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thomas jefferson's prayer for the nation. almighty god who has given us this would lend for our heritage, we humbly beseech the that we may always prove ourselves people my full of thy favor and glad to do thy will. bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning and pure manners. save us from violence, discord and confusion should from pride and arrogance and from every evil way. defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. now with thy spirit and wisdom from those whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government that there may be justice and peace at home and through obedience to thy law we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. our hearts with thankfulness and suffer our -- i was thomas jefferson's prayer.

thomas, who will have _ other countries. thomas, who will have to — other countries.ve to leave _ other countries. thomas, who will have to leave it _ other countries. thomas, who will have to leave it there, - will have to leave it there, but thank you very much for joining us in sharing your thoughts with us today. stay with us here on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. it's advantage australia after a fiery first day in the final test against india in sydney, one that while ending with an indian bowler in the faces of his opponents, was dominated by those of australia. india need a win at the scg to tie the series and were without captain rohit sharma, who dropped himself after poor form. after batting first, they were immediately in trouble. scott boland picking up three of the first five wickets as india slumped to 120—5. he would finish with figures of 11—31, while mitchell starc got three of his own. india bowled out forjust 185. there was a moment of joy for the tourists. an angryjasprit bumrah removing usman khawaja with the final bal

thomas is waiting for an - thomas is waiting for an assessment.ol is paying for 1—to—1 support. his mother told me thomas can now manage school full—time. i do not know how they have done it. had they move money around to do it. and it is amazing because without that, thomas would not be here.— because without that, thomas would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across _ would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the _ would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the school, - would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the school, six i 1—to—1. across the school, six teachers are helping children with extra needs. that is £156,000 a year. staff make up most of any school's budget. the government is going up its plans for spending for the next few years and schools are going to have to compete against other priorities in a tight public spending round. at the same time, the government faces a decision over teachers pay and the unions have already made it clear they are not happy with the offer. schools are starting to nail down their budge

and mike johnson has lost the vote of republican thomas massie. he plans to vote against handing the gavel back to johnson. a a step that puts him cross wise with gop colleagues. massie survived attacks by trump. and his own party before. his wife of three decades died last year. i don't know how to say this without cussing massie said. if they thought i had no fs to give before, i definitely have no fs to give now. and the hill is reporting that republican representative victoria spartz is not yet ready to vote for mike johnson. she told reporters she could make her decision tomorrow. this is what she told steve bannon on tuesday. >> i don't trust him that he is going to deliver. he has been a speaker every time he folded to the swamp. >> still with us, congressman eric swalwell. congressman, i'm so struck by the difference between the democrats. no democratic speaker in the history of the house has ever had to beg a democratic president to help him or her get elected. no democratic speaker of the house's election has ever been in doubt, in fact,

thomas higgins, former deu do. thomas higgins, former deputy cabinet _ do.ry - do. thomas higgins, former deputy cabinet secretary in l do. thomas higgins, former. deputy cabinet secretary in the carter white house. let s get some of the day s other news now. the families of israeli hostages held in gaza have welcomed a decision by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resume indirect ceasefire talks with hamas in doha. hamas said discussions would focus on a complete end to hostilities. so far israel has rejected any deal that guarantees a permanent end to the conflict before its war aims are achieved. the us has called for a new agreement to achieve the release of the remaining israeli hostages. at least 13 people have been killed in a bus crash in colombia. it was travelling to a popular tourist area near the border with ecuador. 28 people were also injured in the crash. police say they're investigating whether a mechanical problem caused the bus to veer off the highway. myanmar�*s military government says it'll release almost 6,000 prisoners, including 18

as of tonight, mike johnson has lost the vote of republican congressman thomas massey.eet journal," congressman massey plans to vote against handing the gavel back to house speaker mike johnson, a step that threatens johnson's speakership and has put massey crosswise with gop colleagues and president-elect donald trump. massey waves off the political risks. he's survived attacks by trump and his own party before. his wife of they can decades died last year. "i don't know how to say this without cussing," massie said, when asked about pressure to fall in line. "if they had i had no fs to give before, i definitely have no fs to give now." and "the hill" is reporting that republican representative victoria spartz is not yet ready to vote for mike johnson. this is what she told steve bannon on tuesday. >> i don't trust him that he's going to deliver. for the last year, he's been the speaker. every time he folded to the swamp. >> still with us, congressman eric swalwell. congressman, i'm so struck by the difference between the democrats. no democratic speaker in the history

and we will continue to dig up those bits of information, but at thomas thomas spend a former us on the n c o, joining us here for commentary and off the international. thank you very much for your time today. it's a pleasure. thank you. well, also in united states, at least 2 people were killed and more than 20 wounded. what appears to have been an accidental firework explosion in hawaii, emergency workers rushed to the scene. they called and of the area of incident occurred during a new year celebration were talking about a city in the island of a 100 lulu authorities, if not, yes, i what might have caused this to happen and investigation is underway. so ukraine's decision to stop the transfer of russian gas to europe came into force on wednesday, jeopardizing supplies with a commodity to several e u member states, particularly slovakia, nearby moldova seems to be following and keeps footsteps with a similar to a gas black males scheme is all contributor now shed some light. so that came prime minister robert pizza made a hail mary, pass in the final seconds of 2024, in an attempt to

votes are real for norman, keith self, and thomas massie. massie voting for emmer, self byron donalds, norman for jim jordan. those are the three and there will be pressure likely on them as we get ready for a second ballot. sandra? >> sandra: absolutely. bret, karl, if you could standby with us, karl, we are checking in with chad pergram on what he is learning. chad? >> they are kind of any stasis in the house of representatives and what i am told is there going to go to a second ballot. by rule that is what they're supposed to do. there could be circumstances where they would recess the house and come back at 4:00 or 5:00, but what i am told is there going to go onto a second ballot. we talked about the three members elect, remember they are not sworn in just yet, we talk about these members-elect, i had a rather lengthy interview with ralph norman yesterday who is going to meet with speaker johnson and said he would make his announcement today asked her how he felt about mike johnson, and i said waiting minute, what are you looking for he

that was the voice of kentucky congressman thomas massie, who voted instead for the majority whip thomasr. two others ralph norman of south carolina and keith self of texas also voted for alternative speakers. the magic number forjohnson was 218 — he was two short. and so began a frenzied hour of wheeling and dealing. asjohnson tried to shift the norman and self into the yes column. and in the end it worked. the house will be in order. mr norman- _ the house will be in order. mr norman. johnson. mr self. johnson _ johnson. applause 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 headin

that was thomas jefferson's prayer. suffer not our trust and need to fail, we will not fail, we cannot fail. we are all in this together. our nation is counting on us to band together and solve these problems and get this done. i have said before god hassell vaccinated each of you to your positions in leadership and act of providence that you have been placed in your specific roles in this specific moment at this historic time at the 250-year inflex -- inflection point in the greatest history of the world. we are witnesses to the providence that spared president trump from the assassin's bullet. and to the new coalition of americans that has risen from creed, color and cull did he sack who want us to put america first. people are asking for a rebuilt middle class and strong goredders and strong military and we can deliver that. these objectives don't have an r or d but have u.s.a. that's what we are about. and just in a few moments we are going to take an oath, the same one oath for one nation and under the banner of on

thomas massie is an ideologue. don't see him budging, but i think others will ultimately come around. >> yeah, i mean, maria, the other thing too, about all of this is that the fact that donald trump has to come in at the 11th hour here to push mike, mike johnson over the finish line. it also suggests that he just doesn't have the same kind of push and pull with, with maga world that he once did. i mean, there was the budget fight before the end of the year. there are these upcoming cabinet picks and now the speaker vote. >> that's exactly right, jim. and i think that that's something that we can't lose sight of. i mean, donald trump had a huge loss during the whole budget fight. he was very clear about what he wanted in terms of getting rid of the debt ceiling. and no one paid attention to him. that didn't happen. so i do think that his hold on the maga world isn't as strong as before, because let's also remember, he's a lame duck president. he is not running again. he can't run again. but these folks in the in th

we know thomas massie is already going to be voting against him. and this is what representative tim burchett, another holdout, told me just moments ago. >> it doesn't really matter what i what i'm going to do. >> i think you'll see some members pass and then we'll go into another round. >> that's what i think. >> and then we'll we'll do it from there. >> if somebody passes and massie votes no, the democrats don't vote for him. >> johnson. >> then we're back at the round two. >> and i think that's what's getting ready to happen. >> and of course, that's his prediction, dana. but he's really close to a lot of these conservative members. he has a lot of conversations with these folks. and again, because johnson has just this narrow majority and there are still holdouts who are demanding things from him. i think it's still possible that this goes multiple rounds. dana. >> yeah, that conversation that you just had, lauren, is so key, as you said, that member is has not yet said whether he's going to vote yes or no for johnson. but the fact that he is h

thomas jefferson's prayer for the nation, it is entitled. almighty god who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves to people mindful of thy favor and glad to do thy will. >> it was said, but it was not subtle. that was how mike johnson chose to begin the 119th congress, with a prayer that it is said thomas jefferson recited every day of his presidency and every day thereafter until his death. thomas jefferson's historic home, monticello, is a world paired heritage site, and on monticello's website you can find a lot of useful historical resources, including a whole section dedicated to spurious quotations, where historians debunk all the fake quotes they get attributed to our nation's third president. it's a helpful resource for anyone with a crazy uncle who posts apocryphal quotes from dead historical figures on facebook. i probably would've also been a helpful resource for writing a speaker of the house acceptance speech. here's what monticello had to say about the prayer that

there is more of the back-and-forth between thomas massie and newt gingrich that you can find on thomasassie's x. host: pedro echevarria with more on the speaker vote. learning more about thomas massie's rationale. he is the hard no. there are a dozen republicans who could vote against speaker mike johnson. they haven't said, definitively, other than thomas massie, how they will vote. many meeting behind doors with speaker mike johnson. johnson telling reporters that he is open to the changes they are requesting. we will see what those are. punch bowl news reporting this morning that the republicans who are holdouts will be meeting with the speaker again this morning leading up to the vote at noon eastern. let's hear from jonathan in salem, oregon, democratic caller . what is your message to washington? caller: good morning. huge c-span fan. listen every morning, 4:00 in the morning in oregon. love you guys. you are my heroes. two things. everyone talking about immigration. it bugs me to death. my community in salem is 80% mexican, and it doesn't bother me. it never bothered me. hugely

thomas: last question. look, we are joined by a lot of folks who are thinking about a career in public service. maybe some that have already embarked upon a career in public service. and that is where you began. so i want to ask you the final question, what advice can you give them? how should they be thinking about embarking upon a career in public service? deputy sec. hicks: i don't think there is a mission more compelling -- i am obviously biased -- than working in public service. that could be the actual government sector, it can manifest in other ways. i have worked like you in the nonprofit sector, the academic sector. but follow that desire to be mission-focused. it's going to get you up every day. we need you. we need you in government, we need you and the supporting sectors. you want to go private sector, that's great, we need you there, too. it takes all of that. it takes all levers of national power to move us in the right direction at the right pace to protect american interests. all i can say i

i'm gia vang and i'm garvin thomas. we begin with the latest on bourbon street, which is now back open to the public after that terror attack on new year's day. investigators are now saying they believe the attacker acted alone when he plowed into crowds along bourbon street, then jumped out and opened fire on police officers. 42 year old shamsudin jabar was then killed in a shootout with police. the fbi now believes jabar was also the person who planted two explosive devices near the scene, but those never went off. the fbi's investigation as of right now is confident at this stage, based on the information they have, that this is a lone actor. okay. this is a lone actor. therefore, we are confident that we can open bourbon s

happened. >> he took his life for some strange reason. >> reporter: thomas says it was his son that shot his girl friend and turned the gun on himself. >> today, my birthday, and what a present. so i just tell people to stay away from guns and just try to work out your problems the best way what you can. >> reporter: investigators have been on the scene trying to piece together what happened inside this bernal heights home. police say they got a call of a shooting just after 8:00 thursday morning. thomas also got a call as the incident was unfolding, a cry of help from the girl friend. >> his baby mom called me and said, "can you get here? can you get here? " i was in parkmerced and tried to get here as fast as i can and my daughter called and said, "your son shot the lady and shot himself." >> reporter: many neighbors had already left for work before the shooting. maria gomez says she was shaken to hear about the tragedy. >> i've lived here a few years now. so i'm surprised myself. i think we all are at this point. >> reporter: family members are wondering how the situation escalat

they are not know votes like thomas massey has said he is. he made a number of calls, did not call thomas massey. not because he couldn't reach him. i don't think he wanted to call him because of his expressed no vote and how clear he stated that. we are told he has had some conversations that were positive for speaker johnson. there is a growing optimism that johnson may get it on the first round but there is a lot of uncertainty. in trump world, they are watching this closely. they don't want it to be 2023 where there are four days and 15 rounds of votes. they would like this to be clean, number one to get moving, and most importantly, to certify the election that just happened january 6th. >> we played this from marjorie taylor graham last hour. she has come full circle on this. she is back where she was in the beginning. you put your party and president first and she has been one of those who has argued against and with mike johnson but everybody has to get on board to fulfill trump's promises to the american people. how much pressure or

with gifts and what have you. >> here's what thomas should do.a house, and build a house for her and her mom and all that good stuff. give the gifts. that's why clarence thomas is feted by harlan crow to stay in the group, because other republican presidents have appointed people who become liberal. so keep giving gifts, and he stays with them. so they have to start giving her gifts. but look, i'm not going to go crazy saying it's a great move what she did. but there are moments we've seen now where she seems to be breaking a little from alito and kavanaugh and the other guy. so we'll see how it plays out in the long run. >> you know, i wanted to get your reaction to this news that actually broke as well, that justice samuel alito, it was revealed, you know, right before that he had this phone call with donald trump. you know, alito said they did not discuss the case. and the subject of the call was over. a former law clerk of his regarding his qualification to serve in the trump administration. he did not. alito did not recuse himself. i find it

i said thomas massie. ralph norman, and keith self. we know thomas massie is a definite no. he went in there and the kind of thing that would have to be done, can you get a read if you're watching this as closely as we are, garrett, to see what the reaction is? do you think they will gavel this, and then take another break or start it back up again? >> it's hard to say. i mean, i just watched mike johnson shake hands with both ralph norman and keith self who walked off, it appears toward the front of the chamber. i'm trying to watch my monitor and the door to see if it's likely they're going to exit. you see henry there, the most conservative in the house. self and norman, we do not control the cameras, to the right of the screen, they're talking to the clerks, appear to be requesting paper from the clerk, that is the manner by which they would start the process of changing their vote. again, if you look at sort of the top right of your screen, you see self and norman with a couple of other members. looks like andy ogles who's not really a player in this conversation, standi

do take care thomas david _ and each other. do take care thomas david and _ and each other.id and stacy. - caitlin doran — along with her grandparents and animals — including her giant tortoise tiptoe have been forced to evacuate. she told me about the speed at which the flames approached: we sat on the patio of our house for three or four hours just watching the smoke, but the fire was going the opposite direction so there was not like lots of water coming on the other side so we were not too worried about it, fire is fire, but while, fire is fire, but wow, that changed very quickly we started to get worried around 3pm orfour pm., got the tortoise out of there and got him down to the 800 block, we are up the 1100 block so close to the trees in everything, but once we got him out, we were able to get my grandparents out of their house but that is always a challenging thing to do when you left the home. let's talk to the panel,. joining me tonight are nathalie tocci, italian political scientist and international relations expert and chris bruce, policy director for the americ

we want to you succeed like commissioner thomas said we want to you thrive.want you to see us as your partner we are not there to just harass or make it uncomfortable we are here it support to you make sure everything is in line with the rules and i see you show more progress in tla regard we don't see us anymore. establish this trust sxf i want hopeful low this new year we turn a new page, start fresh and you can trust us so we can trust you >> thank you, i will, thank you. i appreciate everyone of you. >> thank you. commissioner pers. i wanted to can you state your name >> joseph. i wanted i appreciate and apologize for what happened on the first. a few minutes after the new year i think it was look to correct that i wanted peek to highlight positive relationships that were having with the mrooept. a letter of support from lieutenant marshall and had a wonderful visit with the chief spent half an hour touring showed him upstairs and the basement. it was a lifely half 94 meet width chief. i wanted say there are also in addition to negative issue this is come

whip thomas emmer.orman of south carolina and keith self of texas also voted for alternative speakers. the magic number for johnson was 218. he was two short so began a frenzied hour of wheeling and dealing as johnson tried to shift first norman and then sell into the yes column. in the end, it worked. >> the house will be in order. >> mr. norman, johnson. mr. self, johnson. [applause] christian: so johnson wins on the first round. this was 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

anthony thomas was in tears while police investigated the home where he says his son, antoine thomas, was shot and killed according to thomas, the 24 year-old shot himself after shooting his one and a half year old son and the child's mother to his >> for for some strange reason i i didn't i didn't get a chance to make it here. time. stop it. now he's gone. >> police were called to the residence on tompkins abbott's san francisco just after 08:00am thursday for reports of a shooting responding. officers found a man and woman injured. the man died at the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a toddler connected to the shooting in bernal heights was also taken to the hospital. >> poplar suffering from a gunshot wound was transported to a local hospital. injuries are non life threatening at this time? and it was possibly related to the incident that occurred here on the 1000 block of tompkins avenue. police say the shooting was an isolated incident and were on scene for several hours collecting evidence. >> though the relationship between the man w

anthony thomas was in tears while police investigated the home where he says his son, antoine thomas, was shot and killed according to thomas, the 24 year-old shot himself after shooting his one and a half year old son and the child's mother. is >> for for some strange i i i i didn't i didn't get a chance to make it here. time. stop it. now he's gone. >> police were called to the residence on tompkins avenue. san francisco just after 08:00am thursday for reports of a shooting responding. officers found a man and woman injured. the man died at the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a toddler connected to the shooting in bernal heights was also taken to the hospital. >> poplar suffering from a gunshot wound was transported to a local hospital. injuries are non life threatening at this time? and it was possibly related to the incident that occurred here on the 1000 block of tompkins avenue. police say the shooting was an isolated incident and were on scene for several hours collecting evidence. >> though the relationship between the man woman an

i can imagine him with thomas paine. thomas paine dined there with him. that's where most of his dinners took place, a relatively small, always political, but people did come to call. he was famous for having these meals where he invited everybody he knew who was brilliant to come to the white house and have these incredible dinners. president kennedy said in the east room in 1962, when he had the nobel prize winners from all of the americas, and he said, never has so much talent been assembled in the white house at one time, except when thomas jefferson dined here alone. the furnishings of the room are of that era. they were american furniture about 1800 to 1810. that's right in the jefferson terms that these pieces would've been made in his era, if they weren't in the white house in his era. they are probably better than anything that jefferson could afford to put in the white house in his time. the wonderful portrait of benjamin franklin hangs over the fireplace, that was painted when he was in england. that's one of the american representative for col

it goes like this thomas jefferson's prayer for the nation. it's entitled almighty god, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favor and glad to do thy will. bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners. save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. defend our liberties and fashion into one united people. the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues, endow with thy spirit of wisdom those whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to thy law we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. in a time of prosperity. fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble suffer not our trust in thee to fail, of which we ask through jesus christ our lord. amen. that was thomas jefferson's prayer. i yeah. suffer not our trust in thee to fail. we will not fail.

anthony thomas was in tears while police investigated the home where he says his son, antoine thomas, was shot and killed according to thomas, the 24 year-old shot himself after shooting his one and a half year old son and the child's mother. is >> for for some strange i i i i didn't i didn't get a chance to make it here. time. stop it. now he's gone. >> police were called to the residence on tompkins avenue. san francisco just after 08:00am thursday for reports of a shooting responding. officers found a man and woman injured. the man died at the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a toddler connected to the

nasa's point of view got a real boost with the addition in 1991 of justice thomas by far the court's greatest champion originalism and change also occurred in 2005 and six, when roberts and both of whom were in the reagan doj in 1981 replaced rehnquist, o'connor and after that, for about the next decade, within a generally conservative trend, big case outcomes were somewhat and even had one year, which was 2014, which was the year the gay marriage case when the liberals appeared on to actually done better than conservatives. and the cases that term, but spurred mainly by scalia and thomas you also had a court in which textualism and originalism started to become determinative of some cases and based on a strong alliance between roberts, alito, scalia, thomas and sometimes kennedy. you also began to see outcomes made categorical 180 degree changes of direction in doctrine in cases often of major consequence and great public interest. examples of this are ones that i think many of you will be quite familiar with the heller case in 2008. recognize as for the first time, the second amend

that's carey thomas. he also did not like teaching women. he derided his female students as academic imposture ers who meddled in the serious concerns of life. he wrote in his diary that teaching women history in was about as profitable as lecturing to stonemason as on the evolution of fashion. hmm. so he was desperate to. get away from bryn mawr. but an advanced degree. he was not having much luck. finally, he simply begged his professors, eliot adams, back at johns hopkins. oh, to just waive the normal degree requirements and grant him a doctorate, he put it very bluntly, and in writing. i need a degree. no. and amazingly. adams and ely went along with scheme. they waived the normal requirements. they gave him full credit for congressional government, though it did not meet the typical johns hopkins requirements for empirical research and so on. they promised to conduct his oral exam in less than an hour. they promised they would personally administer his examinations to ensure there would be, quote, no chance he could fail. you will pass

thomas jefferson's prayer for the nation. almighty god who's given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee he that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. bless our land with honourable ministry, sound learning and pure manners. save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. endow with thy spirit of wisdom those whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government. that there may be justice and peace at home and that through obedience to thy law we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the worth. in time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness and in the day of trouble suffer not our trust in thee to fail. of which we ask through jesus christ our lord, amen. that was thomas jefferson's prayer. [applause] yeah. suffer not our trust in need of fail. we will not fail. we conditio

let's speak to thomas higgins, who was deputy secretary to president carter's cabinet.tojoin us on you, thank you for taking the time to join us on the world today. if you can ask you first of all about what president carter was like as a person. probably the best way to describe him is a man of principle and dignity. working with him, i got to see his warmth and kindness, his humanity, but he was also somebody who never failed to follow through on what were his most important convictions about the right thing to do. it was not an easy presidency though, was it, for him politically?— though, was it, for him politically? it politically? pardon me? it wasn't an _ politically? pardon me? it wasn't an easy _ politically? pardon me? it wasn't an easy presidencyj politically? pardon me? it. wasn't an easy presidency for him was it? he wasn't an easy presidency for him was it?— him was it? he had a difficult time during _ him was it? he had a difficult time during his _ him was it? he had a difficult time during his presidency i time during his presidency because a lot of thin

quote, we have no evidence of this prior was written or delivered by thomas jefferson. ultimately, it seems unlikely jefferson would have composed or delivered a public prayer of this sort. end quote. sort of fitting that mike johnson would begin his new term as speaker by rewriting history. it is one of his top legislative priorities. until a week ago, it seemed an open question if he would remain speaker of the house. president-elect trump and his co-president elon musk had whipped hard line republicans into a revolt forcing democrats to bail him out at the last minute. but then, earlier this week, donald trump endorsed him. last night just ahead of the vote, johnson demonstrated his fealty to trump with a promise to rewrite history about january 6th. since taking back the house in 2023, republicans have already wasted time and resources trying to discredit the january 6th committee's investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. trump wants them to continue trying to discredit that investigation even though he just won the last election. and make john

the final vote 218 to 215 with one another vote cast by kentucky thomas massey mike johnson successful in his bid to remain speaker of the 119th congress with the swearing in of members now underway you can watch live@c-span.org and we are expecting to see the swearing in of house number shortly, we will bring that live on c-span 2. new leadership includes majority leader john thune of south dakota who spoke earlier and members were sworn in officially on the floor by vice president kamala harris in her role as president of the senate she later held ceremonial swearing-in with senators families. >>. [inaudible] >> congratulations everyone. [inaudible background conversations] .... [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ready? install enemies, foreign and domestic. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. none of us could have done this without our families. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [laughter] please raise your right hand. i do solemnly swear. [inaudible] this obligation without any mental reservations i will well and faithfully duties of

i want you to meet chris maddox and thomas. uh keleher. i'm sorry. thomas reno and chris maddox. guys. i'm sorry. chris reno, a little bit sleepy. i apologize. first of all, how are you guys doing? you decided to evacuate from your place in altadena. for viewers who are watching. two days ago, we were in altadena. when? when it was just completely decimated. you evacuated early. what made you decide? when did you realize you should get out? >> we. pretty early. i mean, what happened was we knew it was going to be a weird day. there was the santa ana winds were were blowing through and and our friends chris and elizabeth from down the road called us, saying there was a fire in eden, eden canyon, and they needed to evacuate. they came over and and so we realized that, well, we're we're safe. you know, we don't have an evacuation notice in our area, but then we could see a fire growing along the ridge coming toward us from our front porch. and so we decided what to do. and so we packed our bag, um, because they had offered us to go with them to their son's school. apricot lane farms

thomas massie, congressman voted for you for speak. speaker.ed drama on capitol hill. what is your take about what happened there today and what the message was from them? >> i think the message is from the republican conference, bret, again, thanks for having me, but the message is republicans are unified behind donald trump and the incoming administration. and we're ready to get to work right now on enacting the trump agenda which is exactly what the american people voted for on november 5th. were there people thapghted to be heard? were there people that had things that they wanted our speaker to know were important to them? yes. that is just the way this process works. if you recall two years ago it took 15 and almost a week to get it done. today it was one ballot, one and done and ready it get mary olinger immediately. >> bret: definitely a much different situation. but you know, if you look at the breakdown and that majority and how it sits right now, 219 to 215 and then you are going to lose two more republicans with mike waltz becoming

thomas paine, you might have expected thomas paine. of common sense, fame and he was a, you know, vigorous participant in the revolution to have been there. but paine is in europe, france in particular, sort fomenting revolution in france. and thomas jefferson is not there. he is serving on diplomatic duty abroad as is john adams. so neither of them are in attendance here. didn't start thomas jefferson, by the way, from referring to this convention, that assembled there as an assembly of demigods, which while a bit an exaggeration there, i think if as long as we're not too cynical, you can understand jefferson's comment that is there is a pretty impressive assembly of individuals who are in attendance. all right. ben franklin is there. james madison, of course, of virginia is there. i'm it would have been very hard to have imagined the philadelphia convention ultimately in terms of its ability to kind of secure some level of support without george washington's support. washington being someone that was widely he was the american sense

. >> my name is anthony thomas. i'm the father of the deceased male. antoine thomas. he took his took his life for, for some strange reason. i didn't. i didn't get a chance to make it here on time to stop it. and now he's gone. >> anthony thomas said his 24 year old son's girlfriend called him frantically, telling him to come over right away. but by the time he arrived, the tragedy had already unfolded. the younger thomas, he said, dead by his own hand. the girlfriend rushed to the hospital in critical condition and a toddler, also injured but expected to survive. >> the baby was a year and a half year and a half year and a half. so yeah, she's going to have to have to grow up without the dad and everything. he's going to have to grow up without a dad. >> in a separate incident thursday afternoon, san francisco police confirmed they had arrested a woman in connection with the shooting on the 800 block of bryant. at about 10 a.m, officers arrived on scene and located two victims, an adult male and an adult female suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. >> the victims w

we have one hard no, thomas massie. think that the speaker race sort of encapsulate his whole tenure as speaker. slim margins. he can only afford to lose another vote at this point. his allies think he will remain speaker. there's no real alternative that anybody has put forward, but the question is, how long does that draw on, does it go back today? we'll have the first ballot around noon and then we'll see where things are. >> that's right, everything starts at noon and we'll see how this shakes out. c-span cameras will be in the chamber before then though, is speaker mike johnson meeting withholdouts? >> yes, he's been making phone calls for two weeks and they had a long break with the holiday and trying to figure out what these folks want. they want process changes, what exactly those changes are, are unclear. they're really upset a lot of the conservatives were upset how he handled the government funding fight right before congress left for christmas break and the new year, so that could be playing a part into it,

i didn't count thomas massie because thomas massie is never going to know. thomas has already said he's not for him and he's not going to. he's a principled guy, and i'm not. >> so we're talking about ralph norman and keith self. do i have that right? >> yeah, i'd say that's right. okay. so i think he'll meet with them individually and and try to get to a point because you see you had so many other holdouts and they were sending a message by passing. >> what was that message. >> i think that they were. >> well, you're one of them. so what? no, ma'am. i didn't know you weren't. you voted yes, i voted for him. >> yes, ma'am. yes. forgive me. that's okay, that's okay. no, i think they just want him to know there's an issue with the freedom caucus, and. and they would like to see chip roy as chairman of of of the rules committee. now, outside of these these walls of congress, i doubt anybody really gives a rip. maybe people in chip's district do, but it's important to them and it's something that they'd like to see. they'd like to see more conservative represent