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From CNN, I'm a Falma D.K. With the five things you need to know for Friday, January 3rd.

Therefore, the Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority

of the votes cast, is duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has won enough votes on the first ballot to keep the gavel.

Two Republicans who initially voted against him flipped, after sources say they spoke with

President-elect Donald Trump, who endorsed Johnson.

Johnson says he's ready to get to work, and that he didn't make any deals with the two

holdouts to get their support.

Republicans control both the House and

Senate, but Johnson has the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. New Orleans City Council

is investigating why Bourbon Street lacked permanent security bollards on the morning of the suspected

terror attack on New Year's Day. A private security consulting firm strongly recommended safety structures known as Ballard's

be fixed and improved immediately.

But the incoming city council president told CNN, that was news to him.

A source familiar with the report told CNN the city owns temporary barriers that could have blocked access to Bourbon Street,

but decided not to use them.

The incoming city council president promised to devote city resources to investigate the work to replace existing security barriers with new ones.

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