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Madam clerk the speaker elect, nancy pelosi, representative of california. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] members, please take their seats. The house will be in order. Madam speaker, leader hoyer, my distinguished colleagues welcome to you all. I would particularly like to welcome our new colleagues. It is an honor and privilege to serve in this great institution. Id like to thank you in advance for the sacrifices and contributions youll make to this body during your time here. As colleagues, we owe a huge debt to those who have served before us. I would be remiss if i did not men...

She usually wins by 75 or 80 of the vote in her district. What we have seen is maybe just chapter one. Thank you. Now, heres nancy pelosi in january of 2007 on the opening day of the congress. [applause] madam clerk, nancy pelosi california, and the escort committee. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [capitals] gavels] members, please take your seats. The house will be in order. Madam speaker my distinguished colleagues, welcome to you all. I would particularly like to welcome our new colleagues. It is an honor and privilege to serve in this institution and i would like to thank you ...

The Armed Services chairman who is retiring. We are starting off on that note. Then his last big bill, the Defense Authorization bill is going to be the first matter up for consideration. , when we knewht senate,forward with the there has been an agreement struck about 3 00 today. Earlierittle bit depending on the level of cooperation. There is going to be a series of votes that will lead to the passage of the Defense Authorization bill. And itat has happened passes, the bill will go to president obama. That, then we are in the end of the year negotiations on time and how to compress time in o...

Next, university of texas at austin professor jeremy surry talks about the world fair in chicago and the for policy. He describes the 1893 worlds fair in chicago and the expansion of the u. S. Navy as ways that america began to build an international presence. This class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Suri we are going to talk about americas emergence as a global power. The transformations that occurred in the United States in the late 19th century transformations that change the United States from being one country distant from the center of International Conflicts and activities into...

Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] this is a wide broadcast on cspan. We will keep things moving smoothly. Th...