Changed. The Ethics Office remains untouched. We wonder whether paul ryan is going to touch on that in his comments. But hes got a lot to address, including whether or not they are going to tackle obama care on day one as promised because this is day one for the 115th congress. Or whether or not they have got another option. He is also surely going to talk about tax cuts. Something he has been trying to get done for some time. Another promise that the republicans have made about coming into office and dealing with almost immediately. But there is tension between the house gop and the president elect. He didnt like what they were doing on that ethics operation. So we are going to talk about that, too. Before we hear from House Speaker paul ryan as heoves to the front, nbcs Halle Jackson is where the action is. She has been at capitol hill all day. And here to help us make sense of it, steve kornacki. Halle, lets start with you. Speaker ryan about to make his address. Its not quite the t
They have been waiting six and a half years, but finally republicans have the numbers to repeal obamacare, and they say theyre ready to do it. Will the country go along with them . Also on our agenda, does trump get the credit . Were also encouraging by the progrowth policies that president elect trump and the new congress have indicated that they will pursue. Ford reversing itself, cancelling plans to build a plant in mexico, instead, announcing its going to add 700 jobs in michigan. How much can trump take credit for their latest move . Any . And that is just ahead, but we begin right now with our top story today. Day one of the 115th congress, house, and senate with republicans in control, they await the inauguration of a republican president less than two weeks from now. Thatll give them total control, just over two weeks from now, total control of the federal government. Thatll be the first time in a long time theyve had that. Starting off ugly though for House Speaker paul ryan.
Congressional correspondence mike emmanuel, live capitol hill. Kem drats already speaking out on the hill today. Is it safe to say theyre coming out swinging or watching paul ryan walk in, by the way. No question about it. Its funny, the optics here. You have a lot of family members up here, a lot of people posing for photos and looking around capitol him. You have Senate Democratic leaders firing warning shots. You have Vice President biden swearing in new members of the senate, this hour. And on the senate floor, a short time ago, you have the new Senate Democratic leader taking aim at the president elect launching this attack on the president elects basically like of using social media. America cannot afford a twitter presidency. We have real challenges and we have real needs to get things done. And Many Americans are afraid, mr. President elect, that instead of rolling up your sleeves and forging serious policies, for you twitter suffices. Behind the skeerns on capitol hill, democr
Election. That ad, which borrows heavily from Hillary Clintons 20083 00 a. M. Phone call ad comes from the campaign of marine le pen. Shes the leader of frances far right. A party whos image shes tried to sanitize since inheriting its leadership from her father, a holocaust denier with nazi ties. She promises, too, as the New York Times put it, protect not just france, but frenchness. Thats because the outcome of todays voting will be a bellwether to the extent of the wave of nationalism which swept donald trump into power has taken hold throughout the western world. It could also decide if france follows britain with a frexit and the withdrawal of france from gnat to nato. The terrorist attack seized by pen. Donald trump told the Associated Press that the incident will, quote, probably help her win because she is the candidate strongest on borders. Thank you both for being here. Chris, i will start with you. How is it looking for the leading four candidates and could you tease out for
Speaker of the house for the 115th congress, the republicans are the majority in congress and avow to announce the agenda of the incoming president donald trump. Phil mattingly is joining us from capitol hill right now. Phil, set the skoocene for us, nancy pelosi will introduce the speaker, but go ahead. Reporter that is correct, what we saw a few minutes ago was the completion of the house vote to speaker. What we actually saw was paul ryan faced fewer defections this time around than he did when he was initially elected speaker, why does that matter . He drew some angt angst. No real major defections, paul ryan will be the next speaker of the house and nancy pelosi once again elected minority leader. Only a few defections for her as well. No major problems for either leader, it will be a congress run by republicans but what you have been talking about the most interesting element before this was even possible republicans ran into a problem, last night behind closed doors to try to ta