member came up behind him and nuzzled him and tried to hold him back so he wouldn t speak anymore. it spoke to the moment how tense things were and how it looked like it was all falling apart for kevin mccarthy. but almost as quickly as it fell apart things came together. we re told leadership was informed it was a yes. and there was another moment of chaos where they switched their votes and they were deciding to do another speaker vote. and then what ended up happening is every single one of those remaining holdouts voted present. a complete roller coaster of a vote, of a day, ever since the mid-terms. this has been a roller coaster for kevin mccarthy. so a huge sigh of relief tonight. adjourning right now. we re watching them on a motion in favor of the 118th congress now sworn into office going home tonight. let s listen in. well, here with us in the studio we get chief white house
and eli crane has voted president. review c of the bottom of your screen now. up next we are waiting for the votes of matt gaetz and bob good . matt gaetz we are told will switch his boat from present th kevin mccarthy and that we believe would be enough to put them over the top. is not a fair assessment quick. we have to go through the entire roll call and see how many total people have cast ballot by name. that is the process every singl time pretty don t know what the numbers going to be until you get to the end of the rollcall and because we had that vote to adjourn where they were pretty close to calling the vote in adjourning. they have the singular verse of people there right now. here is what will happen later tonight if they impacted elect kevin mccarthy a speaker of the house, there will be a wall and they will bring an escort committee and they will escort
and everyone was so confident when we came back in the became chamber last night and then the vote failed and there was talk of adjourning for the weekend, but there were last come to jesus moments. griff: concessions. i wouldn t say that, but i think that everyone got on the same page, whether they voted present or for kevin mccarthy, at the end of the night, what was best actually came through and happened, i m so pleased. griff: and your colleague, scott perry, the chair of the freedom caucus, has said on cavuto s program earlier, a few hours ago, it wasn t concessions, it s wins for the american people, but the fact is, congressman, the concessions are back to the one member motion to vacate, changes to committees like the rules committee, how do you see it? i think it s wins for the american people, i really do, and i think it s a win for this house that these problems were hashed out this week.
tensions spilled out in the open as florida congressman matt gates exchanged words with mccarthy and with other lawmakers on the house floor. at one point, representative mike rogers of alabama watching appear. he confronted gaetz, shouting. he had to be held back and let away by one of his colleagues. the house was seconds away from a adjourning for the weekend until monday at noon, when gaetz approached mccarthy. look at. that. the appeared to strike a deal of some sort on the 15th ballot. mccarthy finally became speaker, with a vote of 316 to the 212 that the democrats hakeem jeffries got on all 15 of those ballots. mccarthy took his oath of office, his first active speaker was to swear in the rest of his colleagues and officially convene the 118th congress, four days after the term was scheduled to begin. it s no coincidence, by the way, the stalemate over mccarthy speakership happened against the backdrop of the second anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. the group of six
be restrained by fellow republican congressman hudson. many thought this was game over and the vote to adjourn until monday box office to pass be but then a breakthrough with gaetz was reached. mccarthy changed his vote on adjourning, and dozens followed. then the 15th time was the charm. mccarthy saying that he had them all the way. that was easy, huh? [ laughter ] i never thought we d get up here. thank you, minority leader jeffries. hakeem, i ve got to warn you, two years ago i got 100% of the vote from my conference. [ laughter ] [ applause ] and with the speaker in place, the 118th congress was officially sworn in for duty. cnn is up on capitol hill.