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 recognized. >> on my behalf and that of the distinguished democratic leader, i'm about to propound several unanimous consent request that will assist with the organization of the next steps of these proceedings. they deal largely with necessary paperwork incident to the trial. consent that the summons be issued in the usual until 6:00 p.m. on saturday, january 18, 2020 to file his answer with the secretary of the senate and the house of represent

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 of the united states. the majority leader is recognized. speemac for the information of the senate, on my behalf and that of the distinguished democratic leader, i am about to remount several unanimous consent requests that will assist with the organization and accepts of these proceedings they deal largely with necessary paperwork incident to the trial. they were poor i ask unanimous conse

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now it's been four days since the united states carried out a military operation that killed major general qasam soleimani, the commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps quds force. in the days since i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a strike that was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress, and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. it's indicative of president trump's foreign policy record which is riddled by chaotic, uninformed, erratic and impulsive decision making without adequate consideration for the consequences. in just about every foreign policy area president trump touches, we're worse off than we were before he started with it. with china, north korea, syria, russia, the president has careen

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i just heard leader mcconnell speak for 30 minutes on the subject of the president's impeachment. there was a lot of finger pointing, name-calling, and misreading of history, but not a single argument or discussion about the issue that's holding up the senate trial, whether there will be witnesses and documents. not one mention. he has no good argument against having witnesses and documents, so he resorts to these subterfuges. i'll have more to say on impeachment momentarily but i first want to address the issue of iran. last night the united states conducted a military operation designed to kill major general qasam soleimani, the notorious terrorist. no one should shed a tear over his death. the operation against soleimani in iraq was conducted, however, without specific authorization and any advance notification or consultation with congress. i'm a member of the gang of eight, which is typically briefed in advance of operations of this level of significance. we were not.

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, today is a momentous, historic, solemn day in the history of the united states senate and in the history of our republic. the house of representatives will send articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate, and the speaker will appoint the house managers of the impeachment case. two articles will be delivered. the first charges the president with the abuse of power, coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections, using the powers of the presidency, the most powerful public office in the nation to benefit himself. the second charges the president with obstruction of congress for an unprecedented blockade of the legislature's authority to oversee and investigate the executive branch. let's put it a different way. the house of representatives has accused the president of trying to shake down a foreign leader for personal gain to help him in his campaign and has done everything possible to cover it up. this administration is unprecedented in not be

mr. schumer: madam president, are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, this is a serious, solemn, and historic day. the events that will take place this afternoon have happened only twice before in our grand nation's 250-year history. the chief justice will swear in every u.s. senator to participate as a court of impeachment in the trial of the president of the united states. yesterday, the senate received notice that the house of representatives has two articles of impeachment to present. the house managers will exhibit those two articles today at noon. the first article charges the president with abuse of power. coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections, thereby using the powers of the presidency, the most powerful public office in the nation, to benefit himself rather than the public interest. the second charge, -- the second charges the president with obstruction of congress for an unprecedented

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 senate of the united states articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. >> majority leader is recognized. >> mr. chief justice, for the information of the senate on my behalf and on that of the english democrat leader i'm about to propound several unanimous consent request level as us with the organization of the next steps of these proc

mr. schumer, proposes an amendment number 1290. on page two, between lines four and five, insert the following. if during the impeachment trial of donald john trump any party seeks to admit evidence that has not been submitted as part of the record of the house of representatives, and that was subject to a duly authorized subpoena, that party shall also provide the opposing party all the other documents, responsive to that subpoena, for the purposes of this paragraph. the term duly authorized subpoena includes any subpoena issued pursuant to the impeachment inquiry of the house of representatives. the senate shall take all necessary measures to ensure the proper handling of confidential and classified information in the record. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> mr. chief justice i want to now take a five-minute break. i'd like to ask everybody to stay close to the chamber. we'll go with a hard five minutes. i ask that we stand in recess subject to call to the chair. >> without objections, so ordered. >> okay, so they're goin

mr. schumer for mr. van holland proposes an amendment number 1294. on page 3 line 20 insert the presiding officers shall rule subpoena any witnesses or document that a senator or party moves subpoena if the presiding officer moves to determine the witness or document is likely to have probative evidence relative to articles of impeachment before the senate after order. >> the amendment is arguable by the parties for two hours equally divided. manager schiff, are you a proponent or opponent of the motion? mr. cipollone are you a proponent or opponent? mr. schiff you may proceed and reserve time for rebuttal. >> senators, this amemd would provide that the presiding officer shall rule to authorize a subpoena of any witness or any document -- excuse me -- the presiding officer shall rule to authorize the subpoena of any witness or any document that a senator or a party moves subpoena if the presiding officer determines that that witness is likely to have probative evidence relevant to either article of impeachment. it's quite simple it would allow the ch

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, the house of representatives has impeached the president for a very serious offense. coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections, using the powers of the presidency, the most powerful public office in the nation to benefit himself, to actually influence the election, which should be decided by american citizens, not by a foreign power. when debating the impeachment clause of the constitution, the founders worried about foreign capitals havingundue influence over our country. hamilton writing in the federalist papers described impeachable offenses as abuses or violations of some public trust. in the impeachment of president trump, the question the senate will be asked to answer is whether the president did, in fact, abuse his public trust, and by doing so invite the very foreign influence the founders f

mr schumer. mr scott of florida. no mr scott of south carolina no mrs shaheen. i mr shelby you know the sentiment. i miss smith. i miss stabenow. mr sullivan no mr tester. mr through me no mr tillis no mr toomey no mr udall. mr van hollen. mr warner. ms warren. mr white house. mr wicker no mr wyden. mr young no mr blumenthal. are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote. if not the yeas are $49.00 the nays are $51.00 the motion is not agreed to. so that's the senate to the voting to defeat the motion to cool witnesses in the trial of the impeachment trial of president donald trump which means that this is effectively the end of the road so they will now be moving to vote eventually on a on the charges themselves. on the impeachment charges let's bring in. who is on capitol hill so it goes into recess and that vote of 51 to 49 and i suppose no surprises because if we were starting to hear in the last couple of days that mentum was going against the democrats and that they weren't going to win the possibility of bringing in further witne

quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so do. you. think that time for one will catch it before we go miracles happen because some called it a russian version of the hudson river landing except in this case the emergency landing was actually in a failed like in the hudson incident the passenger jet got into trouble when it hit a flock of shortly after takeoff and again miraculously everybody on board survived . if i may have a. split shift the teacher still sell it up. shut up shut up. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane that really captures us tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. it still felt too weak to call for the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one w

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so. now look at me. that's fit and another extraordinary story from the past 12 months we have labeled it miracles happen it's the russian passenger plane which crashed landed in a cornfield just outside moscow in august they are craft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff rocked leslie everybody on board survived. see. if i made a. oh. shit oh sure she'll sell it was. shut up. there was no panic on board even though the engine was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really kept just tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to well. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. up to reach to call the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate these situations when one or 2 en

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be picking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after party. ok we've gathered together some amazing stories from the past 12 months that we have labeled miracles happen with several of them but among them field of dreams that's the story of the russian passenger plane which crashed landed in a coal field this was just outside moscow in oregon and we can show you a picture from the scene terrifying stuff the aircraft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after taking off he really would have wanted to be on the plane but amazingly everybody on board survived. just so. if i may have a. ship sure she'll sell it was. such a time. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane completely capsized tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field saw everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after party. so. we've compiled together several extraordinary stories from the past 12 months that we labeled miracles. and even the plasma works sometimes that's a miracle that over the case i think my favorite is field of dreams you may well remember this one story of the russian passenger plane that crashed landed in a cornfield just outside of moscow in august active got into trouble it had a flock of birds shortly after taking off what's been terrifying for everybody on board and amazingly they all survived. and i mean a. ship still sell it was. like. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really casts good tell us please how do you feel now did you her children. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the file is did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fin

quite a few older ones even in america will be picking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so. you. gathered together several extraordinary stories from the past 12 months that we have labelled miracles. so exposed to really but the one that really catches my eye is the field of dreams remember this is the story of the russian passenger plane that crash landed in a cornfield just outside moscow this was an orchestra got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff you would have wanted to be on that plane but it mazing that everybody survived. i don't but i managed. to get the teacher feel silly last. night. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job the end of the plane really kept tell us please how do you feel now did you her to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. up to we to call for the

quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so. well there it is let's fit in another extraordinary story from the past 12 months we have labeled it miracles happen. there we go of course the field of dreams let's move into that one and see what this one is all about well it's a story of a russian passenger plane which crash landed in a cornfield just outside of moscow in august of the aircraft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff miraculously every one on board survived take a look. i don't remember. if i. should get the teacher still still it was. a tough. time. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really captures to tell us please how do you feel now did you her child let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. t

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after party. if so pull together several incredible stories i think from the past 12 months that we have labelled miracles been a bit of something to cheer the heart at this time of year now one in particular i think the financing field of dreams is what we called it and the picture well it speaks a 1000 words this is the story of a russian passenger plane it crash landed in a cornfield just outside of moscow in august absolute nightmare scenario you would think you really wouldn't want it to be one of the passengers when they got into trouble it hit a flock of birds shortly after taking off and incredibly everybody on board survived. i've already had a. look at the taser still sell it was. such a time. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really kept just good tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was

mr. schumer? mr. schumer no. mr. scott of florida? mr. scott of florida aye. mr. shelby? mr. shelby aye. miss sinema? miss sinema no. miss smith? miss smith no. miss stab now no. mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan aye. mr. tester? mr. tester no. mr. thune? mr. thune aye. mr. tillis? mr. tillis aye. mr. toomey? mr. toomey aye. mr. udall? mr. udall no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen no. mr. warner? mr. warner no. miss warren? miss warren no. mr. white house? mr. white house no. mr. wicker? mr. wicker aye. mr. widen? mr. wyden no. mr. young? mr. young aye. >>> we're watching what could probably be a foredoomed set of votes. we don't know yet, of course. three of the proposals are amendments by chuck schumer, the democratic leader. one is to subpoena an array of appropriate witnesses. mick mulvaney, john bolton, michael duffey, blair, both omb people. let's listen to the chair. >> the motion is agreed to. >> to -- >> that was a motion to deny that proposal. >> to subpoena john r. bolton. i ask that it be read. >> the clerk will report. >> the senator from new york, mr. schume

mr. schumer, but being here to advocate for it. friday morning we will have a session that we wish we did not have to schedule but i am sure will be highly attended. we will have a meeting led by chicago mayor lori lightfoot talking about violence in our cities, specifically about how to prepare for and respond to mass shootings. it is unfortunate that this is a topic, but i think 13 mayors will speak on personal experience from having had to go through this in their cities. it is a very real issue and something we will be on the front lines. we have time for one last question. >> [indiscernible] bryan: the question was, looking through our 12 point plan, talking about some of the tax credits, how do you pay for a plan like this? here is the deal. we never want that to end the discussion because there is a complicated answer. the men and women behind me have implemented local solutions to many of these by finding innovative ways to fund these initiatives. in the absence of infrastructure funding from washington, we found innovative

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so i now know. you. know some stories that we thought were extraordinary over the last 12 months we've labeled the miracles happen to choose from i want to go full field of dreams and that's the story of the russian passenger plane crash landed in a cornfield it was just on the side of most cable remember this was back in august i've got into trouble when i had a flock of birds shortly after type for the mazing like everybody on board survived . and i mean i. was. sure that the teacher still sell it. there was no panic on board even though the engine was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really can't. tell us please how do you feel now did you her child let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the file is did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. up to me to call the engines became unstable t

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be picking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after party. so now you know. ok let's fit in another extraordinary story from the past year we have labeled it miracles happen so let's find out more now this is a russian passenger plane that crash landed in a cornfield just outside of moscow in orbit in particular i'm talking about field of dreams and you may remember that picture the aircraft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after taking off a miraculously every single person on board survived. and i mean a. loaded. gun issue still sell if. there was enough money from the board even though the engine was enough the pilot did a great job the end of the plane really can't. tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the file is did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. up to me to call the engines became

teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so. you. will dance sensation ilya there certainly does live up to the hype let's see if we can fit in another extraordinary story from the past 12 months miracles happen let's take a look there see what's behind door number 2 we've got to siberia save phoenix child or field of dreams we've all heard of the miracle on the hudson where the field of dreams is the story of the russian passenger plane which crash landed in a cornfield just outside moscow in august is actually a beautiful story for the sad part of the aircraft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff the beautiful part miraculously ever. he was on board survived. and i made a. shift at the teacher still still it was. tough. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really casts good tell us please how do you feel now did you her child let. you know it's

white house and i ask that it be read the clerk will read the document the senator from new york mr schumer proposes an amendment number 1284. at the appropriate place in the resolving clause insert the following section notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution pursuant to rules 5 and 6 and then go to highlight the rules him procedure and practice in the senate when sitting on impeachment trials one of the chief justice of the united states through the secretary of the senate shall issue a subpoena to the acting chief of staff of the white house commanding him to produce for the time period from january 1st 2000 so as some of the fine print is worked out in the senate it's a good time for us to collect our thoughts we've been watching the live coverage from washington d.c. all of the impeachment trial of the 45th president of the united states donald trump i'm kemal sons of maria thanks for staying with al-jazeera for this it is the 1096 day of donald trump's presidency the day that his trial begins and here is where things stand the senate has been debating rules governing ho

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. this will go along party lines. >> there are going to be a number of amendments offered. the next one is going to be about bringing in the state department officials. everything that they did not get in this trial process and want to get here, they are trying to get through. we expect that we will see this summer routine of tabling. let's listen. >> if not, the are 53. of the names 47.

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 imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> for the information of the senate on my behalf and that of the distinguished democratic leader i'm about to propound several unanimous consent requests that will assist with the organization of the next step

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. section notwithstanding any provisions of this resolution pursuant to rules five and six of the rules of procedure and practice in the senate. when sitting on impeachment trials the chief justice of the united states met through the secretary of the senate will issue a subpoena by taking a testimony of jon michael mick mulvaney, and the sgt at arms is authorized to utilize the services of the deputy sgt at arms or any o

mr. schumer: thank you to speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, leader mccarthy, and so many others, includinghe great drew brees. now i'm told today's drew's birthday. i wouldn't recommend that anyone celebrate their birthday visiting congress. [laughter] but, drew, we're more than happy you have to. seriously, it's an honor. to join with all of you today. to celebrate the extraordinary steve gleason by awarding him the congressional gold medal. only 163 people have ever received this honor. george washington, nelson now, a, mother teresa and steve gleason. now rebirth. that's the name on the statue outside the superdome in new orleans, showing steve's famous blocked punt against atlanta. of course, that famous play did more than just swing the momentum to the saints against the rival falcons. that play inspired hope in a city beset by tragedy. after such devastation, it gave everyone reason to cheer. but today we're not here to honor steve for his heroics on football field. but to recognize his truly heroic life off the field. a life spent helping those who struggle with a.l.s. and other deg

mr. schumer for mr. van hollen, pro poses an amendment. on page 3, lien 20, insert the presiding officer should rule any witness or document that a senator or a party moves to subpoena. if the presiding officer determines witness or document is likely to have probably i have the evidence relative to either article of impeachment before the senate after order. >> it is arguable by both parties for two hours. are you an opponent or proponent? mr. schiff, you may proceed and reserve time for rebuttal. >> senators, this he said a would provide that the presiding officer should rule to authorize the subpoena of any witness or any document. excuse me. the presiding document shall rule to authorize the subpoena of any witness or any document that a senator or a party moves to subpoena if the presiding officer determines that witness is likely to have probative evidence relevant to either article of impeachment. it's quite simple. would it allow the chief justice, would it allow senators the house managers, the president's counsel, to make use of

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: no quorum. thank you, madam president. now, in the aftermath of the u.s. military operation that took out iranian general soleimani, we need to be asking the right questions and remain clear-eyed about what might happen next. i've grown increasingly concerned about the strike against soleimani and what it might mean for the safety of american troops in the region and the future of america's involvement in the middle east. the president has promised that he would not drag the american people into another endless war in the middle east. the president's actions, however, have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. unfortunately, this contradiction is far too typical of how the president has conducted foreign policy over the last three years. the president's decision-making has been erratic, it's been impulsive without regard for the long-term consequences of america's actions abroad. he prefers reality show diplomacy and photo ops with foreign leaders to subs

mr. schumer said on page 675 that we could call any witnesses we want, mr. schiff just said we can call their witnesses. and that is what he said, we can call their witnesses because under their theory, if we wanted to talk to the whistle-blower, even in a secure setting to find out if he in fact may have worked for the vice president or may have worked on ukraine, or may have been inca medication with staff, that is irrelevant. we can't talk to joe biden or hunter item because that is irrelevant, except the conversation that is the subject matter of this inquiry, the phone call, transcript, that you selectively utilized, has a reference to hunter biden. the conversation with burisma, they raised it for about half a day. saying there was nothing there. let me find out through cross-examination, but i just think the irony of this, before we go to dinner, that we could call anyone we want except the witnesses we want, but we can call their witnesses that they want. remember we said the fruit of the poisonous tree? it's still the fruit of the poisonous tree. it

mr. schumer, proposes an amendment number 1284. at the appropriate place in the resolving clause insert the following, section, notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution pursuant to rules 5 and 6 of the rules and procedure and practice in senate when sitting on impeachment trials, one, the chief justice of the united states, through the secretary of the senate, shows he was subpoenaed to the acting chief of staff to the white house, commanding him to produce, for the time period from january 1st, 2019, to the present, all documents, communications, and other records within the possession, custody, or control of the white house, including the national security council, referring or relating to a all meetings and calls between the president trump and the president of ukraine, including documents, communications, and other records related to the scheduling of, preparation for, and follow-up from the april 21st and july 25th, 2019 telephone calls, as well as the presidents of september 25th, 2019 meeting with the president

mr. schumer opposes an amendment number 1289 at the appropriate place ot voefing clause insert the following. section not with standing any provision of the resolution pursuant to rules 5 and 6 of procedure and practice. in the senate when seating on impeachment trials 1. the chief justice of the united states to secretary of the senate shall a, issue a subpoena for the taking of testimony of robert blare and b issue a subpoena for the taking of system of michael duffy. and two, the sergeant in arms is authorized to utilize the services of a deputy sergeant as arms or any other employee of the senate in serving the subpoena authorized to be issued by the section. >> the amendment is arguable by the parties for two hours equally divided. manager schiff are you a proponent of opponent? >> mr. cipollone. >> opponent. >> mr. schiff, house managers can proceed and reserve time for rebutle. >> mr. chief justice, senators, counsel for the president, my name is garcia. and i am a congresswoman from texas and the houston region. you know, i have been sitting for sometime as well as you, and it brough

mr. schumer poses an amendment number 1287. at the appropriate place in the resolving clause insert the following. section notwithstanding any provisions of this resolution pursuant to rules five and six of the rules of procedure and practice in the senate. when sitting on impeachment trials the chief justice of the united states met through the secretary of the senate will issue a subpoena by taking a testimony of jon michael mick mulvaney, and the sgt at arms is authorized to utilize the services of the deputy sgt at arms or any other employee. >> mister chief justice and distinguish members of the senate and counsel for the president, my name is joaquin jeffries i have the honor of representing the eighth congressional district of new york in brooklyn and is one of the most diverse districts in the nation. in fact i have been told that i have the ninth most african-american district in the country and the 16th most jewish. here on the hill they have said is that complicated? but as my friend leon goldenberg says back home, y

. >>> senate democratic leader chuck schumer was asked today by the allegation of mr. parnas, mr. id it helps strengthen witnesses, it's something we wouldn't rule out unquote. as you heard a few moments ago, parnas says he is hoping to get that call. >> if you really look at it, i should be their best witness. i should be their number one witness, because i'm the one that got all the desert supposedly, why do they need biden? call me. ask me what biden did wrong. >> do you think they're afraid of calling you? >> i think they're very afraid of me. >> joining me is democratic senator ed marky one of the jurors in the impeachment trial and sits on the foreign relations committee. i'm wondering what you make of parnas saying president trump knew exactly what was going on. he also has no direct evidence about the vice president, he believes pence would have known as well as mulvaney and bolton and oughts. i'm wondering what you make of his allegations? >> well, he's only saying what ambassador sonland said was everyone was in the loop, everyone knew, everyone was completely and totally

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now it's been four days since the united states carried out a military operation that killed major general qasam soleimani, the commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps quds force. in the days since i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a strike that was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress, and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. it's indicative of president trump's foreign policy record which is riddled by chaotic, uninformed, erratic and impulsive decision making without adequate consideration for the consequences. in just about every foreign policy area president trump touches, we're worse off than we were before he started with it. with china, north korea, syria, russia, the president has careen

mr. schumer. whatever i want? here's what i want. i want adam schiff. i want hunter biden.ant joe biden. i want the whistle-blower. i want to also understand that there may be additional people within the house intelligence committee that have had conversations with that whistle-blower. i get anybody we want? we get anybody we want, we'll be here for a very long time. the fact of the matter is we are not here to argue witnesses tonight but obviously is an undercurrent. to say this is not going to extend this proceeding? months. understand something else. i suspect that manager schiff, smart guy, wait, i've got debate privileges. not applicable to this. this would be the first of many weeks. i think we've got to be clear. they put this forward in an aggressive and fast-paced way, we need witnesses after 31 or 32 times, they say you prove every aspect of your case. that's what you said. you didn't. he said he did. i do not think we need any witnesses. thank you. >> thank you, counsel. the senator from new jersey. the question is from senator menendez to the house managers. pr

mr. schumer, proposes an amendment number 1289. at the appropriate place of the resolving clause, insert the following. section, notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, pursuant to rules 5 and 6 of the rules of procedure and practice in the senate when sitting on impeachment trial -- >> just going to jump in for one second. the names in case you're not familiar, michael duffy and robert blair, those are officials, white house officials both omb officials who were both personally involved in the withholding of aid to the ukraine that's at the center of the impeachment scandal. so this is a combined request for subpoenas to both of those officials, robert blair and michael duffy. but let's go back to the reading of the amendment. >> subpoena authorized to be issued by this section. >> the amendment is arguable by the parties for two hours equally divided. mr. manager schiff, are you a proponent or opponent? >> mr. chief justice, we are proponent. >> mr. cipollone? >> mr. chief justice, we are opponent. >> mr. schiff,