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To pick up that mantle and very well positioned to take advantage of it. >> pelosis control of the caucus was so complete, not a single democrat ran against her. >> the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 110th congress. >> nobody has gotten close to the speakership being a woman. suddenly here is pelosi. >> even pelosis rivals couldnt help but acknowledge the moment. >> our leaders have always selected a man for the r...

It wrinkles some that she is doing it. >> there are so many differences between the first time she took the gavel and now. that was one of the big ones. she is clearly in store when she broke that marble ceiling. she was not as open and eager to talk about it and to be a role model, she is aggressively trying to be a role model for younger women in politics and around the country. >> as we wait for the vote on the house floor for the house speaker, it is a constitutional position unlike the mino...

Pelosi said this. >> i think of it as a responsibility as we go forward. and this isnt breaking a glass ceiling, this is breaking a marble ceiling in the capitol of the united states. >> cnns sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill. between nancy pelosi and her news and all these new freshmen members on both the house and senate, youve been talking to so many of this many, whats the feeling up on capitol hill right now? >> i think its an emotional day for many people, especially those incoming members...

Reminded that it was nine years ago that she first broke that highest hardest marble ceiling. >> 2007 surrounded by her grandchildren. some of them are older now. its a long time in the age of a grandchild. a couple of story lines. what is happening on the house floor means an entirely different second half of the first term of the trump administration. at the halftime mark, the rules are totally different for this president. the engagement is totally different. the context and oversight is diff...

This is not breaking a glass ceiling, but this is breaking a marble ceiling in the capital of the united states. >> joining us now, nbcs national political correspondent steve kornacki and doris concerns go goodwin. and what do you see with this vote? >> it is a moment of national significance. and the if i were her, i would let the resentments fade and give them good assignments and make them part of the process. one of the things that teddy roosevelt said when he was kept on the mckinley cabin...

They were with jfk at the white house in 1961, the future speaker taking in the scene right there behind the president. she learned how power worked and rejected the sexist argument that a womans place isnt in the house. >> when i was running for office, the comment even in progressive san francisco was well, whos going to be taking care of your children? we need many more women in congress. >> for our daughters and our granddaughters, today we have broken the marble ceiling. >> im particularly ...

Were to let a woman president of the united states, i can only speak for my own experience when i was elected with and then leader and then speaker, the response i got from all over the country, and from fathers of daughters saying thank you for breaking the marble ceiling, now my daughter has much more opportunity. i think the presidency of course is so far beyond that, it would send a message to the world. >> what can be accomplished in this final year of the obama presidency? are you finding ...

Barack obama said african-american first ever. this is a real bugle call to women and men who are supportive of women that this can break history and break that glass ceiling. lets do it for this reason. if there is a doubt in your mind go with that. >> when it comes to barack obama race and politics will follow this president because he is the first african-american president of the united states of america. if hillary clinton were the president of this country she would be the first female pre...

Barack obama said african-american first ever. this is a real bugle call to women and men who are supportive of women that this can break history and break that glass ceiling. lets do it for this reason. if there is a doubt in your mind go with that. >> when it comes to barack obama race and politics will follow this president because he is the first african-american president of the united states of america. if hillary clinton were the president of this country she would be the first female pre...

To show, heterosexual couples kissing and being affectionate, why shouldnt it be okay to have same-sex couples doing the same thing? john: lets move from sexual orientation to women. the good old days were not great for most women. nancy pelosi understood that when she became the first female speaker of the house. >> it is a moment for which we have waited over 200 years. today, we have broken the marble ceiling. >> the marble ceiling, great, but somehow a few years later, liberal women are scre...