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Chairman in his summation in what we have before us. i think they are dead wrong on their opinion of the articleoffs impeachment. there are two articles and this is no way stealing on election. if donald trump is removed from office the election from 2016 is in no way nullified. mike pence will be president and that's in no way a walk in the park. it's the same policies. maybe worse. maybe better ethics morals. as far as policies they'd be about the same. there's been a lot of discussion what we've had here, but basically this is an issue about abuse of power based on testimony of lieutenant c...

Chairman in his summation in what we have before us. i think they are dead wrong on their opinion of the articleoffs impeachment. there are two articles and this is no way stealing on election. if donald trump is removed from office the election from 2016 is in no way nullified. mike pence will be president and that's in no way a walk in the park. as far as policies they'd be about the same. there's been a lot of discussion what we've had here, but basically this is an issue about abuse of power based on testimony of lieutenant colonel vindman, ambassador yovanovitch, ambassador taylor, and dr...

Three very strong, good people. they're class acts, all of them. all three of them. i can't say the same thing for some others in the senate, a little bit beady-eyed, but those three are very solid. now, the responsibility of a senator is to represent his or her people in his or her own state. the party comes second. the people you represent comes first. joe manchin is doing what he thinks is right by the people of west virginia as is lisa murkowski and susan collins. they're doing what they think is right. >> yeah. okay. one thing. are they voting their conscience? are they voting what the co...

You are a democrat from a red state, correct? >> correct. >> so you understand the challenge here. a lot of democrats how there tonight are upset with joe manchin, by the way. and, again, you know what it's like representing a red state in the senate. are they right or wrong to be upset with him, senator? >> well, i know joe quite well. i know lisa quite well. i know susan collins quite well. i served with them. in my judgment, they're all three very strong, good people. they're class acts, all of them. all three of them. i can't say the same thing for some others in the senate, a little bit b...

A lot of them, what about us? what do you make of his desire to shelter russia in a way that is unusual in america politics? >> you know, i don't know what to make of it. i have really conflicting signals here. in the administration, the people that he has put in the administration are class acts, i think top-notch. vice president pence, mattis, all the way down, secretary of state tillerson. these are russia hawks, people who understand we can have a relationship with russia but understand we can't cross certain lines. on the other hand, his words violated that. it's confusing to me. my hope ...