the honorable tammy duckworth of the state of illinois has received one vote. the honorable that keem jeffries of the state of new york has received one vote. therefore, the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is dual elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 117th congress. the clerk of the house: the clerk follows the following committee to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffies, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. emmer, the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from new york, mr. sean patrick maloney, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. mike johnson, the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. beatty, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson

we have senator tammy duckworth here with us.d to have you with us. >> it's good to be here, brianna. >> your democratic colleague, joe manchin of west virginia, i want to listen to something he said on fox and discuss it with you. >> i think this is so ill-advised for joe biden coming in, trying to heal the people when we were going to be so divided and fight again. let the judicial system do its job. >> now, manchin is sharing a view here with some republicans. he did vote to convict trump the first time, but obviously he's raising questions about whether he will do that again. how essential is it, in your view, that democrats are able to convict? >> well, i think that there needs to be consequences for these actions. otherwise you're sending a precedent for future precedents and future bad behavior. so i do think there needs to be consequences for these actions. i'll wait to see what the articles the house puts forward are, and i also know that we can wait to hold the hearings a little bit later. i know there are all sorts of

the honorable tammy duckworth of the state of illinois has received one vote. the honorable that keem jeffries of the state of new york has received one vote. therefore, the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is dual elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 117th congress. the clerk of the house: the clerk follows the following committee to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffies, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. emmer, the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from new york, mr. sean patrick maloney, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. mike johnson, the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. beatty, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson

he voted today for tammy duckworth, the democratic senator from illinois, and you also had conor lambakim the jeff reese -- hakeem jeffries. when we saw that 427 figure, we calculated that nancy pelosi could only lose about 6 votes. now, that number went up a little bit because of what happened here. she threaded the needle today. she always seems to know exactly where the votes were, and that's why she's returning to the speaker's suite today. eric: what is the thinking, chad, behind some of these people, the handful who voted against her? you're bucking the party, bucking the powers that be. in maine that had been a swing district, for example. copp nor lamb are, you know -- conor lamb snatched a district from a republican at one point. what's behind the thinkingsome. >> reporter: well, nancy pelosi understands some of these districts are not in her favor. republicans like to use her as kind of the symbol of the democratic party, a san francisco liberal, they run against her, viewing this as an opportunity to pick the house up in 2022. that campaign, frankly, has already start, and

. >>> joining us to discuss, democratic illinois senator tammy duckworth. rand paul questioned the constitutionality of this trial. his motion died. you voted to kill it. explain why you think this trial is constitutional. >> well, if you looked to our history, jake, every official who has been barred from holding future office was out of office. and so we have historical precedence that shows it is constitutional to have a trial that will bar somebody from holding office in the future because we've done it in our nation's past. it's clear that it is constitutional. >> rand paul says this vote suggests that impeachment is dead on arrival. i mean, mathematically, that seems correct. don't you think? >> well, it looks like that way. but i will tell you that we have thot yet looked at the evidence. we all lived through it. i'm sitting here in one of my offices here. i still have plywood on the window that -- there used to be a window there. i still have broken glass on my floor. my door behind me still has marks from where they were trying to batter it down wi

senator tammy duckworth of illinois who came in, elected in 2016, and came in as a new mother. she had an infant, and infant that needed to be breast-fed and sometimes at night when particularly the senate was in long votes and they feel like every 15 15 minutes, you cant leave, or sometimes they do it during the day. i feel like they do that during night just to brutalize -- >> yes. you have to get it done. >> right. not family-friendly, not mother friendly, not on the family. is why we need more women making the rules. >> wouldn't be a problem if you stop acting like college students and did stuff before they procrastinated. >> that would be nice. she just wanted to carry her child on the floor. she needed to come and they had huge fight and senator amy klobuchar from minnesota and all of the women, a number of them in to be fair, backed up tammy duckworth in this endeavor. senator orrin hatch, a republican who was serving at the time, said, i'm paraphrasing this, but said if we do this, what were going to do, there will be 15, 20 babies on the floor? what will we do then? se

speed to thank you tammy duckworth from illinois. rich edson is in the middle what is described as tear gas near the capitol. rich, what is going on there? >> good evening, bill, what you have got now capitol police officers and you come make it out on the scaffolding there behind us. they are in the neon color and methodically clearing the capitol building. they move down the capitol. you once not too long ago had protesters, demonstrators, the mob leaking into all sorts of areas along that facade. so 100,000 people of there. that has changed significantly the last couple of hours as capitol police officers have been moving slowly to get those people out. you are hearing the flash bangs, the smoke from the teargas, and every once in a while you will see folks come back down here. they have been affected by that teargas. and this has been the scene. we were not able to get anywhere near here where we were a short while ago because there are so many people here. thousands upon thousands of trump supporter's who came all the way down,

senator tammy duckworth, who was an iraq war veteran, was among the lawmakers expressing outrage tweeting, unreal. i can't believe the same brave service members we've been asking to protect our capitol would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. i am demanding answers asap. they can use my office. duckworth later tweeted an update saying the capitol police apologized and let the troops back in. >>> the fbi is now offering a $75,000 reward in the search for the person who planted two pipe bombs in washington january 6th. the bombs were safely defused by experts. meanwhile, a new arrest from the capitol riot. agents say william calhoun, a lawyer from georgia, bragged about kicking down nancy pelosi's door. >>> now, to the impeachment trial of former president trump. some republicans are supporting an effort to dismiss the trial claiming it's unconstitutional because trump is out of office. meanwhile, the entire process could be delayed until mid-february. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washington with the latest on this. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenne

tammy duckworth, i can't believe great servicemembers we have been asking to protect our capital and constitution these last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. we need answers, they can use my office. senator tim scott tweeting this is unconscionable and unsafe. whoever's decision this was to house our national guard men and women in underground parking lots must be held accountable. the problem has been fixed, troops have been let back in but the point about accountability is interesting because the capital rights on january 6th the capital police facing new acting chief, the permit's first woman, an african-american amid an ongoing crisis. we've not heard back yet this morning. they are issuing a statement on support but didn't account for why the troops were forced out. texas governor abbott says he is bringing his troops home. todd: i will take a step further. this is another example of our nation when troops come home from war, finish a job, throwing them to the side and it makes no sense. it is the exact counter to what you would think we would d

imagine if republicans said anything like that let's say about tammy duckworth. >> what to expect at this point from cnn's most special flower who will call into your direct messages and complain whenever you insult his honor? jake tapper has made a joke of himself and a lot of people can understand at this point he's not to be taken seriously when he holds his relationship with veterans forward in order to defend himself in situations like this where his partisanship creeps through. it's insulting, it's offensive, what to expect at this point? it's absolutely laughable and at least we can be grateful that in the next couple of weeks, we won't have to see them regularly in airports across america as they shut that network down. >> laura: i want to just mention mitch mcconnell for a moment. i guess he could have tried to reconvene the senate before inauguration, it's so ridiculous but he's not doing that. if there is still some sense that he could be tried after he leaves office, do you see that in the way, shape, or form happening and why on earth would mitch mcconnell even entertain

two defections on the democrat side, maine congressman jared golden voted for illinois senator tammy duckworthia congressman conor lamb voted for house democratic caucus chairman hakeem jeffries, so she needs, as we said, 214 votes to retain her speaker's gavel. all indications are that she is not going to have trouble keeping her gavel this time. she said it would be her last race, her last time running for speaker of the house. so we will continue to watch the vote as it comes in. that's how fox reports at this hour. i'll be back at 5 p.m. eastern, coming up live at 6 p.m. eastern i'll interview ohio senator rob portman and congresswoman jody hice. congressman jody hice. eric: well, it's a big day on capitol hill. the 117th congress is now officially getting underway. the house right now in the middle of what is expected to be a very narrow vote on whether or not nancy pelosi will be reelected as house speaker. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. huh, molly. molly: hello, eric, and i am mollly lewin in for arthel nfl. -- molly line. the ability to vote

senator tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran offered up her own office.ntually after lawmakers made urgent calls. the president and first lady expressed thanks and gave support today. joe biden in person and joe biden by phone. >> he talked about his own personal commitment an connection to the national guard and offered assistance. >> questions are growing as defense officials confirmed 100 troops have tested positive for coronavirus. the senate rules committee is reportedly investigating whether proper precautions were taken amid concerns this deployment could be a super spreader event, neil. >> neil: thanks, jacqui. with me now is katy. we're going to take about the administration's moves at the border. i wanted your quick take on the legality of this and who is responsible more moving troops. everyone said it's a hands off policy here. obviously it's confusing. what is the policy on something like that? >> well, it's very difficult when you have national guard troops because they're under state command and then when they're federalized, they're federa

back to the >>this is going back to what the situation prior to the president's second senator tammy duckworth says republicans are forcing the president's hand there's all sorts of things you could be working legislatively but again we can't get anywhere. republicans remain a block of obstructionists and yet during the campaign then candidate biden had a different take on what he's doing every working day now as chief executive we our democracy. >>some of my republican friends and someone democratic friends even occasionally say. well if you can't get the votes by executive order to do something things you can do by executive order unless you're a dictator were democracy and we need consensus. it was a statement republican senate leader mitch mcconnell noted has resigned october. >>now president biden said you can't legislate by executive action unless you're a dictator. well in one week to sign more than 30 unilateral actions. the president actually signed some 24 executive orders in his first week. >>well ahead of president trump or obama george w bush and ronald reagan didn't sign any and

senator tammy duckworth offered up her own office tweeting "unreal. i can't believe the same service members we have relied upon protecting our capital the last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. senator tim scott count for accountability saying this is unconscionable and unsafe. safety questions are growing as defense officials confirmed more than 100 troops now tested positive for coronavirus. the committee is investigating if precautions were taken amid concerns the deployment is becoming a super-spreader event. troops maintained high spirits despite vetting for extremist ties and questionable accommodations only sending cots after these photos went viral. >> i'm extremely honored to be here and help protect the process and protect the country. >> the new president and first lady expressed thanks and gave support. joe biden in person, joe biden by phone. >> talked about his own personal commitment to the national guard given his son had served previously. >> capital police on the national guard said in a joint statem

joining us senator tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois. looking at the picture of kevin mccarthy down at mar-a-lago today gripping and grinning with the man who promoted the attack on the capitol, praised the attackers even after the fact, what does that meeting and that picture say to you? >> it tells me that he stands with someone who basically incited insurrection as opposed to standing with our constitution. he has essentially violated his oath of office that he took when he was sworn in. that is to protect and defend the constitution. instead he's now standing with the enemy of the constitution. >> what do you think -- with this congresswoman marjorie taylor greene most republicans seem -- are unwilling to even talk about her or address any of her past actions and words. what does it say about the future of the republican party? when trump said she's a future star of the republican party, a lost republicans said oh, that's just not the case. she's in congress now. and she's a qanon conspiracy supporter, or was even though she's trying

let's bring in tammy duckworth. senator, thank yo you for joini us. are you okay? >> i'm in a secure location in the capitol. i'm safe. the capitol police have done a great job in protecting us. >> and describe what you experienced today. >> well, i was headed to the tunnels to go give my source speech against the votes for arizona. and when the capitol police turned to me and said you need to barricade yourself in a secure location. and they shut everything down. and so now i'm just watching the proceedings-like everyone else and waiting to hear when we'll start back be up again. because we will start back up again. we will continue to have the democratic process and i won't yield to these protestors. >> what happens when you start back up again? >> we get back up and we will go ahead and hear the arguments on either side for rejenktding or accepting the votes from arizona. and then we'll cast our vote on that case and then we'll hear if there are any other folks who are rejecting votes from subsequent states. and we'll do it in alphabetical order. >> did you expe

illinois senator tammy duckworth, an army veteran who served in iraq, calling the situation unreal.ieve the same brave service members we've been asking to protect our capitol and our constitution these last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. and north carolina congressman madison cawthorn delivering pizza to the troops saying no one ever will ever sleep on the -- those troops later marched back to the capitol overnight. so late last night capitol police said that they asked for shift adjustments to try to address this. this came after senators said the situation had been resolved and that an apology had been issued. the national guard bureau says approximately 10,600 soldiers were on duty thursday afternoon and that arrangements were being made to send 15,000 of them home as soon as possible. steph? >> well, maybe resolved for the moment. but don't forget, we're in the middle of a pandemic. our colleague leigh ann caldwell just moments ago reporting that there were as many as 4,000 servicemen and women in that garage, and there are some positive covi

tammy duckworth and others were outraged. veterans as well as others. what did chuck schumer have to say about that? >> reporter: the whole capitol hill community was outraged. these national guards men and women who have been protecting us. chuck schumer said this issue was handled overnight and as of this morning all of the remaining members of the guard here have places to rest when they're on duty here at the capitol. they are properly indoors and will be better taken care of. this is another ugly mark for the capitol police who denied they sort of forced this issue here. there's been finger-pointing on how the guardsmen and women got forced out of the building itself, but the official word is that everyone has been taken care of. i don't think we've heard the last of this, andrea. >> indeed. before i let you go, garrett, on the confirmations, we had a big vote, 93-2, approving lloyd austin, the retired four-star general, as the next secretary of defense. he is official. a delay on secretary of state for the floor vote. tony blinken, that will be mo

while democratic senator and retired guard member tammy duckworth tweeted, "they can use my office." just before midnight service members were permitted back inside the capitol to a designated area for their shift breaks. in the days leading up to wednesday's inauguration, more than 25,000 national guard members formed a protective ring around the city after rioters invaded the capitol on january 6th. on thursday, a sweep of those who attacked the building continued with at least nine new arrests, including christopher greiter who claimed the president asked people to come, and it's kind of why i came. both were charged with violent entry into the capitol. >> and that, again, was catherine herridge reporting for us, an update this morning the capitol police said they did not instruct the national guard to vacate the capitol facilities. they said management at the thurgood marshall judicial office building reached out directly to the guard to offer use of its facilities. >>> former president donald trump's impeachment trial will not start until next month, if senate republican leader

would tell you that was remarkable to see and bid now seen senators including jeff merkley and tammy duckworthboth make reference to this, the floor staff had to quickly sink to make sure to remove the boxes that hold the actual electoral college documents, the paperwork from the various states. they had to make sure to take that with them to the end disclosed hotlinks security area where everyone went to after the chamber was cleared because it's amazing that people thought of it in real time was what would have happened if somehow these little wooden boxes that contained the paperwork had been still sitting in the senate chamber in particular when the violent protesters were able to get into the chamber. it's not something we want to contemplate what is being done. it certainly not outside the realm of speculation to think that they could have either taken or destroyed in some way the actual certificates from the states which would have made this entire evening way more complicated. >> as we wait to see if the house and senate can reconvene and continue on with the electoral college process

joining us now on the phone from the stands at the inauguration is illinois senator tammy duckworth.f course serves on the senate armed services committee. senator duckworth, we are so honored to have you with us today at this historic moment. thanks for joining us. >> oh, it's good to be here, rachel. >> can you describe to us where you are and what you're seeing and how you're feeling today? >> oh, well, i feel great. it's a gorgeous day outside, not too sunny, not too windy. i am on a little platform where they put [ inaudible ] -- but i am on the north side of the platform area about one story above where the president will be speaking. [ inaudible ] -- i'm on the right-hand side in a light blue shirt, jacket and i have on my kamala harris pearls and my joe biden aviator sunglasses. other senators are just filing in behind me right now. >> senator duckworth, i have to tell you your audio is competing with the sound of the band near you, but i think we can still hear. i think we've still got you. i do just want to ask given your experience during the attack on the capitol, being o

illinois senator tammy duckworth, an army veteran who served in iraq, calling the situation unreal. tweeting, i can't believe the same brave service members we've been asking to protect our capitol and our constitution these last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. north carolina congressman madison cawthorn delivering pizza to the troops. tweeting, no soldier will ever, ever sleep on a garage floor in the u.s. congress while i'm in thest congress. our troops deserve better." an apology had been issued. those troops marched back to the capitol overnight. the national guard bureau says approximately 10,600 were on duty on thursday afternoon and that arrangements are being made to send 15,000 of these soldiers home as soon as possible. craig? >> kasie hunt for us there. hard to believe how that can happen. >> the images are ridiculous. >>> okay. it is now 19 minutes after 7:00. mr. roker back from washington. good to see your smiling face. how you doing? >> good seeing a lot of the guardsmen out there walking around. they could not have been sweeter, nic

cincinnati tammy duckworth a veteran tweeting in.'t believe that the same branch members we have been asking to protect our capitol and constitution the last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. i am demanding answers be asap. they can use my office. house minority leader kevin mccarthy saying speaker pelosi and majority leader schumer why are american troops who are tasked with keeping security at the capitol being forced to sleep in a parking lot? they deserve to be treated with respect and we deserve answers. and freshman congressman madison cawthorn actually visiting the troops you see here delivering pizza. now, of the troops have been let back. in but of the capitol police have yet to account for how and why this happened. and what moat verify thed the march treatment and who issued it. we have been reaching out all morning long but have not heard back. hopefully we will hear something new from the new acting chief who stepped into the role just 11 days ago in the wake of the riots. one reaction we

would tell you that was remarkable to see and we've now seen senators, including jeff merkley and tammy duckworth, both make reference to this. the floor staff had to quickly think to make sure to remove the wooden boxes that hold the actual electoral college documents, the paperwork from the various states. they had to make sure to take that with them to the undisclosed huddling security area where everyone sort of went to after the chamber was cleared, because the other thing that, like, it's amazing that people thought of it in real-time, was what would have happened if somehow these literal wooden boxes that contained the paperwork had been still sitting in the senate chamber in particular when the violent protesters were able to get into the chamber? it's not something we even really want to contemplate exactly what they may have done . but it's certainly not outside the realm of speculation to think that they could have either taken or destroyed, in some way, the actual certificates from the states which would have made this entire evening way more complicated. host: as we wait to see if th