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New mexico who won the state's most conservative district. and the state's first african-american congressman. great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> how'd it feel today? >> after you. >> i think remarkable is a great word. amidst all of the hectic craziness, as soon as you walk through to that dome, you have to stop and take a breath and just realize this incredible responsibility that we have. >> it was a special day. and i think as you said, this class is very reflective of the american dream. a lot of historic firsts. so it was incredible to be able to share it with sochi and so m...

Portrait of her. that's a honor typically reserved only for party leadership, but fighting shirley is still there in the halls of congress, keeping an eye out. and now over the past few weeks, members of congress' new freshmen class, the most diverse freshmen class congress has ever seen, they've been arriving at the capitol hill, and they've been doing their orientation, and they've been setting up their staffs and their offices. and do you know who keeps popping up these last couple of weeks? yeah. thank god they put up that portrait. because with democrats picking up 40 new seats and sendin...

That's a honor typically reserved only for party leadership, but fighting shirley is still there in the halls of congress, keeping an eye out. and now over the past few weeks, members of congress' new freshmen class, the most diverse freshmen class congress has ever seen, they've been arriving at the capitol hill, and they've been doing their orientation, and they've been setting up their staffs and their offices. and do you know who keeps popping up these last couple of weeks? yeah. thank god they put up that portrait. because with democrats picking up 40 new seats and sending the washington ...

Chisholm has guts. that's how i'd like to be remembered. that is absolutely how she is remembered. after shirley chisholm's death in 2005, congress commissioned a portrait to her. that's a honor typically reserved only for party leadership, but fighting shirley is still there in the halls of congress, keeping an eye out. and now over the past few weeks, members of congress's new freshmen class, the most diverse freshmen class congress has ever seen, they've been arriving at the capitol hill, and they've been doing their orientation, and they've been setting up their staffs and their offices. a...

Move-in and then official orientation on saturday. you've got to wonder the extent to which the university is prepared for this or able to block any access from protesters to their private property. do you know if protesters -- >> reporter: the other night we did see some of the white nationalists out there with those torches on the campus and there were also counter-protesters there who were also on campus. so right now as you mentioned, the freshmen class, they have not arrived yet. there are very few students actually on campus at this point. like you mentioned, that's going to be coming up...