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Three-ring circus, quote, no lawyer wants to put a witness on when they havent had a chance to question them under oath and can cross examine them if they deviate from that, said mr. cornyn. "witnesses say the darnedest things." heres what mitch mcconnell had to say about witnesses and the clinton impeachment trial back in 99. >> every other impeachment had witnesses. its not unusual to have witnesses in a trial. i think were handling this in exactly the appropriate way under the constitution an...

Is john cornyn, republican of texas. "wall street journal reports cornyn said live testimony could turn the court into a three-ring circus. quote, no lawyer wants to put a witness on when they havent had a chance to question them under oath and can cross examine them if they deviate from that," said mr. cornyn. "witnesses say the darnedest things." heres what mitch mcconnell had to say about witnesses in the clinton impeachment trial back in 98. >> every other impeachment had witnesses. its not ...

Very concerned that this could be turned into a three-ring circus. very unpredictable. after the first of the year, well see what happens. back to you. >> joe johns at the white house, thank you. joining us to discuss, michael gerhardt, law professor at the university of north carolina, susan page for "usa today." michael, stalinesque, a little silly. whether you vote last night or today. so tell me about the vote today and then what happens after that vote next week. >> well, the vote is goin...

Announced, i felt this was inevitable. given how much he, like the president loves to embrace count ruvrlgs causes. it show as it degree of seriousness the white house is taking this. its interesting it though because were being told this is going to be a short, quick trial. what is durgs wtsz going to contribute? trump wants to turn this the to a three-ring circus. and mitch mcconnell is saying no, not even that much. and this is mitch mcconnells house. so im a little confused by the secretion ...

Of management and budget saying that all this was done essentially at the presidents direction. >> jeremy diamond, thank you very much. back with me now, frank bruni, kirsten powers, and timothy nafta naftali. frank, we have to start with the reporting about alan dershowitz who may be joining the presidents impeachment legal team. give me your reaction to that. >> actually, as soon as it was announced i felt this is sort of inevitable given dershowitzs role over the course of the presidency, giv...

Hes working for them, and whats he doing? throwing stones on twitter at chris wray, at the fbi. if that continues, now, think about it, when it gets to the senate. these guys are serious about their institution. its not -- >> "these guys" members of congress? >> the senate. >> yes, they are. >> very serious about the decorum of the senate. john cornyn just the other day, the second leading republican senator from texas said, were not going to have a three-ring circus. and they dont want a three-...

Im going to ask the control room to keep our eyes on that and let us see that. were going to hear from kevin mccarthy and others. >> look, theres a three-ring circus going on today and -- >> heres your three rings, impeachment, russia and uscma. >> the democrats although lost the politics of all of this. now you have two articles of impeachment and one of them is actually against the most unpopular institution in history. >> youre talking about obstruction of congress? >> correct. and so theyve ...

Raised a witness. >> that is exactly what you do when you dont have a good defense. and they dont have a good dchs because the president himself in the transcript from the 25th showed that bribery was right there. but whats going to happen, this is part of the distortion and the distraction that has been there all along. you ran the tapes a little while ago of the republican house members not answering the questions. well, thats exactly whats going to happen until it gets to the senate. and the ...

The republican house members not answering the questions. thats exactly whats going to happen until it gets to the senate. and the second ranking republican senator out of texas said just yesterday we dont want a three ring circus in the senate. and on calm day it looks down on the house anyway. with all the antics going on in the senate -- in the house. when it gets to the senate it will will be solemn. it will be for the history books. and the whole dynamic will change. and all this business i...

Dont know that those were the calls. and its not clear that giuliani made that call. >> there are a lot of documents and materials, dozens im sure, i think dozens of subpoenas were issued by the intel committee as well as the judiciary committee. none of which the white house has complied with. so we have no documentary evidence from the white house. they are just totally stonewalling all of this. >> so its not concerning to you? >> of course its concerning. im more interested in the documentary...