what they show because they confirm and corroborate the lengthy factual basis the house compiled to cover up the articles of impeachment. the fact that donald trump blocking them from testifying, means more likely than not those witnesses, those documents do not refute charges against the president. when someone who might be guilty of a crime said he doesn't want witnesses of the crime to come forward, what do you think that means? why haven't the president and his allies presented exculpatory evidence, why instead have they created these bubbles, these objects far and away and say there is a conspiracy here or a conspiracy there. when you have the facts, argue the facts. when you have the law argue the

law, when you have neither compound the table, that means divers in every. >> we will of the last few minutes of these remarks, you can watch this online on c-span.org. the senate is about to come in for a brief pro forma session, part of c-span's network to bring you gavel to gavel coverage of the senate and the house and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., december 13 2019. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roger wicker, a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m.

on monday december 16, 2019. >> and so the senate is gambling out now after the brief pro forma session. they will be back monday to debate the conference report. this morning the house judiciary committee approved two articles of impeachment against donald trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, those articles of impeachment go to the house floor for a vote next week possibly wednesday followed by live senate coverage on c-span2 and you can watch the house on our companion network c-span. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years c-span is providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from

washington dc and around the country so you can make up your own mind, created by cable in 1979. provided by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> sunday night on q and a, doctor raza, professor of medicine at columbia university talks about the first cell and the human cost of pursuing cancer. >> i should be proclaiming victory from the rooftops right now. we have gone from basically having universal death sentence as you said to curing 68% of cancers and only 52% of people died but both groups, the treatable and non-treatable ones. i asked the fundamental question, the people we are curing, 68%.

my frustration is why are they using these approaches of poison and burn? $200 billion of research gone. why are we not finding better ways of treating cancer? >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> in the united kingdom yesterday the conservative party won a majority of seats securing the election for prime minister boris johnson. he spoke last night to supporters. >> i don't want to tempt fate but lots of results are still coming in. it does look as though