ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE BACK TO WHERE YOU LIKE IT. >> WELL, WE HAVE SOME BIG DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE TEXAS SENATE HAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE RULES FOR THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF SUSPENDED ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THOSE PROCEEDINGS ARE NOW SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH. AND JOINING US FOR MORE INSIGHT AS CAPITOL REPORTER MONICA MADDEN. FOR SOME INSIGHT TONIGHT, MONICA. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT PAXTON SWIPE THAN THAT. >> STATE SENATOR ANGELA PAXTON. WILL SHE HAVE TO RECUSE HERSELF WHILE ORIGINALLY SHE IMPLIED THAT SHE DIDN'T INTEND TO. BUT ACCORDING TO THE RULES, WHICH SHE DID VOTE AGAINST, SHE CANNOT VOTE YES OR NO DURING THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. SHE >> CANNOT PARTICIPATE EITHER BY ASKING QUESTIONS FOR WITNESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO SHE'LL PRETTY MUCH BE ALLOWED TO BE THERE, BUT NOT PHYSICALLY BE ABLE TO VOTE YES OR NO ON THE ON THE FATE OF HER HUSBAND. WHAT ELSE WE KNOW ABOUT THE RULES AS YOU HOLD IN THE YES, OTHERS, 29 PAGES OF THESE AND A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF WITNESSES ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED? WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT PAXTON WILL BE THE ONLY HE'S ONLY WITNESS THAT IS SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE TOO, HAS TO COME HERE AND HE HAS TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE SENATE BY 09:00AM ON SEPTEMBER. 5TH WITNESSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SWORN IN AS WELL. THE SENATORS DIDN'T DISCUSS THE RULES IN PUBLIC BEFORE THE SO WE KIND OF HAD TO SIFT THROUGH A LOT OF OURSELVES AFTER THE FACT. ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE MEDIA IS ALLOWED TO BE THERE IN PRESENTS THAT WAY. YOU THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THAT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE UP IN THE GALLERY. WE CANNOT BE ON THE FLOOR, WHICH HAS BEEN THE STANDARD IN THE SENATE. THE LAST 2 SESSIONS, IT ALL OF ITS GOING TO BE PUBLIC UNTIL DELIBERATIONS. SO THAT SAID THERE WAS ONE RULE IN PARTICULAR THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK DID TALK ABOUT BEFORE THEY TOOK A VOTE ON THIS ON THESE RULES. AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE SENATE HAS DIED, BUT NOTED THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH ANYONE THROUGHOUT THIS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. TAKE A LISTEN. >> ON THIS ISSUE. YOU'RE UNITE IT. TAKE A SO THAT JUSTICE. PREVAILS THAT EVERYONE ARE. WE'LL DO THEIR JOB TO THE UTMOST AND FAIRNESS. THIS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL UPCOMING YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD. THE MEMBERS. WELL, THIS FLOOR. BUT HOW YOU CAME TOGETHER. ON THE SET OF RULES AND HOW SERIOUSLY TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES. >> SO THIS RULE THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK OUTLINES FELT REALLY INTENTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT THAT IS FAMILIAR FOR MOST FOLKS IN RECENT MEMORY IN THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. A LOT OF THAT WE SAW WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS WERE TALKING ABOUT PUBLICLY. THEY WERE GOING ON THE MEDIA AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE BEFORE THE TRIAL EVEN REALLY STARTED. SO THIS FELT LIKE SOMETHING INTENTIONAL THAT TEXAS LAWMAKERS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING THIS UNTIL WE GET THAT POINT OF DELIBERATION. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HER AS WE HEARD FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS AND THEY PLAN TO TAKE WITH THE UTMOST RESPONSIBILITY. >> OKAY. MONICA MADDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE TRACKING THIS IS WELL ON KXAN DOT COM. >> WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS REPORTS THAT THE TEXAS AG IS OFFICE TRIED TO PAY PAXON FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE DESPITE HIS IMPEACHMENT AND SUSPENSION, THE TEXAS CONTROLLER'S OFFICE HAD RULED THAT PAXTON WOULD NOT RECEIVE PAY WHILE HE'S SUSPENDED AND AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF HIS TRIAL. THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE TOLD THE NEWSPAPER THAT WHEN IT RECEIVED THE PAY WILL REQUEST FROM THE AGS OFFICE YESTERDAY, IT PUT A HOLD ON PAYROLL FOR THE ENTIRE AGENCY. BUT A SPOKESPERSON SAID THE PAYCHECKS FOR THE OFFICE IS MORE THAN 4,000 EMPLOYEES SHOULD ARRIVE ON TIME. THE PAPER HAS NOT YET REACHED THE
