rage from doing permanent damage to oui’ rage from doing permanent damage to our republic. the framers built the senate to keep temporary rage from doing permanent damage to our republic. mr president is that we will do when we in this president breaking impeachment. i hope we look back on this note and say, at this busy day the fever began to break. i hope we will not say, is just the beginning. call of the chair.

senator mitch mcconnell they're wrapping up his closing and talking almost the same but from a different point of view saying that there was a conspiracy theory but it was that president trump was coordinated with the russians and that is something that the democrats never really got over and said the democrats always wa nted over and said the democrats always wanted to impeach this president. got the divergent stories, from democrats, republicans, defending donald trump and an abuse of trust trying to deny the vote and remove the president from office. and that is the way it is been throughout this trial. it has been used just in the last few minutes, the democrats, there were three of them they

thought would fold with the republicans to acquit the president but they have all said that they will not. the majority, 53 of them, there 47 democrats 67 votes are needed for a conviction but the outcome is not in any doubt. . the republican senator said that he will convict donald trump on the first article of impeachment. but you will be the only one on the republican side of the aisle. looking less and less likely that any of the democrats, they can probably rule it out because we heard in the past hour that all of them are going to

vote to remove the president. so this is a bipartisan vote to convict, not a bipartisan vote to acquit. the former adviser to george w. bush, let us be absolutely clear, and a few minutes' time, the president is likely to be acquitted and he will still be president after this vote. so how much does the fact that thejunior senator this vote. so how much does the fact that the junior senator from utah this vote. so how much does the fact that thejunior senatorfrom utah is voting to convict him, the articles of impeachment, abuse of power, change the story at all?” of impeachment, abuse of power, change the story at all? i think the way we should look at this is it is a political question or as a legal question? legal in the constitution says that he needed two thirds majority or 67 votes to convict and remove a president from office. they are not going to have that threshold today. but from political standpoint, i think the president is

going to be wounded by this news going to be wounded by this news going to be wounded by this news going to look and say that he did not have unanimous republican support to acquit him, to keep him in office and the narrative moving forward will be, how will that impact the president as he moves forward to try to bring the country forward , forward to try to bring the country forward, can you do this with an asterisk with one of his ranking votes going against them. scathing, and appalling abuse of public trust and appalling abuse of public trust and perhaps most abusive and destructive violations of 1's oath of office that i can imagine and there have been comments on social media that he is not the only republican senator who thinks that way. he will be the only one to vote to re m ove way. he will be the only one to vote to remove the president, but there are others, alexander, said that she thought the president had learned his lesson. there are other republican senators who feel this way. good afternoon to you and is

one minister debate coaches lean twice, the statement that he issued sounded like he is coming from the heart of senator romney. the republicans may not agree with them, they may not share his perspective but from my viewpoint, my vantage point, this is the governor romney that i've known for many years now and he probably struggled a great deal and at great length to arrive at this conclusion. something that would not make them popular back in utah, would not become popular back in washington with his republican collea g u es in washington with his republican colleagues in the president of the united states stop i will go back to the senate because the chiefjustice is speaking. he will be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery,". in his conduct in the office of president of the united states in violation of his constitutional oath

to execute the office of president in the united states into the best of his ability to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states in violation of his constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump that the laws be faithfully executed, donald] trump as abuse the powers of the presidency and that using the powers of his office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, the ukraine and the 2020 election, soliciting the government of the ukraine to publicly announce investigation that would benefit his reelection, harm the election prospects of a political opponent and influence the 2020 united states presidential election to his advantage. president trump also pressure the government of the ukraine to take the steps by conditioning official united states government acts of significant value to the ukraine and its public announcement of the investigations.

president trump engaged in the scheme and course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of political benefit. in doing so, president trump use the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromises the national security of the united states and undermined the integrity of the democratic process. in the interest of the nation, president trump engaged in the scheme and course of conduct to the following means. president trump acting both directly through his agents within and outside the united states government correctly solicited the government of the ukraine to publicly announce the investigations into a, a political opponent former vice president joseph biden and b, a discredited theory promoted by rush alleging that the ukraine rather than russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. two for the same corrupt motives that president trump acting both directly and through his agents within the outside of the united states

government conditioned to official acts on the public announcements that he had requested. the release of $291 million of united states taxpayer funds that congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis on the basis of providing necessary military assistance to the ukraine to oppose russian aggression which donald trump ordered suspended and b,a donald trump ordered suspended and b, a head of state meeting at the white house which the president of ukraine sought to demonstrate continued united states support for the government of the ukraine in the face of russian aggression. three, faced with the public original his actions, he released the military assistance to the government or the —— of the ukraine and solicited the ukraine to take investigations for his political benefit. these actions we re his political benefit. these actions were consistent with the president trump's previous allegations of interference in the election. throughout all of this, he abuse the

powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. he has also betrayed the nation by using his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting the democratic elections. such conduct is demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner thatis office and has acted in a manner that is incompatible with self—governance and the rule of law. president trump once impeachment trial, removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the united states. each senator when his or her name is called, will stand in his and her plates and vote guilty or not guilty as required by rule 23 of the senate rules of impeachment. article one section three clause six of the constitution regarding the vote

required for conviction and impeachment provides that no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present. the question is in the first article of impeachment, senators how say you? is the respondent donaldj senators how say you? is the respondent donald j trump senators how say you? is the respondent donaldj trump guilty or not guilty? a roll call is required. mr alexander. mr alexander, not guilty. ms. baldwin, guilty. mr barrasso, not guilty. mr bennett, guilty. mrs blackburn, not guilty. mr blumenthal, guilty. mr blunt, not

guilty. mr booker, guilty. mr grossman, guilty. mr braun, not guilty. mr brown, guilty. right now, the senators are voting in alphabetical orderfor the senators are voting in alphabetical order for the abuse of power article. not guilty. alphabetical order for the abuse of powerarticle. not guilty. mr cardin, guilty. mr carper, guilty. mr casey, guilty. mr cassidy, not guilty. ms. collins, not guilty. mr,

guilty. ms. collins, not guilty. mr, guilty. mr cornyn, not guilty. mr cortez —— ms. cortez, guilty. mr cotton, not guilty. mr kramer, not guilty. mr crapo, not guilty. mr cruz, not guilty. mr daines, not guilty. ms. duckworth, guilty. mr durbin, guilty. mr enzi, not guilty. mr ernst, ms. ernst, guilty. mrs

fisher, not guilty. mr gardner, not guilty. mrs gillibrand, guilty. mr graham, not guilty. mr grassley, not guilty. ms. harris, guilty. mr holly, not guilty. mr heinrich, guilty. ms. geraldo, guilty, mr hoven, not guilty. mrs heitzman, not

guilty. mr and i , not guilty. mrjohnson, not guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mr kennedy, not guilty. mr king, guilty. mr langford, not guilty. mr lahey, guilty. mr lee, not guilty. mrs leffler, not guilty.

mr mansion, guilty. mr markey, guilty. mr mcconnell, not guilty. this week mr menendez, guilty. mr markley, guilty. mr moran, not guilty. mr murkowski, —— miss murkowski, not guilty. mr murphy, guilty. and with that, but the president has 3a senators floating him not guilty which means that he has been acquitted on the first article of impeachment on the charge of abuse

of power. as they cast his vote on this extraordinary historic occasion only the third time in american history that the senators voted on and impeachment trial the president. mr reid, guilty. mr roberts, not guilty. mr romney, guilty. ms. rosen, guilty. mr rounds, not guilty. mr rubio, not guilty. mr sanders, guilty. mr z guilty. mr rubio, not guilty. mr sanders, guilty. mrz has, not guilty. mr shots, sanders, guilty. mrz has, not guilty. mrshots, guilty. mr

schumer, guilty. mr scott of florida, not guilty. mr scott of south carolina, not guilty. ms. shaheen, guilty. mr shelby, not guilty. ms. smith, guilty. mr sullivan, not guilty. mrtester, guilty. not guilty. mrtillis, not guilty. not guilty. mrtillis, not guilty. mr toomey, not

guilty. not guilty. mrtillis, not guilty. mrtoomey, not guilty. mr van holland, guilty. mrwarner, guilty. ms. warren, guilty. mrwhite house, guilty. mrwicker, not guilty. mr whiting, house, guilty. mrwicker, not guilty. mrwhiting, guilty. mr young, not guilty. so that is it. the first vote on the first article, the article of impeachment for abuse of power in the final vote was 52, and not guilty, when republican, mitt romney across the aisle, defied

the president and the white house andindeed the president and the white house and indeed his party to vote to convict. though it is striking even though there was a foregone conclusion, how one man alone, when republican senator so dramatically changed the mood of the day and tone of the day and the character of that vote, he will be vilified for this. but we're just commenting that although we knew what the outcome was, the fact that it has only happened three times before and the fa ct happened three times before and the fact that she was reading out the charge and there are so many guilty these, 48 guilty is in the senate, that really underlines just how serious this was. it was very sober moment, wasn't it? with the third time in american history that a president has faced trial in the senate and has been acquitted as with the previous presidency faced trial in the senate on impeachment charges, but as you say, the fact that we are going to have chief justicejohn roberts that we are going to have chief

justice john roberts here. two thirds of the senators present not having pronounced in guilty, the senate ofjudges that say donald john trump, president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment. the clerk when i read the second article of impeachment. —— will read. article two, obstruction of congress, the constitution and that the president shall be removed of office on impeachment and conviction office on impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. in the office of the president of united states and in violation of his constitutional faithfully to execute the to the best of his ability to

protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duties that the laws be faithful. donald trump is directed the categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of representatives pursuant. we're moving on to the second vote on abuse of power in this vote is on the second of the articles of impeachment and that is obstruction of congress. with us is the democratic congress woman as we watch these pictures that come from that may be reflect on the first vote for the president was acquitted of. i am disappointed, but not surprised. i was a member of this for the purpose of impeachment and i stand very solemnly behind the work that we did there in the president stands forever impeached by the article that he was just acquitted on, disappointed in the republican

senators who seem on, disappointed in the republican senators who seem to not completely taken there oath to impartial justice to heart and brought it to their professional obligations are today. do you think there's anything retrospective that the democrats could have done differently to persuade more republicans to their case? i do not think so. i think the managers did a masterfuljob and considering what we had to do, we had to collect the evidence under a categorical obstruction of congress on the vote there just about to take by the sun administration, never before have we seen that. we have no witnesses, no documents, otherthan the heroic 17 witnesses who came forward , the heroic 17 witnesses who came forward, members of the administration after all, who came forward to tell the truth, we would not have had the very damning evidence that we have. we have for the evidence but the republican party has become cult—like and supporting the indecency and corruption of a president. the minority leader said just the other

day that you cannot acquit if you do not have witnesses or documents. the judiciary commitment said today that he wants to hear from the former national security adviser. how's that going to work? are you prepared to wait to subpoenas evidence? the stock but the paradox, you cannot convict if you do not have witnesses in those mitch mcconnell that plucked the witnesses and the evidence in the documents. so there is an absurdity to that. i typed in the back room after we had another talk, will become important before is an intel will take a look at what he knows in terms of first—hand knowledge. or the american people deserve to know, we heard from the president of the state of the union address, a litany of lives, we have

to continue our oversight into this president. —— lies. to continue our oversight into this president. -- lies. how has this impeachment trial affected your constituents? because the national approval ratings suggest that the president's approval ratings of ticked up in this trial. are you worried about that?” ticked up in this trial. are you worried about that? i represent suburban philadelphia, over two nights ago, we had 160 people very concerned by what is going on here and very concerned about the path of this administration and they were firmly behind impeachment but they certainly want us doing the work of congress and i assured them that we passed 400 bills but sadly some sit dead over the senate, but pennsylvania is going to be the keystone state again and is absolutely right that will be pivotal in the selection but i see and feel on the ground is energised folks. people who have never been involved in campaigns before that say we cannot sit idly by and

nothing less than our precious constitution and republic is at sta ke. constitution and republic is at stake. while our senate, today, the public will be heard. we are getting now to the vote on the second article of impeachment. thank you for joining article of impeachment. thank you forjoining us. mr alexander, not guilty ms. baldwin, guilty. mr barrasso, not guilty. mr bennett, guilty. mrs blackburn, not guilty. mr blumenthal, guilty. mr blunt, nepotism stop mr booker. guilty. mr

bozeman, not guilty. mr braun, not guilty. mr brown, guilty. mr burke, not guilty. ms. cantwell, number three. nick is capital, not guilty. mrcardin, guilty. mr three. nick is capital, not guilty. mr cardin, guilty. mr carper, guilty. mr casey, guilty. mr cassidy, not guilty. it is collins, not guilty. mr kimmons, guilty. mr cornyn, not guilty. this court has a

guilty. mr cotton, not guilty. mr kramer, not guilty. mr crapo, not guilty. mr cruz, not guilty. mr gaines, not guilty. mrs duckworth, guilty. mr durbin, guilty. mr ng, not guilty. ms. ernst, not guilty. mrs feinstein, guilty. ms. fisher, t. mr gardner, not guilty. mrs gillibrand, guilty. mr graham, not

guilty. mr grassley, not guilty. ms. harris, guilty. ms. hassan, guilty. mr holly, not guilty. mr frank, the three. mr rodale, guilty. mr hogan, not guilty. smith, not guilty. mr inhofe, not guilty. mrjohnson, not guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mrjones, guilty. mr kane, guilty. mr kennedy, t. mr king. guilty. ms. char, guilty. mr lang

four, negative. mr lahey, number three. mr lee, negative. ms. leffler, not guilty. mr mansion, guilty. mr markey, guilty. mr mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcfarland, not guilty. mr best, necklace three. mr merkley, napa three. mr moran, t. ms. mccloskey, watching him at the second impeachment of 35 not guilty which means it for the second article of impeachment, the president has been

mr perdue, not guilty. mr peters, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, number three. mr risch, three. mr purk portman, not guilty. mr reid, numberthree. mr risch, not guilty. mr roberts, not guilty, mr romney, negative. ms. resin, guilty, mr brown's, negative. mr rubio, negative. mr sanders, napa three. mr south, not guilty. the shots, guilty. mr schumer, three. mr scott

florida, not guilty. mr scott of south carolina, negative. mr shaheen, three. mr shelby, three. three. ms. smith, three. ms. spano, number three. mr sullivan, not guilty. mr tester, three. number three. mr sullivan, not guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mr telus, guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mr telus, not guilty. guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mr toomey, 19. not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mr toomey,19. mr udell, napa three. mr van holland, napa three. mr weiner, three. ms. warren, three. mr whitehouse, guilty. mr baker, not

guilty. mr whiting, three. whitehouse, guilty. mr baker, not guilty. mrwhiting, three. mryoung, negative. so there we be completed vote on the second article of impeachment at the use of congress. 5347 53, 4752 to 48 because that made romney across the aisle on the first article of impeachment. but not on the second article of impeachment. that speak to him as a constitutional lien in his bed watching the events. over the last few hours, the question that i left with at the end of this, not that this was particularly surprising, but what checks and balances are there on this president is not that

he become more powerful as a result of this? i think they republican senate has set a very dangerous precedent, the idea that the president can wholesale abstract oversight the key role that the constitution gives to particularly the house of representatives to conduct oversight. i think that does indeed set a very dangerous precedent. but there's still a checks and balances particularly through the court systems. i think now the burden is placed in strongly on the shoulders of the judiciary. and i come back to that thought this list chiefjustice. it is therefore, ordered and judged debbie said donald john trump is hereby acquitted of the charges and said articles. the majority leader is recognised.

order that the secretary be directed to communicate to the secretary of state as provided by rule 23 at the rules of procedure and practice in the senate when sitting on impeachment trials, and also to be house of representatives the judgement of the senate in the case of donald trump and transmit a certified copy of the judgement in each. without objection the order will be entered. chiefjustice? for this process concludes, i went to very quickly acknowledge from the people that helped the sector fell out of duty these past weeks. first and foremost, i know my colleagues willjoin me in thanking chief justice roberts for presiding over this child, with a clear head. steady hand and a forbearance of

this rare occasion demands. we know full well that his presence as our presiding officer that came in addition to that instead of his dayjob in addition to that instead of his day job across the in addition to that instead of his dayjob across the street. city senate thanks to chiefjustice and his staff to put helton performed this unique role. like his predecessor the senate will be awarding the chief justice predecessor the senate will be awarding the chiefjustice the golden gavel. to commemorate his time presiding over this body would typically like us to new senators after 100 hours in the chair but we can agree that the chiefjustice has beenin can agree that the chiefjustice has been in his due and then some. paige is delivering the cattle. —— gavel.

thank you very much. there countless senators for the central lab more thorough facts make speak to all of those teams. the secretary at the senate office the parliamentarians, they have the senate live leader addressing the roberts and his the golden gavel presented to chief justice. bring back and elizabeth, who will be interrupted by the end i interrupted you telling us that you copy sent to city dangerous precedent? i think they have set a very dangerous precedent by not convicting on the first article of impeachment, the presidents brace a piece of power. but also vary substantially with respect to the

second article of impeachment that they failed to remove him on. the abstraction of congress because the constitution requires and expects congress to conduct oversight of the executive. here, but congress has done nothing, they senate republicans have done nothing to prevent a president like president trump from refusing to comply with oversight subpoenas. it is ironic to put to bed to the cheese because i look now to the courts to find some way to put the rule of law back in its rightful place. to say that this president must comply with constitutional requirements. chief justice roberts was able to get away with basically doing nothing during the impeachment trial, but now because he senate republicans did nothing in the face of president trump two wholesale obstruction of congress and justice, the courts are going to have to be the ones to

enforce that congressional oversight. simply because they saw here injustice, oversight. simply because they saw here in justice, masquerading oversight. simply because they saw here injustice, masquerading as justice, thejudiciary is going here injustice, masquerading as justice, the judiciary is going to be the place where we will see whether or not the constitution and its checks and balances it will be vindicated. let's not to entirely the professor ijudge washington and his witness for the dc barrel. when you think back to witness how process started back in september, the patient that we have seen in the little eye connects. it started with the republicans saying he did not do this. he was not guilty. they may have been identified well even if he did direct, or it doesn't matter because he can't do anything if it is in the interest of an election thatis is in the interest of an election that is the public good. now that romney sang the belief that abuse of power it does rise to grounds for remainder can from office. they have

conclaves a torturous journey, the republican party to get to where we are today. the outing not trained in hand from office. i think in fairness both sides have hard this type of solidity, the democrats have been alleging a long litany of teachable effect offence is from a ridiculous to the credible. from supported from his criticism of it i found kneelers and football games, not to be more serious question of abuse of power. yet seen the same type of solidity on the republican side. what of the reasons why a lot of americans have tuned out. they view this as basically baked in. i thought it was interesting that the vote to put the president of the type and both articles was lisa murkowski from alaska. she was one at the swing senators who didn't debate whether she wanted to vote to

convict on one or both. her veil, was the 34th vote in both of these. mitt romney of course the data to a clinic on the second article but not the first. notably, he has not expected to run for the election. it followed as many of us expected. it also follows the way to clean ten impeachment land. i testified during that impeachment as well, it came out the same way basically. the two parties broke along party lines. a muscle vote on both sides. this is history repeating itself, not necessarily for the better. can i ask you, we watched you get testimony to the committee you are one of three lawyers that sat on the panel. you are from the onset whether or not there was a case for impeachment. you are making a

decision on back, you are garrett —— i must be house. one of the arguments and the senate is not the senate is not a sentence job to get witnesses and documents. the other side of course, there has been enormous stonewalling from the white house. how do you get around that? before articles as impeachment that i testified against were rejected by the committee. he doesn't think that we re the committee. he doesn't think that were credible and legitimate were printed. where he disagreed, where is that i strongly encourage them to ta ke is that i strongly encourage them to take a couple of months to do this impeachment in march or april. if they had done so they would have made this a much more difficult case. they made it easy on the white house, they did not subpoena john at both know he was telling the house that he wanted to subpoena her. i pulled a subpoena for his aid, it was all quite baffling. i could only have been made stronger and by

moving forward by christmas they guaranteed this note. the reason the second article of extracting congress in my view, was deeply flawed is that this was the shortest investigation at a president in history. the position of the judiciary was unless you yield on our demand had not that a court, not challenge ask, and not invoke privileges you i kind i missed her. i think is a position that the majority of senators would never have accepted nausea library. in but the cases of senators would never have accepted nausea library. in both cases and of mix and they were able to go majority of senators would never have accepted not sure. in both cases of clinton and mixing they were able to go to the supreme court decision, on these types of privilege and unity arguments. more importantly, president trump only developed this immunity i get after the justice department developed this immunity i get after thejustice department issued an opinion saying prior presidents have maintained the same position and so should you. let's get the latest

found that gary donahue. gary ijust got into a statement from the trump campaign. isee got into a statement from the trump campaign. i see this as an indication of the president. nothing official from the white house, at the moment, we are expecting that. we had been promised by conway, possibly a statement possibly something online. the campaign itself describing this as a total vindication as one of the biggest political calculations and history. lashing out at the democrats talking about getting back to business and governing for america. you can see the kind of tell that they are trying to strike. it will be interesting and curious to see exactly how the president handles this moment. we did not get any mention at the impeachment of the state of union last night, everyone was wondering whether that would happen. how would he handle this? it would it be a victory lap, at whitney bank and carry on just music

has been using it in his campaign fornot using it to great effect there. gary thank you very much let's talk again to elizabeth. she is president accountability centre here in washington. in this and at that point that gary was making, impeachment is to some extent our legal issues but they are also political issues. when you look at the presidents approval rating he has now has an improved already had ten points higher than he paid at this time last year. with the impeachment trial or a mistake to some extent our legal issues but they are also political issues. when you look at the presidents approval rating he has now improved already have ten points this time last year. with the impeachment trial or a mistake democrats? i think even putting aside the politics that it is important to look at this as an historical moment that it is. in that respect as a lion scholar i think the house was absolutely correct. the only choice that if they wanted to the their constitutional duty. to impeach this president. i don't think anyone will view this as a total exoneration,

that the trump campaign is portraying it as. the only bipartisan was the vote to convict the president on the first article and impeachment. ithink the president on the first article and impeachment. i think people i'd like to see this as a political statement that it is that republicans, most republicans and be senate and banding together to support president trump but this is by any stretch most americans supported their being witnesses and documents in the senate have impeachment trial builds you this is any sort of legal exoneration. it is just a republicans betting and putting all of their chips and a way that donald trump. with the exception of mitt romney for his oath before god to get impartial justice and step into its constitutional role as a juror, i think it is going to be a lot at this appointment and is felt today. certainly i think it will go down in

history. the senators really made a decision, i think it will go down in history. the senators really made a decision, frankly it is now in the american people's hands. we had seen herjust as american people's hands. we had seen her just as the american people's hands. we had seen herjust as the past. we have seen it rigged trials in the past. seven justice to the senate, the way that people and were brought to justice, because we the people in the event that people demanded it. ironically in that sense, what are the people that brought to justice, people who we re that brought to justice, people who were so—called acquitted under a setting justice were kkk members who we re setting justice were kkk members who were guilty of bombing that killed african—american children. the people who brought back to justice was the senator of alabama. the art of justice pertains to was the senator of alabama. the art ofjustice pertains to my senses. we the people i going to have to be the ones to big art. and we can't love to our elected leaders at least today to do that for us. what if the

senators who had been on the fence about whether to vote to convict or acquit the president and being devoted to convict on both of those articles of impeachment. let's take articles of impeachment. let's take a look at the results again. and a second vote the article two. on that count mitt romney of utah 32 acquit the president but not on the first count. that is really the big news at the day. been a republican cost ever. tell mejonathan, what happens now that the president has been acquitted, the impeachment trial is over, this whole process has consumed washington flex lasted for five months, and has consumed washington flex lasted forfive months, and everything just live on as normal? to get back to

business as usual crazy people have to find where they left their homes and their lives. it has been all—consuming. they flow change. the one thing i would to that was just said it is a curious narrative to say it is a shame the republicans are so political blind i don't believe that bipartisanship. not a single democrat the other way. this once again goes to your perspective it to say that all the republicans are blind political robots, but i jenna kratz are good at bipartisan people. even though none of them broke from their ranks. all of this is heavily laden with how you view these charges. it doesn't make much sense to say, romney voted his conscience to that a lot of the republicans didn't follow him. romney is to follow his conscience, that he still voted against article

two. this gets rather i as the way people penetrate the meditations of other people. way to go from here? to go back to where we started. if anything this president has become more popular than we are going into an election. i have to say that the outcome the impact of this impeachment has yet to be written. i think particularly nancy pelosi ripping up of the state of union address last night, will not play well with a lot of voters. the democrats and they had overplayed their hand. jonathan thank you very much let's bring up the farmer adviser to george w. bush. you are a keen history of student of history. a person president has been set but we think it is the first time, that a member of the centre turn has had found guilty a number of their own

party. of course in the last time for clinton, it was house members that went across not senators. you go all the way back 2186800 johnson was acquitted from the opposite party. nothing solid, to the question you just posted how new from here? i find question you just posted how new from here? ifind it very fascinating listening to the and it is no different states where the public and it is no different states where the applicant, arizona, montana, west virginia, ohio, pennsylvania. with a republican to the cleat and a democrat that had to this in the same office. great many very divided coming out of this process and the real question is how do we pick up the pieces and try to rename these states? we heard earlier with terry touched on that i find troubling, is that if one is a republican and they did not vote to remove the president from office and somehow they did not follow the law.

they are not following their conscience quite to the contrary, each member to oath and swore an oath to listen to what they thought was best to represent their constituents. the notion that no democrats crossed over somehow and he said in angel's bike why not republican votes with did a class is somehow spiritual. people look at this process in a political light. the severity of the constitutional rights. the 60 senate votes needed to printed the president. thank you very much for that witness here on the balcony. jane o'brien. she spent a lifetime these days and new hampshire where coincidently, they cats are now campaigning for the presidential race. how does this affect that i'm not sure it has to be perfectly honest. now you have to look at the polling you had

mentioned that approval rating has gone up to 49% and that's just in the last two days since this process has been playing out. another poll asked americans how they felt about their personal finances. how optimistic that they are, almost three quarters and then said they expected to be better off next year then they are already. 59% said we will actually better off badly by this time last year. when donald trump is talking is what voters seem to be thinking about as well. i am not entirely certain that unless the economy starts to town, that this will have any effect. i cannot think we can't see james safe can you please another round. i can't because they are on a balcony. this is been standing here five very long time. i get told off all the time.

jane is talking to voters for the last few years in new hampshire and other places as well, did people bring this up in the last two months i've been concerned about it? it is now it does not and i think you pretty much every rally so far. the candidates themselves did not mention impeachment. it is not something that voters at this stage a very ca re something that voters at this stage a very care about. they did not care about it now, when are they going to ca re about it now, when are they going to care for them. this is coming out, time magazine has released this cover. chomp in powerforever. going through all of the good. it is a mock—up. here i sit in my thoughts. he has released. people who look up as he likes to tease them. it is

because that point i need to jonathan earlier, more people are concerned they are not checks and bala nces concerned they are not checks and balances on this president. that's what democrats are saying and it sure is that they understand that impeachment was never going to be a successful strategy. and instead they simply did not have the numbers and they can send into content. what they felt that it was still an important step to prove a point cannot make a point that they are said to be checks and balances. it was a constitutional duty to go this far. they are however quite constant at the democrats did not attempt to death the courts more fully. thank you very nice forjoining us. it has been extraordinary day and week here. we are now cloistered in sync with the president. an historic day in america at this time which is this happen. the president acquitted on both charges. thank you very much for letting coverage at best. more

on the bbc news. we say goodbye now. if you are making channel plans are outdoor plans for the weekend or next week, it is wet sing with me until the end forecast. there is some stormy weather on the horizon. and a shorter term, we have become before the storm. high pressure in charge of the same throughout their stay. the air about high—pressure living in clockwise direction, allow us living in clockwise direction, allow us to pull class to the north and west. closest to the central light winds, i thought could lingerfor quite a time on thursday morning. some of that quite dense. that tends to the central light winds, thought could lingerfor quite a to the central light winds, thought could linger for quite a time to the central light winds, thought could lingerfor quite a time on thursday morning. some of that quite dense. ten selected muscle lasers in nc smells maybe the odd spot of rain

as well temperatures generally 79 degrees. little unless you are stuck with fog. there is a defining high—pressure tricyclic not systems will come in from atlanta. i had it that we see the wind started to pick up. not as much filed on friday morning a better chance of breaking up morning a better chance of breaking upa morning a better chance of breaking up a cloud and things mentioned that late in the baby sea showers creeping into western areas where it will also start to turn milder. a band of rain which mr should be clear by saturday and we start to get a decent shape. which comes in a vein vein from the west as a customer that day. with that, we will see increasingly strong limbs. three saturday evening is likely to bea three saturday evening is likely to be a slayer of gales at initially northern and western areas but that pushing easterners through the night. i bought isjust the night. i bought is just a side effect. what we have over the area are very stormy weather, rain and snow here. that will be picked up by a powerful

jet streams expecting jet stream as he had to around 207 mph. supercharge and snow here. that will be picked up by a powerfuljet streams expecting jet stream as he had to get to around 207 mph. supercharging the staring contest u nsettled supercharging the staring contest unsettled weather to us. spinning applet looks like fight a few do next exceptionally deep area of low pressure. met office named in this storm storm and on sunday and it looks like we will see sense very happy person of rain pushing across the uk, maybe send some snow over the uk, maybe send some snow over the ground. exceptionally strong and severe in gail's shell had just about anywhere across the uk. still uncertainty about the strongest winds will be could have a strong and said to be a mass rally. it would be miles but i don't think the temperatures will the most notable. the winds could well be. as storm cannot move sentiments and damaging winds are likely across some parts

of the uk. worth to the forecast. might be will be another very windy day. that way in bringing plenty of showers in our direction. some will be wintry over modest hills in the north. snow to relatively low levels. some studies found that way in bringing plenty of showers in our direction. some will be wintry over modest hills in the north. snow to relatively low levels. some cities and towns in between, it later that week at some point find other deep area of low pressure, exact wheatley ran. when it means next think is going to stay very windy, potentially starting for a time. there will be sales of the rain and snow particularly in the north. this call before the storm will not last long.

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