by feinstein but joe manchin from the "l.a. times" the senior democrat is leaning toward acquitting the president as the impeachment argument by defense lawyers wrapped up earlier today about 2:30 eastern time but how significant is this for senate democrats? >> caller: well, i hope they need to acquit the president. he doesn't need to be impeached. >> he's already been impeached. the question is will he be convicted? >> he's got a government contract. if i had a government contract that be put in jail. >> host: another caller from houston, texas. what question would you want to ask katrina? >> caller: the question i want to ask they are not ashamed of themselves. i am an old person democrat and if somebody treated my son like they are treating this president i don't know what would i have done. they should be ashamed. look at the fisa courts in the fbi and the cia. everybody, they are all liars. they are professional liars making money and we should kick them out of the office altogether. >> host: thanks for the call point we

so the answer to senator feinstein, the speaker is saying, i guess it's not too important. why did you waste an entire majority on trying to impeach a president and then hold the papers? what about her own committee chairmen, adam smith, who said it is time, the only person who does not believe it's time is the speaker. and i do not know why. maybe the case is too weak. >> reporter: on -- >> congratulations. >> reporter: i appreciate it. the senators, mike lee and rand paul, came out yesterday saying that they were urged not to have a debate on war powers. they say it's not american and are siding with democrats in their war powers resolution. do you think it's a debate worth having around war powers? why would you say this debate wouldn't be worth having? >> well, first of all they're lying to the american public by concurrent resolution. it has no power. it has no power whatsoever. it's equivalent to when we invite the soapbox derby to capitol hill. so the speaker just stood before you and either does not know the meaning of the constitution or she lied to you. i'm not su

dianne feinstein says that the tracks from the urgency of the impeachment case. a few colleagues appear to agree. >> we are to the point where the articles of impeachment should be cents. we should have votes for the witnesses who will be called. the cover-up that senator mcconnell is engineering has to be broken at some point. my colleagues will be put on record where they will be part of aiding and abetting the trump and mcconnell cover-up >> president trump continues to deny wrong doing over dealing with the government of ukraine. >>> we have a watching those clouds roll in which means tomorrow's commute might be a little soggy. >> that is headline 1. is the more important one. the second one is a small chance of rain on saturday. >> not a big deal. >> it is a weekend. i am going to show you both of these and you will see why saturday is not a big deal. tomorrow morning, i want to make sure that we talk about that. a pretty shot from treasure island. i hate to cover that up with numbers, but temperatures are 50 , livermore and santa rosa. you will feel the col

just today, dianne feinstein, joe manchin, chris coons, even the far left richard blumenthal are now all questioning the speakers decision-making. >> but it seems just like yesterday, doesn't it, that the queen could do no wrong? >> the american people happen to be on the side of speaker pelosi, that's the great leverage that she has here. >> nancy pelosi has been a light worker in dark times. >> i do think she has had a lit just brilliantly. >> she has been pitch-perfect. and this is her flock, these democrats. >> how she is leaving us in the impeachment inquiry is a perfect example of what a great leader she is. >> her whole career is leading to these two weeks, that puts her soundly in history books. >> laura: history books? may be the history of failure, mr. -- meanwhile americans are seen through the bogus investigations, and you've got to check these out. they have trumpet beating most of his rivals, even in virginia.

times" put out a story saying feinstein leans towards acquitting trump.hen she came back and said, whoa, whoa, whoa, i said i have an open mind, i'm not leaning towards acquitting. do you think any democrat is going to vote for acquittal? >> it's possible. it's possible. doug jones in alabama has get a very, very tough race. remember, he was the fill shelby's spot -- not shelby, excuse me -- the attorney general. >> sessions. >> yes, sessions. thank you very much. and he won that election just by a whisker. sessions is running again. if he wins the nomination, he's going to be very tough for shelby. this is a republican state, so he may vote to acquit for that kind of reason. >> walk us through what happens. we've seen them end their opening arguments. now they submit questions. and this is basically a submit questions to each other like a follow-up? >> no. what they're doing over the next few hours and through tomorrow, i guess, is they're going to write questions. the questions they're going to give, they're going to give them to their leaders, the mana

if senator feinstein says it's urgent, it's urgent. i can't believe she can sit on this another few days. if she doesn't act, we will. the republican senator are ready to get on with this. we have at least five democratic senators say we need to get on wit. i want to compliment it. if the republican senate was doing this, i hope i would have the courage of my convictions to join the five to say send it over. >> you have been listening to republican senator lindsey graham, a close ally of president trump, talking about war powers resolution up today in the house as well as impeachment, frankly. senator graham doing what we have heard already from senator mcconnell, trying to use some words of some democrats to bolster the republican argument that house speaker pelosi should simply transmit the articles over to the senate now. i want to play you what senator mcconnell had to say right now. watch. >> the speaker has refused to let her own allegations proceed normally to trial unless she gets to hand design various elements of our senate p

feinstein. mrs. fischer, mr. gardner, mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham. mr. grassley, ms. harris, ms. hassan, mr. hawley. mr. heinrich, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde-smith. mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford. mr. leahy, mr. lee, mrs. loeffler, mr. manchin. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mcsally, mr. menendez. mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy. ms. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts. mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby. ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan. mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> the minorit majority leader is recognized. administered as soon as possible. >> the proclamation. >> all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while th

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feinstein present. rodriguez present. and chief of department, jeanine nicholson present. item 2, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> thank you very much, madame secretary. welcome. please identify yourself, thank you. >> i'm nancy. a community activist, a 55-year resident of the city and part of the open space. i'm happy to welcome new commissioners feinstein and rodriguez to the fire commission to augment those to protecting our lives and property. i wish to remind all the commissioners that the city charter empowers you with specific powers and duties you shall perform. for me, your most important duties and powers are that you formu

feinstein told politico, the longer it goes on, the less urgent it becomes.it is serious and urgent, send them over. if it isn't, don't send them over. three of the four lawmakers have since taken a step back today from those comments. >>> joining me, msnbc correspondent garrett hague and kimberly atkins. garrett, what exactly -- i know nancy pelosi says she's been asked this over and over again and she's going to continue to be asked it over and over again until there is an answer beyond soon. what are you hearing for -- from behind the scenes about what she is actually waiting for? >> this is a tricky one. pelosi tends to keep very close counsel on these kinds of things and on this particular case, perhaps the closest counsel. there doesn't seem to be anyone in the capital beyond pelosi and her inner most circle who knows what she plans. and that press conference today, she talked again about the idea of knowing what the arena would be for a senate trial, well, mitch mcconnell said the arena is going to look more or less like it looked for bill clinton. i s

looking for senator feinstein. our friend and colleague from connecticut senator blumenthal said we are reaching a point where the articles of impeachment should be set. and murphy, his colic from connecticut, said i think the ptime is past. she should send the articles over. i think we'll share the cinema expressed by senator angus came from maine. he said i do think that we need do you get this thing going. a sneak gift for understatement. mr. perez is high time for the speaker to quit using these articles of impeachment a sneak way to pander and most radical fringes of her party. the house is completed the constitutional role. in the lodge their inquiry. they did their investigation such as it was. they had a partisan vote. that is their prerogative. and i don't agree with that but that is their prerogative and the day. so mr. president speakers who said the articles of impeachment to the senate. that went out further delay so that we can continue perform our responsibilities on the constitution and the trial. y

it's not every day you see someone like dianne feinstein walk something back.hat one, of all the walkbacks, that one surprised me the most. let me ask you about what's happening right now. symbolic or not, binding or not, there's a lot of confusion about this war powers vote that's taking place right now. >> reporter: so, chuck, this is -- i would view this as a symbolic gesture more than anything that's going to tie the hands of any future president. this is something democrats feel they want to get out there and make a statement for the record. it's being led by a former national security official slotkin herself who served in the administration, did several tours with the government abroad and has a lot of skin in the game in terms of what's been happening overseas and they felt like she was the kind of person to make this argument. republicans have turned this into a chance to say that democrats are mourning soleimani, a talking point you're hearing from republicans. clearly that is not the message we have heard today from speaker pelosi. she said this was

feinstein, mrs. fisher, mr, mr. graham, mr. grassley, ms. harris, ms. townsend, carefully, mr. heinrich, mrs. corona, mr. bowen, mrs. kleinsmith, mr. inhofe, mr, mr. kane, mr. kennedy, mr. kingr langford, mr. lakey, delete, mrs. loeffler, mr. mansion, mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, mystic sally, mr. menendez, mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. makowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters, mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. roberts, mr. romney, is frozen, mr. brown's, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. south, mr. shots, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. jean, mr. shelby, ms. cinema, ms. smith, ms. carbonell, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. kuhn, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. udall, mr. ben homans, warner, ms. moran, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young,. >> any senator who is not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators who make up that fact known to the chair so that the oath may be administered as soon as possible. speemac the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye hear

. >>> long-time political analyst nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein are divided how to proceed with the impeachment.ncg the two articles to the sent for trial. her fellow san franciscan senator feinstein told reporters it is time to move forward saying the longer it goes on, the less urgent it becomes. now pelosi's allies say it is not just posturing, she has to know plans for the senate trial to properly staff the prosecution. >>> it is still unknown why ukraine airliner crashed after takeoff in iran. they claim it is mechanical issues however ukrainian officials say it is too early to determine a cause. all were killed in the crash. hours after the launch of the missile attacks yesterday. ukraine airlines suspended flights in tehran until further notice. >>> london breed has been the mayor since 2018 but today she began the first full term. she was re-elected last novembe. the first term was to complete the term of the late mayor ed lee and the state attorney general swore in the city's new sheriff. >> i will bear truth faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. >>

[inaudible conversations] >> senator dianne feinstein arriving at a number of other members and aidesg down the corridor or just outside the u.s. senate, live coverage on c-span2. the trial about to get underway shortly. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> over the mlk holiday weekend, house managers, impeachment managers and the white house submitted their briefs and responses, the legal work is in place. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell releasing the senate resolution. these are the rules that will guide the debate ahead in the discussion ahead in the u.s. senate in the impeachment trial of donald trump. in general those rules, i want to point out it is not a long read, they are available on our website, c-span.org/impeachment, those rules include the time for presentation of the case, the house managers and the president's attorneys will each have 24 hours over two days, a total of potentially 48 hours of deliberation, presenting the case for the house managers and the president's attorneys, senators will have up to 16 hours of questioning and there will be motions to subpoe

what's even worse is dianne feinstein.her hometown center from san francisco. griff: are we any closer to a trial start? technically, no. but senate minority leader chuck schumer who is still standing with pelosi is going to start feeling this pressure if it gyps to build and we could see some movement and don't expect that to come from mitch mcconnell. he says he has the votes to dismiss the articles when they arrive. brian, ainsley and. steve: steve he does. brian: mitch mcconnell doesn't budge much. i think you know that thanks for joining us. we will see you soon. bring in jason chaffetz. he demands it. is he a g.o.p. senator. chairman of the house oversight which i committee and co-host of the outnumbered at 12:00. stop by the radio if you haven't had enough of me already. mitch mcconnell does he hold his ground? is he vulnerable at all to this hold-out tactic. >> i don't think he is mitch mcconnell knows the rules of the senate. i would follow his lead on this. i do not believe that they have actually passed the arti

charles: you know, dianne feinstein, senator feinstein saying the longer this goes on, the less urgentus and urgent, then send over -- send them over. this is dianne feinstein, a big leader in the party. is it time? >> and also a californian with speaker pelosi. to jenna's point, i don't think the speaker is trying to manipulate the rules. she's just trying to figure out what the rules are. the american people deserve to see what mitch mcconnell has cooked up with his caucus in terms of how this impeachment hearing is going to play out and before she sends over house members to make that case to the american people and to the senate, she wants to know what the ground rules everyone is playing from. i don't think it's an unreasonable request. to see what the rules are before she sends over the articles of impeachment and the american people want to see those witnesses. 60% of republicans even want to see john bolton testify and mick mulvaney testify. charles: and adam schiff. i know. >> bring it on. bring it on. charles: the point is even democrats seem to understand that if there was a

senator feinstein, the senior of crat from our state of fornia and the hometown the speaker, the longer it goes the less is becomes. nd it was time to transmit the articles to the senate. before these statements were before the ek, relented, they are significant because they are public and they were honest. disappointed these individuals did not have courage o stand by their initial comments. if impeachment was truly as urgent as democrats claimed, the majority should not have waited for the speaker to choose a time.cal convenient anyone could have recognized this ploy would not work. house and the senate are different institutions. t this point in time, controlled by different parties. as james madison wrote in the federalist papers, the purpose bicameralism is to guard gainst the dangers of encroachment and to stop toxic resolutions from taking effect. we saw separation of powers prevail against an abuse of power. constitution intends. the idea of withholding a sloppy mpeachment case to force the senate to change its rules is constitutionally and politically of.ard frankly, it's just

dianne feinstein, richard blumenthal, joe manchin changing their attitude towards the speaker in the delay in turning over those articles of impeachment. the democrats are in some disarray. dodging the question all together or saying when they had spoken on the public record criticizing the speaker that they were misunderstood. new developments on the downing of the ukrainian airliner that was downed minutes after it lift the airport in tehran. ' are there are ton confident it was shot down by an iranian blah is particular missile. iran is said to have used a russian-made sa-15 missile which is part of the surface-to-air missile system the russians provided iran. one official telling us the incident was a quote tragic screw-up. my next guest on his vote on what was viewed as a rebuke of the president in was no tooth in this symbolic resolution. joining us tonight, the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. congressman, good to have you with us. a busy time and extraordinary vote in the house. your reaction on the vote on the resolution to constrain the president's authority to take t

feinstein said on twitter that she was pleased to see that both the u.s. and iran are looking to invite void father escalation but senate. minority leader chuck schumer was sort of skeptical saying that he remains cautious and concerned and that americans do not want a war with iran president trump does not have the oath to start one and he was clearly pointing to the fact that the democrats want president trying to seek the consultation of congress for any father future actions ok that's a perspective there in washington tyson what do you think it does seem like this escalation for now is deescalating at least in the case that iran specifically here avoided inflicting casualties in these missile strikes but seems to be the case i mean 1st of all they wanted to message to their their domestic audience the biswas are wrong this was an explicit retelling retaliation for the killing of slow money they wanted the missiles to come from iran they wanted to take credit for them but the implicit message at least to the world and particularly the united states is t

great pleasure to welcome you, commissioner feinstein. thank you for this endeavour. a real to have this team and line it up within the commission. i also wanted to thank the mayor of san francisco for the reappointment of myself to continue the work that we are doing within the department as well. i just really am grateful for that opportunity. as a point of report, i attended the census with chief nicholson. and as appointive information, i attended the general meeting of the asian firefighters that are preparing for the chinatown parade that i believe is on february the 8th. that is a ground event here in san francisco that all the commissioners are welcome to attend as well. at this point, commissioners, i would also like to take this opportunity to express wholeheartedly our appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication to commissioner michael hardeman who served as commissioner of the city for so long in terms of earnest endeavours and really being a true fan in lower oakland. i also want to remark my appreciation to the commissioner for joseph for his co

feinstein. mrs. fischer, mr. gardner, mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham. mr. grassley, ms. harris, ms. hassan, mr. hawley. mr. heinrich, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde-smith. mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford. mr. leahy, mr. lee, mrs. loeffler, mr. manchin. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, miss mcsally, mr. menendez. mr. merkley, mr. moran, miss murkowski, mr. murphy. mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts. mr. romney, miss rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby. ms. sinema, ms. smith, miss stabenow, mr. sullivan. mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> a senator who is not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make that fact known to the chair so that the oath may

feinstein is breaking ranks here. >> i think the vast majority of the democrats who i talked to in the senate want a fair trial, they want witnesses, and they want the american people and members of the senate to fully understand the implications of the charges against trump. >> stephen: they say the trial could start as soon as next wednesday. >> that's what i hear. >> stephen: okay. iowa's coming up. >> yeah, i heard about that. >> stephen: word is you are tied for the lead in the latest polls with -- it's berni bernie-buttigieg-biden up there. ( applause ) you're leading in the cash, you're raking it in. what's your average donation? >> i think it's about $18.50. >> stephen: okay. if i can say something i'm enormously proud of, stephen, at this point in the campaign, we have received more donations from more people than any candidate in the history of the united states of america. ( applause ) >> stephen: word is, we have heard reports and i would like to find out if you can confirm these, that in order to sit for the senate trial and campaign in prat night --going to be using >> we

dianne feinstein richard blooming that will joe mansion among them changing their attitude towards speaker and the delay in turning over those articles of impeachment. the democrats are in some disarray tonight. many of them dodging question altogether today or schismly saying that when they have spoken on the public record criticizing and effect of the speaker they were misunderstood. well new development withs tonight in the the downing of that ukrainian airliner, just moments after leaving the runway in tehran. the pentagon today stating that the plane was with high confidence they believe the shot down by mistake by an iranian antiaircraft missile all 176 people onboard aircraft were killed just hours after iran fired 16 ballistic missiles at military bases hosting u.s. troops in iraq tuesday. iran is said to abuse russian made sa15 a missile. which is part of the tour service to air missile stham russians have provided iran. one official telling fox news the incident was a, quote, tragic screwup. our first guest tonight standing along side the president and a tonight's vote on what is

feinstein and some others president let's get on with this pretty so they would s have lost support abouts becoming clear, just how incredibly cynical this move was. after houston press it's been months that we must hurry, this is urgent. we must get done. and then just to sit there on them. i think this democrats are getting some low back in the districts can increase east and this was looking highly political and he could blow back against them. >> and i would say that there's probably one very happy democrat in this bill, the chief and be sure, he is do you get a star turn. t this is going to be the capstone of his current making the case to impeach donald trump. >> the question is what kind of case and make. again, i think it will be grandiloquent. the question is on the witnesses. they differed that decision for a while. so mcconnell has two things on the side. right now is constitution and senate, and about spreading as long as he has those two, he can do whatever hee wants. naturally democrats really want this. with a subpoenaed joe biden. hunter biden printed not sure they really

was even worse is dianne feinstein.his is our home senator, her hometown senator from san francisco.ei she literally said if it is so urgent, if you keep it, it loses its urgency. either send it over or don't send it at all. it's crushing her. >> laura: but what if the househa decides on its own to subpoena bolton? this theory has been floated the last 72 hours, they could subpoena bolton and get information from him and i don't know, backfill the impeachment inquiry, that is what they are saying now. >> they had the opportunity, but they didn't think it was important enough, that was so urgent, they had enoughad information, lo and behold, when it went to the floor, it was not there. they know the case is so weak, it's like she's embarrassed of it. >> laura: to the iran issue, democrats came out of the administers briefings breathingg steady on capitol hill and were all pretty much singing the same tune. watch. >> i was deeply surprised at the lack of information presented by the administration regarding a specific, im

it's surely an audition to replace senator feinstein if and when she were to decide to retire.he left-wing media is gushing over shifty schiff. >> i don't bleach:anyone thought it would be such passion from adam schiff. >> it was passionate, thoughtful, cogent, all those things. >> his emotional appeal to a sense of what's right. what is right for the country. >> i heard a powerfully emotional direct statement to the senate. lou: they are referring to the senate. he said he doesn't trust the american people to decide who should be president in the 2020 election. tomorrow morning the president's defense team takes over. a weekend date the president has taken issue with. after having been treated unflair in the house and having to endure hour after hour of lies by shifty schiff, just like my lawyers will be forced to start on saturday which is called death valley on tv. the legal team is planning to hold a short session tomorrow, 3-4 hours long. the bulk of their arguments will take place on monday and tuesday of next week. the radical dimms talking about joe and hunter biden. so

if you look at dianne feinstein, the ranking -- she's old school, 86 years old. been around that place a long time. she comes from a period after they've locked heads and horns and whatever else, they go out for dinner and have fun. that's the way -- she'll be not quite did he ever deaf rengs. but cautious. kamala harris, came off the campaign trail, has been rubbing elbows with everybody, jostling and what not. we saw her when it came to the committee hearings, for people like gorsuch and kavanaugh. she was once a prosecutor, right? >> exactly. >> she's going to be -- >> a lot of sifls rights. we comes from that line. >> another generation. she's 55 years old. she's going to be very aggressive in her questions. it will be interesting to watch both the judiciary committee, the senate, be interesting how they approach things. >>> here we are on the eve of the impeachment trial. we've been hearing all these nuances about what's happening with the senators and the democrats and the managers. but to the public, as we begin this process, in earnest, how much do people

i would like to know more about what feinstein said.d to be a serious person and an adult in the room, that to suggest taking the leader of a tryst organization, in violation of a travel restriction out while on the battlefield having just killed americans and plodding to kill more americans should factor into impeachment as a strike against president trump to me actually blows my mind. why are they saying that? >> there is only one person on the couch that worked with the knicks on administrati nixon administration. >> do they think they can go back and add to the list? >> they are just trying to find anything that will stick. the united states has just taken out the king of terror and they are somehow thinking that is a bad thing. the american people are looking at this and saying, may, wait a minute, we just got rid of the king of terror. this is really great. we got no response from the bad guys. this is also the bad guys. donald trump is the king of reality television. you are not going to outsmart him. impeachment is a political o

feinstein best sums up the position of the senate democrats.she made the case the longer this goes, the less urgent impeachment becomes. if democrats believe impeachment is serious and urgent as they say they do, they should transmit articles of impeachment without delay. but look, you can add to the list of senate democrats, at least one house democrat, adam smith, who chairs the house armed services committee, here's what he had to say about this. >> yes. i think it is time to send the impeachment to the senate and let mitch mcconnell be responsible for the fairness of the trial. >> reporter: this could all become moot. house speaker nancy pelosi will have her weekly press conference, could get clarity there on next steps. her position, she wants to know precisely what the structure of the senate trial will be before she names house managers. in the '90s in the clinton impeachment trial, house republicans named 13 republican members of the house judiciary committee. i am told by lawmakers that lived through that thing that 13 was probably too

some democrats in the senate were finally losing patience, dianne feinstein, joe manchin, some others was becoming clear just how incredibly cynical this move was after house democrats spent months, this is urgent, it must get done, and then to just sit there on them. and i think those democrats were getting some blowback in their districts and increasing worries that this was looking highly political and it could blow back against the party. paul: and i would say there's probably one very happy democrat in the house, bill, and that's adam schiff. as the chief impeacher, he's now going to get his star turn. this is going to be the capstone of his career, making the case to impeach donald trump. >> right. and the question is what kind of case they're going to make. again, i think -- paul: i think it will be grand eloquent. >> well, the question is on the witnesses. they defer that decision for a while. so mcconnell has two things op his side. right now he has the constitution that leapts the senate set the rules and the votes. and as long as he has those two, he can do whatever he want

feinstein. >> mrs. fischer, mr. gardner, mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham. mr. grassley, ms. harris, ms. hassan, mr. hawley. mr. hinrich, ms. hirono. mr. hoeven, mr. hyd. hydes. hy-. >> mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. >> mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. langford. >> as the senators sign this document, they're being called by alphabetical order. joan biskupic, what are they signing here exactly? >> they're signing what's officially called the oath book, and every single senator rising from his chair and her chair will come up there and sign this, and that was done in 1999 and it was done back in 1868. this is part -- this is when i said a very scripted affair, and today is mostly script and ceremony as opposed to what's going to happen next week and beyond. but this is where they all come up and, you know, they'll take their oaths as the chief administered it, and just attest to be impartial. >> you know, the interesting thing here is also as our great ted barrett up on the hill points out, that these senators unlike in 1999 where when they signed it they each kept

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reached their qutions over a 16 hour period, this a question for the council for the president sen feinstein asked thhouse managers the the president's defense and laers answering those questions and trying to push their cases. >>the defense saying there's no wrongdoing n behalf of the president and that the house managers had a weak case there isn't any which in the public interest. they totally faile to make that case the demoats doing all they can to convince at least 4 republican senators o vote yes on witnesses such as john bolton, the former national security adviser turn him away to look the other way. i think is deeply at odds th being an impartial juror. ch answer allowed approximately 5 minutes to the president's cocil and the question coming from 1, 9, more likable senator yes come on my behalf and also joined by senators lafleur lee kramer and nick selling, but after the 2 da round of questions is finished the senats and perhaps confront a likely difficult vote on whether to call witnesses. >>karin caifa reporting there righnow the expected timeline is questions today and through