diamond, thank you very much. >>> joining us to discuss is bob barr, bob barr, former republican congressman from georgia, served as a manager in the senate trial of bill clinton back in 1999. and julian epstein. thanks to both of you. great to draw on your experience today. so, bob, let's take a moment to take stock here, a trial is going to happen of a sis stting u.s. president. you took part in one in 1999, ended up in acquittal. once the house managers are chosen, tell us how things proceed from there. and what you expect to see. >> the way things are shaping up now, and we obviously don't know exactly what's going to happen, the process is playing itself out in slow motion as opposed to back in 1998-1999 when things moved very, very quickly. but if in fact the senate decides to proceed along the lines of how they proceeded with the 1999 trial, then i would expect to see a bifurcated process. you would have the managers present their arguments, we don't know how many there are going to be and the white house lawyers would do theirs. then i suppose the senators would meet and decide how they want to proceed f