we got the essence of what we wanted which is the statement from jamie herrera butler. i think what you are doing is dismissing the incredible evidence and what was done over a period of months to bring destruction to democracy talking about if you had two or three more witnesses what what happened. >> and then with the conclusion of the case we have an opportunity to see the former presidents council if we need to provide additional witnesses we still have dozens of witnesses and with only last night we learned about this new information and got the testimony in the record before the jury without any risk associated. that's important to remember this is the congresswoman who repeats a telephone call between mccarthy and the former president which he is pleading for help. saying help us we are under attack. and they say no. this is your supporters. maybe they care more about the election then you do. that came before the senate jury. and that was a victory for us. >> the defendant was let off on a technicality and that's what you heard mitch mcconnell say that they let

this is the statement congresswoman jamie herrera butler february 12 2021. in my january trolls statement in support of the article of impeachment i referenced a conversation house minority leader kevin mccarthy relayed to me that he'd had with president trump while the january 6th attack was ongoing here the details when mccarthy finally reached the president on january 6th and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot the president nisha initially repeated the falshood that it was empty for that had breached the capitol mccarthy refuted that and told the president that these were trumped supporters that's when according to mccarthy the president said well kevin i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are since i publicly announce my decision to vote for impeachment i have shared these details in countless conversations with constituents and colleagues and multiple times to the media and other public forums i told it to the daily news of longview on january 17th i've shared it with local county republican executive board

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will be prepared to proceed by zoom deposition by an hour or less as soon as congresswoman jamie herrera butler is available for the next phase of the trial including the introduction of that testimony shortly thereafter. congresswoman butler stated she hopes other witnesses to this part of the story, other patriots, as she put it, would come forward and if that happens we would seek the opportunity to take their depositions via zoom or subpoena other documents as well. castor: good morning and good morning to the american people. the first thing i want to say on the issue of witnesses is that the house manager just got up here and described the articles of impeachment and the charges. there is no plural here, that is wrong. there is one article of impeachment and there is one charge and that is incitement of violence and insurrection. what you all need to know in the american people need to know is as of late yesterday afternoon there was a stipulation going around that there weren't going to be any witnesses, but after what happened in this chamber yesterday the house managers realized they d

changing scenario none of us expected this to happen but everything changed last night after herrera butler the republican politician from washington state took to social media to read les that phone call that kevin mccarthy had told her about and then ended her tweet by saying look if there are any of you out there with any other information about this now is the time to speak that changed everything in this 2nd impeachment trial of dr j. trump so i would imagine he is deeply unhappy he wanted this to be over very quickly i think can choose day where the remarks happened he wasn't happy with his lawyers performance. but on friday he was because they gave a fairly comprehensive argument that only lasted 3 hours that shows how quickly they wanted this to be over because they actually had about 16 hours to present their arguments and only took up 3 so it's clear throughout this entire 2nd impeachment trial that trump wanted this to be done and dusted fairly quickly and then move on perhaps to make some kind of comeback to have perhaps kind of seek revenge on those that voted against him but n

republican lawmakerjaime herrera butler into evidence in this impeachment trial.white house republican kevin mccarthy or house republican rather, kevin mccarthy had told her about a call he had with donald trump on january six or the riot when hundreds of trump supporters storm the capital. she said that he said that trump said, it's a bit, kate is in a? well, kevin i guess these people are more upset about the election then you are. and there's been some debate about whether she would have to give her witness testimony to the trial and they've agreed that they would admitted into evidence. it did threaten to extend proceeding despite many hours days or possibly weeks. it certainly did. we seem to be back on track now. a little updated throughout. it was apparently it might lead the senator from utah who made the objection thatis from utah who made the objection that is now causing a further holed up that is now causing a further holed up in the proceedings. mike lee again, a very vocal, very staunch trump loyalist. we are seeing this slight delay going on at the

but what trump's defense lawyers will say is look what herrera butler is saying is just hearsay she's telling you she heard from someone else blah blah blah but if she takes the stand and she is under oath that changes the game because it's not that hard for these people to find phone records find times these conversations will happen and if kevin mccarthy takes us that these are also going to be under oath this is a game changing scenario right now because this isn't a fact of the american public being shown videos of democrats saying fight for this and fight for that these are real people who were there who lived through january the 6th and actually heard and will have records of conversations made between republicans and the former president donald trump so a dramatic turn that i'm sure all. trumps defense team will be deeply unhappy about you saw how his lawyer acted there saying if you want to call up 2 witnesses out call of 200 just gum up the works for ever but for the democrats i think this is about getting all of this in historical context getting it on record because i think

herrera butler who voted to impeach the former president said mccarthy told her as he pleaded with the former president to call the rioters, mr. trump responded "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are". >> we should pose this case out today. >> reporter: the president's former legal team was laughed at after threatening to call hundreds of witnesses including nancy pelosi and compares. >> these depositions should be done in person in my office in philadelphia. that's where they should be done. i don't know why you're laughing. >> reporter: a deal to enter herrera butler's statements allowing the trial to move onto closing arguments. and after five days of proceedings, the final vote. >> not guilty. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell voted to acquit mr. trump and then condemned him on the senate floor immediately after. senator burr said in a statement by what he did and what he did not do, president trump violated his oath of office. chris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> just to reiterate, senator minority leader, mitch mcconnell, directly blame

he shared that conversation with congresswoman jamie herrera butler. the republican from washington. you're right to remember she was one of ten republican congressman who voted to impeach the president of this, would see the trigger, push for getting, you know, witnesses and to go ahead and question them, whether they have done it in person or, you know, via zoom, but there lies what could be an extensive lengthening of this entire matter. let's go back to the senate floor. >> i know. >> on the question of whether shall be in order to consider debates on the rules of impeachment, any motion to subpoena witnesses or documents, the motion has agreed to by vote of 55 to 45. majority leader. >> mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> call the roll. >> mr. baldwin? >> right. neil: all right, significant development, surprise here where 5 republicans including lindsey graham, a close confidant and supporter of the president is probably a good idea to allow witnesses, sasse of nebraska, mitt romney of utah and pat toomey. the reason it's a signi

but one thing is for sure, ana, jamie herrera butler, the republican congresswoman at the center of thise was ready to come and testify. her spokes perp telling me by this evening that she was ready to testify under oath if asked. >> ryan nobles, thank you for that reporting. let's go to boris sanchez. this had to be a huge sigh of relief for the former president. because our reporting is that this defense was really hanging by a thread. what is the former president saying tonight? >> reporter: yeah, to be clear, the entire trump legal team was hanging by a thread with one of them threatening to quit just two days ago. tonight, the legal team is expressing relief about the acquittal. they were actually surprised, according to sources that seven senate republicans voted to convict president trump. that number higher than what they expected. the president has expressed relief. he's pleased with the outcome, as he wrote in a statement that i'll get to in a second. but we are hearing people close to the president say that he is concerned about potentially facing criminal charges. president t

but last night, congresswomanjamie herrera butler congresswoman jamie herrera butler of congresswomanjamierming that, in the middle _ statement confirming that, in the middle of— statement confirming that, in the middle of the insurrection, when house _ middle of the insurrection, when house minority leader kevin mccarthy catted _ house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the _ house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help. — called the president to beg for help, president trump responded, and i help, president trump responded, and iquote, _ help, president trump responded, and i quote, well, kevin, i guess these people _ i quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are — i quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election— people are more upset about the election than you are. needless to say, this— election than you are. needless to say, this is— election than you are. needless to say, this is an additional critical piece _ say, this is an additional critical piece of— say, this is an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence

republican senators voted to bring witnesses 554 and 45 against last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president trump responded and i quote well kevin i guess these people are more upset about the election then you are we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy if they want to have witnesses i'm going to need at least over 100 positions the only thing that i ask you if you vote for witnesses do not handcuff me by limiting the number of witnesses that i can have i need to do a thorough investigation that they did not do i need to do the 911 style investigation that nancy pelosi called for. we have 2 correspondents on this story in a moment or go to and they gallacher in west palm beach in florida close to donald trump's residence but 1st let's check in once again with allan fishies on capitol hill so allan way do we stand right no

herrera butler's recount of that conversation between kevin mccarthy and donald trump actually didn'tich is kind of shocking in its own right, that a president would be promoting and inciting and advancing an insurrection and not feel a thing about it. but i'm not surprised because i know who this president is. but, again, the challenge is how do we move forward? how do we recognize that our democracy simply isn't a set of documents and processes and laws, our democracy is actually people that just decide to carry it forward and defend it generation after generation. and it is only one generation away from vanishing at any one moment. so we have to defend it, we have to make sure that we are using this opportunity, this opportunity to show that we are vulnerable, actually rebolster and recommit to it. at the end of the day that's the story of this impeachment trial, that's the story of the trump era is having the honest conversations about how we move forward and how we do better. >> congresswoman herrera butler was willing to testify and the impeachment managers made a move to potent

the impeachment managers made a surprise decision to call republican congresswoman herrera butler asitness. she was told by kevin mccarthy not only did trump refuse to call off rioters during the attack he seemed to side with them. it could extend the trial for weeks, meaning the trial concluded without a full accounting of what happened on january 6. joining us now one of the house democratic impeachment managers who led the trial, delegate stacey plaskett who represents the virgin islands. thanks for joining us. 57 to convict, 43 to a quick, but donald trump basically walked. what's your reaction? >> heartbreaking for those of us who put -- not just the impeachment managers, but for the staff pro fepgs nls working around the clock as well as the american people. it's frustrating, but the founders knew what they were doing and so we live with the system that we have, but thankfully it was bipartisan, the greatest majority voting to convict a president, as well as the american people seeing truly who donald trump was. >> you and your fellow house impeachment managers wanted to call r

don, cnn confirmed this exchange with republican congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington, who was briefed on the call on january 10th by kevin mccarthy. the congresswoman has been taking careful notes not just on this call but since the insurrection and the impeachment. butler said trump's comments to mccarthy speak to his state of mind and explain why she voted to impeach. this is what she told me today, quote, you have to look at what he did during the insurrection to confirm where his mind was. that line right there demmen straits to me that either he didn't care, which is impeachable because you cannot allow an attack on your soil, or he wanted it to happen and was okay with it, which makes me so angry. we should never stand for that for any reason under any party flag. i'm trying really hard not to say the f word. >> other republican members of congress feel the former president's words give content to his state of mind, intent and and what they describe as a dereliction of duty? >> absolutely. dereliction of duty. here's another republic, and these are republican members

he said fine with that and then the article containing the statement from congresswoman herrera butlergetting a lot of traction and the house managers looked at, maybe we have the president's legal team on the ropes here. let's pummel them a little bit more so this morning in a conference call, the senate snort leader chuck schumer was told that the left wing of the party was putting a lot of pressure on senators to allow witnesses and that's when raskin came forward about an hour later and said, we would like to call at least one witness, herrera butler and maybe some others. after that, all happened and pan lindsey graham floated the idea, let's stipulate that we can put the statement from herrera butler that was circulating last night into the record. it's news that it had been out there for at least a number of days, the congresswoman attested to that herself. lindsey graham considered it to be hearsay evidence. it was not acknowledgment that it was true and they were going to enter statement into the record. and so that compromise was struck and the statement was entered into the

the senate should convict we believe we've proven our case but last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president trump responded and i quote well kevin i guess these people are more upset about the election then you are. needless to say this is. an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you as well as the president's willful death a dereliction of duty and desertion of duty as commander in chief of the united states his state of mind and his further incitement of the insurrection on january 6th for that reason and because this is the proper time to do so under the resolution that the senate adopted to set the rules for the trial we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy and to subpoena her contemporaneous notes that she made regarding what president trump told kevin mccarthy in t

is a statement of congresswoman jamie herrera butler, february 12, 2021.n my january 12 statement in support of the articles of impeachment i referenced a conversation house minority leader kevin mccarthy relayed to me he'd had with president trump while the january 6 attack was ongoing. here are the details. when mccarthy finally reached the president on january 6 and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot, the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was an tearfula -- antifa which breached the capitol and mccarthy refuted that and told the president these were trump supporters. that's when, according to mccarthy, the president said, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. since i publicly announced my decision to vote for impeachment, i've shared these details with countless conversations with constituents and colleagues and multiple times through the media and other public forums. i told it to the daily news of long view on the 17th and shared it with republican executive board members

and then greene called herrera-butler in a tweet the gift that keeps giving to the democrats and she writes, the trump loyal, 75 million are watching. john, 43 republicans allowed trump to be acquitted. has the extremist win of the gop coalition grown too big for the party to confront? >> look, it is clear that the trumpist denialist wing of the party is a clear majority. the party probably super majority for now. it is also clear that history doesn't look kindly on conspiracy theorists. and in a contest between lies and truth, truth will ultimately win. the republican party has profound problems with its base. it is a problem that predated donald trump. donald trump was the metastization of it and qanons in the caucus are the latest sign of the sickness but it doesn't take a genius to figure out the seven who stood up will be regarded as profiles in courage over time that kinzinger and cheney will ultimately win the argument over the marjorie taylor-greenes and for thoeks who think this is a jump ball they're just moral cowards. >> gop senator lisa murkowski is one of those seven an

on witnesses, it seems as if this was a last-minute decision to go ahead and try to call jamie herrera-butler. should you have had a witness plan sooner that included pence, herrera, people like that? >> let's start with jamie herrera-butler. she issued her statement the day before. we tried to get in touch with her. we wanted her -- she could have come and done an interview. we couldn't get through to her. we did seek permission do it. >> why did you wait -- i don't mean to interrupt. can i interrupt you? >> please. >> her story was known for weeks. why not -- why did you not try to contact her until the last couple of days? >> she issued her statement the day before. we brought up the resolution right at the time the resolutions for witnesses were called for according to the senate resolution. there's no other time we could have done it. that was the moment. we won that vote. we were going to proceed to do it. the republicans stipulated to allow the evidence to come into the record. you ask about some other people who might have gotten up there and lied. we don't know what kevin mccarthy wo

herrera butler. >> sergeant, acting sergeant at arms budget, if we could and i may scale back.e have failures, i'm not necessarily talking about the tweets and the secretaries that came to members while this is happening. what you and i discussed on the phone and what i think is really important is i was standing next to officers, both sergeant of arms and capitol police officer as the inspection was happening on the house floor, getting to the house floor it was very clear their head pieces, the communications pieces, they were getting no actual communication, no leadership, no direction, there was no coordination. you could see the fear in their eyes. like they literally, the brave men and women did the best they could with what they have. there is a video on youtube where a woman was shot. there is a time with different armed forces coming in at different angles. it was clr clear the person that shot didn't know there was a tactical team up the stairs. they all had earpieces in. i am talking about the leadership. no one owning the sfreektcy and giving direction and i want to

los demócratas quería que la congresista jamie herrera butler diera su testimonio, confirmó que más tempranoes llegaron a un acuerdo que permitió que este sábado llegara al voto final, donald trump quedó absuelto y con el camino libre para poderse lanzar a la política oficial >>> y el presidente joe biden reaccionó ante la absolución de donald trump y en un comunicado dijo este triste capítulo de nuestra historia tiene que recordarnos lo frágil que es la democracia la cual siempre debe ser defendida y vigilada, la violencia y el extremismo no tienen lugar en estados unidos el incesto >>> en el comunicado el presidente recordó a quienes perdieron la vida o fueron afectados directamente durante el asalto al capitolio, hacemos una pausa. >>> un potente terremoto estremece japón y el movimiento telúrico quedó captado en cámara >>> la única prueba que estamos haciendo en este momento es la de sangre >>> autoridades han cambiado sus métodos para detectar a conductores ebrios y todo debido a la pandemia >>> prepárese, nos espera aún más lluvia en la región ¿qué podemos esperar para la semana labora

specifically gop congresswoman jamie herrera-butler who voted to impeach trump, the congresswoman in a statement saying house minority leader kevin mccarthy told her that during the riot, trump told mccarthy that trump was more upset about the election theft than you are. >> needless to say this is an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you as well as the president's willful deck -- dereliction of duty. >> trump defense attorney warning democrats if the impeachment managers called one witness he would call a hundred. >> i have the right to defend that. the only thing that i ask if you vote for witnesses, do not handcuff me by limiting the number of witnesses that i can have. >> the three hours into the proceedings and after five gop senators joined democrats to call businesses, they agreed to call none instead admitting butler's written statement into evidence. >> our rep takes autations and will be inextricably intertwined with what you do here and how you exercise your oath to do impartial justice. >> it is time to bring this un

kevin mccarthy told congresswoman herrera butler that he called donald trump trying to get donald trump to help save the capitol from the trump invaders and donald trump said this about the trump mob in the capitol. "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." on friday night we speulated about the possibility of that evidence being included in the house managers' case the next day on saturday, possibly by calling witnesses and on saturday the house managers tried to call congresswoman herrera beutler but after negotiations settled on accepting her public statement as the equivalent of an under-oath affidavit. congressman david cicilline drove home donald trump's words in his final comments to the senate jury on saturday. >> in those critical moments we see president trump engaging in a dereliction of his duty by further inciting the mob in real time to target the vice president with knowledge that the insurrection was ongoing and that's, of course, included in the conduct charged in this article of impeachment. what does the president say in respo

anderson, cnn confirmed this exchange with republican congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington who was briefed on the call directly by kevin mccarthy on january 10th, she has been taking copious notes throughout -- since the insurrection and the impeachment and she took very precise notes on their call. we're also told by several other republican members that kevin mccarthy wasn't shy about talking about this exchange with trump, that he wanted republicans in his conference to know about it and congresswoman herrera butler told me today that trump's comments to kevin mccarthy really speak to his state of mind and explain why she voted to impeach, what she told me was quote, you have to look at what he, trump, did during the insurrection to confirm where his mind was at. that line right there demonstrates to me that he either didn't care, which is impeachable, because you cannot allow an attack on your soil or he wanted it to happen and was okay with it, which makes me so an angry. we shouldn't stand for that for any reason under any party flag. i'm trying really hard not to say

this is the statement congresswoman jamie herrera butler, february 12st, 2021.t in support of the article of impeachment i referenced a conversation house minority leader kevin mccarthy relayed to me that he'd had with president trump while the january 6th attack was ongoing. hear are the details. when mccarthy finally reached the president on january 6th and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa that had breached the capitol. mccarthy refuted that and told the president that these were trump supporters. that's when, according to mccarthy, the president said, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. since i publicly announced my decision to vote for impeachment, i have shared these details in countless conversations with constituents and colleagues and multiple times through the media and other public forums. i told it to the daily news of long view on january 17th. i've shared it with local county republican executive board members. as wel

as saturday's session came to order a surprise development, a republican congresswoman, jamie herrera butlerd trump and the lead republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, a call that had taken place as the january 6 riots were unfolding in the middle taken place as the january 6 riots were unfolding. in the middle of the insurrection, when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help, president trump responded, and i quote, "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are." the prosecution and trump's legal team weighed whether to subpoena witnesses like miss herrera beutler. but in the end, the two sides reached an agreement. her statement would be admitted to the record and the closing arguments were made. senators, we proved he betrayed his country. we proved he betrayed his constitution. his oath of office. the startling thing to recognizse now is that he is even betraying the mob. he told them he would march with them, and he didn't. they believed the president was right there with them somewhere in the crowd, fighting the fan

chronological story of the insurrection for the first time through these events, hearing representative herrera butler'sment for the first time to stop i do think that that has an effect. and so the change in public opinion i think is going to be one of the most notable outcomes of the impeachment trial. we most notable outcomes of the impeachment trial.— most notable outcomes of the impeachment trial. we keep talking about this being _ impeachment trial. we keep talking about this being unprecedented - impeachment trial. we keep talking about this being unprecedented for| about this being unprecedented for so many reasons. donald trumps entire presidency was unprecedented in so many different ways. is there something that we can compare what's happening now to something a former impeachment trial bill clinton springs to mind. or even the last impeachment trial of donald trump? is there a point of comparison, is there a point of reference that we could usefully look at? so there a point of reference that we could usefully look at? 50 i there a point of reference that we could usefully look at?— could us

in a statement herrera butler says to the patriots who were standing next to the former president as these conversations were happening, or even to the former vice president, if you have something to add here, now would be the time. john king is with me, he is host of "inside politics." and also with us, the correspondent who broke this amazing story. jamie, what does this it he will us about president trump's mind set as these thousands of his supporters were storming the u.s. capitol endangering some of his staunchest supporters? the vice president was there with his family. >> absolutely. and i think that one of the important things about this story, i spoke to a half dozen republican members of the house, several of them were willing to go on the record. that doesn't happen very often. and the one who really was able to help us the most was congresswoman jamime herrera beutler who spoke to kevin mccarthy. and she took copious notes. but mccarthy also repeated this story to from my understanding dozens of other members of his conference. he wanted them to know about it. so let's t

but last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president trump responded and i quote well kevin i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are needless to say this is. an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you. are right meanwhile the trumps attorney michael vanderveen said that if the democrats wanted to call a witness he would ask for $100.00 witnesses the only thing that i ask you if you vote for a witness is do not handcuff me by limiting the number of witnesses that i can have i need to do a thorough investigation that they did not do i need to do the 911 style investigation that nancy pelosi called for or for the latest on this developing story we're joined now by the washington bureau chief in us paul innes hello to you so listen the senate was poised to vote on whether to convict trump today then came this surprise vote to allow witness

last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president from perspire ended and i quote well kevin i guess these people who are more upset about the election than you are needless to say this is. an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you as well as the president's willful dekel or dereliction of duty and desertion of duty as commander in chief united states his state of mind and his further incitement of the insurrection on january for the latest from washington we're joined by washington bureau chief in us paul hello to you in a so it was a rather chaotic day at the senate will we see lawmakers voting on donald trump's 2nd impeachment by the end of the day it is indeed really happens that the moves in the u.s. senate are so unpredictable well after potential witnesses were expected to be called now they have a deal to move forward to conclude the trial also the co

coordination and you could see the fear in their eyes during the attack washington congresswoman jamie herrera butler said the officers protecting them had no radio communication with leadership they saved our and i'm frustrated that i'm not hearing this is how we're fixing that on capitol hill today, house members also investigated how domestic terrorism happens in the first place the problem. >>they could get worse over time january 6 demonstrated to so many groups connecticut democrat jim himes in arkansas republican french hill are working to cut off funding from extremist groups to ensure that violence and hatred the deal the attacks not happened yet witnesses told them the government resources are available. but need to be deployed against the right people in washington, i'm jessi tenure. >>our 4 zone forecast and we give you a live picture of the golden gate bridge looking pretty nice as beautiful as always rebecca standing by saying it's going to get pretty windy tonight. >>you know really as we're seeing definitely more subsided than what we saw yesterday guys no wind advisory in effect for

specifically what was happening and then there were you know we found additional information about herrera butler which we on yesterday evening. that we decided that we were going to go after and we got it we got that information to further amplify what we had already proven there in court there is no other additional witnesses that we were friendly to us that were not there on the screen the body cameras of the capitol police officers how much more resonance with that had given to them than the actual seeing the day of the insurrection individuals that others would have us would have liked to have called like the president who we invited is in fact the defendant and does not have to testify other individuals who may have been there with the president were not friendly witness to us and would have required subpoenas and months of litigation they are still litigator mcgann impeachment one a year later and so we believe that we have shown that this president is a disgrace to our country mitch mcconnell himself said that these senators have decided to hang their hat on jurisdictional grounds which a

is and they wanted to bring in the impeachment managers wanted to bring in congresswoman jamie herrera butlerbecause she put out a statement late friday night that said during the riot she was with kevin mccarthy, who's the top republican in the house of representatives, and she overheard a conversation between him and the president in which the he asked the president, please call off your supporters get them to leave the capital, he said. the president said no, i can't do that. they're not my supporters there in antifa. well, kevin mccarthy push back on that and said no, mr president. these are in fact, your supporters and president trump at the time, responded. well i guess kevin, they're more mad about the election than you are. and she put out that statement. and she said, if you are a former staff member in thewhite house, and you know something about president trump's behavior that day, now is the time to speak out. so once, she said that the impeachment managers really wanted to hear from her. yeah and of course, both sides came to an agreement and that didn't happen are let's move to

don, cnn confirmed this exchange with republican congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington whoed on the call directly by kevin mack c -- mccarthy on january 10th. the congresswoman have been taking careful notes not just on this call but since the insurrection and the impeachment. we're told by several other republican members that mccarthy wasn't shy about this heated exchange with trump. he wanted people in his conference to know about it. so haerrera's statement is that trump's comments speak to his state of mind and explain why she voted to impeach. she told me, quote, you have to look at what he did during the insurrection to confirm where his mind was. that line demonstrates to me either he didn't care, which is impeachable because you cannot allow an attack on your soil or he wanted it to happen and was okay with it, which makes me so angry. we should never stand for that for any reason under any party flag. i'm trying really hard not to say the "f" word. >> wow, jamie, that is really powerful reporting. you have learned, i understand, that a number of other republican m

but last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president trump responded and i quote well kevin i guess these people who are more upset about the election then you are needless to say this is. an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you. meanwhile trump's attorney michael vanderveen said if the democrats wish to call a witness he would ask for 100 himself the only thing that i ask if you vote for a witness is do not hand off to me by limiting the number of witnesses that i can have i need to do a thorough investigation that they did not do i need to do the 911 style investigation that nancy pelosi called for its cost rate to d.w. washington bureau chief in his paul who has been following this trial closely so in his dishes a surprise on several levels what can we expect today will there be a vote or will we hear from the witness absolutely michael in a totally unexpec

. >> well, i think jamie herrera butler, she released her statement and she talked about her conversationh leader mccarthy about that conversation between the president and kevin mccarthy. frankly, i heard that same story from other members who validate and really enforce what she has said. but i think what has gone on now, too many republicans for too long, who have been frankly disgusted and i think there's a lot of resentment and hostility toward the president by many members, including those who did not vote to impeach or did not vote to certify. you know, they have had to answer for the president's conduct or misconduct, horrible offensive statements, insend r -- incendiary remarks, and many are glad he's gone and want a new direction. we've seen strong leadership from ben sasse and others. but these are the folks who can help us make that clean break. it's clear there's a desire to do so. i say do it. if it doesn't happen, if party will fracture and not be able to win national elections going forward. >> so do you agree with him, congressman turner, assuming you could hear what he h

you will when raskin introduced the possibility of calling for a republican congresswoman jamie herrera-butler to explain the story, the conversation she heard between republican leader mike mccarthy and the president when the president siding with the rioters as this violence was happening ultimately they decided behind closed doors that they were not going to do that and, therefore, made the proper decision that they made their case. >> just so the american public is aware, witnesses in a senate hearing do not come and stand before the senators and make any statements. it is a deposition. it is a videotaped, and that is brought before the senate. i know people are feeling a lot of angst and believe that maybe if we had this, the senators would have done what we wanted, but listen. we didn't need more witnesses. we needed more senators with spines. >> so what happens next? well, censure is off the table we heard from house speaker nancy pelosi saying it is simply a slap on the wrist. they might consider developing some sort of 9/11 style commission that would investigate the facts but they're

this is from congresswoman jamie herrera butler. and pittman's response shortly after.s. >> it was very clear that they had pieces, the communication pieces, they were getting no actual communication. they were getting no leadership, they were getting no direction. there was no coordination. and you could see the fear in their eyes. >> when there is a break down, you look for those commanders with boots on the ground to provide that instruction. that did not happen primarily because those operational commanders at the time were so overwhelmed. >> so, phil, it seems like a complete break down of command and control. what's supposed to happen in situations like this? >> look, i have sympathy, not a great deal, but a little bit of sympathy. how cowan advertise pate, don, that the commander in chief would tell thousands of people, hundreds of whom went over to the capitol, thousands of people to go down the street and fight, down the street, that is, from the white house to the capitol. i don't think you can anticipate it. that said -- >> wait, wait, phil. you don't think y

democrats and progressives who wanted to see a full trial one of your republican colleagues, jamie herrera butler said she would testify if she were called about a conversation she heard about from kevin mccarthy and president trump on the 6th of january that would have been damning to the president. so why did you all not call witnesses? >> well, first of all, i would argue with that premise. you saw that everybody in that room was witness to what took place, the world witnessed it. the evidence showed witnesses speaking of their own experiences, whether it was police officers or insurrectionists or capitol police what i do think is that what we didn't need was more witnesses, we needed more republicans to care, republican senators to uphold their oath and recognize the truth. i don't think witnesses was the problem. and you did see that what we were able to do, and i give the representative great credit. she came forward with that statement and with that memory of the conversation that revealed the state of mind of this president when he'ss are b for help as we were under siege. he turned a bli

the two sides agreed to submit into the record a statement from republican congresswoman jamie herrera butlerhich detailed a phone call from trump to house minority leader kevin mccarthy on january 6th where trump told mccarthy the rioters cared more about election fraud than mccarthy. they decided to call her as a witness following a cnn report of the call on friday. >> the point is no number of witnesses demonstrating that donald trump continued to incite the insurrectionists even after the invasion of the capitol would convince them. they wouldn't be convinced. >> reporter: with witnesses off the table, the two sides presented their closing arguments, the prosecution arguing that the evidence made it clear the riot was incited by the former president. >> he named the date, he named the time and he brought them here and now he must pay the price. >> reporter: and the trump defense, warning the constitutional questions of convicting a former president were impossible to ignore. >> this has been perhaps the most unfair and flagrantly unconstitutional proceeding in the history of the united st

i think representative herrera butler needs to be spoken to by the fbi or other law enforcement authoritiesssion against anyone who's issuing these threats, who is tampering with witnesses, and then you just have to sort of trace it up the line. where does it go from the people issuing the threats? have they had any communications with anyone else? it's a massive and long-term investigation, but it is clear where we are right now that this is a significant domestic terrorist threat and people, whether donald trump, you know, intends it or not, are acting at his direction and when he doesn't disavow these groups, and when he doesn't recognize the legitimacy of the election, he is continuing to foment unrest and violence in this country. >> something we'll be talking about for a long time to come. olivia troy, thank you so much. daniel goldman, i'm going to embarrass you very much. thank you so much for getting so many of us, the hosts here through last week with your expertise and experience. we're grateful. heilemann's sticking around. >>> when we come back, mitch mcconnell says donald trum

one of them is gop house member jaime herrera butler, who went on the record to cnn. another republican member, familiar with the call, says, quote, it proves that the president knew very early on what the mob was doing, and he knew members were at risk, and he refused to act. it is a violation of his oath of office to fail to come to the defense of congress and the constitutional process immediately. now, it is not easy to get people to argue what is clearly in defiance of fact, even lawyers. that's why trump is on his third string defense. and today, they got caught in a very important lie. they said the call trump made to senator tommy tuberville during the insurrection was hearsay, that it didn't happy, we don't even recall know. thus, they argue, at no point was the president informed that the vice president was in danger. tuberville has said on the record that he told trump on a phone call, during the insurrection, that pence was being ushered out. and he stands by that account today. not hearsay. trump was informed, and he did nothing. worse, after he knew penc

the development came after a republican congress member came for, jaime herrera butler, about commentsp made during his assault to kevin mccarthy. >> that last night congress when of washington issued a statement confirming in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help my president trump responded "well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election then you are." needless to say, this is an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence. for that reason and because this is in the proper time to do so under the resolution the senate adopted to set the rules for the trial, we would like the opportunity to subpoena congress woman herrera. amy: the request by the house impeachment manager to introduce new witnesses prompted this tense debate between the lead house impeachment manager jamie raskin and top defense attorney michael vanderveen. >> the only thing i ask him if you vote for witnesses, do not handcuff me by limiting the number of witnesses that i can have. there's only one person the president

by winning a vote on the ability to call witnesses and it would have been congresswoman jamie herrera butleru get about winning that vote to call witnesses but then actually not doing so? i mean, the statement was out there. the statement that she says so reading it into the record, why would that be sufficient? >> well, what happened there and it was a success. first of all, i couldn't give credit to coming forward and wanting to milwaukee that statement. the statement, should the president's state of mind when he is on the phone with representative pittsburgh car think, mccarthy saying, what are you doing? how are you going to help us? the president is more interested in what's going on and the work i guess of the insurrection is on behalf of his big lie, we got the other side, the president's council to stipulate that that was the president's state of mind, that that statement was accurate. so that was the calling of witnesses. it could have devolved into an attempt to get more witnesses. you know, we're still waiting for don mcgan. you remember out of the judiciary more than a year ago.