let's talk more about all of the goings on with scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham. he's joining me now. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. >> well, where do you begin with this saga? why don't we begin with lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell stating they will not be impartial jurors in the trial of president trump, which when they took the oath they declared they would be impartial. >> reporter: yeah. let me begin with what mitch mcconnell signaled, they are all in with the white house. mitch mcconnell's statement said he saw no chance of conviction came after he met with white house counsel pat cipollone for several hours. they are not serving as jurors. they are serving as part of the defense team. we have two narratives here. one is the narrative that is the evidence, the legal process, the