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Nancy pelosi voted as speaker. she will be handed over the gavel and make a speech and swear in the members of congress. they just announced the votes. it is official. shes the speaker of the house for the second time as other members there are congratulating her. shes got a lot on her agenda. lets start from the very beginning. first of all, she has a rules package to get through, which already has those in her own party opposed to. why dont we start with that rules package? >> now that nancy p...

Against his appointment for a judge. >> and thank you. and joining us is charlie sykes and dana milbank, and i wanted to start with you, dana, because i want to start with the internal divisions of the democratic side starting with ocasio and others, and there a signal no leadership that they wont work kwi letly as general members? >> it is a signal more than anything else. and they dont have the votes to oppose to rules package, but we have seen from some of these particularly liberal members e...

People getting sworn in and then right to work. the house will vote for their rules package and then theyll go straight to the government reopening and that will be shutdown in the senate. well see what happens tomorrow been. >> thanks so much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> we will read axios a.m. in just a little bit. that does it for us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >> jeff flake is now selling real estate or whatever hes doing. as an example, they have ...

Divisions are already expected to appear over an internal rules package. it comes right after they vote on nancy pelosis speakership. garrett haake is back with us again package that is going to be coming to elect nancy pelosi, and garrett haake is there to walk us through it. it is not just the democrats that are experiencing division within their party. >> yes, this rules package is a revision that is pay-go to essentially require any new spending in the democratic congress to with be paid for...

Then they will resume the work of putting together this congress. voting on a rules package later tonight. literally the rules of the road for this congress. then at some point we expect potentially quite late tonight by normal workday standards, sometimes maybe after 8:00 even, youll have the house vote to reopen the government. along with a vote on election integrity and a couple other pieces of business the democrats want to make sure they can say they got to on their very first day. >> were ...

Democrats, american citizens at our heart. with this rules package, this is a step in the right direction. obviously more work to be done. i will tell you, youre nailing it. the majority of americans, the silent voice, wants us to govern to solve these problems. thats what we should do. >> soon well see nancy pelosi getting sworn in as speaker for the second time. this morning on the "today" show there was an interview between her and savannah guthrie. >> talk about your dynamic with president t...

Today marks the democrats first day taking charge of the house. and while theres a united front on the shutdown, youll see a little bit of division later today because at least two progressives, congresswoman elect cortez and congressman coma say they will vote against the internal rules package. just the second vote theyre going to take today. after they elect a house speaker. heres the reason. its second vote after they elect the house speaker. heres the reason. its called paygo, or pay as you...

James, attorney general, all of these victories, such a transformative election for our country. but its really about our constitution, its about a system of checks and balances. that enables us to go forward in a way that honors the constitution as it unifies the country. thats what we will do on the first day of congress, to have a bill that our rules package that comes forth that says we will have transparency so the public can see how they are affected by public policy and legislation. we wi...

Good morning, john and christine, the 115 congress convening yesterday with pomp and circumstance. obamacare, replacing obamacare, overhauling the tax code. trying to get rid of major regulations. and of course confirming donald trump cabinet and the supreme court justice. that doesnt mean there wasnt controversy yesterday. yesterday there was a significant amount of controversy after house republicans set to move forward with a rules package that would have gutted a key ethics watchdog, that ac...

Republicans set to move forward with a rules package that would have gutted a key ethics watchdog, that actually polices members of congress. a lot of members do not like the way it has conducted itself over the last eight years. so, they voted to try to kill it essentially. and they got a lot of pushback. angry voters called lawmakers offices to demand they do not vote for this when it became public. and then donald trump tweeted, said that he did not think this was a good idea on the first day...