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Jim Himes (D-CT) talks about the possibility of special counsel Robert Mueller having a copy of Roger Stone’s testimony to the House intelligence panel.”},{“title”:”Trump orders US withdrawal from Syria”,”duration”:”02:34″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/syria-us-trump-withdrawal-barbara-starr-lead-pkg-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/syria-us-trump-withdrawal-barbara-starr-lead-pkg-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181219091812-01-us-troops-syria-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/syria-us-trump-withdrawal-barbara-starr-lead-pkg-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”President Donald Trump has ordered staff to execute the \”full\” and \”rapid\” withdrawal of US military from Syria, declaring that the US has defeated ISIS.”,”descriptionText”:”President Donald Trump has ordered staff to execute the \”full\” and \”rapid\” withdrawal of US military from Syria, declaring that the US has defeated ISIS.”},{“title”:”Van Jones praises Trump: This is history”,”duration”:”01:31″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/van-jones-praises-trump-criminal-justice-reform-ebof-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/van-jones-praises-trump-criminal-justice-reform-ebof-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218200059-van-jones-praises-trump-criminal-justice-reform-ebof-vpx-00000000-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/van-jones-praises-trump-criminal-justice-reform-ebof-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN host \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/van-jones\” target=\”_blank\”>Van Jones\u003c/a> praises Jared Kushner, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and President Trump for getting a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill to a vote in the US Senate.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN host \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/van-jones\” target=\”_blank\”>Van Jones\u003c/a> praises Jared Kushner, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and President Trump for getting a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill to a vote in the US Senate.”},{“title”:”Analyst: Flynn could do more damage than Cohen”,”duration”:”00:49″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/ralph-peters-trump-michael-flynn-michael-cohen-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/ralph-peters-trump-michael-flynn-michael-cohen-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218230135-ralph-peters-12-18-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/ralph-peters-trump-michael-flynn-michael-cohen-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters tells CNN’s John Berman that President Trump might be going easy on his former national security adviser Michael Flynn in comparison to his former personal attorney Michael Cohen because Flynn could have more damaging information.”,”descriptionText”:”Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters tells CNN’s John Berman that President Trump might be going easy on his former national security adviser Michael Flynn in comparison to his former personal attorney Michael Cohen because Flynn could have more damaging information.”},{“title”:”Stories of the Year: Crossing Borders”,”duration”:”06:54″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2018/12/13/immigration-year-in-review-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2018/12/13/immigration-year-in-review-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181214144020-year-in-review-immigration-orig-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2018/12/13/immigration-year-in-review-orig.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”In 2018, tensions mounted over competing viewpoints of immigration reform — political fights over DACA, family separations along the border, a contentious travel ban and a migrant caravan made its way to the US. 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Abroad, pressures escalated over the Syrian refugee crisis in Italy, Germany and Lebanon.”},{“title”:”Isikoff: Judge sent chill down Flynn’s spine”,”duration”:”02:07″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/donad-trump-michael-flynn-sot-michael-isikoff-cuomo-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/donad-trump-michael-flynn-sot-michael-isikoff-cuomo-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218215018-michael-isikoff-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/donad-trump-michael-flynn-sot-michael-isikoff-cuomo-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff, who was in the room for the hearing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, describes the reaction in the courtroom to the judge who will decide whether Flynn will get jail time.”,”descriptionText”:”Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff, who was in the room for the hearing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, describes the reaction in the courtroom to the judge who will decide whether Flynn will get jail time.”},{“title”:”CNN obtains Russia documents signed by Trump”,”duration”:”02:08″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/letter-of-intent-russia-document-signed-donald-trump-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/letter-of-intent-russia-document-signed-donald-trump-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218225319-cuomo-12-18-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/letter-of-intent-russia-document-signed-donald-trump-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Chris Cuomo discusses a newly obtained document that shows President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani claiming the document was never signed. “,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Chris Cuomo discusses a newly obtained document that shows President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani claiming the document was never signed. “},{“title”:”Stories of the Year: The gun debate”,”duration”:”07:52″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2018/12/14/gun-debate-year-in-review-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2018/12/14/gun-debate-year-in-review-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181214144003-year-in-review-guns-orig-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2018/12/14/gun-debate-year-in-review-orig.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”The Parkland tragedy launched one of the biggest grassroots movements of the year, with young people like Emma Gonzalez at the helm. 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Will this year generate real legislative change?”},{“title”:”The Trump Foundation dissolving amid lawsuit”,”duration”:”02:35″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/19/trump-foundation-dissolving-lawsuit-randi-kaye-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/19/trump-foundation-dissolving-lawsuit-randi-kaye-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180905164934-trump-0809-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/19/trump-foundation-dissolving-lawsuit-randi-kaye-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”The Trump Foundation is shutting down, but a lawsuit is ongoing, accusing President Trump and his three eldest children of not operating the charity as a charity at all. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.”,”descriptionText”:”The Trump Foundation is shutting down, but a lawsuit is ongoing, accusing President Trump and his three eldest children of not operating the charity as a charity at all. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.”},{“title”:”Lawmakers tour border after 7-year-old’s death”,”duration”:”02:36″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/us/2018/12/18/guatemalan-girl-death-lordsburg-congressional-members-sot-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”us/2018/12/18/guatemalan-girl-death-lordsburg-congressional-members-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218161957-rep-joaquin-castro-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/us/2018/12/18/guatemalan-girl-death-lordsburg-congressional-members-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Congressional members visited the Lordsburg Border Patrol station in New Mexico where 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin was taken before being dying in a hospital in El Paso, Texas, after becoming ill. “,”descriptionText”:”Congressional members visited the Lordsburg Border Patrol station in New Mexico where 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin was taken before being dying in a hospital in El Paso, Texas, after becoming ill. “},{“title”:”The year of Trump, according to Trump”,”duration”:”07:09″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/13/donald-trump-2018-cillizza-year-in-review-orig-js.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/13/donald-trump-2018-cillizza-year-in-review-orig-js.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181217160049-trump-year-in-review-artwork-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/13/donald-trump-2018-cillizza-year-in-review-orig-js.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”It’s hard to remember everything that happened this year in politics — so we assembled these soundbites from President Donald Trump to help you out.”,”descriptionText”:”It’s hard to remember everything that happened this year in politics — so we assembled these soundbites from President Donald Trump to help you out.”},{“title”:”Sarah Sanders defends Trump’s Flynn tweet “,”duration”:”01:45″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/18/trump-flynn-tweet-sanders-presser-kaitlan-collins-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/18/trump-flynn-tweet-sanders-presser-kaitlan-collins-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181218144216-sarah-sanders-wh-press-briefing-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/18/trump-flynn-tweet-sanders-presser-kaitlan-collins-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”When reporters asked about President Donald Trump’s tweet wishing Michael Flynn \”good luck\” in court, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed that Flynn’s lies had nothing to do with the President. “,”descriptionText”:”When reporters asked about President Donald Trump’s tweet wishing Michael Flynn \”good luck\” in court, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders claimed that Flynn’s lies had nothing to do with the President. “}],’js-video_headline-featured-1n8wluz’,”,”js-video_source-featured-1n8wluz”,true,true,’this-week-in-politics’);if (typeof configObj.context !== ‘string’ || configObj.context.length