about once-weekly Ozempic®. .
. >>> HERE’S SOMETHING EVERYONE
CAN SEE.
CAN SEE. THE KEY FAULT LINE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S TRIAL WILL BE WHETHER
THERE ARE WITNESSES AGAINST HIM.
SENATOR KAMELA HARRIS OUT TODAY
DEMANDING IT.
DEMANDING IT. THEY WOULD NEED TO FIND FOUR
REPUBLICANS TO GET A CLEAN 51
VOTES TO TALK ABOUT THE MAGIC
NUMBER FOUR.
NUMBER FOUR. >> FOUR SENATORS WHICH IS THE
MAGIC NUMBER.
MAGIC NUMBER. >> IF ALL FRENCH DEMOCRATIC
NATORS WROTE THEY WOULD LIKE
TO HEAR WITNESSES, THEY ONLY
NEED FOUR REPUBLICANS TO JOIN
WITH THEM.
WITH THEM. >> ONLY FOUR REPUBLICAN VOTES
ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO TRY TO
GET MORE FACTS BEFORE THE SENATE
SO WE CAN HAVE A FAIR TRIAL.
>> WE WOULD NEED FOUR
REPUBLICANS TO JOIN ALL THE
DEMOCRATS IN VOTING FOR
WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS.
>> THE CLEAREST WAY TO ENSURE
WITNESSES IS TO ADD FOUR
REPUBLICANS FOR THAT 51 VOTE
MAJORITY.
MAJORITY. BUT IT’S NOT THE ONLY WAY.
IT COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH JUST
THREE.
THREE. A NUMBER THAT LOOKS MORE IN
REACH AS TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS
NOW ACTIVELY SAY FOR WITNESSES,
COLLINS, AS MURKOWSKIIAN TO
ALREADY COUNT THREE REPUBLICANS
BACKING WITNESSES NOTE FOR A
CLEAR MAJORITY DEMOCRATS NEED A
FOURTH.
FOURTH. NOW, THERE EVOTES WOULD MAKE --
THREE VOTES FOR MAKE FOR A 50-50
TIE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT BREAKS
TIES.
TIES. >> Reporter: A 50-50 TIE, VICE
PRESIDENT GORE CALLED TO THE
CAPITOL, CASTING A DECISIVE VOTE
IN FAVOR OF IF YOU GUP CONTROLS.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT VOTES IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THE
AMENDMENT IS AGREED TO.
>> VICE PRESIDENT DIG KANE
PROMISED TODAY TO CAST THE TIE
BREAKING VOTE, IF NEEDED TO BAN
SENATE PHILLY BUSTERS.
>> I WILL BE CALLED ON NEXT WEEK
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN
HISTORY AS VICE PRESIDENT TO
CAST THE DECIDING TIE BREAKING
VOTE FOR A CABINET NOMINEE.
>> PENCE WON’T BE BREAKING ANY
TIES AT THIS TRIAL, CONSIDER HOW
HE WAS BUMPED TODAY BY CHIEF
JUSTICE ROBERTS BEGAN PRESIDING.
IF THERE ARE TIES AT THIS TRIAL
ABOUT WITNESSES OR ANYTHING
ELSE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE MAY
BREAK THEM.
BREAK THEM. AND I DON’T MEAN MAY IN THEORY,
OR MAY AS A PARLOR GAME, A FAN
FICTION FOR SENATE NERDS, I MEAN
MAY IN THE SENSE THAT IT’S
HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT CAN
HAPPEN AGAIN.
HAPPEN AGAIN. IN THE EARLIEST PRESIDENTIAL
TRIAL, THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE
FOUNDING ERA WHEN THIS WHOLE SET
OF RULES WAS CREATED, THE CHIEF
PRESIDENTS DECIDED OVER
JOHNSON’S TRIAL COULD DETERMINE
HE COULD BREAK TIES AND HE DID,
TWICE.
TWICE. THAT’S NOT JUST SOME OLD STORY
IN HISTORY.
IN HISTORY. YOU KNOW THOSE SENATE RULES WE
KEEP HEARING ABOUT, THEY HAVE A
SECTION ON HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE
WHERE THEY NOTE THE CHIEF
JUSTICE HAS VOTED IN THE CASE OF
A TIE.
A TIE. IT WAS CONTESTED AT THE TIME.
THE SENATE THEN HELD A VOTE ON
WHETHER THE CHIEF JUSTICE COULD
VOTE IN THE TIE BREAKERS.
THEY BACKED HIM UP FROM THE
SENATE’S OWN RULES HISTORY
SECTION.
SECTION. THE SENATE THEN TURNED DOWN EACH
ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THE CHIEF
JUSTICE FROM VOTING IN TIE
BREAKERS SO IF ANY VOTE DEAD
ENDS AT 50-50.
THERE IS HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE
FOR ROBERTS TO TIE.
IF IT IS A STARNTD REQUESTNDARD
ROBERTS MAY BREAK THE TIE IF
FAVE OF THESE WITNESSES AGAINST
TRUMP.
TRUMP. NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE WE
MAYBE GETTING AHEAD OF
OURSELVES?
OURSELVES? THIS TRIAL HASN’T FORMALLY
STARTED YET.
STARTED YET. WE ARE GOING DEEP INTO THE
HISTORY OF THE RULES.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
TRIALS ARE A BATTLE AND BATTLE
STRATEGY ALWAYS REQUIRES
PLANNING.
PLANNING. CONSIDER SUN SU’S MAXIM,
VICTORIOUS WARRIORS GO TO WAR.
MITCH McCONNELL KNOWS ALL ABOUT
THAT, IF OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE
SLEEPING ON THESE RULES OR
HYPOTHETICALS, SHE NOT.
McCONNELL’S OFFICE ALREADY
PUTTING OUT HIS VIEW AGAINST THE
HISTORY I JUST SHOWED YOU
IMPEACHMENT, IN IMPEACHMENT
TRAILS, TIES LOSE, YES,
McCONNELL CLEARLY TRYING TO WIN
FIRST BEFORE ANY WAR OVER A
POTENTIAL TIE VOTE.
BUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS
TRUMP ERA, THE DECISION TO
INTERPRET SENATE RULES IS NOT UP
TO McCONNELL ALONE.
IT MAY BE UP TO THE CHIEF
JUSTICE WHAT HE THINKS HIS DUTY,
IT MAY BE UP TO A VOTE OF 51 OR