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The sergeant-at-arms announcement there, the minority leader nancy pelosi, will present the speaker-elect. and then he will address the members of the house and then after that, we will see the oath of office. and ryan will no longer be speaker-elect, he will be the house speaker. his family in the gallery above. his mom is there. his three kids and his wife janet, from wisconsin. [applause]
Reporter: as they get through the logistics of the house. he paused to mention paul ryan put lawn signs up for him in 1990 asking a young staffer. this is a guy who has really been about the house. this is a tough go, bill, trying to herd the cats for the last couple years. bill: this is kathy mcmorris-rogers. she is expected to put paul ryan's name into the nomination hopper. after that we'll get a vote. ryan's magic number is 218. is there any question now as to whether he gets that? >> no. daniel webster who got 43 votes took his name out of running this morning.
In the house. >> yeah. radical doesn't work. inconceivable we would start to round up 10 or 11 million people to ship them out of the country. of course we need a wall. the idea we'll deport all these people, it's ludicrous. everybody knows it. martha: all right. governor, we got a news alert from washington. good to see you. bill: to the news here, martha, fox news confirms paul ryan is the next speaker of the house. here is john boehner's final address. [applause]
Now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. bill: we mentioned fox news confirms paul ryan, republican from wisconsin, head chair of the house ways and means committee, age 45 years old, has the votes to become the next speaker of the house. he needed 218 and he has gotten to that number and beyond. r...
Boehner sounded have much at peace of leaving power some 25 years after he was elected in congress. you can expect some of boehner's trademark emotions. walking to the capital earlier. ryan went to mass, met with his former mentor, senator john brownback. ryan will ask all members, republicans and democrat to put the concerns of working families front and center, and if all goes according to schedule there will be a new speaker of the house later this morning. bill: for the exit interview with the speaker you will see 9:00 a.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel.