mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford. mr. leahy, mr. lee, mrs. loeffler, mr. manchin. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mcsally, mr. menendez. mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy. ms. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts. mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby. ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan. mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> the minorit majority leader is recognized. administered as soon as possible. >> the proclamation. >> all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to statesate of the united articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. >> the majority leader is r

mr. inhofe, mr, mr. kane, mr. kennedy, mr. kingr langford, mr. lakey, delete, mrs. loeffler, mr. mansion, mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, mystic sally, mr. menendez, mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. makowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters, mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. roberts, mr. romney, is frozen, mr. brown's, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. south, mr. shots, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. jean, mr. shelby, ms. cinema, ms. smith, ms. carbonell, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. kuhn, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. udall, mr. ben homans, warner, ms. moran, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young,. >> any senator who is not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators who make up that fact known to the chair so that the oath may be administered as soon as possible. speemac the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye hear ye hear ye, all persons are known to keep silent. there will be imprisonment. speemac articles of impeachment against donald john trump. president

mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. ne.es, mr. kai mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. lankford., mr. mr. leahy, mr. lee, mrs. loeffler, mr. manchin. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mcsally, mr. menendez. mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy. mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts. mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schumer.r. mr. scott of florida, mr. scott ms.the south carolina, shaheen, mr. shelby. ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. sullivan.mr. mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> a senator not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered, to the other senators, will make that fact known to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possible. >> the started in arms will make a proclamation -- the sergeant in arms will make the proclamation. here ye. all persons are committed to keep silent. while he house of exhibiting to the senate articles of impeachment against

mr. inhofe: mr. president, reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: you know, i sit here and listen to this and a lot of american people do, too. and my good friend from massachusetts has said things here that i know he actually believes. he actually believes it. so here we are with the president of the united states, who has given us with the -- over the objections of the gentleman -- my friend from massachusetts -- the best economy we've had maybe in my lifetime -- you could argue that. he's been able to do this two ways. one was a way that was designed first by a democrat, by john kennedy, when he said the best way to increase revenue is to reduce marginal rates. we reduced marginal rates and it worked. unfortunately, president kennedy died after that. then we have the judges right now that are taking place. we have right now -- i think we're just over 170 judges. the unique thing about this, these are judges who are really constitutional judge

mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kane mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. chloe char, mr. langford worcester marquis, mr. mcconnell, ms. mcnally, mr. menendez mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. makowski, ms. murphy missus murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. roberts mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, esther rubio mr. sanders, mr. sass, mr. schultz, mr. schumer mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, missus sheena, mr. shelby missus cinema, ms. smith, missus stabenow, mr. sullivan mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. udall, mr. mr. van holland, ms. warren, mr. warner mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young >> any senator who is not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators we will make that fact known to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possible. >> the sergeant at arms will make the population. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. while the house of representatives exit exhibiting to the

mr. inhofe: thank you. i thank both of you for giving me this opportunity. we had a reason we can't be here for -- i don't need your opening statement. i know exactly what you're doing. i know the successes we've had. i know the eda has performed well. it's followed the lines as the chairman just said that we have the opportunity to use matching funds to show that the support at home. in my state of oklahoma, as you well know, and others know here i'm sure, that we had a devastating flood this past year and it was one, one of these 100 year things that happens every year you always hear about. this was really bad. and our levee in tulsa, we call it the west tulsa levee, was built in the middle '40s, well past its lifetime. and when this flood came in, we were actually -- we had people with fingers in the dike down there, literally, and getting -- we were very fortunate that we didn't have a major disaster. in addition to that, we had problems -- a lot of people don't know that we in oklahoma are navigable. we have navigation that comes all the way up to tuls

he's very good about responding but mr. inhof, forget it. >> lori, would you do in tulsa?retired teacher. >> thank you for calling in. thank you for watching. senator duckworth, democrat, illinois, i took an oath to remain an impartial juror and intend to do just that. i remain open to the possibility that trumps lawyers will present an equally persuasive case in his defense". darrell is up next. darrell is from shepherdsville kentucky, republican. >>. >> i've been watching this this impeachment here. i've been watching it, last year, these democrats have just a witch hunt here on president trump. they had no witnesses at all and adam schiff is making up a whistleblower, if he doesn't have a whistleblower, who is this person? who is it? they're bringing some of these witnesses from ukraine and made up a story made up a conversation from ukraine president of ukraine and donald trump made a phone call and adam schiff changed the word what he said on that phone call.>> that was darrell in kentucky and this is velvet in burnsville west virginia, democrats. >> i'm a democrat, s

mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford. mr. leahy, mr. lee, mrs. loeffler, mr. manchin. mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, miss mcsally, mr. menendez. mr. merkley, mr. moran, miss murkowski, mr. murphy. mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts. mr. romney, miss rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby. ms. sinema, ms. smith, miss stabenow, mr. sullivan. mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey. mr. udall, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> a senator who is not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make that fact known to the chair so that the oath may be administered as soon as possible. >> the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of impris

mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kaine. >> mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. langford. >> as the senators sign this document, they're being called by alphabetical order. joan biskupic, what are they signing here exactly? >> they're signing what's officially called the oath book, and every single senator rising from his chair and her chair will come up there and sign this, and that was done in 1999 and it was done back in 1868. this is part -- this is when i said a very scripted affair, and today is mostly script and ceremony as opposed to what's going to happen next week and beyond. but this is where they all come up and, you know, they'll take their oaths as the chief administered it, and just attest to be impartial. >> you know, the interesting thing here is also as our great ted barrett up on the hill points out, that these senators unlike in 1999 where when they signed it they each kept their pen, they are all signing with one pen, and that is because mitch mcconnell really criticized nancy pelosi for handing out pens yesterday, so even on an issue as smal

mr. inhofe. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kane. mr. kennedy. mr. king. this globa mr. langford. mr. lahey. mr. lee. mrs. leffler. mr. markey. mr. mcconnell. ms. nick salley. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. ms. makowski. mr. murphy. mrs. mary. mr. paul. mr. purdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. risch. mr. roberts. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. brown's. mr. rubio mr. sanders. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. cinema. ms. smith. misstep now. mr. sullivan. mr. castro. mr. tillis. mr. udall. mr. van holland. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. white house. mr. ricker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> and there you have the votes. we did not hear any crossover votes there. this is on the motion by the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to table or set aside the senator schumer amendment for documents. he already has an amendment, a second moment in the pipeline ready to go for witnesses and state department documents. at this photo -- we hear anything. anyone who it was expected to cross over it like it romney, collins, murkowski

mr. inhofe. no. mr. johnson. no. mr. jones. aye. mr. kane. aye. mr. kennedy. no. mr. king. aye.uchar. aye. mr. langford. no. mr. lahey. aye. mr. lee. no. mrs. leffler. no. mr. mansion. aye. mr. markey. aye. mr. mcconnell. no. miss mick sally. no. mr. menendez. aye. mr. merkley. no. ms. murkowski. no. mr. murphy. aye. mrs. murray. aye. mr. paul. no. mr. purdue. no. mr. peters. aye. mr. portman. no. mr. reid. aye. mr. rich. no. mr. roberts. no. mr. romney. aye. ms. rosen. aye. >> emily: what you are seeing there is the senate voting on impeachment witnesses. let's go to chad pergram right now. you speak of this is where they to cut standard roll call vote. this was the seminal vote we have been hearing about. a gateway vote about whether or not they would open the door to call witnesses or not. this is a pretty important vote. susan collins from maine and mitt romney from utah, republicans last night announcing they would vote for witnesses. lamar alexander, republican from tennessee last night saying he would oppose it and lisa murkowski saying this morning that she would oppose

mr. inhofe, mr. johnson, mr. jones, mr. kane, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee, missus leffler, mr. mansion, mr. markey, mr. mcconnell, ms. mick sally, mr. menendez, mr. merkley, mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, missus murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters, mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. roberts, mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. sass, mr. shots, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, ms. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. udall, mr. van holland, mr. warner, ms. warren, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young,. [silence] [silence] [silence] 's. >> the yeas or 53 the nazar 47 the motion is tables. >> the democratic leaders recognized. mr. chief justice i send at to the desk to have a subpoena for jon michael mick mulvaney. >> clerical report. >> the senator from new york mr. schumer poses an amendment number 1287. at the appropriate place in the resolving clause insert the following. s

mr. inhofe, mr. isakson. mr. lautenberg, mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. wyden.e amendment is not agreed to. >> narrator: the bill fell five votes short. >> "how could they vote that way? don't they understand what happened? how can they do that? how can this be?" i mean, it was disbeli and a sense of betrayal. that washe mood. ♪ >> it was an emotional setback for the president. it was a huge political setback for the president. and, and in some ways, helped to set the tone, again, for what was going to come after, in other areas. >> narrator: obama invited the newtown families to the white house. >> daniel was first-grader at sandy hook elementary school. i know that he felt, he felt a sense of responsibility to us and, and to the nation and to that 90% of the country that, that wanted this. you know, i think he felt a, a strong sense of responsibility toward that, and his, his disgust was palpable. >> it came down to politics-- the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections. so, all in all, this was a pretty shameful

mr. inhofe. >> no. >> mr. johnson. >> no. >> mr. jones. >> aye. >> mr. cane. >> aye. >> mr.nedy. >> no. >> mr. king. >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar. >> aye. >> mr. langford. >> no. >> mr. leahy. >> aye. >> mr. lee. >> no. >> mrs. loeffler. >> no. >> mr. mancion. >> aye. >> mr. markey. >> aye. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no. >> ms. mcsally. >> no. >> mr. menendez. >> aye. >> mr. merkley. >> aye. >> mr. miran. >> no. >> ms. murkowski. >> no. >> mr. murphy. >> aye. >> mrs. murray. >> aye. >> mr. paul. >> no. >> mr. purdue. >> no. >> mr. peters. >> aye. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. reed. >> aye. >> mr. rish. >> no. >> mr. roberts. >> no. >> mr. romney. >> aye. >> ms. rosen. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> no. >> mr. rubio. >> no. >> mr. sanders. >> aye. >> mr. sasse. >> no. >> mr. shots. >> aye. >> mr. schumer. >> aye. >> mr. scott of florida. >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina. >> no. >> mrs. sheheen. >> yea. >> mr. shelby. >> no. >> ms. cinema. >> yea. >> mz smith. >> mr. stab knnow. >> mr. sullivan. >> no. >> mr. tester. >> aye. >> mr. thune. >> no. >> mr. tillis. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> n

mr. inhofe, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. jones, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. king, aye. mrs. no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. mcsally, no. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. moran, no. ms. markowski, no. mr. murphy, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. perdue, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. portman, no. m mr. reade, aye. mr. rish, no. mr. roberts, no. mr. romney, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sass, no. mr. schatz, no. mr. schumer, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema, no. smith, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. udall, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. young, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. >> are there any members in the senate chamber wishing to change their vote? if not, the ayes are 49 and the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands

mr. manager. the senator from oklahoma. >> thank you. a question from senator inhofe joined by senators rounds and young to the counsel of the president. even if additional witnesses are called do you ever envision the house managers agreeing there has been a fair senate trial if it ends in the president's that is not what happened here. >> on behalf of my colleague senators booker marquis murphy and shaheen, i send a question to the desk for the house managers. >> the question from senators harper to the managers the president's aides and offenders claim it is normal or usual to use foreign assistance as the president did to achieve a desired outcome. how is the present fact withholding us security assistance to ukraine different from how it uses foreign assistance to achieve foreign policy goals and national security objectives and how should we evaluate the defense argument it is quote done all the time". >> mr. chief justice, senators thank you for the question. so to understand the answer looking inside the presidents mind just look at recent history for last yea

mr. manager. the senator from oklahoma. >> thank you. a question from senator inhofe joined by senators rounds and young to the counsel of the president. even if additional witnesses are called do you ever envision the house managers agreeing there has been a fair senate trial if it ends in the president's acquittal? >> mr. chief justice members of the senate, the answer is no. now they will not agree that it's fair because what will happen is that there is a discussion of witnesses and if we go to witnesses mr. schumer has laid out what he wants to make tell me we can have anybody we want but the reality is that also concludes documents and that includes other witnesses so at some point you'll say this can't go on forever and we will be at the election. this body will say it has to come to an end and they will say ah-hah it's been brought to an end as we were about to get the key evidence. what is so interesting here is they had 17 witnesses that they had. when the hearing took place before the judiciary committee if i'm not mistaken senator nadler you had forward mi

mr. chairman, and members of the committee for your continued support to our armed forces. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general townsend. admiral faller. >> chairman inhofe, ranking member reed, senators, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i'm honored to be here with my ship mate and good friend general steve townsend. we also thank you for the stedfast support you provide to our men and women every day at southcom and it's -- i'm truly grateful for the honor and opportunity to lead them. i'm with ambassador maines, our civilian deputy commander former u.s. ambassador to el salvador and sergeant major for southcom, truly the eyes and ears of our command. the western hemisphere is our shared home, it's our neighborhood. we're connected to the nations there in every domain, sea, air, space, land, cyber, and most importantly culturally and with values. over the last year i've had the opportunity to visit our partners and see firsthand the opportunities and challenges that directly impact the security of our hemisphere. i've come to describe the challenges of vicious circle of threats that deliberately erodes the security and stability of this r