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- [Jenna] Tonight.

The Senate impeachment trialenters its second week.

- Like war, impeachment is hell.

- [Jenna] The latest from Capitol Hill

as the president's lawyerspresent the defense.

- She had cold-like symptoms,shortness of breath, fever.

- [Jenna] And cases of the coronavirus

are on the rise around the world.

How the illness is causingWall Street to worry.

Plus.- He was the mayor

of L.A. to me, and so, you know,

like a lot of people are saying,

today's the day that part of L.A. died.

- [Jenna] As fans mournthe death of Kobe Bryant,

we'll look back at the life

of one of basketball's biggest stars.

All this and more tonighton "Faith Nation."

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Growing calls tonight forJohn Bolton to testify.

Welcome to "Faith Nation."

I'm Jenna Browder.

- And I'm Eric Philips.

A potential game changerin the impeachment trial

after a draft of John Bolton'sbook appears to undercut

a key defense argument.

- The former national security advisor

claiming President Trumptied Ukraine's security aid

to investigating the Bidens.

CBN White House Correspondent Ben Kennedy

joins us from Capitol Hill

where the president's defense team

held its second day of opening statements.

Ben.

- Well Jenna, Eric,President Trump's legal team

said the commander in chief was acting

under his Constitutionand legal authority,

adding that asking a foreign leader

to get to the bottom of corruption

is, quite frankly, not breaking the law.

- I want to keep coming back to facts,

facts that are really undisputed.

The president, in his conversation,

was clear on a number of points,

but so was President Zelensky.

I mentioned that at theclose of my arguments earlier

that it was President Zelenskythat said, "No pressure.

"I didn't feel any pressure."

- But contradictingSekulow's opening argument,

which you just heard today,"The New York Times" reported

they received an unpublished transcript

from former National Security Advisor

John Bolton's upcoming book

and in it, Bolton writesPresident Trump told him

in August of last year that he wanted

to continue withholdingmilitary aid to Ukraine

until they launchedinvestigations into the Bidens.

Not true, said Trump,as he fielded questions

outside the Oval Office earlier today.

- I haven't seen a manuscript,

but I can tell you nothingwas ever said to John Bolton,

but I have not seen a manuscript.

I guess he's writing a book.

I have not seen it.

- Now Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

called this revelationa White House cover-up,

pointing to his counterpartacross the aisle

for the need to hear fromBolton in this trial.

- This is stunning.

It goes right to the heart

of the charges against the president.

Ambassador Bolton essentially confirms

the president committed the offenses

charged in the firstarticle of impeachment.

It boils down to one thing.

We have a witness with firsthand evidence

of the president's actionsfor which he is on trial.

- We've heard Bolton say thathe would, in fact, testify

if subpoenaed by the Senate,

and now even some Republican senators

have come out saying let him speak.

- I've said for some time

that I hope to be ableto hear from John Bolton.

I think with the storythat came out yesterday,

it's increasingly apparentthat it would be important

to hear from John Bolton.

I, of course, will make afinal decision on witnesses

after we've heard fromnot only the prosecution

but also the defense.

But I think, at this stage,it's pretty fair to say

that John Bolton has a relevant testimony

to provide to those of us

who are sitting in impartial justice.

- So you've just heard fromtwo senators on each side,

and with support growing from both sides,

it appears likely wecould hear from witnesses.

That key question is set tobe decided later this week.

Jenna, Eric.

- All right, Ben Kennedyat the White House,

excuse me, on CapitolHill, thank you very much.

And here now for more, Caitlin Conant,

political director at CBS News.

Caitlin, good to have you.

- Hi, thanks for having me.- Thanks for coming.

- So a big week.

All talk of impeachment.

Caitlin, how do you thinkthe defense is doing so far?

- Well I think that, right now,

it's a million dollar question

on whether or not the new Bolton news

is going to make some Republicansenators demand witnesses.

And Congresswoman EliseStefanik actually sat down

with Norah O'Donnell at the"CBS Evening News" this morning

and she said it's interesting

'cause when you hear about witnesses,

sometimes it's 50% of Americans

say they want to hear from the witnesses.

But that doesn't justinclude people like Bolton.

It includes people like Hunter Biden

and sometimes the whistleblower as well.

So I think you've got challengeson the Republican side

and also on the Democratic side.

- Absolutely, well many people thought

that today the defense would open

by addressing John Bolton's accusations.

They never really did though.

What are your thoughts on that?

- You know, I think they'resticking to their message.

Sekulow did say somethingto the effect of,

"We're not gonna get intohypotheticals" at the beginning,

and I thought that mighthave been a slight,

a little bit a way--- Sort of a veiled

reference to it?- Exactly.

But I think right now that the White House

doesn't think this changes anything.

They are standing by

that there were no political implications.

I mean, while the Democrats are saying,

for the first time, we've got someone

who says he was in the room

and that the president told him directly

that he wanted to withhold funding

until they were investigatinghis opponent, Joe Biden.

So you've got two different sides

and we'll see which one may or may not

have a change in the strategy here

for an impeachment trial.

- Yeah, Senator Mitt Romney today said

it's increasingly likelythat Senate Republicans

will now want to call witnesses.

Caitlin, how likely do you think it is

we'll see that happen?

- So they need four, right?

And you have Senator Collins from Maine

and Senator Romney seemto be the two most vocal,

and then it remains to beseen if they'll get more.

What I've been watching is Biden

actually on the campaign trail in Iowa

where it's so crazy 'cause right now

everyone thought thebig story would be Iowa,

but we're a week out andimpeachment is a focus

and he's really leaning into this

because he's saying, "Let's remember why

"President Trump is on trial

"for impeachment in the first place

"and it's because he'safraid to run against me."

So he's trying to make,in the closing days,

this an argument about him versus Trump,

whereas some of hiscompetitors in the Senate

are stuck there during the trial

and not able to campaign on the road.

- Let's go back to Bolton for a moment.

You know, how worried doyou think the White House is

about Bolton's testimony,

and you know, bearing inmind, the president says,

this is all about him tryingto flount his book, you know,

this is all about his book deal,

which, by the way, did hitAmazon's bestseller list.

But how worried do you think

the White House reallyis about his testimony?

- Well I think the White House

is taking this extremely seriously

and it would be someone who,

by his account, was in the room,

but they're also trying to make the case

that this doesn't change things,

that there was no quid pro quo,

but they're obviously preparing

for if he does testify andfor what's in the book.

- Yeah, yeah, we'llsee what's in the book.

What would calling witnesses mean

for the Democratic candidateswho are the campaign trail,

Amy Klobuchar, BernieSanders, Elizabeth Warren?

Are they secretly thinking,"Oh, please don't call

"witnesses"?- You know they're itching

to get back out there.- Yeah.

What are they thinking?

What does this mean for them?

- One of our campaignreporters, Zak Hudak,

who's usually on the trail,

but he has been on theHill this week with Warren

and he asked her today and shesaid if there's a real trial

on caucus day, then she'll be there.

But I think the milliondollar question is:

What is a real trial?

And what does that mean in their mind?

So that's one thing I'm watching.

- How likely do you think this is

that it'll be wrapped up by that deadline,

that Republicans wouldlike to see at least,

the State of the Unioncoming up next Tuesday?

- You know, I hate predicting.

I think we'll have a bettersense at the end of the week.

To our earlier point,

it's how many people joinRomney and is he right

that people are gonna changetheir mind about witnesses?

But certainly gonna be a wild seven days.

- Yeah, well a lot to accomplish

over those next seven days- Yeah.

- if they are gonna hit that deadline.

- Right, right.

- All right.

- Thank you, guys.- Caitlin Conant

with CBS News, thank you so much.

- Thank you.- Thanks for having me.

- Meanwhile, the StateDepartment is urging Americans

to reconsider traveling to China.

The number of confirmedcoronavirus cases rising tonight.

Nearly 3,000 people are now sick.

The virus has killed morethan 80 people in China

and spread to at least a dozen countries,

including five confirmed caseshere in the United States.

In Chicago, a woman wasdiagnosed with coronavirus

following a trip to theoutbreak's epicenter

in central China.

- We were expecting that, eventually,

the virus would hit the United States,

although we weren't expectingit to hit this quickly.

We determined that there was a history

that the patient had traveled

through the Wuhan region of China.

Patient was placed into isolation

and we called the localdepartments of health

to take appropriate action.

- And the CDC is screening passengers

at five US airports for the virus.

People in 22 states are being tested.

And it is affecting the economy too.

Fears over the coronaviruscaused big losses

on Wall Street today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average

pretty much erasingits gains for the year,

ending the day down more than 450 points.

The S&P 500 was down around 50 points

at the close of business.

And the NASDAQ also down.

All three indexes saw theirworst day since October.

- Joel Griffith is a research fellow

at The Heritage Foundationand he joins us now

with more on this.

Now Joel, China is one of theworld's biggest economies.

As the number of sick continues to rise,

we saw the markets down today.

Can we expect to see that continue?

- There's no doubt thatthis is having an impact,

particularly in China, butit'll have limited consequences

here in the United States,and that's for the very reason

that even our exports to China,

it's about $120 billion per year,

but that's about 1% of our economy.

So we may see some impact

as many Chinese consumersare staying home.

The entire province ofWuhan is under a quarantine

and that will impact those sectors

to which our companies sell,companies such as Nike,

some of our entertainmentcompanies such as IMAX.

They market a lot to the Chinese consumer

and they might have someshort-term earnings hit.

But this is primarily going to be a hit

to the Chinese economy,at least in a limited way.

- Joel, what advice do youhave for our viewers at home?

Should they be worried aboutsome of their investments?

- Well I think we should lookat what's happened in the past

when similar outbreaks have occurred.

Several years ago,

the SARS outbreak inChina had a similar impact

and we saw Chineseeconomic growth diminish.

It went from about 11% annualizedto about 9% annualized.

And that was a bit of a hit to the economy

and, from what I've seen,some of the estimates are

that this could shave about 1%

off the economic growth in China in 2020.

If it's similar to the SARS outbreak,

that would take growth in China

from about 6% this year to about 5%.

But this, well let's see,and this is going to have

a limited impact on our economy,

and I think that if we began to see

the virus spread here in the United States

for that period in time inwhich we're part of an outbreak,

that would impactrestaurants or entertainment.

But chances are, if this isanything like the SARS outbreak

several years ago, thisis going to be an impact

primarily on the China economy

and something that they will be able

to recover from in the longer term.

- Now Joel, let's look at this

through a political prism for a moment.

The president often boostingthe economy and stock markets

as signs the US is succeeding.

Are we in jeopardy of seeing that change?

- I don't think that this outbreak

in and of itself would change that.

Look, we have nearly a$20 trillion economy.

We have about $120 billion,about 1% of the economy,

that consists of exports to China.

If you look at all ofthe jobs in this country

that are centered aroundour trade with China,

it's roughly about 900,000 jobs.

That's about what our economy creates

over three to four months.

Even if half of those jobs disappeared,

which would be an extreme situation,

that would be something that our economy

would make up for within a few months.

I think long, what we're looking at

as far as economic growth,we have a foundation in place

for a continued stretch ofgrowth thanks to tax reform,

thanks to regulatoryreform, and despite the fact

that this will have a temporary impact

on a few select sectors,I think that longer term,

throughout the rest of thisyear, the prospects remain good.

- Joel Griffith withThe Heritage Foundation,

thanks so much for yourtime and expertise.

- Thank you.

- Well to the Supreme Courtand a new ruling tonight

allowing a Trump administration policy

that ties green card approvalto the use of public benefits

like Medicaid or food stamps.

Immigrants applyingfor permanent residency

must now show theywouldn't be public charges

or burdens to the country.

If they could potentiallybecome public charges,

legal residency could then be denied.

The divided high courtreversed a lower court ruling

on the issue in a voteof five to four today.

More than half a million people

apply for green cards each year.

According to the government,

nearly 400,000 will besubject to a new review.

- In just one week,caucus voters will decide

on who they want to winthe Democratic nomination.

Depending on which poll you'rereading, the likely winner

will either be formerVice President Joe Biden

or Senator Bernie Sanders.

A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll

has Biden with a six pointlead over the 2020 field,

while another poll from"The New York Times"

and Siena College shows Sanderswith a seven point lead.

One thing hindering Sandersthough is the impeachment trial.

The senator has to be herein DC to act as a juror

while Biden is able tocampaign over the next week.

- [Jenna] Coming up, a lookback at the life of Kobe Bryant.

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- Tributes continue to pourin from around the world

honoring basketball legend Kobe Bryant.

He, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna,

and seven others died yesterday

when their helicoptercrashed in California.

- Bryant labeled himself the Black Mamba,

capable of striking withspeed and precision,

something he did on thebasketball court for two decades,

leaning on his faithduring the toughest times.

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(crowd cheers)- Kobe, Kobe.

- [Eric] Shortly after newsof the crash broke Sunday,

crowds started gatheringoutside of the Staples Center

in Los Angeles.

- [Crowd] Kobe, Kobe.

- [Eric] The house that Kobe built.

- Everybody's in grief.

Everybody's mourning.

Everybody has respect for this man

and his family and his daughter.

It's painful.

- [Eric] And that pain reachedall the way around the world,

even in Beijing and Manila.

- I have decided to skip college

and take my talent to the NBA.

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- [Eric] A fresh-faced Kobe Bryant

entered the NBA in 1996at the tender age of 17,

shortly after graduating highschool near Philadelphia.

He would soon join the Lakers,

making the team his homefor the next 20 years,

racking up five titles and accolades,

including two-time NBA finalsMVP, 18-time NBA All-Star,

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and scoring 81 points in a single game,

the second highest in NBA history.

- Is it what you dreamed of?

- Oh, it's everything and more.

- [Eric] For all of the highs,

Bryant experienced a major low in 2003,

facing a sexual assault charge.

His wife by his side andhis faith in his heart

from his Catholic upbringing,

Bryant eventually madeit through that storm.

In the years to follow, theBryants had four daughters.

The oldest he affectionately called Gigi,

who had basketball aspirations of her own.

- The best thing that happens

is when we go out andfans will come up to me

and she'll be standing next to me

and they'll be like, "Hey,you gotta have a boy.

"You and V gotta have boy, man.

"You have somebody carry onyour tradition, the legacy."

She's like, "Oy, I got this."

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- [Eric] In fact, they were reportedly

on their way to her game whenthe fatal crash happened.

President Trump tweeting:

Melania and I send our warmest condolences

to Vanessa and thewonderful Bryant family.

Former President Obama tweeting:

Kobe was a legend on thecourt and just getting started

in what would have been justas meaningful a second act.

Evangelist Franklin Grahamsaying it's a reminder

of the brevity of life, andquestioned: Are you ready?

And gospel artist Kirk Franklinposted a picture of Bryant

and simply said Jesus.

After his 2016 retirement,Bryant remained busy,

even winning an Academy Award

for his Best Animated Short Film

which was a tribute tohis love of basketball.

Now a bit of irony here,

Saturday night, LeBron James passed Kobe

to become the third highestscorer in NBA history

and the very next day,this tragedy struck.

We should mention that the other victims

aboard that fatal flightincluded a baseball coach,

a pilot, as well as teenagegirls and their parents.

The Black Mamba will surely be remembered.

We'll be right back.

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- Virginia's newly empoweredDemocratic majority

is celebrating theanniversary of Roe v. Wade

by reversing a number ofrestrictions placed on abortion

by Republicans over the last decade.

The Virginia House todayadvanced legislation

that allows nurse practitioners

and certified nurse midwivesto perform abortions

during the first trimester of pregnancy.

- This law does not appearto limit when someone

other than a physician canperform any kind of abortion.

- These individuals are highly trained

and qualified and indeed, Madam Speaker,

some of them have topractice under the authority

of a physician for a period of time.

- Democrats also plan to put a stop

to 24-hour waiting periods

and requiring ultrasoundsbefore abortions,

which often do changethe minds of mothers.

- The White House is gearing up

to release it's long-stalledMideast peace plan tomorrow.

Ahead of that, Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu

and Blue and WhiteParty leader Benny Gantz

met with President Trump today.

The last Israeli-Palestinianpeace talks collapsed

back in 2014, but the president today said

getting both sides to agree to a plan

is important for the region.

- This is a plan that's very important

to peace in the Middle East.

No matter where I went,

they say Israel and thePalestinians they have to make peace

before you can really havepeace in the Middle East.

So people have been workingon this for many, many years

and I think we're relatively close,

but we have to get otherpeople to agree with it also.

- [Eric] President Trump says he

and Prime Minister Netanyahuwill hold a press conference

at noon tomorrow to lay out the details

of the White House peace plan.

- Meanwhile, Israel's military

has begun a major construction project

on its northern border.

- As Chris Mitchellreports from Jerusalem,

it is the latest effort bythe IDF to protect Israeli's

from the Iranian-backed terrorgroup, Hezbollah, in Lebanon.

- [Chris] The Israeli Defense Forces

brought in heavy equipmentalong the Lebanese frontier

to begin construction of anunderground defense system.

The system will use sophisticated sensors

and classified technology

to detect Hezbollah cross-border tunnels

and protect Israelisalong the northern border.

Last year, CBN News got a rare look

inside one Hezbollah terror tunnel

uncovered by the Israeli Defense Forces.

It was built so hundredsof Hezbollah commandos

could infiltrate northern Israel.

IDF spokesman JonathanConricus told us then

that this massive tunnel, amile long and 22 stories deep,

was nearly operational andposed an imminent danger.

- Operational in the sense of Hezbollah

actually having the ability to break out

and then to run to thenearest Israeli community.

There are two communities here nearby,

less than six minutes running distance

from where we are now.

- [Chris] Tunnel warfareexpert Daphne Richemond Barak

said the value of this type of warfare

is priceless for Hezbollah.

- Potential reward is amajor one if only it succeeds

because it neutralizesthe technological advances

of the Israeli army.

- [Chris] But protecting against tunnels

is not Israel's only defense.

In 2017, it also built a barrier

about 15 to 20 feet high along its border

to protect againstHezbollah infiltrations.

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it gives us an observationpoint to see better.

On the other hand, itgives us better protection.

Today, if a person runs towardthe barrier to cross it,

he can't run easily.

He needs to stop for a moment or two.

That gives us enough time to react.

- [Chris] Israel fought Hezbollah

in the 2006 Second Lebanon War

and IDF leaders say thenext war with Hezbollah

is not a question of if, but when.

With thousands of soldiers

and as many as 150,000rockets and missiles,

Israel has many reasonsbehind its vigilance.

Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.

- [Eric] How some Holocaust survivors

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- And finally tonight,on this day 75 years ago,

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