Testimony from top Ukraine envoy released; Andrew Yang’s surge in popularity Source

Open impeachment hearings set to begin next week; WWE star fighting stereotypes in and out of the ring Source

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is poised to launch a comeback bid for his old Alabama U.S. Senate seat on Thursday Source

Ali started out cast as the “bad guy” Source

“I will say, as of her 18th birthday, her hymen is still intact,” he added Source

A prominent pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong was attacked Wednesday by a knife-wielding man while campaigning in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Video of the incident shows a man handing Junius Ho a bunch of flowers and chatting before pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the chest. Source

House Democrats are pushing ahead with plans to for the public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Anita Kumar, a White House correspondent and associate editor for Politico, and Siobhan Hughes, a congressional reporter for The Wall Street Journal, spoke to CBSN’s “Red & Blue” about the implications facing the president. Source

Employers added 128,000 jobs in October, stocks are hitting a record high, and the national unemployment rate is near a historic low, but last week the Justice Department released data showing unemployment is ticking up in nearly a third of U.S. counties. Washington Post economics correspondent Heather Long spoke to CBSN’s “Red & Blue” about what it all means. Source

Federal prosecutors in Roger Stone’s trial told jurors they plan to call several high-profile witnesses to the stand, including Steve Bannon. Prosecutors revealed new details about Stone’s contacts with Trump campaign officials before and after the release of stolen Democratic National Committee emails in 2016, including several phone calls Stone had with then-candidate Donald Trump. Source

Rescue personnel were able to recover the victim’s body, which was about 22 feet below the surface Source