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in a century. history going on here. welcome to another hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: missed you. happy new year. >> dana: i missed you. are you glad to be back? >> bill: with you absolutely. i'm bill hemmer. happy new year at home. the house is getting ready to end the 117th congress. the senate will do the same later this morning. the new house could convene in about two hours, 12 noon with a vote for speaker expected to begin around 1:00 eastern time. >> dana: five republicans have said they oppose mccarthy for speaker but can only afford to lose four vot...

That can only happen when a collective consciousness moves in the direction of peace, health and joy. joy being number one. >> bill: as we come into a new year you have a new book. as you come into the new year you have a chance for a new opportunity. what do you tell people about that moment? >> if you can cultivate a joyful, energetic body, love and compassion in your heart, creative mind and lightness of being, joy, you are all set. >> bill: you sat down here ten minutes ago and i said how are you doing and you said i'm great. i'm at peace. no drama. >> no drama. >> bill: maybe we can emula...

Do they have a point or another example of parents coddling their kid? >> parent and former teacher whitney neal and school counselor tom kersey. >> thanks for having us. >> whitney, joy being sucked out of the classroom. is that a valid excuse for the parents? >> i think so. not just the students but the teach erps. when you have an experience -- it reduces the amount of time that teachers can give kids the opportunities to deepen learning, get excited about the content because their driving instruction for a particular result on the test. the more that we place the emphasis on test scores an...

Sense of spirit to guide the proceeding there, the -- not even the death of this man with k interrupt that deepening tradition. >> byron pitt, talk more about the tradition. is that joy being. by everyone in the -- is that joy being felt by everyone in the stadium today? >> reporter: absolutely, george. people are smiling. one guy said, "look, if it rains i'm here, if it hails, i'm here. if there's a hurricane, i'll still be here." about the rain, in african culture, there's a belief that if it's raining on the day of someone's funeral, it is a sign that they lived a blessed life. many people ...