Good Thursday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from Google.

Jake Sherman and Heather Kagle have a new top talker out this morning about the rising prominence

of Adam Schiff and Hakeem Jeffries and how the two could break the mold of House members

who can't make it on the national stage.

Schiff is said to be interested in Senator Diane Feinstein's Senate seat, and Jeffreys is a

favorite to succeed Pelosi as Speaker. Here's an interesting tidbit.

Schiff has been wearing different lapel pens from different Congresses with each suit jacket he

wears. We are about to enter day two of the question-and-answer

session, and yes, indeed, we expect that senators, both individually and in groups, will have

more questions. The Senate cloakroom tallied that senators asked 93 questions in last night's session,

which ended in the 11 p.m. hour. PBS's Lisa Desjardines breaks it down.

70 were friendly to help lawyers from your party.

11 were challenging, tough or needling questions to the other party.

11 were open, seemed to be genuine, neutral questions seeking information, thought.

The Washington Post notes that the president's legal team offered a stunning defense

yesterday, arguing that the president could do nearly anything so long as they believed the

reelection is in the public interest. Few seemed willing to buy the argument. After questions

end tonight, the Senate will move into debate Friday over whether they should call witnesses.

Four hours equally divided.

And the general consensus among Republicans and many Democrats is that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be able to block witnesses.

Again, we'll see because this is clear as mud at this moment.

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