the majority leader is recognized. mr. chief justice, the senate is ready too vote on the articls of impeachment and after that, we will adjourn the court of impeachment. the clerk will read the first article of impeachment.jo piece of power. the constitution provided the house of representatives, quote, shall have the full power of impeachment and the president shall be removed from office on impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors and his conduct of the office of president of the united states and in violation of the o constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of the constitutional duties take care datun the wall be faithfully executed. donald trump is abused the powers of the presidency and that using the powers of his office he solicited the that hee interference
High School Seniors who came up with the idea for thursdays program. Lidya tadesse, 12th grade we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. About two dozen people attended. Hans wants thursdays discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. Nancy hans, executive director, Prevention Council i look at that as heres an opportunity there are new faces in there. So we want to continue to build on all of this. If youre interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. We have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7 dotcom. Christian heilman, wdbj7. New tonight, 67 people have been indicted on 188 drug charges in our area. This morning the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task force made the arrests with help from several local agencies and state police. Those arrested face charges related to marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Lynchburg police need your help solving several breaking and entering incidents ar
Police say there will be an increased Police Presence in blacksburg because of the search. Search effort yesterday. And more than 12 hundred searchers neighborhood to pass out fliers. A follow up now the Virginia Department of health has lifted a boil water notice in wythe county. The boil water notice was issued after a water main break earlier this week that caused 200 thousand gallons of water to empty from a water tank near route 11. After multiple tests of the water, the Health Department has determined the water is safe. Residents nearby are free to return to with some of these winds look at the wind us twenty nine mylan our wind us hot springs twenty eight bluefield thirty 32 in galax with the roanoke. The last wind us thirty six miles an are you take the temperature take the wind us look what it feels like out there right now would talk about the warm weather this weekend but still been a get through this afternoon feels against only eleven in hot springs at this lunch hour eig
Impeachment vote. I am martha maccallum. I am bret baier, Just Moments Away returning the verdict in President Trumps impeachment trial. Senators will castro two votes. One for each article of impeachment. The first abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Guilty or not guilty, for a look at how this will play out, lets turn to Congressional Correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill. Good afternoon, chad. For only the third time in u. S. History, the senate will vote to determine the guilt or innocence of a u. S. President. There have been a total of impeachment 20impeachments, s and removals, that will not happen today. In the past several moments we have gotten the news that joe manchin, democratic senator from West Virginia will vote to convict, and the senator from arizona will vote to convict as well paired here are the mechanics. When i come back into session, they will go through each article of impeachment, the senators will be called alphabetically. They will rise from th