top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
ended with the same words. a speaker has not been elected. reporter: kevin mccarthy probably didn t appreciate these select all images with speakers joke. democratic representative jimmy gomez was wearing his 4-month-old son as he voted for hakim jeffries. aoc gave the baby a congratulatory belly rub. between speeches, members were shooting off their mouths and fingers, jest particularlating madly. it left viewers trying to lip-read. and when aoc chatted with archenemy republicans it inspired nonsensical bad lip-readings. you heard of the pied piper? my dream pied piper had toilet paper. reporter: democrats groaned when matt gaetz voted for a certain ex-president for speaker of the house. donald john trump.