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Residents of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria, continue to suffer under a brutal siege by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

CNN's Brian Stelter says much of what President Donald Trump says lies somewhere between fact and fiction and looks at how the president is able to blur that line to shade the truth.

Former Trump campaign strategist David Urban says Donald Trump's support for Alabama GOP senate candidate Roy Moore is a mistake and electing Moore to the senate would have a negative effect on the GOP during the midterm elections.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) discuss the GOP plan for tax reform and the the sexual harassment allegations facing Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN).

Billionaire Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer talks to CNN's Dana Bash about why he is funding a $20 million ad campaign to impeach President Donald Trump.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says he doesn't know what winning would look like should Alabama GOP senate candidate Moore be elected and that President Donald Trump is throwing Moore a lifeline.

CNN and some of its staff are hitting back at President Trump after he suggested that the network and its international arm were spreading so-called "fake news" around the world. Trump's latest swipe at CNN came in a tweet Saturday evening, when he accused the network of representing the U.S. "very poorly" across the globe and claimed that the conservative Fox News is domestically "more important." The tweet drew quick responses from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and national security correspondent Jim Sciutto, who rushed to the defense of CNN International, the news networks' world news arm. "Thinking about cnni and my brave and hard-working colleagues there who cover famines and wars and politics and terrorism and everything else," Tapper tweeted. "Amazing men and women, thank you for your continued excellence." But Trump's tweet also drew a direct response from CNN itself. The network responded to the president in a tweet pointing out that it is, in fact, Trump's job to represent the U.S. abroad – not CNN's. "It's not CNN's job to represent the U.S to the world. Our job is to report the news," the network wrote from its public relations account. Another CNN employee, media reporter Oliver Darcy, also chimed in on the president's comment, noting that he followed up on the tweet with a post linking to an obscure pro-Trump website listing the president's accomplishments since taking office.

CNN fired back at President Trump after he attacked the network in a tweet Saturday for representing the U.S. “very poorly” to the world. “It's not CNN's job to represent the U.S to the world,” the network’s public relations team tweeted. Our job is to report the news. #FactsFirst.” It's not CNN's job to represent the U.S to the world. Our job is to report the news. #FactsFirst — CNN Communications (@CNNPR) November 25, 2017 The tweet also included an apple emoji, a nod to their recent “Facts First” ad campaign. Trump tweeted earlier Saturday that Fox News is “much more important” than CNN. @FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly,” he tweeted. @FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The Justice Department has reportedly told AT&T to sell CNN's parent company, though AT&T denied that it offered to do so.

President Trump praised Fox News and ripped CNN on Saturday, saying on Twitter that the conservative news network is more important than the cable network. "Fox News is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!" the president said in a tweet. Trump's tweet is his latest attack on CNN, which he branded earlier this year as "fake news." The president has shown a kinder side to the conservative network, however, often tweeting praise of its anchors and stories. The tweet comes amid tensions over a potential merger between AT&T and Time Warner. The Justice Department allegedly told AT&T to sell off either CNN's parent company or DirecTV as a condition of approving the merger. The department formally sued AT&T to block the $85 billion merger on Monday, arguing that it would hurt competition and consumers. The Justice Department move has drawn criticism from observers who note that Trump is often critical of CNN.

CNN's Evan Perez spoke to Jared Kushner's attorney Abbe Lowell, who defended his client against criticism over failing to turn over documents and also spoke about Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ).