or at least massage the president in a direction that he wants him to go. so that is lindsey being lindsey. he is not the shy sharing his opinions with lindsey graham. and that could be an attempt to influence the president and have him go towards a short trial, not something that is drawn out and could potentially go on into february. >> all right. hans, thank you so much. fresh intrigue on the expected full house vote on wednesday. will there be defections? vulnerable democrats feeling the heat. one house democrat already going on record saying that he will oppose it. let's go to josh lieberman. and so with a welcome to you. so there are these reports out there that the house democrats are bracing for some defections in next week's vote. where does all of this stand, do we have a read on who is going where? >> key point here, is that republicans will get their desired talking point of being