The impeachment trial is almost ready to begin in the Senate.

The Democratic race remains wide open and the women's march falls apart.

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Well, I hope you got your rest this weekend because there is a lot of stuff that is happening this week. A little bit later on in the show, we'll get to these gun rights protests in Virginia being maligned by the media. We'll get to the women's march. But we begin with your impeachment update. So the New York Times, basically admitting at this point that the Democrats do not have enough material to impeach report from the New York Times today. Democrats seek more testimony

and evidence for impeachment trial, which sort of requires us to ask the question, why would

they need more testimony and evidence given the fact that I was informed?

They had great testimony and great evidence.

I was informed of this. I was informed that they had an open and shut case. I was informed of this.

I was informed that they had an open and shut case.

So why do they need more testimony and evidence?

I mean, they gravely and soberly and seriously and somberly announced the impeachment.

And then they soberly seriously, sadly walked over the impeachment charges from the House to the Senate.

And I was informed that this thing was a done deal, that basically

they had all the evidence they needed. Well, now the New York Times is reporting. With President

Trump's impeachment trial getting underway, Democrats are intensifying their demands for more

testimony and documents that could add to the already voluminous evidence against him and

bolster their case by shedding new light on several key questions. Now, as I mentioned last week, this would be about the time where you should have a complete case.

You can call additional witnesses, of course.

The Senate can do its own investigation.

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