and mcconnell, well, he has suggested that he will run anything as it relates to the proceedings of that senate trial by the white house, specifically the white house counsel pat cipollone. so far there is no indication from the white house that they would agree to have any of these witnesses, of course, come forward. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> let's talk about the week ahead. i'm joined from england by natasha lynn stat. she's a professor of government at the university of essex, natasha, thanks for coming in because it's going to be quite a week. let's first focus on that schumer letter to mr. mcconnell requesting witnesses. what do you think the chances are of that happening? >> i think there's absolutely no chance of that happening. the republicans have absolutely nothing to gain by this trial being long, by it dragging on, by it involving more witnesses and by allowing some of these documents to come forward. what they want is for this trial