>> HERE IS SPEAKER PELOSI WITH THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS.
>> AS YOU KNOW, ON DECEMBER
18th, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES UPHELD ITS
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY AND VOTED
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, DONALD TRUMP.
IN THE COURSE OF THE DEBATE HE
DID NOT UPHOLD HIS OATH OF
OFFICE TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT TAKES A SPECIAL
OATH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM
THE CONGRESSIONAL OATH.
IN FACT, HE TAKES AN OATH THAT
WAS TAKEN BY PRESIDENT GEORGE
WASHINGTON, THE PATRIARCH OF OUR
COUNTRY, IN FRONT OF HIS PICTURE
WE STAND HERE.
SO SAD, SO TRAGIC FOR OUR
COUNTRY THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN
BY THE PRESIDENT TO UNDERMINE
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, TO
VIOLATE HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND
TO JEOPARDIZE THE SECURITY OF
OUR ELECTIONS, THE INTEGRITY OF
OUR ELECTIONS HAVE TAKEN US TO
THIS PLACE.
THIS PLACE. SO TODAY WE WILL MAKE HISTORY.
WHEN WE WALK DOWN -- WHEN THE
MANAGERS WALK DOWN THE HALL,
THRESHOLD OF HISTORY, DELIVERING
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR ABUSE OF POWER AND
OBSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
AS WE MAKE THAT HISTORY, WE WILL
BE MAKING PROGRESS FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, PROGRESS IN
SUPPORT OF OUR CONSTITUTION,
PROGRESS IN HONOR OF THE
SACRIFICE AND THE VISION OF OUR
FOUNDERS.
FOUNDERS. PROGRESS IN HONOR OF THE
SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM AND PROGRESS FOR THE
FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.
MAKE IT BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS
PRESIDENT WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, THAT NO ONE IS
ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT NO FUTURE
PRESIDENT SHOULD EVER ENTERTAIN
THE IDEA THAT ARTICLE ONE --
EXCUSE ME, ARTICLE TWO SAYS THAT
HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL SIGN
THE RESOLUTION, TRANSMITTING THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE
SENATE, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED
BY OUR MANAGERS, OF WHOM I’M
VERY PROUD.
VERY PROUD. WHEN THEY BRING THIS OVER, IT
WILL SET IN MOTION A PROCESS ON
THE SENATE SIDE, PROBABLY
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. I DON’T KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT
IT MAY BE AS SOON AS TOMORROW.
THE SENATORS WILL TAKE AN OATH
OF OFFICE.
OF OFFICE. THEY WILL TAKE A SPECIAL OATH OF
OFFICE TO DO IMPARTIAL JUDGES --
TO DO IMPARTIAL JUSTICE
ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE LAWS.
LET’S HOPE THAT THEY UPHOLD THAT
OATH THAT THEY TAKE TOMORROW.
AND SO NOW I’M VERY HONORED
THAT -- TO BE HERE WITH OUR SIX
CHAIRMEN WHO WORKED SO HARD TO
HELP US UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION
WITH THEIR LEGISLATING, THEIR
INVESTIGATING, THEIR LITIGATING.
YOU KNOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS PART OF
THE HOUSE MANAGERS, JERRY
NADLER, THE HOUSE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE,
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS,
CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE
COMMITTEE, CONGRESSWOMAN
COMMITTEE, CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY, MADAM CHAIR OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, CONGRESSMAN
ELLIOTT ENGEL OF THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND RICHIE
NEIL, CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE.
MEANS COMMITTEE. WE THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR
DIFFICULT WORK.
DIFFICULT WORK. AND WE HONOR OUR DARLING ELIJAH
CUMMINGS WHO SAID WHEN ONE DAY
WE ARE DANCING WITH THE ANGELS,
WHAT WOULD WE SAY ABOUT WHAT WE
DID AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME IN
OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY?
AND THEN I’M VERY PROUD THAT MR.
NADLER AND MR. SCHIFF ARE PART
OF OUR MANAGERS, BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER MANAGERS
WHO ARE WITH US.
FRESHMAN MEMBER, BUT -- I
SHOULDN’T SAY FRESHMAN.
THEY’VE BEEN HERE ONE YEAR,
ACCOMPLISHED GREAT THINGS.
JASON CROW OF COLORADO.
CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
CONGRESSWOMAN GARCIA OF TEXAS.
ARE WE ALL HERE?
WHERE IS HA KCHLTKIM?
DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF OUR
CAUCUS, HAKIM JEFFRIES OF NEW
YORK.
YORK. IS THAT EVERYBODY?
AND ZOE LOFGREN.
FOR THE NIXON IMPEACHMENT SHE
WAS A STAFFER FOR A COMMITTEE
MEMBER DON EDWARDS OF
CALIFORNIA, MEMBER OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DURING THE
CLINTON IMPEACHMENT IN HER OWN
RIGHT AND NOW MEMBER OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THAT
OVERSEES ELECTIONS AND A
MANAGER.
MANAGER. WITH THAT, I THANK THEM ALL FOR
THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR
SERVICE AND I’M NOW GOING TO
PROCEED TO SIGN THE ARTICLES.
>>> SPEAKER PELOSI SIGNING THAT IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION THAT WILL
AUTHORIZE THE ARTICLES
ESSENTIALLY BE TRANSMITTED TO
THE U.S. SENATE.
YOU CAN SEE SHE’S USING MULTIPLE
PENS AS WE OFTEN SEE IN CEREMONY
CEREMONIES IN WASHINGTON.
HER SIGNATURE PART OF THAT
HISTORY UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW.
>> WE GO TO KAISE HUNT, WHO IS
WATCHING ALONG WITH US.
SHE’S OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL.
KASIE, AFTER THE SIGNING, WE
UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE A
LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK BEFORE
THIS SOLEMN WALK TAKES PLACE.
THIS WILL BE THE END OF THE LINE
AS FAR AS IMPEACHMENT FOR NANCY
PELOSI, CORRECT?
PELOSI, CORRECT? >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT,
LESTER.
LESTER. HER ROLE IN THIS IS OFFICIALLY
DONE AFTER SHE FINISHES USING,
AS YOU POINTED OUT, EACH OF
THOSE PENS NOW A PIECE OF
HISTORY THAT TRADITIONALLY ARE
OFTEN HANDED OUT TO PEOPLE WHO
PLAYED SIGNIFICANT ROLES.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE’S
WRAPPING UP WHAT IS HER ONLY
ROLE HERE.
ROLE HERE. THEY’LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES AFTER
THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
WE’LL SEE THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING
HER, THOSE MANAGERS.
>> A LITTLE OFF MIKE BUT