team. the four times indicted former president is in the middle of a very complicated legal situation as he faces 91 criminal charges related to his conduct before, during, and after his presidency. a civil fraud trial in new york for threatens the future of his real estate empire while a different civil it hold him liable of sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll. carol is also suing trump in a second defamation trial over commentshahe made on cnn in may about her. late last night, donald trump filed a brief to the d.c. court of appeals, continuing to assert that he s immune from prosecution for actually committed while president, specifically for his role in questioning the results of the 2020 election. of course, the allegation is not that a question the results of the 2020 election, anyone is entitled to do that, it s that he did something to try and overcome those results. the immunity argument is the argument he s making in the hopes of getting jack
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hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. 15 ballot votes later, and kevin mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. when you look at all the drama and of course the historical background of this long battle. and new details on the group of murder investigation in idaho. look at the painstaking hunt that finally led the suspects to capture. plus, cnn s andy scholes joins us here live on the set to discuss damar hamlin s remarkable recovery and what he said to his buffalo bills team. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it took 15 ballots and an evening of high drama, but kevin mccarthy finally secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never in modern times has
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
rolodex. he clenched the record for the longest speaker contest in 164 years. this was the scene after four days and 15 rounds of voting. [ cheering and applause ] mccarthy s journey to the speakership was fraught with drama. it got a little intense. it almost came to blows last night. the 14th vote should have been the clencher as mccarthy and allies thought they had the vote in the bag. but matt gaetz thought they had it in the bag. he waited to the end to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up to confront gaetz himself. mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. i spoke to republican congressman tim burchett who was in the area of the incident when it happened. here is what he saw. realized that both sides have some older members and it was getting late, and i suspect most of them had missed the early bird special at the sizzler and they were