Colleagues. They put my name five times in nomination. To them, i owe a deep debt of thanks. From the bottom of a deeply grateful heart, i say thank you to my democratic colleagues for the honor they have given me. May i thank the members of the house for the respect they have always treated this role of the speakership of the house. In conclusion, may i say with gods aid and gods might, may we pray to him that he will give to us the reason, the judgment the knowledge, the talent that he has given to this body all through the years that has been part and parcel of making our nation the greatest nation in the world. Thank you all. [applause] thank you. I am now ready to take the oath of office. As is the custom, i am delighted to see that the dean of the houses in the well and is ready the dean of the house is in the well and is ready to administer the oath. Mr. Speaker, will you raise your right hand . Do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of United States
[indiscernible] [laughter] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. I noted we were a little short. But i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat, but sometimes we spend so much timeline arising the winners and labeling the losers, we looked beside the victory we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any political party, but to the people. No matter the margin, no matter the majority. All across the world, from bosnia to chechnya to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice we take for granted. Too often the transfer of power is an act of pain and carnage not one, as we see today, of peace and decency. That here in the house of representatives,
The house selects Newt Gingrich as speaker of the house. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted that we were a little short. I appreciate your friendship and support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory and defeat. Sometimes we spend so much time labeling the losers, we lose sight of the victory that we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any political party, but the people. No matter the margin, no matter the majority. All across the world, from bosnia to chechnya, to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice that we take for granted. Too often the transfer of power is an act of pain and carnage. Not one of peace and decency. Here in the house of representativ
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Close. This is along sixth avenue. This is live pictures that youre looking at us coming to us outside of fox news hq in midtown manhattan. The mood has escalated in the last few minutes, the protests were peaceful, they began about an hour ago. In the last few moments, pushing and shoving, and as we were coming to air, we witnessed new York Police Officers pulling someone out of that crowd. We believe, could be an arrest, we dont know, all we can tell you is what were seeing as you are looking at the pictures live on your screen at home. The mood in midtown manhattan changing in just the last few moments. Protesters are upset. With regards to the eric garner case. This was the alleged chokehold that officer daniel pantalleo after he was arrested for selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island. New york city mayor bill de blasio came out encouraging unhappy new yorkers to protest, but pled with them to remain peaceful. Were not seeing that happen right now here on the streets of midtown