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Contempt of congress. abuse of power. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> mr. rodino? >> aye. >> chairman rodino left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote. but it never happened. nixons wall of republican defendants had crumbled. >> there is a countdown tonight, the expected end of the presidency. >> at 9:00 tonight, the president of the united states will address the nation. >> it was over. the impeachment the framers had imagined, it worked. democracy worked. >...

As he explained in federalist 51, ambition must be made to counteract ambition. but the system only works if all sides respect it. congress doesnt have an army or police force at its disposal. neither does the supreme court. when the supreme court held unanimously that richard nixon could not use executive privilege to withhold the watergate tapes, president nixon immediately agreed to comply even though he knew it would mean the end of his presidency. >> theres the president waving good-bye, an...

51, "ambition must be made to counteract ambition." but the system only works if all sides respect it. congress doesnt have an army or police force at its disposal. neither does the supreme court. when the supreme court held unanimously that richard nixon could not use executive privilege to withhold the watergate tapes, president nixon immediately agreed to comply. even though he knew it would mean the end of his presidency. >> there is the president waving good-bye. you hear the applause. >> a...

>> aye. >> they called three articles of impeachment. obstruction of justice, obstruction of congress, abuse of power. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> mr. rodino? >> aye. >> chairman rodino left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote. but it never happened. nixons wall of republican defendants had crumbled. >> there is a countdown tonight, the expected end of the presidency. >> at 9:00 tonight, the president of the united states will address the nation. >> it w...

I just happen to be willing to speak up on it and open myself to attacks. this is at least the third time shes been accused of making anti-semitic remarks with her latest comments, nearly a dozen pro-israel groups are reportedly urging house speaker nancy pelosi to remove omar from the house housing affairs comm. as being one of the already crowded presidential primary just got bigger. they are breaking away from other progressive candidates. senator bernie sanders said he did not support slaver...

>> reporter: peter doocy has more of the 2020 countdown tonight. >> reporter: the first wave of 2020 candidates came from congress, the next wave is coming from statehouses. >> im john hicken looper. im running for president because we are facing a crisis. >> reporter: the former colorado governor joins a deal where many of the most excited primary voters made up their minds. this weekend, 12,500 screaming fans turned out in chicago not to cheer for the pool or bears or blackhawks but bernie. >>...

And the uproar onboard. first, it was united, now american airlines. the flight attendant and the family with a stroller. good evening. and its great to have you with us here on a monday night. and we begin with what could be the most important week for the donald trumps presidency so far. that other countdown tonight, the government running out of money on saturday, his 100th day. he wants the wall on the mexican border in the budget. he said american taxpayers would foot the bill first. some...

Korans by a small florida church and our fifth story on the countdown tonight. the pastor of the church said the burning was canceled. it is too late to call back no matter what happens next already rippling through afghanistan. well have that later in the hour. we begin with pastor jones of the dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, who decided months to go to burn korans to take a stand against radical islam and american accommodation of it. despite a direct appeal by president ob...