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
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.
giving a drug that itself can cause significant bleeding. however, the combination gives us pause. reporter: neurologist dr. richard isaacson agrees that while this drug shows promise it must come with caution. for example, avoiding blood thinners while taking the medication. i will prescribe this drug in the right person at the right dose and in a very carefully monitored way. but this drug is not for everyone. reporter: for jack, the possibility of continuing to live a full life, spending quality time with all four children and all nine grandchildren, even for just a while longer, well, that is worth the risk. as far as i m concerned, we re having a great life right now and things are good, and my wife is a wonderful caretaker, so we get it with each other and we know what we re living with. reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. still ahead, reports of shelling overnight in kyiv despite russia s calls for a
six deaths in the lecanemab group. according to the investigators, though, none of the deaths were due to the considered due to lecanemab or a. ria. the new england journal of medicine published details of the additional death of a patient on the drug who had been given blood thinners, raising additional concerns. it s hard to say lecanemab caused that when you re giving a drug that itself can cause significant pleading, however, the combination gives us pause. reporter: neurologist dr. richard isaacson agrees that while this drug shows promise it must come with caution. for example, avoiding blood thinners while taking the medication. i will prescribe this drug in the right person at the right dose and in a very carefully monitored way, but this drug is not for everyone. reporter: for jack the possibility of continuing to live a full life, spending quality time with all four children and all nine grandchildren, even for just a while longer, well, that is worth the risk. as f