let us pray. almighty god, our shelter from the storms, give our senate jurors discernment that will rescue our nation from ruin. illuminate their minds with your truth as you speak through the whispers of conscience. remind them that the seeds they plant now will bring a harvest. may the choices they make bring blessings, healing, and prosperity to our land. we pray in your merciful name, amen. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. please be seated. if there s no objection, the general proceedings of the trial are proved to date and i d ask the sergeant at arms to make the proclamation. hear yeah, hear yeah, all persons are commanded to keep silence on pain of imprisonment while the senate of the united states is sitting for the trial of the article of impeachment exhibited by the house
lawyer s zoom appearance. can you hear me, judge? i can hear you. i think it s a filter. i don t know how to remove it. i m not a cat. i m on top of the world, hey. i m on top of the world hey. waiting on this for a while now. paying my dues. ainsley: good morning to you at home. thank you for waking up with us, it s 6:01 on the east coast. it is cold outside, brian, did you bring your coat. brian: i did bring a coat. i noticed you were shivering while you were reading the cold open. it s back to the future, almost a year ago today a week ago we were talking about impeachment and we re talking about impeachment again. that s right. you re absolutely right, ainsley, it is chilly, it s 19 degrees. good news for you, it s going to snow tonight. ainsley: yeah! i saw that. i think it s going to snow next week maybe too. and the woman cheers because she has no driveway to shovel. ainsley: you cheer because your wife does it all. she s good. she s very good at
directly at risk. nothing less. and it does much more. under their unsupportable constitutional theory and tortured reading of the text, every civil officer who has served is at risk of impeachment if any given group elected to the house decides that what was thought to be important service to the country when they served now deserves to be canceled. they made clear in public statements that what they really want to accomplish here in the name of the constitution is to bar donald trump from ever running for political office again. but this is an affront to the constitution, no matter who they target today. it means nothing less than the denial of the right to vote and independent right for a candidate to run for elected political office guaranteed by the first and 14th amendments to the united states constitution under the guise of impeachment as a tool to disenfranchise. perhaps my friend put the situation simply and sharply into focus last week on his radio show. my friend