and i got, abby johnson, to write our life chapter. and i billboard chris to write our transgender chapter. and i got neil chatterjee to write our energy. so it's like i conscripted the top subject matter experts on all these issues that have some of them. you know, grover nark, grover norquist did our taxes. i mean, like i made them give me their life's work in 3000 words through lens of what if we put kids first? so that is what we have outside for you today. and i hope that it will not only be informative, but it will fuel your for justice on behalf of children in every area of and politics and life. thank you. how katie, that was fantastic. thank you so much. and katie has agreed to. stay with us for lunch and. signed some books. her books are available for sale, but before we do that, we have a tradition here at the luce center. we have a beautiful mug for you with favorite quote by clare boothe luce s, which is courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. katie i love that katie. thinks thank you. please join us fo

abby phillip is up next. >> tonight phoning a friend. mike johnson keeps the speaker's gavel after appearing to lose it by getting an assist from the president elect, plus paycheck to paycheck. the top democrat in the house wears two hats cheering cooperation to put down our partisan swords while making fun of maga. >> there are no election deniers on our side of the aisle. >> also, woke enabled terror. a top republican lawmaker says agencies aren't focused enough on protecting the homeland because they're too focused on something else. and pinot morte. the surgeon general recommends your bottle of wine is served with a revised warning about your health. live at the table brian lanza, jordan k colvin, mondaire jones, gail huff brown and adam kinzinger. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. upheld tonight. donald trump is still a convicted felon. after a new york judge said his convictions were lawfully made. bu

jennings, congressman dusty johnson and congresswoman stacey plaskett americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in washington. let's get right to what america is talking about. the horror in california tonight, at least five people have died in those raging wildfires. scores of families have lost their homes and everything that they own in this unprecedented disaster. we're going to discuss the blame game happening, including president elect trump pointing the finger at democrats in the government, including gavin newsom and joe biden. but first, a picture of the suffering navy helicopter. >> so this house is gone. this house has now is now under way. the the left side of this house is ignited. and also now the house nearby. it but i mean, these embers are like snowflakes. they're falling all around us. the sun. i mean, this is what's so crazy if you you can't even see the sun. it is completely blacked out. >> sarah was on with her eight year old niece last night. >> she came out. >> i'm sorry. just, you know, one day you're swimming in the pool and the next day it's all gone. but, yeah

i do see abby blunt, the wife of senator blunt who is here and senator, because you have been on capitol hill for so many years previously as nancy cordes pointed out speaker johnsonnk that is an important point because while we are noticing the ceremony of this and the speeches, the work of government begins immediately. and of the signing of those documents and there are many people talking about right now. we do not have an acting secretary of defense. we don't have someone in charge of the fbi. the fbi director and his deputy have resigned. concerns about the transition period. >> that's right. in the senate goes into session right around 2:00 today so right around now. for the specific purpose of seeing if they can't move some of these along quickly. things mentioned earlier this morning that maybe the cia director and the secretary of state would be among those that might be confirmed today and of course that answers every question about who is in charge the more of that that you could get done which is why the senate is in session today as opposed to in the morning. >> and right out of the gate, you expected to be with democratic support and that may be a r