nbc's julia ainsley is in washington d.c., and also with us matt gorman, republican strategist, former senior communications adviser for tim scott for america, former nrcc communications director and an aide to jeb bush and mitt romney. we also have former democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill, msnbc political analyst and co-host of "how to win 2024" podcast, okay, ryan. do we have a sense now of how this is going to play out as we see folks gathering there on the floor, what are you watching for? >> reporter: yeah, chris, i still think there's a lot of unknowns as to how this process will play itself out. we do expect that republicans are going to do everything they possibly can to try and slow this process down, putting out points of order or bringing motions to the floor that they will hope will extend this process. normally, the senate is a place where one particular member has an unbelievable amount of power to slow this process down, it's going to be a little bit different in this segt. setting. this is a senate trial. it requires 51 votes to continue or slow down or