o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast and is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we were to get up here. now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. will: 15 rounds of voting. after 15 rounds, the cost elects kevin mccarthy as speaker. rachel: mccarthy takes the gavel in a late-night session. the gop looks to get to work. pete: just after midnight, if you haven t seen it, alexandria hoff is in washington. reporter: the final tally took place after midnight. s
filling in for rachel. thank you, it ll be a great morning ahead and tomorrow too. will: excited to have you. pete: you re headed to the southern border tomorrow with joe? will: i am. hosting from we both have layovers along the way to the southern border. i ll be hosting from el paso tomorrow. it s our first show, technically, of the new year. we were together, two of us at 1:00 a.m. or whatever. that s during that new year sort of broadcast, i got there a day or so early, the family said go on out to the new hegseth manner. emily: that s great, that s awesome, you guys. will: re-arrived right as christmas presents were being unveiled. pete: kids ripping around on the dirt bikes and learning and falling and there s part of the new hegseth militia there. white pants and nice denim shirt and he jumped on the dirt bike and it took off and he bit it kind of hard. will: right away. emily: did you hurt yourself? will: no, just mud from shoulder to toe. pete: hurt ego and pride
jeffries and six voting present. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. hello, molly. hello, griff, i m molly line. the new members of the 118th congress were sworn in and now the house is adjourned until monday. the contentious battle for the votes. it carried it the end. at one point it looked like this was not going to a 15th vote. following the 14th vote. congressman mike rogers from alabama had to be physically restrained after attempting to confront representative matt gaetz, but minds did change, a 15th vote was held well after midnight and congressman mccarthy was handed the gavel. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. and now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. speaker mccarthy won the majority with just 216 votes. 212 democrats backed
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banning thin blue flies from public areas within police departments. the chief says the flag symbolizes extremist views. but we begin with the white house going on offense over biden s classified documents, and a white house spokesperson now says the house judiciary investigation into the handling of the documents is hypocritical. white house correspondent cove cork is life from the capitol with more on this. calling the g.o.p. hypocritical to press the white house for answers is, say critics, akin to introducing the pot to the kettle. for all his bluster recall it was joe biden who loudly criticized president trump for allegedly having classified documents over at mar largo, and as the saying goes, well, well, well. look at the 60 minutes interview that joe biden did and the comments he made about former president trump having documents, looks like he probably made those comments knowing that he himself had classified documents sitting in his garage. so somebody has