"Start Here": Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, Democrats are ready to oversee Trump and the alleged spy's lawyer spied in Russia speaks. What you need to know to start the day well.

It's Friday, January 4th, 2019. Here's what you need to get the day off to a good start:

1. Democrats vote to reopen government after Pelosi recovers hammer from House

The Democrats took control of the 116th Congress on Thursday, with Nancy Pelosi demanding the hammer to the presidency of the House. Pelosi, the first woman speaker, made history for the second time and also welcomed a record number of women into the new category of lawmakers.

In the midst of pomp and circumstance, the Democrats took power on the 13th day of the partial closure of the government. Despite the adoption of a bill to reopen the government, President Donald Trump refused to sign an agreement that did not include funding from a southern border. Wall.

Trump will also face investigations, hearings and subpoenas from Democrats as they exercise their new power in the House. Katherine Faulders (ABC News), Benjamin Siegel (ABC News) and Trish Turner (ABC News) explain what the Democrats are planning for the next Congress.

Represented. Adam Schiff addresses reporters as he arrives for the Democratic Party Leadership Elections at Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, November 28, 2018.

2. Lawyer: American accused of "good humor" spying on charges

Russian news agencies reported on Thursday that US citizen Paul Whelan is officially accused of espionage on behalf of the United States.

Whelan's family denies being involved in espionage.

ABC News's Patrick Reevell in Moscow contacted Whelan's lawyer, who issued an unconfirmed theory that Whelan could be part of a prisoner exchange between the two countries.

Document of the family

In other news:

The stop of the sale : The US, a traditional safeguard for military families, is criticized for his refusal to borrow : The United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a San Antonio-based company, is one of the largest banks serving the military. But this partial US government shutdown, now in its thirteenth day, has many Coast Guard members who are USEA customers and are questioning the company's self-proclaimed values ​​of "Service, Loyalty, honesty and integrity ".

: New Congressman Curses Trump in Call for Dismissal : New Congressman Rashida Tlaib Quickly Appears to President Donald Trump and to the nation. And she did it in the most profane way possible. Tlaib, who was sworn in as the Michigan representative in the 13th district on Thursday afternoon, was speaking at an event for the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org when she recounted a conversation with his son to the crowd: "And when your son looks at you and says," Mom, look, you won, bullies do not win, "and I said," Baby, they do not, "because that we are going to go and attack the mother —–. "

Tragedy of the Road : : 7 dead, others seriously injured in a car accident in Florida : seven people died and others seriously injured after a serious car fire on I-75 near Gainesville, Florida, officials said. Fifty gallons of diesel fuel were dumped in the accident. The fire has since been extinguished, the Alachua County Relief Service announced. Eight patients were "transported from the scene, several patients with serious injuries," said a firefighter.

Massacre at Home : A man arrested after supposedly killing three young children, a woman was shot in the head : The police arrested a Texas man who allegedly murdered three young children and killed a woman in the head on Thursday. Junaid Mehmood, 27, reportedly killed a baby and two children – apparently aged 2 and 5 – in an apartment complex in Texas City and reportedly left a woman there, police said.

Fish Story : A Woman Catches an 88-Pound Blue Catfish in the Tennessee River : There may be a lot of fish in the sea, but a plethora of blue catfish the size of a mammoth the Tennessee River there is not any. A Tennessee fisherwoman with a penchant for giant catches captured her personal best this weekend when a blue catfish weighing at least 88 pounds came to bite.

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Of course, Pelosi is unpopular. But another Democratic president would probably do it too.

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Pelosi takes over the hammer of the president while the closure continues : The most diverse Congress of the year. US history reunited on Thursday, and the president shows no signs of retreating; 800,000 federal employees are without pay for the 13th day.

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