sending a message to his base and relying on them not to -- not to actually read the articles for themselves and not to engage with the underlying evidence and to take the president's spin and talking points. he could pry to minimize this but the conduct in the articles represent one of the most serious abuses or allegations of abuse of power we have seen in the history of the american presidency. and as we move to the senate trial and that information starts to be presented in a cohesive format by the house impeachment managers, it is going to be very, very difficult for president trump to sustain this kind of counter messaging. >> this is a president who wanted the impeachment to take place in the senate over christmas. remember that? because he wants to get it over with so quickly. was it last christmas and he was home alone at the white house and a government shutdown and i'm all alone and he's there and he wants -- unless he goes to mar-a-lago, but he wanted it done. why did he want it done so