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To pick up that mantle and very well positioned to take advantage of it. >> pelosi's control of the caucus was so complete, not a single democrat ran against her. >> the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 110th congress. >> nobody has gotten close to the speakership being a woman. suddenly here is pelosi. >> even pelosi's rivals couldn't help but acknowledge the moment. >> our leaders have always selected a man for the responsibility and honor as serving as speaker of the house. always, that is, until today. >> to w...

It wrinkles some that she is doing it. >> there are so many differences between the first time she took the gavel and now. that was one of the big ones. she is clearly in store when she broke that marble ceiling. she was not as open and eager to talk about it and to be a role model, she is aggressively trying to be a role model for younger women in politics and around the country. >> as we wait for the vote on the house floor for the house speaker, it is a constitutional position unlike the minority leader in the house. there has to be a majority of members of the house who vote to make somebo...

Pelosi said this. >> i think of it as a responsibility as we go forward. and this isn't breaking a glass ceiling, this is breaking a marble ceiling in the capitol of the united states. >> cnn's sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill. between nancy pelosi and her news and all these new freshmen members on both the house and senate, you've been talking to so many of this many, what's the feeling up on capitol hill right now? >> i think it's an emotional day for many people, especially those incoming members. i can tell you in talking to a lot of them, the ones that make up the most diverse class into...

Reminded that it was nine years ago that she first broke that highest hardest marble ceiling. >> 2007 surrounded by her grandchildren. some of them are older now. it's a long time in the age of a grandchild. a couple of story lines. what is happening on the house floor means an entirely different second half of the first term of the trump administration. at the halftime mark, the rules are totally different for this president. the engagement is totally different. the context and oversight is different. that is what is going to be playing out. for today at least, the diversity of the house cham...

This is not breaking a glass ceiling, but this is breaking a marble ceiling in the capital of the united states. >> joining us now, nbc's national political correspondent steve kornacki and doris concerns go goodwin. and what do you see with this vote? >> it is a moment of national significance. and the if i were her, i would let the resentments fade and give them good assignments and make them part of the process. one of the things that teddy roosevelt said when he was kept on the mckinley cabinet when