It has a good ending. I remember getting the lclips and thinking, do i really need po put this thing against the wall . Yes, you do. Yes, you do. We will show you later on what happens to that toddler trapped under that dresser. Again, a good ending. Good morning. Welcome to you. This is your new day. Its tuesday, january 3rd. 8 00 in the east. Up first, House Republicans pulling a fast one, voting to gut the independent office of congressional ethics just hours before the new Republican Controlled Congress gets sworn in today. So critics of this move say this flies in the face of president elect Trumps Campaign promise, to quote, drain the swamp. Many questions persist about mr. Trumps potential conflicts of interest. We are now just 17 days away from Donald Trumps inauguration. Lets begin our coverage with Cnns Phil Mattingly live on capitol hill. Whats the latest . Bold promises and agenda about a file long, republicans are a few hours away from consolidating their power on capitol
Had their dreams come true. New years, i watched it here in new york city, it was unbelievable this year. The weather was so cooperative, the entertainment was unbelievable, and its exciting to get onto 2017, and in about three weeks its going to even be a little more exciting. I feel like im in a locker major giving us a little pepto. Lets get started. On capitol hill, lawmakers set to be sworn in and members expected to reelect paul ryan as speaker of the house prayed once that is done, republicans who will be soon in charge of both the white house and congress for the first time in a decade say they have an order of business to be able to who repeal and replace obamacare. Lawmakers will also take a look at overhauling taxes and reversing obama era regulations. And the senate will start vetting president elect Donald Trumps cabinet picks, who Many Democrats say they plan to target. Chief congressional corresponded, our friend mike emanuel, joins us from the hill. Busy guy. Hey, mike.
Its own power. This is the fourth mishap involving a u. S. Navy warship in the pacific this year. Lets get the very latest this hour from cnn senior u. S. Correspondent kyong. What do you know about the position of the sailers, the search of the missing and those who are injured . Reporter we havent received any recent update. The last update we got from the seventh fleet was that ship, as you said, was sailing under its own power back to port in singapore. And that the investigation was going to pick up from there. The last thing we heard about those sailors is thatthey remain missing. That there are a number of assets that have been deployed to that region from u. S. Helicopters to ospreys from the u. S. Marines, to assistance from singapore, malaysia, a significant effort to try to figure out where these sailors are. So thats the very latest that weve heard, that the search is under way, that ship is heading back to port and that they will try to figure out what happened with these
Ruhle this morning. Joint investigation. And so it starts, the Senate Intelligence committee holding its first hearing on russian meddling shortly, unlike the confusion and distrust in the house, both sides in the Upper Chamber vow to work together. I have confidence that we, together, are going to get to the bottom of this. Vladimir putin speaking out this morning, calling all of the allegations lies. Making it official, ivanka trumps new role in the white house has a lot of folks crying conflict. New questions this morning about mixing family and government business. Is it ethical . Is it smart . And going it alone, on health care, House Speaker paul ryan in a brands new interview says hes worried President Trump may work with democrats. But we start today with the Russian Investigation, a Senate Intelligence committee set to kick off a new hearing, roughly an hour from now. This while just moments ago, russian president Vladimir Putin telling cnbc he had nothing to do with the u. S.
Nowhere. I think there is plenty of blame. What happened is washington won. The house moved too fast. 18 days is not enough time for major legislation. Reporter President Trump shifting the blame from democrats to the conservative whos who stood in the way of the bill. As the chief of staff, Reince Priebus is leaving the door open to bipartisan compromise. If democrats come on board with a plan, we will welcome that. They have to reach across the aisle and democrats say we will work with you to improve and fix the plan for people. Reporter a long time member of the house caucus ted poe is resigning. Poe writing in a statement saying no is easy. Leading is hard. House Speaker Paul Ryan under scrutiny in the wake of the defeat. President trump tweeting to watch a fox program which began like this. Paul ryan needs to step down as speaker of the house. Reporter the white house is insisting donald trump didnt know the host would make the comments and the commander in chief is sdatanding by