They ll serve in a newly created leadership positions essentially freshman class reps to the g.o.p. leadership. t noem says the freshmen are on a mission here in washington. majority of us ran on that we don t spend more money than we have. that we give people more freedom than they feel before the administration came into office. for democrats, a new position has been created in their leadership ranks. clyburn will take the term assistant leader. he ll be number three behind steny hoyer and nancy pelosi, the next minority leader overseeing a diminished democratic caucus, smallest group of house democrats since the truman administration. back to you guys. that s a good history fact for us. julie kirtz, thanks so much. live from washington. still ahead this morning on fox & friends , we have senator lisa murkowski, congressman michelle
Link right there. when you click on want to get married on fox & friends , it sends us a direct e-mail. it would be great to be featured in our special christmas show coming up. get on it. house minority leader john boehner and house speaker nancy pelosi are officially doing a job swap. that s just the beginning of the big changes being made in congress. julie kirtz live from washington to tell us who else has new jobs up on capitol hill. good morning to you. hi, good morning. new congress but old leaders, at least for the very top spots of the incoming 112th congress following those leadership elections here, john boehner will be the new speaker of the house. on the democratic side, nancy pelosi was elected as minority leader. none this is a surprise. she s holding on to her power after a challenge, though, that s not the whole story. republicans have tapped two freshmen for high profile jobs.
Become the new house speaker and nancy pelosi will likely become house minority leader despite a challenge from representative heath shuler and current house majority leader steny hoyer will likely keep the number two spotted while clyburn will take the number three position. that s called assistant leader. earth for sale. pictures of the earth from satellite altitude. this one is an island in the baltics off sweden and this one, that s beautiful, this one is yukon river delta. part of the third release of pictures taken from the land satellites for the u.s. geological survey and nasa. the north coast of iceland is one of 40 images available now. the satellites take new pictures every 16 minutes. i thought i heard a click. scan or patdown? some passengers and even pilots say how about neither? the new screening procedures at airports are being debated on capitol hill today. and for the very latest, let s go back to washington, d.c. and julie kirtz.
Are going up next year. julie kirtz, thanks so much and wall street is taking a very close look what s going on in washington and what lawmakers will do, whether they extend these tax cuts or not and we re going to get into it more with charles payne at the fox business network, stay tuned for that. the field of competitors in the race to be chicago s next mayor is getting more and more crowded. the day after former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel declares his candidacy as we reported on the fox report, congressman danny davis and state senator james meek just in the race today. that brings the total to six candidates all hoping to succeed current mayor richard daley. he decided not to run for a 7th term. the election is set for february. cops arresting a man for dwi and you will not believe who gets the handcuffs and to baseball with babe ruth s autograph on the auction block. those two stocks as we go across america.
For the wealthy. but his advisor, david axlerod appearing earlier today says he s willing to talk about a temporary extension. julie kirtz has more from washington. with time running out on the bush era tax cuts, this is the number one issue, the lame duck congress and the president will tackle, mr. obama meets with republican and democratic leaders this week to start the process. the top white house advisor, david axlerod refusing to reveal the president s hand. i m not going to negotiate with you on this program. on fox news sunday, walking back from earlier comments that the president was ready to give in, axlerod insisting the white house hasn t changed its position against a permanent extension of cuts for upper income taxpayers, but refused to rule out a temporary one. i ve heard many different verifications discussed over the last week publicly, i ve heard a variety of ideas surface publicly by various
In between there we can find some sort of solution. but, i m not going to negotiate here in seoul. reporter: the president sits down with republican and democratic leaders next week to hammer out a deal. republicans want a tax break for everyone and the pressure is onto avoid a jam, if no action by the end of the year during the lame duck session, the current tax breaks expire across the board and david axelrod, a tom obama advisor told the huffington post obama was ready to give in on extending the tax cuts for wealthy americans and not so, says the president, and the huge question, at this point, how far is obama willing to move ona very real money issue for millions of americans. julie? julie: julie kirtz, thank you. president obama in the meantime is calling on congress to stop unnecessary spending. and in his weekly radio and internet address he says he wants lawmakers to cut earmarks.
Here is demint. we need to remind everyone that we re not talking about cutting taxes. we re talking about keeping current tax rates the same. and i don t think there is any room to negotiate on raising taxes; particularly, on smaller businesses. i hope we can get a permanent extension. if the president wants to compromise on a two or three-year extension. so two or three years, possible deal in the works. jamie? jamie: senator jim demint, chris other guest on fox news sunday. thank you for the preview, julie kirtz. live in washington. eric: president obama pushing his nuclear pact in the final hours of the ten-day trip to asia which has now been completed. during the trip, he sat down with dmitry medvedev and president obama saying to get the senate to ratify the new nuclear start treaty is a top priority in this administration. the star treaty which has been pending in the senate for months would reduce limit on strategic warheads to 1550 for each country. right now, the limit is 2200
Of 11 essential vitamins and minerals and crunchy oat clusters. total. are you getting 100%? your homecoming queen is. becca winegar! [cheering and applause] shannon: newly elected members of congress are in the capitol hill today but there is a battle over loyalty. julie kirtz has more on that and other top stories. freshmen members of congress arrive in washington ahead of tomorrow s orientation. 85 republicans and nine democrats will get a crash course in everything from setting up their offices to finding their way around the hill. and the competition between tea party and g.o.p. events today is putting a spotlight on just where the tea party
we ll feature the rules of quidditch. meanwhile. lots of activity on capitol hill and our plaza apparently this morning. freshman orientation begins, the battle brewing between the g.o.p. establishment and the tea party. you ve heard that before. both trying to indoctrinate the new movies. julie kirtz joining us from washington. julie, can they all get along? yeah, maybe they could play quidditch or something, warmed up. some of these folks have never been to washington, nearly 100 house freshmen, most of them republicans are descending on d.c. today for a six-day crash course how things really work here in congress. the new members orientation is where lawmakers learn to be lawmakers or at least learn where their new offices are located and how to hire staff and get things done. new republicans and democrats are actually staying at the same hotel here in washington for their orientation meetings. they ll get checked into their rooms and get their official congressional blackberries, and newly elected members are
Time. dick and brad, thank you for joining us on sunday morning. thank you. jamie: the debate over the expiring bush tax cuts is another big topic on capitol hill today. and sure to continue. here is white house senior advisor david axelrod on fox news sunday this morning. he is eager to sit down and talk about where we go from here. but the important thing is that we get something done in the next few weeks so that on january 1, people wake up with security that their taxes are not going to go up. jamie: he, being willing to sit down, president obama. julie kirtz joining us live from washington. did axelrod say how much the president might give on extenting those bush era tax cuts? well, he was careful not to negotiate the dollar amounts, percentage amounts on the show today. but he wouldn t rule out and chris wallace pressed him several times. he wouldn t rule out a temporary extension of the cuts for wealthy americans.