. >> joining us on the phone is sarah ferris, who has been following all of these developments.

. >> joining us on the phone is sarah ferris, who has been following all of these developments. walk us through how the morning unfolded and what you heard sense -- heard since. >> democratic leaders have been working to stress to their members how they should message about it. this is the first vote the house has taken on impeachment. there was a lot of concern among democrats it might be something that actually damages the party. what we saw today from the very beginning was democrats they reunited around this. they only lost two members on the floor, both of them have been vocal opponents of impeachment. the day began with top democrats, concluding the speaker, nancy pelosi, really stressing the weight of the moment. she used words like somber and solemn, and they really wanted to stress this is not something that was taken lightly. they will be facing a turn of attacks from republicans. democrats really want to show to the american public they are proceeding carefully on something of this magnitude. impeachment ist, a political process, but as he mentioned, the house speaker

sarah ferris on capitol hill, thanks for being with us. sarah: thanks for having me. announcer: we're mage it easy for you to follow the impeachment inquiry. on c-span.org. search all of c-span's coverage for video on demand of all the congressional briefings and hearings as well as the administration's response during the impeachment inquiry process. log on to our impeachment inquiry webpage at c-span.org/impeachment. your fast and easy way to watch c-span's unfiltered coverage any time. >> at a news conference house republican leaders reacted to the impeachment inquiry resolution patching in the house. and shared their thoughts on how the inquiry process has played out so far. from capitol hill, this is 25 minutes. mr. mccarthy: we just had a vote on the floor. in march, speaker pelosi said this aboutea