Campaign rally in a battleground state. And a lesson from High School Students a mock impeachment vote, and what they can teach us about coming together as a nation. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell and good evening to our viewers in the west. History has just been made as we come on the air. For only the third time in American History, the house of representatives has voted to impeach a president. Donald trump has just joined bill clinton and Andrew Johnson on that list. And in both of those cases, the senate voted not to remove them from office. Now, members in the house have just approved on both counts, those two counts abuse of power, the second count obstruction of congress. Now, this impeachment all stems from charges that President Trump pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival enlisting foreign interference ln a u. S. Election. Oow, the votes followed largely along party lines. All but two democrats voted yes on that first count, three voting yes on the second. Every single republican voted no. Reroughout this, President Trump has remained defiant, repeatedly claiming he did nothing wrong. Hes called the impeachment an attempted coup and assault on america, and as the votes were taken, the president was speaking at a Campaign Rally in michigan surrounded by his supporters. We turn now to nancy cordes who leads us off on capitol hill. Itncy. Nc reporter norah, there is no victory lap from democrats this evening. They say this is a somber moment with few winners. Throughout the day, as the two ebdes bitterly debated these articles of impeachment, lawmakers invoked the founders, the bible, even world war ii, to try to convey how momentous this is. A on this vote, want yeas are 230. The nays are 197. Present is 1. Optecle i is adopted. Reporter tonights historic vote comes just five months after that fateful phone call in enich President Trump asked ukraine for a favor. As speaker of the house i solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the united states. Why do we keep calling this a solemn occasion when youve been wanting to do this ever since the gentleman was elected . Reporter more than 200 house members registered their views today for posterity. Youre about to impeach a duly elected president who has done nothing wrong. Enough is enough. We must protect our constitution, our democracy. F passage of these arms of tlpeachment may permanently damage our republic. When is it ever right for a president to intimidate a foreign leader into announce false investigations into a political rival . I hope that we will finally move past this nightmare and get to work on deliver results for the american people. Article i, abuse of power. Reporter the articles of impeachment accuse President Trump of soliciting foreign interference for corrupt purposes and then trying to cover it up. This was, quite simply, a geopolitical shake down. He came on to the white house lawn and he said, i wanted president zelensky to open an investigation into the bidens. The evidence is overwhelming that he withheld military aid, approved by congress. The majority has not found a single shred of evidence, only second, third, fourthhand information. No one in america could do what donald trump did and get away with it. This is a bunch of bunk. The president has certain individual and privileges by virtue of his office. The gentleman from wisconsin knows full well the president asserted no privileges here. He simply ordered complete defiance of the impeachment inquiry. Reporter republicans accused democrats of a personal vendetta,. Its a sham. Its a sham impeachment. From the beginning, this has been a sham. You simply dont like him. They hate this president. They hate those of us who voted for him. We dont hate the president , but i love my country, and i have no other choice. I just last week, Rudy Giuliani was back at it in ukraine, so, upease, dont tell us to wait uecause the corruption continues. I want to use my time to call on this chamber, for members to rise and observe a moment of silent reflection. And remember the voices of the 63 million American Voters the democrats today are wanting to silence. Reporter Pennsylvania Republican mike kelley likened the impact of impeachment to the pearl harbor bombing. This is a terrible time. This is a date that will live in infamy. Dear ellie and james. Reporter massachusetts democrat joe kennedy addressed his remarks to his children. Let the record show that today, justice won, that we did our job. Odonnell and nancy joins us now from the hill. The question now, nancy, what happens with these articles of impeachment . S reporter well, the process aklls for House Speaker nancy pelosi to name impeachment ennagers who would then physically walk these articles of impeachment over to the senate for a speedy trial. But she hasnt done that yet. And there is a discussion under psy about perhaps delaying the process to give the senate time to take some crucial votes on spending and on trade. And there are some democrats, norah, who they say should hold off until they get some assurances from the republicans eho run the senate that this is going to be a robust trial that stvolves new witnesses. Ew odonnell per the constitution, the senates role is to decide whether to remove the president from office. That has never happened in American History. Thd with republicans controlling the senate, that is unlikely to happen this time. Thank you, nancy. En should note, President Trump is currently addressing a christmasthemed Campaign Rally in battle creek, michigan. And its provided quite a split screen moment. Weijia jiang is there. And, weijia, what have we heard from the president thus far . Reporter well, norah, ntesident trump wanted to carefully choreograph this historic appearance. He showed up to the stage over ure hour late, this was, apparently, no accident. The Vice President told the crowd that he first wanted to see the historic unified republican vote on capitol hill. That didnt happen. He came out and within a couple of minutes, started attacking. The president tonight was defiant. We did nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong. And we have tremendous support in the Republican Party, like weve never had before. Nobodys ever had this kind of support. Reporter mr. Trump attacked the house process and the people behind it. Crazy Nancy PelosisHouse Democrats. booing have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame. And it really is. Its a disgrace. After three years of sinister witch hunts, hoaxes, scams, eonight the House Democrats are trying to nullify the ballots of tens of millions of patriot americans. E reporter he came to battle creek, michigan because its a critical battleground state. Its also in the district represented by congressman justin amash, who abandoned the Republican Party and switched to an independent after declaring he supported impeaching President Trump. The radical left in congress is consumed with hatred and envy and rage. You see whats going on. booing ill tell you, these people are crazy. Reporter for most of the day, the president was out of sight but paying attention to he house debate tweeting out attacks on the democrats. Sources tell cbs news mr. Trump is furious his legacy will now b permanently tarnished by apeachment, and specifically, that his name will forever be linked with the last president i be impeached, bill clinton. I just said to the first ldy, youre so lucky i took fu on this fantastic journey. Its so much fun. They want to impeach you. They want to do worse than that. Reporter despite the results in the house, President Trump said hell fight the trial in fe senate, slated to begin early next year. This lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the democrat harty. You have seen my polls in the last four weeks . cheers and applause reporter well, the Trump Campaign says it is convinced impeachment will help President Trump win a second term. Tonight, they sent a fund raising text to supporters that said, dems just voted to impeach. And he, the president , wants a list of donors because he will make them three to one. Norah, he vowed to fight the democrats who he accused tonight of bringing suffering to the republic with impeachment. Odonnell all right, weijia jiang there. Thank you, lets bring in major garrett, our chief washington correspondent, and margaret brennan, the moderator of face o e nation. Margaret, this was the culmination of 30 hours of public testimony, 12 witnesses, enl with largely the same story. I want to go to the substance of this, which is that the president invited ukraine to try and investigate a political rival. Reporter thats right. And withheld aid already approved by the u. S. Congress in ife hopes of pressuring the ukrainian president to at least announce, if not follow through n investigation. Odonnell the ambassador to the European Union says it was a quid pro quo. Tl reporter yes, exactly that. The one sort of caveat he threw in was the president didnt directly tell him. And that is where republicans have pointed time and time again. No one actually heard the im using this to bribe. But there was a consistent string of state department and National Security officials who aestified under oath that they were witness to the planning of this, the conversations, both at the white house and in ukraine, ho exert this pressure, to get something in return ececifically, an investigation opened into the former Vice President and his son as regards Ukrainian Gas Company that anyter biden served on the board o. Odonnell major, we heard the argument from the republicans today that this was an accelerated timeline. Reporter yes. Odonnell that it happened so quickly, and that it was one of the thinnest records ever to impeach a president. Reporter right. Iw, part of that is because the dite house didnt provide mecuments or witnesses, did not cooperate. Thats the underlying basis for the obstruction of congress starge. But republicans also said all these allegations sound terrible and scary and threatening of the constitution. Emt you didnt prove them. In the end, the aid was released. The ukrainians have said over and over they felt no pressure. So republicans take all of those public utterances and fact patterns and say, democrats you sre unfairly inferring the worst about this president , irich is what, republicans said, democrats always do. The democrats said wait a ,inute, wait a minute. This fact pattern is clear. Youre ignoring a clear body of evidence and testimonial titnesses who said to them, this is not only what it looked like. This is what it felt like, and this is how we were all talking about it. And you cant ignore that,. Emocrats said. Odonnell you know, one of the things we saw as we look ick in history, it was almost 21 years ago that bill clinton mas impeached in the house of representatives. Before that happened, he was bmorseful in the rose garden. President trump is by no means apologizing. He is fighting hard. Reporter he is true to his brand of doubling down and, basically, the answer being, so what . From the beginning, with releasing the socalled canscript or call record saying, okay, youre saying there are questions here. Rere you go. Take a look at my record of things. Rudy giuliani just in the past few days, his personal attorney, tas gone on multiple Television Shows and described his effort to remove the ambassador to the raraine because he thought she was getting in way of his personal agenda. So all of that seems bold, its brazen. It is very President Trump. And he will now run as the very first president to ever be impeached and then had to go out on the campaign trail and run for reelection. And we dont know if theres ultimately a political cost to him on that level. But for today, it certainly hurts. Odonnell and thats whats extraordinary about this, because both clinton and nixon were in their second terms. Nixon, of course, resigned after that r om the supreme liurt, and bill clinton was in nts second term and was able to m rve that time out. Thd thats whats different is this is the first time in our history reporter we are plowing night into a reelection campaign. Or will be a stark reminder of leat the president did, what he says he didnt do, and the underlying presumptions that feed into democratic and republican attitudes about President Trump. Umpeachment will be locked in to the 2020 conversation. d odonnell absolutely. All right, major garrett, margaret brennan, thank you. Now, congress voted essentially iaong party lines on impeachment. Oet what does the rest of the country think . Well, Dean Reynolds looks at how ooters coast to coast are reacting to the impeachment, and he got an earful. The house will be in order. Reporter as history was made in washington today, a divided country dug in. Any time you seek to use your office for your personal, political or monetary gain, then you should be impeached. Reporter do you think the charges are bogus . Yes, i do, completely, 100 bogus. Politics is a crazy game. I dont get caught up in it. Reporter at franks diner in canotoa, wisconsin, the state a neoperty won by a near 23,000 votes, steve lawless said mr. Trump deserves what he gets. I dont think hes been a good president. I think he has broken a lot of laws. He broke a lot of laws before he was president. Yeah, im all for it. Reporter but at p. J. s cafe in dallas, tv monitors told an impeachment story almost no one was buying. The comicrats trying to overthrow a dual elected president we put in office rtarmts reporter the responses confirmed that stubborn partisanship is cleaving the country. The latest cbs news polling shows 42 favor the propertys ilmoval while 42 do not. In san francisco. I dont think anybodys mind is being changed because of the proceedings. Reporter in miami, some said the day was one for the books. I think it is a great turning point in American History, and a reminder that nobody is above the law. Reporter the president s backers were outspoken in iowa, even as they expressed misgivings about his style. I think hes been effective in what hes done. Do i think hes a nice person . Or would i want to invite him in my home to meet my wife and daughters . No. Reporter there was some ambivalence here in wisconsin. De im not in favor of President Trump. But at the same time, i dont think the impeachment is going to work and hes going to stay in office anyway. Reporter and there was fatigue in ohio. I am tired of the impeachment. Really, i havent tuned in because its kind of depressing. Reporter and on that note, people both sides of impeachment told us one thing over and over, untr they have never seen this country so bitterly divided and wish there was some way to bridge the gap. Norah. Odonnell indeed, dean, thank you. As tonights vote played out at the capitol, top Democratic Candidates were gathering in los angeles ahead of their next debate, and ed okeefe reports impeachment is very much on their minds. Reporter tomorrow night, some of them will battle it out on the debate stage here in california. But today, the democratic president ial candidates agree on impeaching President Trump. The fact pattern is clear he used his Public Office for his own personal good. The evidence is very clear. This president violated his oath of office. Reporter the calls for napeachment began in april with senator Elizabeth Warren after the release of the mueller report. The president engages in this kind of activity, then its time for impeachment. Reporter one by one, her opponents jumped on board. Former Vice President joe biden, mr. Trumps target for an investigation in ukraine, was the last to do so. Donald trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this chtion and committed impeachable acts. Reporter our polls show democratic voters overwhelmingly support impeaching the president , but they want to hear more about beating him. Democrats also want their candidates to talk about the issues, like health care, climate change, and jobs. We cannot simply be consumed by donald trump because if we are, you know what . Were going to lose the election. Reporter Bernie Sanders is one of five candidates who are also senators. They would have to be in washington for an impeachment trial, taking them off the campaign trail in the weeks just myfore voting begins. If i my constitutional duty requires me to be in washington for this incredibly important moment in our countrys history, i will be there. Odonnell ed joins us now. Ed, thats so interesting, because iowa is february 3. New hampshire february 11. What are these senators going to do if they have to be in washington . Oiw are they going to keep the vementum going on their campaigns. Reporter its a unique challenge, norah. Idve never really seen a president ial campaign this late in the cycle shoved aside by something going on in washington. The senators who are running for president tell us theyre likely to do things like hold telephone town halls each night after the trial and then find ways to quickly get back up on the on the campaign trail, either during breaks or once its all over. One thing they made clear, is they will all be at this trial. Candidates like joe biden, and pete buttigeig, will have iowa all to themselves, potentially a very big advantage to them come january. Odonnell a really bteresting point. Thank you. Tei