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Hall. 163 right now in favor. 108 opposed to this first article of impeachment abuse of power. >> yeah. as this is happening, early this morning when we were talking, i told you that there was a palpable sense that things felt different here. now as this vote is happening, im just maybe 10, 15 feet from the house floor. the air is heavy. it just feels different. the moment is -- has taken over despite the fact that everybody saw this coming for several weeks, despite the fact that the arguments ...

To survive the primary -- vote against this. >> you gave an eloquent statement about how the democrats dont like donald trump. but you left out one thing. you left out the same thing that republicans keep leaving out throughout this discussion, which is what donald trump did. you never defend what he did. did he go to a vulnerable country and say, you are only getting our taxpayer money if you give us dirt on joe biden? is that okay? >> every republican would say that he did not do that. i think...

Majority. in nancy pelosis case, she didnt want the cheers and republicans wanted to have the vote by you have to say your name. republicans wanted to have a full roll call vote the old fashioned way where they would say congresswoman slotkin and she would have to say aye. its against house rules for the member to use the floor in a campaign ad but weve seen the floor show up in super pac ads. nancy pelosi did not want her members to have to on camera to say aye because the vulnerable ones it wo...

The date. it was not long ago that there was word there was a whistle-blower and then it just snowballed. >> the republicans today tried to convince the american public this is a political vendetta. an impeachment in search of a crime or in search of a high crime and misdemeanor. what you see today essentially is breaking down what it really means -- >> four votes away. >> to reject the notion you are above the law. what that means is no one is immune from the constitutional oversight that our f...

Though their jobs are on line. >> look. that republican vote has gone away. it was a mistake. we clearly anticipated it. >> donald trump and republicans were courting the voeks in the districts that they were able to flip. >> some went to the white house christmas party. >> they held with nancy pelosi. >> they know its going to the senate where the president is likely not to get impeached. they are knowing they are going over the cliff here. >> they are voting understanding the politics of our t...

Whether they wanted a strong executive. james madison wanted a weak executive. alexander hamilton and others convinced them to have a strong executive. they all knew they wanted george washington. they designed the position of president of the united states for one man. they also knew however that were mere mortals. not everyone would be like washington. there might be a time when you would need -- >> on this vote, the yeas are 230. the nays are 197. present is one. article one is adopted. the q...

Gentleman from new york -- for what -- >> i ask for -- madam speaker, i ask for -- >> for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask for a roll call vote. >> a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. the house will be in order. a sufficient number have risen. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. >> so now they are getting ready to vote on article two, the article t...

>> we are waiting for the -- for this vote to be announced by speaker pelosi. the results of this vote to be finally announced as she gavels it in. then to move to the second article of impeachment. we wait fwor that historic moment, what are your thoughts? >> the president was impeached for one reason. because he deserved it. because no president has ever done what he did. no president has betrayed his oath the way this president has by taking taxpayer dollars and using it as a bribe, as an ext...

Waters, understanding the caucus, especially those moderate democrats that all were talking about. were seeing these votes now. tomorrow theres going to be a vote on a trade deal. those moderates can go home, a lot of them in trump districts where trade is a big deal, to talk about the fact that they gave the president a win and that is not a dirty thing to say. we should keep that in mind about how she has played this, especially somebody for whom -- the moderates, many of them ran on not votin...

Be not just donald trumps legacy but part of their legislative legacy as elected officials. >> dana, after this first vote, there will be a second vote on the second article of impeachment, obstruction of congress. >> thats right. we expect it to happen rather quickly. all of the debate happened before the vote started. because you see, there are a lot of people on the house floor, as you mentioned. the vote is happening rather quickly. once this first article abuse of power is done, then obstru...