Good afternoon, this is al jazeera america, hive from knock. Congressman paul ryan has been sworn in as speaker of the house. The Wisconsin Republican took the oath of office just a few hours ago, ryan is now second in line to the presidency, he received the gavel after a majority of members voted for him. Libby casey joins us live with more on all of this, tushes out ryan did get the support of most republicans in the end. Thats right. He got 236 members voting for him, thats well above the necessary 218. A majority in the house of representatives. And there was really a feeling of ceremony, and the history of the house of representatives on display today. It was a role call vote, so every member had to stand up and say who he or she was voting for. Paul ryans family was on hand, also on hand, mit romney and his wife. Of course paul ryan was his site president ial running mate. So this was seen as a forgone conclusion, once he got through the tough hurdle yesterday, of getting the sup