House Impeaches President Trump; Bitterly Divided House Votes To Impeach Pres. Trump

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Bitterly Divided House Votes To Impeach Pres. Trump; Pelosi Threatens To Withhold Trump Impeachment Articles Until Senate Guarantees "Fair" Trial; Pelosi On Trump Impeachment: Today Is "A Great Day For The Constitution" But "A Sad Day For America"; Pres. Trump Accuses Dems Of Declaring "Open War On American Democracy" As House Impeaches Him; House Impeaches President Trump; Trump Impeached For Abuse Of Power, Obstruction Of Congress; Pres. Trump Becomes Third President Impeached By House; House Votes 230-197 To Charge President Trump With Abuse Of Power And 229-198 For Obstructing Congress; Pelosi Threatens To Withhold Trump Impeachment Articles Until Senate Guarantees "Fair" Trial; Pres. Trump Insults Grieving Widow Rep. Debbie Dingell; Pres. Trump Insults Grieving Widow Rep. Debbie Dingell, Implies Her Husband Is "Looking Up" From HellTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening from Washington.
0:02.3	We're not only has the president been impeached,
0:03.9	the speaker of the House has also exercised her power
0:06.5	in such a way it could change everything about what comes next
0:11.2	or is our presidential historian Tim Neftali put it earlier tonight.
0:14.0	Wow. Nancy Pelosi earned that wow just moments after ushering Donald,
0:18.2	Donald John Trump into the history books.
0:20.7	On this vote, the A's are 230.
0:26.6	The A's are 197.
0:29.2	Present is one.
0:32.8	Article one is adopted.
0:36.4	On this vote, the A's are 229.
0:40.2	The A's are 198.
0:42.8	Present is one.
0:44.6	Article two is adopted.
0:48.2	And with that, Donald Trump became, along with Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton,
0:51.4	only the third president ever to face trial and possible removal from office in the Senate.
0:56.2	Members almost entirely along party lines adopting two articles of impeachment,
1:00.0	one that he abused the power of his office,
1:02.2	biologically seeking or extorting Ukraine's help to get reelected
1:06.6	and two, obstructing the congressional inquiry into it, obstruction of Congress.
1:10.6	But it was after her gavel came down that speaker Pelosi said something
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