that's democratic congressman seth moulton of massachusetts.ine veteran, member of the armed services committee. thanks very much for being with us. >> good to be back, rachel, thanks. >> overall, what's your reaction to today's vote? leader pelosi gets re-elected but minus a third of the votes of house democrats including yours. why is that? >> the strongest standing against her ever. and it sends an important message. if you think about it, she's been in office for 13 years -- as leader for 13 years where she's been able to gather the support of the members of the caucus. and tim ryan ran for two weeks. and in two weeks over thanksgiving break he was able to gather the votes of a third of the caucus. what that says is that the status quo isn't working, that we're not going to bin back the house in 2018 by continuing to do what we've done in the last several elections which have been disastrous. >> and that said, we're not in an election cycle right now right at this second except to the extend that it's always an election cycle. it seems to m

i want to bring back congressman seth moulton and songman adam kinzinger with us.ressman kinzinger to you. do you believe that this capture of the underwater drone is -- i mean what do you make of this, china relations with the u.s. as we have an incoming president? >> it's a violation of the principle of freedom of nar navigation over the sea ps what we fought the first war over. this violates the fact we made that a staple who we are in terms of international trade and the freedom to navigate and in terms of military. i think this needs to be pushed back against hard. it's not necessarily an act of war, but china's attempt to try to, again, reassert itself, which it's been doing over the last couple decades and especially the last few years and i'm excited about incoming president-elect trump's ability to push back on encroachment on the south china sea and sanctions and things like that. an exciting few years. >> clearly, congressman moulton, not bobbing along, they feel monitoring purposes for this? >> look, i think there's bipartisan agreement we need to push

and stephen lynch and seth moulton endorsed ryan saying the party needed a change in leadership. we will talk more to congressman lynch about this vote at 6. >>> charlie baker is in washington for talks with trams and military leaders. the president met with president of amtrak to discuss rail service and went to the pentagon to talk with the army's chief of staff and discussed six military bases and the governor received an award from governing magazine. >>> we track traffic and weatherer ten minutes. the drive time on 93 south with the 20-minute mark from 495 in andover is southbound to the zakim bridge. >>> shiri? >> shiri: currently in boston light rain at 49 degrees. 6 a.m. that time frame we are watching closely in boston because rain will turn a little bit heavier. i will show you how long the showers will last when i am back with new 10. experience to a new level. the new option that let's you watch a show on the go even if >>> meteorologist shiri spear here and tracking showers from uxbridge to franklin, walpole. steadier rain from preliminary nought down to the cape and

people like leon panetta and congressman -- seth moulton of massachusetts, they both have vouched foro solid democrats. but nancy pelosi is against it. why would she be against that? why is the law in place at this point? >> the law was put in place because there was concern in the aftermath of world war ii that there were too many military people bumping around in washington. it was clearly intended to make sure there was, quote, civilian (j i point out to those who are critics the civilian in control is the commander in chief who is a civilian and he recognizes the need to have someone who is both a warrior and who knows warriors and who knows wars in order to fix the problems at the pentagon. quite frankly, astronomical. he knows what needs to be done. he's not afraid to take the acts, the bad things, and is famous for asking, what if? he'll ask, what if -- something the commander might not have thought of or the staff aides hadn't thought of. i watched him as the commander, i watched him as he relieved a commander in the field during the fight all the way to baghdad. this is a ver

people like leon panetta and congressman -- seth moulton of massachusetts, they both have vouched for. two solid democrats. but nancy pelosi is against it. why would she be against that? why is the law in place at this point? >> the law was put in place because there was concern in the aftermath of world war ii that there were too many military people bumping around in washington. it was clearly intended to make sure there was, quote, civilian (j i point out to those who are critics the civilian in control is the commander in chief who is a civilian and he recognizes the need to have someone who is both a warrior and who knows warriors and who knows wars in order to fix the problems at the pentagon. quite frankly, astronomical. he knows what needs to be done. he's not afraid to take the acts, the bad things, and is famous for asking, what if? he'll ask, what if -- something the commander might not have thought of or the staff aides hadn't thought of. i watched him as the commander, i watched him as he relieved a commander in the field during the fight all the way to baghdad. this is a

congressman seth moulton is a democrat and he joins us live next. >>> her father was the king of cooltin, dean martin's daughter. her dad's favorite meal is coming up. her name is deana with an a. dean-a. >>> we have some quick headlines for you. leave it to beaver, an actual beaver wreaking havoc at a dollar store in maryland. look at that. the animal tearing down christmas decorations as he was strolling right through the front door. officers apprehended the beaver and they returned him to the wild. >> okay. >>> and long live king louie, a vegan woman shelling out $230 for that 23-pound lobster in nova scotia. she wanted to give him a second chance at life, but ended up returning the 4-foot long 1 -- 100-year-old lobster back into his open wild kingdom. >>> americans voted for change and tell that to democrats on capitol hill as the party chooses to stay the course. >> i have a special spring in my step today because this opportunity is a special one to lead the house democrats, bring everyone together as we go forward. >> yep. in a late night email, nancy pelosi claiming things wil

certainly ruben gallego, seth moulton and kathleen rice, three of the insurgents who had made their name this month by opposing pelosi. they came out very publicly there at the end and endorsed tim ryan, which is a political risk for them in the near term. because you don't really want to buck your leader so publicly like that. they've only been here. they're all sophomore just elected to their second term. so they're playing the long game. and those are the types of rising stars you're going to see. sheri bustos was just nominated to the communication -- policy of communications committee as one of the co-chairs. she is a young -- relatively young illinois democrat. hakeem jeffrey, remember the black caucus in queens also nominated for that vice-chairmanship position. and matt cart write from pennsylvania. pennsylvania that won for the republicans for the first time in many cycles. so they're trying to get those voters back in the fold. these are the types of people who want to move up, who may be moving up, and we'll wait and see how successful they are. >> this is mike lillis, who cov

h r. 4352 as amended is sponsored by congressman seth moulton of massachusetts and congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington. i thank them both for their leadership on this issue. this broadly bipartisan legislation is an efficient, timely solution to a long standing problem and i encourage all of my colleagues to join me in supporting it. thank you, mr. speaker and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i rise in support of h.r. 4352 as amended, sponned -- sponsored by my friend, the gentleman from massachusetts a veteran himself, representative moulton. this important registration authorizes the v.a. to administer a pilot program where veterans use an internet website to schedule and confirm medical appointments at medical facilities of the department of veterans' affairs. the v.a. has been working to bring the pow over scheduling to veterans s