>> shepard: reporting from washington. breaking today, 16 house democrats are promising to vote against nancy pelosi for speaker. this group of 16 released a letter today all of them signed it. calling her a historic figure but writing, the time has come for new leadership. nancy pelosi was the first woman speaker of the house and said, she intends to get the gavel back. john bussy is here. he's fox news contributor. what are we seeing here? >> we're see lag we expect -- we're seeing what we expected to of happen. some candidates said if you elect me, i will not vote for nancy pelosi for speaker. there's some people already incumbents in the house who felt it's time for a change. she's been head of the majority and minority democrats in the house for a lot of years.