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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 we're 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 question is on adoption of article two. the question is on the adoption of article two. those in fav...

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 two, obstruction of congress resolution. there's two articles of impeachment. the first one abuse of ...

>> 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 extorti extortion, as a lure to get dirt on his political opponents. and no president has ever issued a...

Waters, understanding the caucus, especially those moderate democrats that all were talking about. we're seeing these votes now. tomorrow there's 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 voting for her as speaker. a lot of them are saying, they were wrong about that. >> it looks like one d...

Be not just donald trump's 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. >> that's 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 obstruction of congress will begin. again, that will probably happen rather quickly because they're all ...