>> the live special will be seen in its entirety after this debate and vote. >> join with us in rejecting this baseless impeachment. that's what's wonderful about this system of ours. we are a government of, by and for the people. always remember, we work for you, not the other way around now i will say this stronger and with more conviction than i have ever said it before. in this time of great trial and tribulation may god bless america. i yield back. [ applause ]

>> we're going to return to our regular programming. we'll be back with the votes. >> white house.

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the nays at 91 with many more still to go and we are keeping our eye on it for you. >> that's the first article of impeachment, abuse of power. the second that they'll vote on is obstruction of justice. we are watching, of course, what is happening on this historic night in washington but stay you work hard. you play hard. a drink with friends can turn into two. and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. stop! there are a lot of ways to get a dui. and a lot of ways to go. text a friend. call a cab. share a ride. whatever you choose to do, go safely, california.

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next is obstruction of congress. and we expect that to happen immediately following this article of impeachment vote. this comes after a day-long debate and speech making for and against the impeachment process. >> and abc news will have special coverage of this when the vote is finalized on this first article. and we'll be back with more. >> stay with us. ♪the beat goes onp for heart failure look like? it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. ♪the beat goes on

report. the house impeachment vote. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. good evening. we want to go straight to the floor of the house, where you see right there, the first article of impeachment against donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states, does pass, does have the votes to pass, for violating his oath of office, abusing the powers of the presidency. want to go to mary bruce, our senior correspondent there on capitol hill. and for now, at least, a very strict party line vote. you just had the first republican, the first republican now vote for the impeachment articles, you also have an independent former republican, justin amash voting. two democrats voting against, jeff van drew and colin peterson. that republican vote, mary, something of a surprise. it is congressman rooney of florida? can you tell yet? >> george, that is a complete surprise and we are still waiting to figure out who has crossed party lines. because, of course, republicans so far have been completely united in lock step with the

president, as we saw today. all of the republicans were expected to oppose impeachment. you mentioned there were those two democrats who broke ranks, joining republicans in opposing impeachment, that is congressman van drew of new jersey who has announced plans to actually leave the democratic party entirely and join republicans. and colin peterson of minnesota, a district that donald trump won by 30 points. but as of now, donald trump joins the ranks of history as just the third president ever in american history to be impeached, a stain that will forever be on his legacy, george. >> second article of impeachment voted on next, obstruction of congress. jon karl, the president had been holding his -- his votes in line completely, as we said, with mary bruce there, republican voting against, a bit of a surprise, but congressman rooney, if it is indeed him, is retiring. >> he is. the white house had been expecting that there would be not a single republican

defection. francis rooney of florida is somebody who has been quite critical of the president, specifically on this issue of his actions towards ukraine. but george, the white house, the president, his people, have known for some time that this was an inevitable cop collusion, that he was going to get impeached in the house. they believe it is just as inevitable that he is going to be -- he is going to prevail in the senate in a senate trial, that he will not be removed from office, it will be overwhelmingly against removal. and you can mark my words on this, the president, who is rallying right now in battle creek, michigan, will look towards that trial in the senate as complete and total vindication, exoneration, is the way the president will look at that, not at the stain that's on his record because of the impeachment vote in the house. >> the house votes on that first article of impeachment, a second article is coming up. we'll be back with that in a

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tonight, a landmark moment in american history. the final arguments before the historic vote tonight whether to impeach president trump. a fiercely divided congress, a divided country. the house voting on articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. speaker nancy pelosi saying the president, quote, gave us no choice. republicans defending the president today, saying there's no evidence of a crime. and accusing the democrats of wanting to do this since the day he was elected. will he be only the third president to be impeached? mary bruce live on the hill tonight. meantime, president trump furious, leaving for a campaign rally in michigan tonight in battle mode. his tweetstorm, calling impeachment an assault on america. jon karl live at the white house, the president's playbook