from shelves containing files from past impeachment. with so much talk about constitutional duties andermenting the founders and honoring oath there is also the mundane and the workaday. not exactly glam wrs, but here's what it's all leading to. democrats say tomorrow's hearing will run exactly like a trial with opening statements and rounds of questioning and they're confident if americans were the jury instead of republicans, the president would be convicted. >> we have a very rock solid case. i think the case we have if presented to a jury it would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. >> in what appears to be an effort to avoid the appearance of a trial, the president's legal team won't be taking part. they say the process which has pretty much gone by the book is a sham. jeremy, the white house isn't taking part but will obviously be taking notice. so what are they doing? >> reporter: well, so far what we're seeing from the president and from this white house is more of the same.