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Investigation was done really calls into question that confirmation process. we need to get for clarity on this about what happened, what should happen, and what will happen for future confirmation processes in order for me to rest more easily for and the public to have more confidence in the senate. >> senator chris coons from delaware. thank you so much. have a good weekend. >> thank you. delayed and different, the olympic games are underway in tokyo. we'll take you there live next.

Names going forward. tonight we are seeing impeachment being weaponized and used as a political tool in a way that it will change how we do this going forward: the standard that democrats set during the clinton impeachment and frankly the standard that they set only months ago was an impeachment needed to be bipartisan. and the only thing that is bipartisan tonight is a vote against impeachment. there is at least democrats joining republicans voting no. there are no republicans joining the democrats. this process doesn't live up to their own standards both from decades ago and months ago. >> m...

>> so inspired by the dissent that he decides to put into music. >> oh my gosh. walker worked in the white hous counsel office for for former president george w. bush and fo my former boss, justice clarenc thomas. we certainly wish justice ginsburg while and a speedy recovery. she had lung surgery, on module on her lung test in december. she is recovering. she is at home. after the cavanagh hearings wil the country be ready for anothe confirmation battle? >> you would hope that people what kind of ratcheted down and be reasonable about supreme court confirmation processes, but i don't think th...

Worth mentioning there's a natural sort of, there's a natural connection there between being chief of staff and being omb director because you work with all of the cabinet agencies, you work with the heads of those cabinets about their budgets. arthel: right. but maintaining both positions? >> is going to be a tricky job, a very tricky job. arthel: meanwhile, of course, as you know, jeff, the white house chief of staff does not require senate confirmation. however, considering that confirmation processes for any new cabinet members poised to be cop ten white house, that coupled with the ongoin...

Country's politics right now. the nation's deeply divided. the senate is deeply divided. i think as long as the two parties are so closely aligned in the senate in terms of their numbers, you're going to end up seeing these sort of partisan confirmation processes. for example, if president trump were to get rid of jeff sessions as attorney general next year and nominate a new attorney general, i think that confirmation process could be very partisan and very ugly. it's just the reality of the sort of government structure we have right now. >> one of the points a lot of people are turning to as...