sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs -- and cbs. we talked to a reporter about her book. >> after he had a battle with cancer and came through it, he saw being seen with young women vitality andhis being with them was a sign he could tell the world and i'm going to say. thesewould go to hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he is still the controlling shareholder of these companies. he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a.

>> today on c-span, "washington is next. today's program is dedicated to your phone calls on the new congress and live coverage of the house as they are expected to the rule package. [video clip] >> to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. [applause] ♪ host: nancy pelosi once again reclaims the gavel, becoming the first and only u.s. speaker of the u.s. -- only speaker of the u.s. house. leadingis in control, the democratic majority for the 116th congress. your reaction to her leadership and the democratic agenda in the house. democrats can dial in at 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001.

independents, 202-748-8002. you can join us on twitter @cspanwj or go to facebook.com/cspan. new york democrat hakeem jeffries nominated nancy pelosi for the speakership. take a listen to his speech. [video clip] >> without question, nancy pelosi has a track record of administrative success that is unparalleled in modern american history. nancy pelosi, captain the ship that defeated the effort to privatize social security, rescued our economy in the midst of the great recession, saved the amount -- american automobile industry, provided health care to more than 20 million americans. [applause]

created the consumer financial enacted a bureau and minimum wage increase for the first time in 10 years. massk a blow against incarceration and provided relief to tens of thousands of americans who are credit cardholders being defrauded. nancy pelosi is just getting .tarted [applause] she will continue to fight hard for the people. nancy pelosi will fight to lower health care costs, strengthen the affordable care act, protect conditions,existing and act and infrastructure plan, defend the dreamers, fix the

voting rights act and end the era of voter suppression once and for all. host: hakeem jeffries yesterday with his nomination of nancy pelosi to be the speaker. it take a look at the front page of the wall street journal, pelosi reclaims the speaker's gavel. democrats take over house amid standoff and they note there were 220 votes for nancy pelosi and 192 votes for republican kevin mccarthy of california. inside the new york times this morning, they note there were 18 members who voted for other candidates and three members who voted present. here is a list of what they call those defections, anthony brenda's the of new york, jason crow, joe cunningham, ben mcadams. slotkin, alyssa abigail spanberger, jeff andrew. eric golden as well as jim

cooper. ron kind, carter lam, burch rader, kathleen rice of new york. we want to hear from you, your thoughts on the leadership of nancy pelosi and what is next for the democrats in the house. rick is a democrat in citrus heights, california. good morning to you. i have got to push the button. start over. caller: good morning. i am so happy to finally be on c-span. i have tried forever. as far as democrats are concerned, i am so happy my party is in charge of the house beingresentatives because a disabled person -- i am not a veteran, i was born disabled, but i was born with a lot of different diseases, i am so very happy the democrats have taken

over the house of representatives and i will say ifs before i go, that is president trump continues to behave the way he is behaving, i don't have the means to do this, but anyone that does, i would support them. if any of you recall what happened during world war ii with the italians and benito mussolini. jack int's move on to providence, rhode island. republican. jack? caller: hi. good morning. i wish that gentleman from california well. i really do. i am on the other side of the spectrum. she was speaker before. overall, it didn't go too well for her. a snidehter makes like

comment like she will cut your head off and you won't know it. i don't like that confrontation. you have to hit back with that. furthermore, that congresswoman from michigan with that vulgar language, she is another one. a bit.ritates me quite ultimately, it will backfire. talk like that talk tough, but they are cowardly. i am not necessarily a fan of donald trump. they are talking about putting jim webb in for defense secretary. i like him a lot. i don't think trump will pick him. person mannd up to a to man. he is a tough guy. i think trump would be afraid of him. host: jack in providence, rhode

island. jackie is a democrat in sarasota, florida. what do you think about nancy pelosi and the democrats in control of the house? the headline in usa today, pelosi promises different world. jackie, good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. host: we are listening, please go ahead. caller: i am so glad and proud they nominated pelosi and all i ask that she have the fear of the lord, she asked for his wisdom. host: as you know, over 100 women joined the 116th congress and nancy pelosi becoming the only female speaker in u.s. history, she regains the gavel yesterday. in her speech, she talked about

the females in congress and here is what she had to say. speak --[video clip] >> thank you so much, leader mccarthy. i look forward to working with you. every one of you, i respect you and the constituents who sent each and every one of us here. they expect and deserve for us to try to find our common ground and we must try to do that, stand our ground where we cannot, but always extend the hand of friendship. thank you, kevin mccarthy, four-year leadership. congratulations for being the leader of the party. and congratulations to each and every one of you. new members of congress, newly reelected members of congress, thank you for your courage to run for office and to serve in this distinguished body.

every two years, we gather in this chamber for a sacred ritual, under the dome of this temple of democracy, the capital of the united states, we renew the great american experiment. i am particularly proud to be a woman speaker of the house of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. [applause] and we all have the ability and the privilege to serve with over 100 women members of congress, the largest number in history. nancyusa today on

pelosi's leadership, the california democrat plans to confront the president on many front from investigating the deaths of immigrant children in u.s. custody to demanding tax returns and protecting robert mueller's rash investigation. nancy and her colleagues remain locked in a budget border security battle with trump that left parts of the government shut down for two weeks. the government shutdown continues, day 14 today. yesterday democrats attempted to reopen the government in the house and put two pieces of legislation on the floor. they both passed. thewould open up most of agencies that have been closed for the rest of the year, fund them for the rest of the year and the other would have funded the homeland security department until february 8 to allow republicans and democrats to negotiate over border security. those passed the house, but

mitch mcconnell said he will not take anything to the floor that will not get the president signature despite similar legislation passing the senate earlier in december. let's go to floyd in jonesville, virginia, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. pelosiay i heard nancy speaking and she said it was immoral to have a wall built on the border. if you go to their house or barack obama's house or her spiritual leader's house, the vatican, they have a 40 foot wall and they all have walls around their houses, but it is immoral for us to build a wall to protect our children and our police officers getting killed front -- by these people. another thing -- i don't think i have heard c-span bring it up or anybody about the priest that

molested those little boys, pedophiles and they will not talk about that being immoral. if you want to find a good place to worship, go to youtube and you will find a great man, a marine that teaches the gospel. host: from social media, the first day of congress for these freshman lawmakers. barbara lee, who was elected seen on the house floor taking selfies with alyssa presley, a new member of congress, first day of a new era and congresswoman deb haaland, new mexicans in the house, the u.s. house, the 116th congress and been mcadams, first time on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives with my kids, a memory we will not forget. i look forward to serving the people of utah. molly, insatiably

curious and globally kind young woman who combines a biting analysis of our troubled world , she and herart generation will make it better and my special guest for today's secretary. sorry, i think i might need glasses. it is an honor to be sworn in today to represent tennessee in the u.s. senate by brett kavanaugh alongside senator alexander and senator bob corker . as the speaker of the house mentioned, the remarkable record number of women that are serving in the u.s. congress, the washington post notes the 102 women took the oath of office in the house and 25 in the senate, nearly a quarter of the overall voting membership.

latino sent its first hispanic woman. 10 democrats openly identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. 6 states in the senate are represented only by women, a first. they also note in the washington post, the day served as a powerful reminder of the shifting gender dynamics of the house as democrats ascend to power. when pelosi arrived on capitol hill, there were 23 u.s. members. 92.f thursday, there are we are getting your reaction to speaker pelosi and the democrats taking control of the house. we go to josephine in new jersey, independent. caller: good morning. as usual, nancy always proves herself. i know the republicans have always used her as a bogeyman. how could you not love the sight

of those children surrounding her? that never happens with republicans. i looked at that house and said, isn't this strange. all the white, stodgy old men sitting there and you look at a couple ofde -- -- children on that side. who is standing with a baby walking in his arms, they were all democrats. what did i miss in that picture? host: why do you think that makes a difference? caller: because they are the future. don't worry about the corporations, they are the future. if they cannot live in a clean environment and they cannot get a job. if they cannot raise a family -- they are the future. she represents the future. the other people represent the past. as someone says in the white

house, the good old america back. we are going backwards with him. host: as the caller noted, usa today points out she is seen by republicans and democrats as the percent of patient of a -- personification as a coastal elite. during the 2018 midterm campaign, the gop ran constant ads and -- hammering her. an nbc news wall street journal paul hatter her at 41% unfavorable, 28% favorable. the same poll had trump at 52% unfavorable, 37% favorable. james in new jersey, republican. caller: i am a moderate. i got that wrong. host: okay. since: i am for the wall 2011. i am happy to see nancy pelosi get back the gavel because we do

need a check. there are many things wrong with trump. the wall, i am for, since 2011. and those illegal aliens that get paid $4.50 an hour -- no benefits whatsoever. working papers can get them minimum wage. i've been having the argument in washington, d.c. since 2011. the wall, i am four. ast: james, for the wall this government shutdown extends to two weeks, there is no sign of a deal. the president yesterday came out to the white house briefing room, spoke to reporters, didn't take any questions and here is what he had to say.

[video clip] >> you can call it a barrier, call it whatever you want. .e are going to make it good the people of our country want it. i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border security, order control, and the wall the barrier. i have never had anything like it in terms of calls coming in, in terms of people writing in and tweeting and doing whatever they have to do. we have done some things that have been very popular. host: the president not supporting any compromise on this wall, saying he wants funding for it. democrats in the house attempted to reopen the government yesterday. the full year funding bill 92 vote.39- the homeland security bill cleared by 241-190 with seven

republicans joining a unanimous democratic caucus. after that vote, nancy pelosi held a news conference and here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> we are not doing a wall. does anybody have any doubt we are not doing a wall? >> do you worry about\? >> it has nothing to do with politics. it is a morality between countries. it is an old way of thinking. as an't cost-effective and congresswoman said, there are things we could be doing at the ports of entry. first of all, if you want infrastructure, we need more infrastructure at the ports of entry. if you want them to test drugs, there is technology that can scan these cars coming through. we are spending about $40 million. we should be spending about $300 million to do this and that is

why the border control people -- by their own numbers. there are so many things we can be doing to maintain who we are as a country. you don't live on the border. it may be some of you do. it is a community with a border going through it and if they are saying these drugs and this and that are largely coming through theports of entry, beef up ports of entry. there is no reason. the wall, in my view, is a in morality a waste of money and an opportunity cost to protect the american people. it is a diversionary tactic on the part of the president and now he wants to use the shutdown of government taking public employees and the people served by them hostage to his wall. pelosiew york times, rises to speaker, firing first shots in era of divided

government. the story goes on to talk about pressure building on mitch mcconnell to get more engaged in this impasse. esther mcconnell helped to push the blame for a prolonged shutdown on the democrats while protecting republicans running for reelection in 2020, including himself. much as democrats did in 2018, republicans face a difficult map with a handful of incumbent senators facing reelection in swing states or states won by hillary clinton. on thursday as the new era of divided government opened in washington, perhaps the most vulnerable republican, cory gardner of colorado broke rank to become the first member of his party to call for an end with the shutdown with or without mr. trump's wall funding . he said i think we should pass a continuing resolution to get the government back open. the senate -- senate done it

last congress. senator susan collins of maine, one of the most moderate numbers -- members said she would support separating homeland security funding from the other bipartisan appropriations bills approved in committee to reopen much of the government as democrats proposed. mr. mcconnell is refusing to take up the democrat's measure. mark in massachusetts, independent. what do you think? divided government in washington and democrats in control of one of the chambers. caller: god bless them. i hope this new congress can do the best they can. akeem jeffries grandstanding in his speech. are they living in the same world we are? we are on 12 days of congress. i understand it's a new congress. pelosi is in hawaii, everyone doing their thing over the holidays. the dow jones is in the tank. our people blind here, greta?

let's not forget independents are 40% of the voters in america. the democrats have only taken the house. i am glad you brought up the fact mitch mcconnell has been missing in action. god bless us all. happy new year, thank you. host: you felt like there speeches were out of touch? mean, i just think we are in a world of hurt and people cannot see what is coming. recession to point out. host: did you feel like they were celebrating too much? mark has gone. as mark noted on the government shutdown, there are an estimated 800,000 government workers that either are furloughed or working without pay. if you want to continue to follow the story throughout the

day, you can do so on c-span and freen 2, c-span.org or the c-span radio app. some other social media reaction or post from new members. the hill noted debbie halen in new mexico, where traditional pueblo dress -- wore traditional way below dress in the swearing in ceremony. task, 6 years ago i never imagined i would be sworn into the united states congress. the real work is yet to come. u.s.really happened, i am congresswoman, not bad for a girl from southwest detroit who did not speak english, daughter of palestinian immigrant. you helped change congress forever. let's get to work to change our

neighborhoods. pressley and just like that with my head on -- hand on granddad's bible, it is official, i am representative pressley. i am honored to serve. i will be right here. her former twitter handle. let's get to work. back to phone calls. let's go to keith and ellicott city, maryland. a democrat. good morning to you. caller: trump said it the first time, it is a trump shutdown. it is sean hannity, and coulter, and the freedom caucus. the bill the house is passing over is the exact bill mitch mcconnell and republicans passed in the senate. it's the exact bill they passed

when they thought they had a deal for continuing resolution to keep the government open and trump said he was going to support it. pence was supposed to be the negotiator. these people that provide pressure are the ones who do not care about government, do not care about working-class people and want to blow things up all the time. it's the freedom caucus, sean hannity, and coulter. in 2013, they had a copperheads of immigration bill. george bush always supported it, barack obama, many republicans supported it. in that bill, they had billions of dollars toward border security and these same people keep blowing anything up that can work because they don't want things to work. i want all the republicans -- they had paul ryan and donald trump and they just had one of the greatest deficits this year

under all republicans in control. you cannot blame it on democrats. republicans in this passed -- past year now blew up our national debt, it's over $1 trillion under republican control. i want those conservatives to think about that. host: while you were talking i was looking for the newspaper article this morning that talks about the deal -- the negotiations that have happened. they passed similar legislation in the senate and the president indicated he would not sign it read it did not get a final vote in the house. since then, there have been negotiations with vice president and jared kushner came to capitol hill and they offered less than the $5.6 billion and the president said he did not want that. day 14 of this

government shutdown with democrats now in control of the house and republicans remaining in control of the senate. let's go to peter in pennsylvania. republican. caller: my name is peter, i am a union member and i just want to have a comment for all the trumpers. when these people are retired and living in nursing homes laying in a diaper and some immigrant treats them with more humanity than they are being treated today -- it is not right, it is un-american. thank god for people like mitt romney. i live in pennsylvania and we have this guy who is a lapdog, doesn't stand up to this guy in the white house, the most racist, ignorant president of my lifetime. host: the new york times has

this story, undocumented workers -- worker says trump club took her off a betting list. her name was removed from a list of workers to be vetted by the secret service after she reminded management she was unlawfully in the united states. the latest worker to assert supervisors were aware some members of their workforce were undocumented. edward, cedar rapids, iowa. republican. what are your thoughts on this democratic-controlled house? caller: good morning. good morning. host: good morning. caller: happy new year to you. host: happy new year. caller: i wasn't surprised at what i saw yesterday coming from the house. the first thing brought out of the gate was impeachment. insteadcame to funding

of money for national security to protect our borders, protect our children, they tried to slide into the bill money to go overseas to other countries for abortions. they expected macconnell to pick that up. host: where did you hear that, edward? caller: i caught that off social media, yesterday. i wanted to see if that was true. host: i don't know, we will look it up. caller: that was slipped into the bill for funding for homeland security. host: okay. caller: they really expected that to go somewhere? all they did was waste time. in iowa.ard's thoughts edward mentioned the first thing out of the gate, impeachment. the washington times, one house democrat moved quickly to flex his party's majority -- another

bill announced on the first day of the new congress that aims to block mr. trump from firing robert mueller is likely to see speedy action. a key democrat announced to force mr. trump to reveal his tax return. while they have finally grasped some policymaking power, trump remains their focus. impeachment resolution accusing the president of obstructing justice by ousting james comey and trying to intimidate mr. mueller over his investigation into the 2016 election. insteadpelosi focused on democratic priorities she said would have bipartisan support. [video clip] >> and power our mandate for the people, lower health care costs and protects people with pre-existing medical conditions.

[applause] to increase paychex by rebuilding america with green and modern infrastructure from sea to shining sea. we look forward to working with the president on that. in-storer-1 two integrity to government so people can have confidence in government that works for the people, not the special interest . [applause] this house will take overdue legislation that had bipartisan support, bipartisan support in the congress and across the country. we will make our communities

safer and keep our sacred promise to victims and survivors of gun violence by passing common sense bipartisan background checks legislation. [applause] we will make america fairer bypassing the equality act to end discrimination against the lgbtq community. [applause] america moreake american bypassing -- protecting our patriotic courageous dreamers. [applause] all three of those legislative initiatives have bipartisan support in this body. when we are talking about the dreamers, let's remember what

president reagan said in his last speech as president of the toted states, i urge you all read it, it is a beautiful speech. he said if we ever close the door to new americans, our leadership role in the world will soon be lost, ronald reagan. host: nancy pelosi laying out what she says is a bipartisan agenda. do you all agree or disagree that should be the focus for democrats in the house? romney from texas, democrat. good morning to you. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. that last caller ride off the tryinglking about them to slip abortion into a bill to send money overseas. that caller like a lot of trump zombies live in an alternate universe. i am sure he heard that on fox news. there was a caller a few callers ago talking about grandstanding.

i will tell you what grandstanding is, that was the president walking into the briefing room yesterday with his band of ice and border cohorts talking about what he did. this man is a pathological liar. he cannot stand the fact nancy pelosi was getting a moment yesterday focused on her and not him. he had to change the narrative. he has no intention of negotiating. he is irrelevant if he is not causing chaos and it is just pathetic. he has no intention of trying to negotiate. host: how do you think democrats respond? caller: i think the democrats will actually -- they have already responded. they passed a bill the president agreed to until the little birds at fox started chirping in his ear and he changed his mind.

that shows you how unstable he is. i feel like democrats will try to negotiate in good faith and get something done. they are going to investigate him as he deserves to be investigated. he is crooked, corrupt, immoral. i do think the democrats are going to try to negotiate and get things done, but he is not going to have that because he doesn't want to, like i said. host: you mentioned the caller who brought up the abortion language to our producer found this story, antiabortion groups oppose house bill to end government shutdown. it would repeal a provision instituted by president trump that remark -- requires non-foreign governmental agencies to certify they will not perform or promote abortion as the method of family planning. once called the mexico

city policy known by critics as the global gag rule. it would increase funding by 5 million for the united nations population fund to 37 point 5 million. organization say it participates in involuntary sterilization. the legislation is the same text as a bipartisan senate bill that passed unanimously in the senate appropriations committee. march for life said it would score against the final package if the provisions are included in the version that received a very -- a vote on thursday. frank in south carolina, republican. morning.ood i don't think there is going to be much change, it doesn't matter who is in power if you don't get rid of the lobbying and the special interest money. they all need to be investigated. every single congressman is

corrupted from the get-go. how do they make their money? the fbi needs to investigate every one of them. as far as nancy pelosi, when you say things like we have to pass it before we can know what is in it, we have had this much defense spending increase, we have to have social spending increase. that's the reason we cannot balance a budget. the democratic progressive party has been the party of slavery, the party of jim crow laws, pro-immigrant. they backed margaret singer, the abortionist who created parent partyng -- the democratic is nothing but -- and the little photo op they gave with all the children, what a bunch of crap. host: okay, frank. more tweets from freshman

members of congress. aigail spanberger, it was busy, exciting and hopeful first day. thank you, virginia seventh. dr. mark green, what an honor. look how many people showed up for the swearing-in for dr. mark green, family and friends all there for his ceremonial swearing-in with the speaker of the house and anthony gonzalez, just finished our first day and wanting to express my deepest gratitude to the voters of ohio 16 for this awesome opportunity to serve on your behalf. thank you to everyone who came out today in support. alexandria ocasio-cortez. honor all right to the women who came before me. i would not be here if it was not for the mothers of the movement and there she is for the swearing-in with the speaker, nancy pelosi.

she also voted yes for nancy pelosi to become the next speaker and she tweeted out this, over 200 members voted for nancy pelosi today yet the gop only booed one, me. it don't hate me because you ain't me, fellas. o-cortez votingi for nancy pelosi and there were audible groans from the republican side. caller: how are you doing today? host: good. caller: i grew up in detroit, michigan in the 1960's and 1970's and we were the greatest civilization known to mankind back then. the guy that fought in world war ii and korea and vietnam. when they came back, they created labor unions. controlledopulation no wealth.

we had laws, the constitution was in play. we had laws to protect workers, banks, we controlled corporations and tax them at 90%. -- it is over.rs the united states is over. the middle class has collapsed. what is amazing is the midwest .s what has collapsed we have general motors bankrupt. chrysler, bankrupt. sears bankrupt. the hoover company, bankrupt. in these 40 years, what has happened is you people call these people liberals, democrats. there is no democratic party. there is the state of california and new york and that is pelosi and schumer. if you look at california, the fifth largest economy in the world and it is based on hatred,

fraud, you have hollywood with brainwashingity the social engineering. apple computer, facebook, google , uber, microsoft. these are basically monopolies and they are actually terrorist organizations attached to pelosi . she actually mentioned ronald reagan. i grew up in detroit. it shows you the democrats -- half of the democratic party and if you look at california, about a third of all the illegals come into california. host: are you an independent? do you lean more republican? caller: i am a human being. therepublican party is south, going back to the civil war and the klan and the

democratic party is the state of new york, which is attached to schumer and j.p. morgan and citigroup and the guggenheim and black rock and blackstone. host: rick's thoughts and ohio. republicans in the house nominated and voted for kevin mccarthy, a republican from california to be there later in the house. here is what he had to say before he handed the gavel over to nancy pelosi. [video clip] >> we are a very small group with a very large responsibility. of the burden on us 435 members is to represent 325 million americans faithfully, to work together so that tomorrow is better than today. as ronald reagan advised us, america is too great for small dreams. when we work together, we

succeed together as one nation. we are now entering a period of divided government. that is no excuse for gridlock or inaction. we are at our best when we focus not on retribution, but on building a more perfect union. [applause] while we seek cooperation, there is one core principle upon which we will not compromise, republicans will always choose personal freedom over government control. [applause] this very floor has hosted some of the toughest debates in the nation's history.

it is also some of the most noblest achievements. this house has weathered times of triumph and crisis. it still stands because it is built not on stand, but on the solid rock of constitutional principles. today marks a new chapter in this house pursuit of a more perfect union. the country knows nancy pelosi with experienced leader three decades of service in congress, a fighter for her causes and a true trailblazer. host: kevin mccarthy on the floor yesterday. republicans voting for him as the majority leader and he will take over -- has taken over the 116th congress as the minority -- the minority leader for the republican senate. it democrats having control of the house and we are getting your reaction to that. tory a, oceanside, california.

republican. caller: yes. am i on now? host: you are. caller: i live 40 miles north of the border and one thing i find that is interesting, the further people are away from the border and i don't blame them because there is no way they can know what is going on, how heavy the influx is of illegals. i live in an upper-middle-class neighborhood that kind of sits off by itself, not easily accessible and yet one of my neighbors called and said who is that sleeping in a pickup in your driveway? i said, i don't know anybody who would be doing that. here was a man in his 30's with a mexico license on his truck his pickup and i speak

enough spanish to communicate and he told me i was driving around looking for a place to sleep and this looked i sent quiet. then he jumped out of his pickup and started walking swiftly toward me. i am 75 years old. i would have no way of stopping him. thank goodness the neighbor came running down the hill and the andgal jumped in his truck took off. that tells me he did not have anything good in mind. we just run into all kinds of crime because they are here, they cannot work, they need food. where are they going to get the food? host: do you support a wall and

this government shutdown over the wall? caller: we really do need a barrier to stop people from coming across because you would have to have thousands of border patrol to cover the thousands of miles they are cutting across and you have to realize how desolate those areas are. host: jimmy in akron, ohio. good morning to you. caller: how are you doing? host: fine. caller: happy new year. host: happy new year. caller: i am concerned about the border wall and the billions of dollars being spent. the wall is going to get old. they are going to figure out how to come across just like everything else in history. like i said in the big -- in the

beginning, they had a wall in germany and poland and china and what happens after so many years? if there is a will, there is a way. the best thing we can do is more -- pay theml and watching the borders. give people the jobs. that will feed a lot of hungry families. it will give people jobs. host: jimmy's thoughts in ohio. another jimmy in texas. a democrat. caller: how are you doing? good morning to you and happy new year. host: happy new year to you. caller: i am a supporter of the new speaker of the house because i see it like this, the republicans had their time, had their chance to pass these laws

about the wall when they had the senate and the house, but they did not do it because it wasn't a valid thing to do. since i am a military man and i just want to throw this in -- i did 21 years and in the military, we follow our leader no matter who he is. i was in when we had democrats and republican president. my favorite president, i hate to say was president nixon. he was a bad man, but he was our president. i hope nancy stands up to him because we have more technology now to battle this influx of people coming to the united states because we have never seen this many people trying to

get to the united states until we got this president. what is that saying? know theyoming -- i are saying all these games -- gangs and stuff in these other countries. they have corrupt people handling the money. we cannot just be giving people the money. host: anne, what are your thoughts on this? caller: good morning. i just want to say it makes me very proud to be an american to see the diversity we have in the house. that is great, but i don't know if you saw that clip about a surgeon and she was a woman and surgery andk doing while she was doing surgery, she had the radio blaring and she was dancing and they fired her

and the reason they fired her is because when you are doing surgery, it should be a serious thing and that is the way i feel with these people. i think it is great women are in, but should they be showing their body parts? should they be walking around in stilettos and then that finnic from arizona, when she was swore in, she had a big spot on the bottom of her dress. this is why men don't want to work with women, because you don't how to dress or act. for all those teeth hanging out. we want serious people working for the people of america. host: i am not sure if you are talking about kyrsten sinema, arizona senator sworn in yesterday. there she is with vice president

mike pence. she and martha mcsally the first arizona -- female arizona senators both being sworn in yesterday, make sally being --ointed by the governor to late senator john mccain seat in 2020. there is martha mcsally being sworn in as well yesterday. steve scully's tweeted out this, -- steve scalise tweeted out this, a link to an article about the newly sworn in democrat of michigan who yesterday was caught last night on video promising impeachment. here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> people love you and you win. don't win.

i said, they don't. host: we will go to jerry in huffington, beach -- huffington beach. caller: i don't have a problem with women wearing stilettos, it is ok with me. weway, this is a mixed bag have here. i don't see any earthshaking change taking place. i gave up the republican party years ago. i don't see the democratic party as much of an improvement. agendae list of the nancy pelosi laid out, it sounded so weak. one of the things she said was we were going to pass common sense gun laws for registering people -- background checks. is that the best they can come up with?

the leadership of the democratic party is so weak, the arguments are so weak. host: in the new york times -- all street journal has a story about what is on the agenda for democrats. the report, house democrats find a focus on measures to lower prescription drug prices, ramp up spending on the infrastructure and overhaul ethics and campaign-finance rules in washington. campaign, whose included a $20 trillion infrastructure package said he was willing to work with democrats on that legislation. the president surprised nancy pelosi yesterday. democrats are expected to bring up legislation that expands background check requirements -- firearm purchases democratic lawmakers who support changing the nation's gun laws. it democrats plan to intervene in a federal court ruling that found the affordable care act unconstitutional.

maxine waters, democrat of california and the chairwoman of the house financial services committee said she would make housing finance a priority. she will also have oversight of the consumer financial protection bureau and could try to spur changes that the agency which democrats set up in 2010 and believe has been neutered since the last years of gop control. here is the president congratulating nancy pelosi. [video clip] >> i want to start by congratulating nancy pelosi being elected speaker of the house. it is a great achievement and hopefully we will work together and get lots of things done like infrastructure and so much more. they want to do that badly. so do i. hopefully we can have a lot of things that done we can do together. i think it will be different than people are thinking. i congratulate nancy. tremendous achievement. host: the president yesterday in

the white house briefing room, unscheduled appearance where he talked about and congratulated nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house for the 116th congress and we are asking all of you to call in and let washington know what you think about her being in control of the majority and democratic agenda in the house. let's go to ohio, a democrat. caller: pelosi definitely seems like the person for the time. awever, as a democrat and sanders supporter, i will go back to 2006 when many of us worked our hind end off filling the house and senate with democrats took control both those bodies and 2008 with obama. i understand pelosi worked hard to pass the aca and was an integral part of that. in 2006, many of us, when she took impeachment off the table

through theeven go motions of shedding more of a spotlight on all the lies told to the american public about wmd's in iraq, millions of us marched prior to that invasion because of what we were hearing from scott rate her and ray mcgovern. mess of the middle east first with that invasion and the millions of people who have died and been displaced and injured. i hope pelosi -- hold pelosi parsable -- partially responsible for not pushing impeachment or going through the motion of getting to the real hard-core truth people like -- he made this movie about cheney recently. bs that the the american people went along with

the bush administration. that is a bunch of bull. there were millions of us marching because we questioned the validity of that so-called intelligence. i blame pelosi partially for that. host: you are saying because of that there should have been new leadership in the house for democrats? caller: i saw the value of her being able to push the aca through when obama became president in 2008, but i think she failed miserably in regard to holding anyone -- even attempting to hold the bush-cheney administration accountable for the lies told. on.pe you have mckay he made some claims about the american public was all in support. he must've had his head up where the sun doesn't shine because millions of us were lobbying and marching in the streets against

this invasion. host: calling in to this program, too. caller: yes. of the illegal immigrant issue, it parties, both parties are responsible for never finding and jailing those who hire -- this has been going on for four decades. your program, i wish you would do a whole segment on how many people are fined or jailed across the country for making profits off the backs of cheap labor. our.e at the top of we are going to spend the two hour program getting your thoughts. these newly reelected members of congress, with democrats in control.

what does it mean and what you expect from these members having to work with republicans in the senate and a republican in the white house? david in west virginia. we are four months into the fiscal year and the democrats with their filibuster it not allow the budget to be passed in september and shutdown the government. eight months from now during september, we have the 2020 budget. just eight months from now, we can see the nightmare coming and a big-time shutdown coming in october. how come some of the geniuses up there don't see the foresight and president trump to demand part of the deal to do this if congress doesn't do their job to have the 2020 budget done, part of the deal that automatically

the government is funded with a continued resolution for the fiscal year of 2020 as part of this deal, so we don't go through this whole shutdown with the whole government. we know the nightmare to come. and put itwo years as an automatic because the election year is coming up. haters upe trump there, it is going to be a nightmare. president trump can get people to push arabs legislators to do some common sense foresight, because it is going to be a nightmare they share and next year. hill we were on capitol for that mock swearing-in that you are seeing in the video of nancy pelosi with the new members of congress. she tweeted out this picture for

a table full of bibles for people to choose from. some had their hand on the carranza and other religious books. let's go to mark in chicago. good morning to you. caller: happy new year. host: happy new year. caller: i think at some point to 25th amendment -- to try open the government. the clear reading said the vice president -- if you read it closely, the speaker of the house has the ability to write a questioninge senate its ability to perform. there is no racist for closing the government just on the president's whim. he is a social path. now i think he is a

megalomaniac. he just has to be right. nancyis reason, i think pelosi should write a letter questioning his ability to perform as president and that would start the movement toward a 25th amendment determination. david in flint, michigan, a democrat, what you think? caller: good morning, america. i am happy for the democrats finally taking over part of the government. here are some of the things i want. i want the government shutdown and it immediately. i want her to focus on voting rights -- all my people in the united states. i am for all the races, especially my people, black people. in georgia and florida, it was a

disgrace the way voting was done and people were blocked from voting and all of that evil stuff. i am glad for the women's members. women being see the treated more equal. i don't like to see women held back by controlling men. reform want prison because i am tired of all our young black man being targeted and stopped in every city in united states and pulled over for nothing, just to hope they find guns or something to give them a criminal record. i am tired of that. host: here is what speaker pelosi had to say about government funding. [video clip] >> we had no illusions that our work would be easy. most of us pledged that when we disagree we respect each other and we suspect the truth.

[applause] we will debate in advance good ideas no matter where they come from. in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate legislation to reopen government later today. [applause] we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. columbus, ohio, what you think about the new speaker of the house? caller: i was never a nancy pelosi supporter but i am now. i want her to get this broker

out of the white house. not legislating, he does not understand the three forms of government and i do not understand where the republicans are at about this because they obviously aren't stupid. would please raise up their hands and say, hey, let's start legislating again, somebody people are getting hurt. i am tired of being gas lit every day by trump. every day, every channel, let's talk about tensions, let's talk about people with mental illness, let's talk about old people were being mistreated in homes. let's talk about things people really care about. yes, we need border security but we need decent border security, not a wall. they will just build tunnels underneath or come in on a boat. let's get serious about legislating again. host: here is the latest from

the president on twitter this morning. take control of the house or senate there will be disruption to the financial market. won thehe senate, they house, things will settle down. they only want to impeach me because they know they can't win in 2020, too much success. caller: good morning. i was looking at the votes last night while they were voting on different articles and i saw seven republicans come over on the democratic side. host: when they voted on opening up the government? caller: yes, last night. there will be more of them coming over because they know 2020 is coming up. noted,he vote, as you the bill passed with five republicans joining democrats.

the new york times notes this cory gardner of colorado, susan collins of maine up again in two years, both telling reporters they are open to the democratic proposal to open up the government. independent, you are on the air. caller: i have been a registered democrat my entire life and this last election cycle i changed my party cycle i changed my affiliation to independent. that was because of the weak leadership of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer and people who don't understand that you need to fight fire with fire and be just as tough as these republicans, who vote in lockstep and don't care about anything but power.

it really sickened me to the point where i said, you know what, they are going to have to fight for my vote because they take it for granted. pelosi was part of that problem but i have to say, she goes out to govern, she knows had to get stuff done and she goes on to control her caucus. as long as they continue with how they started, which is fighting fire with fire andno, as we all remember, mexico was supposed to pay for the wall. he broke a campaign promise. we don't need to give you one peso for the wall. every democrat is to understand that. do what trump would do. make him live by his own words. campaign promise. remember bush? read my lips, no new taxes. trump, mexico is going to pay for.

host: the washington times this morning, republicans feel mixed emotions on the record. republicans closed out -- leaving the government still in a partial shutdown and a long list of priorities left undone. republican lawmakers said they were proud of the tax overhaul in 2017, which included permissions to drill for oil in alaska and a repeal of obamacare. he struggled to recall other marquee moves and pointed to theises to repeal out right affordable care abortion politics and a host of immigration battles. that on the front page of the washington times. dan in atlanta, democrat. caller: my heart goes out to nancy pelosi. this is the situation that she finds herself in.

we have a better chance of actually seeing casper the ghost then this mythical wall being built by trump. for going to hold out casper the ghost. this is a fantasy. party, -- the trump party, they are shutting down the government over a fantasy. takeare going to have to -- some of those folks who own land along the border, those are not liberals, those are not mexicans, those are trump supporters that they will have to take land from. i don't know why we are debating a fantasy. the president of mexico said

they are not paying for any bleeping wall. the republicans are holding people fantasy over a hostage. i spent eight years in the marine corps only to come back and this is what our government has come down to, a fantasy? robots on theng dark side of the moon. russia, they have supersonic nuclear weapons and we are stuck with this traitor in the white house talking about a fantasy wall. they are giving welfare checks to farmers.

china is not going to buy one soybean from us. when they do come back, those markets are gone. in that book,rote everything donald trump touches dies. that is just a fact. host: don in michigan, a republican. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i am sort of excited with pelosi taking charge again because she failed miserably last time. i am pretty sure she will stick to her guns because she still

walks the walk and talks the talk and it is the same old same old. problem thate a democrats and republicans have. host: the color before dawn mentioned china lands on the moon. hours afterprobe made humanity's first landing on the far side of the room, sending images back to earth, the spacecraft deployed a rover to take more photographs. weighing 300 pounds, rolled off a ramp at 10:22 p.m. beijing time. the rover is programmed to roam across the barren vista toward a distinct crater. this is thevox,

farthest humanity has ever explored. a photo of a snowman shaped object one billion miles past flow to -- pluto. spacecraft, the one made famous by flying past pluto, visited a rock. at 4 billion miles from the sun, it is the farthest object humanity has ever explored. there it is on your screen. this is fromnote, the reliable source section of the washington post. at 22 on the r&b chart. might be used to topping polls, but now he is charting new territory. his performance on the remix of timeamilton hit one last

made its debut at number 22 on the list. obama and company dropped the track before christmas. remixes feature various a celebrities. has obama read a passage from the george washington farewell address. let's go to david from minneapolis, democratic caller. that to our conversation about the 116th congress and democrats in control of the house. caller: i want to congratulate cany pelosi and i hope we not get this wall taken care of because it is over $1 billion. we don't have $1 billion and i

know i don't. we have enough debt already in the united states. i hope they see pelosi and the democrats look at passage of a federal law called david's law. it is asked in many states, including minnesota and i hope the democratic party can make the law, as well. christina in north carolina, independent. what you want them to work on? caller: i was thinking of something else. host: go ahead. caller: she said she was going to get together with the republicans and this shutdown is over the wall. that is what trump wants.

what they are suggesting now is throw a little money into keeping things going as far as supporting some of the workers that might be laid off. i don't know what type of person she already messed up a little bit. she should have been working with trump. the presidentfrom this morning, how do you impeach a president who won the greatest election of all time, did mostng wrong and had the successful first two years of any president. where the president and democrats could come together is infrastructure. nancy pelosi said it yesterday. the wall street journal, you call that infrastructure, this is from their op-ed this morning. take a gander that senate

democrats floated last month. at one trillion, it is a blueprint of trump proportions. of the nextinking hoover dam, it is like the barack obama-nancy pelosi stimulus of 2009. $40 billion in direct federal funding to direct all of america to affordable high-speed internet. 3 billion dollars for charging and refueling stations to a common a collector other green vehicles. unspecified funds for initiatives to preserve and expand affordable housing. a tax credit for up to one dollar per gallon for clean fuel. a tax credit of 2.3 cents per kilowatt hour of clean electricity production. we want to hear from you.

do you agree with that kind of infrastructure package? is this the kind of proposal that you want to see the president and democrats come together on? saysall street journal that these provisions are bureaucratic friction -- they call it bureaucratic friction that burns taxpayer money and the plan mandates union wages which raises costs. a real compromise would leverage taxpayer money for more private funds to build the most urgent objects while easing political red tape. the most likely outcome is that old interstate 95 standby, gridlock. republican.ama, caller: good morning. i am sitting here watching your show and hearing people talk about not building the wall and this and that. they don't realize just how many man hours it takes to secure the

desolate areas out there. i drove a truck for 10 years out west. . think the wall is a must they talk about taxes and this and that, they sit there making $400,000 a year. you never hear them talking about taking a pay cut. it is ridiculous. they need to put together and start worrying about america and stead of bickering between each other. democrat.a in nevada, on nancy pelosi, i am glad to see her as speaker again. she knows how to work her democratic caucus, she knows that to keep them in line. she was speaker previously, she got all kinds of bills passed that would have been good for the majority of americans,

putting many back to work immediately in a time when so many people had been laid off. then of course, it goes to the senate and republicans either -- it or don't allow it to come up for a vote or they filibuster it. they broke a record for filibustering during that time. they broke their own filibuster record. i am hoping that guys like mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and some of these stick in the mud republicans will get out of the mud that has been created by the trump administration and start thinking about the american people again. as far as the wall goes, that was a stupid idea from a stupid man. it will never work. there are wealthy people living along that southern border. try talking them into letting you build a wall across their golf course behind their property.

that is not going to happen. secondly, a wall does not work. it has never worked in the history of mankind and it will not work now, either. there are better ways. there is new technology to monitor people getting near the border. i even heard one security analyst that say there are that through ultrasound methods scare them away. those things make a lot more sense than building an ugly slab of concrete where the people on our side can't see what the people on the other side are doing and that is a recipe for disaster. host: democratic caller in illinois. caller: i am glad to see you moved inside. [laughter]

meave a few things bothering . the first thing is a clown that was on yesterday about the muslim in the senate. going.s american, good another thing is the wall. butas four down there now they are spaced too far apart. you can drive a semi through them. turn them intold a monument for them. we can put his face on one side and his back on the other. thank you. host: he was talking about a caller yesterday. saidrother called in and she would be --

don in henderson, nevada, a republican. caller: happy new year. host: same to you. think pelosi and delusional democrats format is ill advised. we had a young lady in california that died in her father's arms. she was shot by an illegal. we had a police officer the other day that was gunned down in a car because he stopped and illegal. all of the delusional democrats are worried about his trump and the wall. let's get to the wall. narcotics come through the southern border and 40,000 andween 70,000 people to drugs.

if the delirious democrats together, two and two a don't understand what trump is trying to accomplish. as far as the budget is concerned and up $1 trillion budget they are talking about, the democrats, let's not forget that obama raised the deficit more than the previous presidents combined. what happened to the shovel ready jobs that he was supposed he was referring to the stimulus bill that passed during the obama administration. some democrats have said any infrastructure bill, a compromise should address climate change. that is a topic that the speaker brought up yesterday in her speech. [video clip]

thee must also thank climate crisis that manifested in natural disasters of epic proportion sprayed the american people understand the urgency. the congress must join the people. that is why we made a committee on climate crisis. work tore congress must put an action to the in action and denial of science that threatens the planet and the future. [applause] this is a decision that is a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. decision for america's global preeminence and the green

technology. tois a security decision keep us all safe and a moral decision to be good people of god's creation. climate change on the agenda for house democrats. they take back control of the u.s. house after eight years in the minority. nancy pelosi, 78 years old, the first and only speaker of the house -- first and only female speaker of the house. the house under new democratic leadership will come in early this morning, that :00 a.m. 9:00rn time, so we will -- a.m. eastern time, so we will end the show then. pat roberts is expected to announce today his decision on the 2020 senate race. roberts will announce his decision at the cankers the part

-- department of agriculture after he shepherded the farm bill the past. the announcement will put an end to weeks of speculation about his future. another senator who has been in washington for decades, orrin hatch, republican of utah, finished up his term yesterday. there he is dropping the mic yesterday. god bless the united states of america as he left the u.s. capitol. patrick in st. louis, missouri, independent. caller: hello, good morning. happy new year. host: happy new year. caller: i would like to see nancy pelosi and this new house get some movement.

i think it is ironic that the native american affairs is one of thehink, still one offices that is shut down still. isn't it strange to all of these americans that are fighting for this wall that the native american affairs is one of the closed facilities? they were here first. they were here first. thank you. host: the president and congressional leaders back at the white house today for another meeting about the government shutdown, that happening around 11:30 a.m. eastern time. if it is open to the public, we will have coverage of it. for morepan.org

details on that meeting. 11:30 a.m. eastern time, , theessional leadership democratic-controlled house, the senate andcontrolled the white house getting together to hopefully resolve this shutdown. it is not looking likely after both sides and the president re-staking their ground yesterday. i would just like to say that i used to be a republican but now i am a happy democrat. i love that the democrats can fight back against the trump party without standing there with their hands shackled behind their backs. i love that nancy pelosi is there to fight for us because she is a warrior and i love how the trump party is hating fight of all this american diversity. host: edward in wisconsin, a

republican. what is the name of your town, edward? caller: my town? host: yes. it is a little town with an old indian name. i would like to congratulate you on the way you handle your program. host: thank you. caller: because there are so many people who go off the wall and talk about things they don't really understand what they are saying. it is a shame. i have been in this country all of my life. i have been an american citizen forever and i don't understand why we have such diversity. the constitution is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. they are electing people to make the laws. what is wrong -- i am a republican -- what is wrong with a democrat getting in the house? why are people upset about this?

nancy pelosi is entitled to have that job because she was voted in. let's get on with it. it is a shame what is happening in this world. the constitution is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. it is letting people elect officials. i don't know what else i can say about it. host: tony in marietta, georgia. caller: good morning. i would like to say thank you and congratulations to nancy pelosi. that is what making america great looks like. the truth about the wall, to me, it is a symbolism of a replacement of all the southern generals and statues that they were taking down. the wall is symbolic of replacing them.

senseis no other common reasoning that i can come up with for this wall because it slow down will not anything. the vast majority of drugs are brought in by vehicles. there would have to be millions of more people bringing in drugs. a congresswoman from minnesota did not waste any time in her possible reelection bid, excited about the historic 116th congress. senator chuck grassley, republican of iowa sent out this instagram video on him talking about. [video clip] --ay marks the beginning >> today marks the beginning of

this brand-new congress. i was sworn in. to serving the people of iowa and the nation. i will function exactly as the vice president would do if he were presiding over the senate. 70 years, vice president's have not presided over the senate, host late for ceremonial or tie-breaking reasons. in when the vice president can't be in the united states senate and quite frankly that is 99% of the time. host: that was senator chuck grassley talking about his role in the 116th congress. james, new york, independent.

>> good morning. host: good morning. are in trouble with the democrats running for senate because all they want is eight years worth of vengeance. they don't want to give anything up for what this country needs, which includes putting up some kind of barrier at the southern border to prevent the illegals and terrorists coming in this country. they are doing it every day. the democrats are dragging their feet. they give illegals drivers license, put them on welfare and force the american taxpayer to let these people live here for free. away is one way we can do with worrying about the immigration problem. if we join north america, central america and south america and make them the united states of america, give everyone the same rights we have here,

the same everything we have here in the country they live, we wouldn't have to worry about them coming here for a better life. the only problem with that is the man have to stand up and fight for their freedoms like we have sense 1776. we need to get rid of pelosi, chuck schumer, blumenthal, feinstein and leahy. these people are dragging their feet on the security of our country. i am a veteran. i honorably served for four years. i know they take the same oath when they take office and they are not living up to their oath. they should be recalled, thrown and term limits, two years per, that is it. explore -- we travel to

santa monica, california, to feature the cities literary life. [video clip] >> santa monica is unique here in california. we are surrounded on three sides by los angeles and there is a big ocean on the four sides. santa monica is not a beach town. we are not a corporate headquarters, even though we have some of america's best-known tech names in our city. we are not a tourist town, even though we have 9 million people come here every year. we aren't unique, diverse city. santa monica, starting 35 years in, pioneered rent control southern california as a way to protect our diversity from the market forces they come with living in a beautiful place where a lot of people would love to live. we were the first city in the

nation to have a sustainability plan to protect our environment. we have also been a pioneer in all types of things, including banning single use plastic bags, whether it be regulating airbnb and we are the epicenter of the scooter. we are looking at affordable housing as many of our seniors have to choose between buying food and buying medicine because of the high cost of housing. we did a pilot program that we are expanding that provide support to our vulnerable seniors that allows them to stay in their homes after spending a lifetime serving our community. we work really hard to coordinate what we do with the larger goals of climate action of our state. the larger goals of equity and affordable housing in our state. frankly, we are in california and we are a blue city and a blue state, so we are at odds

with the national administration on a lot of issues that we always look for common ground. if not, like the rest of california, we will dig in and fight. host: you can tune into american oftory tv and watch video santa monica and all the other cities we visited on our c-span city to her. back to our conversation with nancy pelosiout elected speaker and democrats taking control of the house. john, quincy, illinois, republican. caller: all this talk about the wall, i don't know if people noticed, but those people in the caravan came up to her and the wall stop them. they come into the country, we ,ave to pay for their schooling medical care, get them in a house and it costs about $70,000 per person.

toy say, so far, it is close $265 billion. but shock and nancy pay for that by charging the american worker. it is supposed to be politicians before the american worker. the american work band has to pay for the stuff. own allame time, they these electronic fences they can walk right through those. pelosi ander minority leader chuck schumer and congressional leaders will be at the white house this morning at 11:30 a.m. eastern time to continue talks over this government shutdown. sarah sanders in the driveway this morning talking to reporters about it. [video clip] >> the president has been willing to negotiate from the beginning but he will not put our national security and the safety of the american people at risk. i think you heard yesterday from the people who are on the front the people who are

dealing with this day in and day out and this is what they want, is what they need to protect citizens in our country. the president has the support of because theypeople want to feel safe. the number one duty that the president has is to protect the people in this country. we have a national crisis at our border and a humanitarian crisis at our border and the president will not back off. host: reaction to democratic control on twitter from our viewers. >> i hope she will be the strong on climate and habitat control measures, too. >> congress needs to remove barriers to voting to imprint -- increase voter participation in all elections.

i am curious about the nancy pelosi thing. all we have been hearing all presidentis how the is this and the president is a crook and he lies and cheats. what do we do? we put the biggest liar, the biggest cheater, the worst person as speaker of the house. i will never vote democrat again after what i witnessed yesterday. i would really help that pelosi would get up and talk about how we will do all these things for the country, and what did she do? she lies. everything was a lie. it is either been done or she voted against it. you kidding me? democrats and morals? when did this ever happened? tennessee and their first female senator to washington in the 116th congress. marsha blackburn and headline

about tennessee's first female senator appointed to the judiciary panel. she will be serving on that panel along with a republican from iowa. the news herald out of arizona headline:ng has this arizona goes to washington with a picture of martha mcsally being sworn in by the president. , asas a big day for arizona well as the rest of the 116th congress. they took the oath of office on thursday the ceremony with the vice president. they are the first woman to represent arizona in the senate. the are part of a record-breaking class of lawmakers that include the most women, the first two muslim congresswomen. during a humorous moment, she was startled when her name was

called during a routine tally and said, here. she looked around for guidance and finding none, shrugged. if you missed the ceremonial swearing-in in the old chamber for the senate and in the house yesterday, you can go to our website, c-span.org, and watch it there. gary in west virginia, independent. caller: how are you? host: doing well. caller: i was a democrat my entire life and after all this stuff, the way the democratic party is today, i am absolutely ashamed of the democratic party. they don't seem like they care anything about america. it is not anything to do with a wall. it is about making donald trump look bad. i don't understand their way of thinking and the crazy things that they do.

it is unreal. catcher't vote in a dog if i had to vote for the democratic party. job numbers are out for the month of december. 3.9% unemployment rate and over 300,000 jobs added. independent.and, caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to say that there are some days when i just feel like we should let the president do whatever he wants because if we agree, then there is a problem. if we don't agree, there is a problem. we can come together. with this wall, if you watch the tv when the caravan was coming, people were climbing over the wall.

why do we think another wall will help? it bothers me that the wall he wants to build has spikes on the top of it. it bothers me and worries me and on some days i feel like, just let him do whatever he will do and let the next person who comes in fix it. the democrats can't do anything right, the republicans can't do anything right and we aren't getting anywhere. host: an update on the house and senate, second day of the 116th congress. 9:00 a.m.returns at four day 4 -- a two. day two. senate, he wrote senate returns for 10:00 a.m. for the second day with no vote scheduled. republicans, 45

independents five -- two independents. i hope you don't cut me off. i want to make a comment about nancy pelosi. here is the problem. you want people to come here legally. you don't need a wall. here is how to fix it. first of all, anybody that hires and illegal, they should go to jail. until you do that, you will never fix it. that new deal with mexico, the rembert nafta? now it is called shafta. illegals that come over will stay. we are in big trouble. the border,to fix you have to put employers in jail, not just find them, so the

average guy can make a decent wage. theythe latinos come in, work for almost nothing and it hurts everybody else. if you want people coming here legally and speak the language. if you have ever been marked by someone who can't speak the language, you are in big trouble. i got mugged and almost killed. in south dakota, a republican. ander: i am a young person i really want to talk about with nancy pelosi being elected, to take a step back and think about and the biggern issues facing the united states. immigration is a big problem need tow, but also we be thinking about climate change. we need to be thinking about our

standing internationally. that is what i would encourage viewers watching right now is to think about the younger generation and we are the ones that will have to confront those problems over the next 30 years. host: how old are you and what you want them to do first in washington? caller: im in my 20's. my 20's.t what i'm hoping for in this new congress is to look at things like climate change. how are we going to confront that over the next 30 years? how are we going to talk about our standing in the world? our relationship with china and europe and other countries. moreld really like to see bipartisanship between the republican senate the, the democratic house and the white house, as well. host: what you do for a living?

caller: i am a student. host: did you vote for president trump? i am not comfortable talking about who i vote for. host: but you are a republican? caller: i consider myself more conservative but at the same we need to find more bipartisanship in the congress and in our government today. host: john in new jersey, democrat. caller: i would like to say something to the people who are against nancy pelosi. she has only been in office for one day and they won't give her d herue. she is an incredibly intelligent, incredibly

experienced and incredible human being. i think the people who are calling in against her should remind themselves where the republicans are. i was a republican and i will never go back to that party because of them. her have no right to call whatever they are calling her. veteran and i am ijecting donald trump's -- had bone spurs. what kind of excuse that is. host: on the agenda for the house democrats according to the wall street journal, they plan to focus on lowering prescription drug prices and overhaul campaign finance rules in washington. democrats are expected to bring

up legislation that expands background checks for firearm purchases. democrats plan to intervene in federal court rulings that found obamacare unconstitutional. have oversight of the financial protection bureau and could try to spur changes that democrats could set up in 2010. usa today also noticed this about the democrats. members of both the teams have -- they have focused on exposing scandals among administration officials who have since left their positions. as house speaker from 2007 22011 and by doherty leader before and after that, policy -- nancy

the committee that is the central player in the rush investigation. nancy pelosi's caution as it stops some democrats from twice of voting for impeachment. group need to impeach in her district and funded by a billionaire gathered 6.5 million signatures in support of impeachment and expects nancy pelosi to come around. independent, good morning. caller: good morning, happy new year. i looked over the agenda she put out and i have to tell you, the biggest problem that nobody is talking about including that younger caller is student loans. $1.5country is drowning in

trillion in debt. all the consumer protections have been removed by congress. there are no bankruptcy rights for student loans. this is a fundamental protection that the founding fathers demanded. how important bankruptcy rights are. bankruptcy rights have been taken away from student loans. the federal government is profiting billions of dollars a year from this and using the proceeds to fund things like obamacare, for example. i can only hope that young people -- cost ofat about the college? should democrats try to tackle that, as well? caller: that is a symptom of the problem. the founding fathers saw this problem --

[indiscernible] that is what has been taken away and that lies at the core of the student loan problem. elizabeth ward taught anchor of the lot at harvard university. .he nailed this problem since she has been in the senate -- host: she is running for president. she has announced her intention. she is in iowa this saturday. will air that on sunday night. we will dance with who brought her to the stage and that is the student loan issue and getting error fundamental constitutional bankruptcy rights back. republican, the house is coming in any minute, but go ahead. caller: i ask people that are

complaining about the country to look on the other side in tijuana, mexico and see what organized chaos can do. ebola,re people dying of aids. we have to protect ourselves from these people coming over here. look at california. pelosi has never been down there. mexicans will steal, rob and do anything they want to. the police department doesn't even bother with them anymore because it is so corrupt. i believe in elizabeth warren. i am not really a republican but i voted for trump because of the wall. i thank god that they are putting up a wall and people will stop complaining -- pelosi has never been in sore spots.

how do you respond to the one color who asked who support the wall why they are not critical of the president when he made a campaign promise that mexico would pay for? why should the taxpayers pay for it? caller: i think mexico will pay for it eventually in trade. that is where they will pay for it great there are walls all over the world in china and england, everywhere. walls do work. when you have a problem, there is something that should be done. i am a democrat. when carter was in the administration, we had a debt less than $1 trillion. host: i have to leave it there. the house is coming in. they two of the 116th congress. live coverage on c-span.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will now be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 4, 2019. i hereby appoints the honorable debbie dingell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god,