the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. cnn s eva mckend is live on capitol hill. eva, what finally pushed mccarthy over the edge for these republican holdouts? reporter: well, he was able to convince those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately vote present and that is how he secured this victory on the 15th try, fred, but also by making some key concessions. so, for instance, those
john, thank you very much. and you guys, everyone is not going to want to miss this. new cnn original series, giuliani, what happened to america s mayor, premiers this sunday, back to back episodes. cnn this morning continues now. i would love to know, but we re working through it and made progress today. three days into this, the longest since the 1850s. well, i have the longest speech on the floor so i like to make history. another round, but the question is, is it the last call for kevin mccarthy? good morning, everyone. caitlyn live in washington, d.c. at capitol hill once again. this is becoming my new home. i miss you guys. do i still have a chair in the studio? bring her chair back. she s coming back on monday. i swear if you re not here, we re coming there. yeah, it s remarkable. day four of the speaker s election. don, as you see what s playing out here. it certainly is. the house will be on their 12th vote when they reconvene in just a few hours. m
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anyway. reporter: the group had been at the center of some of the biggest fights on capitol hill. at this point, it looks like we could be in for a very long-term shutdown. reporter: consistently making the task of governing more challenging. i don t want us to become a faction nalized majority. i want us to become a unified majority. reporter: to the frustration of past house republican speakers. i share frustration. about 90% of our conference is for this bill to repeal and replace obamacare, and about 10% are not. reporter: the freedom caucus was involved in former house speaker john boehner s oust during 2015. in my case, on any given day, there were two or three dozen what i call knuckleheads who just wanted they wanted chaos. they wanted it all their way or no way. reporter: he stepped down amid difficulty managing the faction. the people on the fringes have a bigger platform to make their points, and frankly create chaos. reporter: later that year,
they blocked kevin mccarthy s first bid for speaker. we re looking for a speaker who works in and serves us rather than against us. reporter: having a hand in his withdrawal then from the race. i think i shocked some of you, huh? reporter: the caucus was first founded in 2015. born out of a party movement. do what we told the voters we were going to do. reporter: with founding members like jim jordan, ron desantis, and mark meadows among others under the original founding principles of open, accountable, and limited government, the constitution, and the rule of law. the group attempts to operate with a bit of mystique. we would have to kill you if we told you. reporter: they don t publish their member list, which is around 35 members. and as now a small number of them are again threatening to derail the next speaker. if you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise. reporter: their fight has become personal, emboldened i