President Trump welcomed his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to the White House Wednesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill held the first public impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill. Ben Tracy joined CBSN with more on the highly-criticized meeting. Source
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Immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli tapped as DHS No. 2
In September, Cuccinelli ordered his agency to shutter a program granting a temporary reprieve from deportation for immigrants facing life-threatening medical conditions Source
Meghan and Harry to skip Christmas with royal family
The young family won’t be spending the most wonderful time of the year with the rest of the royal family this Christmas Source
First day of public impeachment hearings conclude
CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, CBS News intelligence reporter Olivia Gazis, Politico White House correspondent Anita Kumar, Washington Post reporter Eugene Scott and CBSN legal analyst Rikki Kleiman join “Red &Blue” to talk about the historic day on Capitol Hill. Source
Trump denies talking to Sondland about investigations in Ukraine
Ambassador Bill Taylor testified about a phone call between President Trump and E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland. According to Taylor, the takeaway from that call is that the president cared more about investigating his political rival than he did about Ukraine. But as Weijia Jiang reports, the president denied ever talking to Sondland about investigations in Ukraine. Source
Lesley Stahl compares impeachment to Watergate hearings
60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl covered the Watergate scandal and was a CBS News White House correspondent during the Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. She joins “Red & Blue” to provide her impeachment analysis. Source
Congressman Eric Swalwell: Trump had an “obsession” with investigating the Bidens
The first public hearings as part of the impeachment inquiry were conducted in front of the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. Committee member Congressman Eric Swalwell speaks to “Red & Blue” about his questioning. Source
Google plans to roll out checking accounts
Google plans to launch a checking account aimed at individuals as soon as next year. The search giant will tie the accounts to its Google Pay offering, which already has 100 million users around the globe. Source
Deval Patrick expected to announce he’s running for president
He will start far behind in a record-sized field that polling shows is now divided into two tiers — with the top tier consisting of Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg Source
Michael Bloomberg won’t file for New Hampshire primary
There is no word yet on whether the former mayor plans to file to appear on the ballot in other states with early contests: Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina Source