videotaped deposition of monica lewinsky, bill clinton's very close friend, vernon jordan and sidney blumenthal. it would be something akin to that, and then it's a wheeling and dealing think at this point. i don't think we'll ever get to a point where we see life testimony on the senate floor. that has not happened. i think go back to andrew johnson's trial for something and that's 1858. some modern precedent is generally the witnesses don't show up in the well of the senate. >> host: last process question. you sit tomorrow we begin with preliminary motions. could there be a motion to dismiss? >> guest: everybody has been waiting to see whether or not somebody will try to do that, and the president's team is allowed to offer motions, and emotion that is, often in the trial is a motion to dismiss. eric and you'll lend, the head of the white house legislative affairs was up in the capital yesterday, has been in the capital a lot lately has been expressing the view that the president really wanted to have all of his rights, all of its rights maintained in this resolution. it's maintained. the rea

arranged following sea to get a job to try to silence her about the affair and another guy called sidney blumenthal video tape. some of his experts were broadcast, and lewinsky, ‘s tape. some of his experts were broadcast, and lewinsky,‘s were official. that was back in 1999. the politics was so much different then. lot was a big part of the senate. he was very mindful of what had happened to republican leaders in the house. newt gingrich, the former house speaker, he pushed against bill clinton and wanted to terminate his presidency and saw the lewinsky affair as his way to do it. but he took that to the people in the mid—term elections and end up losing his seat and losing his job. mid—term elections and end up losing his seat and losing hisjob. the guy that succeeded him was a guy called bob livingston, a guy from louisiana, guess what, the day clinton was impeached, he had to stand down because he had had extra marital affairs himself. so the politics are very different in 2020 than they were back in 1999. although maybe not that different. a trip down memory lane. i remember a moment in the tr

this is an article about sidney blumenthal, who has a controversial representation for planting favorable clinton stories in the press and helped historians create the ad that recently got some publicity. chairman hyde: without objection, so ordered. now, i'm going to go down the line. mr. berman? this is for unanimous consent request. what purpose do you seek recognition? >> strike the last word. chairman hyde: you've already spoken, i'm told. >> not in two articles. article one i spoke. chairman hyde: we have it down that you spoke on article three. well, those are our records. you want to tell me? >> i'd like to see clear and convincing evidence. [laughter] >> who else? for what purpose does mr. berman seek recognition? >> to strike the last word. chairman hyde: no, i'm sorry. >> no, i'm sorry, this is a factual dispute, but i'm willing to go under oath. chairman hyde: go ahead, take your five minutes. >> but i haven't spoken. chairman hyde: we've mooted that question. we've mooted that. go ahead. >> the chairman said it like he was giving me a second five minutes. i just wanted to mak