look, here his credibility is especially so because he's the one keeping all these people from the process. all of that house gop bellyaching about the lack of firsthand witnesses was fugazi, and the reason i said it is because they knew their boss was the one pulling the strings. mitch mcconnell made it clear what the president wants, he gets. >> well, exactly how we go forward, i'm going to coordinate with the president's lawyers, so there won't be any difference between us on how to do this. you raised the issue of what if you have witnesses. the president's counsel may or anyway not decide they want to have witnesses. >> he has a gift of saying things boldfaced that make it seem okay. you're letting the white house decide how it gets tried. think about that. what a gross violation of separation of powers. put it aside. now, the best that they can do here is listen to what the