. >> the new 118th congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd, at noon eastern. government, republicans control the house of representatives. democrats retain control of the senate by a slim majority. the new incoming members are younger, with an average age of 47 compared to the average rate of 40 58. the new congress will also be more diverse with a record number of women. including more women of color. this holds the election for the new speakers of the house, and new members will take the oath of office. new congress, new leaders, watch the opening day of the 118 congress tuesday, january 3rd, at noon eastern. this is live on c-span and c-span two. also on c-span now. for our free mobile video app and online at c-span.org. >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents historic stuff. and not book tv talks with nonfiction authors. funding for

and we know that on january, the 3rd congress will become a republican run house. and there are many people on the republican side who said that they need to think again about the support that they are given to let him use zalinski and the ukrainians. or this is let them use the landscape going in person to say thank you very much for your support, but it's got to continue to keep coming. and so the white house are saying this is sending a message, not just to republicans, but to vladimir putin and the rest of the world that the united states is behind the ukrainians. and certainly, that some things the lensky will be keen to push. because while he knows that he's going to continue fighting the russians, he doesn't want to keep fighting the americans for the financial support that he desperately needs. all right, thank you so much. alan fisher reporting from washington to see so president zalinski strip comes as the russian leader vladimir putin has been meeting senior defense officials, who's in said there are no financial limits on what his government would provi

that young, this is also a crucial a timing because we will have a sworn in a new congress, only weeks away on january 3rd. and in that new congress, the hard right of the republican party and some also in leadership should, will be much stronger and they have already threatened that they are not willing to hand to grain a blank check. so this is really one of the last opportunities of for vladimir zalinski to address a highly divided congress and tell or describe how important the united states is in fighting rush us invasion. and you think that explains the timing of this trip. i have a lot of years, a lensky, that it is in part. you turn up the heat on those republicans who will take control of the house in january or is there another thing going laps? no, that is probably really in the core. i mean, he is really in need of more supporters of let him, you put in his increasing his fights and he also once a, some specific miss. i'll some air defense miss. i was but it's the timing really is because we will have a new congress soon. and his really lobbying of for his cause. so this is really oh, the main

oh, it was congress's 3rd impeachment attempt to oust gosti yo. he tried to save himself with a bold move. darma maslow, this is young, will temporarily digital congress and establish an exceptional emergency government while calling for elections for a new congress, him up and drafting a new constitutional ah, he then went even further ordering the military to patrol the streets with a night m curfew. but as lawmakers began voting for the impeachment castillo left. the presidential palace with his family. police say he was going to request political asylum in mexico, but instead he was arrested. his supporters clashed with police outside the station where she was held throughout his presidency. castillo had constant confrontations with the political opposition. he was even expelled from his own party. now lawmaker say they want to work with a new precedent. get weighing our own wing i. we knew that she should come with a cabinet that helps to deal with problems. not ministers who will only praise her . i mean the novel, new out of the is the 1st f

. >> the new 118th congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd mat noon eastern. t time in two years we'll return to washington as a divided government. republicans in the house and democrats in the senate with a slight majority. the new congress will be more diverse with a record number of women serving including more women of color. some of the process as the 118th congress gavels into session and holds a new election for speaker of the house and new members take a oath of office. new congress, new leaders. watching opening day tuesday, january 3rd at noon eastern. live on c-span and c-span2. also on c-span now. our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. ♪♪ >> middle and high school students, it's time to get out your phones, and start recording for a chance to win $100,000 in total gas prizes for the grand prize of $5,000. by entering c-span's video cam contest. we're asking students to picture yourself as a newly elected member of congress and tell us what your top priority would be and why. create a five to six minute video showing the importance of yo

congress has approved a motion to start impeachment proceedings against president pedro castillo. he's accused of breaching the constitution and for being, quote, morally incapable. this is now the 3rd attempt by congress to remove the left wing leader since he took office last year. ah, well, 4 times champions, germany out of the wild cup at the group stage for the 2nd tournament running, they'd be costa rica for 2, but it wasn't enough both teams on out. the 2014 champions miss out on the next stage on goal difference. joanna roscoe was adelaide stadium has all the reaction was that i'm leaving our base stadium disappointed despite a very entertaining, final match with them. at the group stage, germany actually won this match for 2 against costa rica, but it wasn't enough of disappointing opening result. they have that shot close against japan and then drew against spain. and unfortunately this to win against costa rica just wasn't enough to seen through to the last 16 germany fans leaving here. and i'll bite stadium, we're at least grateful that they sold that team when one match at this tournament . they fired it and they don't roll the match for one and we're for 2 games and ag

. >> the new 118th congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd at noon eastern. for the first time in two years they'll return to washington as a divided government and democrats regain control of the senate by a slim majority. incoming members are younger 47 compared to the average age in the previous congress. more diverse with a record number of women, including more women of color. some of the process as the 118th congress gavels into session and holds election for new speak are of the house and members take the oath of office. new congress, new leaders. watch the opening day of the 118th congress tuesday, january 3rd at noon eastern live on c-span and c-span2, also on c-span now, our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in on this wednesday morning. coming up at noon eastern lawmakers are expected to vote on a resolution offered by senator tim scott to repeal education department requirements involving grants for charter schools. also on the agenda this week, the 2023 defense authorization bill and a short-term

congress. congressman hakeem jeffries has been chosen to replace speaker nancy pelosi as the leader of the house democrats, jeffries is set to take over on january 3rd when the 118th congress convenes. he says he will continue the work. the democratic party has been doing for americans. house democrats fight for the people, that's our story. that's our legacy. that's our values. that's our commitment. as we move forward before you along with jeffrey's massachusetts congresswoman, katherine clark was chosen as democratic whip and california congressman peter millar is set to become chairman of the house democratic caucus. elections do signal a shift in the party's leadership. santa clara county, launching a guaranteed income program starting this december. some families will receive $1000 a month for two years. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters explains how this pilot program works. at the end of the day. we want to make sure that families in santa clara county are not homeless, have the resources they need to meet. their needs were not contributing to generational poverty or seeing more people fall into homelessness, the silicon valley guarant

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so he needs him to be seated in the congress on january 3rd if he's to be assured that speakership. e santos will be seated in congress ask then these investigations play out whether they be in nassau county, it's potential that the new york attorney general looks into this. maybe even a federal prosecutor in long island will take a look at this. that will have to play out before any real action is taken with santos or if there's some move to force him to resign. but in the short-term, i think we need to be prepared for the idea that congressman-elect george santos, despite his controversy, will likely be a full on congressman when the calendar turns. sglu thus you're 100% right. thank you so much for that. >>> let's go to the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. the decision to keep title 42 in place for the next six months has only added to uncertainty facing migrants who crossed into texas or waiting on the mexico side of the border for an opportunity to make their case for asylum. shotgun they are unable to do with the public health measure in effect. let's go to s

over the years on january, 3rd 118th congress will be seated, but there is still one big problem hanging over republicans heads who will become the next speaker of the house. and what happens if republicans can't agree on a new leader. foxes lauren blanchard, reports from washington. just days away from the next u. s. congress taking office and it's still unclear who will lead the largest chamber for the next two years. nancy pelosi's name already taken off the wall above the house speaker's office but whose will replace it is less certain. think we obviously are going to see a lot of drama? the first week that we return republican kevin mccarthy is facing a messy battle to the speaker's gavel despite winning a gop leadership election in november. on january 3rd when the full house votes his name needs to be on a majority of all the ballots kevin mccarthy as a math problem. he needs five votes of people who have said that they will never vote for kevin mccarthy, a faction of unhappy republicans say they will write another name or no name at all. there is no plan b here. the plan is to ge

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congress are protectin democracy in the right to vote he joins us now. welcome, representative, newly elected congressman-elect. fantastic. what worries you the most come january 3rdhings we want to make sure is we can continue to build on so many of the great things tha we got done in the previou congress it's a really capstone i think from the standpoint of legislation to expand th infrastructure, health care, homeless assistance, all those things i hope we will be able to buil on those on the upcoming congress the republicans seem to want t focus purely on investigations and sort of attacking the bide administration instead o helping the american people. >> there are so many thing that you want to get down. we mentioned some very big ideas in the introduction to you, representative-elect. what is the one thing you woul love to be able to accomplis and that you are hopeful about in your first two years in congress >> it is hard to narrow it dow because the american peopl have so many needs i would love to see an expansion of the earned income tax credit and some of the child tax credit that are goin to expire at the end of next week gun reform they took a good b

ending a chaotic series of days and weeks as we end this congress where it has democrats in all control of the house and senate. now going into january 3rd, the new congress will be in here. final act on a very, very busy session of congress as democrats and some republicans join hands to push this spending bill through. >> a shutdown has become a christmastime tradition. manu raju, thank you. >>> the january 6th committee released transcripts with star witness cassidy hutchinson. saying her trump-aligned lawyer pressured her against talking even if put at risk against charges. the report could drop at any moment. paula reid is with me now. what are we learning from her testimony? >> reporter: the transcripts and new reporting from cnn reveal these details about the pressure campaign that hutchinson faced from allies of the former president. hutchinson is, of course a former aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows and told the committee that her first lawyer stefan passantino repeatedly asked her to downplay her role in the white house and say she did not recall certain events. she said he and other trump associates dangled job o

it's congress as 3rd attempt to remove the left directly. this since he took office last year when there's also been speculation about the future of self africa as president. so we're on the further, after an independent panel found that he violated his oath of office, as spokesman says, all options are on the table and an announcement of imminent crime, oppose. it was investigated after millions of dollars in cash, hidden inside a sofa was stolen from his farm. the finding can lead to his impeachment from oppose it denies any wrong doing. well. david, money i is an associate professor of political science university of johanna berg. he says the allegations against prison, all the wes that a president could face this is a serious damming report. they actually said that he might have violated the constitution. so as they can never be any other with case for any city president than those kind of allegation of the president, he has a number of options. one which is the most difficult. one is to wait for the job process and find it out and stick

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congress. but the reality is that this was the 3rd time in just over a year that the congress was trying to overthrow him, and he was tired of the obstruction ism, so he dissolved it. and let's not forget that the congress, according to the latest paul from a few weeks ago, has a love in percent approval in peru. so this is, these are on democratic actions taken by a very vicious rhyming opposition. and in been includes that the daughter and the son of a former far right dictator. okay, so taking a bit of a step back can when talking about 2 trees with left us leadership and a region that's notoriously plagued by corruption. i think we can order the population struggling with vast boston, a quality deep disillusionment with public officials. these kinds of narrative that we're hearing on just confined to proven argentina. we've also seen this big shift towards the left in latin america. this coming january. i was having a look at the number that the 1st time i believe, or the 7 most populous countries will have left of center governments and feels like the public has also railed preference. a big per

congress. on january 3rd are you, going to be voting for kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house? >> do you think you will have enough votes to be speaker of the house? he has a majority, given to the congress by the american people. whether that majority acts like a majority is yet to be seen. -- >> he will have 218 votes? he met with republicans at the conference to talk about rules for how republicans will run the conference in the 118th congress and it was a place where you made some rules and suggestions for changes. what did you suggest? >> i actually introduced a motion to ban the practice of members of congress directing public money to their local pet projects over their favorite supporters. that was a practice i created. it created widespread corruption in congress in the 1990s and 2000s -- but we did away with it when we were -- it was not gone for two years. it was brought back in the last session. i was very disappointed that my republican colleagues did not vote to ban the practice in the future. >> why was it brought back? >> because it was -- members were directing

it was congress's 3rd impeachment attempt to oust castillo. he tried to save himself with a bold move doorman, was low, this is young, will temporarily digital congress and establish an exceptional emergency governmentally. and while calling for elections for a new congress, him of, and drafting a new cost. ah, he then went even further ordering the military to patrol the streets with a night m curfew, but us lawmakers began voting for the impeachment castillo left. the presidential palace with his family. police say he was going to request political asylum in mexico, but instead he was arrested. he supporters clashed with police outside the station where she was held throughout his presidency. castillo had constant confrontations with the political opposition. he was even expelled from his own party. now lawmaker say they want to work with a new precedent. get wang, i go when i, when it, she should come with a cabinet that helps to deal with problems, not ministers who will only praise her. i mean, the novel, new out of the is the 1st female p

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we have got a new congress coming january 3rd. they are going to get maybe january 6 committee. committee will wrap up. the laundry list of things that congress has to do between now and january 3rd though expanding how significant and how much we will pay attention do you think to this report. >> i think the january 6th committee is drawing attention to the checkpoints and activities. >> that is tv, not a report. >> it is up to them to decide how to roll that out. seeing what their tactics are for drawing attention to the material ahead. having said that, the burden is as it has been all along for them to deliver the goods in a way that makes it worth paying attention to. it is what we have seen before, but compiled into a couple hundred pages. it will have some major impact. but, look, the phase of this process of legal accountability for people who were in the insurrection for that process is moving on at this point pretty testimony that we talked about today is way more important than the final, final, final act of that. >> political fatigue. we hear from a lot of republicans

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embellishment because they were lies, may land him in hot water should he be seated on january 3rd into the congresshics committee investigation. but these money troubles may, in fact, land him with a criminal indictment even as he takes his seat into congress. >> yeah, which many have suggested is inevitable at this point. what happens after that is another thing. right now, david, you have elected officials, community leaders, other people in santos's district, they're holding a news conference to call on kevin mccarthy and other authorities to investigate santos. the nassau county da, new york's attorney general, they're also looking into him. how should republican party leadership be dealing with his situation? >> well, they should be speaking out and denouncing santos and all of his lies and that starts with kevin mccarthy. someone who will not speak out against him because he wants his vote to be speaker. donna is right, the only way a congressional tenure ends for santos before the next election would be a criminal indictment. house precedent suggests that he would need to resign. but shy of

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this, it has to be soon, because this committee ceases to exist when republicans take over congress on january 3rd. david? >> tracking it day by day. john coral, think. >>> tonight, even as the january 6th committee decides whether to issue any criminal referral to the justice department for january 6th, tonight, the special could be sell appointed for the justice department in the federal investigation under way has already issued subpoenas to officials in three states now. arizona, michigan, and wisconsin tonight. for all of their communications with former president trump related to efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election. >>> to neorth carolina, tonight and there is new reporting in the power grid sabotage. news one person has been found dead in a home with no electricity. abc's mona kosar abdi in north carolina again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, officials in moore county, north carolina, say one person has died in a house with no power. >> we're trying at this point in time to validate if it was related to the power outage or just a normal medical condition. >> reporter: the ne

. >> the new 118th congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd, at noon eastern. for the first time in two years, they will return to washington as a divided government. republicans will control the house of representatives, while democrats retain control of the senate by a slim majority. the new incoming members are younger, with an average age of 47 compared to the average age of 58 in the previous session. it will also be more diverse, with a record number of women serving, including more women of color. follow the process as the 118 congress gavels into session, holds the election for new speaker of the house and new members take the oath of office. new members, new leaders. watch the opening day of the 118 congress, tuesday, january 3rd at noon eastern. live on c-span and c-span two. also on c-span now, our free mobile video app. where online at c-span.org. >> our speakers are well-known journalists, al hunt, former washington bureau for the wall street journal and host of the podcast, 2022 politics war room. and the author of the book, mary llewellyn mcneil.

his tenure came to an end on wednesday after he attempted to dissolve congress before he faced his 3rd round of impeachment proceedings, or your state department is describing guest you as the former president saying, peruse, congress took, quote, corrective action in line with democratic values. why canada is in washington d. c. so does more about the reaction from there? well, the us position was flagged by the ambassador in lima, lisa canada, who shortly after congress was disbanded, supposedly disbanded. she tweeted immediately that that action must be reversed. now you've got a situation where the state department has come out in full support of what it sees as a democratic process that has removed petro castillo from office. this is what the state department spokesman net price had to say. given the action of the congress, he is now a former president castillo. the virtue of democratic systems around the world, is the fact that they are self correcting. and we continue to watch these events very closely. they're fluid and but it seems that peruse, congress has taken a corrected a

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to stand before you today as the incoming house democratic leader for the 118th congress that will convene on january 3rd to be joined by my two good friends, amazing colleagues and partners, the incoming house democratic whip katherine clark and the incoming expressing my heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the family of don mceachin. the house democratic caucus is a family. and representative mceachin was an important part of that family and he will be deeply, deeply missed. also want to convey my thanks to speaker nancy pelosi, an extraordinary speaker for the ages, who has delivered so much for so many over such a significant period of time, our caucus is better, our country is better, the world is better because of speaker pelosi's incredible leadership. i also want to thank our current house majority leader, steny hoyer, and our current house majority whip jim clyburn for their incredible friendship, mentorship and support for all of us along this journey from the very beginning of our arrival in the congress. we stand on that collective broad shoulders, building upon the incredible work they have d

. >> the new 118 congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd at noon eastern for the first time in two years i returned to washington as a divided government. republicans will control the house of representatives, will democrats retain control of the senate by a slim majority. the new incoming members are younger, with an average age of 47, compared to the average age of 58 in the previous session. the new congress will also be more diverse with a record number of women serving, including more women of color. follow the process as the 118 congress gavels into session, holds the election for new speaker of the house, and new members take the oath of office. new congress, new leaders. watch the opening day of the 118 congress, tuesday, january 3rd at a noon eastern, live on c-span and c-span two. also on c-span our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> this week, explore the people and events that tell the american story. every day on american history tv on c-span 3, and watch our featured program on saturday at c-span 2 at four premised or a look at holiday hope during the h

congress who denied subpoenas. one of them is kevin mccarthy. you said kevin mccarthy should be house speaker. we are getting closer to january 3rdhen the new congress begins. are you confident he's going to get there? >> well, i don't know what is inside -- i'm not going to be part of the next congress. i'm not a voter on that. he is still votes short. he's got two weeks, right, to make it. he needs 218 votes. in our secret ballot that we had of the new members, he got i think 188 so he's well short of that, and of course we've got five republicans that are on record as saying no way are they going to support for kevin. somehow he has to whittle that number down to get to 218. i suspect that we're going to have multiple ballots, and it may take multiple days before a successor to nancy pelosi is named, but i'm not sure what his vote count is, but somehow he's got to get 218, and that means he's going to have to break loose as some of those five that are on record saying no way, kevin. >> and some of the demands he's facing is that they want to bring back that motion to vacate or there can be that vote to potentially oust a sitti