Will all senators now stand or remain standing and raise their right hand?

Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment

of Donald John Trump, President of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice

according to the Constitution and laws.

So help you God.

That was the last time U.S. senators took the oath of office in a Donald Trump impeachment trial.

Is anything different today? Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is

Tuesday, February 9th. Along with Joe, Willie and me, we have White House reporter for the Associated

Press, Jonathan Lemire, and Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.

Historian John Meacham joins us. He occasionally advises

President Joe Biden. Today begins the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump

accused of incitement of insurrection for the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead.

Trump is the only president to be impeached twice and the only former president to face trial in the Senate.

House prosecutors and Trump defense attorneys will sit at those two long tables allowing enough room for social distancing.

The proceeding is expected to begin at 1 p.m.

Senators will need to pass a new organizing resolution after Trump's attorney David Schoen

withdrew his request to pause the trial at the end of the week for the Sabbath.

Schoen says his portion of the defense will be completed by then and that the pause is no

longer needed. After adopting the new rules, the trial will continue with four hours of debate

on whether the trial itself is constitutional. The Senate jurors will then

vote on whether to proceed, a measure that only needs a simple majority and is expected to

pass easily. Opening arguments are expected to begin tomorrow, putting the trial on track for a

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