rolodex. he clenched the record for the longest speaker contest in 164 years. this was the scene after four days and 15 rounds of voting. [ cheering and applause ] mccarthy s journey to the speakership was fraught with drama. it got a little intense. it almost came to blows last night. the 14th vote should have been the clencher as mccarthy and allies thought they had the vote in the bag. but matt gaetz thought they had it in the bag. he waited to the end to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up to confront gaetz himself. mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. i spoke to republican congressman tim burchett who was in the area of the incident when it happened. here is what he saw. realized that both sides have some older members and it was getting late, and i suspect most of them had missed the early bird special at the sizzler and they were
protocols. their paramedics and trainers go through simulations of all kinds of scenarios in preparation for something like this. so they spring into action immediately. they competently apply cpr. they have a defibrillator at the ready. there s an ambulance in the stadium, as there is in all nfl stadiums, and as it happens an excellent hospital with top doctors is only two miles away. the real takeaway here is that at all levels of sports, at least organized sports, the officials and the coaches should know how to do cpr and there should possibly be a defibrillator at the ready. right. in most situations, if this were to happen in a high school game it is very, very likely that the kid dies on the field. absolutely. it is incredible that the nfl has essentially a mash unit ready to go in case something like this occurs. yes. and that is what saved damar s life it sounds. bob, cnn did speak to former nfl player ephraim salam about the
anymore. with me, retired nfl player ephraim salam. when you saw this, what were you thinking? i was thinking, i understand what he s talking about when he says his body isn t in it anymore. football is one of those sports if you re not all in, it s difficult to play especially at the highest level. i understand that sentiment. but? but i feel a but coming. of course. but retiring at halftime of a game that to me, that s disrespectful because it s one of the most selfish things you can do. think about those other guys, those 53 guys on the team who are counting on you, whether you re on the field or not. to come in at halftime and decide i ve had enough and leave, that s one of the most selfish things you can do. listen to what one of his teammates said. never seen it ever pop warner, high school, college, pros, never heard of it, never seen it. and it s just completely