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>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. a very big day in the nation's capital and a very busy hour ahead. the new republican-controlled congress just moments away for opening for business. we will take you there live as both the house and the >> the gavel in the 115th congress. the 114th just ended. we'll take you there live for all the key moments. republican-controlled congress, of course, is not new. be the gop has had majorities of the house and senate the past two years, but the energy among congressional republicans is new. they believe they're just...

Where the ceremonies of the institution matter regardless of party. it gives you sort of that sweep of history where you get a sense that these same rituals and traditions have been carried out over and over. people can be optimistic if they choose. they might be cynical. depends on your point of view. they will certainly be judged by what they accomplish in the 114th. we've seen the last couple of congresses have been among the do-nothing group. maybe this one will be different. that remains to be seen, that history to be written. but today is a day for families. it's for noteding some of the...

Us discussing the fact there are conservatives who don't like his leadership and have been frustrated with him. he has whethereathered some of the bumps before. he's weathered that and it's expected he'll go forward as speaker when the formalities of the new congress the 114th get underway tomorrow. >> you have the head of the democratic national committee also weighing in to another gop leadership-related issue this morning. walk us through this one. >> well, we heard about steve sko scalise who is part of the leadership team. a conservative from louisiana. he's been under fire over the last ...

Thursday's forecast is 20. >> yikes. jury selection begins in the trial of accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. the jury pool is made up of nearly 3,000 people. lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev lost their bid to move the trial out of boston. history is being made in miami today. florida's first same-sex marriages are taking place as the court battle over the state's ban makes its way through the courts. other parts of the state are expected to start marrying couples at the stroke of midnight, including a mass wedding in ft. lauderdale. congratulations. >> mass wedding in ft. laud...

He can make a prove. and on the flip side looking at the waning months of his administration and he has to balance both. >> i think he's demonstrated contrary to what other folks anticipated he's not planning to lose any ground whatsoever. he's continued to move his agenda forward. i think there are two places where the republicans and the president can work together. certainly on the trade agenda. if they can move appropriation issues. not the crisis continuing resolutions we saw often. there are two things that should be off the table. that is obamacare and it is also the keystone pipeline. ...