FI: Trump critics hang impeachment hopes on shady witness as president fills out defense team for Senate trial ((thefive___________)) ((lubuntu at wor1))

President Trump’s critics pump up Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas; reaction and analysis on ‘The Five.’

BH: Mike Bloomberg’s campaign manager talks campaign spending, 2020 strategy ((billhemmer________)) ((lubuntu at wor1))

Kevin Sheekey dismisses comparisons to Rudy Giuliani’s failed presidential campaign, says Mike Bloomberg is willing to spend ‘whatever it takes’ to get his message out and put himself in a position to make a difference

DB: Royal Caribbean blames ‘reckless’ grandfather for cruise ship death of child ((dailybriefing_____)) ((lubuntu at wor1))

Cruise line Royal Caribbean says surveillance video proves Salvatore Anello is at fault for 18-month-old Chloe Wiegand’s fall from an open window

OO: Rep. Collins on House Democrats leaving door open for additional impeachment witnesses: They had their chance ((outnumberedover___)) ((lubuntu at wor1))

In their rush to judgment, House Democrats failed to do their job on impeachment, says Georgia Congressman Doug Collins, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee

AN: John Sununu: New York Times’ endorsement of Warren and Klobuchar highlights deep divide in Democratic Party ((americasnewsroom__)) ((lubuntu at wor1))

The Times endorsed one presidential candidate ‘from the crazy lane’ and another from the middle of the Democratic agenda, says former Gov. John Sununu

CNN: “:”\u003cstrong>The President’s lawyers call articles of impeachment ‘constitutionally invalid’ in a preview of their case\u003c/strong>”, “BANNER=|pagerendered| ((lubuntu at wor1))

” , title: “CNN – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos” , siblings: {“articleList”:[{“uri”:”/2020/01/20/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-response/index.html”,”headline”:”\u003cstrong>The President’s lawyers call articles of impeachment ‘constitutionally invalid’ in a preview of their case\u003c/strong>”,”thumbnail”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191009105320-01-trump-1008-small-11.jpg”,”duration”:””,”description”:”\u003cstrong>Read: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\”https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/politics/white-house-brief-senate/index.html\” target=\”_blank\”> WH brief argues process a ‘charade’\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\”https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/politics/congress-house-rebuttal-read-trump-legal-team/index.html\” target=\”_blank\”>House files ‘replication’\u003c/a>”,”layout”:””