finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, i m katie fang, let s begin today s show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between the two men, and our show of visible frustration from mccarthy. and watch this. republican congressman mike rogers approaches matt gates to see something and a colleague pulls him back by putting a hand on his face. the moment showing how much anger was boiling over on the floor after several days of voting. and then for a moment it looked like republicans are going to adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 1
adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 15th ballot, mccarthy finally won. and early this morning, five days after the speakership voting began, the 118th congress was sworn in, and speaker kevin mccarthy took the gavel. but even though we have a speaker as of 1:38 this morning, the story is far from over. it remains to be seen exactly what speaker mccarthy had to give up in those negotiations that eventually gave him his victory. in this new house, set to vote on a new set of rules on monday. one of the items are hard-line gop rebels were focused on. where do we go from here? congressional correspondent joey sorkin is alive. julia, i know it s been a late night for me, and definitely for you. what more can you tell us about everything that happened last night?