larry: more on the high noon draconian that and bring in house gop conference chair, lisa mcclain. , thank you. i know it's a busy day. appreciate your time very, very much. just a quick word, virginia foxx is a friend of mine fell down the stairs, marble stairs and i know how slippery that stuff is. been there a million times. is virginia okay? >> yeah, she's okay. she's in the office of the attending physicians right now and receiving medical treatment so she's conscious, she's talking, but she had a pretty good fall so keep her in your thoughts and prayers. larry: i sure will. if you see her, send that message. she is a friend -- been on the show many, many times, and she's a great lady. >> i definitely will. larry: first of all, lisa. saw you this morning and watching your nomination speech. you're definitely a gop star. no two ways about that and terrific speech. i want to a ask you, were you in the meeting where president trump spoke to mr. norman and mr. self at the last minute? >> no, i was not. i believe that was a private conversation between the president and those two ge

you saw lisa mcclain for the republicans nominating mike johnson for speaker of the house and pete aguilarinated hakeem jeffries. he is an interesting and called it a nice beach and he jumped in there and figured mike as we figured he would. >> this is how the house chooses it speaker, this is the process and you have the tellers, who are overseeing what is about to be the vote right now for speaker, to be the first roll call. it appears another republican, is saying he expects for multiple rounds. we could be in for high drama and after this vote starts. >> bret baier has been with us this hour. he has to work on special report, there is going to be a lot going on. what are the politics here? the people have spoken. if it turns out to be true and there are multiple rounds, what does that accomplish? because that is a great question. for the folks who are going to vote no or president, if that happens, it is a statement, that we are really serious. we are not happy with the way things are run. there is no other path right now. they don't have a plan b. it is possible this gets wrapped up i

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conference chair lisa mcclain made the case for the louisiana republican. >> he is steadfast in his values of faith, family, and love of this country. johnson. >> reporter: then came the pivotal vote and johnson failed to get a majority. after a brief break since the initial vote hadn't been tallied yet, south carolina representative ralph normal and keith self from texas were convinced to change their votes giving johnson a win. >> the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. >> the path of prosperity has long been paved with policies that put america and americans first and that is what we will champion in the 119th congress. >> reporter: no other business could unfold until the speaker was chosen. with the slim margin of only a couple possible defections to insure reelection. republicans now control both chambers of congress the first time since 2019. donald trump promises an ambitious list of changes with the help of lawmakers. >> we need to unify so th

. >> he shows you his true beliefs face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson. >> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the cheap. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expected house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries, a brooklyn. house. republicans also hoped to quickly wrap up the speaker's election because they couldn't certify president-elect donald trump's win on monday without a leader in place. >> in washington, i'm just smart. >> and earlier today we got a chance to speak with bay area congressman eric swalwell, who represents alameda county swalwell played a key role in the second impeachment of donald trump during his first administration. that trial, the president-elect has vowed to go after his political enemies in his second

. >> he shows you his true beliefs face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson. >> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the cheap. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expected house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries of brooklyn. house republicans also hoped to quickly wrap up the speaker's election because they couldn't certify president-elect donald trump's win on monday without a leader in place. >> in washington, i'm just smart speaker. a merit to. >> pelosi, it's great to see you back in the chamber. >> former speaker of the house nancy pelosi back in washington, d.c., for the first time since falling and breaking her hip in luxembourg. pelosi was there to cast her vote for speaker of the house. we spoke with the bay area, congress

right now lisa mcclain is going to nominate speaker johnson. mike johnson.> for the 119th congress. the name of the honorable mike johnson, a representative from the state of louisiana. of [ cheers and applause ] >> we now know there are 217 present, so he can lose two, not just one. he doesn't need 218. >> the american people gave us a great opportunity to get america back on the right track. they gave us an opportunity to get back to normal and to get back to the real issues that the country faces right now. people want the opportunity to take care of their families. they simply want to provide for their children and give them a prosperous future. and ladies and gentlemen, we have the opportunity today to do just that. we have an opportunity to take our country back. with speaker mike johnson, senate majority leader john thune, and president donald j. trump in charge -- [ applause ] we have the opportunity to put america first again. [ applause ] we have an opportunity to do something about crime. we have an opportunity to do something about the border, an

. >> he shows you his true beliefs face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson. >> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the cheap. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expected house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries, a brooklyn. house. republicans also hoped to quickly wrap up the speaker's election because they couldn't certify president-elect donald trump's win on monday without a leader in place. >> in washington, i'm just short. >> pelosi, it's great to see you back in the chamber. >> former speaker of the house nancy pelosi back in washington, d.c., for the first time since falling and breaking her hip in luxembourg. pelosi was there to cast her vote for speaker of the house. and we spoke with bay area congressman eric swalwell ab

. >> he shows you his true beliefs face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson. >> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the team. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expected house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries, a brooklyn. house. republicans also hoped to quickly wrap up the speaker's election because they couldn't certify president-elect donald trump's win on monday without a leader in place. >> in washington, i'm just short. >> we also had a chance to speak with bay area. congressman eric swalwell who represents alameda county. i asked him about his priority for the 100 19th congress and working with president trump and the republicans. >> president elect trump. i will root for him to succeed. yes, i was an impeachment manager.

but hey, i just have a lot of faith and then we have a great leader with steve scalise and lisa mcclain now and i'm grateful that we have great leadership with tom emmer as our whip and then -- but the vote is going to be very narrow and what a challenge. >> so what is the election going to mean in the inauguration on january 20th for the legislative gypped? >> it's going to give us a real opportunity, and a challenge and we must deliver. for example, on sanctionses, we need to codify the sanctions. they're currently by executive order but they could bed soified and over and over again, i'm also -- hey, i know on day one how it was misinterpreted he's going to be a dictator for a day. no, what he meant was that he was going to drill, baby, drill. it's called keystone pipeline. i have an interest in that. the tires used in alberta, canada, for the shale recovery are made in lexington, south carolina, my hometown. these are very nice michelin tires. 12 feet high, $100,000 each. so the we want those canadians to buy more tires. i see real change and the securing of the border. three years

. >> he shows you his true beliefs at face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson. >> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the team. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expncted house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries, a brooklyn. >> house republicans had also hoped to quickly wrap up the speaker's election because they would not have been able to certify president-elect donald trump's win here on monday without a leader in place. live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. jessie, thank you. >> still ahead, the roof of this home in the late hope comes crashing down on christmas. you could hear the >> democrats will take simon and sam liccardo are now among the new members, the 119 congress sworn in today. the formally served as mayor of san j

. >> he shows you his true beliefs face value, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain supported johnson.> as did tennessee congressman mark green. this is about the trump agenda. new york congressman nick langworthy said president-elect donald trump's endorsement of johnson should be enough. this is the quarterback he's chosen for the cheap. >> in it is it is time that we come together as expected house democrats stood by their same leader from the previous congress. house democrats are united. >> behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber. jeffries of brooklyn. >> and house republicans also hoped for a quick speaker election because they would not have been able to certify president-elect donald trump's win here on monday without a leader in place live washington. i'm jessi tenure that jesse, thank you so much. apple has agreed to pay 95 million dollars to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claims. >> apple's voice assistant siri violated users. privacy plaintiffs say that syria would automatically record them when they accidentally enabled the assistant and th

she was right behind lisa mcclain when lisa mcclain nominated mike johnson.gray hair and glasses, she's been there a long time. western north carolina is her home district. speaking of falling down marble steps, we saw some of the else on the floor the house that had fallen down marble steps in luxembourg. nancy pelosi. guest: yeah. pelosi was injured and able to come back to the floor of the house. i think what these incidents have in common is the fact that when you have a very small majority were narrow margin between the parties, the health of your members matters, the ability to vote. maybe johnson won the vote today as a speaker but if he has a few members who cannot come for whatever reason, and all members of the democratic party show up, he won't have a working for majority. this is one of the stresses that come with the job of being speaker with a very small majority. host: he also has control over the schedule and keeping the vote open my correct? guest: these the ability of the speaker to keep things from the floor. and he has this has happened in

business before the actual vote for speaker gets started, i want to talk to my colleagues here lisa mcclain, when nominating mike johnson, said, quote, we are ready to govern. to me, that kind of sums up the message that they're trying to send to the holdouts. we've got to show we're ready to govern, guys. >> yeah, not much subtlety there. it also is exactly what the point in speaker johnson's tweet to members. and yet, as you heard from lauren fox reporting, this is not a done deal yet. we do not know that this is going to be resolved for him in the first round. it is an open question. there are still some holdouts. it's about to take place and this may go multiple rounds. >> and tim burchett, of course, who spoke with lauren fox earlier this afternoon, is tweeting, apparently from the house floor, saying that this will go multiple rounds. so predicting that for whatever it's worth, now, considering it only takes one additional person on top of thomas massie for that to happen, perhaps he's telling us something that we may learn there, but i mean, again, i think to the point that some of o