A day of pomp, circumstance and politics on Capitol Hill Tuesday, as Republicans assumed full control of Congress for the first time in 8 years. John Boehner was re-elected as speaker of the House for a third two-year term, despite some opposition by some Tea Party lawmakers.

 

Former Virginia Governor Bob MacDonnell was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison. He was convicted last September of 11 counts of public corruption. His wife, convicted of bribery will be sentenced next month.

 

A winter weather system has begun its trek from the Midwest to the Northeast with more than a foot of snow expected insome places, to be following by a separate blast of arctic air and unusually cold temperatures.

 

A host of prominent figures were on hand for the funeral of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo. His son Andrew, the current Governor, eulogized his father as a liberal leader, powerful speaker and fierce competitor on the basketball court.

 

Hannah Buchdahl, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.