Welcome to the 2020 War Room with my partner James Carvelle,

Shannon Louisiana.

I'm Al Hunt in Washington at American University Home of the Sign Center of Public Policy.

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Our guest today is a heavy hitter and perfect for this week.

Greg Craig, one of President Clinton's councils in the 1999 Senate impeachment trial.

Greg, thanks for being with us and think back 21 years ago and before we get into the details

of today, what was the atmosphere like when you're in the Senate floor in that kind of

a starry moment?

Well it was somber, it was serious, it was heavy duty.

I don't know how to describe it other than to say that it could not have been more fraught

in terms of big clouds hanging over the building and important silences waiting to see what

was going to happen.

A lot of uncertainty is to how this thing was going to play out.

So I can't, it's hard to put into words the atmosphere other than the fact that everybody

that was involved knew that we were doing something that was going to be in the history

books forever.

As you watched the opening day, did any differences, were you struck by any differences between

now and then?

Well the interesting comparison to me was the arrival of Chief Justice Roberts in the

chamber the other day and the same impact that his arrival had on that group of people

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