if she moves on, what happens to house majority leader steny hoyer, jim clyburn. others warming up in the wings. hakeem jeffries, kathryn clark. a mad scramble. keep in mind how long nancy pelosi has been in the leadership here on capitol hill. it would be a seminole moment in congress. another big story happening today in just about 25 minutes or so we ll have a press conference. jim comer, republican of kentucky who will be the new chair of the oversight committee, jim jordan of ohio who will chair the judiciary committee. they will lay out the contours of their investigations into the biden administration and his family next year. listen. it s not america if you have a justice department that s political and not treating people equally under the law. that s exactly what we have. we re committed to getting the truth out there because only when you get the truth out do you have a chance to actually hold people accountable and change the behavior that is now
when i came to the congress in 1987 there were 12 democratic women. now, there are over 90. and we want more. reporter: the news prompting an immediate shake-up. pelosi s number two steny hoyer announced that at the age of 83, he would not run for leadership, and the current number three, jim clyburn also said that he is going to let a new team ascend leading way foem jeffries, representative from brooklyn for the next leader. i am confident to say that every member of the black caucus would vote for hakeem jeffries. reporter: the new deputy could be kathryn clark and 43-year-old pete aguilar all expected to run in the november 30th leadership election, and it is a generational change that some have long sought. he is a historical leadership
speaker in the history of the united states. someone i consider a friend. someone who has been a role model for many of us. she is a fabulous speaker person, and you know, i respect her decision of course, but the congress will really just not be the same without her leadership. she is an amazing person. and we are expecting it to very much change, because you have congressman hoyer and clyburn who are also leaving the leadership, and hakeem jeffries so far unopposed to succeed pelosi, and it appears that kathryn clark and pete aguilar and we accidentally put up the wrong photo of pete aguilar, and that i want to apologize for earlier in the show, and those are the folks who are appearing to be poised to take the leadership positions if they continue to move in that direction unopposed, and when it