nation. and chief congressional correspondal mike emmanuel is keeping an eye on all of that. reporter: allies of john boehner would like to get past the vote. they would like to celebrate the republican majority and get to work. we ll look live at the house floor where the vote for speaker is underway. they have predicted predicably for john boehner and nancy pelosi is from the democrat. there are three others who are arguing for new leadership. john boehner allies noted he was selected in number. and no one voted for the challengers. and so they are anxious to wrap this up. and first order of business will be a vote on the keystone
senate as they decide who to support. and also by the way, that, no on the republican side as well because you have about four republicans who could be running for the presidency in the senate and some other governors, like chris christie former florida governor, jeb bush who might also throw their hats in the ring. there s going to be a lot of shifting alliances going on here. and that will affect the congressional agenda going forward. and we re waiting to see if john boehner has been reelected speaker of the house of representatives. they re continuing the tally, the roll call right now. they re almost done dana right, but still a few more names have to be called out? is that right? reporter: that s exactly right. they re waiting for the stragglers to come in. there were some people who did not vote some perhaps abstaining on purpose, some perhaps not here for whatever reason. so it s not formally been called. it s not formally over. but it should happen in the next
have expressed support on the democratic side we would have the filibuster proof majority. 60 or north of there. but 67 of course is a higher threshold. that becomes a more difficult hill. but it s disappointing to hear. i think this to me is a signal certainly. first signal about how he wants to work with the new majority in the nkcongress. did you get the invitation next tuesday? apparently the white house is inviting the democratic and republican leadership to the white house next tuesday. i assume you ll be invited. correct. we have been. and we ll look forward to that meeting, and i hope that we can have a conversation that leads to some solutions for the country and that the president will decide to meet us half way. there s certain republicans in congress who want to get things done. but it s going to require a president who wants a step forward and provide the necessary leadership to make that happen. john thune. thanks for joining us. thanks wolf. we ll take a quick
and will change the dynamic between the president and the congress. look in the past the president has been known for having strained relationships with republicans and democrats on capitol hill. there are no signs that it is improving except for maybe a few issues that we talked about in areas where they can compromise. they are not huge issues. cyber security reform and raising the gas tax or raising funds for infrastructure. that may be two sides of the city come together there. and what is going on in the house, speaker john boehner is hoping to hold on to his gavel as speaker. and there have been challenges. geomer and yoho, suggesting that the speaker is not conservative enough. is there any likelihood that john boehner loses the gavel or
he s got a larger majority in the house than he had before. so he can perhaps work with some democrats, get some additional republicans to do what he wants them to do in order to get some things passed and let the hell, no caucus as he calls them say, hell no and still get done what he wants to get done. this is mildly embarrassing for him, i would have to say. it happened last time around when he ran for speaker. this time there are more people against him. but knowing john boehner as i do as dana does he ll shrug and say, i m still speaker of the house and let s move on. dana you follow the democrats closely in the house and the senate. what i ve sensed in recent days correct me if i m wrong is a greater willingness among some democrats, especially in the senate to go ahead and criticize the president whether on north korea, whether on iran whether on other sensitive