judiciary didn t call a single solitary fact witness. they called more fact witnesses for the watergate impeachment than they did for the trump impeachment. the record is already in, it s full. let s vote. send it to the jury and let s vote. sean: i actually could be persuaded either way,, in that i actually think these people are so nuts that let the house of representatives, whoever they appoint, let them do whatever they want to do. then, once they have the votes, the 51 votes, i would assume, call the roll, get it out of there.s but then, investigate the whistle-blower.e, then the congenital liar schiff. then hunter and joe. we really care about quids and pros and quos, then joe is right there. what i tell clients, you can say whatever you want after thee trial is over. you want to say something about the judge, the police, you want to say something about anyone,
all of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this tuesday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 1,041 of this trump administration. and in the last few hours, marine one touched down at mar-a-lago, and a new story landed from the new york times. according to the newspaper, president trump has already been briefed on the whistle-blower s complaint when he released the congressionalal congressionally approved military aid to ukraine. it s under a triple byline that includes michael schmidt. he and his colleagues write, quote, lawyers from the white house counsel s office told mr. trump in late august about the whistle-blower e complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to congress. the revelation likely sheds some light on mr. trump s thinking at two critical points under scrutiny by impeachment