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The President is impeached and a top REPUBLICAN announces his resignation...
Details of an historic day on Capitol Hill.
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Plus the attack on Iraq continues for a fourth day.
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Tonight in sports, we'll check in with George Welsh as the Cavs look for a way to keep the Gatorade off the field and off their coach in the Dome.
Plus, Jordan may be ready to officially call it quits.
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And Bruce Smith and the Bills play well, but they still ose to the Jets 17-to-10.
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More cloudy skies tomorrow-- but some places will see the sun in the afternoon, and it'll warm up quite nicely.
Details coming up.
[Impeachment]
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Good evening, I'm Eric Earnhart...
The President Clinton is impeached... and the Speaker-elect of the House resigns.
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Jonathan Freed begins our coverage in Washington.
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LOCATOR: CAPITOL HILL.
NATSOT: ARTICLE ONE IS ADOPTED.
If you had just tuned in, you might not have realized that one of the
most sacred constitutional levers had just been pulled...
NATSOT: ARTICLE THREE IS ADOPTED.
...the President of the United States was impeached.
In largely partisan votes, the Republican-lead House of Representatives
approved two of the four articles of impeachment: perjury before a grand
jury...and obstruction of justice...in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Mr. Clinton was in seclusion with a minister when the first vote was
taken. Later, with his wife and Democratic lawmakers at his side, he
asked the country to help him end what he called the politics of
personal destruction.
SOT 16:27:15 (CLINTON): WE MUST GET RID OF THE...VENOM...AND
UNCONTROLLED ANGER...THAT IS NOT WHAT AMERICA DESERVES...THAT IS NOT
WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT.
NATSOT: DEMCOCRATS WALKING OUT.
In a political show, the Democrats temporarily walked out of the House
to protest their failure to replace impeachment with a resolution of
censure.
And then there was this:
SOT 4405 (REP. BOB LIVINGSTON/R-LA.): I MUST SET THE EXAMPLE I HOPE
PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL FOLLOW.
The man the G-O-P nominated to be Speaker of the new Congress announced
he's stepping aside...because of having extra-marital affairs of his
own. It shook the House.
SOT (REP. TOM DELAY/MAJORITY WHIP/R-TX.): IT WAS ABOUT HONOR, AND
DECENCY, AND INTEGRITY AND THE TRUTH.
SOT (REP. DICK GEPHARDT/MINORITY LEADER/D-MO.): WE NEED TO STOP
DESTROYING IMPERFECT PEOPLE AT THE ALTAR OF AN OBTAINABLE MORALITY.
Then, in keeping with the will of the founding fathers...
NATSOT: HYDE PRESENTING ARTICLES TO SENATE OFFICER.
...the issue was formally handed off to the Senate.
STAND-UP (JONATHAN FREED/CBS NEWS): THE QUESTION NOW IS WILL THERE BE A
LENGTHY TRIAL IN THE SENATE...OR WILL A DEAL SOMEHOW BE REACHED TO AVOID
IT? J-F...WASHINGTON.
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[Congress-Votes]
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Every Virginian but Rocky Mount Democrat Virgil Goode stuck with his party today.
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Ellen Qualls is in Washington with more on our own congressional delegation.
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[History]
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President Clinton's impeachment isn't a first-- It happened once before.
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The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson in 1868.
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The Senate acquitted Johnson, and he completed President Lincoln's unexpired term as President.
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Years later Johnson was elected to the same body that came within one vote of removing him from office... becoming the first President elected to the Senate AFTER leaving the White House.
[Reaction]
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Most opinion polls show many Americans still want Clinton to remain in office.
But, opinions among some people in part of Southwestern Virginia are mixed.
David Johnson has local reaction.
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(( Mindy Barber just earned her Bachelor's Degree from Radford University and a certificate to teach.
She's ready to lead children, but fears the President's example has already misinformed the next generation.
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((MINDY BARBER; GOING INTO THE FIELD AS AN EDUCATOR, I FIND IT REALLY SAD BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO US FOR SOME DIRECTION. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GOVERNMENT. AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO ADDRESS THAT.))
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Even before the House voted to impeach Clinton several graduates felt that was the way most congressmen should vote.
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((MELISSA JENSIK; I KNOW PERJURY IS AN ILLEGAL OFFENSE IN THE CIVIL COURTS. AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR OUR PRESIDANCY AND FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE.))
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Others felt the vote was clearly partisan.
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((ANDREA CHARITY; I JUST THINK THAT IT IS REALLY ONE-SIDED. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING THAT INVOLVED TWO CONSENTING ADULTS. EVEN THOUGH HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY, IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. HE JUST GOT CAUGHT.))
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SOME FEEL THAT CLINTON SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ELECT BOB LIVINGSTON AND RESIGN.
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((ANDREA CHARITY; HE NEEDS TO SET AN EXAMPLE. HE HAS TAKEN BLAME FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE BUT HE NEEDS TO SET AN EXAMPLE. HE'S DONE WRONG AND HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN.))
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((WILLIAM BOWERS; I THINK CLINTON, FOR HIS OWN INTEREST, HE SHOULD RESIGN AS QUICK AS HE CAN.))
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((BUT, SO FAR THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE HASN'T CONSIDERED RESIGNING HIS OFFICE. NOW HIS FATE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE SENATE.
DAVID JOHNSON, NEWS 7.))))[Iraq]
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The attack in Iraq continued for a fourth day today.
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Pentagon officials say Iraq's military systems are taking major hits... setting its ballistic missile program back one year.
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British officials confirmed today they launched an overnight attack on Iraq's Republican Guard headquarters.
There's no word yet on how much longer the operation will continue.
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[S-Jets]
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The New York Jets clinched their first divisional title since Joe Namath got them one back in 1969.
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Today Bill Parcells and the Jets beat the Bills in Buffalo 17-to-10.
Vinny and Jets were tough all day as Testaverde hooks up with Wayne Chrebet on a seven yard score. It's 7-to-nothing in the first.
But Doug Flutie would ad lib his way through a screen to Thurman Thomas, who dances in from 25 yards out. It's 7-all at halftime.
The Jets got a field goal and then this 71 yard TD
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from Testaverde to Dedric Ward in the second half.
The Jets win it 17-to-10 and wrap up the AFC East.
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The Bills can still get in the playoffs this weekend, if the Oilers lose to the Packers tomorrow.[S-Skins]
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The Washington Redskins are playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at this hour.
Right now in the ____, thet Skins lead the Bucs
___ to ___.
[S-Gatorade]
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The upcoming Peach Bowl marks Virginia's 10th bowl appearance under
[graphic=george welsh] George Welsh, whose Cavaliers are coming off a comeback win over Tech. But the ACC's winningest
coach says success does have a price. Steve Mason has this chilling story.
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