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Day one for the new gop controlled congress, 115th, and they're off. president-elect trurp is showing how much power he has on capitol hill. i'll ask judge andrew napolitano how a single tweet from the incoming president led house republicans to goo back down on their first big move. that's coming up when i anchor "shepherd smith reporting." >> while an estimated one million people celebrating the new year in time square, a $6 million jewelry heist was taking place blocks away. police in new york looking for three suspects who broke in to a jewelry toer in midtown manhattan, stealing from two ...

Washington, thanks for the time. going to squeeze a quick break and then i promise it'll be a quick one. when we come back, one of the most fun days of the year on capitol hill. it's going on right now. this is opening day in washington, opening day for the new congress. the 115th, it's getting it's first crack at voting right now. plus two years ago, people were predicting we would be seeing the swearing in of another bush. or another clinton in january 20e 17 as president of the united states. now though this afternoon, news that both families will be at inauguration in january 2017 of donal...

>> i lost everything, it had dad's flag, i lost it there. clayton: family drawing strength from their faith and flag. heather: the congress kicks off today, big day with the very long to-do list. democrats are promising uphill battle for both. senate minority leader chuck schumer saying, quote, if republicans think they can jack through a whole sleight of nominees without a fair hearing process they are sorely mistaken. here to weigh in morgan ortagus. morgan: happy new year. heather: 115th, let's start with the to-do list. we have obamacare,

Defeated, what can be accomplished before a new congress begins which will be the 115th? sometimes, that is the case of trying to get rid of some of the things that must be done that you don't want to have as much attention around a new administration. sometimes, it's the urgencies of what can be done based on some of the personalities who will exist in this congress but not in the next. that's the kind of gritty detail of washington but very important to the planning of how capitol hill will function with this new president in waiting. so that's part of what we expect today. in talking about ...

His seat inspect in the last few weeks the race has tightened, in part, big money pouring into the state and the ground game of state wide republicans here in wisconsin. governor walker, reince priebus working to help johnson. that's about one of a half dozen must-watch races tonight. republicans currently hold 54 of the sigh the seats in the senate. they have 24 seats up for vote today. that makes it much harder than democrats to defend their territory. much focus on who will be the next president but many people watching to see who will be the next senate majority leader. for speaker ryan th...