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
emily, great to have you here today. emily: such an honor, always. we rang in 023 together 2023 together, but i was virtual. it s so fun to be together on the couch and, of course, be with all of you today. pete: absolutely. and you know what, if it s a new year, it s a new list of resolutions for will cain. and if you re following him on instagram, he has 20 resolution- emily: 2-0. pete: many about march we re going to do a segment where we check in, but one of those is getting in shape, and you have started a new rowing program. we just did the a little rowing will: yeah, we did. pete: i don t understand it. emily: i had way more fun than you guys did. i love rowing. [laughter] pete: i get it. the aspect of legs and core. but you even said it, will, 45 minutes is a long time to pull on a cord. will: your back will get sore if you re not doing the form right. back to the resolutions, look, you can keep up with them if you want. i have laid out my philosophy, it s volume,
i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it s over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn t a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn t that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1:39 a.m. formally getting the gavel to become speaker of the house, but it s what s left after all of that that has a lot of people wondering. alexandria hoff followed this from the beginning with how it ended. what a great compilation it was. it showed how much back and forth has happened in four days. there were moments last night where i felt like i was watching the u.k. house of commons rather
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
and good evening, along with jake tapper in washington, d.c. we are watching the house of representatives longest running drama since the civil war era. republicans failing time and time again, 11 times so far to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. 11 times. the latest vote, not only on that, merely on whether to adjourn and end kevin mccarthy s rolling humiliation for this evening. manu raju has new reporting on the state of play tonight. he joins us from the capitol. m manu, if they adjourn for the evening, what happens then? then the negotiations will continue. actually, the motion to adjourn is a good sign for kevin mccarthy, who has had one bad result after another. 11 straight times being rejected, not being able to get a majority of the house to elect a speaker, paralyzing this institution, the start of the 118th congress. that is the first order of business. if they can t elect a speaker, then they can adjourn. that s really the only two options. but the majority of