For our country. Surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. Surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. So beautifully expressed by president lincoln. This is the peoples house. This is the peoples gavel. It represents a sacred trust. May we all fulfill that trust and make real the ideals of democratic government. With respect for our constitution, with faith in the american people, with hope for the future of our country, i present the peoples gavel to the speaker of the house, john boehner. May god bless you. [ applause ] to Speaker Boehner, may god bless this congress, my god always bless the United States of america. My colleagues, the speaker of the house, john boehner. [ applause ] leader pelosi, thank you for your kind words. Members of the house and the senate and my wife debbie who is with us today, thankfully the girls are working. All of you and our fellow country men, we meet again at democracies great. Every two years, at this hour the co
Communication that he may be pleased to make. The gentleman from virginia, mr. Cantor, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. Pelosi. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington rise . Mrs. Mcmorris rodgers mr. Speaker, by direction on the republican conference, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 6, resolved that following named members be and are hereby elected to the following Standing Committees of the house of representatives. Committee on agriculture, mr. Lucas, chairman. Committee on appropriations, mr. Rogers of kentucky, chairman. Committee on Armed Services mrs. Mcmorris rodgers mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the reading is dispensed with. Without objection, the resolution is agreed to. The motion to reconsider is laid on th
Situation room. Wolf . Thanks very much. Happening right now, an emotional and very historic day on capitol hill. A brand new United States congress is sworn in and with it a new hope for reaching across the aisle. Some of the cases may be knew, but many of the tough issues that have to be tackled certainly havent changed. So is is there any real chance of getting anything done . And nearly three weeks since the devastating massacre, sandy hook Elementary Students return to school. Well go there for a live report. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. An extra ordinary nar day here in washington. The 113th Congress Takes office ushering in, in a moment, what appeared to be a renewed push for bipartisanship on the heels of what has been an extremely tumultuous week of gridlock. One of the most striking moments of the day is this, a very emotional House Speaker john boehner taking the gavel after being voted in by his colleagues to another term. Put simply, worse than not to be s
Into the 90s inland. 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s at the coast. Lets check on those roads now with gianna. The good news is we are accidentfree but we are starting to see a few brake lights as you work your way through the Altamont Pass westbound 580 a little sluggish most of those delays coming away from 205 busy through the altamont. 680 the dublin interchange, extra volume westbound but overall nice speeds over through that area. 680 checking in with no problems and the bay bridge we have some slight delays in a couple of cash lanes but looks like that cleared up. Everything moving right along as you work your way past the metering lights into San Francisco. No delays. Back to you guys. Thank you. We have breaking news now. Firefighters in oakland are trying to knock down a two alarm house fire burning out of control right now. Check out those active power lines possibly brought down by the fire. It started at a home on 47th and melrose avenue about an hour ago. Flames have sp