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Recently talking about the current possibility of the senate trial. >> i am not going to support witnesses being called for by the president. i'm not going to support witnesses being call for by senator schumer. we're going to vote on the same product the house used. >> obviously, a difference there. i wonder, in private conversations, have any of your gop colleagues said they'd support calling witnesses? you'd only need a handful to join with democrats in a simple majority vote to call for witness testimony. >> i haven't asked them, but i'll tell you this. the american people expect us to do ...

Caucus meetings. clearly didn't want to answer questions there, but we'll see. she's, of course, going to have to field those questions at the press conference and we'll get a sense about whether she can provide any more clarity. the fact clyburn said that was interesting but it's ultimately her decision, nancy pelosi. she's going to make the call about how long to hold on to the articles and whether to submit them at all to the senate. most people think they'll ultimately be sent over. it's just a matter of when. >> listen, i get the process argument here and that's become the central republi...

American public? >> listen, you and i live and breathe politics but most americans don't. you'll find 30% to 40% of americans really are not following this very closely. that may change when the senate trial starts. but let me say the bottom line is this. we shouldn't be measuring this on political impact as to whether we go forward. shame on us if we do. we have a responsibility under the constitution to take this seriously, to measure the evidence that's been presented and decide whether this president should be impeached. the polls be damned. let's do our job according to the constitution. ...

Oath he's required to take. >> there you see the chairman of the house judiciary committee there taking issue with the senate majority leader who has said he'll not be an impartial juror in a senate trial if it happens. there's a chance now it may not. we'll hear in just moments from the senate majority leader. these are live pictures from the house floor where they're taking their oaths. mcconnell's remarks come as house speaker nancy pelosi will not commit to sending those articles of impeachment to the senate yet. this until she's assured there will be a fair trial. mcconnell has come under...

Of impeachment or at least wait a few weeks before that could actually begin a senate trial. the question ultimately is how does that play out? mitch mcconnell is going to go to the floor in just a matter of minutes. blast the house democrats' process and try to accuse the house speaker of being too afraid to send over the articles of impeachment. we'll see how that changes the calculation if at all because mcconnell has said there would be no live witnesses. at least not right now in a senate trial. the discussion will have to be on the democratic side how they want to pursue this. nancy pelo...