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I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington, and this week on Face the Nation, the nation's capital braces for the unprecedented in the new year amid growing threats to our nation's security.

As Washington prepares to certify the 2024 presidential election to bid a former farewell to the 39th president

and make way for the return of the 45th who becomes the 47th to the Oval Office. Extraordinary

security arrangements are underway. All this as the struggle to make sense of the horrifying New Year's attack in New Orleans,

an incident in Las Vegas continues. We'll sit down for a bipartisan conversation with the heads of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio's Mike Turner, and Connecticut's Jim Himes.

On Capitol Hill, Speaker Mike Johnson's job is safe for now. And in the Senate,

Republicans take control with a new leader, South Dakota's John Thune. He's responsible

for getting President-elect Trump's ambitious agenda through the Senate. Will you tell him when

you think he's wrong? I will. At the top of Mr. Trump's to-do list, what he promises will be the largest mass deportation

in U.S. history.

We'll ask his borders are Tom Homan, how he plans to execute that.

And as we mark four years since the January 6th attack on the Capitol,

former House And as we mark four years since the January 6th attack on the Capitol,

former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be here to talk about the growing threats of political violence. It's all just welcome to face the nation.

As we begin the new year, the first few days of January are already proving and providing enormous

challenges, both here in Washington and around the country, especially in terms of security.

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