of bipartisanship dare i say, nonpartisanship in that time. and it was certainly nice to see given the intensity that we always see around here and the toxic nature that we had seen. don t hold your breath that s going to last very long. okay. i won t do that at all. but, yes, gracious speech, big kiz kiss handing of the gavel. the president will be meeting with leaders of congress next tuesday. and one of those leaders. and i need to get used to saying this senate minority leader harry reid was, you know in a bit of an accident over the weekend. a picture we want to throw up of a banged up harry reid. he was exercising, it s enough to make us pause when we ve decided to spend the new year make the resolutions to get exercise. that s what happened to harry reid. but working through it anyway and showing the country he is
keystone pipeline. what was your read on his address? reporter: it was vintage boehner. kept it lofty, kept it big picture. he tried to keep it together because he is known to shed a tear or a thousand. in fact, he joked about that. about the fact that he was keeping it together until he saw one of his colleague s kids and then lost it. doesn t take a lot to set john boehner off. but it really was, like i said, sort of classic kind of speech from him. did not, was trying to grasp the moment, understanding that he is the leader of the republican party, but he is the speaker of the entire house of representatives. and also would note that there was a gracious speech right before he got the gavel from nancy pelosi his democratic counterpart. and that is the tradition for the leader of the minority to hand the speaker the gavel. roles were reversed when nancy pelosi was the speaker. but there was certainly a moment
side. 246 republicans, 188 democrats, and one vacancy. now, despite those numbers, we know that boehner did face a bit of pushback from members within his own party. we ve got our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. she s standing by on capitol hill. she ll join me in a moment. but first, she s our executive editor of cnn politics is with me. and so rachel great to have you on. you know, listen, now that we ve just heard from dana and our folks like you on capitol hill that you know, boehner will be re-handed the gavel. he will be speaker of the house once again. i mean no big surprise. but it is a bit embarrassing. no big surprise but a dramatic moment in the house as we waited for the votes to be counted. and for speaker boehner, the rest of republicans is just a fact of life. this time he had about double the number of republicans not vote for him for speaker as he did the last time around when he had a challenge. so it got a little bit more
ppy fan of the ohio state football team. yes! a man of abiding faith, great heart and deep dedication, john boehner is truly a gentleman from ohio. congratulations to you, john to mr. speaker, to debbie your daughters, lindsay and trisha and the entire boehner family. thank you for sharing john boehner with us. bless the members of this house of representatives. this is the people s house. this is the people s gavel.