heard from every one of those senators everything will day. mitch mcconnell does not want witnesses. he has said in interviews that to have witnesses in this trial would be mutually assured destruction. so why would anyone take him at his word and that wants to have any evidence first, have a vote, then get the witnesses? that is my nancy pelosi is holding these articles of impeachment. she needs to deal up front to make sure there are witnesses, evidence, and testimony, because mcconnell has artie been announcing, i'm going to do everything the white house wants me to do and i don't want witnesses because it will hurt me, it will hurt us, it will hurt the trial. this is a negotiation that is been going on on nancy pelosi. >> leland: amid the negotiations, you may say time is on their side, fund-raising is also on both sides interest as well. november fund-raising efforts, the rnc 20.6 million, dnc $8 million. a friend over at axios, mike