trump is no longer the president, he was the president and so instead, they will have patrick lahey, the president pro tem of the senate preside over the trial. he's the seniormost democrat. ironically elected in 1974 in the wake of watergate, former prosecutor. i think some republicans, lindsay graham said they are fine and think that he will be fair. there was question on whether harris would preside, but that isn't going to happen. i'm sure she's happy to not be tied down after hour hour in this trial. >> what is your sense that the former leader mcconnell's own conviction? >> i think that he is in a tight spot because clearly he was horrified by what happened, he was angry that trump was trying to overturn the results and he had a very fiery speech before the riots and after. so it's pretty clear that mcconnell puts a lot of blame on what happened on the president and so he may want to vote to convict and get on the other hand he is the leader of his party and clearly a lot of republicans don't want to go against trump. there would be a backlash among republican voters and potent

first we see patrick lahey sworn in as a presiding officer for the trial and senators sworn in as jurors. >> a quorum is present and under the previous order 2:30 p.m. has arrived and quorum has established the senate will proceed to consideration of the article the impeachment against donald john trump the former president of the united states. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> mr. president at this time of impeachment in the united states constitution the president the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the president tim patrick j lahey. >> do you solemnly swear to all things pertaining to the impeachment of donald j trump former president united states now pending that you will do an impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god. >> i do so help me god. >> at this time i will administer the oath of the senators in the chamber in accordance article one section three section of the constitution and the senate impeachment rules. all centers now rise and raise her right hand. >> to you solemnly swear in all things pertaining to the tria

first we see patrick lahey sworn in as a presiding officer for the trial and senators sworn in as jurors. >> a quorum is present and under the previous order 2:30 p.m. has arrived and quorum has established the senate will proceed to consideration of the article the impeachment against donald john trump the former president of the united states. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> mr. president at this time of impeachment in the united states constitution the president the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the pres

the president pro tem of the senate, vermont's patrick lahey is expected to preside over the upcoming impeachment trial. that's not constitutionally obligated to preside. senator, welcome back. >> thank you for having me. >> we always enjoy having you. the headline from politico says this. we practiced some law. do you think what we saw in the house or what we see in the senate will provide adequate due process? >> shannon, bear with me for a moment. when senator schumer threatened justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh on the steps of the supreme court before a group of his supporters, i said senator schumer went too far. when congresswoman waters told a group of her supporters to literally get in the face of every member of the trump administration they could find, i said congresswoman waters went too far. president trump went too far on january 6. senators house members and presidents cannot put the world in the possession of every thought. they can't and they should. does that mean that i have decided to vote to impeach president trump? no. in fact, based on the information i have

. >> chief justice john roberts will not preside and instead it will be patrick lahey who is pledging to administer the trial with fairness. but having a democrat senator in charge likely adds to the argument from republicans that this is not a legitimate process. and could keep down g.o.p. defections. the new senate majority leader insists this trial is necessary. >> it makes no sense whatsoever that a president or any official could commit a heinous crime against our country and then defeat congress as impeachment powers simply resigning. >> among concerns, the threat of another attack on the capital during the trial. up to 7,000 national guardsmen are expected to stay in washington through mid-march due to potential threats despite no violence on inauguration day. nearly 200 who were here to protect the peaceful transfer of power have now tested positive for covid. >> we are expecting action later this hour, you can see the house impeachment managers walk that over to the senate chamber. they will present, exhibit, and read it aloud starting this whole process. >> bret: we will fol

. >> can you explain why the senate president protemp patrick lahey will be presiding instead of chief justice john roberts and what else the trial may look like in terms of witnesses and lawyers? >> it's a good question, anderson. under normal circumstances if president trump were still the president, because he's no longer the president, that allows the senate some flexibility and so the chief justice decided he did not want to be part of it it would fall to vice president kamala harris. there was a conflict of interest with her serving given she's part of the election so it falls to patrick lahey. he's the most senior member of the democratic majority. in terms of how the trial itself will take place, the possibility of witnesses, those are all things on the table right now. republicans have said that they think that president trump should be afforded the opportunity to call witnesses. if he sees fit. but at the same time, they want this trial to wrap up as soon as possible and the more witnesses that are called, the longer it will take. >> and i understand there is now reporting ab

we have breaking news from washington >> reporter: patrick lahey has been taken to the hospital after he was not feeling well while in his off an capitol hill this afternoon. just today lahey was sworn in to provide over the impeachment trial of former president trump and he is third in line in presidential succession. his office says that he was examined at the capitol by the attending physician and he was taken to a local hospital out of an abundance of caution and he's being evaluated. democratic senator patrick lahey now at the hospital after falling ill. >> thank you >>> let's get back to microsoft. they are ticking up more than 5% let's bring in jared weiss at jeffreys for his thoughts on this quarter jared, does microsoft deserve thevaluation it has? >> by all accounts, it was an unbelievable quarter you're talking about revenue at this scale, 4 3 billion dollars up year over year and listen to what the ceo and clfo were talking about, digital transformations accelerating amazon's cloud offering grew by 48% year on year this quarter. it showed szero deceleration an street and b

. >>> there is breaking news now on the president protam of the senate patrick lahey. he's not hospital. so what is his condition? do you know? >> reporter: anderson, it seems like he's going to be okay. we don't have a ton of information,. all we know is senator patrick lahey was taken to the hospital after not feeling well in his capitol hill office and the attending physician suggested he go to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. the second ranking democrat in the united states senate told us tonight that lahey is feeling better. he spoke with his wife who happens to be a nurse who said that he could be released from the hospital and even back in the senate as soon as tomorrow. so it doesn't appear that this condition is serious, but because of lahey's age, he is 80 years old and the important role he's playing here on capitol hill, the attending physician suggested he go to the hospital to be checked out. >> senator lahey is third in line to the presidency as protam. he's said to play a historic role presiding over this impeachment role. if he were not wel

it will be democratic senator patrick lahey in his role as president protemp of the senate who will behe will carry out this duty in a non-partisan manner and he will have to take a special oath in order to provide tonight and over the trial to come now, tomorrow we are going to see more formality as the senators are officially sworn in as jurors in this trial but the real crux of the trial will not begin until february 8th when the house managers begin to make their case the house speaker nancy pelosi said she chose these managers nine of them to represent the diversity of the caucus, race, gender, demographics but they also have a unity of purpose congressman rascon described it as an effort to save the republic and shep, that's how a lot of lawmakers feel about this at a time you can still see some of the broken glass and shattered wipingndows from the violent mob on january 6th. >> this walk across is part of not stoatute but constitutionaly mandated, correct? >> reporter: it's part of tradition and part of the formality of this process. this is not something that is taken lightly

. >> one to congratulate my friends patrick lahey for once again assuming position of president after six years of absencebs i believe and also to express my working relationship with them in the 40 years that he and i served together in the united states senate. also to the fourth of state because we always read about rinker on television, radio and. we never speak up how senators get along. we have seen ap peaceful transfr of leadership position in the united states senate from a senator from kentucky from a senator from new york. now for the second purpose of rising most of my colleagues do not know when there's anybody on the senate and open the senate up for prayer and for the pledge of allegiance and usually give a one minute speech i would like to get my last one minute speech as president pro tem not saying i want take advantage of the opportunity when nobody else is around as well. four years ago our nation's capital was full of people who came to celebrate a new president inauguration and full of people who came to protest the winner of that election. this biden inauguration

it will be senator patrick lahey. the democrat from vermont and his role. it's going to be interesting to see how the case is moving forward and a lot of what we are hearing is there will be constitutional questions about impeaching a president who has already left office and that may be a lot of the focus of the legal team as they make that case. >> maria: the other questions about this is ensuring an effort that donald trump cannot run again. thank you so much bret baier. joining me now is house minority leader kevin mccarthy to react. we want to get the g.o.p.'s response to this. your reaction? >> purely political. if the house is supposed to be the grand jury, there was no hearing, no investigation. it was just rushed through and there was no bigger example of how political this is by seeing who one of the manager is is, eric swalwell. eric swalwell who is associated with the chinese spy. i was briefed by the fbi. if any democrat had the same briefing that i was, they wouldn't have eric swalwell, one, on the intel committee and let alone a manager. that

democratic senator patrick lahey is going to fill the void left by the chief justice. later he vowed to be an impartial affair judge despite previously calling for trump tol be convicted in the case. this is a pathetic kangaroo court. it's unconstitutional forr the senate to try a private citizen and remove him from an office they no longer hold. the senate has no jurisdiction, never mind the man presiding over the senate trial is nothing but a partisan democrat who read eval the conviction for the president.em by the way, democrats are attempting to convict a former president on a bogus incitement charge that they themselves, if they ever examine their own words, are guilty of. earlier today, in a powerfulie speech, senator rand paul of kentucky called out this rampant hypocrisy, the hypocrisy we've been calling out regularly on this program. >> if we are about to try to impeach a president, where is the chief justice? if the accused is no longer president, where is the constitutional power to impeach him? private citizens don't get impeached.pe impeachment is for rem

. >> patrick j lahey on the state of vermont to say president pro tempore of the senate of the u.s. >> the senate will proceed to the measure. >> i asked unanimousou consent e resolution be agree to in the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no: intervening action or debate. >> without objection, so ordered. senior senator from vermont will be escorted to the desk please raise your right hand. you support the constitution of the united states against foreign and domestic? their faith of allegiance to the same take this obligation freely without any mental reservation and that you will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god? >> i do. congratulations. [applause] [applause] the senate proceed to the resolution seven submitted earlier today. >> without objection. report the resolution. >> senate revolution seven. honorable chuck grassley for his service as president pro tem of the u.s. senate to designate senator ashley as president pro tempore of the u.s. senate. >> the work will report, is there ob

. >> bret: led by democrat senator patrick lahey who is president pro tempore of the senate. hard it could be to get a conviction shortly after being sworn in, republicans forced a vote declaring the trial illegal led by senator rand paul. democrats need 17 republicans to vote to convict former president from. a short time ago we should mention a spokesman for senator leahy he said he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation after complaining about not feeling well. we wish him well tonight. the more than 3,000 members of the d.c. national guard currently in washington, d.c., will be extended through the end of march. national guard spokesperson has revealed to fox news that there is concern about security in the district during the trump impeachment trial pair looking at evidence closely related to sedition charges in connection with the capital riot. the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia predicts the probe will be income in his his words, it'll bear fruit very soon. fbi officials says the agency has devoted specialized teams in the killing of brian picnic and t

that 2:30 p.m., president pro tem patrick lahey, administering the oath with the impeachment trial for president trump. the senate will also deal with equipment usage by -- issuing summons to the former president, due dates for trial briefs and responses, and the date the senate will reconvene for the trial. announcer: visit c-span's new online store at c-spanshop.org. and with the congress in session, we are taking preorders for the congressional directory. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. shop today that c-spanshop.org. announcer: president biden signed an executor border lifting the ban on transgender servicemembers in the u.s. military. he was joined in the oval office by vice president harris, lloyd austin, and joint chiefs of staff chair, general mark milley. pres. biden: you all get a chance to get in here. folks, thank you very much for being here. i'm about to sign an executive order. but i want to again thank the vice president for helping. but also, chariman milley, who -- chairman milley, who has been a great, great help.

the honorable patrick lahey and misses marcia lahey. democratic whip the honorable dick durbin. the honorable john thune and misses kimberly thune. democratic leader the honorable charles schumer and misses ira schumer. president pro tempore of the senate the honorable chuck grassley. and misses jennifer heinz. [indistinct conversations and crowd noise] ♪ [indistinct marching orders] [soldiers marching] [orchestral music plays] ♪ [vast drumbeat leading into horns] --[fast drumbeat leading into horns] [drums and horns play] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the former vice president, the honorable dan quayle. [orchestral music plays] ♪ -- [footsteps and indistinct conversation] [drumbeats into horn and orchestral music] [orchestral music plays] announcer: ladies and gentlemen the 42nd president of the united states, the honorable william j clinton and the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [orchestral music plays] ♪ [fast drumbeats into orchestral music] [drill orders] [orchestral music continues] announcer: the 43rd president of the united states the honorable george w. bush and l

patrick lahey. is he the president's-- leahy, the president's protell. when st not a sitting president being impeach approximated and democrats will use that fore mat with one of their own senators presiding. >> very interesting. so i think yamiche are you now able to hear us, and we can hear you, there you are. we are doing this a little bit bayard-- backwards. we heard lisa talking about congressional reaction but fill us ina little bit more on what president biden was trying to do today. >> what lisa just outlined is the biggest test of the biden presidency. st now this issue where he had 1.9 trillion in his covid relief bill and is he running into bipartisan backlash. officials that i have been talking to at the white house say joe biden is now going to have to show his skill, the skill he talked about on the campaign trail to get in there and negotiate this. i talked to a lawmaker familiar with biden's thinking and there is some thought he might have to break up this bill and do billions at a time. they're really focused on trying to get vaccine, va

roberts presiding over the impeachment trial, it will be the senate president pro tempore, senator patrick lahey schlapp and richard fowler. first of all, matt, let's get to you. it will be the oldest democrat in the senate, senator pat leahy of vermont. rand paul has suggested that anybody other than that chief justice would mean that this is an illegitimate procedure. how do you see it? >> yeah, i do you think the optics of it for the democratic party are mistaken. how they heat, long-standing democratic lion of the senate. and it certainly won't look like if there is any close calls i have to go to the chair, nobody on the republican side is going to view it as a nonpartisan observer. >> john: richard, what do you think about that? >> i think the senate has to conduct this by the rules, and because donald trump is not a sitting president, the rules apply, so this is where the oldest member of the united states senate, and the leading party, pat leahy, will take the chairmanship and lead this trial. i think there is no partisanship here. this is about getting accountability for what took place

so it will be patrick lahey. he has been in the senate a long time. he has a lot of strong relationships on both sides of the aisle. he was sworn in by the previous republican pro tem yesterday. he went to the george washington university hospital after he did not feel well, was released a few hours later, in a statement from his office, said he is looking forward to getting back to work. i think that was something a lot of people last night were paying attention to. the health of every single senator really does matter in a 50-50 senate. the democrats are trying to do a budget resolution as soon as next week. they do not -- they cannot do it if they have 49 people show up and the other has 50. host: let's talk about the 50-50 power-sharing agreement. what is the status of it? guest: they have basically ideal in principle. one of these organizing resolutions. there are details to work out. this will formally give the committee gavel to democrats and set up a rule to how it will work in a 50-50 senate. there are some unusual rules. democrats and republ

host: patrick lahey will be presiding over the proceedings and not roberts.he constitution is unclear on who should preside when it is a former president on trial. glenn wrightson -- writes in " i would like trump to use his influence to help build conservative candidates infrastructure to run for office . we need some younger candidates to begin building influence." caller: i do not think i third-party woodwork of any kind. i think that is the one thing republicans and democrats are in lock step with. the tea party tried to get a foothold, but it just did not work. a patriot party would be to the right of the republican already -- republican party so i don't think that would be good for the republican candidate. just like any party that would be far left of the democratic party would be beneficial to the republican party. it is sad that the media is biased. i hear vile stuff on all titles -- all channels. i would like for all of you listeners out there to look up john swinton's most famous speech. it is a minute and a half long and he tells it how it is as f

states constitution, the president, the senator from iowa will administer the oath to the president patrick lahey do you solemnly swear to all things to the trial impeachment of donald trump president of the united states now pending that you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the law, so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> at this time i will administer the oath of the senators in the chamber in accordance with section three and the senate impeachment rules. well all senators rise and raise their right hand. >> do you solemnly swear all things pertaining to the impeachment of donald john trump, former president of the united states now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution of the law, so help you god? >> i do. the names are called in groups of four. senators will present themselves to sign the book. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] ... [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [rol

patrick lahey will resign and they will come in and swear in and file some motions and begin the process of the trial but the trial itself will not start until the week of february the eighth. if you saw earlier the democratic side of the aisle on the left side as we look down on the floor, fairly full of senators, on the right side there were just three senators according to a couple of reporters and producers on the room, mitch mcconnell the minority leader, mitt romney and the new senator from kansas roger marshall, those are the only three republican senators in the room of the article of impeachment was read by jamie raskin of maryland he is the lead house impeachment manager. there's nine others -- eight other managers. their job, once a trial starts is to present the case of the u.s. house, the houston pizza president one week after the attack on the capital. so january the 13th and today 12 days later presented article of impeachment on the senate floor, the senate quorum call but we don't expect any significant legislative work or speeches for this evening. >> are we in a quorum