we have senator lisa murkowski saying as an institution congress has failed. a lot of people are saying are republicans going to come out and acknowledge this? they have acknowledged it. what does that acknowledgment mean however when you look at their votes? >> in the end it means very little, not only because it did not change their votes but because the white house never asserted any of the excuses that they are now making for him, that that cute and clever bit of wordsmithing by lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska, by marco rubio from florida. the white house specifically rejected all of that. remember, the president keeps saying the phone call was perfect. the actions were perfect. the impeachment -- even the inquiry was utterly illegitimate and unconstitutional. that's the extreme position the white house has made and never waive verdired from. i don't expect the president ever, ever to say any of the things that his defenders are now saying. so i think they're going to find

and lisa murkowski and i worked very closely together. i'm still friends with everyone. i'm not looking at this as a dividing line and that separates us. we're separated enough. mr. -- we don't -- we have a divider in chief. what we need is a uniter in chief and i hope the president comes back to that. >> one of the things as you know, i cover obviously the white house back home in washington and on friday we were doing stories for "nbc nightly news" on this gordon sondland and alexander vindman firing, both of them forced out of the position at the nsc and state. we saw the letter from chuck schumer asking for protections out of concerns for retaliation. several republican senators have serious concerns, they tried to stop the president from firing ambassador sondland. are you concerned that the president is seeking revenge on people who testified during the impeachment trial and who could be next? >> well, from past practices i think that's his mode of on ran

abuse of power did not rise to the level of an impeachable offense and 2 of the key senators lisa murkowski a maverick senator from alaska and institutionalise lamar alexander's of tennessee both said you know the even if there were witnesses that wouldn't change any votes therefore it was time to move to a vote. but john bolton a key figure in the trump administration why not just hear from him why not why not hear from under oath what we've now read in a manuscript i mean literally that is what lisa murkowski who would have basically placed the senate into a tie position said in a written statement today which was essentially even though that would be. would basically reaffirm the case against trump or the case for his guilt it wouldn't change the kind of the threshold calculus that the senate had it in its in its sights so the question then becomes the senate well ok if there's an agreement of what happened then what is the level of censure that should take place are there other options on the table aside from impeachment should they consider censure option for example and that's one opt

then alaska's lisa murkowski who kept everyone guessing, voted no. she says she has concerns with the whole process, saying congress has failed. 51-4inprot vid oennog t set to acquitted of abuse of power and obstruction of justice. and mary bruce tonight on when that acquittal will likely come. >> reporter: tonight, democrats' hopes of calling new witnesses in the impeachment trial, shattered. >> ms. murkowski. no. >> reporter: moments later the top senate democrat speaking out. >> it's a grand tragedy, one of the worst tragedies that the senate has ever overcome. >> reporter: just hours before "the new york times" published new allegations from the man democrats had hoped to call as their star witness, president trump's former national security adviser john bolton. according to "the times," in bolton's new book he writes the president's campaign to pressure ukraine began earlier than previously thought. bolton describing a may oval office meeting with president trump, his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and white

and the remaining holdout, senator lisa murkowski of alaske anno that he -- she, too, would not supportalling witnesseri shecized house democrats for sending over "articles o impeachment that are rushed and flawed."se nd. "the new york times" reported early friday that bolton's upcoming book accuses the president of directing bolton to "help with his pressure mpaign to exfract damaging information on democrats from ukrainian offials." and by friday night, right now, senator majority leader mitch mcconnell held hisde l in line and the volt to call witnesses did tail with only two senators voting in favor. senator susan collins of maine. joining us tonight. karoun demirjian, congressional reporter for the "washington post." jake sherman, sister writer and co-author of political play book. important for "thyork ngton core times" and here with me at the table, ayesha rascoe, white house reporter for national public radio andus s page, washington brewo chief for usa today. t's start with the dean of senate reptering, carl hulse. there's been a question about the timing of the final vote on t

lisa murkowski really angry about that, not having it.. >> the reason for a 2/3 threshold in the senate for conviction to insure there is bipartisanship. obviously there isn't any, if there is bipartisanship it goes the other way in favor of the president. with respect to warren's statements speaks to woeful ignorance of the constitutional principles impeachment is a part of. it is a political issue, the only thing i think is to eliminate the enthusiasm gap that favored democrats in 2018. i think that enthusiasm gap is now gone. republican voters are hopping mad. ultimately the election will be decided on 11 simple words that ronald reagan asked in 1984, are you better off today than you were four years ago? most people know the answer to that question is yes. liz: that is a great point. congressman, great to see you. come back soon. >> thanks, liz. liz: coming up the debate in the washington. did the democrat party do maximum damage to itself? as the president for first time in month is set to come face-to-face with nancy pelosi at tomor

lisa murkowski saying quote as an institution congress has failed.people yesterday were saying all republicans will come out and acknowledge this. they have now acknowledged it. what does that acknowledgement mean, however, when you look at their votes? >> in the end it means very little. not only because it did not haeng their vote but because the white house never asserted any of the excuses they are making for him. that cute and clever bit of word smithing by lisa murkowski the senator from alaska, marco rubio from florida, the white house specifically rejected all of that. remember the president keeps saying the phone call was perfect. the actions were perfect. the impeachment, even the inquiry was utterly illegitimate and unconstitutional. that's the extreme position that the white house took and has never waivered from. they are not making excuses the president wanted, rejected and i don't expect the president ever, ever to say any of the things that his defenders are now saying. i think they will find themselves really pretty far out on a limb

and senator lisa murkowski on her announcement on the floor that she'll vote to acquit the president. and that comes on the heels of her statement she would not support calling new witnesses

that rubbed lisa murkowski so much that she talked about it.the topic ofipartisanship, same with alexander. he wrote, if the shallow, wholly part of impeachment were to rip this would country apart. . this is a sign that the white house is pounding argumen that the house is moving in a partisan way and it s a rebuke of adam schf, who apparently was not able to defend themselves -- himself with these two senators. udy: one of the witnesses the hear from was the former national security advisor to the president johnolton. the "new york times" reporting today new information from this ohbook that bolton has written. what about that and what is the white house sayi? about reporter: the white house is celebrating the fact that republicans were able to block witnesses, new witnesses from being called to testify as part of the senate impeachment trial. president trump has been denying this drip, drip, dripf new information coming out of this month you script wntten by j bolton. the white hse has put out statements from both the vice president as well

if you look at the statements by marco rubio and by lamar alexander, by lisa murkowski, they're veryre saying yeah, i think you did it, i think the house managers proved the case, but it doesn't rise to the level, a la alan dershowitz. as lisa murkowski said, her statement made me sad, you're a united states senator, girl, you can do a lot. you have a lot of power, you're 1 of 100. to say the system is broken, i will go along instead of railing against it and declaring your conscience and being like an edmond g. ross that was the one vote that saved johnson, went against his party in 1860. there are profiles in courage. we have seen zero from this republican party. mitt romney, you can argue yes, and susan collins, but i think they allowed collins to vote that way because she has a tough re-election campaign. >> you know what, it is not totally over here. the president all but surely is going to be acquitted, but there's a possibility of censure, sending a message. it is not unheard of. look at joe mccarthy, andrew jackson, it has happened, could happen again. and you only need a sim

. >> has lisa murkowski said -- [inaudible] do you agree and if you great i'd expect the senate speeders on the quantity what she said but i went to her last night at a told the key said no one could come to an agreement. i said it went to mcconnell three times before i sent the letter that asked for witnesses and documents and said let's negotiate a a bipartisan agreet and he was not interested. after i sent the letter i met with my call and said let's negotiate. he said not to give any witnesses or documents. he was unwilling to negotiate. that's what created the rift. we willing to sit down and talk. >> related to the risk you're talking about, earlier leader mcconnell said despite these partisan divides that have occurred in spite of election year he still thinks there thinks congress can get done together. you agree with that? >> i always want to try but it's laughable. this is leader mcconnell -- dick durbin mention it. wii fit with 70 minutes on the floor, 64 spy rand paul to leader mcconnell has day after day, week after week, month after month refused to put things on the floor

winning over a handful of moderate republicans that hold died even before friday's vote when lisa murkowski announced i carefully considered the need for additional witnesses and documents but ultimately decided that i will vote against considering motions to subpoena with republicans and willing to budge democrats were left fuming if my republican colleagues refused to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial this country is headed towards the greatest coverup since watergate. from stiffens argued the democrats had missed their chance by rushing the impeachment investigation through the house of representatives you've heard from a lot of witnesses the problem with the case the problem with their position is even with all of those witnesses it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense the articles fail. was closing arguments scheduled for monday republicans hope to have trump acquitted by wednesday bringing a swift end to what's been. a precedent in u.s. history. on the weekend. action kicked off here in berlin on friday but there wasn't much to share in the capital as. played out.

to hear from more witnesses. >> here's a quote from lisa murkowski.tice said i'm not weighing in on it. >> if she voted against it -- >> she said a fair trial would have been one where we could have remedied the defects that came out of the house. i think we got to a point where you just realized that it would never be sufficient to meet the demands of those who were seeking the results they wanted. we started with a flawed product. i'm frustrated and disappointed, angry at all sides and it t metally she came down -- ultimately she came down with the republicans. >> the democratic talking point is going to be -- we were talking about this this morning-- > >> no witnesses, not a fair trial. >> the president tweeted out, no matter what you give to the democrats, in the end they'll never be satisfied. in the house, they gave us nothing. you know what lisa murkowski and the president are saying, is truth. the worst things the democrats did is show their unquenchable desire to litigate this whole process. making people who are of on the fence saying if i d

lamar alexander and lisa murkowski voted no on witnesses, sing with the president did was inappropriate not warrant removal. on the same day, the defense arguing the senate should leave the choice up to voters. >> have confidence in the american people, have confidence in the results of the upcoming election, confidence and respect for the last election, and not throw it out. >> house managers argue that acquittal would set a dangerous precedent. >> history will not be quite it will not be kind to donald trump, not because it will be written by never tempers, but because whenever we have departed from the values of our nation, we have come to regret it. >> what we will see is senators taking the floor and speaking for the first time about their decisions during the trial. craig lee reporting with ktvu fox news. >> the president is set to deliver his state of the union address tomorrow and you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. >>> workers took down a temporary memorial honoring kobe bryant outside staples center in los angeles, fans were leaving flowers, balloons and basketb

. >> reporter: the alaskan gop senator lisa murkowski says no strong indicators this week that he hasand the president is making it clear that he does not plan on modifying the behavior after the impeachment trial and asked by reporters earlier today, he responded that it is the democrats who are crooked and that he never should have been impeached. wolf, for the president, it is no regrets and no mercy. wolf. >> jim acosta at the white house. thank you. and more from our congressional correspondent manu raja, and he is up on capitol hill, and now the democrats are eager to get some answers directly from the attorney general. >> yes, and now they have an agreement from the attorney general to come to testify before the house judiciary committee on march 31st which is coming about a year standoff of the democrats on the committee and the attorney general who defied a request to come to testify in last year over the concerns of the format of that hearing in which the staff attorneys were planning on questioning the attorney general who pushed back on that. he did not appear, but he is a

you mention the two abortion bills democrats defeated with the aid of two republican senators, lisa murkowski susan collins. what was interesting is there was very little media covering about it. did you notice that? >> i did notice it. the left does not want you to know about these votes. the one we just mentioned that would require doctors to provide care for a child that survivors an abortion. the other bill would have prevented abortions after 20 weeks. what this proves is what president trump keep straighted in his debate with hillary clinton in 2016. the democrats are unwilling to place any restrictions on abortion. they won't restrict the reasons. if you don't like the gender of your child, murder it. they won't restrict the time, you can murder a child right until it's in the birth canal of the mother. gregg: there was a left-leaning reverend. he suggested jesus christ is more of a socialist than a capitalist. that strikes me as wrong since socialism is antithetical to christianity. >> we were in a debate on "fox and friends" about that. a lot of people want to argue that jesus was a

>> well, lisa murkowski has had a mixed record and some good votes where she stood up to trump. the impeachment trial. she needs to say that. and she's right. but the fact is trump has not learned a lesson from anything in life. military school didn't do him any good and he's been a man that has not listened to any statute, any rules of contract, any marital vows. he's uncontrollable. he's lawless. he is reckless. this is nothing new. probably the reason why he went to military school in the first place. this conduct, the child. >> i do want to get to the move. you voted in favor of this legislation to try to ban the president's expansion of the travel ban. it's not likely to succeed, obviously, in a republican-controlled senate but your fellow member of the house, doug collins, a ranking member on the committee said the bill eviscerates the ability of the administration to take quick and decisive action to protect the homeland. what do you say to him? >> he's running for the united states senate. he wants to have president trump's support. and it's obvious that he continues to

senators lamar alexander and lisa murkowski. the defense arguing the senate should leave the choice up to voters. >> to have confidence in the american people. to have confidence in the result of the up coming election. to have confidence and respect and not throw it out. >> the acquittal will set a dangerous precedent. >> history will not be kind to donald trump. >> not because it will be written by never trumpers but because whenever we have departed from the values of our nation we have come to regret it. >> what we will see before wednesday's vote is senators taking the floor and speaking about it for the first time. >>> this morning many of the democratic presidential candidates have moved on to new hampshire@e with still don't we still don't know the results of the iowa caucus. >> in a normal year iowa can make or break a campaign. not this year. that's because the results are still one big question mark. >> the iowa democratic party has not released the official vote counts in the caucuses. citing issues with their report

a key holdout lisa murkowski explained her vote, given the partisan nature of this impeachment i haveome to the conclusion there will be no fair trial in the senate. it is said to admit that, here is what is next. senators deliver individual remarks on the floor. on tuesday senators spend all day speaking on the senate floor and senators make their final remarks on the floor at 4:00 pm with john roberts presiding over two articles of impeachment for that vote. the state of the union address is tuesday night, the night before quitting on party lines. neil: the drama will be wednesday, no activities planned ahead of that on what will ultimately be the vote whether to convict the president of the united states or not, looks like on that point, kevin cork traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida, getting the take from the commander-in-chief. >> good to be with you. the white house expected, anticipates a bipartisan acquittal. when the senate votes wednesday the president for his part seems all too eager to move on and ramped up for 2020, he called is a sham, a hoax and the

. >> reporter: senator lisa murkowski like many republicans denouncing the president's conduct with ukraineto remove the president. >> the president's behavior was shameful and wrong. i cannot vote to convict. the constitution provides for impeachment but does not demand it in all instances. >> reporter: minority leader chuck schumer saying tomorrow's vote on convicting the president should be an issue of conscience for all senators. >> it takes strength and courage even when you know adam schiff is right which i think a lot of them do to go against the president who you know will be vicious and unre-electing against you. >> again, senators will take to the senate floor today to give speeches. we expect them to be impassioned speeches about impeachment and whether or not the president should be removed from office. and again all eyed tonight on the "state of the union" address to see how the president frames this going into the future, allison. >> okay, suzanne, thank you very much for the preview. president trump's allies are already mocking democrats for the chaos in iowa. can democrats r

lisa murkowski said despite her thoughts about trump's behavior she would vote to acquit the president>> the response to the president's behavior is not to disenfranchise nearly 63 million americans and remove him from the ballot. the house could have pursued censure and not immediately jumped to the remedy of last resort. i cannot vote to convict. >> meanwhile, senator susan collins told nbc news, she plans to make her decision of closing statements. mitt romney is not going to comment at this stage about his vote. the senate plans to vote on the articles of impeachment wednesday afternoon. >> let's talk about censuring, joe manchin of west virginia has proposed a resolution to censure president trump instead of rubiru removing him from office, suggested censuring the president as an option to keep trump's behavior in check. >> i see no path to the 67 votes required to impeach president trump and haven't since the trial started. i believe a bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure president trump for his actions in this manner. censure would allow this body to unite acro

alaska's list lisa murkowski condemning the house democrats' case as rushed and flawed. and tennessee's lamar alexander -- >> i agree he did something inappropriate. but i don't agree he did anything akin to treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanor. >> reporter: alexander insisting the president's fate should be decided in november. >> i think senator alexander probably spoke for most americans. is this the conduct even though inappropriate that shakes the foundation of a democracy? i say not. >> reporter: adding to the drama another explosive allegationpub his upcoming book that ousted national security advisor john bolton says last may president trump directed bolton to call ukraine's president to ensure he would meet with president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani to discuss the investigations into democrats the president wanted the president denied it saying i never instructed john bolton to set up a meeting for rudy giuliani that meeting never happened. overnight teeing off in iowa. >> the democrats are trying to overturn the last election we will make sur

he knew which four senators to watch, met personally with lisa murkowski, his old friends with alexander, trusted him in the end to make the decision that he ended up doing which was voting against witnesses. we have seen mitch mcconnell over and over just demonstrate his keen ability to keep the conference in line, that he understands the specific needs, the reason this try was going through next wednesday is several moderates in his caucus talked about susan collins, lisa murkowski and even lamar alexander. >> here is the thing. the blowback from mitt romney who voted in favor of hearing witnesses, this is from see pack, the extreme conservative and junior senator from the great state of utah senator robbie is not invited to see pack in 2020. your thoughts on that? >> i was disappointed to see that. if you look at the evidence, look at the law, listen to the witnesses at least in my judgment it was a pretty clear case for dismissal from the get-go. >> the follow-up, the other utah senator, mike lee and other gop senators who voted in favor of not having witnesses, mitt romney is a good

another republican senator, lisa murkowski of alaska who voted to acquit the president as well, she opposed moving forward on witnesses in the senate trial. i asked her whether or not she believes the president learned any lessons, and she also criticized the president's conduct. she said, quote, there haven't been any strong indicators this week that he has. so it's clear, brooke, that the latest move by the president, the tweet about his concerns and his frustration and anger about the roger stone sentencing recommendations and the justice department's move to ease that sentencing recommendation has once again put republicans in his own party in a difficult spot as they look to explain that, and one of his close republican allies, lindsey graham indicated he does not plan to have a hearing immediately or investigate the matter to the justice department today and he believes that they believe it was too stiff of a sentence and it was a miscommunication on their end. >> manu, thank you. mary mccord is the former acting attorney general for national security. she led the justice department's

senators ben cardin and lisa murkowski have a bipartisan bill that already has 44 cosponsors and we hope it will be moving forward in the u.s. senate. host: tell us about the state level. the state of virginia has passed the e.r.a.. statesber -- guest: our legal task force does not believe that will work, that they have the right to. you cannot have excessive legislative bodies undoing what earlier bodies have done. it would just breathe chaos into everything that we try to do in the country, legally. so, there is obviously a lot to be determined as we move forward in trying to get the amendment totally accepted and placed as the 28th amendment to the constitution. host: carol jenkins is our guest, joining us in new york, talking about the equal rights a minute. the effort to pass it is certainly successful. the measure was passed in the house, yesterday. and the challenge ahead in the u.s. senate, as she mentioned him to go. we welcome your calls and comments. four republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. for independents, (202) 748-8002 . i wanted to play the comments of justice ruth

if lisa murkowski of alaska votes with them, it will result in a 50-50 tie meaning no witnesses willbe called unless chief justice john roberts casts a tie-breaking vote, which is seen as high unlikely. if the vote to call witnesses fails, the republican leadership is expected to move quickly to end the trial and vote to acquit the president. hours before he made his announcement, republican senator lamar alexander, along with lisa murkowski, submitted a question during the senate trial asking if bolton's testimony would even matter because trump's legal defense team claims the allegations, even if true, don't rise to the level of an impeachable offense. white house deputy counsel patrick philbin and lead house impeachment manager congressman adam schiff both responded. this is philbin. >> there was no quid pro quo. and there is no evidence to show that. there was not that sort of linkage the house managers have suggggested. but let me answer the question directly, which i understand of the assuming for the sake of argument, that ambassador bolton would come and testify the way "the

lisa murkowski said that the articles of impeachment were rushed and flawed.ooking at the work you did. when she announced her vote against witnesses went on to say given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the begining and throughout, i've come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate. i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything. how do you respond to this? >> well, look, i would only say with can respect to senator murkowski and other senators they're not mere spectators. when the senate laments they're not a fair trial in the senate, it's up to the senators to make it a fair trial. it's within their power. with four senators saying we're going to demand a fair trial no matter what the president says, there would have been a fair trial with witnesses and testimony. powerless to do something about this. there's nothing i see that we could have done differently. as the senators admitted, we proved our case. we proved our case. now the president's lawyers said time and again through sheer reputation to

alaska's lisa murkowski condemning the house democrats case as rushed and flawed. and tennessee's lamar alexander. >> i agree he did something inappropriate but i don't agree he did anything akin to treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanor. >> alexander insisting the president's fate should be decided in november. >> i think senator alexander probably spoke for where most americans are. is this the kind of conduct, even though inappropriate, that sha shakes the foundation of democracy? i say not. >> "the new york times" reporting in an unpublished manuscript in his upcoming book that ousted national security advisor john bolton says last may, president trump directed him to meet with ukraine's president. rudy giuliani who was planning a trip to ukraine to discussion investigations into the democrats that the president wanted. the president denying it saying i never instructed john bolton to set up a meeting for rudy giuliani. that meeting never happened. overnight, teeing off in hiiowa >> the democrats are trying to overturn the last election. we will make sur

we wer watching lisa murkowski and lamar alexander as well but it seems like people like alander tookhe aument that alan dershowitz gave them, that even if all of this is true and bolton corborates all of this, so what? that's not worth removing the president in office. murkowski alluded to that in certain ways, even though she was expressing the pros says that had gone on her statement today. we see that that argument works to be t framework that a lot of republicans v toiced ov last few days and that's what ended upnc cong alexander, who would have needed two adtional republicans to join democrats for them to have the votes to carry e witnesses across the finish line and it seems they found that compelling reason to say we don't neat to -- need to keep this going a longer. bert: are were over senate republicans watching senator alexander on thursday night? were others thinking about maybe crossing that line? was that the key, thursday night? >> ith k so. i think some of the senators let senator alexander speak f them. i melt with the senator today. he was very thoughtful about his d

lisa murkowski hit out at the trial is rusheded and flawed. it is the latest defeat in what has been a disappointing impeachment process for democrats. on the second day, none of their amendments to the trial rules were voted through, which included a move to hear key evidence and to slow down the process. this is the only impeachment trial in american history to exclude e witnesses. schumer: this country is headed to the greatest cover-up since watergate. reporter: democrats hoped a long process would embarrass the president ahead of elections in november, but it appears that republicans have rallied behind trump instead. genie: now to erect. last week's appointment of prime minister designate mohammed allowing. a rift -- alawi. many followers are backing the new prime minister, that the wider protest movement opposes him. now that clashes have broken out at key sites in baghdad, those backing the prime minister try to shut down the protest movement. here is more from our team in baghdad on the factions who once were on the same side. the tow

they would vote for trump's removal from office including moderate republicans like alaska's lisa murkowski. >> i cannot vote to convict. the constitution provides for impeachment but does not demand it in all instances. >> reporter: with the result all but sealed democrats instead urging their republican counterparts to view the trial through the lens of history. lead house impeachment manager adam schiff. >> you can't trust this president to do the right thing, not for one minute, not for one election, not for the sake of our country. >> reporter: trump's defense meanwhile arguing the impeachment process was partisan and claimed the close call to introduce new witnesses and documents in the trial would not have changed a thing. >> these articles fail on their face as they do not meet the constitutional stanford for impeachable offenses. no amount of testimony could change that fact. >> reporter: still while republicans get set to acquit the president, a growing number disagree with his actions insisting the president's efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden was not right. >>

and went along with a sham trial democrats had hoped to get the support of moderate republican lisa murkowski but in the end she rejected the idea saying in a statement i have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed this means the senate jury has essentially sealed its ears to john bolton chum's former national security adviser in his soon to be released book bolton reportedly says trump asked him to help pressure ukraine for dirt on political opponents and it tied u.s. security aide to the request trump has denied the reports his attorneys argue even if true trump should still not be impeached so this idea that they haven't had witnesses. is that's the smokescreen you've heard from a lot of witnesses the problem with the case. the problem with their position is even with all of those witnesses it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense the articles fail the impeachment trial now years it's and with trump's acquittal all b

. >> lamar alexander, lisa murkowski also believe in climate change. althey say it's an existen threat. >> but they're not doing anything, so... yoknow, where -- you know, it may be that if the politil winds shifted, they would sort of come out of the closet and reveal themselves as being reanable people, and i'd like to hope that would happen, but the only way that's gonna happen is if republicans lose really badly in an election. >> you've been writing very positively about elizabeth warren. >> yeah. >> is she u preferrepolicy >> i mean, i'm a progressive. she's very proessive.eb i'm also sy who likes well-thought-out plans, lad she has very well-thought-out. and she happens to be the only one of the democratic i know personally,dates and i like her. but whether shs actually the best choice for nominee, i don't think we know a whole lot about electability. in terms of policy, i think it makes almost no difference which person the democratsate, because in practice, whether de's joe biden or bernie s or elizabeth warren or anybody what you're gonna getmberg -- is a moderate expansion o

actions and senator susan collins said he, quote, should not have gotten involved and senator lisa murkowski said the president should not be determining sentences. >>> police in south carolina are asking for help identifying any vehicles seen near the home of 6-year-old faye swetlik who has been missing since monday and released new pictures of cars in the area and they're going door to door looking for surveillance footage. they have also released video showing faye getting off the school bus later seen in her yard a short time later. >>> we turn to a growing debate in schools across the country. are transgender women athletes getting an unfair advantage because they were born male? >> some female track athletes are now filing a lawsuit bringing that debate to court. this morning a group of high school athletes in connecticut have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop transgender athletes from competing in girls sports. >> we've missed out on medals and opportunities to compete. >> reporter: the athletes described the state's policy as biological unfairness and say allowing athletes with

several of your members have been critical the president's conduct as inappropriate or shameful, lisa murkowski said voting to convict the president -- why is it okay for the president to ask another foreign country to investigate a political rival? >> i have been responding to you for years and you know what i am here to talk about today is the political impact of this. we completed it, listened to the arguments, we voted. it is in the rearview mirror. what is appropriate now, to begin for political reasons, the political impact of it and i think it is pretty clear what i already said, where we are right now. >> the republican party, for someone who votes for the president's conviction. >> i was surprised and disappointed but i still think we had a great teamwork on this and we are in good position going into our senate races of the presidential race with regard to this issue. there may be other issues between now and november but we are in shape right now. >> some of nancy pelosi's topics talking about next steps, subpoenaing john bolton. is there price to pay if they don't move on after impe

>> it was the case in lisa murkowski's situation.li she is the repn from alaska. when she put out a statementab t why she was voting against witnesses-- she was considered a swing vote on that, that question-- she talked about how the congress had failed. the senate has failed.he souestion you're asking is an important one, that lawmakers in both parties, candidates in both parti are asking, because the conc is on basic oversight. is this now a president who feels unfettered and so unbound by the legislative branch, d so supported by the arguments that the constitution gives him vastowers, that he will continue to flout or seek thys to exert his executive authority in way the congress is incapable of challenging? and that's coming up from national security advisers and national security experts, too, because the terrain of this impeachment was unue. it dealt with international and foreign affairs as opposed to domestic issues. and so the concerns in both parties actually are real goingw d. >> sreenivasan: all right. and we will have an opportunity to hear from the

president did i think it comes down to a wrong political power right i mean you have senators like lisa murkowski in alaska who says exactly would you just mention and you just got to take a look at the done then make and the dynamic of electoral processes there is one senator mitt romney who of course ran against president obama in 2012 he voted with the democrats in the sense at least that some of the witnesses should be called why because he's a republican state that he won by 20 points in utah and where he has a stronghold and doesn't come up for reelection in the 4 years so he's pretty safe in his district and in this state. he's not risking anything he's not risking anything and all the other republicans i mean they're looking at it from again a poor pure raw political process saying if i go up against the president he's going to primary me i'm going to lose my senate seat and i can go and find something else to do and so i think that's the calculus he's afraid of the u.s. president that could be the title for a new novel i guess answer is pretty much everyone in congress on the republican