c-span.org. type aei in the search box at the top of the home page. senator toomey's remarks focusing on the usmca trade agreement. you should know the u.s. house has the usmca on the agenda today. debate expected later this morning and a final passage vote expected around 1:15 eastern. you can watch that live on our companion network c-span. the senate has indicated that if the usmca passes the house, they will take it up in the new year for ratification. usmca may also be a topic at today's briefing with nancy pelosi. and certainly yesterday's impeachment vote. she holds her weekly briefing with reporters today at 10:45 eastern here on c-span3. expect more on impeachment with kevin mccarthy. he holds his weekly news conference at 11:30 eastern and we'll have that live for you here on c-span3 as well. and a little bit later, a house

oversight subcommittee holds a hearing to look at the economic impact of climate change. watch this live this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3 or listen live with the free c-span radio app. let's show you the reaction president trump had when he learned at last night's rally in battle creek, michigan, that the house had voted to impeach him. >> i think we have a vote coming in. so we got every single republican voted for us. whoa. whoa. so we had 198, 229. we didn't lose one republican vote. and three democrats voted for

us. wow. thank you, hailey. great job. wow. the republican party has never been so affronted, but they've never been so united as they are right now. ever. never. >> "the washington post" reports that there were 10,000 supporters at last night's rally. here's the speaker of the house nancy pelosi after last night's votes. >> december 18th. a great day for the constitution of the united states. a sad one for america that the president's reckless activities necessitated us, our having to introduce articles of impeachment. >> that was the speaker last night after the vote. john mccartel with us with more to break down the vote. >> good morning. i do want to break down those

two historic votes last night. it was two articles of impeachment that were on the floor of the house. one for abuse of power. one for obstruction of justice. starting with that first article abuse of power. 230 yes votes to 197 no votes. 229 of the yes votes were democrats. the one independent in the house joined them. that's congressman justin amash. that former republican from michigan. he left the republican party in july and is now an independent. joined democrats on both votes last night. the no votes on that first article abuse of power, 195 republicans. two democrats joining republicans in voting no on abuse of power. those two democrats, jeff van drew who may not be a democrat much longer. the democrat freshman from new jersey expected to change parties soon and become a republican. he was one of those no votes along with congressman collin peterson, a democrat from

minnesota. collin peterson, one of the most conservative democrats in the house. he's in a district that president trump won in 2016 by 31 points. he was one of those democrats who voted against the affordable care act back during the obama administration. he announced he would be voting no. in fact voted no on both articles of impeachment with jeff van drew. obstruction of justice, the vote total, 229 yeses to 298 noes. again, it was 228 democrats and 1 independent justin amash. the republicans were joined by three democrats in voting no on that second article of impeachment. collin peterson, jeff van drew, and jared golden of maine. he's in a district that president trump won by ten points. jared golden voting yes on the first article but no on the second. there was one present vote on the floor of the house last night on both articles. that was congresswoman tulsi

gabbard who, of course, is running in the democratic presidential primary. she released a statement yesterday that said in part that she couldn't support impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravley hurt the country. and by the way, there were theew members of congress who did not vote last night. just want to let you know who they are. they include congressman jose serrano one of the most liberal members of the house. he's been recovering from par n parkinson's related fall earlier this month. duncan hunter, republican from california did not vote last night after his guilty plea on campaign finance charges earlier this year. he's been asked not to vote by the ethics committee. he's set to resign from the house soon into the new year.

and then there's congressman john shimkus. he was out of the country visiting his son in tanzania. c-span's producer craig kaplan with a tweet quoting shimkus's statement saying my wife karen and i had made arrangements to visit our son joshua in tanzania where he's serving in the peace corps. at the white house i informed president trump i would not be present for these votes although he did express his disappointment that he was missing those votes. he says he's not embarrassed. i'm embarrassed that they're even happening. so that was the breakdown on the floor last night. by the way, some news today about one of the reliable republican no votes. that's congressman mark meadows. politico's playbook with this story today about mark meadows' future in congress. reporting meadows is not seeking

re-election. he could leave in the middle of this term to begin a new yet presently undefined role helping president trump. mark meadows, one of the most vocal supporters of the president throughout this process. here's his quote. obviously i have looked at this job in congress as a temporary job. he said i endorse term limits but never ran on a term limit pledge. every year it's a decision whether you're going to run again. probably the hardest thing for me was the timing of this, because the president has accomplished so much. i'm not only an ally but will continue to be an ally. and we've had discussions on how we can work more closely together in the future. and i felt that filing and then potentially resigning at some point in the future would not serve my constituents in north carolina best. the filing deadline in north carolina is friday, tomorrow this week. so congressman mark meadows expected to leave congress to go take a job with the trump administration. >> let's get to calls.

matt, ohio. democratic callinger. you are up first. do you know how your congressman voted? >> caller: well, i just wanted to say for -- to the republican, i know that they voted -- they voted no on the articles of impeachment. but i just wanted to say that today is a new day in america. the house has done the constitutional duty of this country with impeachment. it is time and the president has been attacking our democracy. he's attacked the press by calling it fake news. he's attacked democratic members of congress reprehensibly like yesterday being what i was so appalled that he was saying about debbie dingell's husband. telling him -- you know, joking about looking up. that just was, like, so

reprehensible. he's also attacked gold star families, attacked john mccain. but this president, we will not stand for your attack on democracy by calling -- by making ukraine do a favor for your personal gain. >> okay. and matt, you mentioned that steve shabet is your congressman. we'll be talking to him today at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. he's a member of the judiciary committee. and served as a house member during the 1998 clinton impeachment. we'll also talk to debra lawrence, a democrat from michigan. we'll talk to her at 8:15 a.m. eastern time. both of those. a democrat and republican joining us this morning one day after the house has voted to impeach president trump.

fred upton who is a republican of michigan tweeted out saying i've always looked up to john dingell. my good friend and a great michigan legend. there was no need to diss him in a crass political way. most unfortunate and an apology is due. let's go to christopher in california, a republican. christopher? >> caller: hello. do you hear me okay? we can. your reaction to the vote yesterday? >> caller: yeah. my reaction to the vote yesterday, okay. i've been trying to follow the impeachment for quite some tomb. and i'm -- gosh. i really should be, like, a little more solid about this. but i'm glad the impeachment is going through. i'm not happy about president

trump's position on so many different matters. i think that you should probably cut me out on this but -- >> well, if it's appropriate, you can say it. >> caller: yeah, well -- >> all right. we'll move on. phillip in florida. independent. >> caller: okay. good morning. >> morning. >> caller: the impeachment decision yesterday i agree with wholeheartedly. i can't understand how citizens of the united states whether they are whatever party and i'm an independent obviously, cannot look at the gravity of this personality that has taken over the political process of the republicans. the past history of this gentleman, if you want to call him that. i don't think he even considers himself a gentleman. but you want to be in the terms of general english language. i call him a gentleman.

has been so tainted that if the republicans did not filter this person before he became their president or their party representative, just looking at the school when he took advantage of students, the lying and the cheating on his wives is wild behavior. his bankruptcies. the democrats were right to be suspicious of this person coming into the white house. now, he's in the white house and he's had all these associations with russia and all of the men around him that have gone on to some level of prison. and yet these people sit back and act as if this is not important enough to consider his stat

status. and not one republican, not one, said we must do the hard work even if it's our representative to weed out the possibility that there could be a problem with this person as president. there's too much in the past, too much in the present to not be concerned. i don't know for the life of me people keep talking about the economy. this is a short-term economy that is occurring with president trump. >> okay, phillip. got your point. here's lindsey graham, the chair of the judiciary committee republican of south carolina yesterday talking about what comes next in the senate trial. >> so what happened in the house impeachment driven by partisans. this is unique. it's the first impeachment in modern times, anyway, driven by

people within the body where there was no outside counsel. whether you agree with the clinton impeachment or not, ken starr spent several years looking at allegations and made a report to congress detailing abuse by president clinton. the watergate prosecution was done outside of the political system. and that's been missing hear. the intel committee betailed the fact finding of it. the pros they used is dangerous to the presidency as an institution. when it gets here, my goal is to have as short a trial as possible. what does that translate to? when they're ready to vote, we'll vote. the most likely outcome is to yauz the trial record. what they used in the house to impeach president trump for the

senate. i'm not going to support witnesses being called for by t senator schumer. i think most senators on our side are ready to move forward at an appropriate time. we'll listen to the house case, allow the president to make comments to his legal team. then we'll vote and sooner the better for me. >> it's been reported this morning that the leader of the senate for the republicans mitch mcconnell will meet this week before the jurors go to the holiday break to work out the parameters for the senate trial. now, there have also been reports that nancy pelosi will hold up naming managers until she has a better idea of what the senate trial is going to look like. she was pressed on this by a

reporter after last night's votes. >> can you guarantee the impeachment articles will be at some point sent to the senate? can you guarantee that? >> that would have been our intention, but we'll see what happens over there. >> so you may not send -- >> that is not -- you're asks me are we all going to go out and play in the snow. that has not been part of our conversation. that has not been part of our conversation. >> so that's why we're asking -- >> what? >> ask the question. >> i'm sorry? >> we need clarification since you have raised the prospect of not sending the articles over. >> no, i never raised the prospect. you asked the question. i never raised the prospect. i said we're not sending it tonight because it's difficult to determine who the managers would be until we see the arena in which we will be participating. that's all i said. i never raised the prospect.

well, we'll see when they come forward. it's up to the senate to say what their goals will be. my colleagues, you want to say anything about this? because it is -- you know, this is a serious matter. even though the majority leader in the united states senate says it's okay for the foreman of the jury to be in cahoots with the lawyers of the accused. that doesn't sound right to us. but let's see when they understand what we have enacted. now they'll understand what their responsibilities are and we'll see what that is. but i never raised that possibility, no. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi yesterday still waiting on a decision by the senate before she announces who those house managers will be. more of your reaction coming up to the house vote last night. john mccartel with reaction to the vote in the newspapers

across the country and world reaction. >> yeah, greta. i want to start by showing a few headlines from both sides of the political spectrum from conservative websites. this is breitbart's headline on the impeachment vote. house democrats pass partisan articles of impeachment against president trump. a picture of the united states capitol upside down in their headline and photo on their page. to red state. the bipartisan impeachment vote is their headline there making reference to the democrats who crossed the aisle and supported republicans against impeachment in that losing effort to oppose impeachment yesterday. then from the liberal side of the aisle, a few websites. "huffington post." history in the house, abuse of office, obstruction, impeached is the word written across donald trump's face. from slate, their headline this morning. impeachment is a permanent stain on trump's presidency. their headline there. then a few headlines from around

the globe starting with the globe and mail. president trump is the headline there out of canada. u.s. president donald trump impeached for abuse of power and obstruction. to the jerusalem post, their headline referencing the criminal investigation into israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and one more from the moscow times the english language newspaper out of russia. divided u.s. house impeaches trump in historic vote over ukraine pressure. that's the headline there. speaking of russia, russian president vladimir putin was asked about u.s./russia relations after this vote and how it might affect the relationship between putin and president trump at his annual end of year press conference. this is what putin had to say.

>> translator: on our dialogue with trump, well, you use the language as if he'll be voted out of office. you have the senate where republicans have the majority. so i don't think they will vote him out of power on trumped up charges. this is just a political infighting. the democratic party lost the previous election and they wanted to achieve their own goals with each other. there was collusion with russia they said. no collusion. with ukraine, it's up to your congressman, anyway. >> russia leader vladimir putin today. rick in california, democratic caller. rick, your reaction to the votes

last night on abuse of power and obstruction of congress? >> caller: well, i want to say three different things. one, that while i'm glad that he was impeached by the house of representatives, that when it gets to the senate, i'm afraid that he will be acquitted. which my fears will be realized. i wish that just like -- i wish we were living in a time before 9/11 when we can do what the italians did to their dictator during world war ii because we no longer live in a democracy anymore if he is acquitted in a senate. >> okay, i'm going to move on. jonath jonathan. nebraska, republican. >> caller: good morning. i just wanted to know how, like, unlike the clinton impeachment hearings and the impeachment of

bill clinton back in the '90s, this one seemed to be very partisan in nature where all the republicans sided with trump and where basically all the democrats except three very brave ones who sided with trump over this partisan circus that's been going on for so long. it's basically like a political move on the democrats' part. they've been planning for a long time. even before he took office, they were probably, like, trying to take -- trying to impeach donald trump before he even did anything. it's like they're throwing darts at a board and seeing what sticks. like, the reasons for impeachment have changed several times throughout this whole thing. they're just trying to get him out of office. and i think also this is a political move on their end in order to secure the 2020 presidency. because i mean, otherwise they would have just sorted it out because he has less than a year left on his term. and this is very much unlike bill clinton and the misconduct he had in office where he was

just, like, building his interns. with did president trump, he was seeking relations with other countries. he was trying to get a foreign government to investigate someone who had corruption. i mean, why -- like, here's the thing. joe biden never answered why his son had those relations in ukraine to begin with. they were just trying to divert the attention from that. and trump is a very honest man. he it's not like him sleeping with president zelensky or anything. yeah. so he makes this very good point that he is putting to the american people what is honest, what he assured is truth and the democrats are just taking them, throwing it out of the trash can and decide to go forward with the very partisan process. but i guess once nancy pelosi stops her party from applauding on this very sad day as she

claims and once they send over the articles to the senate for them to view, then that is when donald trump stays in office and that's when they realize that their move was completely pointless and if anything it made donald trump look better. >> okay, jonathan. bobby in maryland. independent. >> caller: merry christmas, america. we watched for three years, gretchen, the whole united states government do everything in their power to undermine the will of the voter. if the united states government decides they don't like who the people voted for, they want to strip us that right for us to vote for who we feel our freedom allows us to vote for. so yesterday 233 democrats decided the american people have no right to vote for donald trump. they impeached this man over

nothing. you have no violation at all. if your case is so strong, miss postal servic pelosi, itsend it over. when you steal the americans' right to vote, that's a pretty serious issue there. but you've got to continue on what you're doing. all you're doing is guarantee trump's re-election. good luck, nancy. >> okay. bobby there in maryland. how this compares to the vote, the impeachment vote against president trump. this is from the baltimore sun after the house voted in 1998 and they reported the house voted 228-206. by an even narrower margin, 221-212 the house approved a

second article of impeachment charging him with obstruction of justice. two other articles of impeachment were defeated. on no article did the republicans gain more than five democratic votes. a fact that democrats pointed to in arguing that it was purely an exercise in republican partisanship. pam in north carolina. democratic caller. hi, pam. >> caller: hi. wow. i do agree with the impeachment. i guess the one thing that has really bothered me throughout this whole thing is that i keep hearing that the democrats or some have wanted to impeach trump since the beginning. and i don't understand why some people who support him don't get why. if they were just look back at the very beginning of the

horrible things he said about john mccain. and i'm not a republican. i didn't vote for john mccain. but john mccain was a hero. he had integrity. i just don't get why some of these people don't understand and why they wouldn't want a person with character, good character, of integrity, an honest person, a person who doesn't put people down, doesn't call people names daily. i just don't understand that. >> okay. robby in georgia. republican. your reaction to the vote last night? >> caller: yes, the bottom line is at the end of the day, nothing has changed. donald trump was the president a month ago. he'll be a president next month. he'll be a president next year. he'll still be making the same decisions that he's been making

the entire time. a positive move for america. everything's positive. nothing changes. the ball is still rolling down the hill to the greater good of america. and all happened yesterday was that the democrats recertified the fact that donald trump will win the election next year. it will embolden all republicans, all independents to vote for a republican. and the people that really win are the job seekers and the taxpayers of this country. those are the winners from the impeachment process yesterday. thank you. >> all right. well, there was one independent that joined democrats in voting for both articles of impeachment against president trump. and that was justin amash from michigan who was a republican recently and switched his party affiliation. here's the argument he made on

the house floor yesterday as to why he was going to support the charges. >> i rise today in support of these articles of impeachment. i come to this floor not as a democrat, not as a republican, but as an american who cares deeply about the constitution, the rule of law, and the rights of the people. under our system of government, impeachment is not about policy disagreements or ineffective governance. nor is it about criminality based on statutes that did not exist at the time our constitution was written. impeachment is about maintaining the integrity of the office of the presidency. and ensuring that executive power is directed toward proper ends in accordance with the law. the constitution grants the house the sole power of impeachment and the senate, the sole power to try all impeachments. we in the house are empowered to charge impeachable conduct. the constitution describes such conduct as high crimes and

misdemeanors because it pertains to high office and relates to the misuse of that office. we need to the rely on any other branch or body to endorse our determinations. we have the sole power of impeachment. in federalist number 65, alexander hamilton wrote that high crimes and misdemeanors, quote, are those offenses which proceed for the misconduct of men or in order from the abuse or violation of some public trust. they're of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be political as they relate cheaply to you are joos done immediately to the society itself. end quote. by using his high office to solicit the aid of a foreign power. not for the benefit of the united states of america but instead for his personal and political gain. his actions reflect precisely the type of conduct the framers

of the constitution intended to remedy through the power of impeachment. and it is our duty to impeach him. >> justin amash from last night. your calls this morning, your reaction up until 9:00 a.m. eastern time when the house will be gaveling in for their legislative session and on the docket today is voting on usmca trade deal. that vote happening today before congress breaks for their holiday recess. more of your reaction in just a minute. but first, john mccartel. >> a couple of our callers have brought up nancy pelosi, her actions yesterday leading this effort on the floor of the house from the speaker's chair and from the room as well as she was making her arguments for impeachment as well. one of our callers talked about that moment right after the first article of impeachment was voted on, the abuse of power. when he talked about cheering

from the democratic aisle. i want to go back and show that to our viewers. the moment of nancy pelosi of the vote count on that first article. >> on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 197. present is one. article one is adopted. the question is on adoption of article two. >> and you saw the reaction from nancy pelosi there as some of that clapping started and then the reaction from republican members to that clapping. nancy pelosi clearly signaling to her members not to have any reaction. her effort to keep this impeachment effort as a somber affair when it comes to the democrats and how they approach impeachment. a focus on that from a story today in "the new york times" and nancy pelosi's efforts

throughout the impeachment process. the headline from the story by cheryl stolburg. with a steady hand the speaker forges a legacy she never wanted. when news broke of president trump's pressure campaign, pelosi involved herself in every aspect of the impeachment inquiry. she met nearly every day sometimes twice a day with the leaders of the six committees that were already investigating the president. committee leaders ordinarily insistent on their autonomy did not make a single move without consulting pelosi. when debate on the articles of impeachment dragged late into the night last week, the panel's chairman gerald nadler checked with pelosi before the vote. and on the eve of the historic vote in the house floor, the speaker was in her capital office late into the night coordinating with law machemake who would speak and how long.

she took the first speaking slot. she addressed the floor dressed in a black suit a nod to what she said would be a solemn day and a chosen accessory with her. a ceremonial staff that symb symbolizes the power of the house of representatives. and that broach even in the shape of a mace got its own story in "the new york times" today. vanessa friedman in her column takes on that fashion accessory worn by the speaker. that story noting that the mace broach was made by ann hand, a designer in washington, d.c., who does patriotic jewelry. a the mace pin is brass with gold overlay and has a pearl or faux pearl for the globe. it sells for $125. and at the moment, it's on back order. the story notes its most famous owner has apparently set off something of a trend.

nancy pelosi there with that broach attached to her outfit. >> wade in south carolina. an independent. wade, did you watch any of the debate yesterday? and did you watch the final votes? >> caller: i watched all of it for the past four weeks. i appreciate you taking my calls. would like to make quick statements. one, yesterday was not a sad or so lem day but a sick day for america when we can impeach our president with no facts, all opinions. two, if the democrats really want to uphold the law so much as they said so in the -- all through this, why do we have 30 million illegals in the country that they support? and number three, i hope when it reaches the republicans, there's no trial, it goes to a fast vote, and he is acquitted.

because that's what deserved. this was a very, very sick five weeks that we've had to go through in this country. and it was all unnecessary. >> all right. aidan in california. democratic caller. aidan, early good morning to you. were you able to watch yesterday? >> caller: yes. >> st. paul, minnesota. democratic caller. apologies if you heard any profanity there. michael, go ahead. >> caller: good morning. my representative is betty mccollum and i think president trump, our president has no one to blame but himself. he could have had his aides testify. he could have produced documents. and the fact that he didn't move heaven and earth to clear his name tells me he's guilty. thank you. >> okay. all right. dennis in georgia, republican

caller. dennis. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> hi. >> caller: yes, i think it's important that peach watch jonathan's latest video. it's very interesting. that article that had the white house upside down. >> yes. >> caller: i think that people really need to see it. it's very important. thank you. >> okay, dennis. we are going to be hearing from the democratic and republican leaders of the house today. house speaker nancy pelosi holding her news conference at 10:45 a.m. eastern time. you can watch that on espn 3 or on our website c-span.org. and you can listen if you download the free c-span radio app. and the republican leader kevin mccarthy of california also giving a news conference at 12:00 p.m. eastern time. again, that will be on c-span3,

on our website wc-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. we also expect to hear from mcconnell today so we'll keep you updated on that if we get a time and a place for his remarks ahead of the negotiations between his office and chuck schumer if they are able to come to an agreement before they leave at the end of this week for their holiday break. denise in raleigh, north carolina, independent. good morning. >> caller: yes, good morning, america. and i am -- i was born here in america and i would just like to preface my remarks that i was very involved with the democratic parties through the '60s, part of the '70s, and i have switched to be independent because their slant now is so far to the left. but i would like to say this. i am against this impeachment. and part of the problem is this.

because president trump is not politically correct and we have lived under a politically correct system. but in a way i'm glad it happened. because it can show the american people exactly where the democratic party is at this time. if you don't agree with me and you don't vote for me, then i'm going to destroy anything you do after that. i want to say this to the american people. dig deep into our constitution. i am very happy that we are a constitutional republic and that says we the people. and i think many of our --

remember this. if president trump has accomplished as much as he has accomplished under all of these attacks, think of what he and the congress and the senate could have done for us americans and the united states if they had worked together for these three and a half years. i thank you very much. i love you all. and i love america. >> okay. >> caller: thank you. >> all right. noelle in jacksonville. >> caller: good morning, america, first of all. and i want everybody to know. you know, i went independent but i'm no party affiliation. and i see it both ways. i'll first say he -- president trump has done a lot of the good things. let's get that out the way. he has done a lot of good things and i applaud him for that. okay? but the bottom line is -- let's

face the fact and let's face the truth. no one is above the law. even though he's done a lot of good, he's done a lot of bad. if you break the law even once, the law is the law. the law of the land. it's the only law we have and we have to respect it. you know, i respect that. if you're a republican, i respect that. if you're democrat, i'd respect that. and stand for your party, i believe that. but let's not be ignorant. we're not children. we're adults. and when a person does something wrong, we've got to call them out on it. say, look. you did something wrong. you broke the law. you got to be held accountable for it. forget about what party you're at. let's call it for what it is.

if a person does something wrong and got caught. that's a sad thing. he got caught. i feel bad that the republicans, they have to defend him because they're his party. i know a lot of them feel embarrassed about it. bottom line, you've got to defend your party. >> all right. heard your point. the house voting yesterday on two articles of impeachment. abuse of power being approved on a vote of 230-197. obstruction of congress was approved 229-198. now a senate trial awaits the president on those two articles of impeachment. adam schiff the chair of the

intelligence committee of california after last night's vote talked about what the senate trial would look like. >> the president of the united states should be tried. the question is now whether senator mcconnell will allow a fair trial in the senate. involves witnesses and testimony and documents. a trial that should be fair to the president, yes, but should be fair also to the american people. american people want to hear from people like mick mulvaney. the american people want to see what's in those documents in the white house itself. we have done our duty here in the house. we have upheld the constitution.

we have done z a the fraems would have us do when a president abuses his office. the question is now would the senate uphold its duty? will the senators uphold their oath? do the senators want to hear from the witnesses? do they want a real trial? we have to hope that they do. the reason we undertook this extraordinary step is because the president not only abused his office but threatens to abuse it again. threatens to interfere again by inviting for interference in our election. the remedy isn't complete as long as the president is free to continue to invite for an interference in our affairs. >> adam schiff last night saying the house had upheld its duty and calling on the senate to do the same. during debate, the republican leader steve scalise on the floor said democrats had other motivations. >> but this isn't just about

donald trump. they don't just hate donald trump, madam speaker. they hate the 63 million americans who voted for this president. the forgotten men and women of this country who have been left behind, madam speaker. >> house will be in order. gentleman may proceed. >> thank you, madam speaker. it's those forgotten men and women of this country that washington had left behind. what's this president doing for them? he's delivering for them. 600 jobs in pennsylvania. a thousand jobs. workers in mingo junction, ohio. $750 million investment for 600 new jobs across this country. detroit news. chrysler, 6500 new jobs. that's what this president is doing to deliver for those men and women of this country who had been left behind. it's about time somebody stands up for them and president trump is. so it is a political vendetta. but if they're going to go

through with this, madam speake speaker, impeachment will not just be a stain on the democratic majority, impeachment will be their legacy. >> steve scalise last night. the vote taking place around 8:30 p.m. eastern time. abuse of power, obstruction of congress. and now it's your turn to let washington know what you think about those votes. pat in texas, a republican caller. good morning to you. >> caller: yes, good morning, greta. well, it just seems like it's such a sham. a strict party line vote. not one republican voted for impeachment. and jerry nadler and pelosi said that they wouldn't do that. unless they had a bipartisan input, they would not put the country through it. and it looks like impeachment is

getting far too frequent. frips, i believe it's only been 21 years since clinton was impeached. in fact, we've only had two presidents since then, i believe. it was bush and obama. and now we've got trump and he's impeached. it appears that it could get down to any time the opposite party is in the congress that they're going to -- they don't like the president, they'll impeach him. i don't see that he did anything wrong. i'm like jonathan turley. i don't think that it rose to the level of impeachment. and i watched it all. i watched every bit of it. and it was a sham the way that schiff brought it together.

and the way -- it's just -- it just irritates me to no end. i like trump as a president. i like what he has done. my family's done. my family's wages have increased. they have better jobs. my life is better. and he's a good president. and he didn't do anything wrong. and i appreciate you for letting me speak. thank you. have a great day. >> all right, pat. chuck in paris, illinois, a democratic. your turn. >> caller: thank you, greta, for taking my call. i just don't know what's happened to the republican party. they used to stand for something, law and order, decency, and this president has none of those qualities. he should have been impeached when he stood with vladimir putin and sided with him over our intelligence agencies. he disparages gold star families.

and i just don't understand how the republican party can stick with him when he doesn't stand for anybody but himself. >> all right. chuck in pair ris, i am illinois. brenda in richmond, virginia, an independent. did you watch any of the debate? were you able to watch the votes as well? >> caller: yeah. i think the whole thing is a sham. since the -- have been trying to get that man out of office. they have not allowed him to func function as a president. with all that going on and he still managed to do all the things that previous caller was talking about with with the jobs and everything else, i think it's amazing what he has accomplished against all that adversity. if you think that ever since clinton, every election they tried -- somebody wants to elect -- wants to impeach the

president. and it's becoming a tool that's being used like the -- get rid of him, and i don't approve of that at all. another thing that really is the democrats have -- are completely out of control. how can you serve two masters? at one time the progressive caucus used to have openly on the website for the [ inaudible ] all of them -- >> brenda, apologies, i have to let you go because you're breaking up there a little bit. more calls coming up. john, what do you have? >> the president up and tweeting this morning. this was about ten minutes ago talking about the impeachment votes last night. 100% republican vote is what the president tweeted. that was what people are talking about, the republicans are united like never before.

and one of the members of congress who neither voted yea or nay, the only one on the floor and didn't do either but voted present was congresswoman tulsi gabbard, one of those members of congress who is looking to run against the present in 2020. the democratic candidate to put out a statement last night about her present vote yesterday. she also put out a twitter video in which she explained that vote. here's a little bit of that video. >> throughout my life, whether through serving in the military or in congress, i've always worked to do what is in the best interests of our country. not what's best for me politically. not what's best for my political party. no, i've always put our country first. one may not always agree with my decisions, but everyone should know that i will always do what i believe to be right for the country that i love. so after doing my due diligence and reviewing the 658-page

impeachment report, i came to the conclusion that i could not in good conscience vote either yes or no. i am standing in the center, and decided to vote present. i could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because i believe president trump is guilty of wrongdoing. i also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country. so when i cast my vote in support of the impeachment inquiry nearly three months ago, i said that in order to maintain the integrity of this solemn und undertaking it must not be partisan. that's what it has been. on the one side -- >> gabbard in it her statement. goes on for another three or four minus. she goes on to note that she has

introduced a censure resolution for president trump and that's what she would support when it comes to the president's actions with regard to ukraine. one more story, one more interesting note from last night, during those votes, was the brief hubbub in twitter over the one republican who he voted for one of those articles of impeachment. it turned out to be a mistaken vote by a republican member from texas, and dallas morning news with the story about that vote, paul cobbler is the reporter on the story, the texas congressman who made that mistaken vote, vic michael cloud, he spoke briefly. he's calling it a clairecall error. quote, obviously it was a mistake. i didn't see it because i was busy making sure that it got corrected. he said his vote was entered wrong but the error appeared in

vote tallies on televisions across the country showing that single republican had voted to impeach president trump, one republican. it didn't catch with the general populous, only with the media. said the impeachment marks a sad day for the united states. normally the idea is you have a crime that produces evidence that leads to a verdict. he said we started with the verdict to find evidence that we never found of a crime. this has been backward. >> following up on john mccartel's earlier mention, "politico's" exclusive this morning, mark meadows, republican north carolina, saying that he will not possibly finish out his term but he's definitely not running for re-election. maggie haberman of "the new york times" tweeting this morning, meadows has been mentioned as either a chief of staff for the president or possible senior strategist for the president in the past.

also, we're learning this morning from the leaders' office in the senate that senator mcconnell will deliver remarks at 9:30 a.m. this morning on the senate floor. he's going to speak about house democrats' pressing breaking impeachment as he says in his tweet of the president of the united states. you can watch the leader's remarks on c-span two, here on c-span, the house will be gaveling in for their session. and topping their doto-do list e trade agreement with canada and mexico. john in homestead, your reaction to the house votes on impeachment. >> caller: i've seen the votes, and it was too close to call on the first article. those even yeas or nays.

on the selective vote it was clearly, clearly the nays had clearly the votes. >> all right. elizabeth in san diego, democratic caller. >> caller: yeah. i just wanted to make an observation about the republicans and it being nonpartisan. had one republican had some backbone and stood up for what clearly -- >> good morning. how are you? oh, that's good. we've been hearing from people all over the country in the last -- since last night and this morning. seems like people have a spring in their step because the president was held accountable for his reckless behavio