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It would be hard to imagine a more memorable day in the history of constitutional law than this one. at 11:00 a.m., the supreme court tells the president he was wrong to withhold those tapes. at 7:00 p.m. the president announces he will of course obey. at 8:00 p.m. the house judiciary committee opens its doors to the national television audience for its final impeachment debate. >> the american people, the house of representatives and the constitution demand that we make up our mind. >> for all ...

Quiet. mr. rodino. >> aye. >> peter went in the back and cried. we took it very seriously. >> with that vote, mr. nixon became the first president in more than a century and only the second in all of our history to confront removal from office through the only means provided in the constitution, impeachment. >> i stood by nixon and felt he should remain in office, but then we discovered the tape of june 23rd. this was fatal. >> good evening. president nixon stunned the country today by admitting...

>> this impeachment inquiry has been historical and honorable. >> republicans understood they were not going to carry their base if they voted for impeachment and some of them did it anyway. >> all those in favor, signify by saying ai, all those opposed, no. >> mr. donahue. >> aye. >> mr. brooks, aye. >> the committee approved three articles of impeachment, obstruction of justice, of congress, abuse of power. >> no, no. >> aye, aye. >> mr. rodeno. >> no. >> chairman peter rodeno left the room an...

♪ next the walls were closed on me ♪ ♪ and i discovered that my castles stand ♪ ♪ upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand ♪ >> youre in the office of the president of the united states. how can you talk about blackmail and keeping witnesses silent? >> william jefferson clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> the impeachment effort against him failed by a single vote in the senate. >> president nixon -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> a fallen leader. >> there it i...

>> all those in favor, signify by saying aye. all those opposed, no. >> mr. donahue. >> aye. >> mr. brooks. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the committee approved three articles of impeachment -- obstruction of justice, contempt of congress, abuse of power. >> mr. hutchinson. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> mr. rodino? >> aye. >> chairman peter rodino left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote, but it never happened. ni...

>> the whitewater controversy -- >> whitewater. >> i have nothing to say about it. >> hes thinking what am i going to do? >> andrew johnsons impeachment was over policy. >> he did not deserve to be president of the united states. >> im not a crook. >> one thing leads to another. >> a grave and profound crisis. ♪ one minute i held the key ♪ next the walls were closed on me ♪ ♪ and i discovered that my castles stand ♪ ♪ upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand ♪ >> youre in the offic...

Fair. >> this impeachment inquiry has been both historic and honorable. >> republicans understood that they were not going to carry their base if they voted for impeachment. and some of them did it anyway. >> all those in favor, signify by saying aye. all those opposed, no. >> mr. donahue. >> aye. >> mr. brooks. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the committee approved three articles of impeachment -- obstruction of justice, contempt of congress, abuse of power. >> mr. hutchinson. >> no. >> no. ...

Saying that you are the star witnesses and you cant prove the case. and then you had the comeback from peter welch saying glad to have you. the person starting it, that would be president trump. >> bret: looking at the committee, lets take a listen in as they are getting ready to vote. >> allowing us to have the debate but apparently thats not the case. >> point of order, mr. chairman. speak with the motion of table nondebatable. call the role. >> chairman schiff. >> aye. mr. carson. mr. quigley...

Me ♪ ♪ and i discovered that my castles stand ♪ ♪ upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand ♪ >> youre in the office of the president of the united states. how can you talk about blackmail and keeping witnesses silent? >> william jefferson clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> the impeachment effort against him failed by a single vote in the senate. >> president nixon -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> a fallen leader. >> there it is. >> impeached for high crimes an...

Southerner was walter flowers of alabama. he had served as the segregationist george wallaces campaign chairman. >> i wake up nights, at least on those nights ive been able to go to sleep lately, wondering if this could not be some sordid dream. impeach the president of the united states. >> but he did vote to impeach even though walter flowers said it gave him an ulcer. even the conservatives who stuck with the president reached across the aisle to say thank you. >> i must admit in all candidne...