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Different facts, but the notion that every single republican would throw the back at him wouldnt hold let alone get to 67. could you educate us on that history, that there is something else even in part son times where it seems like the senate, which is a very, very traditional body, doesnt even love the idea of going over that line? >> sure. and im probably the only human being that would say this, ari, but it really goes back to 1868. >> preach. >> that was the andrew johnson impeachment and c...

Violating foreign influence; invited the russians, invited the chinese, the ukraines. the president does this. this is unacceptable. now, to answer your question should there be a vote, i think the members have gone on record, more than 218 indicating that they support the inquiry. i have no reason to believe that they wouldnt vote as they are on record indicating that they would do so. so it would not offend me if we had the vote, but the constitution doesnt require it, and the fact that in two...

Why else would the president bring this up unprompted today in that press conference? maybe hes covering his tracks. anything is possible with this president. i think thats what weve learned in the past two and three quarter years since he took the oath of office. this is a corruption of the way weve always followed the law in this country for the president to be the chief instigator of corruption, is unprecedented in our history. this is way beyond watergate. this is way beyond andrew johnston ...

To justice is the judge, but convictions do not come easy. >> it calls for two-thirds majority for guilt. >> if they fail to convict, the federal official keeps her job, but if convicted, he or she will be removed from office, something that has never happened to a president before. >> only two have been impeached by the house, andrew johnson in 1868, and bill clinton in 1998, both men were later acquitted by the senate and remain in office. >> mark meredith, on the hill, thanks. police in chica...

Of what is happening in the scope of history. >> no president wants to have the big eye tattooed on him impeachment. it makes you part of a losers club of history. we had andrew johnson in 1868. he was impeached and he got to stay in. it didnt go through. he got to finish his term. but he was so hurt by being impeached, he went back to tennessee and ran for senate and won trying to clear his name. we saw bill clinton get impeached and he talked about that its a badge of honor because i was fight...

Theyve been mixed. kristina partsinevelos has more. >> you got it right. impeachments leads to talk and gossip but has not rallied markets just yet. theres some volatility but they look past political events. you brought up andrew johnson. 1868, vintage photos that we had. stocks didnt react. you had bonds that rallied. the president was acquitted three months later. so we dont have a graph to show you because the data is from so long ago. if we move to richard nixons impeachment, we saw more ma...

But what should that tell us about the difficulty of pushing through this process? >> extreme difficulty. it tells you that donald trump is going to be the last man standing. he is going to be able to survive this politically and run for re-election in 2020. theyre not going to be able to knock him down. with andrew johnson, it led into a kind of after 1868 and the impeachment of johnson, it led to a power of congress. in fact, woodrow wilson wrote a whole book about post-johnson impeachme impea...

Senate and none of them have supported impeachment. they will have to convince 20 republicans to convince president trump to reach a two-thirds majority to remove him from office. andrew johnson in 1868 and bill clinton in 1998. and they did believe that high crimes and misdemeanors, for personal and political gains. now, thats a first major piece of the public coming out. our senior capital health producer cha chad pergram joinss now. they had this transcript out and it seems like a key part of...

Will give us that time. >> so far three presidents have faced impeachment, andrew johnson, who was acquitted by the senate in 1868. more than 100 years later, richard nixon resigned after the house tradition are committee passed three impeachment articles. and bill clinton was impeached by the house in 1998, but acquitted by the senate the following year. back then, speaker pelosi held a different view. >> the republican majority is not judging the president with fairness, but impeaching him wit...

To the senate for an impeachment trial. there are 53 republicans in the senate, none of them have supported impeachment, democrats have to convince 20 republicans to convict donald trump to reach a 2 thirds majority needed to remove him from office. there have only been two presidents impeached in the history of the republican andrew johnson in 1868 and bill clinton in 1998, the senate failed to convict in both cases meaning neither were removed from office despite being impeached. the framers d...