j. trump, the president of the united states, has put himself before his country. >> at the end of the day, all this is about is about a clock and a calendar because they can't get over the fact that donald trump is president of the united states. >> reporter: the hearing spotlighted counsel for both sides arguing their clashing cases. democrats counsel described president trump's efforts to convince ukraine to investigate the biden as a threat to american democracy. >> his persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger to our free and fair elections and to our national security. >> reporter: while republicans counsel portrayed it all as a ploy to remove a president democrats don't like. >> to impeach a president who 63 million people voted for over eight lines in a call transcript is balogna. the day long debate erupted into