Prince Harry Expresses 'Great Sadness' Over Decision to Step Back
VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. I'm John Vause with the headlines this hour.</s>CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, U.S. SUPREME COURT: Do you solemnly swear --</s>BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The impeachment trial, a test of the president's political strength, a test of America's constitutional resilience, and a test of senators' abilities to sit down and be quiet.</s>MICHAEL STENGER, U.S. SERGEANT AT ARMS: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment.</s>TODD: Among the new written restrictions for senators inside the chamber during the trial: keeping your mouth shut, even refraining from whispering to the person next to you. There's no use of cellphones or other electronic devices in the chamber. No reading materials are allowed, unless they're related to the impeachment trial. And no standing. Senators have to sit in their seats when the trial is in session, except to vote.</s>NORMAN ORNSTEIN, AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: You cannot even move during the course of the trial. Now, what that will do for middle-aged and older men who may need to bring in catheters is another story.</s>TODD: Some senators are already chafing. Quote, "That's going to suck," said Marco Rubio about the no-talking rule. Others are rolling with it.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think this will actually probably be healthy for all of us, but it will be a challenge.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sitting for the trial --</s>TODD: James Ziglar was the Senate sergeant-at-arms during the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment.</s>TODD: Ziglar says in the Clinton trial, there were similar rules. They just weren't written down, and he points out Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa did violate the no-talking role when he stood up and raised an objection.</s>SEN. TOM HARKIN (D), FORMER IOWA SENATOR: Mister Chief Justice, I object. I base my objection on the 26 rules of the Senate, adopted by the Senate, governing impeachments.</s>JAMES ZIGLAR, SERGEANT AT ARMS DURING CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: Which, by the way, Chief Justice Rehnquist sustained and it was not -- it wasn't a situation where I needed to go do something or talk to Senator Harkin.</s>TODD: Ziglar doesn't believe it's too much to ask of a senator to sit still, be quiet and refrain from reading or texting on their phone in a proceeding with the gravitas of a president's impeachment.</s>ZIGLAR: Jurors in a normal criminal proceeding in our court system are required to sit still and listen to what's going on, and I think it's part of that general culture that they're trying to make it clear to the Senate, you're expected to be there, you're expected to listen to this, you're not expected to be doing other work.</s>TODD: But analysts say among a group of people not known for wide attention spans or discipline, we can expect those rules to be broken.</s>ORNSTEIN: Senators are not used to being reined in. This is not just reining them in; it's putting them into chairs with straps around their arms and legs. And that's not something that's going to sit well with an awful lot of senators.</s>TODD (on camera): A key question is, what happens to a senator who gets caught violating these restrictions, who is seen talking out of turn or looking at a cell phone? Analysts say it's not quite clear what that senator's punishment may be. They could get kicked out of the chamber or, in the worst case, even get arrested. Although most analysts believe it would never really come to that. Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.</s>VAUSE: We will have full coverage of the impeachment trial as it happens. It starts at 3 p.m. in London, 11 p.m. in Hong Kong. All of that only here on</s>CNN. {DAVOS 2020 GRAPHIC) VAUSE: Funky. White House aides are hoping the World Economic Forum in Davos will be a reprieve for President Trump as his impeachment trial begins. He arrives in Davos in a few hours, will deliver what organizers are calling a special address. He's expected to focus on the U.S. economy and recent trade agreements. But as Richard Quest reports, it will be a challenging environment for President Trump. He will not be able to ignore the focus of this year's summit: it's on climate change.</s>RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR-AT-LARGE: They've been talking about the environment for many years here in Davos, but this year, it has gone to the top of the agenda. And when Donald Trump opens WEF formally, well, everybody will be looking to see whether there are the comments of the Trump, the climate denier, or has he shifted ground and is now willing to concede that the environment is in trouble and climate change is very real? Greta Thunberg, two hours later, will certainly remind everybody of those facts if the president fails to do so. The two, Greta and Trump, are not expected to come face to face, but their agendas will very much be analyzed by those who are there, because CEOs and businesses have been falling over themselves to make climate change pledges, what they are going to do to help protect the environment. Richard Quest, CNN, Davos.</s>VAUSE: Thank you, Richard. All that arduous waiting, smiling, shaking hands, the endless small talk, all about to come to an end for Prince Harry. But with only a short time left as a working royal, has Harry gone rogue? Monday, he made an unannounced appearance at the U.K.-African Business Summit. A day earlier came that unexpected public statement about his changing role within Britain's royal family. Anna Stewart has our details.</s>ANNA STEWART, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it was back to business for Prince Harry Monday as he attended the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit. He had various meetings with African leaders and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Prince Harry will have several other official royal engagements in the weeks to come, as we understand it, before this big transition in the spring, at which point he will cease to be a working member of the royal family and will give up the title of "HRH," "his royal highness." Now, speaking at a charity event Sunday, Prince Harry made a very heartfelt speech in which he expressed great sadness at reaching this decision.</s>PRINCE HARRY, UNITED KINGDOM: The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly. It was so many months of talks, after so many years of challenges. And I know I haven't always gotten it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. What I want to make clear is we're not walking away. And we certainly aren't walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible.</s>STEWART: Prince Harry also made clear that this was his decision, perhaps speaking to the British tabloid press who have suggested the move was masterminded by his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Now clearly, the agreement is not exactly what Prince Harry and his wife wanted. Nor is it exactly what the queen wanted either. She wanted them to remain senior members of the royal family. However, the agreement can mean, perhaps, an end to a couple of very tumultuous weeks for the royal family and a start of a new chapter in royal history. I'm Anna Stewart, outside Buckingham Palace in London.</s>VAUSE: More than a week after erupting, the Taal volcano in the Philippines is still spewing ash clouds, bringing a warning from volcanologists. That's next.