Effort On Schumer News Today

start brainstorming witness lists for the prosecution and demanding to lock them in before we even heard opening arguments. its not the senates job to leap into the breach and search desperately for ways to get the guilty. that would hardly be impartial justice. >> that would hardly be impartial said the man who literally claimed on national television last week that he was not, will not be, has no plans to be impartial at all at any point in this, that he determined the outcome of the trial,...

>> and, garret, is the -- is the dynamic between schumer and mcconnell as rigid as it appears in all the reporting there is today, that there will be nothing discussed, nothing worked out, that mcconnell has nothing to give and schumer now with this new polling can make his case a public and political one? >> the short answer is yes. republicans were caught off guard that schumer took his case public before the two of them had sat down to try to hash any of this out. and now its brass knuckles. ...

Vote to subpoena firsthand witnesses like john bolton, im going to vote with the democrats because i reserve the right to acquit the president after hearing from them. are you hearing any effort on schumers part to try to lay that foundation yet? >> reporter: there may be some. look, schumer is not exactly the most credible person to make that argument to a susan collins, mitt romney or cory gardner. schumer is in a tough spot. i would not want that job for anything. he has a minority. hes down ...