lamar alexander: like what. mitch mcconnell: the example you've just mentioned just a few weeks before we were taping this, he took all of donald trump's most outrageous comments and attributed them to me or did i don't do that to him. it so i don't think there's an equivalence here. when the nevertheless here i think a lot of people say we are disputing all of the time. we aren't feuding all of the time. we talk on a daily basis. i do object to the way you run the senate. and michael and this court majority is be as different in every way from harry and the weight that he ran the previous majority. in other words i am trying to do everything totally different. so i do object in a way here in the senate. and i do object to the rhetoric. like calling alan greenspan a political hack. alan greenspan may be many things but political pack he certainly isn't. and george w bush calling him at others are saying the iraq war is lost. by the middle of a major military exercise there. i can't fail to express my objection t

meanwhile, colonel lamar and alexander d.smith would align the battalion and launch assault toward the 8th michigan as well. smith's battalion are the first confederate troops to reinforce lamar's position and now outnumbered. the 8th michigan and forlorn hope would retreat out of the for the, fall back over the battery wall they were treated no further. the fight would settle into a shooting match just feet apart. others, however, in the federal ranks, struggled to get to the parapet. benjamin peace remembered that it was so steep, no one could climb it without help. it would have been impossible for twice the number to have scaled the fort. meanwhile in the fields that approached tower battery, the 7th connecticut, the 28th massachusetts of fentons brigade received heavy confederate fire. the 8th michigan moved so quickly it left the 7th connecticut far behind, 500 yards to the rear. excuse me. upon their arrival, their commanding officer colonel holly would order the 7th connecticut to charge. because of the darkness, the

lamar alexander. republican of tennessee who late last night announced he will vote no to introduce in evidence. to your point, joe, what he did was bad, not impeachable. i've heard enough, he said. to your point said the witnesses are second hand. this isn't firsthand information. heard that during the first phase. here is the firsthand witness. the man in john bolton who called it a drug deal. here is the guy who said, go find lawyers, to everyone in that room at the white house. go talk to the lawyers. this is bad. you need to protect yourself. here's the guy who could tell the full story from inside the room, and last night republicans haven't made it official yet, all but official, they don't want to hear from that witness, mika and the entire process could end by tonight. >> well, you know, we also have -- you know, the stupidity of a lot of, a lot of my friends. i'll say, still say friends, the stupidity of people on tv, the stupidity of people on radio, the stupidity of people online thinking

that's lisa murkowski and lamar alexander. of course, if four republicans break ranks, that's enough to move forward on documents and witnesses and that could lead to a whole new chapter of this impeachment trial. but if there are three witnesses, that means there's a tie vote, most likely a tie vote probably means that vote will fail. but if there are, of course, only two votes, that means, of course, the republicans will win that vote and will defeat any effort to bring forward witnesses and documents and that could mean the conclusion of this trial as soon as tomorrow night. so what lamar alexander is about to announce will be enormously significant. i asked him earlier, which way are you leaning on this? he said i'm standing right up in the middle. he has not tried to show his cards at all. been very quiet throughout these proceedings. those questions he did join tonight raise some questions about the case of the house democratic managers have put forward and has a lot of people thinking he ultimately will side with the re

that is a remarkable statement by lamar alexander. he's saying, the house managers have made their case. he is not going to vote for more witnesses. >> i think that's right. he's saying they've proven everything that they set out to prove factually, but the law is not on the side of the democrats, and lamar alexander's interpretation of impeachment, this is not an impeachable offense. hard to imagine what would be. >> but it's an interesting case that has not been made nearly this clearly by donald trump's lawyers in the senate. >> i think that's right. and you know, they danced around it. there were questions that tried to elicit it, but really senator alexander has stated this more clearly than we've heard from the president's own lawyers or really from anyone else. you'll remember that this was not the approach the president wanted to take. he wanted the approach to be that he had done nothing wrong. >> perfect call. >> exactly. so he pushed back on this ultimately, though, this was persuasive at least this one senator. >> tim mill

so, lamar's going to play his part. is this -- you know, is it 50-50? maybe. i doubt it. i think at the end of the day, you're going to have a situation where the chief justice is not going to be a viable play here. again, that's a disruption to what mcconnell's playing. mcconnell's not banking on the chief justice of the united states having any say in this process. and so, whatever that number needs to be to avoid that, that's the number mcconnell's going to work towards. and i think the other part for me, which is interesting -- i think we now see at least a little bit of the floor and maybe the midlevel on the bar of exactly what a high crime and misdemeanor is or isn't. so you go from clinton, where you have some form of, you know, perjury, and everybody went, no, you can do that. you don't get impeached for perjury. so, then you come to trump and you go, all right, how about if i get a foreign government to interfere in our elections and hold up a lot of money to do that? no, you can do that, too. you can do that, too. so, now the u.s. senate -- and in fact, every m

they need -- lamar alexander is a no. the only question who there's still a question about is lisa murkowski. if it's 50/50, she votes to decide to vote with the democrats, chief justice vote to break a tie. expectation here is that's not going to happen. if he doesn't break a tie and she's a no, even if she votes for it that means that the president's impeachment trial could be over as soon as tomorrow night, anderson. >> thank you. back to senator coons. senator, what's your reaction? >> well, anderson, i'm very disappointed to hear that. i have served with senator alexander for a decade and on many occasions have known him to be a thoughtful and seasoned senator. i disagree strongly with his conclusion tonight. but let me simply say this, and i'll say it to him when i get a chance tomorrow. if the conclusion he's reached is that what the president did was inappropriate, but that the people should decide in the upcoming election, the very least we should do is to make sure that the next election is a free and fair elect

lamar alexander says, you know what? the house managers proved it. not only do i think it's not worth removing the president over it. that's a high bar. but i don't think we should hear any more witnesses in the case. >> history will not remember he was the governor of tennessee, he was the president of the university of tennessee, he was the secretary of education, and for years a respected senator. they will remember he nullified the selection to the united states senate. he said yes he did it but it doesn't matter. arlen specter tried to argue guilty but not proved. i think alexander is saying he's guilty and proved, but i don't care. it's a tragedy. this thing's a farce. it's a sham. you can't have a trial without witnesses. >> rick, i'm sure you have a lot to say, but first let's read more of the statement. he says, it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold united states aid to encourage that investigation which then-elected officials inappropriately interfere with electi

lamar is saying in his statement, the president did something wrong. he did it exactly what the house managers said, and they proved it with overwhelming evidence. now, that's an ad. and so now what he's basically saying is, you shouldn't vote for this guy because he did this. but i want the voters to decide rather than senators. i will be shocked if most senators have the guts to even put in their statement that what the president did was wrong. i think they're going to pretend that what the president did was just hunky dory. >> just so people know exactly what you're talking about, senator alexander says in part in his statement, it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold u.s. aid to encourage that investigation. when elected officials inappropriately interfere with such investigations, it undermines the principle of equal justice under the law. that criticism is, to your mind, him saying don't vote for donald trump again. >> he probably wouldn't say that. but that's an ad. >>

>> i'll let lamar's logic stand on its own feet. witness in america including those on his payroll to stand up and defend him tells the whole story. the bottom line is we were asking for four witnesses, either of whom who worked for this president, to come before us, put their hand on the bible and tell the truth and let the american people be the judge. the white house refused, the president said no, that's the end of the story. >> should there be in your view deliberations going into the weekend or at this point is that not crucial to you one way or the other? >> well, senator mcconnell, this his strategy with the white house, he made that clear weeks ago. he has it within his power to do that. i don't know if it will be done in the dark of night or this evening or tomorrow morning. whenever it happens, it's going to come to an end without a trial. i hope at that point that we kind of take a breath, take a day off and come back here and get down to business. we've received hundreds of bills from the democratically controlled house

lamar alexander is saying that the proper legal result in effect is a guilty verdict. election upcoming will potentially produce the same thing. it's for the american people to decide. what most disappoints me is that he's deciding against further evidence, more witnesses and documents. firsthand direct knowledge, people who were in the room with the president of the united states like john bolton and mick mulvaney. john bolton said it was a drug deal. mick mulvaney said it was a quid pro quo and the american people deserve to hear that kind of truth-telling. >> the day after robert mueller testified on the hill and gave what the president and many republicans viewed as sort of a free pass there or didn't have the impact as expected, the president had this phone call with volodymyr zelensky. the day after his likely acquittal in the senate, do you -- are you concerned the president would be emboldened to do this again, to seek, accept or even apply pressure for foreign help in the election? >> i think that is a really key question, jim. in my view is the danger going f

lamar alexander says he's voting against witnesses.t the senate is going to vote against hearing witnesses today and almost certainly acquit the president on these charges by tomorrow morning. let me read to you the statement that senator alexander put out because it's very interesting. by saying he was going to vote no on witnesses, he did concede that the house managers have proved their case. he goes on to say it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold united states aid to encourage that investigation. when elected officials inappropriately interfere with such investigations, it undermines the principle of equal justice under the law. he does say the constitution does not give the senate the power to remove the president from office and ban him from this year's ballot, sumply for actions that are inappropriate. but, kaitlan, this is diametr diametrically apposed to what the president says. he says his phone call was perfect. >> interesting how the response to

lamar alexander began his career as standing up to corruption. he was elected governor in 1978 in tennessee to replace a democrat, ray blanton, who was accused of selling pardons for cash, and who was removed from office three days early. lamar alexander was sworn in three days early because the state leaders saw a clear and present danger that he would issue more pardons for cash, including the man who shot martin luther king. and here we are 42 years later at the end of this arc, lamar alexander in some ways listen almost perfect symbol of what is happening to the republican party in the trump era and the faustian bargain that kind of gets worse and worse. you think of billy-dee williams in "the empire strikes back" talking about how the deal gets worse and worse with darth vader. lamar alexander began his career standing up to corruption voting to basically cover it up, while acknowledging it is corruption. one last point. we've talked about this before, chris. the country has been divided 50/50 all the way through on whether it was appropriat

here's what we know now because of lamar alexander.hey say the people should decide, but they are making a decision -- this isn't about the removal vote. this is about witnesses. they're saying, you should decide, but we're not going to help you do that. in fact, we're going to hinder your ability to do that. we're going to confuse your ability to do that because it's better for us. you know who else is caught in that spot? professor alan dershowitz. you've been hearing a lot about him now. he is caught in the middle of this maelstrom and he will be someone remembered for helping reach this conclusion. we're going to test his position just one on one, no group think next. 's this? your cold's gonna make you a zombie tomorrow. wrong. i'm taking a powerful nighttime cold medicine, so i can sleep great and wake up human. don't eat me i taste terrible! mucinex nightshift cold and flu. fight your worst symptoms so you can sleep great and wake up human. >>> all right. professor alan dershowitz. he says he's only defending the constitution, n

lamar alexander said he will announce.s going to wait until the questions and answers are done. what do you read into that? >> yeah, he's it, right? if he says he's not going to do it, then if just three others do it, then it leaves it at 50/50. if he is going to do it, i assume that makes it more likely that murkowski is going to do it. really big announcement tonight. and republicans are warning this could drag this out for an indefinite period of time. and that's something that obviously the senate leadership has been warning against heavily. >> they have been put i want to make that point, ryan, adam schiff is saying that's not so. they'll get depositions. they'll do the depositions of witnesses within a week. maybe they would do a deal where you're just going to have bolton for hunter biden and that's it and everybody's going to get a little bit of what they want and thefr done and do that in a week. is that possible? is. >> seems possible. they could do the depositions and get written statements, one written statemen

lamar alexander certainly hearing from many folks about that. op-ed writers from the knoxville news. this is christopher hale, a democratic politician in tennessee, also worked on the obama campaign. this is what he writes in the knoxville news op-ed saying, tennesseans of all political stripes are thankful for lamar alexander's good and praiseworthy service to the people of tennessee, and they are asking him one final time to stand up for decency, truth and for the common good. that is how the christopher hale op-ed ends today in the knoxville news, if you want to read more on that. speaking of lamar alexander and his relationship to mitch mcconnell, because it is mitch mcconnell that is doing the whip count on this vote. lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell sat down together in 2016 on c-span's program "afterwards" to talk about mitch mcconnell's memoir entitled "the long game." it was about an hour-long interview. we re-aired it earlier this week. a lot of back and forth between the two discussing mitch mcconnell's life and his political rise.

i think lamar makes an interesting point. what i like about what lamar is saying, he illustrates the diversity of opinion within a range that leads to the same conclusion. and i think that's the honest answer from him, he drew a conclusion, same conclusion i'm going to draw, but i probably don't share that harsh a view. >> you called it inartful. he's very harsh. saying it is not impeachable, but what -- he says flatly that the house made its case already successfully that there was a quid pro quo. >> but they didn't make a case for impeachment. >> on the quid pro quo, whether it is impeachable, do you agree with that? >> i don't. i don't think -- not saying there wasn't a quid pro quo, i don't think they made it a compelling case they could prove it was a quid pro quo. we could argue that whether or not john bolton would have secured that conviction or not, but, again, i think you still have the same outcome, which is part of the formula we all have to consider whether we want to extend this or not. there are other ramificat

that is lamar alexander.hat could be a big deal because if you look at the numbers that might be that 51-49 linchpin as we look at the head count tomorrow. >> waiting for lisa mccarthy -- lisa murkowski. he is retired, he could decide to be in institutionalist, he could do whatever he wants with him saying he heard enough is significant at the big deal for gop leadership. >> it will be key to see what happens with mitt romney and whether there are any democratic defect is that decide to say enough. we just learned mitt romney says he does want to hear from john bolton. it will be very interesting. we will be counting down to the last second, busy day for you. >> waiting on lisa murkowski. while senators wrap up their marathon question-and-answer portion of the impeachment trial the president open the iowa rally by marking his potential 2020 opponents. >> let's vote for pocahontas, let's vote for bernie, let's vote for sleepy joe. how many times has he visited, great to be in the great state of ohio, you are i

here's what we know now because of lamar alexander.the people should decide, but they are making a decision -- this isn't about the removal vote. this is about witnesses. they're saying, you should decide, but we're not going to help you do that. in fact, we're going to hinder your ability to do that. we're going to confuse your ability to do that because it's better for us. you know who else is caught in that spot? professor alan dershowitz. you've been hearing a lot about him now. he is caught in the middle of this maelstrom and he will be someone remembered for helping reach this conclusion. we're going to test his position just one on one, no group think next. people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infec

that is from lamar alexander.hat could be a big deal, because if you look at the number, that might be the 51-49 linchpin as we look to the head count tomorrow. >> mike: we wait for lisa murkowski. alexander was huge, because he is retiring, so people are like, he could decide to be an institutionalist, do whatever he wants, but him saying he has heard enough is really significant, and a big deal for g.o.p. leadership. >> also key to see what happens with mitt romney and whether or not there are any democratic defectors that decide to say enough, we are not going -- in fact, we have just learned that mitt romney says he does want to hear from john bolton, so it's going to be very interesting, we will literally be counting down to the last second, write in your wheelhouse, my friend. a busy day for you. >> mike: waiting on lisa murkowski. kevin comer thank you very much. the question-and-answer section of the impeachment trial, the president opened the iowa rally by mocking his potential 2020 opponents. >> no less

lamar alexander will vote against calling witnesses. lisa murkowski said she's going to announce her decision this morning. that means susan collins and mitt romney are the only republicans that have committed to voting for more witnesses and documents. >>> chuck schumer told reporters, we're going to keep fights. >> you cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial, and you don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation and that. i would hope that the senators, if it comes to a tie or if there's a question of hearing testimony or receiving documents would leave it up to the chief justice of the supreme court. >> and during yesterday's question and answer portion, chief justice john roberts refused to read aloud a question that would have identified the alleged ukraine whistleblower. >> i have a question to present to the desk for the house manager schiff and the president's counsel. >> the presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted. >> so following the floor drama, paul gave a contentious news confer

romney and collins, see what markowski and lamar alexander do.f they vote for witnesses, that makes it hard to wrap this up tomorrow night. i'm told republican senators generally want to complete this tomorrow night, and frankly, when you talk to some democratic senators, even though they want witnesses, the democratic presidential contenders running in iowa, they want to get out of dodge, and they're telling chuck schumer that. back to you, laura. >> laura: do we know about lamar alexander? >> i will look at my phone. >> laura: he just exited -- chad, this is the level of detail. we've just found out that lamar alexander has exited the building. >> in washington a at this hour. >> laura: he hasn't gotten this much attention, since, what, was it '96 he was running last? >> it was. >> laura: let's go back to robert gray, president trump's defense team member, and john eastman. robert, what we heard from beginning to end today, if the senate doesn't vote for witnesses, there is no fair trial, this isn't the legitimate trial, and we have basically t

will lamar alexander say let's hold up and have witnesses? carl: not from what was saying today. he was soft saying i want to hear more information and then we'll make a decision but i've heard a lot already. i think that people were looking to him -- san collins, who is right in the middle of all this -- had really tried to rope him in but he is very, very close to mitch mcconnell. they'r friendsack to their intern days in the 1960's. it's hard to see lamar alexander being the key vote to plunge the senate into what mitch mcconnell thinks would be ar. disas jeff: also dangerous to get more witnses because what if the evidence is more damning? if you hear from john boln and mulvaney, then some republicans on the fence, it might be more difficult in the end on the final vote so i'd be surprised if they get witnesses becaun' it do help the president's case. robert: you think mcconnell wants to hold back and not have witnesses? jeff: absolutely. he wants to get it d next week before the state of the union. it looks like it will happen but never predict the timing of something in the

. >> reporter: yeah, we got the statement from lamar alexander, and he is a no. that means he's going to vote against moving forward on witnesses and documents. and that could mean the swift end to the president's impeachment trial. he says this. i work with other senators to make sure we have a right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and does not meet the united states constitution's high bar for an impeachable offense. the constitution does not give the senate the power to remove the president from office and ban him from this year's ballot simply for actions that are inappropriate. the question then is not whether the president did it but whether the united states of the american people should decide what to do about what he did. i believe the constitution provides the people should make the decision in the presidential election that begins in iowa on monday. so that means that the votes are simply not there at the moment to move forward on impeachment documents, and

senator lamar alexander says he's a no on new witnesses and documents. the late night announcement from the retiring tennessee republican concedes the president's conduct was wrong, but he says it's not up to the senate to act. that means a senate vote today on whether subpoena witnesses is likely to fail. >> now most republicans have coalesced around majority leader mcconnell's argument. he says allowing witnesses would cause a long delay and have no effect on the outcome. sources say they will press late into the night and early saturday morning to get that final vote to acquit the president. all this means president trump will likely head into the 2020 election unrestrained. congressional reporter manu raju is on capitol hill. >> reporter: yeah, we got the statement from lamar alexander and he is a no. that means he's going to vote against moving forward with witnesses and documents, and that could mean the swift end to the president's impeachment trial. he says this, i work with other senators to make sure we have the right for other documents and wi

then there was lamar alexander. i want to read some of what senator lamar alexander statement is.he wrote -- john "the western is not whether the president did about whether the u.s. senate or the american people should decide what to do about what he did. i believe the constitution provides the people should make a decision the presidential election that begins in iowa on monday." he actually said president trump was wrong but itit did not riseo the level of an impeachable offense. we will see how that affects murkowski. i joe mansion who could split with the democratsts and vote wh republicans on this. then you areis and a longtime chief justice john roberts watcher. if they do tie, what does this mean? chief justice roberts would be the tiebreaker, but he doesn't have to be. >> as to the first point, i think the most interesting thing to me about senator alexander's move is there are two things that he did. one, he essentially said a week ago we were all saying this did not happen, it could not have happened, there was no quid pro quo. now we are all conceding it happen, but it

there are people like lamar alexander who are decent people.en around for a while, and who actually care that the senate does well and the nation does well. susan collins seems to be a little on the fence on that. so not everybody is kind of this craven kriseling like lindsey graham who lost all backbone and just trying to scamper along with trump. i think wyou'll have some peopl, even if i don't vote to impeach, we owe it to ourselves to do or duty and listen to the evidence. >> jake sherman, has majority leader set the tone for weeks now saying i'm coordinating strategy with the white house saying there is no chance we are going to convict this president? we ought to move along and get this over with and that it's a sham, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera? how do they come off of that position? even if they watched the lev parnas interviews with rachel maddow, even if john bolton has volunteered to testify. do you see any reason to believe that, any significant numbers, maybe mitt romney steps off, maybe susan collins, maybe lisa murkowski and

josephine lamar got a knock on the door from the u.s. army. >> i just remember telling them we stop i know what you're going to tell me. >> reporter: they told josephine, a mother of five, she was now a widow. her husband, sgt. martin "mick" lamar was shot and killed by an iraqi soldier he was training. along with another american soldier. josie. >> i still wear it to honor him. >> reporter: still wears her wedding ring. the day her husband died wasn't just his birthday, it was their 11 year wedding anniversary. it was also the day he was expected to return home. >> that's why it was an easy, he is the type of person who would never forget and he would collect first thing in the morning. and, i didn't get the call. >> reporter: over the years his family has kept his memory alive including sharing his story to the 49ers about his love for football. >> when we got married he told me on sundays you are not having a husband. sundays are my day, i am watching football from sunup to sundown and i was like okay. >> reporter: the niners listened

so sergeant martin lamar, he died 9 years ago while on duty in iraq leaving bend hiwife and 5 children. so san francisco 49ers tight end george kittle he surpris that family with a nice little trip to the big game. ashley zavala met with lamarthe le mars and has more. this time when y first walk into the lamar family homein elk grove you're greeted by the daddy wall some of moore's in photos and flags filled the space dedicated martin lamar's 12 years of military service since the unit, was in when he passed away he diedwhile stationed in iraq in 2011is son nicholas was 7 d daughter sophia was 3 months old he and josie were married for 11 years the day he. >>was killed. was actually are when members esos expecting the call that day. >>it never got it wheni got was a chaplain you know the soldier there to give me the news. d it just turned my life upside down now 9 yes after his death shows he says his spirit is constantly with them even recently showing up in the form of a surprise when san francisco 49 ertit end george kittle usa a a taps chose to send them to super bowl 54. josie sa

tennessee republican lamar alexander, 1 of 4 g.o.p.ors weighing the question of new witness testimony, issuing the statement. "i worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven, and that does meet the united states constitution's high bar for an impeachable offense." house impeachment manager jerry nadler saying it makes no sense. >> this is a trial. it's a trial, as any 10-year-old knows, we should have witnesses. that's why all these distractions. that's why the president's people are telling you to avoid witnesses, because they are afraid of the witnesses. >> sandra: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the hill with this breaking development. changes a lot, mike. >> no doubt about it. good morning to you. the big break came late last night when senator lamar alexander said he'd heard enough, saying, "our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with th

do you see any wiggle room beyond lamar alexander? >> no so i think a lot is going to be determined by lamar alexander, sort of will the head line be he saves the republic or republicen party? the longstanding has been the republic not an empire. the argument put forward by the president's lawyers yesterday is a king trump defence so we get into the fact of john bolton. there is new inches it is stuping to me that you know three days later republicans are saying that this republican icon who saying that the president lied that he directly connected the withholding of aid to the investigation of a political rival doesn't represent new and relevant information. that's being police it in the coverup. that's a very serious thing. in addition to buying into the precedent-setting argument, the absurd argument being put forward by alan dershowitz yesterday. >> josh, what i want to zero in on for portman first. he is very interesting to watch throughout this whole process bauers he was one of the senators who in early scent e 2016 along with

yes, the lamar family, they're heading to florida next friday for the super bowl. our coffers ashley zavala explains why the player picked them. >>you first walk into the lamar family home in elk grove you're greeted by the daddy wall some of moore's photos and flags filled the space dedicated to martin lamar's 12 years of military service since the unit, he was in when he passed away he died while stationed in iraq in 2011 his son nicholas was 7 and daughter sophia was 3 months old he and josie were married for 11 years to the day he was killed. was actually our wedding anniversary so i was expecting the call that day. >>it never got it when i got was a chaplain you know the soldier there to give me the news. >>and it just turned my life upside down now 9 years after his death shows he says his spirit is constantly with them even recently showing up in the form of a surprise when san francisco 49 ers tight end george kittle usa a and taps chose to send them to super bowl 54. josie says football helped we've this family together when we got married he told me i wou

photos and flags filled the space dedicated to martin lamar's 12 years of military service says the unit he was in when he passed away he died while stationed in iraq in 2011 his son nicholas was 7 and daughter sophia was 3 months old he and josie were married for 11 years to the day he was killed. was actually our wedding anniversary so i was expecting the call that day. >>it never got it when i got was a chaplain you know the soldier there to give me the news. and it just turned my life upside down now 9 years after his death shows he says his spirit is constantly with them even recently showing up in the form of a surprise when san francisco 49 ers tight end george kittle usa a and taps chose to send them to super bowl 54. josie says football helped we've this family together when we got married he told me i would not have a husband. >>sonny's where he stays he would be watching football sunup to sundown. >>and i was ok with it then i thought wait a minute how i don't use soap. he tied the game i learned to love it. he did. i loved its i became the biggest fan now 16 year-old nic

and lamar aerlexander, a wild card, he is not disclosing at all.g, reading the press documents. the fact they're not committing to moving forward does give the republican leader some hope they will defeat this motion. >> everything changes almost by the minute. the last i talked to senior republican sources here hearing the same, they're feeling a little bit more bullish and confident on the notion they can defeat the idea of bringing witnesses up. mostly, because there is a feeling, whether they're going to be right in the end or not, lamar alexander, in particular, who could be, depending where lisa murkowski goes, the 51st vote, is so close with mitch mcconnell, as you said, is retiring, would think of his legacy, particularly as somebody a senator from tennessee where the president is extremely popular, and not vote against the party and his president. but there's also a possibility that they could just be -- it could be wishful thinking on their part. you don't know how somebody who is going to retire, doesn't have to answer to voters anymore

lamar alexander may be surprising because he's not going to run for re-election. he's retiring after this term. he's not up in 2020. he may be free or feel free to do what he thinks is right and best, because he has a legacy to maintain. from that standpoint i'd say that the republican senators you might want to keep an eye on are lamar alexander, keep an eye on mitt romney, murkowski from alaska as well. murkowski, collins, romney and certainly lamar alexander, key republican senators to wash. these are senators who are more independent minded who might do what they think is the best thing and might want to call for witnesses. >> let me go, maya, beyond the inside baseball of the proceedings that we can all give our best guess at this point. and look at the bigger picture. are we not really dealing with her, beyond someone's opinion of president trump or not, whether or not we are saying it is permissible for the president of the united states, whomever he or she may be, to use the outside influence of a foreign government on an election and use the leverage of t

host: back to lamar alexander.he alexander doctrine, a presidents effort to get a foreign government to intervene in american election doesn't rise to a level of impeachable offense. the a mark meadows on president's defense team, saying bravo to the president's legal team. they were tremendous this week. mark meadows one of the seven house defense members on the president's -- defense team. let's get to your calls. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. i have a very strong opinion. i sat through and listen to the testimony of the witnesses. the 17 witnesses. he did not receive due process as an american citizen. it is protected. this, itm watching seems to be so one-sided. it is so disappointing to see. when pam bondi got up there and laid out the entire ukraine -- trump team didn't bring out. adam schiff and his guy did. if you didn't want that in that you should not have brought it up. when she started talking about the 2015 meeting in the oval office with president obama and biden, and the then se

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but do you think lamar alexander is legacy-minded in this way? >> lamar is a real gentleman, but he's also a partisan when he needs to be. and he has an excuse to support mcconnell, he's going to. but on something that is so stark as this question of whether or not to call john bolton, i think lamar will be in that column with the two women senators that i mentioned. >> senator, my last question for you has to do with the institution you loved and left, and that is the health of the u.s. senate. how it appears to you watching by day and by evening on cable television, as i assume you are, i'll ask the question they asked years ago in philadelphia. is the glass half full or half empty? >> increasingly it's getting a lot more difficult, and therefore the answer would be it's half empty. there was a significant change in the senate in the 18 years that i served. there was much more collegiality, civility, bipartisanship when i came in after the 2000 election, even after that very tough presidential election. but it's gotten to the point now that wha

lamar alexander is a no. and that really puts democrats in a tight spot.that's why all the focus is on lisa murkowski. if she's a yes, it's 50/50. >> surely this is spelled out exple explicitly in the united states constitution. >> no. the constitution tells us normally the vice president of the united states shall be president of the senate. but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. that's in a normal vote. but impeachment is different. the thought is the vice president can't preside. he's got a conflict of interest. he may want to predict his guy the president or may be hoping the president gets pushed out so he takes over. so in an impeachment case, the constitution tells us when the president of the united states is tried, the chief justice shall preside. so john roberts, can he break the tie? absolutely, he can. in fact, there is precedent as we mentioned before. chief justice samuel chase, could you have identified him out of a lineup? >> easily. >> easy. chief justice samuel chase when president johnson was tried in 1868, he did weigh i

lisa murkowski and lamar alexander voting no to witnesses. they needed them, the democrats, in order to get witnesses before the senator. in particular, john bolton. let's get to mary bruce. the senate is trying to acquit president trump. the president wanted this before the state of the union on tuesday, but tonight you're learning that won't happen until wednesday. >> reporter: there's been a lot of negotiating today. republicans are eager to put impeachment behind them but democratic senators want a chance to go on the senate floor. they will have a chance, but that means this trial will go beyond the iowa caucuses and state of the union. >>> tonight, no witnesses in the trial. the president clearly pleased. let's get to jonathan karl. jon, what are you hearing tonight? >> reporter: the white house, the president's legal team fought hard to prevent witnesses and they prevailed. they're obviously happy about that and looking forward to the final vote next week, which the president will certainly call an exoneration. the bottom line from the

told you about the lamar family earlier this week.martin lamar died 9 years ago while on duty in iraq, leaving behind his wife and 5 children, san francisco, 49 ers tight end george kittle surprise the family with a trip to the big game. ashley zavala met with the le mars and shows us how football is helping them remember their hero. >>then you first walk into the lamar family home in elk grove you're greeted by the daddy wall some of moore's photos and flags filled the space dedicated to martin lamar's 12 years of military service says the unit he was in when he passed away he died while stationed in iraq in 2011 his son nicholas was 7 and daughter sophia was 3 months old he and josie were married for 11 years to the day he was killed. was actually are when members of song was expecting the call that day. >>it never got it when i got was a chaplain you know the soldier there to give me the news. and it just turned my life upside down now 9 years after his death shows he says his spirit is constantly with them even recently showing up

. >> juan: no, it reminds me specifically of what we heard from lamar alexander when he announced heould not vote for witnesses. the democrats proved their case, but you know what, yeah, it's excessive, it's not good behavior but i'm not going to vote for impeachment. you think, what is going on? if all institutions in the country, have they gone to hell? >> jesse: don't destroy the institutions of this country x back >> juan: i think donald trump is doing a good job. >> dana: the senators are at the jurors, and if they want to go home, what should they do? try to get this done this weekend? >> emily: i think it is in everyone's best interest to have this concluded before the super bowl. what you're talking about is the institution has been already blasted apart by those guys on the hill. i have never seen such a perversion of due process or procedure in my life. i go back to what nancy pelosi said. she called today for the disbarment of the white house attorney and meanwhile, when she was asked about why bribery was not part of the original articles of impeachment she said, i'm not