john mcardle on the news desk set. host: thanks, greta the swearing -- the congressional black caucus swearing in ceremony took place earlier today. members of the caucus had that swearing in ceremony on capitol hill. speaker boehner spoke at the ceremony, minority leader nancy pelosi. the fcbc is having its largest membership in the 114th congress with 46 members. some tweets from members of congress about it. here is andre carson, democrat of indiana. "happy to join the cbc 114th congress swearing in ceremony," with a shot of the class there. marcia fudge, the outgoing chairwoman "behind the scenes at the cbc ceremonial swearing-in."you can see on the bottom right, john conyers, the first african-american dean of the house. the new chairman is congress meant g.k. butterfield, democrat of north carolina. if you want to watch the whole swearing-in ceremony, go to cspan.org. host: the republicans are welcoming their first black republican female elected to congress, mia love, a name that many of you are probably familia

let's go to john mcardle at the news desk sat here for more information about this new congress. host: the weather is on the minds of many today. a few tweets from the congress say they're coming into washington for this opening day. here is one from california -- 27 degrees and snowing when i got into the office today. enjoy the 82 degree weather everyone in california. from senator chris murphy, just landed at a snow we airport on the way to washington, d.c., hopefully some of her swearing-in of old friends and prospective new friends. and a picture from this morning. people complain of d.c., but it reminds me of home. this new 114th congress will include 246 republicans 188 democrats, and one vacancy. the one vacancy is the seat of michael graham, republican of new york, the 11th district, the staten island district -- easy of michael grimm. he submitted his resignation after his guilty plea in a tax evasion case. a tweet noting that michael grimm's resignation became effective last night at midnight. the "new york daily news" noting that governor cuomo will have to call a spe