the football field last weekend. we ll be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. we ll have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up watching the drama unfold? about 8:00 p.m. that was the latest for me. how about you? 9:45. you got a little more in. it was quite dramatic as well as being historic and chaotic. kevin mccarthy finally won the race for speaker of the house after 15, 15 rounds of voting, which ended earlier this morningening. the next speaker of the united states for the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers ] [ applause ] mccarthy engaged in some intense negotiations and made some major
founded. yeah. it s incredible that such a small minority within a party can hold the majority hostage on, you know, a slew of things. and we ll see how that plays out in the coming two years. regarding mccarthy s concessions, there was a whole slew of them. one of them makes it easier to oust him as speaker. it just takes one person to call for a vote to do so. what are the implications of his concessions? he got the title but not the powers we normally associate with the speaker. i think he s going to have to get permission to have each breakfast, and they ll argue about what items should be in his breakfast each morning. i m exaggerating of course, but this is really unprecedented. parent of it is the small margin. and remember, why do republicans have such a small margin in the house? because they projected an extreme image, even senator mcconnell agrees with that.
this program in recent days, haven try? 9/11 responders shouldn t have to wait this long to get justice. this is social justice, medical justice. the un-american activity of republicans, like jon kyl and the chamber of commerce, i think, has no place in our politics. but you see, if they do this on president obama s watch, then, heck, he s going to get credit for it. this isn t about credit. and when george bush stood up there with the bullhorn right after 9/11, was he talking about political credit? mr. kyl, mr. mccain, where are you on this issue? remember all of those people that were running around with fire department of new york hats, so proud of america s finest, but now when they re sick, now when it s time to help them, you re not there. you re not there. you re worried about a dollar. jon kyl is asking, well, what s the money for? we haven t heard we haven t had any hearings on this. uh, can we roll it back a week? mr. kyl, we didn t have any hearings on this bill tax compr
think, has no place in our politics. but you see, if they do this on president obama s watch, then, heck, he s going to get credit for it. this isn t about credit. and when george bush stood up there with the bullhorn right after 9/11, was he talking about political credit? mr. kyl, mr. mccain, where are you on this issue? remember all of those people that were running around with fire department of new york hats, so proud of america s finest, but now when they re sick, now when it s time to help them, you re not there. you re not there. you re worried about a dollar. jon kyl is asking, well, what s the money for? we haven t heard we haven t had any hearings on this. uh, can we roll it back a week? mr. kyl, we didn t have any hearings on this bill tax compromise that you held america hostage on. we didn t get any hearings on that. but i guess we got to have hearings if you want it, right? get your cell phones out, folks, i want to know what you think about tonight s text survey quest