Unless theres a flood of defection to follow, the president will formally be impeached and face trial in the senate. That trial is expected to start in january. If you expect a thorough and impartial trial, you may not want to hold your breath. Republicans arent even pretending thats what will happen. A debate going about how a trial should be held in the senate, including whether to have live witnesses. You dont support live witnesses. Why . I want this to end as quick as possible for the good of the senate, for the good of the country, and i think the best thin for america to do is get this behind us. We know how it is going to end so we can focus on the problems we talked about today. If you dont like President Trump, you can vote against him in less than a year. Its not like a politician is unaccountable if you dont impeach him. I think impeachment is going to end quickly in the senate. I would prefer it to end as quickly as possible. Use the record that was assembled in the house to pass impeachment articles as your trial record. I dont want to call anybody, i dont need to hear from hunter biden or from joe biden. We can deal with that outside of impeachment. I dont want to talk to pompeo, i dont want to talk to pence. I want the house to make the case based on the record established in the house and i want to vote. Cnn congressional reporter lauren fox is live in the nations capital. Lauren, is this what we can expect or is graham talking to an audience of one . This is a talking point of a lot of republicans. Conversations with rank and file members, they seem to be marching toward the idea of a shorter trial. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell hasnt been shy about the fact thats his preference. One of the reasons is there are a lot of moderate members for whom this could become contentious back and forth if asked to vote individually on every witness that the president might want to see on the floor of the senate. I mean, thats basically asking these members to be with the president or to vote in a way that mieght hem them in reelections. Imagine Susan Collins having to vote whether or not she wants to hear from the whistleblower in the well of the senate, that could be a very controversial vote. Thats why some republicans are making the case a shorter trial might be better. Whether or not the democratic colleagues agree with that may be irrelevant because those folks wont have the final say on what the senate trial looks like. Thats majority leader Mitch Mcconnell that has the final authority on how the trial will be run, ana. He, too, made comments, sounding like if it is up to him be short and that he also knows how it will end which is that the president will not be removed from office. He said those remarks publicly. Lauren, stand by. I want to bring in the Washington Post reporter carl demergen. Why not try to pretend to be a fair juror . Well, impeachment is not a pure court process. The senators have to be to exist in the parallel space, being a juror, and that requires being fairly unbiased, not commenting on it, yet also being an elected official which is a political role. Impeachment is a political process as well. Existing in that hybrid space, theres never been a dictionary definition or statutory definition how you do it. In the past, seems like senators have been more skiddish about the idea, seeming biased, seeming to have preconceived notions, wanting to keep the veneer of impartial juror more intact. I think you see with people like lindsey graham, Mitch Mcconnell, comments on how they plan to orchestrate the senate trial, doesnt sound like like it is disinterested in what the outcome is. New polls find americans are split on impeachment. Lauren, more think the president shouldnt be impeached. If the president isnt going to be convicted in the senate, are democrats concerned that theyre risking too much here . Certainly i think the moderate members in the house of representatives who won in districts the president won in 2016, theyre the ones having to walk the tightest line. Tom malinowski held a town hall a few minutes ago. Heres the reception he got when he said he planned to volt for articles of impeachment. Based on the evidence that i have seen in the depositions, in the hearings, and the documents i have seen, i believe that on two counts of impeachment that have been put before us that the vote should be yes and i will be voting yes. Reporter that reaction very split. You hear applause and hear people standing up, you also hear boos. That gets to the fact this is a divisive issue for members in swing districts who have Trump Supporters and liberals in their district who theyre trying to make happy. It is a difficult balance. Speaking of new jersey lawmakers, the Washington Post is reporting one of the two democrats we talked about who have come out against impeachment, Jeff Van Drew met with President Trump and is considering switching parties . Whats going on here . Right. Theyre reporting my colleagues suggest that after the meeting there will be a party switch happening with Jeff Van Drew, i is not saying thats the case yet, sourcing saying thats expected to happen. He has been the most critical democrat when it comes to impeachment. He has given the most he has given statements that seem to be the most unconvinced. They question the wisdom since the get go, and he has been basically the nay sayer in the Democratic Party when others in the moderate camp reference being important members have come around to side with nancy pelosi and back articles of impeachment. Van drew never did that. It seems like this is gearing up to have him potentially not be a democrat any more, which has to do, i am sure this decision has more to do with both where his politics lie, not just on the question of impeachment but also the Democratic Party right now is a very proimpeachment party, even if half the country is not in favor of impeaching the president , i think the numbers are higher for democrats. If you look at internal polling numbers, running as a democrat when you were one of the few to say i cant do this, that complicates your reelection race, too. It will be interesting to see when he makes that switch and if there is a rationale given at that time. It is interesting to talk about fractures within the Democratic Party. I remember for so long talking about the fractures in the republican party, and right now were hearing from at least the minority leader Kevin Mccarthy there will be no defections when it comes to voting articles of impeachment. I wonder in the senate when it comes to the proceedings, lauren, the idea of a quick trial, no witnesses, are all republicans on the same page because they were up in arms about not hearing from more witnesses in the house process. Well, you know, it is funny, ana, a couple weeks ago when i started to ask republican senators what their preference was in the trial, you heard from people like rand paul that wanted to hear from the whistleblower. You also heard from some moderates that said i want to be careful that i dont look like i am cutting the process short, i want the voters to think i listened to a case against the president. Now the same members, those moderates seem to be changing their mind a little bit. Theyre realizing they will be forced into tough votes if this starts to extend more than a couple weeks, if it extends past the point of where the house managers present a case and white House Counsel present a case. Then they get into a tough up and down vote process where theyre going to have to take contentious, tough votes. I think it started to shift and i think it will be interesting to see over christmas what polling is. Perhaps if polling shows it is good for republicans to drag the process out, maybe that starts to shift again. I think we have to watch and see how things shake out in the upcoming weeks. Real quickly, people like mitt romney expressed theyre open to listening to evidence when it comes to considering impeachment. Do you get a sense the republicans may not be lock step in the senate . I think theres a few, a handful leaving that possibility open. There were a handful of republicans left that open in the house when the process started, too, and that possibility quickly closed as proceedings went on. I would not bank necessarily on the senate gop members that are talking that way sticking that through. Well have to take signals, signs how they speak as the trial progresses and if that shifts. Thanks, ladies. As the impeachment engulfs the white house, President Trump has hit the road, attending Army Navy Game in philadelphia. Last hour, he met with players in their locker rooms, then did the coin toss. Cnns Sarah Westwood is there for us. Sarah, interesting optics here. Reporter thats right, ana. Perhaps a welcome distraction for President Trump. He received a warm welcome from the audience here at philadelphias lincoln financial field. That audience consists largely of current, former, future Service Members. This is the third time he attended the Army Navy Game, he came last year and once as president elect. He is the 10th to come to the matchup, something of a tradition for president s to come to the Army Navy Game. When the president got here, he first went to the army locker room, then the navy locker room, rallied the players before the game and touted a reform that would allow graduates of military academies to play sports professionally before they complete military service if good enough to go pro. Trump said the coach of the army team brought that issue to his attention, a reform headed by secretary esper. He participated in the coin toss with mike pompeo. The president loves to point out that pompeo was a west point graduate. A few moments from now, the president watching from the army side will cross the field, go over to the navy side. Commanders in chief dont want to seem biased toward one Military Branch represented at the game, they watch half from one side, half from the other side. On a somber note, this game will be honoring the three navy s. E. A. L. S shot at Pensacola Air force base in pensacola, florida. 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State media says the test was late friday, part of a Nuclear Deterrent system but north korea wont say exactly what it tested and south korean Officials Say theyre unable to confirm any specifics. Cnns Paula Hancocks has the latest from seoul. Reporter a second test from north korea in just one week. We heard from pyongyang through state run media just like last weekends test was very important, it was crucial, successful. This particular one, although pyongyang hasnt specified what they tested said it was important for Nuclear Deterrent. It is at the same site as last weekend. This is an area that the u. S. President donald trump when he met with kim jongun in singapore said kim jongun told him he would dismantle the area. Satellite imagery showed that he had, in fact, disman tetled somf it, earlier this year was evidence it was being rebuilt. They believe it was an engine test that could power an icbm, which could potentially hit main land, United States, or could be used for a sat liellite launche. We dont know what was tested this weekend. We know that north korea has threatened a christmas gift, a year end deadline, new path to the United States, depending on what the United States was going to do with negotiations with north korea. We also know that we are expecting the u. S. Special envoy for north korea, steve becon, arriving in seoul. This test comes jugs before he arrives here, he will have talks with south korean officials, was seen potentially as a last ditch effort before end of the year to try to reengage north korea, but clearly north korea at this point is focusing on its testing. Paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. To new zealand now, Police Divers are searching murky waltewalt waters contaminated from the volcanic eruption. They found six bodies friday, two are still missing, presumed dead. 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