house. you know, down the hall and upstairs from this office is the part of the white house where the president and his family live. i'm never forget that i live in a house owned by all the american people and that i have been given that trust. this house is only on loan to its tenants. we are temporary occupants linked to a continuity of president. it's both very, very public house and a wonderful private home for our president. this is the people's house, which means that we want to make sure that we leave this place and as extraordinary a condition as we found it. this is the story of a house located at the center of a nation's identity and the focal point of international events whose occupants have a chance to leave their own legacy on the official residence of the president and the symbolic home of the american people. it is a place alive with activity and quiet at times when you feel the presence of the past. it is a public museum with a collection that helps tell the story of those w

white house?very interesting, if you did not have the paint on the stone, the stone is from virginia, 30 miles down i-95 towards richmond . you can still visit, a county park today to go back in the woods and you can see the stone and the stonecutters markings. they would break off a piece of the rock, drag you down to the river and, with the help of enslaved workers, would pull it against the shore upstream and offloaded it. they drug it to today, the building ground of t the white e this stone was a gray sandstone. if you were to see it not painted, it would be great. the scottish stonemasons who came with experts in carving this soft stone, they knew that you had to seal it so the water creeping and would not expand and crack the stone further. they whitewashed it. after the war of 1812 and it was burned by the british and rebuilt, after that time it started to be referred to as white house. descriptively referred to as white house or executive mentioned, but the white house, but was not offici

to the white house. the minister and her family foundation problem has been a true partner in building kingdom and the work he called us to do together so rob and i thank you for your support and all the friends and family that are here. they also want to thank president trump for his confidence and his support in nominating me for this crucial position and even more so purpose but i want to thank president-elect trump. i sit before you today is as the nominee to lead the department of housing and urban development this opportunity is personal to me that i grew up as a kid as was mentioned before in richardson texas and before that in plano texas with my parents. i worked as a dishwasher at the supreme creek barbecue which is one of my claims to fame. early on in my childhood my family was broken due to. i love my mother and i love my father and all of my brothers and sisters. many would say the odds are stacked against you. i've overcome extreme adversity going against the status quo in attending and gr

house. it's called the people's house. and it's an immersive experience for people about how the white house is organized and operated. and, of course, what it's like for the first family to live there. our host for the evening is the head of the white house historical association, which has created this grand space. stewart mclaurin and before we get started about what people are going to see, i just want to tell the c-span audience how special the relationship has been between the white house historical association and c-span. going back almost 40 years with different projects, including our first lady series. so thanks for bringing us back tonight and hosting this massive northfield. we're grateful for the partnership that we have with c-span. we look forward to doing more and wonderful things together. well, thanks. so tell me about this wonderful thing that you've just. well, suzanne, welcome to the people's house, a white house experience. we are at 700 pennsylvania avenue. you and i c

then the house reopens. but the which is really up, but you can see all the the the shoring that we're about to engage the house. you can actually see really very clearly. the the early framing of the house. so what we've got here again is a down brace. these are the diagonal braces that locking corners to keep the house square. you've got original 17 over here. we've got 70, 34 studs. the house was so had so much between 1734 and the 1770s that they actually had to put these extra pieces on the outside to square up the exterior of the walls. and then interesting this way, wherever we find these white posts, these were put in in the 1930. so this replaces the original 1734 corner post, which was eaten up by termites. but then next to it is the 1775 corner post for the south edition, which didn't get eaten up by termites. so it's kind of hit or miss what survived, what didn't survive from that early period. but we will be engaging with all this and then they'll be tied into this big steel framework in order t

the house. the names of those persons whose credentials show that they were regularly elected as representatives in accord with the laws of their respective states or of the united states will be called. the representatives-elect will record their presence by electronic device and their names will be reported in alphabetical order by state, beginning with the state of alabama, to determine whether a quorum is present. representatives-elect will have a minimum of 15 minutes to record their presence by electronic device. representatives-elect who have not obtained their voting card may do so now in the speaker's lobby. >> it is the opening day of the 119th congress on c-span. the constitution mandates that a new congress convenes on january 3 every two years. here's the agenda for the day as plant. right now on the house floor, a quorum call is taking place to find out how many members elect are there. the members elect record their presence by inserting the voting cards in the chambers like tryin

we need to build housing that poor people can live in and not housing for poor people. i see in the socioeconomic mix is something that doesn't exist today in many communities. that's exactly what. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and thank you for for crime file. i'm james wilson. crime is a production of c f productions inc., which is solely responsible. its content funding for this program was by the national institute of justice research, arm of the u.s.

should be the guest house. and in 1942 the government bought blair house as the president's guesthouse but winston spencer church never stayed in blair house much to the chagrin of eleanor roosevelt in terms of or sort of an equal time. what i discovered, i think it's interesting clementine churchill didn't much for franklin roosevelt roosevelt eleanor roosevelt did not much care for winston churchill and that dynamic plays out in the course of the visit and in the book the white house as stage four winston churchill as your book. so carefully documents and illuminates churchill struggled at times to get back to the white house by 1943, especially 1944, roosevelt running for reelection, has lot on his mind. talk about the evolution of churchill's with roosevelt and how affected whether or not came to the white house. great question. and my reading of it is that early on this visit of. 1941 into 1942, then there was a very important visit in june of 1942. we can into that, if you'd like and then there were two v

housing. we actually took their hud section eight voucher and it into a mortgage with the help of bank of america. we got babu kariuki from the new york giants, partner with bob's big boy to furnished their home and his family got to spend thanksgiving in a brand new home and have thanksgiving dinner with their family and a brand new kitchen with a brand new dining room. we have since expanded this opportunity to a broader group of people. there are at least 80, 80% or below the area. median income. and a few weeks before this presentation, i stood with the urban league while they held a raffle for eight brand new homes, some of them two family homes, with an average price tag of, about $170,000. there were hundreds of people, hundreds of applicants in line for eight homes, and they were able to put this package together with the financial, of course, of the city. and state and instrument that they put together the urban league themselves. this will be great, feel good stories. but more than j

certainly with a trump white house, republicans in the house are probably less the speaker: the housewill come to order. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. mclain. ms. mclain: as chair of the republican conference, i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially the republican members have selected as majority leader the gentleman from louisiana, the honorable mr. steve scalise. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: as chairman of the democratic caucus, i have reported to the house we have selected as minority leader the gentleman from new york, the honorable hakeem jeffries. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. maclean: as chair of the republican conference, i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that republican members have elected as majority whip the gentleman from minnesota, the honorable tom emmer. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: i've been directed to report to the house the dem

thirdly, elon musk is running the white house without even being in the white house. i mean, there's all these unanswered, to be clear to be clear, the current white house is being run by joe biden's unelected staff. >> but go ahead. >> but nevertheless. but but elon musk is calling the shots domestically and internationally, going after some of our u.s. allies just recently. >> who's the current, who's the current president and who's in charge? can you answer? >> the point is, is that donald trump is showing that he's weak. when you have somebody like elon musk making the decisions. i worked in two white houses. no one gets ahead of the president or the president elect. and elon musk is. so for me, this shows a weakness among donald trump. and and it's not it's not the strong footing that he would want to go. >> the incoming donald trump of it all is the reason why there's even a chance that this could succeed on the first ballot, because when you have the house, but that's really all you have, then really all you can do is stop things from happening. when democrats

we've got a strong house democratic caucus. republicans represent the smallest majority since the great depression. when they're at full strength -- and over the first 100 days when there will be 217 republicans and 215 democrats, despite their claims of a big, bold, beautiful, massive mandate, searching for it in the house of representatives, we are going to stand up on behalf of evidence -- every day americans as a caucus, as a unit and as a team and i am proud to be in the leadership of that team and we recognize that house democrats are on the front lines of many of the battles that will be fought in the years to come. reporter: trump just said to the crowd in davos -- [indiscernible] and bringing them down from the original trump tax cuts. have you had any communication on working on extending the tax cuts? doesn't sound like you are planning to work with them on. mr. jeffries: i haven't had any communication on the issue of the g.o.p. tax scam. this document, the republican contract against america, the reason why it exis

i know what it feels like to go house to house and talk to people who lost everything. i remember talking to one man who lost his home and he was out of his home and he said i didn't vote for you and i said it doesn't matter that you didn't vote for me, i'm still showing up for you. we are need to show up regardless of political party. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to celebrate the 215th anniversary of lebanon, ohio. it is the birth place of the western star, ohio's oldest weekly newspaper, the historic golden lamb in ohio's oldest hotel annette hosted united states presidents and mark twain, charles dickens and harriet beacher stow. neal armstrong could go anywhere but chose lebanon as his home. it's that special. lebanon continues to bring people together including the warren county fa

house. this is one of the in this two in this one block area. this is one of the few houses which is still kind of actively burning down to the ground. most of them, many of them have already burned down to the ground. the homeowners for this house just came back. minutes, minutes ago, saw it. and obviously they are just devastated. they were renting it out. this was their retirement plan. this is the house where they first moved into after they were married. there are stories like that on on every spot where there was once a house on this street, there are now five active fires going on. separate fires in los angeles. a fifth one has broken out in smaller. it's 30% contained, but the four original fires, which began mostly yesterday, none of those four original fires are contained. as you know, um, fire crews have been working around the clock. uh, there are still not enough firefighters. i talked to governor gavin newsom. i'll play some of that shortly. uh, there are there are other firefi

housing affordability, housing access, economic opportunity, and homelessness. that's why we are calling on the new administration and congress to support and quickly passed largest and most comprehensive investment legislation in housing in our country's history. it must incentivize production, help families by their first home, and ensure that our first responders, teachers, and frontline health care workers can live where they work, the communities of america where they serve. the people we represent expect us to rise above differences and come together for the good of the country. there was a time -- there is a time when we must all identify opportunities to come together as a nation. as mayors, we stand ready to work with leaders from both parties to further strengthen our economies, keep cities safe, and ensure our cities and entire country thrive through the next four years and beyond. before i ask mayor david holt to share some comments, i would ask for each of the mayors who are here with us now to introduce themselves. >> teedo brown, youngstown, ohio.

we about affordable housing we're not just talking about huge public housing projects. we're talking about addus. we're talking about low mortgages. we're talking about using non profit developers to begin to build housing, whether they're tiny homes or to family homes and creating mortgage packages that would allow regular, everyday americans, no matter what their nationality is, their race or their background or they were born or the zip code they were born to be able to afford a home in this country, in a community where they were born and raised and that they love so much. so they could be a part of the middle class, pay taxes and be citizens of the america that we always talk about. thank you for giving me an opportunity to talk to you today. mayor baraka was inspiring as well as packed with, very important content policy. i'm going to we're entering q&a phase here. let me say this is the first time that i am doing this. bear with me. but i a few questions from the audience that i'm going to ask and really look to here look to hear your thoughts on these on these o

they control the house, senate, and white house in 2025. we will see if they can retain control after the next midterm election two years from now. in the meantime, minutes away from the vote on who will lead the republican party in the house. it will become speaker? will it be mike johnson? does he have the vote? the first round begins shortly after noon eastern. c-span cameras are in the room. you will be able to see the conversations that happen as the vote takes place in the chamber. keep it here on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch on the go with our free video and mobile app, c-span now. start in morristown, tennessee, a republican. scott. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say the republicans need to quit fighting with each other to try to get something done for the people. meanwhile, the democrats keep wasting money. putting more in their pockets then they are in the american people's. they say it is what the american people want. but it's not all of the american people that are tired of their money put in thin

this house is completely gone. the next house next door. looks like the roof has just caught fire over there. the fire has also spread across the street. there are at least three houses ablaze. and then the fire in just in the last 2 minutes or 3 minutes has spread to that vehicle, which was parked out front. um, there was a slight explosion as some of the gas went up. um, a fire truck passed by here. there's another larger blaze up there which they are going to try to to deal with right now. we're at harriet. uh, in altadena, harriet street. the fire has spread now to this house, which is really now engulfed in flames. but, i mean, it's just surreal. i mean, look at this. even a small thing like this tree is burning from the inside. so on this block, i count one, two. i mean, all the houses, all the houses on this side are gone. now the fire. look, this house is engulfed. it's very much likely that this house will be next, because these winds are now just whipping onto this house yeah, it is just devastating and what's so surreal is look d

it was only one house. us directly to it, the house that the glock was stolen from that killed the loftons. as far as that handgun goes, i think that was the nail in jason's coffin. we know that he stole that weapon. did that solve the lofton murders? it got as close as we were we were going to get. dennis murphy (voiceover): detective schartner and nelson arrested jason scott at his home on september 2, 2009. as i distinctly remember telling him, jason, take a look at your house. this is the last time you'll see it. and he didn't even have a response. he just gave some type of noise, smacking his lips as if, i'll be back. i think he truly thought he could outsmart us. and fortunately, between bernie and i and the two agents from the atf, we outsmarted him. dennis murphy (voiceover): and personally, the takedown of jason scott made the detective a promise keeper. he said, i'm going to get him if it's the last thing i do. he said, i'm going to get him. and he got him. dennis murphy (voiceover): in exchange f

he's speaker of the house. now we get to work. >> when you say you were surprised, did you think, oh, heck no, we can't go there. i'm just curious what that really felt like, wait, what? >> that was basically my response, i'm not going to go into exactly what i said but that was sically my response. i'm glad that's over. a major agenda is in front of us, and i was glad to hear from leader jeffries, the democrats were committed to wanting to secure our border once and for all, if they're serious about that, they will have willing partners with republicans. if it's just talking points or speeches and they're not serious, we will get the job done without the democrat party. >> but at the beginning of something, any kind of relationship, there is a sense of idealism, you may have heard my friend and former congressman denver riggleman say that that level of idealism tends to dissipate within about seven minutes of being elected in congress or sworn in, we shall say. how much does idealism have to reign supreme and

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adjourn the house. without house rules in place the chamber cannot recess subject to the call of the chair. they need to adjourn with a certain day and time for reconvening." do you agree with that procedure? >> let me get this straight. >> right here on the screen. if republicans need to regroup before starting a new ballot there is just one option on the table, adjourned the house. >> i see. >> i don't want to go back to what happened in 2023, the exact same situation. there were no rules because a speaker had not yet been chosen. regardless of whether you adjourn or go into recess, the point is it would be a break. you can take a break. that might be what republicans need, a rake to start negotiating --break and start negotiating to get those republicans to vote for johnson. >> that's an update from the house floor. i want to remind you that if this drama is not enough and you want to see the senate sworn in, that is going on on c-span2. there are 12 new senators who will be in the senate. the new ma

the vote by the house democratic caucus in opposition to the house republican child predator empowermentct also speaks for itself. [inaudible] are you thinking differently with this administration? cooked. >> house democrats are ready, willing, able to find bipartisan common ground incoming administration around my republican colleagues as we repeatedly made clear on any issue went over wherever possible to make a better for the american people. to drive down the high cost of living. while the balance of 2024, all we heard from house republicans, the presidential candidate and senate republicans and their candidates his that we've got to drive down the high cost of living. where's the plan? why all of the sudden have republicans gone silent on bringing down housing costs? bring down the cost of groceries. bringing down energy and utility costs. bringing down childcare costs and bringing down insurance and healthcare costs but why have republicans gone silent? we are ready to work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to drive down the high cost of living. america is too expe

they have the house. they have the white house. in that midterm election, republicans lost 40 seats. back then, there were about 240 house republicans when they lost 40s. this time, there are, what, 220 minus one or two were 18 or so. everyone is thinking about the midterm election and that is going to further complicate speaker johnson's task because, of course he has a hard right members, the ones that we have seen cause so much trouble already, but then there is also the swing district republicans, those majority makers, the ones who delivered the majority for republicans and help them keep it. those members are going to be worried about a challenging environment as we typically see in a president's midterm and they are going to have major concerns and issues and they are going to push this beaker to work in a bipartisan manner, which is the opposite of what the hard right flank wants to do. yeah, the 26 midterms loom over all of this and if history is any indicator, it is going to be challenging for the incumbent party. >> carl

and as far as house like house repairs. i can't money from repairs until i fix the road and bridge and send in my proof that it's fixed. it's been a nightmare and i feel like we have been forgotten. if it had not been for our fellow american citizens who stepped up to help us, i don't know what we have done. i have five neighbors who have completely lost everything. i have damage to my house and i feel -- i don't feel entitled -- i'm embarrassed to say i need help. and sometimes there is even that, that survivors' guilt is. you feel guilty to be aleve and look around and see neighbors that are gone. we need help. i wrote a letter to congress, i don't understand what is going on. if we can't get fema help, will you step up and be our fellow citizens. help us get our community back. i could go on. it's just heartbreaking. i appreciate you. >> my son is great. to hike in -- [indiscernible] >> i don't know. we have been there until because there was no way to get out there and hike up to the church, the first church that was up

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms. washington, d.c. january 24, 2025. i hereby appoint the honorable mike collins to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by guest chaplain, dr. benny tate, rock springs church in milner, georgia. the chaplain: let us pray. our most kind, gracious, heavenly father, i simply want to begin by thank you for this wonderful opportunity to pray in this sacred place. lord, as we come before you today, we thank you for your faithfulness to our nation for almost 250 years. the scripture teaches us, blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. god, i thank you for your presence, preservation and protection throughout these many years. may we always remember that righteousness exalteth the nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. the nation that is a city upon a hill is truly salt a

>> no. >> can we make sure the housing authority, i have been told the housing authority is reaching. >> who are they reaching out to? >> certainly. >> i can clarify. we sent that correspondence to you and dennis to conform meeting times. we had next week wednesday. but it should be in the e-mail inbox but happy to talk to you to confirm available times. >> the thing is, information sent to the housing authority send directly to the president of the tenant association, mr. williams is not a part of the tenant association. i want to correct that. if there is any-you need my e-mail i will give you my e-mail to send information to me and to send when commission meetings are held, so that i can know au what's going on because i'm in the dark about a lot of things. another thing is that, as far as our services is concern, we have-sorry to say we have stop their engagement in the community about programs and events that we give that the tenant association give in our community. because the reason for this is that we need to meet and in their mission statement they had stated to us that we

house. it's also try to find who your new superstars are. there's been a generational change in house democrats. a lot of the elder folks are leaving the ranking positions atop the committee's and more junior members are coming in. who are your superstars? who would you lean on to communicate the w democratic message. >> host: stephen neukam writes up the hill leader newsletter, co-author of it for axios. we appreciate you and your reporting. >> guest: appreciate it. >> host: back to our calls with all of you this morning. we're asking you what's your message to lawmakers at the beginning of the 119th congress? we t to curtis who was in des moines, iowa, independent. curtis, thanks are hanging on the line. what do what you w say to these decision-makers? >> caller: first one i want to say is even the a lot of their constituentsof are either very scared overexcited about what's going to be passed in the upcoming session, i think there's not really going to be anything getting done because we'

the house was demolished sometime after 1830. lafia. but when he is coming through america in 1824, he refers to this garden and house. he says it looks dilapidated after the house is demolished. and we know that when it was demolished, they took every single brick they could out of this house and so it's really erased from the landscape. and the property then becomes part of a part. well, actually, first it gets plowed up and planted, probably for crops, for food, and then it gets taken over by eastern state hospital and used as a park for the patients. and just it remains that way as an open pasture in parkland. well, walk us through a little bit of the process of how the dig is happening and how you decided where to start. yeah, we we started well, first of all, by compiling all the information we possibly could, the background documentary information as well as looking at the early excavations from 1964, which found the house, what could we understand from those excavations? we pulled that together first, and then we followed that u

>> it tells -- it makes a good picture of what we did in the white house and before the white house.t doesn't cover the time of our lives after i was president. that is in the carter center, which is next to the library and museum but it is a very extensive picture of our lives up and including the white house time. >> there is a notation from your mother that says on your baby book, it is jimmy now, but later it will be jim. what happened? >> my father's name was james earl and i am james earl jr. and everyone called him earl and they always called me jimmy. when i began running for president i had a hard time with some secretaries of state who refused to use my nickname on the official documents. i had to go to court in two states to get jimmy on the ballot instead of james ehrlich carter jr. but all the time i was president i signed the official laws and documents with the name i have always used, jimmy. >> a lot of letters back and forth your family when you were in annapolis. were you a prolific writer? >> i don't think my parents would agree, they always complained i did not wr

made to live in this house, in these houses, but not only to non residents, not to non—eu citizens,ople also use eu. but to everyone because now many people also... also europeans sorry are using these facilities to buy houses in spain to speculate and to make business. so we have to extend this measure of paying 100% taxes to everyone, not only to non—eu residents. are you not concerned that international money will simply leave spain and go elsewhere? and that will damage spain's economy. no, this is destroying our economy, is that we cannot pay our houses with our salaries. and this is because of this use of houses to speculate, to make business instead of living in, and instead of guaranteeing, guaranteeing the the right of housing to everyone. i mean, we think housing is a right. it's not a business. and we have to guarantee this for the wellbeing of our economy that is now very, very in crisis. most of the people is very impoverished and cannot pay house. is this in focussed injust the big cities? i mean, which are the areas that you're most worried about? 0r where are you hea

and the white house. something that will be interesting to watch where the intersection comes with the doge, the committee, the recommendation to cut spending, eliminate bureaucracy. i found it interesting that mike johnson mentioned in his speech, the way americans thrive, the process thrives is if bureaucracy is killed, done away with. he is signaling that he will not be looking to resist common sense solutions and maybe it goes beyond common sense. we would consider a lot of the recommendation that we will see out of the committee of doge will seem pretty radical. but if you start out radical, the compromise hopefully is something that people can be happy with. christian: plenty more discuss around this about this afternoon. around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news. ♪ christian: the fact that he took a little longer to return mike johnson as speaker this afternoon will in the end be nothing but a blip in history. they are much more focused on whether republicans deliver. that is

house. i've walked by a painting of the statue of liberty. i don't know how many times in the painting there are several workers climbing on the outstretched arm of the statue that holds the torch. it reminds me every day i pass it of the story and soul of our nation, and the power of the american people. there's a story of a veteran. this is a veteran, a son of an immigrant whose job was to climb that torch and polish the amber paints so rays of light could reach out as far as possible. he was known as the keeper of the flame. he once said of the statue of liberty, quote speaks a silent, universal language, one of hope that anyone who seeks and speaks freedom can understand. yes, we sway back and forth to withstand the fury of the storm, to stand the test of time, a constant struggle, a constant struggle, a short distance between peril and possibility. but what i believe is the america of our dreams is always closer than we think, and it's up to us to make our dreams come true. let me close

white house from the biden white house back into the trump white house. i know you were talking to chris emery before about just the machinations of how exactly that works. but there are essentially incoming and outgoing moving trucks close to the white house, ready on standby, and some hundred members of resident staff as our betsy klein reported, to move the biden stuff out and then begin the process of moving the trump stuff in after a period of, of course, a deep cleaning that goes on across the white house. there will probably be some five hours between now and when the staff here need to get everything done and later, when the trumps return here to the white house as the first couple once more, it will kind of be like maybe they never left. their furniture, art, clothing, all of that should be, if everything goes smoothly, in the places that they are supposed to be. so that they can now proceed to live at the white house once again for another four years. >> tim naftali, what we're about to witness, talk a little bit about the history of that, the h

>> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. williams: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the north crowley panthers for their decisive 50-1 win over austin west lake to become the i.i.l. class 6-a division i state champions. the panthers finished the season with an impressive record of 15 wins, no losses earning their first state championship victory since 2003. throughout many early mornings, long hours on the field, and staying focused in school these young men and women showed dedication, strength, and overwhelming commitment to victory. i'm proud that their hard work has paid off. as some of these bright and talented men and women prepare for their next endeavors, i wish them the best of luck and blessings for an even brighter and more victorious future. go, panthers. in god we trust. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous cons

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[applause] >> the house will be in order. [applause] the reading clerk will now call the names of the representatives-elect who did not answer the first call of the role. >> biggs of arizona. johnson. carson. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. cloud. johnson. clyde. clyde. gosar. gosar. harris of maryland. johnson. roy. >> johnson. >> johnson. waltz. johnson. >> if there are any representatives-elect who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. >> stand right there. >> just say clyde. >> clyde. clyde. >> johnson. >> gosar, johnson. >> gosar. johnson. >> we didn't count clyde because we didn't here. >> the clerk heard -- >> said -- >> i had it recorded as johnson. >> clyde. johnson. >> 216. [multiple indistinct voices] >> bret: as crazy as this sounds, we don't know what the number is, the magic number. there were a number of names read. a couple of people said johnson. we think we are accurate at 217 but until we hear from the clerk exactly what the total number of members is, we can

the white house. tell us what's going on, what president biden is doing on the way out his door. >> reporter: breaking news from the white house, statement from president joe biden issuing preemptive pardons for a number of individuals that he said he's fearful will be persecuted politically persecuted, i just want to tick through for you the list of people that the president says he's pardoning preemtively today, including general mark milley, dr. anthony fauci, we also have members and staff of the committee that investigated the january 6th insurrection. he also said that that group would include, the u.s. capitol and d.c. metropolitan police officers who testified before this committee, you know, jake, this is what was a possibility we anticipated and we reported that something that president biden was considering and in all of our reporting we anticipated that if he were to take this action it was very possible it would happen at the very last minute and here we are, just hours before president b