CNN CNN Special Report December 24, 2019 04:19:00
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. nixon's 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. >> there is the president waving goodbye as you hear the applause. >> but the scandal itself trigger...