humane and peaceful world. >> a truly, truly great american. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. breaking news, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has released details of what president trump's trial will work like. why the rush? a preview of team trump's defense with just hours until his trial begin. and a feud between sanders and biden heating up just days before the first votes. let's go "outfront." welcome to a special holiday edition of "outfront." tonight, we have breaking news. this is it, senator mcconnell's long-awaited plan for trump's impeachment trial. we have it, we have obtained the

resolution that has detailed what the trial will look like. here's some of the key things you need to know -- each side has 24 hours to make its case. and those 24 hours are going to take place over two days. right, there had been talk about each side of having five days. two days, 12 hours each. those 12 hours don't start until 1:00 p.m. you can do the math, it goes until 1:00 a.m. the timing is not flying with democrats, and there's a fair question as to why such a rush to have this sort of going on until 1:00 in the morning when few people will be watching? does that impact whether that can be fair? phil mattingly is out front live on capitol hill. you know what's in the resolution and what your sources

are telling you from both sides of the aisle, what more are you learning about this resolution does and does not, tell us and do. >> reporter: erin, this is four pages. this is what's going to dictate the next several weeks, at least the next several days. here's what you need to know. tomorrow, when the senate gavels into session at 1:00 p.m., restarting the trial in earnest, this is the first thing that senators will consider, something they vote on and all republicans lined up behind senate majority leader mcconnell, this will dictate how the opening stages of the trial will go. the first presentations will be 24 hours apiece. they'll be compressed. in two days. basically, two 12-hour sessions. this will make things go faster and that's by design. republicans want to move this trial as quickly as possible while try to cue to the 1999 bill clinton impeachment trial. they alotted for several days to

consider those 24 hours. the other issue is witnesses. and that is in the clinton impeachment trial, basically any senator could offer a resolution to hear from a specific witness, subpoena for a witness. what this trial resolution sets into place, after the presentations from the president's team, after the senator asks any questions of the two sides, there will be an up and down vote. questions about whether subpoe a subpoenaing witnesses or documents. if they don't get 51, that essentially puts an end to it. no more resolutions on whether to hear from john bolton, it's all the ball game when it comes to that specific vote. another issue here is that's the admission of evidence, what these rules lay out is everything that the house managers send over is not

immediately admitted into evidence for the trial. each senator will have that information and the managers will be able to utilize that information but the senate will have to separately vote to include that in the trial. that's something that democrats are keeg ying in. >> phil, stay with us. we'll have a lot of questions as this develop over the hour. we'll hear of course minority leader schumer. i want to go to chris van holden of maryland. phil's laying out this resolution, some of the key differences between this and the situation with president clinton. bottom line, senator, why do you think mitch mcconnell waited until the night, the night before the trial formally begins, to release the rule and the timing. >> well, erin, he wanted to spring this on everybody. you'd never see this in a normal trial proceeding.

in this case mitch mcconnell is trying to spring this on people at the last minute so we're all scrambling to read the resolution as we talk to you and he's been saying that he's going to follow the clinton model but as you just indicated he's departed from it in very significant ways, one, he wants to rush this thing through in the middle of night. suggests to me they know they have a weak argument. the second thing, the existing evidence. putting aside the question of future witnesses. a provision in here, the existing ed that has been gathered by the house of representatives doesn't interinto the trial record until much later phase and only by motion. very different from the clinton trial. it's not clear what the implications are. >> i'm trying to understand that, the understanding is, you would have it, able to look at it, it's not formally edadmiss e

admissible. if you're able to look at it it can be influence your vote. do you have an idea of the significance? >> all we know right now is it's a departure of the clinton model. the evidence collected by the house would be put in the record at the beginning of the trial. that would be a normal practice. you would hear from witnesses and get your documents, during the trial instead of after the trial. but, and that's totally backwards of course here, too, and senator schumer tomorrow will try to amend these rules so that we can hear from witnesses and get those relevant documents earlier in the trial. but this other provision is like, a sneak provision that's a departure from the clinton resolution and it's not yet clear what all the implications of that are, other than the fact that they're not going to enter into the record all the evidence

that has been collected. so people who already testified under the penalty of perjure. one of the questions we have whether the house managers will be able to play the video, video of the house witnesses, people like ambassador taylor, dr. fiona hill, are they be able to go play videos of that? none of that is clear in this resolution. >> what do you think the motivation is for mitch mcconnell for 12-hour days that begin at 1:00 p.m. which means you're finishing at 1:00 in the morning. if you're televising this, between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m., lot of americans aren't going to be watching. >> i think he wants to do two things, number one, he wants people to tune out because he knows that there's going to be a lot of very damaging information and second, he's going to really make it hard on the house managers, i mean if you look at any normal trial the judge

doesn't keep people going 12 hours straight. so, he's clearly trying to -- he's trying to exhaust the house managers and get people to tune out and it's really underhanded here especially when he kept, you know, beating his chest and saying, oh, well, we're going to follow that clinton model. he's torn that up in many ways. what he's been telling the americans the last couple weeks totally disregarded in this document. the big vote at least the way he set it up here will be on that question, after senators ask their questions, after that period of time, as to whether or not we'll hear from witnesses and be able to -- >> you're getting a vote on that. he doesn't want that vote at all, right, and had he been able to do with his own side with republicans he would have not included that. the fact that there's going to be a vote on witnesses and

documents, do you consider that a win? you're getting the vote. >> well, that's going to be the moment of truth for republican senators, that will be the moment when they telegraph to the country whether or not they want a real trial, a fair trial or whether they're going to conspire with the president to prevent the senate from hearing additional evidence that we know directly bears on the two articles of impeachment and that will be -- that will be the big moment the way senator mcconnell has set this up. >> nor, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much, sir. he'll be there tomorrow as the trial begins. our breaking news coverage continues in a moment. the minority leader chuck schumer is about to make his first live comments responding to senator mcconnell's alleged rules. trump's lawyers revealing their defense of the president this hour and with the iowa caucuses

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is hell bent in getting witnesses and documents and intent on rushing the trial through. on something as important as impeachment, senator mcconnell's resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. mcconnell meantime trying to condense the calendar, he's giving each side 24 hours for their presentations. . the presentation they would have five days each, they're getting two, 12 hours. if they make full use of their time, john dean's white house counsel and and our author of the new book imperfect union, an amazing story of a woman who had pretended to be a man and involved with lincoln, that's all i say about it for now --

steve. phil mattingly back with me. john, let me start with you. so, you have this resolution now. we get the 12 hours per day. 24 hours per side. condensed into these four sides and then he lays it all out in a trial which if there are no witnesses you're looking at now 2 1/2 weeks plus, you're looking at a week, what do you make of it. >> i can't believe he consulted with the chief justice. arguments in the morning, pushed aside and cancelled. i can't believe that all the members on both sides are going to be happy with this. but joe and i were talking about maybe it will work really well because it will be more condensed. they'll put the best stuff on during primetime, so the mechanical stuff. >> phil, to that point, because

you have 24 hours and you have it over two days, do you have -- you're going to use 16 hours, do you have to use the whole first 12 and then use 4 the next day, or do the democrats have a little bit of leeway, use eight. end in primetime, start up the next day. ? >> reporter: they've got leeway. that's a really interesting point. both sides can yield back as much time as they want on earther day. if you don't think they're not keenly aware on when people are going to be watching you haven't been paying attention over this entire process. look, democratic managers have been meeting all day today in speaker pelosi's office and they were very frustrated they didn't have the rules of the road. they'll be dictating their trial strategy when eyes will be on. when people will be watching, aware that the public's sentiment is as important as anything as they try to wrangle

four republicans to secure witnesses and documents. >> so, joe, does this in a sense from what phil's saying, there's some control, perhaps give a little bit more power to democrats than it seemed, they don't have to be finishing at 1:00 a.m., otherwise they have some control. >> yeah, they've got a little bit of control and i think as john was saying may backfire a little bit. great former prosecutors like ann and others have told me their best presentations is when they have less time when they think they need and now you can program this so you have an afternoon session but you'll know the prime time and i think mcconnell the networks would put on entertainment. they'll put on this trial if they know it's like, you know, three-hour block over three, four nights. as phil was saying, i think democrats will be smart to use

that 8:00 to 11:00 block to make their best case, even if they're repeating things already said in the morning. public has a limited band width on how much they can watch. at the end of the day, there are other problems with the resolution. these aren't the clinton rules. limiting the time i think may come back to bite them. >> steve, you know, the other thing, senator van hollen, he wasn't sure of the implications of the admissibility of evidence. and this explicitly that's not the case, only things that were public but yet the senators get to consider it even though et's not formally put on the table, what do you make of that and what mcconnell is trying to accomplish with trying to thread the needle in this bizarre way? >> i'm getting confused even

listening you describing it. but the compressed nature of the proceeding is key. your panel has made good points. democrats as much as they dislike this may well turn this to their advantage. if you're mitch mcconnell, president trump for that matter one of the things that you want is for the relative embarrassment, about this trial, to go away quickly and be one of the utter flood of news events that we'll face between now and november. if this is a narrow enough proceeding, if it's a short enough proceeding, leaves less time for things to get out of hand and it pushes farther and farther away from the minds of voters by the time of november comes around. >> this is something that mcconnell didn't want to put in, there's no vote until the statements, senators questions before you even get there,

that's the best he could do, you heard senator van hollen still angry about it, is that a win for democrats? the vote on witnesses. >> it really is not enough in my view. when you think about -- and i know this is not a normal trial but if you think about the people who bear the burden of proof the house managers to prove their case and to me they have to be given leeway to put into evidence and the facts and call the witnesses they think prove that case. otherwise, they're really ham strung in being able to argue their case. i personally think it's a small win. it's really we're still entering a trial without an understanding of whether or not key people with firsthand knowledge will be able to testify. >> phil, what about things like audio and video as they make their case and as we do every night as we're telling people every night, six witnesses who

publicly said the exact same thing which would corroborate a claim. >> reporter: yes, people who had walk throughs today, both senior administration officials on the senate floor we couldn't see them but i talked to them when they came out, there are four cameras on the floor. they can pull up tweets and but what senator van hollen raised, the idea if the evidence itself hasn't been admitted into the trial record can you use it in video? that's the one question we've had. i have been told repeatedly this evidence provision itself doesn't procollude senators from having it in front of them. they'll have the entire record of the house proceedings. what does that mean for demonstrations and exhibits? that's the one thing that senator van hollen keyed on. i just texted a republican, does

that procollude that or not? they have the opportunity to do it and both sides will utilize the technology to be able to make their case to the american people in a more salient manner. my initial understanding is no. but senator van hollen made an interesting point. >> it's a crucial question. john dean, what do you think happens here in terms of this resolution, obviously senator schumer will do everything he can to amend it, but it's clear that senator mcconnell has the 51 votes for this resolution. >> i think they'll raise it in maybe less than their primetime hours, they'll hit away at this with the members, try to convince some people, give them some good reasons for why this evidence is really called for and they'll have mutt pl votes on it. they can force some of those.

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holiday edition of outfront. we're following the breaking news. senator mitch mcconnell revealing the proposed rules for the president's impeachment trial. this is as trump's team calls the impeachment an affront to the constitution. 110 pages, they'll also get their 24 hours to make their case. what else can you tell us about trump's legal strategy to stay president? >> reporter: well, erin, this is first glimpse of what the white house is going to be argue on the senate floor this week. we were told by sources they

essentially worked on this all weekend, giving a little bit of a preview on saturday with that seven-page filing. but this is what you'll hear from them on the senate floor and really first out in this executive summary right at the beginning of this argument they say they believe these articles of impeachment are invaflid. they're not constitutional. now they argue these articles of impeachment don't really work because they say it doesn't actually constitute any kind of a violation of the law for abuse of power and obstruction of congress but they argue the president didn't do these things. what makes this interesting, another argument they make in here, interesting to see how the senators are receptive to this they say the president's behavior toward ukraine was appropriate. the fact that he floated that theory that the ukraine interfered with the election. and also, of course, asking about the biden burisma

investigation. they said it was perfectly okay for the president to make that ask of the ukrainian president. it will be interesting to see how these republican senators, especially those more moderate ones respond to that lot of them have privately acknowledged they don't like the president's conduct on that. if that makes into the argument that plays out during these 24 hours they'll have to present their argument it will be notab notable. the president met with his legal team, he left washington, he's on the way to switzerland. it will be interesting to see how the president weighs being overseas meeting with world leaders also wants to keep an eye on this trial. >> all right, thank you very much. everyone is back with me. phil, team trump's response was even if the president is guilty of everything he's accused of and the evidence has thus far shown him to have done it doesn't meet the

constitutional threshold of removing him. it's not actually breaking a law. and the democrats are saying that's a chilling assertion and dead wrong. so this is -- this is where we are. this is the battle lines have now been drawn, phil. >> reporter: in talking to republican senators over the course of the last couple of weeks they've been fascinated to see how the white house were going to deploy their defense. a number wondering if this was going to cue more close to the president's twitter account or during the house impeachment inquiry or legalese filing in the initial brief. the filing of the brief today, you got to road map of what's coming next. democrats dismissed it as a 110-page tweet. you'll see what the white house focuses on when it comes to executive authority, the explanation why he brought up

joe biden's name, hunter biden, that's all laid out in 110 pages. one question i got from a republican last week, how are they going to defend the president 24 hours? now we have the answer. a window into that road map. >> steve, it does seem that it's a lot harder for the democrats, right, you know as ann was saying, the burden is on them they have to make the point, produce all the evidence, questions what can be included and what can't and all the president's team has to do is essentially respond with, well, we don't think he technically broke the law, but there's a lot more time required it seems by the democrats. >> that would be the case, they have a lot of facts and evidence they want to present and get in here. the president of course is making a fundamentally political or rhetorical argument.

they're arguing that this is l illegitimate and they make what scholars are making a novel interpretation of the constitution that the president has to be accused of a particular crime. we can look at the constitution and note that the house gets to decide the parameters here. the president doesn't get to decide the parameters under which he's put on trial. the house decided that. nevertheless, senators have the option to decide that this doesn't rise to the level they want to remove the president from office and they absolutely have the option to follow the politics here and except for a small handful of senators it seems very clear that the politics here is in favor of acquittal for them. >> it certainly does. joe, you got the legal team which, you know, phil was saying they've been meeting, okay, alen dershowitz, he's trying to say he's a liberal democrat he

doesn't like trump but yet he's still defending him. however, the arguments that alan deck we dershowitz in 1989. unfortunately, this is what he said in august of 1998. this is alan dershowitz. >> it doesn't have to be a crime if you have somebody who xwleetly corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty. you don't need a technical crime. >> okay, there's that haunting comment and then, that's not the only one. here's another. >> when the president goes in for surgery he's like anyone else. when the president is facing this kind of investigation he has to be treated like everyone else. the president isn't above the law or below the law. presidents aren't above the law.

>> well, you know, i think we may see that on the senate floor that's in the public record now you put it on tv. he's not the only one. i want to continue if a moment. this the is minority leader senator schumer speaking. >> okay, ready? it's certain -- it's now certain that leader mcconnell is going along with president trump's cover-up hook, line and sinker. when you look at his resolution it's no wonder he delayed it until the last minute. he didn't want people to study it or know about it. after reading mcconnell's resolution it's clear mcconnell is hellbent on making it much more difficult to get witnesses and documents and intent on rushing the trial through. on something as important and serious as impeachment, senator

mcconnell's resolution is a national disgrace. senator mcconnell repeatedly promised the senators, the public, the press, that his rules for the trial would be the same as the rules in the clinton impeachment. nothing could be further from the truth. senator mcconnell's rules dramatically depart from the clinton precedent in ways that are designed to prevent the senaten eneand the american peo from learning the truth about president trump's actions that warranted his impeachment. let's go over four of them. the mcconnell rules don't even allow for the simple basic step of admitting the house record into evidence at the trial. under the mcconnell resolution, he's saying that he doesn't want to hear any of the existing

evidence and he doesn't want any new evidence. a trial where there's no evidence, no existing record, and no new evidence, no witnesses, no documents, that's not a trial at all, it's a cover-up and the american people will see it for exactly what it is. furth furthermore, senator mcconnell's resolutions states the key facts be delivered in the wee hours of the night, simply because he doesn't want the american people to hear them. plain and simple. and there's a provision that would even allow the limited 24-hours he's allowed over two days to be cut off. third, leader mcconnell -- third, leader mcconnell's resolution makes it much harder to get witnesses and documents after the arguments are heard. we'll be able to force votes on

witnesses and documents before his resolution is adopted tomorrow. and we will. but, they've all said so many of the senators, let's hear the arguments and then we'll decide on witnesses and documents. mcconnell lose the language in that makes it that much harder to happen. finally, the clinton resolution allowed for dismissal only after arguments were heard. this resolution allows for dismissal at any time. so this resolution is -- is totally departing from the clinton resolution in significant ways, despite what leader mcconnell promised. and in the ways it departs, the evidence is less available, the evidence is given in the wee hours of the morning. and may never be produced at all. it's a cover-up, it's a national

disgrace. impeachment is one of the few powers that congress has when a president overreaches. to so limit impeachment and make it so less serious, is so, so wrong. we'll fight that tooth and nail. we hope that four brave republicans will resist mcconnell's cover-up. will resist mcconnell just going along with president trump who everyone knows doesn't want the truth to be heard. they'll reverse this. the fate of honor in the republic is on their shoulders. i'll take a few questions because i got to catch a train. >> where do you go from here -- >> well, tomorrow, before the resolution is adopted we'll be able to introduce amendments and he'll introduce a whole series

of amendments for witnesses, for downtowns and other ways to straighten out what mcconnell has done and make it a real trial with evidence, with witnesses and in ways that the american people can hear it. >> do you think it will be ha hardhar harder for -- >> look, what makes it hard for republicans to jump ship is their fear of president trump. many of them know how wrong president trump's actions were. mcconnell promised over and over again, senators repeated over and over again, we're going to follow the clinton model. this departs from the clinton model in very significant and very important ways in an effort to cover up. tomorrow at this time, we'll be debating witnesses and documents on the floor of the senate and the ability to allow them to be produced. thank you, everybody.

>> thank you, senator. okay, you just heard the senate minority leader speaking there. ann, when he says this is not a trial but a cover-up. as you go through this, is this -- is there anything in this that resolution from mitch mcconnell he's looking for transparency, or cover-up -- >> the house gets to decide what to impeach on and the senate gets to decide whether or not to remove the president. i think americans want fundamental fairness, they expect there to be a faring of facts and evidence. i mean, to what schumer's point, no evidence they'll automatically to come in, they're not allowing new witnesses or new documents without votes down the road. what they're saying in the trial

brief the president can do anything. he has full authority, you know it's the equivalent of mick mulvaney saying, get over it. the president has this power and they're going to make this so narrow it's almost impossible to argue the facts and evidence against the president. >> john dean, the other issue here, as senator schumer is raising here the issue of witnesses. even if witnesses are voted on, it's a roll call vote that's what's laid out here, then the question they would have to be deposed first, which is fine, who is going to do that deposing when none of that is laid out here? >> no, it's not. but that would be the natural course to know what the witness is going to say before you bring them into the trial. i wonder if he's setting out markers out where he'll have to give a little bit to hold his base and he went to the outer

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breaking news, president trump has just left the country on the eve of his impeachment trial in the senate en route to davos, switzerland for the annual world economic forum. trump's departure hours before the senate does begin with all of this contentious discussion we believe able this resolution and his trial. the president uncharacteristically quiet as he left the white house, no comments, no witch hunt, none of

his usual terminology. everyone's back with me. the president doesn't really like to do these kind of things, davos, he liked the welcome he got one time even though it's an organization which sort of goes against his ethos of globalization. did he want to cancel? did he have any choice. >> i'm sure he had a choice. i don't know why he would. this is a president who operates on the politics of grievance, whatever is happening around him or to him or to other people that he sports is unfair. this creates an opportunity for the white house to say, listen, here's the president overseas, representing the country overseas, and here you are putting him on trial back at home. the president let's be clear has indicated this this entire process is completely illegitimate and he's going to be acquitted. why would he stay? >> that's the argument.

does it play to his favor in. >> as we have seen many times before, he goes overseas, has these big moments and then spoils them, tweeting, attacking someone. he's undermined his political position, think, from the beginning. what strikes me the most from the white house they're counting on people not paying attention. today they simultaneously argued two separate constitutional theorys that are opposite. the president saying the second amendment, the framers knew what they're saying, their lawyers go up to the hill the framers didn't know what america would be like 200 years later. they argued the president can't be indicted for a crime, they then argued in court they couldn't be investigating for a crime. now they're arguing, given this other stuff the president can't be removed unless he's committed

a crime. >> they keep moving the -- >> it's the circular logic you'd think if people were paying attention, they're counting on us not watching and not understanding. >> to your point, which you think is significant, these 12 hours, on one sense you can play to primetime, you can do that, on the other hand you don't get day after day to make your case. >> looks at the end of the day, the house managers have to be able to make their case. the american public will have a problem or at least they should have a problem. to joe's point there are a lot of argue pts here that people really need to understand and see what they >> thank you all very much. next, joe biden getting personal. taking on bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. [sneezing]

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tonight marks two weeks until the iowa caucuses. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren talking and smiling today after the very nasty spat with whether sanders told warren a woman couldn't be elected. and then there was whole accusing of being a liar on national television. sanders denied the part he said about the women but now both have decided to turn their fire power on joe biden. >> reporter: the leading presidential candidates marched arm in article today in south carolina paying tribute to the life and legacy of martin luther king jr. but signs of unity are increasingly fleeting on the campaign trail with the iowa caucus twos weeks from tonight. a circular firing squad is unfolding on mum fronts with urgency as voters make their decisions. bernie sanders is taking i am a at joe biden on social security trying to soften support among his older voters by saying that

biden was eager to cut payments to retirees. >> there's a little doctored video going around put out by one of bernie's people. >> it is joe's position on social security over the years versus my position on social security over the years. >> reporter: it was circulated by the sanders campaign that shows biden praising paul rbi for wanting to cut social skut. a full version shows he was mocking ryan. at the same time, the sanders campaign is questioning biden's long record on race relations hoping to erode biden's strength on african-american voters. biden firing back questioning the electability of sanders and elizabeth warren in south carolina. >> i'm asked, the top of the ticket, bernie or warren is the top of the ticket, how many democrats do you think will win? >> the finger pointing and thought out tax are full of

peril. some say they are turned off by the infighting. pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar are staying above the fray. the sharpest exchange yet between warren and sanders still hangs over the race. >> i think you called me a liar on national television? >> let's not do it right now. >> they have yet to address the underlying issue of warren's as, he said that a woman couldn't win the presidency. a claim he still denies. his weekend explanation did little to clear the air. >> there's a lot of bigotry. a lot of sexism. >> this is not the time for the people who are running for president to bicker. >> this is a time where we have a job. beat mr. trump.

>> so tom steyer trying to go above the fray there. one of the reasons candidates are drawing these distinctions is because of the urge ensift moment. yes, there is a risk of campaigning negatively but also a risk for not campaigning and that's what facing them. these new senate rules for impeachment means they will not be able to fly to iowa as they planned. two weeks from tonight, the iowa caucuses. >> thank you. we'll be right back. . rakuten is easy to use, free to sign up and it's in over 3,000 stores. i buy a lot of makeup. shampoo, conditioner. books, food. travel. shoes. stuff for my backyard. anything from clothes to electronics. workout gear. i even recently got cash back on domain hosting. you can buy tires. to me, rakuten is a great way to get cash back on anything you buy. rack it up with rakuten, sign up today to get cash back on everything you buy. ♪

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we're following the breaking news. mitch mcconnell putting out his plan for the impeachment trial just hours before the trial begins. our coverage continues now with anderson. >> good evening. welcome to a special two-hour program focused entirely on the impeachment trial of donald j. trump which officially begins tomorrow afternoon. whatever you think the outcome will be, it cannot be understated. it will be taught in history books. mentioned at the top of any presidential biography and mentioned by all who witnessed it. this is third impeachment in the 250 year history of our country and potentially, an peexed president, must then run for re-election. it shows 51% of americans believe the senate should vote to remove president trump from office.