senate republicans reject a vote to hear from new witnesses. the fbi's arrest of a top official in san francisco. this will prompt questions and concerns at ty hall. they will see the san francisco 49ers, they will compete in the super bowl. >> that evening. we begin tonight with the senate impeachment trial of donald trump. by a vote of 51-49 the republicans have defeated the democrats push to

witnesse in a book manuscribolt said donaldtrump told him he wanted to block military a to ukraine. meanwhile the trial has pulled bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and amy kober share off the campaign trial in iowa. the polls will open on monday. here todiscuss are the replicant consultant is tim miller. welcome. >> thank you. >> tam let's start th you the studio. we had a senator here's -- here she said she would bea no

vote. she was a critical swing vote in all of this. is this an official the fee for the democrats? >> john mccain is now walking to the or. jeff flake is now walking to the door. the votes will not be there. i think mick romney will vote will see where he will vote for an acquittal. there is some interest in th. whether some republicans will vote for acquittal or removal. at the end of the day mitch mcconnell did not want to extend this out unnecessarily. the republican senators did note see any t. the cake was baked before came in the senate. it was never going to be a two y extend this out and risk more potential damage to have more witnesses. >> come election time could this be a fogood thing the

democrats? the way this turned out . >> potentially. this is questioning to me. mitch mcconnell: and the republicans do not know the covering up. at they are know the gist of what happened. you saw a statement that they understand the president did what he is accused of. they did not think it was ey do not know how much evidence there is. we have six months. úthe book will come out. the president has had feuds with other staffers. there may be more information. more information could come out. the democrats with more information coming out of the floor rather than now. in january we are far away ecfr the on . >> houses been playing in iowa?

are the voters talking about this? >> whenyou go to democratic events they care. this is not something they bring up organically they hear that the house voted for this. they knew the senate was not going to go there. they knew what the outcome is . going to democrats wanted to see the president impeach. they are more concerned about healthcare, immigration and they are talking about issues that matter to th. that iswhere they go. they do not talkpeabout hment . >> there was the big night last ight with the president in last town. thpoe was a tical rally. how did he do? >> there was a huge audience. he spoke for an minutes. he seemed to in a good mood. he had the governor there. he had many of his iowa supporters there. the crowd was loving it. obviously democrats are focused on winning back chigan.

i think i will will be a interesting ste in the general election. in the hemidterms elected to democratss members of cong . >> within the democratic field of candidates who did he take the most a last night? >> he focused on joe biden. last night he talked about people to judge. -- people to judge. >> we have had three big name candidates. they were taken away from the campaign trail because of this peer, texas heard him -- them

probably like me there have been a number of campaigns in iowa. those senators wish they were there. i am not sure how ey feel. i think bernie has some momentum rit now. he is very grassroots campaign. he is caring the momentum. used her oppoy in the en has senate to continue to make news. obuchar. ke or break foramy >> do you agree with tha

amy klobuchar got a big endorsement from the new york times last week . >> i think she is having a moment . thpeople ght or wondered if she would have had a moment picture. oliver tipton iowa. she has been the most time here. she is hoping the event that she has had call with the senatorsout of townand they are in washington dc, bernie has famous bands on college campuses. amy klobuchar has the mayor of iowa. >> the mayor of way? >> i did three campaigns in at town is . not ow where media hits with iowa media. she tried to get out here as sh much as can. if it hurts anyone it does hurt amy klobuchar. bernie sanders is surging.

new hampshire is in a neighboring state. amy klobuchar needs to hit the 15% liability threshold. it will be hard to see if she can continue her campaign . >> we had a scating situation. john bolton is a hero on the left. without that could have happened? it has happened. it is strange indeed. how has he been viewed on the right this week? >> in the right wing met a nothing shas a trader. he is being filleted. i think the senators have been cautious. it depends on what type a senators they have. many of them have personal relationships with him. they want to give him the

benefit the doub bolton realizes this. when you are in the middle of the road you willget run over. i think he is trying, he wants to have a thfuture in republican party unlike some of the people that have turned on donald trump. bolton wants to have a future is being honest what a. happened. is trying not to go overboard. he is walking a tight ro. i thinhe has fallen off the tie rope. i am not sure at the end of the day if the resistant folks who were happy to use him to get the president impeached, it is hard to see them embracing him. he is not embraced by the people back in trump . >>, i fascinated onhow much we have heard from a john roberts. he has gott a lot of rtime. he has been the adult in the room. how has he come out in all of

thse? >> it s like a time warp. on twitter and cable we are in era where peopleare taking digs each other . >> they were trying to get the name of the whistleblower . >> john roberts refuse do that . >> it is like the old videos of the nixon impeachment. he has come t of thwell. he definitely seems out of era. >> will president run a victory lap before the super bowl? >> he a is doing ton of stuff out here. he is e all over state on monday. that will be caucus day. the democrats have dominated

the discussion. he has major his voice will be >> it isso good to have both of you here. yuri into his mind, iowa. you on skype. tim miller is here a republican strategist and a senior contributor. thank you to both of you. earlier this week san francisco public works director was charged with fraud by the u.s. attorney's office in san francisco. also arrested was his business partner. they are accused of multiples fraud schemes. they want to win a contract for a restaurant lease. works in 2011ted head of public the department's annual budget funds dozens of city services including keeping keeping the streets clean and cleaning the

streets. welcome . >> thank you for having as . >> joe thank you for coming. he was the guy at the center of all this. >> his twittehandle is . clean. his job is cleaning the streets. i do not think that was meant to be a woplay on s. he has been in the department of public works for 20 years. he was appointed in 2011. get along history of ethical lapses before that. as i have writn before i do not think this has kept him in the job. i thinkhe was given the job . >> that was weinteresting. yon't court on tuesday. it was the arraignment. what was that like? we >> they brought in one at

a time. he was arrested for the time. he allegedly blabbed about the existence of the investigation. they were both in court. both are frlongtime nds. they talked about they were good friends. >> is a local hero. th had interactions the city in real estate issues. can you tell us about his background? >> he would have people at his business for toy drives and dinners. four earthquake celebrations he he seemed to know everyone . >> you mentioned he has an extra charge against m. what might that indicate. what did the feds have planned before they blew the case open

>> theyadmitted at the press conference they did not plan be there that day. talked about the ongoing investigation. that is for lying to the fbi . >> there is a see perhaps he was not the person the feds were after . >> not at all. you mentioned the $5000 bribe toget a icken restaurant in the airport. they would work on his home for free and gifting m a jo deere tractor. >> it is not e imes. it is the process. it is not the plot of the movie itis the scenery.

i do not think these smalltim crimes from the director of public works was the ultimate goal. mohammed nuru tocooperate with them. he was arrested january 21, 2020 . >> we have seen the vice president resigned from the san francisco airport because of health issues. they are trying to find out who else is involved . >> at about the mayor? many of us are wondering if she may be touched by this . >> it remains to be seen. everyone is innocent until proven guilty. mohammed nuru was brought into city government two decades ago by billy brown. people get stopped up or do not gestopped up.

the mayor is among the people that remained with the city. we do not know if she is caught up or not. there will be some mutual acquaintances. the potential is there. the goal was not to get >> this is someone who had a past . he had whistleblowers come out against him. multiple years ago he was a known commodity. i know inu are tato sources. that is coming out. that is not too much apprised that this happen . >> i was calling ound. i learned it was mohammed nuru. i was calling to get second sources. i was saying there was an fbi press conference. people just opened up. they said is a mohammed nuru. this was not a huge surprise to people. buas i noted his lengthy ethical pa caught there is a utility in putting someone like that to put someone in

positions of power and influence to get things done . >> henry i want to talk to you at is the phrase david this. anderson use when bringing these allegations forth. this was not a local stg y. there's somethgger happening . >> it was determined a chinese úperson tried to go rough this is going across the globe . >> there is a orbigger in terms of the city and the complaints that we hear about regarding cleanliness of the streets and the handling of the homeless. this is also a housing and a homelessness story . >> i guess you could sosay all of the schemes are small. there was one involving a chinese billionaire.

it will be interesting to hae what ed nuru did or did not do. people could get angry looking at the condition of the cityd knowing the budget of the department of publicwords has doubled over the last decade . >> it is over half $1 billion. there are wo15 people ing in the department . >> it is the most forward facing department of the ci>> . we cannot igno the fact that donald trump has made a of the crisis the city is against. people are wondering we have the donald trump administration and power. the department of justice is an extension. the people were running the departments. these are independent bodies. is there anything political about this? i have heard this a lot th week . >> david anderson has had at

least the eighth news conference. it is very clear. when mr. anderson has a news conference abouth clean up the area it is clear he is moving in. some argue san francisco ha not. the feds are coming in. they keep on repeating this. they have seen crime. they say this has to stop . >> we are giving them the material. as much as donald trump would e announce to world we are giving them the material. donald trump would be shot a wellfleet developer trying to influence a city official . >> there is more with the story. it is great to have both of you here . >> joining me now by telephone from miami is nina .

>> neither of these teams has won a super bowl in this millennium. you have the 49ers they have not brought homethe trophy home in 25 years. 50 years for the chiefs. both of these teams want to win. what type of magic can we nd expect on ? >> there is a lot of excitement. that is among the fans and the analyst. thinll always happen at a the san francisco's defenses incredible. there is andy reid and coach kyle shanahana there is tremendous matchup for this weekend. it will be a game whe the fan bases have not been here for a

while. >> can we expect a high-scoring game? >> i think so. i think many people have expected a high-scoring game. i believe they are going to be high-scoring game. you wi never know . >> let's get to it. could you think will win? >> i said san francisco. i say 34-31. >> we like that. >> just because they are more balanced. stseason like we have not seen in a long time. he is very good and many things. particularlyanas mobility. san sco has struggled with this at times. san francisco's defense is completely healthy. when they are healthy it is

terrifying. patrick mahomes have so many weapons and speed. it may be a difficult game . >> let's talk about 49ermm quarterback garoppolo. how is the be a by the fans? >> he has not had to do anything in the postseason. it funny. people are calling him a game manager. that is not the right way to look at e it. is coach said after the championship by jimmy rely threw the ball is because it is about the strength of the run game. the run game has been envery effi it is less about jimmy. there were moments earlier yein the where he turned the ball over. i do not think he is a week is.

i think, let's put it this way. if he has to win the game for them he is capable of that. he leads the nfl in their down sses. he has been great in the third quarter. he is a great play option quarterback. >> we spoke about the season ending injury inwh2018. at struck you about the come back that jimmy garoppolo has made since then? >> it is funny. this day a player can recover from an acl injury. they can be very explosive. oks as good as ev. he ve he úyou donot want to see the players get hurt. it works in san francisco's

player. they had the losing season. to they were able get nick about p. they were in a position to build . >> let'step back for a moment. i love the game of football. i do not watch the game of have not watch the super bowl since 2015. as a seattle seahawks fan that is a game you remember quite we. it is rd to watch. we learned about brain injuries. i know you care about that iue . have you cover the game whure balancing concerns? >> i try to be honest. many of the issues around brain injuries in football were not open for a long time. arlend 2009 the ue was catching on. there was tremendous

journalism. i think players at the t time were as aware of the risk of playing. that is to make it easier when you see a concussion happen on the field. en a player carted off maybe not from a concussi but from some other brutal injury. it is a violence board. i do b,think our my job, i think the job of e league at this point in the teams is to be as teammates tobe transparent. you are saying yes this is part of the game and i will watch it anyways. the players are aware of it now. it can be difficult at times. the most important thing is to be honest about it . >> this is a view shared by

your colleagues. >> especiale reporters. many have been tracking this covering the league quite frankly. they track the number of concusatons. we report we followed that. they do not always discuss it. the players have different attitudes towards aying through pain and head injuries. we try to do our best to keep the conversation going. that is every season . >> absolute . >> that will do it for us. you can offind more our

coverage. thank you so much for joining us.

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