i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republi
after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting. the house finally elects a speaker. how the chaos ended and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. and there are new details in the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and a former fbi agent will be joining us with her perspective on that investigation. also remarkable progress for buffalo bills player damar hamlin. an update on his condition and the moment he face timed his teammates from a hospital bed. and a major policy for military parents. the change that will allow them to spend more time with their newborn coming up on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s january 7th. alex is gracing us with his presence. thank you for being with us, alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news
with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republican congressman kevin mccarthy is finally sworn in as house speaker of the 118th congress. kevin mccarthy securing enough votes to become speaker early this morning, late last night, however you see it, as the last lawmaker cast his vote, the chamber erupting in applause. the next speaker of the united states house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ applause ] after the dramatic fight against conservatives in his own party, mccarthy says it s time
alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news this morning. happy new year to you. happy new year to you as well. well, if you missed it, like some of us did because we had to go to bed, we re going to tell you more about this historic drama that played out late last night and into early this morning. it ended with republican congressman kevin mccarthy finally securing the role of house speaker. it took 15 rounds of voting though for mccarthy to finally clinch the gavel as the last lawmaker cast his vote, you can see there the chamber erupted in applause. the next speaker of the united states house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ]
aside a resolution to impeach president trump over his comments. the congressman from texas introduced the issue. voting alongside every republican to table the many ea measure for now. the measure that has caused division within the party. house speaker nancy pelosi has been hesitate. last night, the lawmaker cast the vote as a victory. we have just received an overwhelming vote against impeachment and that s the end of it. let the democrats now go back to work. we have six committees working on following the facts in terms of any abuse of power, obstruction and justice and the rest that the president may have engaged in.