ages past. you are our hope for the years to come. we trust the power of your prevailing providence to break this impeachment trial to the conclusion you desire. lord, we acknowledge that your thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. and your ways higher than our ways. lord, we love you. empower our centers, renew their strength. we pray in your dependable name, amen. join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial are approved to date. sgt. and arms will make the proclamation. here you, hear ye. keep silent the senate of the united states sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exh
and the light. unite our senators. in their striving to do your will. lord, you have been our help in ages past. hope for the years to come. power of your prevailing providence to bring to thepeachment trial conclusion you desire. that yourcknowledge thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. higher than our ways. lord, we love you. senators, renew their strength. your dependable name. amen. please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. allegiance, to the flag, of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial if there is no objection, the journal of proceedings for the trial are approved today. the sergeant at arm s will make a proclamation. hair you, harry, all per
this impeachment trial to the conclusion you desire. lord, we acknowledge that your thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. and your ways higher than our ways. lord, we love you. empower our centers, renew their strength. we pray in your dependable name, amen. join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial are approved to date. sgt. and arms will make the proclamation. here you, hear ye. keep silent the senate of the united states sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives against donald john trump, president of the united states. the majorit
anything else? thank you. comments from the president s defense team, house members were part of his defense team. delivery of 28,000 pages of evidence from the house and impeachment, in arguments last night and today the president s team will begin their defense, begin their arguments, to two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. for the third time in history a president on trial in the u.s. senate set to gavel in at 10:00 eastern, live coverage beginning on c-span2. welcome you this morning, capitol hill producer pointing out the last time the senate sat in a saturday session was last year a month ago. he says you may have seen if you are watching last night as adam schiff wrapped up his argument he alluded to a cbs news report alleging that republican senators could face fallout for opposing the president on impeachment. many senate republicans including danes, bluesman and ernst shook their heads in disapproval over schiff s comments abo
arriving shortly. here as the president s defense team gets 24 hours over three days, we expect from what we heard yesterday from the majority leader today will be a fairly short day, perhaps 1:00 pm eastern. [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if you are just tuning into the impeachment trial, as we seek more senators arrive, the video we get is from the u.s. senate, the video on audio. the table on the left is for the house managers. they ve finished presenting their case. the president s defense team is on the table on the right, the table is pretty full right now as we await the arrival of the chief justice to begin. why don t we take our seats. we will convene, the chapel will lead us in prayer. let us pray. eternal god, the way, the truth and the light. unite our senators in their striving to do your will. lord, you have been our help in ages past. you are our hope for the years to come. we trust the power of your pre