i m levy reiser in new york. a truly historic, chaotic, and tense night in washington, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, republican kevin mccarthy of california has been elected the next speaker of the house. it began at 10 pm eastern last night, with a vote that saw matt gaetz vote president instead of voting for mccarthy. that was a move kevin mccarthy seems surprised by, as it sunk the california congressman s latest attempts and made him lose that 14th round. tempers then spilled over at another republican congressman, mike rogers of alabama, appeared to lunch at gaetz, and a number member pulled rodgers back. it was then the gop moved to adjourn in order to try to come back monday to do it all over again, but the very last second, there appeared to be a deal reached between gaetz and mccarthy, and a 15th round began. finally, kevin mccarthy won the elusive speakership. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, what i hope one thing
i may not know all of you, some of you are new, what i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. throwing me right now is congressional correspondent julie tsirkin. julie, what happened with matt gaetz and these holdouts to finally change their minds? well, remember, voting here takes place alphabetically. it was actually laurin boebert who went before gaetz, and my sources told me she actually was supposed to vote yes, then paving the way for just a few of them to vote presents. just, securing mccarthy the speakership with that move. but with her voting present that first time around, that kind of is where things started to get tricky. it was a little bit confusing. leadership really thought they had it down, that one vote, then, they went back in that dramatic adjournment non-adjournment to finally all six of the holdouts voting present. this was a strategy they had agreed upon, both leadership