BLITZER: Right now congressional Republicans be behind closed doors up on Capitol Hill. They're holding a meeting, trying to decide if they will give Paul Ryan another term as the speaker of the House. Before the presidential election, there were some signs that Ryan could face some resistance in keeping his position, but no one has stepped up to the -- to challenge him. Our senior political reporter, Manu Raju, is joining us from Capitol Hill right now following the story very closely. What are you hearing, Manu, right now?</s>MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: A lot of applause, actually. This meeting is happening right behind me, behind these closed doors. A pep rally of sorts. A much different mood than we saw just a month ago when Republicans could barely say Donald Trump's name, now rallying behind him, even passing our "make America great" hats at a meeting earlier today. Actually just now, Greg Walden, who is the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, talking about the gains that Republicans made, although they did lose some seats in the House races, but not nearly enough to lose their House majority. Now, they're going to have probably at least 238 seats in the new Congress. Now, Paul Ryan is expected to be re-elected speaker here in just a few minutes. And speaking to reporters earlier today, really talking about his optimism about working with a Trump administration. I asked him about any concerns that he had with the Trump children running the Trump businesses, if that presented any conflict of interest, especially as we talk about possibly them getting security clearances. Paul Ryan downplayed any concerns.</s>REP. PAUL RYAN (R), HOUSE SPEAKER: Donald Trump is a multibillionaire, successful businessman who has been so successful because he's surrounded himself with good people. He is a man who has made great successes, created tens of thousands of jobs because he gets good advice from good people who are around him in his life. What's wrong with that? That's a good thing.
Congressional Republicans Consider Ryan's Future.