from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tom hansen. it's thursday, december 19th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >> a great day for the constitution of the united states. a sad one for america. >> a historic chapter in the presidency of the u.s. the house of representatives impeaches president trump on charges he abused his office and obstructed congress. mr. trump's reaction as he rallies his base and what to expect in the senate trial. after a union dispute threatened tonight's democratic presidential debate, the show will go on.% why this debate will be different from the others. and pre-winter woes. a deadly pileup on a frozen interstate and a snow squall interstate and a snow squall takes manhattan.

captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a historic moment for the american presidency. last night the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach president trump, making him only the third u.s. president ever to be impeached. the vote on two charges was mostly along party lines. mr. trump is accused of abusing his power and obstructing congress in a scheme to get ukraine to dig up dirt on his political rival, joe biden. as the house debate his impeachment yesterday, president trump held a rally in michigan where he blasted democrats. take a listen. >> you are the ones obstructing justice. you are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our republic for your own selfish gain. >> reporter: the president went on to defend himself saying he did not do anything wrong.

debra alfarone is on capitol hill. that's the next phase now in this impeachment process? >> reporter: well, anne-marie, the next thing is that those articles of impeachment, they have to go to the senate. but house speaker nancy pelosi has said that she's not going to name any impeachment managers until they can hammer out exactly what that process is going to be for that sen

happening, president trump was campaigning in amash's district in battle creek, michigan. >> it doesn't feel like we're being impeached. >> reporter: he chastised democrats over the impeachment. >> you are the ones bringing pain and suffering to our republic. >> reporter: the next step -- a trial in the senate. >> when we see what they're doing -- >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi suggested she may temporarily hold off sending the impeachment articles to the senate which could delay the trial. so there's been a lot of back and forth about witnesses.

senate minority leader chuck schumer and majority leader mitch mcconnell are supposed to meet today to talk about these witnesses. and schumer said that he wants them, and mcconnell has said that he doesn't. there's a lot going on here, and no doubt this is going to be a very busy place today. anne-marie? >> i think that is an understatement. thank you so much, debra. still ahead on "cbs this morning," majority leader mitch mcconnell will discuss the timeline of the senate trial and, as debra brought up, possible witnesses. president trump's impeachment by the house will be discussed at tonight's democratic presidential debate in california. a labor dispute at loyola mary mount university had threatened to scuttle the event. all seven candidates who qualified for the debate have threatened to skip it. the labor issue has since been resolved in a last-minute deal. danya bacchus has the latest. >> reporter: stricter polling and donor requirements means just seven out of the 15 candidates qualify for tonight's debate. loyola marymount political science professor ric in iowa i

month and a half or so from now, in is huge. >> reporter: two qualify candidates had to have at least 200,000 donors are 800 donors in 20 different states and reach either 4% support in at least four national or early state polls or 6% in at least two early state polls. >> the rules make it harder and harder to qualify. the oddity is the party and polls deciding who gets to still be a viable candidate and attend the debates. not actually voters. >> reporter: joe biden, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, tom steyer, and andre yang will take the stage. yang will be the only nonwhite candidate. >> when the race started, this was historic. the field's narrowed. it seems like almost all of the candidates of color are no longer top-tier candidates or seem to have a chance.

>> reporter: before ending her campaign, kamala harris qualified for the debate. julian castro, cory booker and tulsi gabbard did not meet the polling threshold. you won't see on the stage michael bloomberg. he joined the crowded race after november's late. >> you don't someone coming in late and barnstorming and backuping. we'll see if that works. >> reporter: bloomberg plans to self-fund his campaign and not accept donations, automatically disqualifying him from this debate. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. nine presidential candidates have signed a letter urging the dnc to adjust its qualification criteria allowing candidates to meet either donor or polling thresholds, not both, in order to take part in the next round of debates. there's new uncertainty this morning over the fate of obamacare. yesterday a federal appeals court ruled the affordable care act's requirement that people have health insurance was unconstitutional. the appeals court did not

invalidate the rest of the law which means it remains in effect for now. the court sent the case back to a federal judge in texas to look into which part of obamacare could survive without the so-called individual mandate. an arrest has been made in connection with a deadly stabbing spree at a shopping center in oregon. it happened yesterday in the city of beaverton, outside of portland. police say a 20-year-old man stabbed two women inside a bank. one of those victims died. the other was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police say the suspect also stabbed a man at a gym next to the bank and then stole the man's car. authorities say the man then drove to a nearby town, stole another car, and stabbed another woman. the suspect eventually jumped out of the car and tried to run from police but was caught. police did not release details about a possible motive. a large stretch of a busy highway in pennsylvania was forced to shut down after a deadly pileup. the crashes were reported

yesterday on interstate 80 in white deer township near the poconos. police say more than 20 cars collided, dozens of people were taken to nearby hospitals. rescue crews rushed to save one person trapped in their car. there- rather, that at least two people have died. the crashes happened when a snow squall suddenly hit making the road slippery. new yorkers learn the meaning of the term snow squall. this is time lapse of the sudden winter storm as it engulfed manhattan after an alert from the national weather service warned, quote, sudden whiteouts, icy roads, slow down. and it was briefly intense, leaving the city coated in snow and ice. but by late afternoon, some people were already enjoying the early blast of winter. coming up on the "morning news" now, a fire emergency in southeast australia after the country records its hottest day. and caught on video, the teenager steals a small plane in

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the nation saw its hottest day ever was with an average maximum temperature topping 107 degrees. 2,000 firefighters are battling the fires with help from u.s. and canadian teams, as well as the australian military. our partners at the bbc report spanish riot police clashed with catalonia separatist protesters outside of barcelona at a stadium. police tried to keep the protesters from disrupting night's match between barcelona and reale madrid that was being watched on tv by 650 million people worldwide. plastic trash cans were set on fire, and the smell of smoke drifted into the stadium. the match was briefly stopped when protesters threw balls on to the field with messages for the spanish government to open a dialogue with the separatists. at least 12 people were reportedly hurt in the clashes. nine people were arrested. the "fresno bee" says a

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the trump administration has taken a step forward in its plan to allow americans to safely and legally access low-price prescription drugs from abroad. yesterday health officials unveiled a proposed rule that would allow states to import many brand-name drugs from canada with federal oversight. a second draft plan would allow pharmaceutical companies to seek approval to import their own drugs from any country. the insurance company new york life is spending more than $6 billion to buy the group life and disability coverage business of the insurer cigna. the deal will add millions of customers to its business and give cigna cash to buy back stock and pare down its debt. new york life is among the nation's oldest life insurers. the company is owned by policyholders and does not trade publicly. the deal is expected to close next year in the third quarter. board members of fiat crim race here and psa the owner of peugeot have inked a deal that would merge the companies into the world's fourth-largest automaker. the move is expected to produce

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our top stories this morning, the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach president trump. yesterday lawmakers voted nearly along party lines to approve both articles against mr. trump. abusing his power and obstructing congress. the president now faces a trial in the senate. and tonight, the sixth democratic debate will get under way. seven presidential hopefuls will take the stage. the event will take place at loyola marymount university in los angeles. it is the last debate of the year. for millions of young americans, the impeachment process has been a realtime lesson in physics. some say the teenagers could

give many adults a lesson in civility. does everybody agree that an inquiry is okay? raise your hand. >> reporter: tracy downey's advanced placement u.s. history class is discussing president trump's impeachment. >> this affects the future. >> reporter: they are students at ridge community high school outside orlando, in a county the president won in 2016. >> i think this may be like a political hit to president trump because he's not going to get removed. >> you could argue that by us not going ahead with it because we don't think it will pass in the senate that if you have the support of the senate behind you, then you can do whatever you want. >> they handle it more like adults than the adults are handling it right now. >> reporter: really? >> oh, yes. if you're going to say i think we should impeach him, great, why? they have to back it up. >> reporter: unlike those in washington. there's no name-calling or grandstanding. >> all of this is bringing out how we feel about trump, do not we think he should be impeached. >> reporter: instead, patience

and notably civility. >> it's okay for us to differ in our opinions. >> i don't think anybody's wrong for having an opinion. >> it doesn't define you. >> the only wrong opinion is an informed one. >> reporter: the big question is regardless of whether the impeachment goes through or not is how do we come together as a country. >> i think we have to start having conversations with people like they are people. we have to stop treating people like they are just a political party. >> reporter: an important lesson for us all. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, davenport, florida. >> well said. coming up on "cbs this morning," the response from the white house on the impeachment of president trump. we'll speak with white house press secretary stephanie grisham. plus, as you do your last-minute holiday shopping, we have a warning about toys sold on line that do not meet safety standards. and in our "world of worship" series, holly williams takes us to turkey to meet the whirling dervishes. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green.

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