as congressman burchett suggested _ as americans. - as americans. as congressman burchett suggested we are - as americans. as congressman | burchett suggested we are now being told donald trump did weigh in and make a phone call, it is a difficult position to be in as was suggested to be to holdout, the two votes that make all of the difference. it is, but it was also intentional. as the congressman noted _ intentional. as the congressman noted you — intentional. as the congressman noted you get the opportunity to noted you get the opportunity io gei— noted you get the opportunity to get a — noted you get the opportunity to get a bit of attention from leadership and if you ultimately decide to vote the way that they are asking that becomes a credit in your direction and hopefully for the issues — direction and hopefully for the issues that you raise with the speaker— issues that you raise with the speaker and the president. issues that you raise with the speakerand the president. it is a bit — speakerand the president. it is a bit of

burchett, and mrs.urchett is true, they were wonderful people. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields back. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 144, it's a commonsense bill, it's going to increase transparency at the t.v.a. and it's going to ensure that the transportation committee conduct appropriate oversight over the agency's actions. i'd urge support for the bill and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.l.144. th those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. ... in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. graves: i ask the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and nays are ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. a sufficient number having arisen, further proceedings will be p

that's kyung lah tim burchett of tennessee. mr. burchett, mr. burchett, if i can grab you, we're we're live on the air. he's he's busy talking to to other of our colleagues. but thanks for talking to me. you were involved in a lot of these discussions on the floor of the house. what was that like? it seemed pretty tense at times. it did. >> but, you know, i've been through this before, and there was any reono get in anybody's face. i saw a member that had that had passed or voted the other way, and some people were getting in their face, and that that always to me, just you're going to push somebody further away. and so i mentioned, just wait, someone just got in someone's face, you know, how they do on the floor. you know, they raised their voice. and people are tensions are tight and and i mentioned to the speaker that it might be a good idea to to break off with them individually. and that's and i think that's what he did. >> i mean, did he resist that idea? because for some time he was saying he was not going to cut deals with these members.

when mr. burchett and he's apparently gone quite an army having his back. let's get back to reality. and move to southern russia where government agencies and the volunteer groups helping bustling with the aftermath of december's major oil spill to fuel tankers, top size then during severe storm spilling over 2000 tons of boil into the card straight. nowadays hope that some of the worst effected beaches will be cleared by this summer moment. the undertaking and ortiz, alyssa, of a loving it is therefore a. she lays all the difficulties in achieving that a this is what dive is. look like off the bracing, the black sea city coated and talks. it boils deep beneath the surface at around 20 meters lie directs of some contained cars and the diverse or the mission to reach them. specialize. teams including screwdrivers were deployed at the size of or an accident in december, appraising calls, witnesses and tough conditions. they've been working tirelessly to address the off them off for you, most of the fluid in good weather conditions. we make for the sense, the

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ken burchett quite awkward. i kind of feel sorry for the interviewer because he was probably struggling to hide these reactions politely. but there is no harm in going on to x after the program and asking a question like this. have you ever heard of sitting congressman confirmed alien basis on this? that's a very good question. in many places around the world, such a the and stories would have probably cost $10.00 burchett his career or please his reputation, but not in today's america. in fact, 2 years ago, the tennessee congressman was already spilling the beans on how the government was covering up the existence of your foes. i mean, he was sure that's the case. this thing is a huge cover up for whatever reason. and you know, i just feel like america is ready. we need to know when to stop with all of the shenanigans. nice try, mr. lawmaker. but stopping those shenanigans is really nowhere to be seen. santa t prevails or wait a minute. does it really let me remind you of another u. s. o alert where new jersey

tempetim burchett sending out at just moments ago. right now johnson is scary staring down a difficult path to gain the gavel despite endorsement from president-elect donald trump who has asked republicans to fall in line. the question right now, will they? hello and welcome everyone. i'm sandra smith in new york. bret, great to have you with us today. >> bret: thank you, sandra. it's history. i'm bret baier in for john roberts. this is "america reports." republicans hold a historically narrow house majority. the 119 congress. mike johnson from louisiana, hakeem jeffries the democrat from new york. the math is tricky for johnson because several g.o.p. hard-liners are on the fence about supporting him. only two defections from his party could take his chances, or at least could cause another ballot. this is the first ballot. it is alphabetical. and now they are getting into democrats and republicans, we know that one republican lawmaker has already said he will vote no, thomas massie, so we watch and wait and listen. aishah hasnie is d

burchett: mr. chairman, i yield back and would like to say for the record i have an intern with me named emma grace from nashville, tennessee, and she's wonderful. we hear a lot of bad things what's going on with our young people in this country and around a young person like that, it makes me feel a whole lot better where our country is headed. thank you, mr. chairman. chairman the gentleman yields back. ms. friedman, you're recognized for five minutes. rep. friedman: we've heard a lot about rail investments on farm and freight and that's wonderful and true. we've also heard about the need to find ways of funding our rail infrastructure both for safety and economic development. and i want to bring up another facet to this which is important to my district which is housing. i represent los angeles, as you know we've been devastated by recent wildfires that left maybe 12,000 or more people homeless and that's running straight into a existing housing crisis that already had tens of thousands homeless

congressman tim burchett of tennessee and congressman eric burlison of missouri. and both of them did vote for speaker johnson. so that's just worth noting. >> carter of georgia, mike johnson, johnson. carter of louisiana. jeffrey jeffries, carter of texas. johnson. khuza'a jeffries. jeffries case. jeffries. kasten. jeffries. castor of florida. jeffries. castro of texas. jeffries. schiff. mccormack. jeffries. chu. hakeem. jeffries. jeffries. cisco. mani. mike. johnson. johnson. cisneros jeffries. clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clark of new york. hakeem. jeffries. jeffries. cleaver jeffries. klein johnson. cloud cloud clyburn. jeffries. jeffries. clyde clyde cohen. jeffries cole. johnson. johnson. collins mike. johnson. johnson. comer. johnson. johnson. conaway jeffries. connolly. jeffries. jeffries. correia. jeffries costa. the gentleman from brooklyn. mike. dean. jeffries. courtney. jeffries. jeffries. craig hakeem. jeffries. jeffries. crane. johnson. crank mike. johnson. johnson. >> so we should just take a moment here to note that three house republicans who

and that's congressman tim burchett of tennessee. dana. >> yes. thank you so much. and, congressman, thank you for being here. thank you. we just i don't know, five minutes ago or so, we're watching the goings on on the floor. you sat down next to the speaker. you were telling him something. can you enlighten us? what's going on? >> yeah, i, i was telling him what i thought of what was going on, and i felt where he could meet with some folks one on one away from everybody thumping their chests at him. >> so who is he meeting with? what's happening? >> he's meeting with. i'd say he's meeting with the ones who didn't vote for him. would be my guess. so there are three. so there's. i didn't count thomas massie because thomas massie is never going to know. thomas has already said he's not for him and he's not going to. he's a principled guy, and i'm not. >> so we're talking about ralph norman and keith self. do i have that right? >> yeah, i'd say that's right. okay. so i think he'll meet with them individually and and try to get to a point because you see you had so man

burchett: okay. sec. blinken: the taliban sees isis as its number one enemy, and it has the will, but not necessarily the capacity, to deal effectively with it. al qaeda is a different story. this is a group that the taliban in the past has collaborated with, given shelter to, and acquiesced to. rep. burchett: what has the state department done to unify the afghan resistance groups who want to drive out the taliban? sec. blinken: there is not much of a resistance active in trying to do that. rep. burchett: all right. my friend, a former u.s. army noncommissioned officer, traveled to afghanistan after the collapse and the taliban has been benefiting from u.s. cash shipments sent to the central bank, this is american funds, and that sanction terrorists are diverting u.s. aid meant for the afghan people. why are we giving the taliban millions in taxpayer dollars while they are killing the afghan people, and in my opinion, sir, they will hate us for free. we don't need to be giving them money. sec. blinken: w

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burchett: i honor to honor master sergeant julian. enlisted in the national guard in 1975 and attended dental school at kessler air force base. she deployed in the 134th air refueling wing and served with distinction during desert storm and desert shield. she was outstanding medical corp. man of the year. and she went on to have very distinguished careers in the medical clinic and air guard and retired in 2002 after a career of 27 years. she didn't stop giving. she continued to serve her community through the junior service league and involved in charitable and toys for tots and meals on wheels and touched countless lives and proud of her three children and three grandchildren. she loved her country and community and my honor to recognize linda julian, january, 2025, veteran of the year. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without ob

joining us now from the house oversight, tennessee congressman tim burchett.hat's your take on this and the democrats ' focus here? >> well, i think it's correct that they are just completely overwhelmed. my heart goes out to the firefighters and the innocent people who have lost everything. but the truth is, is that the hollywood elite, the big money, the dot.comers, they've kept these liberals in, and they've kept these liberal policies, you know? your legislature is gutless, your governor is gutless and your mayor is gutless. they need to throw them all out. will they do it? i doubt it. i doubt it. they'll figure out some way to blame it on donald trump or global warming or something like that, liz. you know the protocol. and until -- and the sad truth is, you know, i used to be in the u-haul business, and we could never get the big u-hauls. they're all here in tennessee now because everybody's leaving that has the ability to, leaving california. so what have you got left? you've got poor folks and you've got these rich liberal elites that are running the s

i talked to tim burchett earlier today, and he was getting on a plane to come to dc. he said he's going to pray about it tonight. he's going to think about it overnight and then he's going to decide tomorrow. although he did say that johnson gets a lot of credit because he's been having these one on one conversations with members. he's been reaching out. he said that's more attention than he's gotten in the past, and it will be interesting to see if that's going to be enough or if they want something more tangible going forward. >> kristen, you cover the president elect and his team. obviously, he has endorsed mike johnson. let him hang out there a little bit before he actually did that. this is the quarterback of the agenda in the house. what's the trump team thinking right now? >> look, they want to get this done and they want to get it done quickly. donald trump remembers exactly what happened during the entire speaker mccarthy fight. and it took a lot of attention off of donald trump and what donald trump was doing. it also made the republican party, especially in

joining us now is republican congressman tim burchett who is still undecided on how he will vote later good to see you. you say you will talk to mike, raise some concerns. at this point you are still undecided. i guess, are there things the speaker could tell you to get you to? >> spending bills that everyone just goes down to read the page 45 where they have a little interest going or they have lobbyists or girlfriend works for an operation that is getting funding and then they vote for it. that's why we are $36 trillion in debt. doge said they would go after $2 trillion. well, we run up a trillion dollars every 100 days in debt. we better get really serious about that. i'm worried about the communist chinese and the border but the number one threat in this country is debt. we will be a third world country. people in east tennessee where i represent, they are spending $600 to $800 a month to survive. that's not living very luxuriously. you see that all over the country. in some areas, it is thousands more. it is reckless spending we are doing. we just can't keep going off that cliff.

burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. chairman, thank you. mr. roy, for bringing this important piece of legislation to us. let's be clear, h.r. 23 is very clear. the international criminal court, i.c.c., they don't believe israel has the right to defend itself from terrorists or those that threaten to destroy israel's way of life. the united states and israel are not members of the i.c.c. for good reason. and without accident. mr. speaker, it's a dadgum sham court is what it is. these decisions by the i.c.c. are reckless. they not only put israel at risk. they put americans at risk as well. the united states with our new congress and new administration is not going to put up with these international organ organizations putting us and our alleys in harm's way. hamas chose war. and dadgum it, hamas got war. the i.c.c. prosecutor has made a parity of justice. it needs to find his place or we will help him find it. i know when i get back to the office i'll get text or contact from people saying that my aipac handler told me to do this. i'll probably

and tim burchett couldn't see it, 'cause got kicked in the head by rick scott because he walked behindckly and it spooked him. and oh, oh, john thune's eyes don't work because he once saw a pretty lady walk by and they went "boi-oi-oi-oi-oing" and they never went back in his head. do you think that's funny, ronny? >> ronny: i guess i need to be more sensitive to republicans going forward. >> yeah, you should be. because there's a lot of things coming down the pipeline the next four years that they're not going to be able to see. or hear. or remember. or legislate against. or understand. or consider. or acknowledge. >> ronny: okay, okay! i guess i should also be respectful of people who can't watch jan 6 footage the way you and i have. >> oh, i haven't seen the january 6 footage. >> ronny: do you also have one of those diseases? >> no, no, it just sounded so depressing. i don't need that in my life. >> ronny: troy iwata, everybody. [cheers and applause] when we come back, we check in on trump's opposition, so don't go away. [cheers and applause] you can't see it? [cheers and applause] a

when mr. burchett, and he's apparently gone quite an army having his back the epic. franco taken us through that now i think you've heard every take on from 2 point. oh, well let's for one more and they're stopping. it's the latest, most of them use which of those friday the th t shirt for ever and ever and the everybody. welcome back to moscow and welcome back to the most co, mules on shay bowes. and i'm here again, and of course i'm joined by uh might as a work horse, oregon a so audio, as i like to call, to say here in russia that the hardest working force gets with the most. and that's kind of a place to all the, my little pony kind of thing. now of course, what's the big news in the last week? the in nor duration the organization of the big don, it's happened january 20th. everyone was waiting for it. we're waiting here. and i'm kind of, you know, bit of mixed emotions, mixed bag here, this week of the most can be looking back. but of course, the sleepy joe this of the ground that he was there to, amongst a kind of a real strew part of very unusual individuals. we'll have to talk about

burchett. >> the gentleman from louisiana -- >> johnson. burleson. >> johnson. >> johnson.ies. >> jeffries. calvert. >> johnson. >> johnson. kammock. >> johnson. >> johnson. carbajal. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. carrie. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. carson. carson. carter of georgia. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. carter of louisiana. >> hakeem jefferies. >> jeffries. carter of texas. johnson. kasar. >> jeffries. case. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. caston. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. castro of texas. jeffries. >> jeffries. >> mccormick. >> jeffries. >> two. >> jeffries. cisco money. >> mike johnson. >> cisneros. >> jeffries. >> clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clark of new york. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. cleaver. jeffries. klein. johnson. cloud. cloud. clybourne. >> jeffries. >> clyde. clyde.: cohan. jeffries. coal. johnson. collins. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. comer. >> johnson. >> conaway. jeffries. connolly. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. correa. jeffries. costa. jeffries. courtney. jeffries. craig. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. crane. johnson. crank. johnson. crawfor

i saw tim burchett, the congressman from tennessee, saying, you know, we didn't have the same debatea and its funding when hurricane helene hit the appalachians. and the people who were from a red state or red region, rather. and now we're having that discussion about california. so i do wonder if fema itself is going to be politicised going forward and how important that kind of federal assistance. i remember being on the ground in florida and some of the people on the ground there telling me, look, fema is all well and good, but what the problem is that they cannot get to us in time because of their bureaucratic processes, and they don't have enough funding to help us in the first place. and so that will be a real concern for red and blue states in the year to come. but we did see funding for fema caught up in some of those budgetary builds around the time of the hurricane, and a number of congress people from florida who had been badly hit voting against extending the funding. and, you know, so, like, it's one of those situations, isn't it, that the politicians from either side ki

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burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to congratulate and recognize the incredible return of my good friend, mr. mike keith, as the next voice of the vols to the university of tennessee's vol radio network. born in knoxville and raised in franklin, he started his career as wutk sports director in 1976 where he gave dynamic plays and sports analysis. after his initial appointment was hired by john ward and became the voice of the baseball vols from 1992-1998, where it's not in my notes but i did throw out the first pitch one time and they said it was incredibly accurate and fast. ... he took over the play by play duties for the tennessee titans with his career as an nfl broadcaster spanning a quarter century. mike's accolades speak for themselves, he is a member of five halls of fame, including the tennessee sports hall of fame, the tennessee radio hall of fame and university of tennessee's baseball hall of fame and being named tennessee's sportscaster of the year 12 times. mike has now returned to rocky top as a le

burchett. johnson. burlison. johnson. bynum. jeffries. calvert. johnson. cammack. johnson. carbajal. jeffries. carey. johnson. carson. carson. carter of georgia. johnson. carter of louisiana. jeffries. carter of texas. johnson. casar. jeffries. case. jeffries. casten. jeffries. castor of florida. jeffries. castro of texas. jeffries. cherfilus-mccormick. jeffries. chu. jeffries. ciscomani. johnson. cisneros. jeffries. clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clarke of new york. jeffries. cleaver. jeffries. cline. johnson. cloud. clyburn. cloud. clyburn. jeffries. clyde. clyde. cohen. jeffries. cole. johnson. collins. johnson. comer. johnson. conaway. jeffries. connolly. jeffries. correa. jeffries. costa. jeffries. courtney. jeffries. craig. jeffries. crane. johnson. crank. johnson. crawford. johnson. crenshaw. johnson. crockett. jeffries. crow. jeffries. cuellar. jeffries. davids. of kansas. jeffries. davidson. johnson. davis of illinois. jeffries. davis of north carolina. jeffries. dean of pennsylvania. jeffries. degette. jeffries. de la cruz. johnson. delauro. jeffries. delbene.

one of my favorite examples losey every couple of weeks is a republican tim burchett is always one ofvideo about why he's voting the way does he has a very fun relationship with aoc from new york. he will be a railing away and then say alex, get in here. then she gives a wave and they truly do, i believe, maybe it's all for show part i may report it maybe it's showing off. maybe it's for show but i do think that's the baseline that we want to get back to you. to get that productive and private situation you have to actually care when you say i heard your mom is in the hospital, serves and going okay? they don't need to be best friends but a little mutual respect and understanding it will be ugly to take a long view. started that textbook congress in this. that's especially productive and bipartisan from the 50s to the 70s but it is true you go back ourhe very beginning of history we had federal's and democrat we literally have paintings on the floor of the senate much higher rates of political violence that we have now. look at the long view that a bit of a peak. to me as a historian

favorite examples that seems to happen every couple of weeks is a republican from tennessee, tim burchettis doing the video of why he votes though he does. has a very fun relationship with aoc from newwi york. he will be railing away and then say alex get in here they truly do maybe it's all for show there showing off. that's the baseline we almost want to get back to his ugly in public but productive and private. in private situations you have to actually care when you say at how your kids. you have to share when you say i heard your mom is in the hospitals have been going okay question if they do not need to be best friends a little mutual respect and understanding it will bean ugly in the media and that is just how it goes. >> i would say i do think it is important to take a long view of the history. i think textbook congress that's in the 50s to the 70s and we saw the cable news in the '90s that is true if you go back to the verygi beginning of our history with federalist and democrat republicans saying awful things about each other. much higher rates of political violence we have now

burchett is skeptical that fema is up to the task. he doubts that california victims will ever see what they're owed after this disaster. some republicans take aim at liberals who run much of california. other lawmakers say california climate change policies forced insurers to drop fire coverage for homeowners. >> it caused the companies to flee the state. and the people that made those policy decisions have to be held accountable, too. >> but democrats rebuke criticism of california's leaders. >> i think that's all honestly just ridiculous. i think what's most important is that you i think our governor is on the ground doing a great job managing the response. i don't think that we should be putting blame on anyone. >> still, some democrats question the local response. >> why didn't they have water? is it negligence, or is it just the fact that so many fires were breaking out all over the city, in so many different areas, that it was the system was being pushed to capacity and got overwhelmed? >> it will take months to assess the cost

case in point, republican representative tim burchett went on cnn yesterday to deny reality. >> do youee with president trump's decision to pardon these violent people and releasing them from jail? >> if they were truly violent, no, but, but do i know that they were? i don't know that. >> what do you mean you don't know that? we're showing the footage on the air right now. >> stephen: i don't know. i don't know. i didn't see nothing. i don't know. the only member of congress with a worse memory is oklahoma senator "goldfish-with-a-head-injury." strangely, this new january 6th committee might not be hearing from one of the star witnesses of the real january 6th hearings, you remember former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. reportedly, staff from speaker johnson's office has advised his republican colleagues to not subpoena her. why? to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her. [booing] oh, yeah, that would not look good for them. "uh, ms. hutchinson, i refer you now to exhibit 8, if you can pull that up out of your file there, a text you received on jan

and you have a handful of thin sitters representative victoria spartz and tim burchett hasn't committed he will vote. this is either posturing by wish list of some things they want. some cases a committee assignment which is a bit selfish considering the g.o.p. disarray that would unfold if these members put their personal agendas aheaded of the grader good. if you do anything resembling what we saw last time 15 votes over four days throw a wrench in quickly getting to the agenda. that president-elect trump wants which is the border, the tax cut extennation and the debt cereal and all the other things. we are going to learn a lot come friday midday about exactly how that is going to go. >> nicole: very narrow margin and all it will take victoria spartz was to vote for someone else, it could stop the vote. if she votes herself present and everyone else votes for him, except for massi then it would go through. as you said there is still a couple on the fence. there are going to be mean tweets if this vote doesn't go through. >> griff: we will see where that goes. meanwhile a fox news aler

the middle, they have a long way to go, they are calling member by member, we had congressman tim burchett treat moment ago that he is expecting johnson to lose the first round. he just voted for mike johnson and we have seen a number of other holdouts go ahead and support him, could be because just before this started, mike johnson seemed to respond to some of the concerns from the fiscal hawks in the conference, he tweeted that he would be creating a working group comprised of independent experts to work with doge , also work with existing audits of federal agencies, and johnson was optimistic heading into this, saying he thinks he has enough support to win but, when asked how many rounds he would be willing to go, johnson said he is ready to go the distance, johnson said we have to get this job done and unify the conference and i'm here for the long run. it seems like johnson has swayed at least a few republicans, victoria sparks is now yes, and just a reminder, if all members are here, only two republicans vote for someone other than johnson, he will be able to win the speakership and

tennessee congressman jim burchett is a house oversight committee congressman, we thank you for your. you guys have got a big day troy going to certify the official election results going to local different than what we saw four years ago. expecting everything goes smoothly? >> i hope so. with this snowstorm i hope we got enough people here to do our job. i apologize for the way i'm dressed them in something from the fetterman collection. i don't have any heat and my dad gum office and so was a little cold. i am hoping we get through with that. i suspect will be a little bit of friction from the other side pretty got to realize they're going to talk about us not certifying the last one. we've got to her for the one before president trump on the first time, not the one where he won the second time. you had several ranking members, betty thompson, speaker pelosi and others who chose not to be for that either. it's always a double standard in washington so we will see what happens. >> republicans have said, one of their top parties is extend the trump text that says are set to expire at

burchett is skeptical that fema is up to the task. he doubts that california victims will ever see what they're owed after this disaster. some republicans take aim at liberals who run much of california. other lawmakers say california climate change policies forced insurers to drop fire coverage for homeowners. >> it caused the companies to flee the state. and the people that made those policy decisions have to be held accountable, too. >> but democrats rebuke criticism of california's leaders. >> i think that's all honestly just ridiculous. i think what's most important is that i think our governor is on the ground doing a great job managing the response. i don't think that we should be putting blame on anyone. >> still, some democrats question the local response. >> why didn't they have water? is it negligence, or is it just the fact that so many fires were breaking out all over the city, in so many different areas, that it was being the system was being pushed to capacity and got overwhelmed? >> it will take months to assess the co

i talked to representative tim burchett yesterday, who still had not made up his mind definitively, but he made clear to me that trump's support for mike johnson was not something that members could simply ignore. john. >> yeah, we will see if anyone joins thomas massie and the fingernail caucus this morning. i mean, even one, even one member joining him on the first vote could cost johnson the job, or at least make it deeply uncomfortable for him. lauren fox being photobombed by jim jordan and others. we will come back to you as soon as we can. and of course, stay with cnn all morning long. we're covering the ins and outs of this vote. coverage continues after noon as well. sarah. >> all right. this morning, bourbon street is back open as serious questions about security measures in the french quarter loom after the deadly new year's day terror attack that left 14 people dead. a 2019 report by a private security firm warned there was a need for an immediate improvement on security barriers, flagging the potential for terrorism involving mass shootings or car attacks. was, quote, highly

chad whose reporter for fox has this on tim burchett people get of tennessee was one of those that is not yet committed to speaker johnson. this authority is in a recent interview saying when it comes to come i'm not committed to eaker johnson fixed away on conversations i hadik to think if we canet on that we could go. get on withh american agend which is why people elected us to do going on toay every time the speaker meets with us it's productive it sws he cares. he's listening and he sensitive. is at 435gos has to deal with so i get it. that chad-frank we should your picture of the former offices o senator mitch mcconnell now a new namla on that office saying senator john thune name is place on the leader suite by the architect of the capitol workers replacing mitch mcconnell which a been there for 18 years. >> the plaque is up ons. a sensi pick a change in leadership over in the upper chamber. senate majority leader john thune will take over the majority for the senate for the republican party over there. that happens today at noon eastern. where simulcasting "washington journal"

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burchett will be one of the first two will vote for the speaker or not for mike johnson, vote presentr vote for another member. that will add attention to the climate. i think many -- what was sad last time was people traveled from all over the country to see people who cared about their loved ones sworn in. it took four days. by the time that many of these members were sworn in -- republicans and democrats -- many of their family members had left. they had been there to celebrate but didn't see the actual moment of swearing in. it will be a feeling of excitement, of let an honor it is, and tension at the same time as to what will happen. host: nothing can happen until the speaker is elected. members cannot be sworn in. nothing happens, including a vote on the rules package. what do you make of the rules put forward by republicans for the 119th congress? guest: i am disappointed. i think you will see all democrats vote against them. one, it is the first time you see -- the last rules package one member makes a motion to vacate the speaker. this time it would be a motion with a cospons

burchett: i rise to honor the life of a dear friend of mine who passed away at the aim of 81. she was a former knox county juvenile court clerk, an office she held for 18 years. she served with great integrity and pride and was truly a public servant as she was one of the people. lillian was a great leader in the republican party in knox county, so much so she earned the nickname, and she really did earn this name, the bean machine. lillian also had a bean soup recipe she would can and give out to folk she is cared about. i was the resippet yent of that and my family was many times. she served as pest of knoxville women's club and was woman of the year three times for her volunteer spirit. if someone's name was in the paper, lillian would clip it and send it to that person. i was fortunate enough to receive that many times. just to let them know she'd read about she always had little ways to show people they cared and they felt it. lillian was a proud baptist and i have no doubt that the lord welcomed her with open arm a smile on his face. she'll truly be missed. i think the f