see. The president's existing legal team is on fire because of this

ascendance. Yahoo News has Victoria Tonzing saying it would be a joke if Gowdy joined the

president's legal team. Today in Rudy Giuliani, the New York Times has on A1, a story by Ken Vogel,

with this headline, Giuliani's Ukraine team in search of influence, dirt, and money. Joe Becker,

Maggie Haberman, and Eric Lipton have another story. Giuliani pressed for Turkish prisoner swap in Oval Office meeting.

That's new.

That places the pressure on the president in the Oval Office.

Happening today, maybe Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine,

is scheduled to talk to members of the House Oversight, Foreign Affairs, and Judiciary Committees today.

House Democrats are also holding a 430 conference call today to discuss impeachment strategy.

NBC reports Trump's former Russia aide, Fiona Hill, is going to give revealing testimony on Giuliani

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