pretty picture, not a nice thing. i m not throwing blame either way. i was pleased that republicans have risen to the occasion and defended the president as effectively as you can. i think the senate will do the same thing. i don t think there are crimes or new evidence. my sense the senate role will be no crimes, no hearings. bill: senator. well, once in a lifetime unusual things will happen, i agree with some of what ed said. it hasn t happened before. i worry about the country. i feel better this morning in that leaving some of the partisanship aside i thought mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer s statements were both thoughtful and reflected on what the role of the senate is to cool the passions, look dispassionately at the facts and come to some judgment. and then send this to the american people for the 2020 election. ultimately now this has been set up as an election issue and it should go to the people. when the last word has been said in congress here is my
we heard in mitch mcconnell a few moments ago and from chuck schumer on the senate floor as this continues and big questions loom over what nancy pelosi will do next. bill: we have great voices here in the studio and get to them momentarily. otherwise perhaps we fit in a quick commercial break and then we go back to the floor of the senate. a lot coming up here, speaker pelosi, kevin mccarthy as well. we won t leave it. just get to this break and we ll be right back in a moment here on america s newsroom. i feel like i m losing my identity.
from washington and await the next step. appreciate your time. we ll get reaction all morning law. more coming up here. we ll talk to debbie dingell back in the headlines again today. push can senator kevin cramer as well. today s headliner, former white house press secretary, sarah sanders. all the reaction you re getting today is very fresh, new as we try to figure out the next step as i stated. sandra: it is from all sides as well. we look forward to all that coming up. the house is back to work this morning. lawmakers are set to take up one of the president s signature initiatives one day after impeaching him. we expect debate on the usmca trade deal later this morning. it is likely to pass with bipartisan support. majority leader mitch mcconnell saying the senate is not likely to take up usmca until after an impeachment trial. and other news out of the house of representatives republican mark meadows will not be seeking reelection in 2020.
is hr8, the other 1112. 295 days ago we sent those bills to mitch mcconnell, the grim reaper. i have news for him, he may think they re dead on arrival there but they re alive and well in the general public and every day that he does not take up that legislation he knows it will pass. he fears it will pass if he takes it up. every day that he does not pass it, 100 people die. not all of them by gun violence and not all would be saved by the legislation, but some. we urge him to take up that lifesaving legislation. the list goes on. paycheck fairness, equal pay for equal work. violence against women act. about women. the legislation to raise the minimum wage of the 30 million people who will get a pay raise with the increase in the minimum wage. over 20 million of them are
the articles of impeachment ready to go before it even went over to judiciary she was demanding them. this whole process has been a sham and we know we ll get a fair shake in this senate and that s what it s all about. bill: i want to get one more point. she talked about a fair trial last night and asked by reporters when she had a press conference after the final vote. she said we ll make a decision as we group as we always have as we go along with regard to when she delivers the articles to the senate. what do you believe her strategy is today? oh, i think she has no substance, the law isn t on her side. now she will try to play some unprecedented process game that she is going to hold them perpetually until the senate until she is happy with what the senators do? as you ve heard guests say all morning that is not her choice. bill: the rub between mcconnell and schumer. we ll hear from mitch mcconnell on the form. is she trying to get chuck schumer more leverage when he