Amy today we spend the hour with oscarwinning filmmaker Michael Moore. On the 2020 election and impeachment. Lastly, Michael Moore witnessed the historic Impeachment Vote from the front row of the house gallery. But the republicans let off this otherworldly noise it was not a boo, it was like a [groans] whatd to myself, that is the dyindown the source must have sounded like dinosaurs must have sounded like in her final moments. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republicans and democrats are continuing to battle over the terms of President Trumps impeachment trial in the senate. The house has impeached trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress, but House Speaker nancy pelosi has withheld sending the articles of impeachment to the senate over concerns of an unfair trial. Democrats are demanding the senate hear witnesses in the trial, which centers on how trump withheld mility aid from ukrai
Interesting to see the response we are getting across bipartisan lines. I want to say i had a spring in my step because of the moral courage of our caucus to see so many, hundreds of members go to the floor and all we had time for, to go to the floor and speak about our constitution, about the facts of the case, so learly, so patriotically, so solemnly, but some so definitely. I get this off the table right away. To impeeve the president immediately and go onto the next thing sm the next thing is when we see the process that is set norte in the senate and we will know the number of managers we may have to go forward and who will they choose. The precedent for this and i met with our six chairs after the votes last night and we discussed the precedent of it all and that is in the most an t case taking up impeachment. There was a proposal on the floor put together in a bipartisan way, 100 senators voted for the process on how we would go forward on the case of president clinton. We would
Did investors markets react to all of this dire political theatre . By moving to new record heights the house of representatives and in the midst of it all, all the low dram passed President Trumps usmca. The new trade agreement with canada. And mexico, 1. 3 trillion dollars worth, and matter of fact, in the midst of all the political turmoil, radical dems subversion more than 3 years President Trump succeeded delivering another Major Campaign promise continuing to balance and make reciprocal u. S. Trade and with House Speaker pelosis decision to delay o delivery of those articles of impeachment to the senate, and with the house now adjourned for the holidays there wont be any action until early january. The president maintaining dems entire process is a hoax, a setup, and that the republicans are now winning because of pelosis outright default for more we saturn to chief white house krrnt john roberts. Jeff thank you very much a great honor. Offal office welcoming former democratic co
Coming up on washington journal your reactionimpeachme. [video clip] aren this vote, the yeas 230, the nays r 197. Resent is 1 article 1 is adopted. On this vote, the yeas are 229, the nays are 198. Present is 1. Article 2 is adopted. Thosewith that, with votes, President Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached in the house of represented ofs on his 062nd day. On his 1 publicans, 2027488001. Emocrats, 2027488000 and independents, 2027488002. Join us on twitter as well at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan and you can text us at 2027488003. Name, city,r first and state. Lets show you the reaction President Trump had when he learned that last nights rally in battle creek, michigan, the house voted to impeach him. [video clip] vote cominge have a in, every single republican voted for us. Almost 200. We had 198. We did not lose one republican democrats voted for us. Hailey. Thank you, haley, great job. The Republican Party has never been has never been so affronted
Did investors markets react to all of this dire political theatre . By moving to new record heights the house of representatives and in the midst of it all, all the low dram passed President Trumps usmca. The new trade agreement with canada. And mexico, 1. 3 trillion dollars worth, and matter of fact, in the midst of all the political turmoil, radical dems subversion more than 3 years President Trump succeeded delivering another Major Campaign promise continuing to balance and make reciprocal u. S. Trade and with House Speaker pelosis decision to delay o delivery of those articles of impeachment to the senate, and with the house now adjourned for the holidays there wont be any action until early january. The president maintaining dems entire process is a hoax, a setup, and that the republicans are now winning because of pelosis outright default for more we saturn to chief white house krrnt john roberts. Jeff thank you very much a great honor. Offal office welcoming former democratic co