i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of speaker boehner -- [applause] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. god bless our congress and god bless america. >> so the new gavel, the big gavel. there he is, the new speaker, gavel. there he is, the new speaker, john boehner. >> an emotional moment. his family up in the gallery looking on. and in unanimity, everyone there. >> it's still just me. speaker, thank you for your kind words and thank you for your service to this institution. secondly, i want to welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here, and i think any of us can tell you that you'll never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you've just met debbie and next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. welcome. we're glad that you're here. 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law are here as

even shared smiles with his bitter rival. >> i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of mr. -- speaker boehner. i now pass this -- >> reporter: but speaker pelosi, the first woman to be called speaker of the house, would not turn over the gavel without a fight, touting her record, especially the health care reform bill that helped lead to her party's defeat. >> pregnant women and cancer patients can no longer be thrown off their insurance. our seniors are paying less for medical prescriptions. taken together, it will save taxpayers $1.3 trillion. >> reporter: for his part, boehner steered clear of policy, leaving the fight to another day. >> we will not always get it right, and we will not always agree on what is right. my belief has always been that we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> reporter: one more thing about that gavel, diane. as you can see from these two pictures we'll show you, it does, in fact, dwarf the size of the gavel that nancy pelosi received four years ago. but this is a gavel that has personal significance t

than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of mr. -- speaker boehner. >> reporter: authoritily before members of the house and their families ambled onto the house floor. on this day, few signs of the bitterness of the campaign or the deep partisan divide that's come to define washington. 94 of them, new to congress, many of them, new to politics altogether. a dentist, rancher, vet rans. for the outgoing speaker, it was a day she desperately tried to prevent from happening. for john boehner, a culmination of a lifetime's ambition. >> the people voted to end business as usual and today, we begin to carry out their instructions. >> reporter: ceremonies on both sides of the capitol. the vice president on hand to swear in a new crop of senators. >> please raise your right hand. >> reporter: but clearly, the man of the hour, john boehner. even democrats lined up to capture their moment with him. legendary for his visible displays of emotion, boehner shed his first tears even before he got a chance to speak. >> cantor? >> boehner. >> reporter: one by one, each member of the house votes for

i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here that the gavel of choice by mr.speaker owner -- i now pass this -- [laughter] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. [cheers and applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [bangs gavel] [applause] thank you. >> it is still just me. [laughter] speaker, thank you for your kind words, and thank you to your service to this institution. secondly, i welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here. i think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you have just met debbie. next to debbie r. lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in ge

[gavel] the clark recognizes the gentman from the great state of texas, mr. henson. >> madam clark, every congress represents a sacred responsibility to write a new and greater chapter in our republic's history. the providence or destiny, a unique man of uniquely american values is now called to lead this effort. at that time when far too many of our countrymen remain unemployed, a former small businessman will leave the house to pass policy to encourage job creation. at that time when all agree our nation is on an unsustainable fiscal course, a fiscal reformer will ensure that this house never mortgages the torch of liberty in order to pay our debts. at a time when too many doubts that their children can enjoy a brighter future in our country, he has lived the american dream and well protected for our posterity like few others before him. this proud son of ohio, one of 12 children born into a working- class family, has waited tables, multifloras, tended bar, or construction, worked his way to a college degree at night school, led a thriving company and throu

i have a number of gavels but i have this waterford gavel that was tip o'neill's. i told the members i can only use this gavel once being crystal but mrs. o'neill gave it to him when he became speaker and they gave it to me. the family gave it to me. i'm honored to have it because he is also an inspiration to me. from president kennedy when i was a teenager here, to president obama speaker there. out there it's where president obama was inaugurated. >> we must pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking america. >> when i attended president kennedy's inauguration it was on the other side of the campus it's different then and this time millions of people did come for the inauguration of our president. but it's where the president comes to the capitol a separate branch of government to be sworn in by a justice of the supreme court. another, another branch of government. >> and you cannot beat the symbolism there, can you? >> no. >> of those three coming together like that for a new president's term. >> that is right. it does demonstr

nancy pelosi pass the gavel today to republican john baer. >> i now pass this gavel which is larger thane dallas choice of mr. speaker bay near. i now pass this gavel and sacred trust that goes with it. to the new speaker. god bless you speaker be in there. >> with that john been there was elected speaker of the house. the ceiling newfound republican power sharing in congress. in drawing the curtains in the history making nancy pelosi made. it became clear bay near would get the jobs months ago when midterm elections returned republicans took control in the house. the 112th congress convened with pomp and partisanship. if republicans vowing to use their new majority to battle the president on health care, spending and taxes. the inert issued marching orders in a lot of hard work will be needed. >> the lover can we fall short, if no longer can we kick the can down the road. at the people voted and it business as usual and today we begin to carry out their instruction. (cheering) the white house meantime is dismissing gop plans to try to repeal the health-care law as symbolic. if the repea

i now pass thisavel, which is larger than most gavels here that the gavel of choice by mr. speaker owner -- i now pass this -- [laughter] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. [cheers and applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [bangs gavel] [applause] thank you. >> it is still just me. [laughter] speaker, thank you for your kind words, and thank you to your service to this institution. secondly, i welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here. think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you have just met debbie. next to debbie r. lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in geo

john boehner talked about today's transfer of the gavel as a reminder of how temporary this power can be. he's been in congress for 20 years, waiting to become mr. speaker. the biggest day of john boehner's career started with a workout at the gym and cameras lined up outside his home. >> thumbs up and the american people are in charge. >> reporter: the people sent more than 100 new members to serve in this 112th congress. >> i do take this obligation freely. >> reporter: including 63 new house republican seats. today, children and families were given special permission to be on the house floor. among them, former vice president dan quayle, whose son ben is now an arizona congressman. democrats appeared just as eager to get their photos with the new speaker. boehner's trademark tears welled up when nancy pelosi acknowledged his wife and family. after four years as the nation's first woman speaker of the house, pelosi listed democrats' accomplishments under her watch. >> with the greatest consumer protections in history and passed a strong patient's bill of rights. >> reporter: then tu

." >> i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of mr. speaker boehner. [laughter] >> the people voted to end business as usual, and today we begin to carry out their instructions. gwen: a new agenda on capitol hill -- cutting government spending, repealing health care -- >> the folks in my district told me month after month they wanted this thing repealed. gwen: and re-embracing patriotism. >> congress shall make no law respecting an accomplishment of religion -- jpsgwen: while at the white house, a major retooling as the press secretary shuffles out. >> i would not trade the worst day i've had here for many of the best days that you might have in another job. gwen: and a new chief of staff and top economic advisor shuffle in. and not a moment too soon, as the jobless rate finally drops. >> we know these numbers can bounce around from month to month, but the trend is clear. gwen: is washington about to become a very different place? the reporters covering it all, john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news, major garrett of "national

that includes this gavel.fully and gratefully. knowing that i am but its caretaker. >> reporter: boehner entered congress with a republican plan of attack. on week one, a symbolic vote to repeal health care reform that is not likely to make it out of the senate. on week two, cutting spending. boehner promised that under him, the house will be more transparent, more accountable, and faster to act. that fast action might meet inaction in the democratic senate where the effort to repeal the new health care reform law is destined to die. rob and vinita? >>> the pentagon puts forward some self-imposed budget cuts today. defense secretary robert gates is unveiling a five-year plan. last summer he hoped to cut $102 billion from the military's budget. now it's predicted the plan will only slash about $80 billion. new military vehicle and weapons programs are at risk. congress must approve those cuts. >>> now to australia where government leaders admit this morning it will take at least a year to recover from historic

[gavel] president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are back at the border supervisors. i know there are members of the public who have been waiting for hours for the result of the elections, so i would like to propose that we go back to item 27 and 28, please. those items have already been read, so given that they have been read, i would like to ask arclight to announce the results. clerk calvillo: there are two, and the one is for the community benefits district based on the district plan that included the residential parcels at van ness ave. 86.50%. the ballots voting against the plan included the van ness parcel indicates that there is no majority protest in the second elections report. the return ballots for the amended district plan, the return waited ballots were 89%, and those against were 10.11%, and this was from december 2010, not including van ness avenue. therefore, there was no majority. president vjoiz' -- chiu: ok, colleagues, there is no majority protest before i begin, i will ask if there is anything else. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am lisa with

[gavel] >> many people are not aware of this building was built in 1936. as a board to preserve the history and make the students aware of that history. the partnering between sfmoma and the arts commission means they will be more aware of the artwork that we have here, the artists that painted a, and the history behind this itself. >> students came from george washington, and it was wonderful to have them on a panel. people from the school board, those who have been painting for years, some conservative errors from the getty. to have them tell us about the works of their school was important. it represents african-american artists to during the 20's and 30's used an incredible body of work. it is one of the most incredible works of art in the city, bar none. it is a huge mural of incredible works. >> the san francisco civic arts collection has been in existence since the turn of the century. it consists of everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the geo

. >> i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of mr. speaker baner. i now pass this. >> reporter: the new gop house overwhelmingly. >> the people voted to end business as usual and today we begin to carry out their instructions. >> reporter: before handing over the gavel which she has held for 4 years, nancy pelosi reflected on legislative achievements. >> our seniors are paying less for their medical prescriptions. taken together it will save taxpayers $1.3 trillion. >> reporter: but with republicans now in control of the house, gop have already schedule add vote to repeal the health care law. joe biden administered the oath of office as 16 new senators took office. >> when the national debt threatens the american dream itself, when the solvensy is threatened, we must come together. >> reporter: now the senate debating changes to the filibuster but the law will likely not be decided until the recess. to watch video of the change over you can click over to our website then click on the politics tab. >>> in one of her final acts as speak

i have two gavels. this is a georgia gavel i got this morning. it was signed by someone who decided the gavels he saw on tv were not strong enough. he cut down a tree and made a gavel and set it up here. this is the first georgia speaker in over 100 years. the last one had a weird accent, too. he was born in britain and his parents were actors. and secondly, this is a gamble speaker martin used. -- the gavel speaker martin used. i want to comment on two men who served as my leader and for whom i learned so much. when i arrived as a freshman deeply dispirited by watergate and the loss of the presidency, banded together and worked with the leader who helped pave the way for our great victory of 1980. a man who did a marvelous job. i cannot speak too highly about what i learned about integrity from serving with him. he is here with us today. i hope all of you will recognize congressman john rhodes of arizona. [applause] let me say also that at our request he was not sure he would be here at all. i insist that he come down front. virtually every demo

we refer to the gavel but i'm holding as the speaker's gavel.ike everything else, this really belongs to the american people. it is on loan from the real owners. this is the people's house. this is the people's congress. most people in america do not come -- do not care who controls it. they want a government that is limited, accountable, and responsive to their needs. the moment a majority for gets this lesson, it begins writing itself to a ticket to minority status. the american people will dictate it. the democrat party assumes the challenge and opportunity of majority power in the people's house. republicans will hold the incoming majority accountable for its promises and its actions. we also want to work with the incoming majority for the good of our nation. [applause] a democracy is a battle of ideas. the battle of ideas is healthy and it is important for our nation. it is also a battle that can take place respectively. republicans and democrats can disagree without being disagreeable to each other. what people call partisanship is really

i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here that the gavel of choice by mr. speaker owner -- i now pass this -- [laughter] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. [cheers and applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [bangs gavel] [applause] thank you. >> it is still just me. [laughter] speaker, thank you for your kind words, and thank you to your service to this instituon. secondly, i welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here. i think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you have just met debbie. next to debbie r. lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in geo

. >>> a passing of the gavel and a photographer of power -- transfer of power. nancy pelosi hands control over to john barn. a look at today's ceremony and the first day of the new . >>> tonight's headlines, the mystery grows, 200 dead birds found on a texas highway several hundred in kentucky. 50 in sweden. other recent mass deaths occurred in arkansas and louisiana. some claim they died after flying into cars. few believe that but there are no definite answers. plus new reports of thousands of dead fish in arkansas and maryland. the 17-year-old son of a police detective opened fired a a high school today before killing himself. panic students ran for cover. no word on a motive. >>> the u.s. airways yet from 2009 will now go to a museum in north carolina. sully sullenberger made the landing saving the 155 people who were on board. >>> another cold and foggy >>> it is their first day back in power and the house of represents and the republicans plan to roll back health care reform and ubdo president obama agenda. >> reporter: the new house speaker provided a tea

i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here that the gavel of choice by mr. speaker owner -- i now pass this -- [laughter] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. [cheers and applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [bangs gavel] [applause] thank you. >> it is still just me. [laughter] speaker, thank you for your kind words, and thank you to your service to this institution. secondly, i welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here. i think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you have just met debbie. next to debbie r. lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in g

i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here that the gavel of choice by mr.er owner -- i now pass this -- [laughter] i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. [cheers and applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [bangs gavel] [applause] thank you. >> it is still just me. [laughter] speaker, thank you for your kind words, and thank you to your service to this institution. secondly, i welcome all of our new members and their families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember vividly that first day that we served here. i think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. my own family is here as well. i think you have just met debbie. next to debbie r. lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia

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then at noon, on c-span 1, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house, and c-span2, gavel-to- gavel coverage of the opening day of the senate. carl in oxford massachusetts. democrat. caller: good morning, an eye on the air? -- am i on the air. i want to make a comment about the reading of the constitution. i think it is a good idea to have a periodical reading of the constitution and the declaration of independence, but in a sense it is just words on the page. like the bible. you can have different people reading the same thing and they would, with different interpretations. it will just add to the confusion and gridlock, i think. that is my comment. host: bob cusack? guest: sales of the constitution have gone up. the republican base has been fired up. we saw that in november. this is something that i think will be continuing, what is constitutional, what is not. you hear from the supreme court, critics of the supreme court or the legislative or executive branch on regulations, you are going to far, it is unconstitutional. we really have not seen this for quite some time, this emphasis on th

she is handing over the gavel we're waiting for the new speaker of the house to come out. republicans and control of the congress. we want to see what kind of muscle the flex. sandra and zero pigs look at that. >> de 14 flat fresh new lawmakers. new lockers lawmakers say they plan to keep their promise to the people who sent them to washington a lot of my fellow freshman ran on repealing. >> the partisan battle on health care reform is taking shape. john bain are publicly against sworn in today it will be streamed live on his book. president barack obama try to set the tone as the headed back from his hawaiian holiday vacation in time for the new session to start. >> (no audio(inaudible) we are g jobs. >> they are led by nancy pelosi of both vowed to fight to repeal and the health care lot. >> it is to do very serious violence to the national debt. and deficit. >> democrats have a narrow majority and on the agenda today our rules change proposals to curb filibusters'. >> the gavel comes down on this session around noon eastern time and shortly after the official business w

we refer to the gavel i'm holding as the speaker's gavel. but like everything else in this chamber, it really belongs to the american people. it is a -- on loan from the real owners. this is the people's house. this is -- this is the people's congress. most people in america don't care who controls it. what they want is a government that is limited, honest, accountable, and responsive for their needs. the moment -- the moment a majority forgets this lesson, it begins writing itself a ticket to minority status. the 10 -- 110th congress will write the next chapter but the american people will dictate it. the democratic party assumes the challenge and opportunity of majority power in the people's house. republicans will -- will hold the incoming majority accountable for its promises and its actions. but we also want to work with the incoming majority for the good of our nation that we were all elected to serve. [applause] fundamentally, democracy is a battle offer ideas. the battle of ideas i believe is healthy and it is important for our natio

. >>> i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it, to the new speaker, god bless you, speaker boehner. [ cheers ] >>> good afternoon. topping our news this noontime, oakland police are investigating a good night that left six people injured -- a gunfight that left six people injured. one of the victims was an innocent bystander shot in his home by a stray bullet. ktvu's claudine wong joins us with the latest on this case. good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon. neighbors say they are scared, scared to come out of their houses, scared to send somebody to school. what you are looking at is damage from bullet holes, from the rain of gunfire that was sprayed across this street. so many wounds were fired, in fact, that even after police processed the scene and spent hours overnight, a neighbor h anded me this, this is a casing from a high-powered rifle. this is all being described as a terrible dunnfight -- terrible gunfight. witnesses say it happened so quickly, cars, car doors opening and then gunshots. >> i heard some gunshots and i told my mother and the

. >> i now pass this gavel which is larger than most here but the gavel of choice of mr. speaker john boehner. >> maybe he wanted a big gamble to show how hard he intends to hammer president obama's program. >> we cannot kick the can down the road. the people voted and we began to carry out their instructions. >> those instructions they believe include repealing president obama's major achievement, health care. that could be blocked by the senate. introducing spending cuts and holding hearings into the conduct of what they branded the corrupt administration. >> qehud tea party demonstrators are as -- pew tea party demonstrators are as flamboyant as this. -- few tea party demonstrators our as flamboyant as this. >> the new members want to change america's direction. >> my mission is to ensure that congress lives like every family in america. on a budget. >> the change at the white house. spokesman roy gibbs is leaving and that many will follow. there will be pious talk about working for the sake of the american people. the republicans and president obama are poles apart. t

how many of you can sit at home and watch the robert blake trial from gavel-to-gavel, even if it is televised when the camera is not present, you must rely on the boarding -- the reporting. i have had many instances where i was reporting on a trial and i will listen to my colleague on my right and left and wondered if they had been in the same courtroom that i was in. their sense of what happened in that room was very different from my own. i often feel that they're pro- prosecution bias is present. there is an assumption that they must have done something wrong or they would not have been charged in first place. maybe that is human nature, but it certainly makes its way into reporting. i also think in our last 15, 20 years of political context, because of the wave of crime, violence, and we can even talk about the entertainment medium, there has been a preference for "law and order" and "csi" type of programming that preferred the victim. back in the 1970's we had more of a liberal bias. i think the pendulum is shifting in the other direction. there was a show called "raising the bar" which

how many of you can sit at home and watch the robert blake trial from gavel-to-gavel, even if it is televised when the camera is not present, you must rely on the boarding -- the reporting. i have had many instances where i was reporting on a trial and i will listen to my colleague on my right and left and wondered if they had been in the same courtroom that i was in. their sense of what happened in that room was very different that room was very different from my ow

how many of you can sit at home and watch the robert blake trial from gavel-to-gavel, even if it is televised when the camera is not present, you must rely on the boarding -- the reporting. i have had many instances where i was reporting on a trial and i will listen to my colleague on my right and left and wondered if they had been in the same courtroom that i was in. their sense of what happened in that room was very different from my own. i often feel that they're pro- prosecution bias is present. there is an assumption that they must have done something wrong or they would not have been charged in first place. maybe that is human nature, but it certainly makes its way into reporting. i also think in our

gavel to gavel and when they are not operating you get the other programming available. there is c-span3 and in some places there is c-span 4 and 5 which is awesome. that is great. there are no commercials so it doesn't have that financial imperative that the other news networks have. so they are able to just show everything as it is. there is no editing and no opinion on the part of the network. they will bring on for call in shows and analysis people that this is the left or right side and what they started doing a bunch of years ago for the calling shows was dividing up the telephone lines so if you are liberal you call this number and if you're conservative you call that number and independent you call that number. that way they bring in all the opinions you can get but isn't the sexiest network in the world which is why it is considered a national treasure and a public service as opposed to cnn which makes -- trying to make more money. it is a different breed. any other questions? thank you very much for being here. i really appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you ve

>> i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. >> no longer can we kick the can down the road. the people voted to end business as usual and today we begin to carry out their instructions. ( applause ) >> susie: and with that, the balance of power shifts in congress as republicans take control of the house. >> tom: what the change could mean for the economy, corporate america and your portfolio. you're watching "nightly business report" for wednesday, january 5. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. it's a new day on capitol hill with the swearing in of the 112th congress. ohio republican john boehner was elected as house majority leader, ending four years of democratic control. as nancy pelosi passed the speaker's gavel to him, boehner said, "i'm still just me." >> tom: sus