Theyre hashing out their strategy after laying out their case in a brief this weekend that runs more than 100 pages long. And in it, they assert President Trumps conduct is the framers worst nightmare. History will judge each senators willingness to rise above bipartisan differences, view the facts honestly and defend the constitution. The president s lawyers now have until tomorrow to file their detailed brief. But in a sixpage initial response to the senate last night, they took a scorched earth approach to this case laid out by the house declaring the articles themselves and is the rigged process that brought them here are a transparently political act by house democrats. Now, 100 u. S. Senators will decide this case. In tuesdays debate over the trial rules will be the first test of whether republicans are open to breaking from their president. Were in austin, texas, where the president is speaking at an event tonight. Impeachment is on the president s mind tonight, isnt it . Yeah, the president just taking the stage a short while ago. Hes speaking to thousands of farmers here in austin, texas. Hes mainly been on message touting his two trade policies whi. But he did make reference, of course, to this impeachment trial that is set to begin just next week and it got quite the reaction to the crowd. Take a listen to what he said moments ago. Were achieving what no administration has ever rooechd before and what do i get out of it . I get impeached. Thats what i get out of it. By these radical left lunatics. I get impeached. But thats okay. The farmers are sticking with trump. [ cheers and applause ] theyre sticking with me. And you hear that reaction from the crowd. Many of the president s supporters here in the audience, many who voted for the president and still have supported him despite being affected by a nearly twoyear trade war. We asked some of these farmers who are attending hear how they feel about impeachment. Take a listen. I want to see it tried fairly, completely and i want to see it put to bed. Put to bed in which way . Trump is innocent. He was doing everything that he did was for our benefit and we need to recognize that and let this move forward. Let the country get to work. Quit messing with all this crap going on up there. It doesnt help us on the ground at all. It needs to go away. Im concerned about whats going to come out of this thing. Hes done quite a bit for our country and i hope were not spending a bunch of money and time on things that probably shouldnt be done. I go by what we see and what impacts us directly. The political side of it, theres going to be that. Thats the nature of washington, d. C. As far as that goes, that doesnt have any impact on how i will vote the next time around. You hear that continued support for the president , anna, and despite the fact that voters are paying attention to impeachment, what they really care about are these trade deals, the phase one agreement and usmca, these are big deals for the farmers here and as we look forward to next week, they say that they will be paying attention but theyre really looking forward to the president closing even more deals in 2020 and the big question is will that translate to votes . Many supporters here say this is the the president still has their support and theyll vote for him again next year already in 2020. Thank you. It is at this moment unclear if were going to hear from witnesses at all in this trial, the impeachment trial, about to get under way. Democratic senator Sherrod Brown says he would be fine with hunter biden testifying. Here he is on cnn earlier today. We take the position that we want to hear from witnesses. I dont know what hunter biden has to do with the phone call youre fine hearing from him . Im fine with hearing i understand. Im not a lawyer. I understand both sides get to call witnesses. Im not sure that a lot of republicans think i think many republicans think thats a distraction. Joining us now, the director of defending diplomacy together, bill crystal, and the atlantic senior editor. If hunter biden were to testify, wouldnt this be a big victory for President Trump. All he ever wanted was the appearance of an investigation into hunter biden and by extension joe biden who was and still is a frontrunner. Yeah, i dont think so. Let him testify and lets see what he has to say. I dont think hell say much thats relevant to what President Trump was trying to do. He may hurt himself a little bit, i suppose, hurt his father a little bit in the president ial race. I think what senator brown said is important for us to remember. This isnt a game where the senators get to negotiate and Mitch Mcconnell gets to be majority leader. Its a trial. The senate is required now to try this impeachment. The house managers should try to call who they think could help their case. There could be objections, just like at any trial in terms of relevance and the chief justice will rule on those. 51 senators could overall the chief justice. If the republicans try to turn this into a spectacle, it will backfire. There are decent republicans, i think, still in the Upper Chamber who do not want to have this look like a joke. Im not sure they have the votes to call hunter biden. Im in favor of letting both sides call witnesses at this point. Senator brown says he thinks most republicans see Hunter Bidens testimony as a distraction. Do you think thats the case or do you think theyre eager to put him on the spot . It varies in the party. Theres a portion that wants to, as you suggested, use the trial to distance the goal that the president set out in the first place which is to create this impression of wrongdoing on the part of the bidens even though there has been no credible accusation. However, Hunter Bidens decision to go on a Natural Gas Company seems. There are many other republicans who would be reluctant to go down that road and bring in someone who is not relevant to the direct issues at hand which is whether the president and really now were seeing more broadly the Administration Try to coerce the Ukrainian Government to launch this investigation by withholding not only a white house visit but military aid. It is certainly one of the wild cards, the biggest wild card is whether were going to have witnesses at all. Exactly. Weeks ago you wrote a piece explaining how it would take four republican senators to band together with democrats to allow witnesses, to vote for witnesses. And it seems like thats what is perhaps happening. We have senator Susan Collins working with a small group working to get this done. How do you think this will turn out . I think Mitch Mcconnell will get his rules through and then the vote on witnesses. Well have to see which witnesses the house managers request and whether the republicans actually do object or not. But i do not think mcconnell has 51 votes to prevent any witnesses from testifying. How they testify, whether theyre deposed in private, whether they testify in public, what kind of crossexamine nation there is, i think those are all questions. But i think theyre feeling the heat that there needs to be a trial here. I dont think we will go without witnesses. On this question of witness testimony, its interesting to hear responses from republicans who dont want to give a straight answer about whether they want to call witnesses, especially not the vulnerable republicans like Martha Mcsally. Consider new evidence as a part after the impeachment trial youre a liberal hack. Youre not going to comment you can call me a conservative hack. Do you want witnesses, yes or no . Why arent you telling us . Were going to vote on tuesday to start the trial and let them present the how are you going to vote on the motion for more witnesses. Well get to that. Obviously my its an easy question, dont you think, senator . It doesnt seem like it was the person asking the question who was the problem, but the question itself. Why is it so different for republicans to answer this question . Well, first of all, what you saw from Martha Mcsally was striking and a measure of how much kind of the trump strategy of essentially running against any institution that is not part of the core Republican Coalition is spreading through the bloodstream of the republican party. Its a huge gamble for her in a purple state where the suburbs had her lose her race in 2018. I think the reason theyre so reluctant to say on this is because it is such an indefensible position not to have witnesses. People ask, what did democrats achieve by delaying the transmittal of the articles of impeachment . One thing they achieved was to pressure Mitch Mcconnell to argue in public that what hes doing is following the precedent of the clinton impeachment where they voted on the rules first. But in fact they did have witnesses, they did have three witnesses that they deposed and i think it will be very hard after he stressed so much that hes following that precedent for republicans to turn around and say were going to stop following that precedent because we dont want to have witnesses. And there were 41 witnesses in the trial of Andrew Johnson. Watch this clip from jeopardy 153rd of californias house delegation is this Intelligence Committee chairman. His name is adam schiff. Bill, if some the smartest, most informed people in the country dont know who the lead prosecutor in the impeachment trial is, has President Trump already won . No, i dont think so. If you really look at the last few months, his approval went down a little bit once the after ukraine story broke and people are comfortable with that story. You see trumps supporters say we have to move beyond this. Why do they want to move beyond it because they know what the president did was inappropriate. They may not think he should be removed from office for it. I do not think this trial is good for President Trump. Thats not the reason to call witnesses or not call witnesses this is a serious matter. The degree to which people are willing to talk about it, how is Mitch Mcconnell going to manage it as majority leader is bad for the country. Its not just washington, d. C. , inside baseball stuff, this is a serious questions of the rule of law, the separation of powers and accountability of the executive branch. You can come down in different places on how it should be resolved, this dismissal of it is really unfortunate. I just got to say, that clip was really interesting to me because it was this lightbulb moment about how closely people are paying attention when we think were hitting them in the head over and over again with this stuff. They didnt know who adam schiff was. I got to run. Thank you very much for the conversation. As prince harry and Meghan Markle begin a new chapter outside of the royal family, were hearing from prince harry himself. Why hes expressing Great Sadness that it has come to this next. Im your mother in law. And i like to question your every move. Like this left turn. Its the next one. You always drive this slow . How did you make someone i love . That must be why youre always so late. I do not speed. 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In a video posted to the couples royal instagram, harry makes clear the decision to leave was his and its not one he wanted to make, but felt he had to make. Watch. Good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for being here for the charity that i created back in 2006 to honor our mothers legacy in supporting those affected by hiv and aids. Before i begin, i must say that i can only imagine what you may have heard or press read over the past few weeks. So i want you to hear the truth from me as much as i can share. Not as a prince or a duke, but as harry, the same person that many of you watched grow up over the last 35 years but now with a clearer perspective. The uk is my home and a place that i love. That will never change. Ive grown up feeling supported from so many of you and i watched as you welcomed meghan with open arms, as you saw me find the love and happiness that i had hoped for all of my life. Finally, the second son of diana got hitched, hurray. We both do everything we can to fly the flag and carry out our roles for this country with pride. Once we were married, we were excited, hopeful and here to serve. For those reasons, it brings me Great Sadness that it has come to this. The decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and i know i havent always gone at it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. But i hope that helps you understand what it had come to. That i would step my family back from all i have ever known, to take a step forward into what i hope can be a more peaceful life. Just minutes after that video was released, i spoke to princess diane in as former chief of staff of staff. What was your reaction . Well, i think this is one of the most poignant bits of royal videotape i have ever seen. I think thats harry speaking from the heart. And i was jotting down some of the things he referred to there. The uk is my home where his wife was welcomed with open arms. He is taking this step back with Great Sadness. And i think theres no doubt from the way he delivered it and the examples, theres real sadness here. And we know right across the family, theres sadness because this is primarily a family crisis before its a national or International News story and the queen addressed that quite directly in her statement. Do you see much of diana in harry . Ive always seen a lot of his mother in prince harry, ever since he was a little boy. If you wanted him to do something, the best way was to get him to do the opposite. His mother was also pretty contrary. If you wanted to stop diana doing something, suggest she should or vice versa. And theres a gift that both harry and his mother share which is the great talent to be able to speak right past men in suits and Communications Offices and secretaries straight into the hearts of people. I think hes doing it again here in this videotape. Especially here to the charity, but also has he would have known to the wider world and to the brits and others who admire and love the monarchy. He still recognizes its great qualities. He holds them dear just as people around the world share that great faith and affection for the institution. In an interview last year, we heard prince harry talking about his relationship with his brother and he appeared to confirm there had been some kind of a riff. I want to play this. Part of the part of this role and part of this job and this family being under the pressure that its under, never to be stuff stuff happens, but, look, were brothers. Well always be brothers and were on different paths at the moment. And i will always be there for him and he will always be there for me. Were so busy, we dont see each other as much as we used to. I love him dearly and the majority of stuff is created out of nothing. But, you know, as brothers, you know, you have good days and bad days. You mentioned some sadness that you sensed throughout the family right now. What do you think this change means for harry and williams relationship . Well, we have to hope that this big decision is going to take harry and meghan and archie as harry himself said towards a more peaceful life, a life in meghans words where they can thrive. It does mean that this is going to throw more work onto the remaining members of the royal family. William and kathryn, especially. And this i think, anna, underlines the fact that although this is a family business, a dynasty, its also a Great Institution of the british state. And we see here in raw terms where the family meets the duty. 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