joining me now is senator david perdue who endured groundhog day today.m the senate foreign relations committee. senator, head on a pike. did anyone say anything close to that to you? of course not. but this is just one more lie in a series of lies this entire week. i've never been more embarrassed about being in the united states senate and i am now listening to these house members come over and lecture to us about being complicit in a cover-up, calling the president's defense team liars right out of the gate. the hypocrisy is just something you can't describe. >> laura: actually, just openly insulting the senate. look, everyone has their own little power play here going on but to come in and say that they were warned that you either get in line, and they are all scared of trump, the dictator, and when collins apparently audibly said no, that is what was reported. >> it was ridiculous, i heard that too. the very first opening statement, adam schiff gave away their real theory and that is, you can't trust elections, therefore we have impeachment. any time

. >> now for a viewpoint from the other side, david perdue of georgia, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> let me start with the basic this week. you said this week that the senate should not consider new evidence. there's a lot out there with lev parnas. why not? >> chuck, what i said was no evidence within the scope. what we are obliged to do is to look at the case presented to us from the house. but i think it's very rich to hear people talk about, well, what the senate needs to do is have a fair trial. we're purposed to do that, but where was that outcry during 116 days of investigation and trial in the house? what we are proposing to do right now is exactly what we did during the clinton hearing and that is to hear both sides present their cases. when you talk about how long that might take here in a minute. and then let every senator ask a question or several questions and then we'll go to a decision point at that point, which they did in the clinton case, about whether or not we have further information or more witnesses come to the u.s. senate. but

doug collins selfishness will hurd david perdue, the other senator from georgia, kelly loeffler, the president, not to mention the people georgia. all he has done is put two senate seats and georgia's 16 electoral votes into play." that is the nrsc. from their statement that just came out. kelly loeffler is one of those senators that have been putting out videos after their days during the impeachment trial. here is her video from yesterday, a walk and talk down one of the senate hallways. her take on the trial, but also on georgia politics as well. [video clip]>> hi, everyone. it is tuesday night, about 7:30. just wrapped up some great meetings with my team. we had the conclusion of the president's opening arguments today in the impeachment trial, which is great because that means we are moving forward into questions. we will have a couple days of questions. from there, we go into deciding next steps. i have been vocal that my view is we do not need to call witnesses. there were 17 called in the house. the house has presented their case and it is time to move on from this partisan i

. >> sandra: joining us a son david perdue. thank you for being here.ow has the resurfacing of the video changed things? >> it really doesn't. neither did it last weekend when it came up to start with. sandra, this is a flawed process. the articles that were sent to us from the house are nothing more than fruit promote poison tree the process in the house was illegitimate, they denied due process. frankly, right now the democrats have come over to the senate, they've harassed us, called us coconspirators in a cover-up. they called the defense team liars. what they want us to do now is what they should have done during their investigation. they should have called these witnesses back when they have the responsibility. >> sandra: but senator, looking back and heading into this process, i did see you were open to witnesses if there was the need to hear from additional witnesses. so, what have you seen play out in that impeachment trial that has led you to believe that no witnesses are needed? >> well, let's clarify that. what i said is any witnesses that a

going to the other side of the aisle, let's get some republican insights from georgia senator david perdue. to this issue of witnesses, i believe senator kennedy said earlier tonight, if you think adam schiff is going to be happy with only one, then you probably also believe in bigfoot. here is rush limbaugh's take on more witnesses. >> there is no need for the republicans to say okay, we'll agree to witnesses -- rotgut! it's a freegan trap and you say no because chuck schumer is asking for it, you say no because adam schiff is asking for it. >> shannon: it sounds like a number of your colleagues, may be enough will change the calculus of where you go from here because it sounds like they are going to vote to block witnesses. >> let's talk about witnesses, the reason the founders had the investigation to do it in the houses because they can do it in the committee without shutting the house down, they didn't do it in this case, they didn't call bolton. what was the outcry for fair play and due process -- this president finally got his day in court. you have to shut it down and impeachment,

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david perdue, who is a strong ala ally, just answered t do you think there should be witnesses or not. but the whole universe will try to weaponize what president trump has created, which is a groundswell of hatred and a desire to not have any kind of credibility. >> i don't think she was having a bad day, this was martha mcsally understanding what is required of her if she is living in the world in which she is a member of trump's republican party. this is sort of attacks in trump world. you have to show your allegiance to the president by doing what he would do in that moment, which is not entertaining the question, not even entertaining the subject matter, but simply saying, you are fake news, go away, i'm not going to talk to you. that's what's required of republicans like her who, at some point, have to run again under donald trump's protection, and you can't do that without the president really being fully behind you. and i think in this moment, what we're probably seeing from martha mcsally is a groundswell of support from the president's allies, a groundswell of donations, and

we'll look for much more on "meet the press" when he is joined by david perdue and democratic senate dick durbin of illinois. >>> some royal news out of london this morning with queen elizabeth announcing prince harry and meghan markle will no longer be working members of the royal family. matt bradley is outside of buckingham palace to explain what that means. matt, good morning. >> good morning, willie. when harry and meghan announced they're stepping back nearly two weeks ago, it kind of looked like a trial separation. but now it turns out it's so much more than that. harry and meghan said they're stepping back and the queen said they're stepping down. according to statement from buckingham palace the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer be called your royal highness and won't be working members of the royal family. they'll give up their royal duties and military obligations, lose all financial support from taxpayers and will have to repay the $3.1 million they used to renovate their home at the cottage in windsor. the queen said that harry, meghan and archie will be much lov

the national republican committee saying doug collins selfishness will hurt david perdue and president trump, all he's done is put multiple house seats and george's 16 electoral votes in play. you apparently are spreading the coronavirus as well. >> all i'm doing is defending a president who has been mistreated on this hill. were going to push forward running for senate. i serve my state, serve my country, serve my family. we are going to take conservative values like defending this president. >> laura: coming up, we are going to reveal the democrats a change of heart on bolton, stay there. - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos, that are degrading? legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. i'm finding it hard to stay on a faster laptop could help. plus, tech support to stay worry free woory free.... boom! boom! get free business day shipping... ...at office depot, officemax and officedepot.com garcy young woman: yea

so senators david perdue of georgia and john cornyn of texas dismissed lev parnas as a credible witness why shouldn't the senate hear from lev parnas under oath? this is somebody who is an associate of rudy giuliani, who was at the center of this. why not have the united states senate put this man under oath and hear what he has to say? >> again, second-hand information. this is a distraction. this is a person that's been indicted, right now, he is out on bail, he's been meeting with the house intel committee. if the house felt like this information was pertinent i would think they would have included him in this -- his testimony in this information. >> how was it second-hand? he was in ukraine. he was doing the bidding. he's got -- he seems to have some material evidence that might be helpful in connecting some dots. >> well, that's the deal he's trying to make to get his sentence reduced, i'm not sure he does at all personally. >> why do you think folks like mr. parnas end up so close to the president? >> the president says he doesn't know who he was. he wasn't close to the president

need a fair trial, we could have the expectation of mark rubio, of rick scott, tom tillis, of david perdue that we are putting on the shoulders of susan collins and mitt romney tonight. embrace truth and shame on every single one of them not just the three or four we're looking to -- >> we shouldn't be relying on them because they've got elections coming up, right? this is the united states senate and an impeachment trial. this is quite possibly the most important thing these senators will do in their careers. at this point we should be looking at the same bar for everybody. the nation's eyes are upon you. more importantly histories eyes are upon you. and in that sense what does fair and what is right look like? is there a movement in the republican party, do you believe, to push them to say do the right thing? >> no, i think today's votes they are procedural and mcconnell's making the point and romney and everybody else is following along they will deal with witnesses and additional evidence later. i think that's just a head fake and a misdirection. this is the moment of truth. if there w

the nationalal republican senatorial committee saying doug collins selfishness will hurt david perdue and presidenton trump, all he's done is put multiple house seats and george's 16 electoral votes in play. you apparently are spreading the coronavirus as well. what's going on there? >> all i'm doing is defending a president who has been mistreated on this hill. were going to push forward running for senate. i serve my state, serve my country, serve my family. we are going to take conservative values like defending this president. in defending what we have done on capitol hill for the people of the state of georgia. >> laura: coming up, we are going to reveal the democrats a change of heart on bolton, stay there. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: we told you john bolton is the democrats newest hero of the hour but they didn't always think of him as a hero. >> i think bolton is not only a bad choice, it's honestly difficult to consider a worse choice. >> i can't imagine a more reckless or dangerous pick. john bolton, i think is a disastrous pick, both his rhetoric and his track record of cooking intelli

. >> you have everything from david perdue to susan collins. david perdue, you know, if trump said, you know, i want you to come tell me a bad joke every five minutes for five days, david perdue would say, is it okay if i don't sleep. you know, so, he totally captured by donald trump, and there's others like him. but somebody like susan collins or lisa murkowski, or lamar alexander or even some of the older senators that have been there a long time like richard shelby, they're not -- they want to do what trump wants but they're not going to let trump dictate senate process and procedure. it's the institutionalist. we're the senate. we get to decide what our time agreements are, and this is all boiling down to a time agreement. they're trying to figure out a time agreement. >> we are going to just pause in our coverage. we're going to take a break with this assurance. if any actual action or activity breaks out on the senate floor we will come busting out of that commercial, but we'll be here when you get back. here when you get back. it took pl

also from capitol hill we have kasie hunt hussein david perdue has compared romney to jeff flake on steroids picks have romney is not in danger of losing his seat. mitt romney as you all know saying there are him and other republicans who could be open to voting for allowing witnesses and getting testimony from john bolton. on a lighter note, things are getting serious in impeachment trial. senator romney is drinking chocolate milk. he apparently brought his own bottle and a "wall street journal" reporter says mitt romney was busted for bringing a bottle of famous chocolate milk on the senate floor. he put in a class and that was okay then. we will go to in california. democratic caller. >> caller: thank you for having me on. i guess my only reaction to this so far, it feels like they don't have a coherent narrative or like a logical progression to the arguments. more or less i can characterize as a constellation of randomly indented bullet points. resident the house managers laid out a very clear, they with a systematically through article 12 article ii and they basically when had with tryi

and the latest on 2020 as we work our way just days from the iowa caucus, big 3 hours coming up, david perduem being down there, a few days from super bowl liv here on fox, live in miami starting tomorrow morning. brian: still in prime of his career, ill not surprise if comeback is looming. joe, former mvp of the super bowl. [laughter] brian: we've been down to miami before covering this, i guaranty you this, this would be a great game, do you? >> i agree, it's going to be terrific football game, so many wonderful different contrasting aspects of it, andy reid, the veteran, wide open offense, kyle shanahan, so i think this game has got so many wonderful offense versus defense, offense live line versus defensive line, speed versus technique, all aspects of the football game, i think it'll be a close football game and exciting football game. ainsley: so if you don't pull for either one of the teams, pete hegseth was in the diner and guy said he really doesn't care who wins because he's a viking fan, what are the pros for each team, i like kansas city because -- steve: they are going win. ainsle

hour went by without whispering and chatting in the role of senators of tim scott, and kathy and david perduef georgia. at the start, they were quietly exchanging notes. by thursday afternoon, all four were caught chatting and chuckling out loud during the presentation. the chill used goes to dianne feinstein -- the chilliest goes to dianne feinstein and who wore a jacket and kept asking if it was warm in the caucus room. rumors have spread of senators with an ipad on their desk or speaking on their phone, a violation of rules that bans all electronics. an appleornyn, who had watch was spotted glimpsing at the device. the decorum for the senate trial, no unrelated reading materials are allowed, no phones or electronic devices. messages, relay access to the well of the senate is restricted. senators should rise when the chief justice arrives and departs. senators are to refer to the chief justice as mr. chief justice, and entry and exits are restricted to the cloakroom. the senators should remain in their seats, refrain from speaking when the case is presented. they should stand and vote from

it will her david perdue,, kelly president, not to mention the people of georgia.e has done is put two senate seats and georgia's 16 electoral votes into play." that is the nrsc. kelly loeffler is one of those senators that have been putting out videos after their days during the impeachment trial. here is her video from yesterday, a walk and talk down one of the senate hallways. her take on the trial, but also on georgia politics as well. [video clip] >> hi, everyone. it is tuesday night, about 7:30. just wrapped up some great meetings with my team. we had the conclusion of the president's opening arguments today in the impeachment trial, which is great because that means we are moving forward into questions. we will have a couple days of questions. from there, we go into deciding next steps. my view is that we do not need to call witnesses. there were 17 called in the house. the house has presented their case and it is time to move on from this partisan impeachment circus and really get back to work working for georgians. i've been having great conversations with

i heard this, like guys, what would you do if, and i said it to david perdue, if barack obama called re and said what did david do when he lived in singapore? why hasn't that argument worked? >> this is the issue. there's clearly an offense. republicans just say it, say we know what happened and it was wrong. to go to the criminal analogy, it is not like someone is accused of first degree murder, you say okay, it is manslaughter. in impeachment trial, if you convict, you convict with capital punishment. there's no second. i had a lot of whispered conversations with republicans the last three years, more alarmed in public about things he does, think things are wrong more than they let on. first time in history, we'll remove a president of the united states in an election year where he has a good chance of winning re-election, on that, they sincerely believe that punishment shouldn't apply. >> this is a concern. i talked to democrats. one hand, impeachment is a punishment, a stain, but how do you punish him in some way to prevent him doing it again if he is not ousted, right? as rich po