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Treason, high crime. and it involves looking at the law. thats an inquiry. an impeachment itself is something quite different. it is voting on articles of impeachment like an indictment which is then handed over to the senate. >> so we know there has been two presidents that have been impeached. andrew johnson in may of 1868. he winds up being acquitted by a single vote in the senate. he was impeached because he violated a law. he ignored a law and fired the secretary of war and was also trying ...

President who was trying to undo the verdict of the civil war who was lashed out as congressional opponents, tracked in conspiracy theories. andrew johnson gave a speech i think it was on washingtons birthday shortly after he became president where he just lashes out at everyone. its eerily resonant with what were seeing now. and the answer for the republicans then, the party of lincoln, remember johnson had gone on the ticket as a wartime active conciliation. he was really a democrat. the repub...

From the early reconstruction era. it was the impeachment of andrew johnson. im not trying to make this a neat package here, but in fact, the way the country handled it in 1867, 68 when you had a president who was trying to undo the verdict of the civil war who was lashed out as congressional opponents, tracked in conspiracy theories. andrew johnson gave a speech i think it was on washingtons birthday shortly after he became president where he just lashes out at everyone. its eerily resonant wit...

Defined thom. defied them by saying i dont ca care. im going to fire my secretary of war. they went to impeach him. they say he escaped a trial by one vote. that was 1868. that was an election year he could not be nominated for another term as president. >> does the impeachment sanction withstand acquittal. if youre acquitted are you still impeached and what does that do in terms of the way they historians view a president? >> it really depends on the case. in the richard nixon case as you said ...

Federalist papers they made it clear impeachment is not going to be a pleasant thing it can cause turmoil and cause people to vote along party lines. when andrew johnson was impeached in 1868 he was impeached for speak ill of congress. if you cause harm to society, thats the test. then you can be impeached. >> neil: let me get a sense where you see this going. if you are well shy of the 218 votes and you want to make a statement because you believe the president is a racist or whatever his langu...

Culture of segregation is putting down african-americans. now you got people, i think dumpster diving trying to find folks yearbooks and stuff. this may be the tip of the iceberg. how deep is this history of blackface in. >> incredibly pervasive. ive been studying this for about 13 years. the relationship between political power and jim krou america and amateur black face ministstrel minstr minstrelcy. they were global celebrities in the 19th century black face performers. after the civil war in...

Article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very sober. >> a stunned ...

Representatives now had to delve into the facts and findings of the starr report and decide if william jefferson clinton should be the first u.s. president to be impeached since andrew johnson in 1868. but first, they took a vote on another explosive matter -- releasing the videotape of president clintons grand-jury deposition. >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is. >> at 9:27 a.m. eastern time, the presidents videotaped grand-jury testimony rolled. it played in congressional o...

Representatives now had to delve into the facts and findings of the starr report and decide if william jefferson clinton should be the first u.s. president to be impeached since andrew johnson in 1868. but first, they took a vote on another explosive matter -- releasing the videotape of president clintons grand-jury deposition. >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is. >> at 9:27 a.m. eastern time, the presidents videotaped grand-jury testimony rolled. it played in congressional o...

The nays are 212. article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very so...