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Electronic device. representatives-elect who have not obtained their voting id cards may do so in the speakers lobty by. >> so that is the house clerk, karen haas, and this is the process of registering all of the new members. there are 433 members in the house, there are two vacancies. former representative jesse jackson jr. from illinois, democrat, and the senate-designate, tim scott, republican from south carolina, leaving the house, of course, and thats now an open seat, congressional seat b...

Two vacancies. this should be a slam dunk for john boehner. he has no challenger among the republicans. there has not been a second vote for the speakership since 1923. but there have been some comments from some conservative house republicans, some tea party members about boehners handling of the fiscal cliff negotiations with the president, about his handling of in this vote on the hurricane sandy relief bill. a few republicans actually coming out and saying they might not vote for john boehne...

100 billion in the first year and we will return to pre-bailout, pre-stimulus levels which was the 2008 fiscal year. so we made that pledge, we ran on that. by the grace of god and the people of america, we got the majority in the house and we havent done it for the last two years, but im hoping and praying that we will finally be true to our word. >> sean: congressman, theres been a lot of rumors about perhaps tomorrow when there will be a vote for speaker, is there any question in your mind as...

Round of applause from both sides of the aisle, apparently. speaker john boehner, current speaker john boehner, his name also to be introduced, that may be happening about now. democrats, obviously, in the minority with 200 seats, 233 republicans two, vacancies in this house of representatives. john boehner is not expected to lose his speakership, and he said he felt very good about it when he spoke to one of our producers earlier this morning. but anything could happen. these are surprising tim...

Giving you a live look at capitol hill where the 113th congress will be seated at noon. thats less than an hour from now. the new congress will look like this -- the house will be made up of 233 republicans, 200 democrats. there are two vacant seats, while 53 democrats, 2 independents and 45 republicans will make up the senate. this will be the most diverse congress in history with 101 women, 43 african-americans, 31 latino, 12 asians and 7 lgbt members. about two and a half hours from now, my n...

Sure that the wealthiest americans pay a little bit more. >> congressman, the president seemed clear to me. i think the question is how does your colleagues deal with the tea party and far right element in their caucus? do they have enough votes? if you look at the breakdown in congress now, congressman -- and, ezra, i would like your response. you have 233 republicans, 196 democrats. six are still undecided. are there enough republicans to vote with the democrats on a compromise on the presiden...

House of representatives. the republicans fell 240 to 190 advantage. republicans won 233 house seats more than the 218 needed for a majority. demes won 186 feet. michelle bachmann winning. paul ryan wins his congressional seat as mentioned for his 8th term in wisconsin. republicans fell short to win control. the gop won races including one in massachusetts. democratic challenger elizabeth warren defeating republican scott brown. in missouri claire mckaskill defeati defeating. there are big wins ...

Back on. not because they won the lottery, but i guess its the same thing when you have been without power for so many days. five days after hurricane sandy hit. up next, what kind of impact will sandy have on election day voting? weve got some fresh new information on how it could even affect, of course, the popular vote in the race for president. plus have, you heard this one? rush on the big, big screen. what hollywood star is making a new movie about rush limbaugh? it is just one of the th...

Warm welcome at the melbourne airport in australia. the thing turned up in a parking garage, hopped around a bit until the wildlife officer eventually nailed the creditor with a tranquilizer gun. the kangaroo had a short nap, the vet examined it. they plan to release it back in the wild. the poor thing was probably looking for buddy over at qantas. a shark attack near vandenberg air force base. number four health officials say the company linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak across the count...

In massachusetts that was linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. 16 people have died so far. 233 are sick after they received a tainted steroid shots that were made at the new england company. officials didnt say what was found during that raid. but investigators -- we know they are looking into whether or not the company violated state and federal laws by mass producing drugs without prescriptions. a tearful farewell to arlen specter. his funeral taking place in pen valley, pennsylvania. v...