we've even heard opening arguments. >> an interesting -- we're going to parse that statement there, but there's one way to listen to that, mitch mcconnell indicating that maybe he'll entertain witness requests during the trial. bottom line, we're heading into unknown territory. the president is raging, that's not a price. any hope that democrats had that the impeachment act itself would be a check on his behavior in 2020, well, that's gone as his lawyer plows ahead with efforts to go off into foreign lands to try and get foreign governments to investigate the president's political rivals and the republicans continue to defend his actions. z glenn kirchner, michael steel, joel payne join me. glenn, let me start with the president's letter today. it seems as if every time republicans have coalesced