is movie if you don't don't go and see it but what we can't have is what we've just heard from john leahy namely a desire to limp pose i kind of this this blanket of political correctness over everything and crush creativity crush all kinds of opinions and i believe in a world where we should all be allowed to say what we think people are forced to look great if some people want to be hurt and offended well they can do that they can turn off they can go and do something else but what they can't do is impose their opinion on me. if films and art in general become blonde it won't be thought provoking at all and lose any purpose won't it surely. well i do think the market will of its way you know black panthers one of the most successful movies in the world and it's successful economically for a reason i think like some guy. gets on a guy's films but i don't like this one and i think this one is just lazy in the sense of which it sort of you know is an equal opportunities offender to all all peoples i'm not in favor of any artistic ban or any law i do think there should be greater diversity

we're watching the procession now of chief justice john roberts who is being escorted by vermont senator leahy and by roy blunt, the rules committee chair. dianne feinstein is part of the committee and lindsey graham as well. >> come to order. the chief justice of the united states will come to the dais to be administered the oath. >> senators, i attend the senate in conformity with your notice for the purpose to join with you for the trial of the president of the united states. i'm not prepared to take the oath. >> will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states now pending, according to the constitution and the laws so help you god? >> i do. >> god bless you. >> thank you very much. >> at this time i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article 1 section 3, clause 6 of the constitution and the senate's impeachment rules. will all senators now stand or remain standing and raise their right hand.

are putting hopes onto john roberts that he might -- >> here's the chief justice of the united states. >> this is the escort committee coming in. you see lindsey graham, patrick leahy, dianne feinstein, roy blunt, all senators followed by the chief justice of the united states, there he is john roberts. they're walking in to the u.s. senate to begin the formal -- the formal procedure of this trial of the president of the united states. if 67 senators, two-thirds of the u.s. senate vote to convict, he will be removed from office. >> of the senate rules on impeachment, and the united states constitution, the presiding officer will now administer the oath to john j. roberts, chief justice of the united states. >> the escort committee will now conduct the chief justice of the united states to the dias to be administered the oath. >> senators, i attend the senate in conformity with your notice for the purpose of joining with you for the trial of the president of the united states. i am now prepared to take the oath. >> will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachme

john bolden testifying? >> one a has to keep in mind. both senators leahy and senator schumer now clamoring for witnesses and new evidence, were part of the unanimous vote in the senate last time around that didn't want any new evidence and didn't want any new witnesses. and i suspect that the majority under senator mcconnell's leadership will decide not to have witnesses and not to introduce new evidence although i think the democrats will vote for that. i think that the republicans will hold strong and say, look, that's not the job of the senate. we're not going to do what the house refused to do. >> it is noteworthy that as the shoe, as you point out, is on different feet for this version of the clinton impeachment, people have sudden views on what is and is not constitutional prerogative and meaning, from your perspective, this idea of a condensed timeline we're hearing now. mitch mcconnell has been awfully tight-lipped about his plans, but the idea of 24 hours of opening statements that you had before the senate during the clinton impeachment may be th

joining us, vermont democratic senator pat leahy, serves on the judiciary committee, is the only senator to escort two chief justices, william rehnquist in 1999, and john roberts on thursday to be sworn in for impeachment trials. joins me now. first of all, your reaction so far to the way this trial is shaping up? >> well, i was very interested that they're picking ken starr. you know on your own network, donald trump called him a lunatic when he was going after bill clinton. i'm looking at it as a former prosecutor. he pushed the weakest impeachment case certainly in my lifetime and now he's up here to defend the strongest impeachment case in my lifetime. that's their choice. but it's a weird choice. >> i know -- i referenced the fact that you were on that four-senator escort again this time and before for rehnquist. how is it different, if at all, this time? >> well, i think that the last time we had a majority leader, minority leader to work together to try to make the senate with the best procedure possible because this is a solemn responsibility for all 100 senators. they want it to work. and it did. here there's far more dysfunction in the senate

joining me john podesta, former chief of staff and campaign chair for hillary clinton in 2016. one noteworthy example from peter baker's article, continuing he wrote, senator leahyresident clinton, i don't know if you recall this -- >> president clinton called senator leahy. >> he was now facing impeachment and so when the phone rang one night after dinner he cursed the commander in chief. you're a fool, the senator told the president. he was the judiciary chairman. you're a damn damn damn fool. the senator's wife was aghast. that's the president. the president was bill clinton and senator patrick leahy from vermont. >> he tells you what he thinks. >> there was no one in the senate in the house who was saying president clinton's conduct was perfect. what they were saying was it wasn't an impeachable offense. i think this has kind of flipped on its head. the republicans have sort of fallen in line and defended the president's actions, which are at the heart of what the founders were concerned about, foreign inference in a young u.s. democracy. they don't want to talk the facts and look the other way and ignore the evidence the house assembled or hear more witness

handwritten cards by patrick leahy which in fact is written for him by some no-name staffer in his office, you have the chief justice like some game show host, what's the next question, john -- the whole thing is ridiculous! trump should've revisited himself and turned it into a real circus. >> tucker: that such an interesting point. as i watch this, i keep thinking, i wonder if the republicans are being too literal and that's the reason we went full gaga on the opening tonight because it's hard to take it seriously and it's him and to take it seriously. the charges don't even make sense. the whole thing is so nuts! maybe it's better to say that out loud! >> i would've said, as we say in english courts, schiff should've made his case and the democrats make their case, and the defense should've just stood up and say, as they say in english courts, no case to answer. and left it back. the only thing i would add is that the only real crime here, to go back to what you were saying about ukraine, ukraine is our greatest ever ally, ukraine was there when we stormed the beaches of normandy, ukrainians volunteers were at fort sumter, they've been with us throughout the history of

cards by patrick leahy, which in fact it is written forck him by someh no-name staffer in his office and then you have the chief justice like some game show host, what's the next question, johnwhole thing is ridiculous. trump should have represented himself and turned it into a d'real service. >> tucker: that such an interesting point. as i've watched this i keep thinking i wonder if the republicans are being too literal. and that's reason we went to follow in the open tonight. it's hard to take it seriously and i wonder if it's a mistake to take it seriously. it's utterly political and the charges don't even make sense. they are guilty of the crimes they accuse the president of committing. the whole thing is so nuts. so maybe it's better to just say that out loud? >> well, i would have said -- as they say in english courts, schiff should have made his case and the democrats made their case and then the defense should just have stood up and set as they say in english courts, no case to answer. and left it at that. and the only thing i would add is that the only real crime here, to go back to what you are saying about ukraine. ukraine is our greatest ever ally. ukraine was th