let's start with evans solomon that joins us from the lobby outside the house of commons. what is the mood there? >> peter, i know you came back from vancouver where the mood is nuts. it's not quite playoff fever. this is a hawker game -- a hockey game where the home team knows who will win. today, when i talk to conservatives, they feel confident. they know the budget is going to pass. they know their agenda, which will include their law and order legislation, their budget. there will talk about the war in libya. the mood is confidence, have been as. the other side, new faces. they are busy studying the new mp faces. they are excited. there are lots of firsts. peter, there is a lot of excitement, but this day the home team feels it's got it in the bag. >> this is a two chamber kind of day, what the speech from the throne. the house of commons will take their seats, but down the hall is where the speech is read, is in the senate. rosemary barton. another chamber with a conservative majority. >> this is where the governor general or rides with the prime minister, we will se

power and politics with evan solomon beginning at 5 p.m. tonight, the national with diana swain on cbc television, and don't forget the coverage on monday at 4 p.m. eastern on cbc news america and cbc television, full coverage of the budget and how it impacts you. that's our special coverage today, the speech from the thrown, the new harper majority government. i'm peter mansbridge. thank you for watching. ♪ >> declared republican presidential candidates speaking tonight at the second annual faith and freedom coalition conference in washington. speakers include tim pawlenty, ron paul, and mitt romney as well as trump trump. live coverage tonight on c-span. >> he was known in the day as czar reed. it was not a complement, but he saw it as flattering indeed. >> republican thomas reed changed the power structure of the house. >> he was impugned as a tyrant because he overturned a long standing custom in the house that the minority would be on equal footing of the majority. >> mr. speaker on c-span's q&a. you can download this and others online