The other night I mentioned I thought this would be how evidence was introduced. The world will be watching. Think about how many people watched Clinton's impeachment trial. Trump's ratings will be far higher. I think the past 4 years was setting the stage for this. I could be wrong, but either way I think Trump's impeachment trial will set a record for viewers from around the world.
The network will “air every moment” of the impeachment trial, Kelley said—on C-span 2, which was created to carry live footage of the Senate when it’s in session. Kelley wished its coverage could show the body language of senators in the chamber, and give viewers an opportunity to read their lips. “Let’s not just stick to a podium,” he said. “You see so much bitterness and partisanship. Then you see people that you think just can’t stand each other having a really decent conversation.” In Kelley’s view, seeing all this would be of great service to the American public.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-c-span-cant-show-us-at-the-impeachment-trial
Also from that article,
The video feed wasn’t controlled by C-span; it was controlled by the Senate Recording Studio, as is always the case when the network covers floor proceedings in the Senate. (C-span brought its own cameras into the Senate chamber once, for a documentary.) The network had hoped to get its cameras into the chamber for the trial, given the proceeding’s historic importance; in December, the network’s co-C.E.O. Susan Swain wrote a letter to the Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, making this request, noting that the government’s existing camera setup “provides a restricted view of Senate floor debates.” The chair of the cable-network pool, which coördinates the efforts of CNN, ABC, FOX, CBS, and NBC, later sent a letter in support of the request. As of Tuesday, McConnell had not replied to either letter. “People don’t realize those aren’t our cameras,” Kelley told me, on the phone from his office. “And they should be.”
“Impeachments aren’t our Super Bowl, exactly, or the Olympics,” Kelley told me, trying to explain what the proceedings meant for the network. “The only thing I can compare it to is everyseventeen yearsthe cicadas come out and we deal with them.”
I should have posted this last part too, pretty interesting,
The impeachment trial of Trump would be, in Kelley’s estimation, “one of the two or three most significant C-span events of my tenure.” As for his own opinions about it, Kelley wouldn’t say—like his network, he aspires to nonpartisanship.
“Somebody said it’s a great drama TV show,” he said of impeachment. “An adventure show where the hero is getting just torn apart and he’s near death a couple of times. You think, Oh, my gosh, this might be it for him. You actually know how the story is going to end, unless something major happens.” He went on, “It’s interesting to see, if we can see it.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-c-span-cant-show-us-at-the-impeachment-trial