manufactures and distributes truck parts. in indiana's sixth district, they sent greg pence to the house. he is in the -- was in the oil and gas industry earlier. jim baird represents the fourth district. he had been -- he owns a family farm and a home health agency in indiana. he lost his left arm serving as an officer in the u.s. army during the vietnam war. wisconsin added one new member to their congressional delegation, representative brian to succeed hised onetime boss, paul ryan. he served on the university of wisconsin board of regents and worked as an attorney in private rectus and on corporate law. new -- private practice and on corporate law. sandy levin in michigan's ninth

district, he previously owned a clean energy firm and worked on energy issues for the former governor. rashida tlaib is the first palestinian woman in the first of two muslim women elected. she served three terms in the statehouse. congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan's a district served in a variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama ininistration, culminating two years of acting secretary of national security affairs. she worked in the u.s. intelligence community, working in iraq with the national security council and state department. billy stevens started -- elise stevens started working with the obama administration.

her colleagues elected her as one of the two new presidents of the house democratic freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. friday, the annual march for life starts at noon eastern. two, the.m. on c-span group repro action holds a campaign. the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. for debate on reopening the government. c-span3, am. on discussion about u.s. troop withdrawal from syria and a libertarian group hosts an all day event. announcer: coming up in an hour, seth jones with the center for strategic and international studies on the planned pullout of u.s. troops from syria and this week's suicide bombing. at 8:30, andy harris will discuss the shutdown and border

security. and todd ruger on the confirmation hearing for william barr's president trump's choice to be the next attorney general. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ good morning. it is friday, january 18. day 28 of the government shutdown. the senate is in at 10:00 a.m. the house will meet in a pro forma session today. house members are set to return on tuesday next week. we are with you for the next three hours and we begin stepping away from the shutdown discussion and getting your reaction to the gillette razor company's new ad on masculinity in today's society. this morning, we want to know