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big news at this hour of course, paul ryan, speaker ryan once again. speaker paul ryan. >> he is going to be making public comments. good the so you craig. have a fantastic afternoon. good afternoon, everybody. today's top stories at 2:00, day one for the congress as craig just said with republicans in control breakg this hour, the speaker-elect will address the floor any minute. this comes just hours after his house gop backed off of a vote to gut an ethics office. here he is walking in right now. you are looking at him getting applause from his fellow republicans on the floor of the house. walking toward the front of the house to address this. this will be an unusually interesting discussion because the decision was taken to gut that house ethics office without him being on side. he did not agree with that. and somehow that decision was changed. the ethics office remains untouched. we wonder whether paul ryan is going to touch on that in his comments. but he's got a lot to address, including whether or not they are going to tackle obama care on day o

he will actually introduce paul ryan, the speaker of the house. paul ryan will address members of the house of representatives and address the nation as well. he just tweeted by the way, paul ryan, honored to be elected speaker of the house for the 115th congress, the republicans are the majority in congress and avow to announce the agenda of the in-coming president donald trump. phil mattingly is joining us from capitol hill right now. phil, set the skoocene for us, nancy pelosi will introduce the speaker, but go ahead. >> reporter: that is correct, what we saw a few minutes ago was the completion of the house vote to speaker. what we actually saw was paul ryan faced fewer defections this time around than he did when he was initially elected speaker, why does that matter? he drew some angt -- angst. no real major defections, paul ryan will be the next speaker of the house and nancy pelosi once again elected minority leader. only a few defections for her as well. no major problems for either leader, it will be a congress run by republicans but wha

what does paul ryan want to be talking about? well, you heard it in that speech there, but policy wise, it is, of course, the affordable care act. that is going to be i think what will keep playing back again and again and beyond, and i will tell you this, there was beginning to be a focus here on the events of tomorrow. the sort of dualing -- i don't know if you want to call it dualing photo op, president obama trying to save the health care law and between vice president-elect mike pence coming to push republicans on the importance of rolling back this law. i just got off the phone with a high level source close to the vaccinate-elect who says this is part pep talk. reminding republicans that they made these commitments during the campaign. i don't think republicans need to remind that. in my conversations here today. that is something that it seems most republicans are kind of licking their chops to get started on. but it's also a signal that the administration, the incoming administration is ready to stand behind congressiona

nancy pelosi and paul ryan speaking today on the house floor. ms. pelosi: it is my honor to join speaker ryan in to new members and your families in this special moment, i offer a special greeting and special congratulations. each of us comes here sustained by the love of our own family and the trust of our constituents. i am grateful to my husband, paul, our five children, nine grandchildren, and my family, especially our patriarch, my brother. and to the people of san francisco, thank you once again for the privilege of representing our beautiful and diverse city. in a brief span of days we will inaugurate a new president, donald trump. and a new vice president, our ormer colleague, mike pence. at that noon hour we will enact the peaceful transfer of power that is the bedrock of our republic. for eight years our country has been graced by the trail blazering leadership and dignity of president obama and michelle obama. at their side have been vice president and dr. jill biden. let us give the obamas, the bidens, and their families our thanks for a

we hear from nancy pelosi and speaker paul ryan next. [gavel pound] pelosi: maybe you should be doing that. speaker ryan: no, you got it. i am just waving to family and friends. [gavel pound] pelosi: it is my honor to join speaker ryan in welcoming all of you to the 115th congress. to new members and your families in this special moment i offer a special greeting and special congratulations. each of us comes here sustained by the love of our own family and the trust of our constituents. i am grateful to my husband paul, our five children, our nine grandchildren, my husband, paul, our five children, nine grandchildren, and my family, especially our patriarch, my brother. and to the people of san francisco, thank you once again for the privilege of representing our beautiful and diverse city. in a brief span of days we will inaugurate a new president, donald trump. and a new vice president, our ormer colleague, mike pence. at that noon hour we will enact the peaceful transfer of power that is the bedrock of our republic. for eight years ou

congressman paul ryan was selected bigger of the house. california democrat nancy pelosi got 189 votes and congressman tim ryan of ohio, who ran against congresswoman pelosi in a leadership election in late november, received two votes. we hear pelosi and speaker ryan, next. >> you should be doing that. speaker ryan: now, i got it. >> it is my honor to join speaker ryan in welcoming all of you to the 115th congress. the new members and your families in this special moment, and i offer a special greeting and special congratulations. rep. pelosi: each of us comes here, sustained by the love of our own family, antitrust of our constituents. i am grateful to my husband paul, our five children, nine grandchildren, and my family, especially our patriarchs, thomas does under -- thomas. again, for the privilege of representing our beautiful and diverse city. in a brief span of days, we built inaugurate a new president, donald trump, and a new vice president, our former colleague, mike pence. [applause] rep. pelosi: at that noon hour, we will enact

it is my privilege to introduce house speaker paul ryan. i can't think of anyone better positioned to kick off an event on economic mobility than speaker ryan. ever since his days working with the late jack kemp at a empower america, paul ryan has been sounding the alarm on our failing antipoverty system and offering bold ideas to empower americans to overcome the he spoke passionately aboutce. solving poverty while on the republican ticket in 2012. two years later he unveiled an innovative plan at the american enterprise institute to turn federal anti-poverty spending over to the states. and earlier this year, he did it again. releasing a proposal from a house task force to, to a symbol on poverty and opportunity and upward mobility. speaker ryan understands that our anti-poverty programs often do more to trap people in poverty than to lift them out of it. the, these are complex problems, that require thoughtful solutions. that means there is no easy route, there is no shortcut. while many in washington run from these problems, speaker rya

paul ryan wants to keep going and get back to his own agenda and protect himself. it seems so strange and early where this party controls congress. almost the game of thrones thing is happening, undermining and power control. so fast? that to me is unusual. >> i was home studying for a social studies test with my 10-year-old son last night and going through separation of power, it was really difficult to parallel that with what's going on here. well, you know, judicial, legislative, executive, well, let's just get through the test. that's what happened last night in my house. next we're going to go north and look to canada. kevin o'leary will talk about how it is affecting our neighbor to the north. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. find out how american at angie's list, we believe there are certain things you can cou

paul ryan is a leader of principle, immersed in ideas, and gifted with experience. as we all know paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee. in a place as demanding as the speakership, i know he gathers strength daily from the family he loves so dearly, from his wife, his children, and their entire family. let's acknowledge the ryan amily. oh, wisconsin. got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. the speaker: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i'll be relatively brief. i want to thank madam leader. you know, i stood in this spot very, very many times. today,

this includes the swearing in of members and paul ryan as house speaker. entatives elect in the chamber who wish to record their presence? if not all time has expired. 434 representatives elect have recorded their presence. a quorum is present. credentials regular in form have been received showing the election of the honorable jennifer gonzalez-colon as resident commissioner from the commonwealth of puerto rico for a term of four years beginning january 3, 2017. the honorable eleanor hole ems norton as delegate from the district of columbia. the honorable madeline bore dieo as delegate from guam. the honorable stacey e. plaskett as delegate from the virgin islands. the honorable amata coleman raddy wagon as delegate from american samoa. and the honorable gre goreo sablan as delegate from the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives. for the 115th congress. nominations are now in order. the clerk recognizing the gentlewoman from was

house speaker majority leader paul ryan. >> i'm ready to take the office. i ask the dean of the house of representatives to join me, john conyers of michigan, to administer the oath of office. >> thank you. if the gentleman from wisconsin police raise his right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. [ applause ] >> thank you. i now pronounce you the speaker of the house. >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you, guys. thank you. >> all right. there we go. that was it, now he's officially speaker of the house, majority leader paul ryan. you can see taking the oath of office. we have a panel standing by right now to talk a little bit more about this. some of the very h

the election of paul ryan as house speaker. the first 115th [indiscernible] >> are there additional representatives elect who wish to record their presence? if not, time has expired. elect haventatives recorded their presence. the forum is present. credential have been received, shown the election of the honorable jennifer gonzalez as the commissioner from the commonwealth of puerto rico for years, beginning january 3, 2017. the delegate from the district of columbia. the delegate from guam. plaskett ase stacy the delegate from the virgin islands. and the honorable delegate from the commonwealth of the islands. pursuant to law and president, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house for the house of representatives for the 115th congress. nominations are now in order. we recognize the gentleman from washington, mrs. mcmorris rodgers. >> whether you are from the evergreens they are the badger state, we gather here on the house floor, representing very diverse backgrounds and walks of life. this house

paul ryan is a leader of principle, immersed in ideas, and gifted with experience. as we all know paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee. in a place as demanding as the speakership, i know he gathers strength daily from the family he loves so dearly, from his wife, his children, and their entire family. let's acknowledge the ryan amily. oh, wisconsin. got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. the speaker: thank you very much.

paul ryan abstains from the vote. the one republican who voted for someone else, a republican of kentucky. he voted for daniel webster. that vote goes back to october 29, 2015 when paul ryan was first elected speaker of the house. paul ryan lost 10 votes. nine of them to daniel webster. call caught up with the representative to ask him about being the only republican to not vote for speaker right. -- speaker ryan. if we are sitting here in december and we have an omnibus, it is an f minus. minus.e got an f a lot of speculation on the democratic side about how many defections there would be from nancy pelosi. and efforts to replace nancy pelosi was pushed. frontrson pushed to the of that effort was tim ryan of ohio. he received two votes. other democrats not voting for nancy pelosi, ron kind voted for and a democrat from arizona voted for john lewis. one democrat did not vote yesterday. randy up next in louisiana. looking for areas where republicans can work with democrats in the 115th congress. think bothust parties a

steve, paul ryan used to intern for you. laugh he's come a long way. >> you know, and we were talking a little bit while he was speaking that, yeah, what you see is what you get with paul ryan. i thought one of the most interesting quotes in that breach speech was he said, look, i've waited for this moment. and it is true. i've been in politics for 35, 40 years, you know, there are three or four times in a century where one party is set up with the kind of lineup that the republicans have -- ashley: right. >> the house, the senate and the white house to do really big things and, boy, paul ryan really wants to. he's got his agenda for change which actually nicely matches up with what donald trump wants to do, and i think you're going to see an incredible secretaryuate the first hundred days. ashley: leslie, we heard mr. ryan talking about respect when he was talking about republicans dealing with democrats. can we bring down the tone a little bit in this new congress? do you see more cooperation? >> no. [laughter] ashley: we'

speaker ryan: thank you. >> thank you, bye. speaker ryan: hey, guys. it's paul. [indistinct conversation] >> thank you. all right, thank you. speaker ryan: thank you. shaving. for [laughter] ishhe was pretty scrubbe this morning. [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks a lot. >> appreciate it. nice seeing you. speaker ryan: right hand up. [indiscernible] >> what year? speaker ryan: nice to see you. put your right hand up. all right. >> right here. [indiscernible] >> bigger? hey guys, how y'all doing? ok, right hand up, kind of face her. a little bit higher. there you go. that's it. all right. [indistinct conversation] >> how are you? good to see you. >> right here? >> right over there. speaker ryan: did you really? hand up. thank you. speaker ryan: common, right here. >> thanks for being here. speaker ryan: right hand up. [indiscernible] speaker ryan: hey. >> thank you. yeah,r ryan: cap, i -- i do. here, right hand. face forward.d. -- all right, i think that should be one. [laughter] >> hey, happy new year. take care.n: nice meeting you. pleasure. what happened? rig

paul ryan, the current house speaker, expected to win the election that takes place tomorrow. that part of the process of the 115th congress coming in. you casino c-span play out all , the 115 comes into business. "the washington journal" will dedicate its show to that. c-spancan catch it on playing all day, the 115th congress coming that the business. speak orion will be part of the process pretty it was in november after the election, let me tell you little bit more about how the house plays out. the swearing in ceremony is part of the wanted 15th congress takes place tuesday about 1:00 in the afternoon, senators by vice president joe biden and house members by speaker paul ryan at 3:00 p.m. watch it on c-span. if you get our c-span radio app, you can see it there. paul ryan, right after the election meeting with the leadership, talking about what he hoped at the time would be the signature of the incoming congress and republican government. here is some of his uighurs -- statements. dawnlcome to the day of a of a new unified republican party. it'll will be a government focu

there's no one better to lead the people's house in that calling than paul d. ryan. through all of it the man from janesville never forgets where he came from and who he works for. he insists on calling his constituents his employers. he insists on all of us calling him paul. make no mistake, today and every day we're honored to call himr. speaker. as chair of the republican conference i'm directed by the vote of that conference to present for election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 115th congress, the name of the honorable paul d. ryan, a representative elect from the tate of wisconsin. the clerk of the house: the clerk now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. mr. crowley: thank you, madam clerk. first i would like to welcome back the gentlelady from washington state, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, and her family. as well as welcome all of our colleagues and their families to this new session of congress. madam clerk, as chair of the house democratic caucus, i have the honor of nominating the gentlelady from california, cong

looks like paul ryan will survive. remember people thought he would dp. . more as the 115th congress gets down to business here in the new republican controlled washington. stay with us. >> live pictures of the first day, first hour of the house of representatives and the united states senate. the bottom right. a big change election sends donald trump to be the president-elect 17 days away from being president of the united states. congress, three of the four leaders are the same leaders from last year. we expect the votes still have to be held later this hour. the house will vote in a speaker. we expect paul ryan to win. nancy pelosi will be the democratic leader there. harry reid has retired. the new face of the democrats is chuck schumer, democrat from new york. last year the democrats changed the rules. it used to be you could block a nominee. >> let's do all of these in a week and not ask him any tough questions. >> the hands are tied because in the last congress your democratic leadership was part of it and changed the rules and you only need 51 votes

paul ryan and donald trump can help each other here. if paul ryan needs help he can ask trump. power of a tweet you talked about. i need your help on this. you want me to move bill a, i need you to put pressure on my republican members because you're more popular in their district in kansas than they are and you're exactly right and that is how these two people who really aren't comfortable with each other can actually help each other. >> a big majority of the house members republicans have never had a republican president so they are learning but they are learning with the republican president who is not afraid to attack the republican party and not beholden to the republican party. the big issues tax reform and affordable care act or repeal or replace infrastructure and big things they do in the beginning mean more than these little flaps. credit, cross donald trump at your peril was learned yesterday. >> we talked about paul ryan. haets ta let's talk about chuck schumer. chuck schumer is one of these guys that can do two things at once. get the boxing gloves on and pound you

nancy pelosi is expected to formally introduce speaker paul ryan. again these are some rituals both parties enjoy and sometimes they get a little bit sort of mechanized here. they're part of our iconic american civil and right now both parties passing the olive branch to each other. in this case, nancy pelosi to paul ryan who say she doesn't agree with on virtually anything. more after this. neil: all right. the heft of your screen, we're waiting to hear from speaker paul ryan, as expected, witness again put in -- once again put in charge of things on the house floor. joe biden does the swearing in, that is the vice president's role, so a lot of the political tension eases up today, but the battle lines are drawn, and each party is ready to do just that. we've got ashley webster now in for trish regan. sir? ashley: i'm going to swear myself in for the 2 p.m. slot here, neil. neil: excellent. ashley: thank you very much. breaking news, as you just heard, speaker of the house paul ryan will be addressing the house any minute now after officially being

to be the previous house speaker paul ryan and he is in this meeting trying to damp down the controversy over the office of congressional ethics. involving congress around the former lobbyist, under this office, basically the beef. some members are concerned that is not the due process, these tips are unfair and house republicans proposed in the package they are passing later today, and fold this office into the house ethics committee to give it more structure, and on both sides they complained about this office and so republicans, even though paul ryan and majority leader kevin mccarthy personally opposed to doing this

big news at this hour of course, paul ryan, speaker ryan once again. speaker paul ryan. >> he is going to be making public comments. good the so you craig. have a fantastic afternoon. good afternoon, everybody. today's top stories at 2:00, day one for the congress as craig just said with republicans in control breakg this hour, the speaker-elect will address the floor any minute. this comes just hours after his house gop backed off of a vote to gut an ethics office. here he is walking in right now. you are looking at him getting applause from his fellow republicans on the floor of the house. walking toward the front of the house to address this. this will be an unusually interesting discussion because the decision was taken to gut that house ethics office without him being on side. he did not agree with that. an

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these republicans are joining house speaker paul ryan. you see mike pence in the background speaking in just a few minutes about their meeting to discuss the efforts to block .bamacare, repeal obamacare we did not hear anything about a replacement. one group is standing out and it is retail. getting a lift in the wake of the holiday season. look how green it is. the list goes on of all of those going up. there is another index, and apparel and assessor a maker, manufacturers, many also retailers. these are all also trading higher. the most recent indications that the holiday season are looking more positive, perhaps what is feeling some of the gains p the retailers also showed weakness at the end of last month. here are the latest numbers from red oak, which surveys and comes up with estimates for the weekly sales. are weekly sales going back to early last year. you can see the sales are climbing as we headed through december to a gain of 2.4% last week. comingre the numbers from red book and it appears to be one of the catalysts for the

i heard paul ryan say his behavior in the past was the definition of racist. >> paul ryan is not a part of a ns organization. i'm talking plain, simple journalism, this is about reporting the news, an editor. what they consider a news site, saying you guys are-- it's all fair game. you can call him a racistment i just don't-- it just doesn't fit-- >> you wouldn't report on what paul ryan defined as-- >> guys, hold on, juan. i want juan to react. >> juan, it speaks to the-- >> i was just going to say, i mean, paul ryan said that. to me, for donald trump to jump up and scream about the fake news and buzz feed and the rest, you know, his behavior, he's the guy that started the birther movement. remember that? talk about fake news. and everybody reported on it and followed it for months. eric: let' get gina in. >> i would just say, the bottom line is this, every nominee brings their family with them to these confirmation hearings and what this quote does, it exposes the obsession on the left with race. and they're willingness to even hurt in order to make their political point. eric: let me

i heard paul ryan say his behavior in the past was the definition of racist. >> paul ryan is not a part of a news organization. i'm talking plain, simple journalism, this is about reporting the news, an editor. what they consider a news site, saying you guys are-- it's all fair game. you can call him a racistment i just don't-- it just doesn't fit-- >> you wouldn't report on what paul ryan defined as-- >> guys, hold on, juan. i want juan to react. >> juan, it speaks to the-- >> i was just going to say, i mean, paul ryan said that. to me, for donald trump to jump up and scream about the fake news and buzz feed and the rest, you know, his behavior, he's the guy that started the birther movement. remember that? talk about fake news. and everybody reported on it and followed it for months. eric: let' get gina in. >> i would just say, the bottom line is this, every nominee brings their family with them to these confirmation hearings and what this quote does, it exposes the obsession on the left with race. and they're willingness to even hurt in order to make their political point. eric: let

paul ryan was going to come out on this. about two weeks ago, all of our groups suited a letter to paul ryan and nancy pelosi, pointing out how valuable oce is and asking that it be reauthorized. and we were reassured that it would be reauthorized. we weren't concerned until suddenly last night when the house republicans backpedaled on this, rewrote the rules, and are about to neuter the oce [captioning made possible by democracy now!] wrote ang holman, you op-ed for you said don't administration in history has been as fraught with financial conflict of interest as the incoming trump administration. from the president-elect on down, if steps are not taken to manage these conflicts, the trump administration is likely to become one of the most scandal ridden in memory. now last week we spoke to richard painter, professor of corporate law the university of minnesota. he was the chief white house ethics lawyer for president george w. bush. he desescribed the conflict t of interest under president-elect trump. laws -- ire several

>> i would say in his head paul ryan is counting to ten over an over an over again. look, what i'm hearing is the republicans are going to give him some room to run right now. >> okay. >> he did win. >> yeah. >> on the other hand, tea partiers, paul ryan, fiscal conservatives, $15 billion for a wall that was theoretically supposed to be paid for by mexico, but in trump's words they are really worried about it. they have a case of the jitters about it. >> the republicans have worry about it? >> absolutely, this is infrastructure spending, republicans say he's going to make that deal with the democrats. these are not traditional republican fiscal conservatives, it's show me the money time, where are we going to get all of this and they're really worried about the deficit down the road an what that's going to be. that said, for now, they're going let him run for it. >> what about how republicans were furious with president obama and granted he unsigned what the former president did but still. >> this is donald trump being donald trump and just the way he did during the

ryan's office thinking this is them embracing a key part of paul ryan's plan and only he took it back later. that's why it is so uncomfortable asking them and trying to answer questions over the course of his agenda. trump is talking about a lot of things they don't want to be talking about at all. they don't want to reopen an investigation into voter fraud. >> is there a bigger problem? for example, not just the crazy stuff of crowd size. the republican regulators and people in congress, do they have a plan? did they go along with big spending on infrastructure. just those issues alone, it is going to cause a lot of clashes. >> yes, a lot of donald trump's populist agenda contrast directly of what conservatives -- these guys are fiscal conservatives and they are big on bordered security but they don't want to alienate hispanics because they believe in the long-term, that's the future of the party. there is a major personality clash going on here, too. >> mcconnell and ryan are people referred to each other by their titles and they wear ties to work everyday and donald trump, i guess

paul ryan was going to come out on this. about two weeks ago, all of our groups suited a letter to paul ryan and nancy pelosi, pointing out how valuable oce is and asking that it be reauthorized. and we were reassured that it would be reauthorized. we weren't concerned until suddenly last night when the house republicans backpedaled on this, rewrote the rules, and are about to neuter the oce [captioning made possible by democracy now!] wrote ang holman, you op-ed for you said don't administration in history has been as fraught with financial confli of interest as the incoming trump administration. from the president-elect on down, if steps are not taken to manage these conflicts, the trump administration is likely to become one of the most scandal ridden in memory. now last week we spoke to richard painter, professor of corporate law the university of minnesota. he was the chief white house ethics lawyer for president george w. bush. he described the conflict of interest under president-elect trump. laws -- ire several think

i heard paul ryan say his behavior in the past was the definition of racist. >> paul ryan is not a part of a news organization. i'm talking plain, simple journalism, this is about reporting the news, an editor. what they consider a news site, saying you guys are-- it's all fair game. you can call him a racistment i just don't-- it just doesn't fit-- >> you wouldn't report on what paul ryan defined as-- >> guys, hold on, juan. i want juan to react. >> juan, it speaks to the-- >> i was just going to say, i mean, paul ryan said that. to me, for donald trump to jump up and scream about the fake news and buzz feed and the rest, you know, his behavior, he's the guy that started the birther movement. remember that? talk about fake news. and everybody reported on it and followed it for months. eric: let' get gina in. >> i would just say, the bottom line is this, every nominee brings their family with them to these confirmation hearings and what this quote does, it exposes the obsession on the left with race. and they're willingness to even hurt in ordero make their political point. eric: let me

>> well, it was -- look, paul ryan, i think they tried to slip this in. i was the wrong thing to do. substantively it was the righthe thing to do. the whole thing is probably unconscious al. there's no reason law makers police themselves. i think -- this is trump's first real stab at leading the party. i think he's doing that. and as he's leading the partye and leading the nation via twitter. i think trump is off to a good start. before we start talking about trump's start. i'm just curious, what do youu think, jack said that lawmakers should be able to policepo themselves? do you a agree wite >> certainly they should be ablb to police themselves, but thist independent office was put int because there was some problems with the ethics committee and there's been some partisan issues there. it put in when i worked for nancy speak lowe's i.nc we put ity sp in specificallyfia because we wanted to be independent and then refer those who the agency who then would take action against members. trump had big impact but so did calls to members of the congress. i ta

i was paul ryan talking about repealing it before i got sick. i was paul ryan. but not anymore. paul's a nice guy, speaker ryan is a very nice man. as a matter of fact, after went to break last night, i went up and visited with him. he called me up to the stage, he's a very personable guy. i understand why he's in the position he's in and why he's as popular as he is. and he was interested in what i had to say and we exchanged contact information you know. and i hope they come back and maybe ask my opinion. >> i've got a couple of things i want to ask you about paul ryan. what did you like specifically about obamacare? what didn't you like about it? >> that it was a government program. anything that involved government, i was opposed to. libertarian-leaning republican. >> and -- >> so if government was involved, i didn't like it. >> were you wrong about that? >> you can ask all my -- i was definitely wrong. >> why? >> yeah. why was i wrong? because there's certain sectors that, you know, need a little push from the government. >> so -- go on sorry about the delay. i'm sorry jeff

search paul ryan. we'll leave here and take you live to the u.s. house. debate on seven lands bills. votes at 6:30 eastern.

paul ryan blasting obamacare saying it is a total disaster. listen to this. >> obamacare is a story of broken promises followed by failing programs, higher deductibles. we want to make sure as we give relief to obamacare, the transition doesn't pull the rug from anybody during the transition period that is the point we are trying to make. this law has failed, it is getting worse which families are hurting, no one has choices. we got to fix this by replacing it with something better. ashley: paul ryan vows his party will replace the broken system with something that works. what exactly will the healca system lk like? joining now, grace marie turner of the galen institute. thanks for joining us. we know there will be a transition phase. throw it out but what do you put in and what happens in between the transition period? what are the key elements as we essentially dismantle obamacare and go with something else? >> first thing is to make sure people understand no one is going to lose current coverage. republicans get that people are mad when the

they will vote on a speaker expected to go to paul ryan again. meanwhile presidential candidate jill stein and wisconsin chapter of green party will hold a rally for how the state votes. should only use paper ballots counted by hand or scanners. that's going to do it for me. i'm betty nguyen. now, "morning joe." >> i just think if you have a fight, a battle, you've got to do it on twitter. >> you have to respect your boss at some point. >> yeah, exactly. >> there's an element of that. >> you've got to know who the man is. you've got to know who the top dog is. you've got to know who the guy that everybody needs to bow down and salute. that's what the twitter war was about yesterday. people not knowing their place, not knowing who to bow down to. >> didn't work out. >> worked out for the big dog. that's all i've got to say. can you believe that? >> i was surprised. >> especially given the timing. >> wow, unbelievable. >> you know, some people just aren't very smart. that's all i've got to say. i wasn't going to talk about it but we've got to talk

paul ryan there. we imagine that senator mitch mcconnell probably not far behind in terms of introductions. kristen welker at the white house. kristen i apologize in advance. i will a cut you off when president trump starts. i wanted to see if you had new information on the reports of resignations at the state department? anything new on that? >> reporter: we are being told that these are first who were asked to resign. not sbrirl surprising given it is a new administration coming in. you do have some duz behind the scenes that there were some -- some buzz behind the scenes that there were some concerns about the agenda of the trump administration. but the sense this was not a sense of a protest. this was not people walking out. instead this is sort of a part of the normal transfer that occurs sometimes when you do get a new administration coming in and taking over. but we continue to drill down on this, craig. this is still very new. it's still breaking. shawn spicer asked about this as well aboard a

speaker paul ryan, where is the speaker? where is he? beenl you, he has terrific, and you know, honestly, he is like a fine wine. every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. we are going to need our more engaged be and more vigilant than ever before, to help us accomplish the reforms and overcome decades of stalemate and gridlock. we are going to get it done, folks. with cabinet confirmation hearings underway, we start by looking at the team trump is building to run his administration. we sorted into four categories, the generals, john kelly to head mattisd security, james for secretary of defense, and michael flynn as his national security advisor. mark: we are calling the next group the tycoons, rex tillerson to be secretary of state, steven ross, who trump wants for commerce secretary, and the fast food mogul. choicecmahon is trump's at the small business administration, and tapping carl icahn for a special role of regulatory czar. there is no shortage of d.c. insiders on donald trump's team. piebus for chief of p

ryan's office thinking this is them embracing a key part of paul ryan's plan and only he took it back later. that's why it is so uncomfortable asking them and trying to answer questions over the course of his agenda. trump is talking about a lot of things they don't want to be talking about at all. they don't twoont opwant to reo investigation into voter fraud. >> is there a bigger problem? for example, not just the crazy stuff of crowd size. the republican regulators and people in congress, do they have a plan? did they go along with big spending on frinfrastructure. just those issues alone, it is going to cause a lot of clashes. >> yes, a lot of donald trump's populist agenda contrast directly of what conservativ conservatives -- these guys are fiscal conservatives and they are big on bordered security but they don't want to alienate hispanics because they believe in the long-term, that's the future of the party. there is a major personality clash going on here, too. >> mcconnell and ryan are people referred to each other by their titles and they wear ties to work everyday and donal

house speaker paul ryan is promising unity among members of the gop as democrats work to do the same. >>> and as authorities continue the massive search for the istanbul attacker, we're getting a look at new security footage that appears to show the gunman. >>> good morning, everyone. it is july 4, and i'm alex witt. the house republican caucus held a private vote behind closed doors on a federal holiday. lawmakers awoke to outrage with a torrent of angry constituent calls. >> at 8:00 this morning when i got in the office, the first phone call i picked up was from what a citizen said in my district that was so upset that the republican majority would have made this decision to eliminate this influence from the outside group to make sure we followed the ethics rules of the house. >> and there was displeasure from incoming president donald trump, with all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog, as unfair as they may be? their number one act and priority focus on tax reform, health care and so many other things to drain

leading the news, a teenage dabber confused paul ryan yesterday. did you notice, republican representative roger marshall posing with his family when paul ryan there, when one of marshall's sons he dabbed, it's a popular move which you raise your arm and elbow. ryan appeared to have no idea what the kid was doing. >> you know what? hang on. you got to sneeze? all right. >> nope, not quite a sneeze, afterwards he tweeted so you know speaker ryan, he is grounded and then ryan later tweeted just finished swearing in photos, 300 members, countless cute kids still don't get what dabbing is. >> tragedy in texas as an accidental pointson by a possess ti tied left four children dead and mother fighting for her life. >> two kids that are a -- >> all four of the victims lived in am ril le. their mother in critical condition. five other family members treated by first responders and are in stable condition. authorities say the children's father had put a commercial grade pesticide underneath the home and tried to wash some away with water. that caused it to r

. >> speaker of the house paul ryan. >> thank you. >> paul ryan re-elected house speaker. what these lawmakers decide will have consequences. republicans' first order of business before repealing obamacare or anything else in the agenda before today's opening gavel sounded was a secret vote to essentially cripple the nonpartisan office set up for one reason -- keeping lawmakers from either party honest. then a massive outcry, then a tweet from donald trump. now the plan is toast and mr. trump is poised to take the credit. manu raju joins us from the capitol. how did we get from a to b here and how much did donald trump's tweet affect the outcome? >> you know, anderson, this was not part of the plan, the proposal to gut this ethics watchdog, not part of the plan that the house republican leadership and the trump transition team set out on ever since election day. they had been trying to lay out a number of things they want to do ranging from repealing obamacare to reforming the tax code, going after obama regulations. going after this ethics agency only came up in a closed

i was, i was paul ryan talkin' about repealing it before i got sick. i was paul ryan. but not anymore. paul's a nice guy. speaker ryan's a very nice man. as a matter of fact, after, after i went to a break last night i went up and visited with him. he called me up to the stage. he's a very personable guy. you know, i understand why he's in the position he's in, and why he's as popular as he is. and he was interested in what i had to say, and we exchanged contact information. ? ma >> mm-hm. >> you know, and i hope that they come back and maybe ask my opinion. i'd be happy to help in any way i can. >> what didn't you like specifically about obamacare? what didn't you like about it? >> that it was a government program. anything that involved government i was opposed to. i was a libt-leaning republican. if anything was government, i didn't like it. i was definitely wrong. >> why? >> yeah. why was i wrong? well, because there's certain sectors that, you know, need a little push from the government. >> so -- go on. sorry about the delay. i'm sorry, jeff. >> you know, at time

. >> and nancy pelosi handing the gavel over to paul ryan. speaking of votes to come, one vote that will not happen this plan to gut the ethics agency, so on the eve of this new 115th congress in the closed-door session, the house republicans had voted to kill, that serves as the independent watchdog but then the tweets coming from the president elect and then in an about face the republicans decided to scrap that bid and it remains for now. so manu raju has been on capitol hill. i'm sure your head is spinning, but you're cool as a cucumber, walk me through it. >> reporter: yeah, last night the republican house did not see this coming, this was a proposal from bob good llad from virgini. this is a long standing agency that sometimes over reachreacho their view sometimes in the view of headlines and they wanted to put it in more over vivieovervi very outraged across the political spectrum because of the way they tried to do it behind closed doors, this morning they said their hands were tied and were going to prove it in a full house this afte

the debacle intended to showcase the gop's new agenda and paul ryan took the gavel once again, and high on the agenda, replacing what president obama is looking to defend. we have the president and vice president-elect duelling. >> some are skeptical about how it's working with the rising premiums. they have not figured out what to replace it with. >> a debate behind closed doors this morning, and president obama and democrats trying to save the affordable care act and mike pence -- >> will focus on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> reporter: meeting with republicans determined to get rid of it. >> we hear you and we will do right by you and we will deliver. >> reporter: but with no replacement, the game plan could be repeal and delay. >> it's not acceptable to repeal the law and throw our health care system into chaos and then leave the hard work for another day. >> some republicans are under pressure for constituents back home that could lose their ability to see a doctor. >> it's not surprising me to that that does leave republicans queazy. >> president obama wants to keep protec