House impeachment investigators want testimony from the lead lawyer for the National Security Council and from a senior associate counsel to the president. The probe's zeroing in on White House lawyers John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis, who were privy to a discussion about moving a memo recounting President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's leader into a highly restricted computer system. Turkey and Russia have launched their first joint patrol in northeastern Syria. It's part of a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Turkey's incursion. Calmer weather's allowed crews to increase containment on multiple wildfires in California. Red Flag warnings for fire danger remain in place through Friday evening for some inland areas to the north and west of Los Angeles. Storms've caused flooding, knocked down trees and damaged homes from the Deep South through the Northeast. Hundreds of thousands were left without power.