kind of like a giant slayer, almost, or... muscular. >> pelosi: well, i think that it-- no, i think i happen to be a manifestation of the women power that is coming forth now, but only one manifestation. hi, welcome to the capitol. >> stahl: today, she's a more self-assured nancy pelosi, more willing to promote herself. >> pelosi: i think i'm the best person to go forward. >> stahl: she told us that our democratic values are being threatened, and says unabashedly that she is the right person to stand up for them. >> pelosi: as our founders said when they declared independence and established a new nation, the times have found us. the times found lincoln. not to be presumptuous, to put ourselves in those categories, but the times have found us. not because we're so great, but because of the urgency that-- of the-- situation that our country faces, because of the situation in the white house. do you solemnly swear... ? >> stahl: in january, she swore in the 116th congress, that includes 43 new democrats from republican districts