coffin, in very yasmin vossoughian. it is now speaker kevin mccarthy, and we have learned he is at work to get today after an ugly week for where publicans and with a 15 ballot victory for mccarthy after last minute efforts that couldn t vince republicans to finally given. and even more chaotic than the beginning of this battle, even one near physical altercation between two members on the floor, now the question is how much did mccarthy give up to represent matt gates, and the other holdouts, and what will they deal with their almost limitless power over the speaker? preferably, you do this, the preference in politics is to always suffer indignities in private not in public. when you have a lower house of legislatures, anywhere in the world, it looks like trump s. i actually have newfound, i have new respect for people i knew. we have newfound respect for people. we do not engage in serious negotiations. i think that s good for policy. in a moment, i m gonna talk to co
people. we do not engage in serious negotiations. i think that s good for policy. in a moment, i m gonna talk to congressman garcia, democratic freshman class president, crash course in what the next two years may look like. all, right let s get into all that drama. kevin mccarthy finally taking hold of the speakers gavels shortly after midnight after 15 rounds of voting, and plenty of theatrical. he is now back at the capitol today, nbc news congressional correspondent julie tsirkin, chasing him down to get a word in edgewise, julie, what did mccarthy have to say after last night s victory? yeah, look, not, much i asked him how he s feeling, because we ve all been up here with him here, 24 hours a day, after these 15 speaker ballots carried, out and i asked him, how he s doing after finally securing the speaker gavel. he was walking around, family and friends, showing him his new office space, including offices of his new republican leadership team. take a look at what he had to t