Impeachment trial of President Trump. This is cnn tonight. I am don lemon. Thank you so much for joining us. Again, as i said house managers led by congressman adam schiff, almost nine hours in the first day of whats expected to be three marathon days. Walking through the president s infamous july 25th ukraine phone call. Playing testimony from key witnesses, including Ambassador Gordon Sondland and bill taylor. Some of the most damning evidence in the case coming from the president s own words and those of people in his administration. Day two of the house managers Opening Statement set to get underway tomorrow afternoon at 1 00 p. M. You heard Mitch Mcconnell asking the chief justice, john roberts, if they could start at 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow. If they could adjourn. Chief justice saying yes. Gaveling, saying we are done until tomorrow at 1 00. I want to bring in sow susan henry, david, and Scott Jennings. Gang is all here. Thank you very much. Listen. I heard something i told you guys as we were listening to it that really caught my ear when jay sekulow was being questioned. So im going to put it to you, laura, and im going to read. And this was i think this was reporting this is from politico. And politico says to one republican to one senate republican, the fire hose of evidence was an education itself for him and his colleagues. Nine out of ten senators will tell you they havent read a full transcript of the senators in the house. Republican of louisiana and the tenth senator who says he has is lying. So did they burst these house impeachment managers, the impeachment bubble that has been around the republican lawmakers in washington and maybe in the senate . The people who are going to decide the fate of this president. Well, if by bubble, you mean are they now more inclined to change their minds in favor of conviction . I dont think thats true. Not only that just hearing the evidence. Remember, this is the first time you may have heard the sound bytes. You may have heard gordon sondland. You may have heard bill taylor. You may have heard different people. Kurt volker. Alexander vindman. But to have it comprehensively put into this perspective is the first time most people, even those who have been the most devoted watchers are hearing. For the very first time, youre hearing which agencies, what are the documents that underlie what we want to hear from . Which witness brought this in . Its really laying out the case and that is really the whole reason you are having the impeachment trial. To say here is not just a narrative. Here is what has actually happened. Here is the chronological timeline. Here is the the Background Information youre going to need to know. And here is why the documents are so important. But this is the first time well, second time in two days but the first time in the trial phase of this you are having this really big, important moment to connect the dots. Will it change their mind, ultimately, don . That is a he a different story. Im just going to go around. Change minds . No. Look, i think that what senator kennedy said was smart. I think you want to appear as if you are absorbing the material. And its like im interested. Im paying attention before i acquit the president. I want to make sure i hear everything. But look, i think this thing is baked in the real suspense. And you could see where adam schiff and others were playing in this. The real suspense in this whole proceeding is not whether or not the president will be acquitted. But whether there will be witnesses. And much of the argument today was geared toward not just laying out the case against the president but how that case could be further illuminated by calling some of the principal witnesses who were involved in what schiff calls this scheme. Theyre not going to change their minds on the president i dont think. But they may change their mind on witnesses. And thats the isnt that the key here . The question is, for the senators who may want to hear witnesses, the competing thing would be how long do you want to possibly shut down the senate over an issue where the outcome is already baked . And do we want to sit here for weeks or months fighting out which witnesses can come . Is there executive privilege . Et cetera. Et cetera. And i think thats actually an argument, probably, that the white house and and the Senate Leadership will make to the conference is we have things to do and were threatening to shut down the senate for a long period of time. They sent michael mccasey, the former attorney general in to speak to the senators today to explain to them what it would mean to call witnesses and all the legal entanglements that would involve and how it might delay these proceedings. So i think that is a the counterargument is it politically tenable for those vulnerable senators to vote against having witnesses . And i think schiff and the others are trying to make it as uncomfortable for those senators as possible. Look. This clearly goes to what is the president s Legal Defense teams strategy . Which is they understand minds arent going to be changed on the facts. So what we are seeing them do is sort of a kitchen sink approach. Throwing out basically every single legal argument, factual argument, constitutional argument. So the senators who want to find a reason to vote to acquit the president can have something to hang on to. And if its executive privilege, if its separation of powers arguments, if theyre saying they dont believe the house proved its case, whatever it is that makes that individual republican senator feel most comfortable and most justified in making that decision, they have laid it out. And i think we saw that really in the first day of sort of motions back and forth. We really saw them kind of throw even things that were not logically consistent with with what they were saying five minutes earlier. And so the idea that this is going to be lost on the facts in terms of the acquittal vote, the place it might be significant though is the extent to which it educates the American Public. The American Public is also hearing this for the first time. And some of their constituents are learn about this and have questions and are going to be picking up the phone. I think thats where the impeachment managers are going. I think they are trying to educate the American Public. But its really sad because all those senators raised their right hand and took an oath to be impartial. But they basically have made up i got to get to the reporters. I want to get to the folks who are there covering this. Lets get to cnns jeff zeleny. Also, kaitlan collins. Thank you for joining us on this very long day for a lot of people. You guys. Were coming to jeff. You were in the room for the past few hours. What did you see . How are senators reacting to another marathon day . Don, there is no question the republican senators who everyone has their eyes on here were paying very careful attention throughout the evening. As as congressman schiff and the other impeachment managers were weighing through this, its clear i was watching susan collins. I was watching Lisa Murkowski. Mitt romney. Cory gardener and others. They were paying very close attention. We do not know how they are processing this but i can tell you several republican senators were absent through a lot of evening. Lindsey graham was out for at least half of the time. The people who were in the room, which was the majority, were clearly paying attention. But it was clear what chairman schiff was doing throughout the evening. He was telling these senators, if you want these documents, ask for them. You have the ability to subpoena these documents. Specifically, on john bolton. The Senate Chamber was silent as he was saying if you want to know what john bolton was thinking, ask for these documents. So its clear that chairman schiff was making an appeal in primetime to the American Public, as well. No doubt about it. They were you know, that was his intent. But today was all about the Chronological Order of events. Tomorrow is about the law. But certainly, much more of a pro forma feel. Not as much acrimony because we were only hearing from one side. After the prosecution presents its evidence, then the president s lawyers will also have their side. But that was his goal today. Trying to make the argument. And in the very final moments, he said these government officials who came forward had courage. I hope that some of you senators have the same courage. Don. And also, jeff, another question. At the very end, the chief Justice Roberts referred to one page classified document that will be received but not made a part of the public record. What what do we know about that . We are told that that is a document from jennifer williams. Of course, she is the National Security advisor to the Vice President , who gave her testimony here a couple months ago in november. And then she had some additional testimony. So that was given to the House Committee at the time at the end of november. It was entered in the record. The House Democrats believe that it shouldnt be classified but they say the Vice President s office has not responded to efforts to declassify it. So they are entering that in as part of the record. Its one page of supplemental testimony. We dont know exactly what is in there but it clearly is something she was answering in addition to her testimony from the time in november. Don. Jeff zeleny, thank you very much. Kaitlan, im going to bring you in now. How much is President Trump paying attention to his impeachment trial on capitol hill . I know he was probably watching it on the plane back from davos. But how much is he paying attention . Yeah. They did have the tvs on air force one as the president was flying for several hours. Something he normally does on long flights. And especially, when its his own senate trial. So hes been paying very close attention to this. Watching it closely today. Evaluating how his team was doing yesterday during those very contentious debates that jeff was talking about. Also, hes been on the phone with lawmakers a lot of the time. Some senators. A lot of those House Republicans the president put on his Impeachment Defense Team earlier this week. Hes been watching very closely. What we know from speaking with sources is he is eager to get his argument out there. And you have not seen a substantial portion of that so far. Yesterday, you did see them going back and forth. But the House Democrats were taking a lot more time to make their arguments during those debates over those resolutions yesterday than you saw the White House Team making because they felt like they were defending themselves against it. So the president is eager for his team to start defending him on this. To lay out his side of the story, he believes. So thats something notable. Of course, don, you have to look at who was the democrat really leading this argument today . Of course, that is adam schiff, who spoke for much longer of a time than you saw any of those other house managers speak. And, of course, that is one of the members who irritates President Trump the most. Adam schiff is someone he rails against privately. Criticized publicly, regularly. So its got to be notable that is who the president was watching criticize him all day long. All right. Kaitlan collins. I can see right in front of the white house. Kaitlan, thank you very much. Appreciate that. I want to bring in now democratic senator Chris Van Hollen of maryland. Senator, appreciate you joining us. Know its been a long day. So, again, thank you so much. You were on the floor for over eight hours today. Over 12 hours yesterday. Whats it like being in that room . Take us there. Well, its still sort of an overpowering experience in the sense of the historical moment. Whoever had the idea way back of making sure that senators cannot take their communication devices on to the senate floor had it exactly right because it does mean that youre more focused on the arguments being made. Youre more focused on the presentation, the testimony, and the facts. Rather than everybody distracted looking for their latest email or text. So both the weight of the moment i think sinks in as a result of that, i will say sitting for those long hours is hard. You see a lot of us after a couple hours get up, sort of stretch our legs a little bit and listen from from the back of the room instead of from our desks. Is that a little odd . I dont know if uncomfortable is the word. Im not sure having your device. Because people, you know, you take them everywhere. I check mine at the commercial break. Sometimes during sound bytes, you check your phone. What is it like not having your device with you . Youre right. All of us are sort of totally wired and connected to these devices 24 7. On the one hand, you know, you feel like youre you need your youre addicted to it. On the other hand, its good to take a break. I think forcing that break to focus on the trial is important. Of course, thats why you see everyone dash to the other rooms as soon as the breaks are there to check the devices. I thought you guys had to go to the restroom. But listen, i got to ask you, have you been speaking at all about this to your republican colleagues . Have you had conversations with them . Not not since the trial began. But i do hope starting tomorrow, to have a chance to connect with some of them. After all, today was the sort of first full day of the house putting on evidence. And i must say they put on a mountain of evidence. And put together a very compelling case in support of the two charges. And so i am interested in asking my republican colleagues what they think of it. And of course, the house managers, again, made the point that if anyone wants to contest their story, theyre going to need to present facts and if they are presenting facts not on the record, were going to need witnesses and were going to need documents to really litigate this case fully. What do you think your chances are of getting that since you mentioned witnesses and documents . Well, look, i think that the house managers made a compelling case on their existing record. For the charges. But they also made many showed many examples of why it would be very helpful to the senate to get contemporary contemporaneous notes that have been taken. Other documents. Look. Theres that whole back and forth where omb omb ordered the freeze on aid. I asked for that report back in december that we received recently. And now, we know that there were lots of documents involved in withholding aid to ukraine that have not been produced to United States senate. Those should be produced. Covering up is not a justification for hiding documents from the senate. Just real quickly because i want to get to the president. But politicos reporting that senator kennedy of louisiana is saying this was some some many of his colleagues had never heard the evidence laid out like this. It was and im paraphrasing here eye opening for them. Is that surprising to you . No. I think some senators did not follow the house proceedings that closely. I kept a very close eye on the house proceedings. But many senators decided to either wait till it got here or were not closely monitoring what was happening. So for those who are seeing all this evidence for the first time, it would be very eye opening. Do you think that will change minds . Have any sort of effect on them . Well, thats another question, right, don . But, you know, the administration right now has two arguments to make. One is to sort of dispute the facts. And that is becoming increasingly difficult for them to do because the record here is so complete and so convincing. Their other argument, of course, is the Alan Dershowitz argument is, hey, even if all this really terrible stuff happened, who cares . Because the president can do whatever he wants. Hes above the law and abuse of power does not apply to crimes against the constitution unless theres some other criminal violation. Thats a lot of nonsense. But maybe thats that is their last resort. Thats what theyre going to trot out Alan Dershowitz for i guess. But i dont think its going to be very compelling after this. But then again, the president s lawyers are trying to satisfy a party of one right now. Thats the president of the United States. And the question is who are the senators going to be, essentially, showing their allegiance to . Is it going to be to the constitution . Or are they also going to be looking to donald trump . Thats the big question in this trial. 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Does this seem like the president essentially bragging about withholding evidence from congress . Yeah. I was puzzled by that remark frankly. I guess what he is foreshadowing here is a big fight over executive privilege if the senate decide to go down the road of subpoenaing witnesses and documents. Why is it puzzling . I mean, if it were me, i dont think i would say anything. I would say yeah, seems like its going fine. If it were you, you probably wouldnt be impeached right now. But the big moment for me and the big announcement today was hes going to speak at the march for life rally on friday, which is a lot of people. And that will be the first time he in person in the United States will fully weigh in on this. So im curious if he continues to follow that line of thinking he laid out there in a longer speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters. He said its surprising but as i sat there today watching them lay out the president really incriminating himself with his own words. And him saying weve got all the material. My jaw dropped when i heard that today. Maybe its because, yes, we know thats why we have an obstruction of Congress Article of impeachment against you. Because you have the information. Youre withholding it from us. We want to exercise apparently, im in congress. Im saying we right now. We would like to be able to have some sort of oversight. And you are holding it. The reason the strategy is kind of effective for them because this stonewalling campaign is put jay sekulow and Pat Cipollone in the position to say this. Listen, youre unable to make your case. You dont have enough evidence. But the reason you dont have it is because im withholding the material from you. This catch 22 has carried them through the impeachment inquiry. And now, here we have it again. So its the damned if you do, damned if you dont. They have to actually articulate at this point in time. Ultimately, however, the insufficiency argument cannot hold much weight if you look at this in terms of impeachment as a deterrent for future conduct or misconduct. What adam schiff talked about today and a collective abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Not just the house but the senate as well. Youre thumbing your nose. As executive privilege, is that obstruction at some point when you keep claiming executive privilege . Because jay sekulow keeps talking about executive privilege. Just because you say the words doesnt seen you actually are corresponding to an actual legal argument here. He is talking about the reason saying they cant see anything because of executive privilege. Thats not a Carte Blanche to not produce witnesses or testimony. One of the Hakeem Jeffries talked about this issue today was you can resolve the issue through testimony. You cant just tell someone, in a blanket assertion, you can never speak because the president of the United States spoke to you. There has to be an actual, arcticulable claim. You can probably say what you want to say in had because there is lots of moving parts here. There is a video of the president. The house witness testimony. Text messages. Meetings in ukraine and on and on. There is a clear narrative what happened here. Go on. I do think that there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that is already on the table. So the idea that you know, we really dont know what happened here. We really dont know whether the president engaged in impeachable conduct or not. Thats just not the case. What we dont know is how bad it actually was and being able to make that airtight case. On the executive privilege issue, clearly, can be obstruction. If we took the president s arguments on its face, imagine what this would mean. It would mean the president of the United States could decide what information to give to congress, unilaterally. Whatever he decided was privileged, he would not have to give it over. That would mean that congressional oversight would be based on the good will of the president of the United States. The president wanting to share information. It defies constitutional logic. But isnt the place to work that out in the confines of the federal court system and not in the middle of a messy impeachment thats divided the country . But impeachment is the confrontation of two branches. So the idea that the remedy here is to constantly run to the courts, by the way on a timetable that delays and, therefore, advantages the president who is, lets be honest, trying to cheat in the upcoming election. That just strikes me as the kind of delay tactic that its not really about getting genuine answers to real constitutional questions here. These are frivolous assertions. This is what the constitution says is supposed to be worked out. Yeah. But i think the the the fundamental point and its been made is that when you start off by making a blancket assertion that no one is going to cooperate and no documents turned over, this was a strategy that was announced and it is basically a declaration of obstruction. Not to mention they never asserted the privilege. We are talking about executive privilege. They didnt have to for bolton because they never subpoenaed him. If his assertions of privilege are so outrageous, wouldnt you be confident going to court . The rest of that sound byte, the president was talking as to why not to call a bolton is you dont want somebody who left the white house on bad terms to go giving interviews and testimony. And if thats not executive privilege, thats not saying the deliberative its saying i think you might not like me. I dont want you to speak. Thats not privilege. I got to get to the break. You guys are going to come back. House managers will be back tomorrow and friday. 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He is hopeful theyre going to get in what they wanted. The key witnesses i believe. So do you think my question is do you think the public pressure is working on the democrats part . Look. I think, first of all, i think adam schiff has done a very good job. And ill tell you, don, how i can look at him as the chairman of the committee, which is a different role than the role hes playing now. Now, hes sort of being lawyerly, prosecutorial. Hes not running a committee. And i think that hes presented himself a lot better and in a compelling way along with a number of his colleagues. I think because of that, there are republicans listening now intently. Probably a number of them that had never really listened or thought about all this before. And i think there is probably a sense of fairness thats descending upon them. And if, in fact, they can work something out, its very significant. I wrote three words down that i i wanted to make sure were absent from all this. Mockery. Derision. And contempt. If those words enter that chamber, either a little bit the other day, Going Forward, or when its over, it will create a poisonous atmosphere, don, that will prevent us from doing many of the things that this country has to see happen in washington. So the idea that they can work this out, that means they can they can they can have an agreement. Thats a good thing Going Forward, not just now but for the future. So you think it is working. You think in that answer, you think this is working. Okay. So listen. It is it is its clear, pretty clear, that some new witnesses, like john bolton, like mick mulvaney, which is two of the witnesses that they want, they could add to the story and that there is a lot of documentary evidence that is being withheld. Should republicans want to hear that . Maybe some of it would be maybe some of it would clear the president. Maybe its exculpatory. Yeah. Yeah. I think it should all be heard. I mean, you and i have been talking about this now for a long time. The more information, the better. When you go back to the clinton impeachment, you know, i was in the house when we did that. Over in the senate, they did it by videotape. You know, they werent on the senate floor but they heard additional testimony even after an exhaustive investigation by ken starr. So it happened there. And if somebody said to me today, well, if you have a trial but nobody you dont have any witnesses, what does that mean . So i think it makes common sense to the public. You know, i think there was a poll i dont go by polls but i think 70 of the public said there should be more witnesses. Its just common sense. And without them, people are going to wonder what the heck went on over there . And i think that works against the idea that your senator is somebody whos been fair. And i think theyre feeling some of the heat from that. I would guess that. I think theyre probably back talking to their staff saying what do you think . And they are trying to gage how they move forward now. So you think americans know a fair trial when they see one . Yeah. I think that, you know, for those that are following this, don, and i dont know how many people are actually watching this. The idea that we want more information. That these charges are serious. My trusty sidekick laura coats here who was doing the research before we went on the air, she said 7 Million People were watching last night. Is that right, laura . Yes. Yes. 7 Million People. Well, thats a pretty good number. Its not 24 million like we had in the debates a few years ago. But its still a significant number and theyre seen in primetime. Don, its a narrative. Its going over time. Its not chopped up or just a little bit of, you know, sort of cutoff sentences. But rather, its sort of a full narrative. And i guarantee you there are some republicans in the senate who are saying, you know, i didnt know all that. What do you think about that . Theyre talking to their staff. Theyre talking to their buddies who are their colleagues. Im really surprised to hear schumer say this. I didnt think they would actually get to these witnesses but now with that comment, maybe it looks like they will and the country will be served better because this has to end in the right way. Yeah. A degree of fairness and respect. Yeah. Listen. Ive got to ask you because this this is going to set a precedent. However this ends up going. If they get the witnesses in. If the president stays in office. If he is removed. Whatever. Whatever the outcome. Do you think that the separation of powers is at stake here . And why are republicans so willing to give up their own power . Because this this will set a precedent Going Forward forever. Well, its very important, don. I mean, youre hitting on something, which is theyre coequal branches of government. The house and the senate, the congress is a coequal branch with the white house. And, look, if youre if youre an executive, you want to cling to your power. As the governor, i wanted my executive power. But the legislative branch has to be very, very jealous of their authority. And sometimes, actually, some of them in the legislature didnt like me because i was i was, you know, frankly, being a powerful executive. But its up to the congress to make sure there is a balance. Its important. And one other thing that i think needs needs to be noticed needs to be mentioned here. Other president s have withheld foreign aid. But i have never heard of one who withheld foreign aid on the basis that you need to do an investigation of my political opponent. That is not what goes on among president s that i have watched and ive learned about. This is much different than that. At the end, however this comes out, republicans, democrats, there has to be a sense that it was fair without the contempt, the derision, and the mockery. We got to respect one another because theres many things to do beyond this. You are watching me talk back to the television when jay sekulow said that today about barack Obama Holding up aid to a foreign country. He held up aid but it wasnt to investigate his political rival. It was for different reasons. So thank you. Its exactly right and we shouldnt be confused about that. Thank you, john kasich. Appreciate your time. Thanks. Stay with us. Breaking News Coverage of the Senate Impeachment trial of President Trump. Democrats arguing impeachment is the remedy for a president who wants to cheat to win. Well be right back. [alarm beeping] {tires screeching} {truck honking} avo life doesnt give you many second chances. But a subaru can. dad you guys ok . You alright . Wow. avo eyesight with precollision braking. 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Weve never removed a president through the impeachment process. Were a deeply divided country. It would be very disruptive to do that and thats something you have to weigh if youre a senator. On the other hand on the other hand, if the president is acquitted and and he will undoubtedly take from that by the way, an argument that he did absolutely nothing wrong, which is what his lawyer said, that is like Carte Blanche to continue to do what hes done. And so this is a very, very thorny issue. What makes anybody think because it was a day after the mueller well, yes. And then he says we have all the evidence. And he says china, you know, i mean this would this would this would, essentially, give him the green light and knock down barriers. And i do think that he would be encouraged to do similar things in the future because he wasnt punished for doing this. And so, you know, this is a very weighty matter. You say it cant be solved at the ballot box. Adam schiff, his strategy, you think thats wrong. Yeah. Theres just a fundamental disagreement between the republicans and democrats. They view schiff as the principal sort of spokesperson for donald trump stole the lactoelection. I ha last election. Now, here he is on the senate floor the same guy saying hes going to steal the next election. They jut dont buy it. But scott go ahead. Schiff was also far more prospective. He wasnt saying it would embolden this president. But future president s. Susan. I think there are powerful separations of powers arguments. The history of impeachment in this country is failed impeachment, not removal. The mere fact that we are here i think is sort of miraculous and i hope that the senators listening to schiffs words tonight think about it and think what their oath means. Can you do it in five seconds . Well, the fact is that the president did not ask zelensky to open an investigation into biden for any reason other than he wanted to sully a political opponent. You may not view that as cheating in the election. But it certainly was meant to have an impact on the election. Thank you all. I appreciate it. Thanks, everyone. A lot to talk about. The Founding Fathers today. What would they really think about tonight . Our experts weigh in. Thats next. I was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. But my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. She said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. Go pro with oralb. Oralbs gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gum line. For cleaner teeth and healthier gums. And unlike sonicare, oralb is the First Electric toothbrush brand accepted by the ada for its effectiveness and safety. What an amazing clean ill only use an oralb oralb. Brush like a pro. 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Yes, i thought those were powerful. I thought his presentation was terrific. You know, both as a law professor and laurie was very impressed by his command of the facts and command of the law. Unfortunately i think the gop senators were largely not listening. Some of them walked out, went on to other business, which i think unfortunately really reflects whats going on here. Democrats are invested in this. They believe in the facts. Republicans dont care about the facts and they walk away a. Douglas, we talked about this. They are more concerned about supporting the president and the executive branch rather than their own constitutional powers. The framers could not have anticipated this. Not that its this hyper partisan. We didnt have the Political Party system until 1800 when john adams went against Thomas Jefferson ask they beat each other up so ugly. But nancy pelosi is right. This is historic that forever impeachment is on donald trump. So were watching. Millions of americans, and all of this is happening. Yet its not on abc, its not on cbs, not on nbc, its not in the bars and restaurants people are leaning forward and talking about it. I think thats the opening that Mitch Mcconnell is looking for, just the voting public. If half of us dont vote, a bunch of us arent watching this and that they can stonewall for a while. Mitch ive been praising aplus nancy pelosi for what she did in congress. Mitch mcconnell is going to go down in history as a power broker and the thought that he can herd cats, that hes going to let four roam off the reservation, Lisa Murkowski led off kavanaugh. Four will say i was moved by adam schiff. They telegraphed donny left for hours, just saying but so theyre waiting their turn. Theyre going to have it. Its a tall order to get those witnesses coming up. I wonder if its probably a better question for a media reporter if the networks have been obligation to run this. I feel so. They should have done that. Im disappointed in them all. I wonder if their witnesses will have to cover it or not. My colleague jake tapper, michael, spoke with George Conway and talked about the gop, why the gop doesnt wacht nt to any evidence in this trial. Take a listen. What are they afraid of, what are they afraid of . Theyre going to hear evidence they dont like . They must be afraid of something. Thats the thing i find most disturbing about it. They dont want to hear the evidence because they know the truth. They know hes guilty and they dont want to hear the evidence because they dont want the American People to see it, too. Isnt that the opposite of what they pledged to do . That is the opposite of what they pledged to do. And i think what were going to see is exactly what george just suggested. Clearly republicans are afraid of the facts and theyre going to run from them and theyre going to support the president because thats the most important thing for them right now. It helps their reelection, it helps their party. Doug knows this much better than i do, but i think this will be a short victory for them. They may get out of this trial in one piece, but in the long run i think history catches up with you. And i think it will judge them very harshly for basically facilitating the cover up. I agree with that, but februa february 4th is the big date. All mcconnell is worried about is state of the union address. Donald trump saying i dont want to be in a trial while im delivering it, so theyre really rushing through that. Maybe the democrats rush to congress before christmas. The mystery here to me is john bolton. I mean, he could come out any minute and spill the beans. Hes got a book coming out sometime in the late spring, and my hunch is hes going to go after rudy giuliani, throw him upped t under the bus and not go after donald trump. Gentlemen, thank you. I appreciate your time. Thanks so much. 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