and the house will vote next week and the question is do we get a real trial in the senate that if republican senators want to say we don't think there is anything there to convict. he did some things wrong but doesn't rise to the removal from the office level, fine. but if they take the attitude that we don't need to have a trial. it is obviously there is nothing there and that is ridiculous substantively and inappropriate constitutionally. so for me the burden is on the republican senators to not let mitch mcconnell just handle this like some tax bill or appropriations bill and whip his senators and dispose of it. >> to that point. let's look ahead at the senate trial acoupling t -- assuming t democrats have the votes in the house. we know that mitch mcconnell is working very closely with the white house. he is in lock step with counsel for the president. so is this something that is operating as it should be,