mr. johnson: the laken rile yeaie act was bipartisan. leader scalise was reminding me. 37 democrats -- reporter: you noted that 100. mr. johnson: 170 voted against t i think they put politics against principle. we have every intention of doing important bipartisan work in the congress. i was --ing to frank i was heartened when leader jeffries in his opening remarks before he introduced me to give my speech, that he noted some of this. he noted border and other things. we'll see. it can't be just empty rhetoric. it has to be action. we are going to give theplt opportunity to take action with with it. we welcome with open arms any democrat who wants to help us solve these problems because the american people demand and deserve it. it's overdue. we'll be looking for that and see how it checks out. happy new year. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> democracy, it isn't just an idea. it's a process. a process shaped by leaders, elected to the highest offices, and entrusted to a select few regarding its basic principles

mr. johnson, what exactly that? well, the african book club is one of the oldest and perhaps the largest website dedicated to books written by or about people of african descent. we provide a platform for, people to share eas and discuss books. we publish book reviews, we share profiles of, you know, thousands of authors and tens of thousands of books. it's just a tremendous resource to share information about what's happening with black books. and indeed the black book ecosystem. so i share information about bookstores brick and mortar bookstores, book festivals and fairs. it's just, you know, one librarian recently called it a library. it's paradise. so that's the african american literature book club. so the year is 1997. what inspired you're due to do this? you know, that's an interesting story. it wasn't a love of books. it was really at the time i was running a small business, creating websites, if you can believe or not. in the mid-nineties, a small business father's foot, small businesses. it started, you kn

norman, johnson. mr. self, johnson. [applause] christian: so johnson wins on the first round.s the moment in the last few minutes as he was escorted by his fellow congressmen to the dais to begin a second term as house speaker. but the republicans hold the slender rest of margins in the house. not as mild as 2023, nonetheless today's vote will raise concerns about bigger problems ahead. just before we came on air, i spoke to republican congressman tim berdych. initially one of the holdouts. it did look that we were heading for a second round of a vote at the time. you predicted it would go multiple rounds. you did vote for mike johnson in the first round. will you stick with him in the subsequent rounds? >> yes, sir. i don't see any reason to change. they are working through it now, a question of whether they have even closed the boat. they could work it out and get something going. i asked -- the speaker met with one of the members that voted against him and i suspect he is meeting with both of them now. i wouldn't be surprised if president trump wasn't on the phone with both

mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king cop. ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up to 10 minutes each. the majority leader will then calling up. i'm not going to read. [laughter] majority leader. >> not a present asking a subset of the sea o

mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: mr. young. the vice president: a quorum is present. the vice president: a quorum is present. under the previous order, the leadership is reserved. the senate will be in a period offed morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the majority leader will then begin calling up -- the majority leader. mr. thune: madam president,

mrs. johnson's environmental work. it was the first book focused on the first lady policy issues rather than bigraphical treatment. it was the model of the series. 17 book, covering all of the way through hillary clinton. bringing in the field of scholars by inviting academics from different disciplines. and the report, jill hummer are completing books on laura bush and michelle obama respectfully to continue that series. still in the 1990s, another important marker of increased interest appeared when the national first ladies library opened at the birthplace in ohio. led by mary regula. it reached a brood public audience through the biographical overviews. also, reaching a larger public audience was the brilliant re- design of the smithsonian museum first lady dress exhibit. they refocused the popular collection on first lady achievements and not just their dresses. then, as the 21st century opened, historian trail-blazing book "parlor politics" made us all reconsider and redefine power as utilized by america's foundi

johnson. let's take a listen. >> the house will be in order. >> mr. norman, johnson. mr. self, johnson.se] anchor: here he is speaking in his maiden speech thanking members of congress for reelecting him. >> today our nation is the envy of the world. because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we don't try to be like other nations and we recognize that a strong america it is good for the entire world. everybody around the world knows that. anchor: the house minority leader hakeem jeffries called on both parties to come together. >> it is fair to say that in a democracy, there is a time to campaign and a time to govern. the election is over. this is a new congress. the american people need us as their elected representatives in this season to put down our partisan swords and picked down -- pick up plowshares. [applause] it is time for us to come together. not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. anchor: nemo, a new york judge presiding over president trump's hush money case set sentencing for january 10. this is 10 d

mr. johnson: we don't have the microphone on you. mr. rogers: today we celebrate our shared american self-rule. when our founding fathers rejected calls for an american king and chose a bold and a government of self-rule, it was met by opposition under stand apply by the world's kings. they said, you can't govern yourself. you need a king to direct the country. they said, it's only a dream, self-rule. the founding fathers said, you're right. it's the american dream. and thus our founders said that we should move on our own with our own leadership. the speaker of the house is the critical protector and promoter of self-rule, the keeper of the dream, if you will, and we have elected this man from louisiana to carry on our bold experiment until democracy and self-rule. so, sir, if you are ready to assume this awesome responsibility, please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance

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mr norman. johnson. mr self. johnson _ johnson.se tojohnson�*s on the first round this was the moment the last few minutes as he was escorted by his fellow congressmen to begin a second term as house speaker. at the republicans hope the slender list of margins in the house this was not as wild as 2023, nonetheless the vote today will raise concerns of bigger problems ahead. before we came on airas but air as but the republican just before we came on air, i spoke to republican congressman from tennessee tim burchett. he was initially one of the holdouts. at the time we spoke, it looked as though we were heading into a second round. congressman, you predicted it would go multiple rounds. you did vote for mikejohnson in the first round. will you stick with him in the subsequent rounds? yes, sir. i don't see any reason to change. i think they're working it out now and there's a question of whether they've even closed the vote so they could work it out and get something going. i asked the speaker, i mean, the speaker met with one of the

mr. johnson: to the family, jeff and chip and ka'imi, the entire carter family, vice president harris, memberse cabinet, leader thune, my colleagues in congress and my fellow citizens, we meet in this sacred hall of self-government to honor an extraordinary man, a man who modeled the virtues of service and citizenship as well as any other american. surrounding us are the statues for those who gave their time, energy and lives for the good of america. before us lays a man who now joins their midst as a patriot, veteran, a humanitarian, and the 39th president of the united states. when jimmy carter walked out on the east front of the capitol and took his oath of office, i was just 4 years old, and he's the first president that i remember. looking back, it's obvious now to me as an adult why he captured everyone's attention. jimmy carter was a member of the greatest generation. he lived through the great depression. he did that on a farm in rural georgia. he knew the value of a dollar and he modeled thrift his entire life. as long as he was in office, he hated government waste. his father, an arm

norman, johnson. >> reporter: the holdouts changing their votes, re-electing johnson. >> mr. self, johnson. >> reporter: congressman norman saying trump asked why he voted against johnson. >> we needed to impress on mike johnson that we're serious about budget, we're serious about the border, we're serious. is he going to fight? was taking another hour here worth it? absolutely. i would do it all over again. >> reporter: mary, tonight donald trump celebrating what he said was an unprecedented show of support for johnson. but despite holding on to his gavel, the speaker still has a razor-thin house republican majority, and hardliners in his own party watching closely as he tries to deliver on trump's ambitious agenda. mary? >> mary: yeah, those divisions in the party still remain. jay, thank you. >>> now to the new warning from the u.s. surgeon general about the link between cancer and alcohol. health officials calling for alcoholic beverages to carry new warning ladies and gentlemens like those on cigarettes. here's abc's diane macedo. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. surgeon ge

mr. johnson: thank you to all the leaders here. riley, welcome to the press conference. we're excited.n we meet next week it will be a great day in america. we're less than a week of president donald j. trump taking the oath of office and everybody is excited about the inauguration ceremony and the events that go on with it. there's a lot going on and we're continuing to work already. as you heard, congress has gotten a head start implementing the america first agenda. the president is going to come in with a flurry of executive and we are going to be working along side the administration in tandem to roll back the catastrophic policies of the biden administration. with -- we are returning common sense. and see if it is reasonable and make sense. last year, 158 democrats and 203 let biological males. we'll remedy those problems this week. nancy mace by illegal aliens will deport those who fit that description and involved in these horrific. and greg steube's act will ensure that female only sports. i have two sons and two daughters. and we see the difference, of course. everyone does.

norman, johnson. >> reporter: holdouts changing their votes. >> mr. self, johnson. >> reporter: congressman norman saying trump asked why he voted against him? >> we need to impress on johnson we're serious about it, the budget and border, is he going to fight? was it worth it? i'd do it all over again. >> reporter: the speaker has a razor thin majority, and hardliners watching him closely as he tries to deliver on trump's ambitious agenda. >>> now to the new warning from the u.s. surgeon general about the link between cancer and alcohol. calling for new warning labels like those on cigarettes. >> reporter: tonight the u.s. surgeon general is calling for new labels on alcoholic beverages, warning every american of a potential cancer risk. >> the evidence has been building for years. >> reporter: it's been nearly four decades since labels were added, warning of the danger pregnant women and drivers. >> they did say alcohol in moderation is no big deal, but the research is changing. >> reporter: showing it raises the risk of at least seven cancers, inclu

mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson.f congress for re—electing him. today, my friends, our nation is the envy of the world. why? because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other nations and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. our north america correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from washington. this was always going to be a day of high drama. and so it turned out. you could feel the tension in the air as the roll call of votes started. at first it looked like mikejohnson would sail through on the first vote and then three of his critics voted against him. some last—minute arm—twisting was enough to get two of them to change their vote and hand mikejohnson the speaker's gavel. he now holds one of the most powerful positions in american politics. in his address to congress after being elected mikejohnson echoed much of the america first langua

mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson. maiden speech, he thanked members of congress for re—electing him. today, my friends, our nation is the envy of the world. why? because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other nations and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. 0ur north america correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from washington. this is always going to be a day of high drama and say it was. you can feel the tension in this area as their weights cited. at first it looked like my doctor was self through on the fuzz weights and ends if few of his critics voted against it. it was enough to get a few of them to hand —— doesn't this bigger �*s cover. it now holds the most important position in politics and he echoed up much of the american first and wish that donald trump is much of the campaign trail. this election means that donald trump is a k

mr. johnson: good evening, everybody. my name is tom johnson. i'm a friend of the lbj family. 16 years ago, the first harry middleton lecture took place in this auditorium. the next day, lady bird johnson, who had established the lectureship to honor the man who was then library director, wrote to him to express her pride and her gratification that the event had been -- and these were her words -- a watershed day in the life of the lbj library. she was moved by what she felt was the chemistry that the speaker had created between himself and his audience. which was heavily composed that day by students. contrary to the fog of cynicism and gloom we have seen as a country, to have been wrapped in for some time, she wrote, the atmosphere, the chemistry of that it was so upbeat and soulful. to speaker that day, the creator of that chemistry, was president jimmy carter. president carter returned to this library a few years later in another unforgettable appearance. he and president gerald ford, once foes in a political war that they had waged, met on

mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson.eople who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other nations and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. one darts reporter wrote that in the future... the sport will have been split into two eras. pre luke littler... and post luke littler. the 17 year old's impression on darts... and his influence in growing it now includes a first world title won by beating the three time champion michael van gerwen in the final at london's alexandra palace. having fallen at the final hurdle in his extraordinary breakthrough tournament a year ago this result never appeared to be in doubt. he raced to a 4—0 lead with seven needed for the win... and despite eventually getting three sets of his own van gerwen wasn't really threatening a comeback. the dutchman was the previous youngest champion when he won the first of his world

mr. johnson after a private 90 minute delay. now look at the u.s. floor proceedings. >> 20th amendment to the constitution of the united states. for the meeting of the 119th congress of the united states, the house will come to order. [gavel pounds] the prayer will be offered by chaplain. >> would you pray with me? gather us together sovereign got from the north and south, from the east and west, from the right in your mercy, consecrate the work you have called us to do in this 119th congress. as we convened to establish and uphold the laws of this nation may we devote our hearts to you and stretch out our hands to receive your instruction. with our spirit is oriented toward you, may we be willing to put away all selfish motives any rancorous thought that may harbor within us and the sin that we cling to and allowing no people or wickedness to penetrate this tent of governance. on this day and the days and months and years ahead, may we be found to be free of fault and true of faith and allegiance we lift up our faces to you. may we without fear or

mr. johnson: we don't have the microphone on you. mr.rogers: today we celebrate our shared american self-rule. when our founding fathers rejected calls for an american king and chose a bold and a government of self-rule, it was met by opposition under stand apply by the world's kings. they said, you can't govern yourself. you need a king to direct the country. they said, it's only a dream, self-rule. the founding fathers said, you're right. it's the american dream. and thus our founders said that we should move on our own with our own leadership. the speaker of the house is the critical protector and promoter of self-rule, the keeper of the dream, if you will, and we have elected this man from louisiana to carry on our bold experiment until democracy and self-rule. so, sir, if you are ready to assume this awesome responsibility, please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance t

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: i am honored to serve texas' 32nd congressional district in the united states house of representatives for the 119th congress. as a texas educated attorney for over 30 years, i know what it takes to fight for those who need it most. throughout my career, i have stood up for workers, those living with disabilities, students who are being taken advantage of by for-profit colleges, and so many of my fellow texans who needed someone fighting alongside them. i took those skills to the texas state legislature, where i fought for medical expansion, a fair judicial court system, consumer protections, and for women to make their own health care decisions, free from government intrusion. and when extremists decided to target the lgbtq community in texas, i raised my voice and helped kill hundreds of anti-lgbtq bills that would have hurt the mem

mr. norman johnson. >> okay. now go to mr. sa'ar. report. >> mr. self is recorded as donald's johnson. mr. self johnson. >> all right. so there we go. so congressman mike johnson is now officially speaker mike johnson. there were two no votes two votes for other house republicans ralph norman voted for tom emmer. and keith self voted for byron donalds. and keith self, who is about to start, i think his sophomore term. and norman have now officially changed their votes after this, after some negotiation, presumably. so i stand corrected. you were correct. speaker johnson did win on the first ballot. barely, barely, barely. >> but it barely matter. a win's a win. a w is a w, and this was this is tough. and what we saw is the last vote was was voiced around 1:40 p.m. here we are 50 minutes later with a lot of back back room negotiating to get the final deal done. >> yes. no. i mean, compared to what we saw with speaker mccarthy, this is a this is a landslide victory. 218 to 215 what's done is done. and speaker johnson is there, although i have to say and i'm sure he's he's rejoicing. this

norman, johnson. mr. self, johnson. >> the 56th speaker of the united states of the house of representatives, the honorable mike johnson. [ applause ] >>> that is how it went down today. you got the gavel. johnson got the 218 votes this is, of course, supposed to be the easy part. it was nothing like the 15 round vote that mccarthy faced but it was also, as you heard a former republican say, that was the voice over the fox news coverage we aired a clip of, this is a razor-thin house majority. some of the back and forth that did not prevent johnson from the big job today, some of the back and forth demonstrated how literally one house republican or two house republicans can tank votes in they are party- line votes. now, if is a ukraine issue and johnson can pick up 50 votes on the democratic side he will not be worried about that. a lot of the issues that trump wants the maga hard-line agenda that democrats vowed to oppose it speaks to the silver lining that democrats see. narrow margin it gives them more l

mr. norman johnson mr. johnson all right. texas had originally voted for fellow freedom caucus member, congressman byron donalds of florida. congressman ralph norman voted for jim jordan, but they both switched their votes. let's talk right now with doug heye. doug, you used to be a leadership aide for majority leader eric cantor of virginia. what did you see happen today? what's your interpretation? what's your analysis? >> well, since it's snowing outside, it's a bit of reindeer games. and this is typical of what we see usually from freedom caucus members or even before there was a freedom caucus. sort of the genesis of that. but ultimately it's getting attention. you're going to be able to go back to your district or to cpac and things like that and say, look at me. i was a fighter. nobody fought harder than i. you don't necessarily have to have results. you just have to have to show your willingness to fight, because there aren't really any clear results here other than mike. mike johnson winning. clearly there are enough

johnson, see if we can listen. [gavel sounds] >> the house will be in order. >> mr. norman, johnson. mr. self is recorded as donalds. mr. self, johnson. [applause] >> bret: with that, the majority is reached at 218. once this is gavel close, sandra, we will have a new speaker of the house for the 119 congress in mike johnson from louisiana. took a little bit to get there, but you see the celebrations on the house floor. >> sandra: we had a lawmaker on just a few moments ago who said he just chatted with two lawmakers who were among those who voted for someone other than johnson, said he was optimistic. sounds like he had a pretty good conversation because this is obviously the outcome of that and there is probably a pretty elated speaker elect johnson walking back up the aisle there, bret. >> bret: let's listen in. i think we will get a gavel here as he is shaking hands with all the folks. we all know what the conversation was with ralph norman or keith self. that is nancy mace giving him a hug on the floor there. let's listen into the floor. that is claudia tenney from new york with the

mr. johnson. that vote was helopen for a significant amount of time as those conversations took place mostly off the floor. there are reports confirmed by representative and presidenelect trump spoke to both members and encourage them to join the majority to relax speaker mike johnson. there are also photos from the floor of georgia represented marjorie taylor greene on the phone with incoming chief of staff susie wiles. mbers later approved a package of rules that will govern the house and committees for the next two years. the resolution includes an increase in the threold for requesting the removal othe speaker from one to nine republican members,liminating the office of diversity and inclusion, and allowing committees to permit electronic voti. more live coverage of the new 119th congress on members return on c-span. now we take you back to the beginning of today's activities in the u.s. house. >> for the meeting of the 119th congress of the united states, the house will come to order. [gavel

mr. norman johnson mr. johnson all right. texas had originally voted for fellow freedom caucus member, congressman byron donalds of florida. congressman ralph norman voted for jim jordan, but they both switched their votes. let's talk right now with doug heye. doug, you used to be a leadership aide for majority leader eric cantor of virginia. what did you see happen today? what's your interpretation? what's your an

it has now been confirmed that mike johnson has now been confirmed that mikejohnson is reelected as the speaker of the house. let's show you the moment once more. mrover to rowan bridge. we see this happening now, mikejohnson is reelected, what does this mean for us politics moving forward? i think this is a significant victory in some ways for donald trump. it means his influence has paid off to some degree, and he's got a speaker in place whose aligned with trump and his agenda going forward — this means that we will have the official certification of the election results on monday, and that congress will start functioning as it normally would do, and donald trump will be able to start pushing legislation forward and moving his agenda forward, and that's a huge relief for donald trump. i think what he and a lot of republicans were keen to avoid was the circus of endless rounds of voting that had been seen before, which made the place look a bit of a joke, frankly. what this means is mikejohnson has secured that role and he'll now be able to control the legislative agenda of the house of representatives going forward. 50 of the house of represent

mr. johnson to get my credit votes, and that means accepting liberal policy demands. congratulations, but his trials have only just begun. back to your calls. gracie in north carolina, line for republicans. caller: good morning. i wanted to say i'm so happy that michael johnson got voted in again as house speaker. and i am so proud that he and president trump can really make a difference in our world in the next four years. but what my request was, i wondered if mike johnson would consider opening his speeches and, you know, when he starts talking to the public, open his speeches with a word of prayer. that was my request. and, like i said, that is just a suggestion. this is the first time i have ever called, and i really wanted to do that. host: that was gracie in north carolina. as she noted, first time caller to the program. we will hear from michael, line from democrats. -- for democrats. caller: yes, my comment is for the next four years this will be a clown show. so get your popcorn and alcoholic average ready. your adult beverage. trump and these idiots, this i

mr. president, you mentioned something that bears repeating, and that is that you had the best legislative battle average among modern presidents with the exception of lyndon johnson. pres. carter: yes. mr. updegrove: you also talked about the divisions in washington. pres. carter: yes. mr. updegrove: can they be repaired, in your view? and if so, how? pres. carter: i don't know. i think one encouraging factor that you might be surprised at this is the taking over of the house of representatives by the republicans. because, i'm speaking as a completely objective democrat. [laughter] in the last two years, in my opinion, the republicans have been completely irresponsible because they didn't have any responsibility. in the white house, the senate, or the house. and now they do have a major part of the political responsibility. that is how they run the house of representatives. so i see in in the future maybe when there are serious disagreements that obama will make his proposal, it'll go to the house of representatives, they will vote it down or amend it, and then it'll go the senate. maybe it will be a stalemate because of the very frequent filibuster rules, as you

mr. johnson is elected speaker, the house will be able to function, they are going to have to start moving fast, they lose two republican members who are going into the administration on january 20th and they won't have special elections for those districts until april 1st so it is a two- month hiatus where it is going to be hard for republicans to command the majority, so nothing will move. they can still work in the committee and things like that but, it is going to be, things are going to be more delayed than what you expect. that is why the rules committee, from the last congress set up a set of rules that can fast-track a bunch of legislation and that may lead to votes before january 20th, so the president can claim he has a lot of his agenda through early on. but the really big bills dealing with the deficit, how we are going to do with avoiding a huge tax increase, that is what it is. no, we have the same tax rules for eight years, we have had increases of taxes since january 26, big enough frankly to close the session, so there's a lot at stake in getting things passed. >> and my f

mr. norman, johnson. mr. self is recorded as johnson. [applause] >> let's bring in former white house deputy chief of of staff under president george w. bush and a fox news contributor. carl, thanks for being here. i guess my question to you is, is it your sense that if it wasn't going to be mike johnson today, that it wasn't going to be mike johnson? >> no, i think it was going to be mike johnson in matter what, whether it took one ballot or several. because there was nobody else in the caucus who was as well liked and respected as he is, and who has done in difficult circumstances a good job. and he had the president's backing. and i thought that that was critical to his success. he was going to be the speaker. the question was was he going to be the speaker on the first ballot or was he going to be a weakened speaker after subsequent ballots. but no, he was the man. and the president's blessing carried a big, big, big part of the load for him. >> so if it was always going to be mike johnson and these were just a couple members being f

mr. president. president johnson. vice president humphrey. my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community. i ask you to with me today, the majesty of this moment and the orderly transfer of power. we celebrate the unity keeps us free. each moment in history, a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment for forces now are converging that make possible for the first time. the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realized. the spiraling pace of change allows us to contemplate within our own lifetime advances that once would have taken centuries in throwing wide the horizon of space. we discovered new horizons on for first time because people of the world want peace and the leaders of the world are afraid of war. the times on the side of peace. eight years from now, america will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a nation and within the lifetime of most people now living, mankind will celebrate

mr. president. president johnson. vice president humphrey. my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community. i ask you to with me today, the majesty of this moment and the orderly transfer of power. we celebrate the unity keeps us free. each moment in history, a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment for forces now are converging that make possible for the first time. the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realized. the spiraling pace of change allows us to contemplate within our own lifetime advances that once would have taken centuries in throwing wide the horizon of space. we discovered new horizons on for first time because people of the world want peace and the leaders of the world are afraid of war. the times on the side of peace. eight years from now, america will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a nation and within the lifetime of most people now living, mankind will celebrate