Coming up on washington journal your reactionimpeachme. [video clip] aren this vote, the yeas 230, the nays r 197. Resent is 1 article 1 is adopted. On this vote, the yeas are 229, the nays are 198. Present is 1. Article 2 is adopted. Thosewith that, with votes, President Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached in the house of represented ofs on his 062nd day. On his 1 publicans, 2027488001. Emocrats, 2027488000 and independents, 2027488002. Join us on twitter as well at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan and you can text us at 2027488003. Name, city,r first and state. Lets show you the reaction President Trump had when he learned that last nights rally in battle creek, michigan, the house voted to impeach him. [video clip] vote cominge have a in, every single republican voted for us. Almost 200. We had 198. We did not lose one republican democrats voted for us. Hailey. Thank you, haley, great job. The Republican Party has never been has never been so affronted
Lets begin with the political environment. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis one of the things we might forget all this time Going Forward was that bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency and ken starr became the independent counsel. He began to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. So, by the time were in the fall of 1998, president clinton and his entire white house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. So in the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but they were going into the midterm starr as and what can the independent counsel uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, that he had investigated, and then he heard of an intern named Monica Lewinsky. So at the time the impeachment inquiry was authorized, and in the house, 3
Discussed the house floor vote on articles of impeachment. And alan durso which on his opposition to the impeachment of President Trump. Host the house of representatives is slated to vote for two articles of impeachment for President Trump. The president will stand trial in the senate and the new year. We will begin with your thoughts. Should the president be impeached and removed from office . Democrats 202 7488000. You can go to social. You can join us on cspan or facebook. Com cspan and you can text us your city and state at 2027488003. We will begin with a new poll out by fox. Trumps approval picks up. Found. Look at what fox takeob Approval Rating that from october ticked up from october. His Approval Rating is at 43 . Take a look at the impeachment question. In late october, 40 9 favored impeachment and removal from office. 4 said impeached, but dont opposednd 41 altogether. Say impeach, but dont remove and 41 say do not impeach the president. That is our question for all of do
Thank you and welcome everyone. I am very honored to be here. I also want to recognize Fred Hamptons mother who was here tonight. [applause] and also, bill hampton freds brother and freds sister. And [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce and [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce berkshires. She is here tonight also. [applause] i want to thank northwestern and bernadine for bringing together such a prestigious and accomplished panel. I feel like now, i can sit down and hear what they have to say. I am and all of the people who are here tonight and their accomplishments. I want to thank bernadine for putting it together and for being one of the inspirations for wired with this book. It was bernadine mentioned that fred hampton spoke at Northwestern University law School Almost exactly 40 years ago to the day. The person who introduced him was a young law student by the name of [indiscernible] who is sitting in th
Judiciary Committee Debate on one of the four articles they passed, article three. , related to obstruction of justice. We also see a debate about the impeachment process and the different roles of the house and senate. In the fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. In a few minutes, we will show you the highlights of that debate. Joining us in studio is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Things wee of the might forget Going Forward is bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency. Independentcame the counsel and had begun to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. By the time we are in the fall of 1998, president clinton and his entire white house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations related to his past and arkansas. Even his fundraising efforts,