be partisan. i m not an impartial juror. this is a political process. there s nothing judicial about it. reporter: schumer accusing mcconnell of putting together a sham trial. mcconnell is defying what the taugs is calling upon us to do as senators. reporter: trump says he s not going to be watching the impeachment vote. rather he s going to be traveling to michigan for what he calls a merry christmas rally. however, we fully expect that he will be ranting against the impeachment vote, the process itself, and of course looking for support from his followers. alisyn? okay. thank you very much for setting the table on this very important day for us. so what can we expect when the debate on impeachment begins in just a couple of hours? what we have learned as our special coverage of the historic impeachment vote continues. searching for a way to help stop your cold sore?
american public informed. is that really the conundrum when it comes to paechlt? it critically important that we continue to engage the person people. i would that if we believe were given to the campaign from the russians in the next lks, that he would kbladly this many. what they should be doing is saying mr. president, that s wrong, that s illegal, the staugs doesn t allow it, your oath of office doesn t allow it. it s horrible. ridiculous. 48% of americans say they don t want impeachment hearings to move forward but 51% of americans are saying, hey, we do want impeachment or keep
happen again. that s huge ponceability. not only weighing on the shoulders of malaysia but international partners looking at this. they do not want to get this wrong. they certainly have to be cautious. this debris a lot more debris could be floating. david molko, thank you so much. let s try to get a few more answers here. the chief correspondent is joining us from sydney. we are hearing from boeing this is a piece of debris from triple seven. we know mh370 is a triple seven. the only one listed missing in the world right now. you fill out the rest. let s taugs caution about it. it is absolutely exactly identified. if we assume it is part of the malaysian airlines aircraft it is certainly a major breakthrough in the search.
transmit. the impact of land would have set them off. ever since the miracle on the hudson happened everybody has this idea pilots can land on the water and it s a cinch. it s not. no, it s a difficult challenge s special which with the sea state chad myers was talking, nine foot seas at its best is a tough situation. there s a technique to do it. we don t necessarily practice doing that because it s a circumstance that is very unusual, but we have read on the appropriate way to do it and it s indeed possible. what is your best hope as a pilot if you re trying to do this? your best hope is to land parallel to the waves and try to mitigate the damage that could occur. the airplane is going to break up that s the bottom line. we ve talked about this before you can t have the hudson river scenario especially out in the middle of the ocean. it s kind of implausible. people keep talking about it
plane on his own. we re not certain this is a staugs situation. we have a lot of conflicting data. it s possible we had a dual engine flame out, where the captain was trying to control the airplane in a situation that involves severe turbulence. could he guide the plane down? absolutely. any airplane is designed whether it has a motor or not flies and this airplane is designed to fly on no engines. he indeed could do that. however, i m troubled by the fact a mayday call never came out. he would have at least had an opportunity from that altitude to say something, so it seems to me that something more troubling occurred. there s some sort of emergency transmitter on the plane, isn t there, so if it hit the water it would automatically go off? there s at least two emergency locator transmitters, often located in the life vests themselves if they became immersed in water they ll not