Alexis well, they passed out of the house Judiciary Committee. There was lots of discussion onto what the rules would be, the rules meeting with the investigation be limited . And the house judiciary had already undertaken that and had established that the inquiry could really run very widely. It wasnt going to be limited to just a certain number of witnesses or a certain number of days or even just to the monica linsky question. So they gave themselves a wide running room. Democrats fought to keep that from happening. But the rules were established and the committee, because our 2116, already line vote, the republicans were in control and they were guiding it and the house floor was ready to take it up under the Republican Leadership of the house at the time. Steve for those of us here, we remember so much drama. We literally went through three speakers, first with the resignation of Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston became the next in line. Then what happens . Well, there was a scramble
And speechwriter he looks at the enormously sympathetic portrait as a politician and how he came to form his political values and his habits and had a real sensibility of how to approach the foundation of that was strongly held moral conviction. And then to tell the story of lincoln telling people and how his father rented him out as an indentured servant to do work on other peoples farms in the backwoods country of kentucky. And then the money was taken away from him and then what that meant to pill for somebody elses labor so unlike other white politicians whether they were anti slavery abolitionis abolitionist, he talked about slavery from the standpoint of the slaves and what it meant to have their time taken from them and their family lives disrupted. So lincoln was a political actor but there was a core to everything that he did. He was not formally educated but then he found his way pretty quickly and became a big fan of tom paine and shakespeare and of course the bible that cam
Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase patriotic philanthropy with generous financing of the restoration of the historical landmark including the Washington Monument the Lincoln Memorial the Us Marine Corps war memorial Washington Library and monticello in montpelier and the arlington house also purchasing copies like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation and
Cspan. Next, a look back at the 19981999 impeachment of president bill clinton. We will show you a portion of the u. S. House floor debate on four articles of impeachment. The house voted to approve two of those articles, making bill clinton the second president in u. S. History impeached since Andrew Johnson in 1868. Steve on december 18 and 19th, 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against present bill clinton. We will show you highlights coming up in a moment. First, explain how the articles move from the house to to share committed the floor within a week. Alexis they pass out of the House Judiciary Committee. There was lots of discussion about what the rules would be. Obviously for this entire inquiry. The rules meaning, what the investigation be limited . And the House Judiciary Committee had already undertaken that and had established that the inquiry could really run very widely. It was not going to be limited to just a certain number of witness
Two journalists who cover the court. And chief Justice John Roberts presides over the Senate Impeachment trial of donald trump. And were going to look ahead, probably ahead. And for National Public radio, you dont know who these people are in detail, look it up. We have 25 minutes and going to talk. You were the acting solicitor general but he acted for a long time, of the United States. And chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news. And paul clement who was solicitor general of the United States. And before that the deputy. Both of these guys are there often, they are both very good advocates. Im going to start by talking about news. There are two cases before the Supreme Court pending, waiting for the justices to say what, if anything they are going to do with them. One is on the dc circuit and the dc circuit ruled when Congress Asked for information from, in this case, Donald Trumps Accounting Firm related to whether they will pass ethics legislation that would require the disclosure o