STORMED THE CAPITOL COULD MEAN
WITNESSES.
KELLY O’DONNELL IS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A DRAMATIC
TWIST ON WHAT WAS ALREADY AN
UNUSUAL WORKING SATURDAY FOR THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AGAINST THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
WHILE CLOSING ARGUMENTS WERE
EXPECTED TO BE UP NEXT, A
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SAYS THE
TRIAL SHOULD BE PUT ON PAUSE
BECAUSE OF NEW INFORMATION SO
THAT WITNESSES CAN BE
INTERVIEWED AND MORE EVIDENCE
CONSIDERED.
DONALD TRUMP’S STATE OF MIND ON
TRIAL.
SENATORS AS IMPEACHMENT JURORS
ASKED WHETHER THE FORMER
PRESIDENT KNEW ABOUT THE DANGER
TO HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT.
HOUSE MANAGERS TURNED TO A TRUMP
TWEET.
>> AT 2:24 P.M. HE SAID, MIKE
PENCE DIDN’T HAVE THE COURAGE TO
DO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO
PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
CONSTITUTION.
>> Reporter: INSURRECTION
UNFOLDING ON LIVE TV, BUT THE
TRUMP DEFENSE TEAM KPLAMD TRUMP
DID NOT KNOW PENCE WAS A TARGET.
>> THE ANSWER IS NO, AT NO POINT
WAS THE PRESIDENT INFORMED THE
VICE PRESIDENT WAS IN ANY
DANGER.
>> EVEN THOUGH SECRET SERVICE
RUSHED PENCE AND HIS FAMILY TO
SAFETY.
AND LATE FRIDAY ALABAMA
REPUBLICAN TOMMY TUBERVILLE TOLD
REPORTERS THAT HE ALERTED
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A PHONE CALL
DURING THE CRISIS.
>> I SAID, MR. PRESIDENT,
THEY’VE TAKEN THE VICE PRESIDENT
OUT.
THEY WANT ME TO GET OFF THE
PHONE.
I’VE GOT TO GO.
>> Reporter: NEW DETAILS ABOUT A
HEATED CALL THAT DAY BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY
AS McCARTHY TRIED TO GET THE
PRESIDENT TO CALL OFF HIS
SUPPORTERS.
A LAWMAKER BRIEFED TELLS NBC MR.
TRUMP SAID, WELL, KEVIN, I GUESS
THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE UPSET
ABOUT THE ELECTION THAN YOU ARE
AND THEN McCARTHY SIDE, WHO THE
EXPLETIVE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
TALKING TO.
TRUMP AND McCARTHY LATER PATCHED
THINGS UP.
THEY BRISTLED IF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS BELIEVED THE BIG LIE
THAT TRUMP WON.
>> MY JUDGMENT?
WHO ASKED THAT.
MY JUDGMENT’S IRRELEVANT IN
THIS PROCEEDING.
>> Reporter: IN A HEAD SHAKING
LAPSE, THE DEFENSE COMPLAINED
ABOUT THE TRIAL ITSELF.
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE MOST
MISERABLE EXPERIENCE I’VE HAD
DOWN HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THERE’S NOTHING FUN ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: ONLY TO BE REMINDED
THAT LAWMAKERS LIVED THROUGH THE
DEADLY SIEGE.
>> FOR THAT I GUESS WE’RE SORRY,
BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ON
JANUARY 6th.
>> Reporter: FRIDAY’S TRUMP
DEFENSE CAME WITH VIDEO AND AN
OMINOUS SOUND TRACK WHERE
DEMOCRATS FIERY WORDS WERE
QUOTED MORE THAN 200 TIMES.
>> YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU DON’T
FIGHT FOR.
>> FIGHT.
IT IS A FIGHT.
>> Reporter: THOUGH NO ATTACK
FOLLOWED.
AFTER IMAGES OF BRAVERY BECAME
EVIDENCED, ONE ACT OF UNITY.
ALL 100 SENATORS VOTED TO OFFER
EUGENE GOODMAN A CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR.
>> OFFICER GOODMAN IS IN THE
CHAMBER TONIGHT.
OFFICER GOODMAN, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: AND SENATORS SAID
THAT HONOR FOR GOODMAN CERTAINLY
EXTENDS TO ALL OF THE BRAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHO FOUGHT SO HARD
TO PROTECT THEM THAT DAY.
NOW WHAT HAPPENS TODAY?
SHELDON WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRAT
FROM RHODE ISLAND, IS THE VOICE
SAYING PUT THINGS ON PAUSE.
IN A TWEET HE SAYS, HOW WOULD
YOU RESOLVE THESE NEW QUESTIONS
BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENTS
RELATED TO THE TWO PHONE CALLS?
ONE WAY TO CLEAR IT UP, SUSPEND
THE TRIAL, DEPOSE McCARTHY AND
TUBERVILLE.
GET THE RECORDS FROM THE SECRET
SERVICE.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS COULD GIVE
THE SENATE MORE EVIDENCE.
SENATORS CONTROL THEIR OWN
PROCESS SO IT IS POSSIBLE,