the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of 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. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors
Within the rhythmic beats of Nigerien musician Oumarou Adamou s douma drum lies a unique language – a coded message in each syllable of the Hausa language.
A succession of high and low sounds from the Nigerien musician's drum is a kind of telegram but few today understand its message."The young people of today all want to play modern instruments like the guitar and drums."
they are categorized by the upstairs being all string instruments of every type. downstairs is just every kind of percussion instrument. the oldest instrument in this store is probably 1,000 years old if not more. from japan it s called the wagon. somebody hired us to make a solid body electric tambora. it s an indian drone instrument that requires gluing together pieces of wood into the shape and then actually cutting them into this stonelike through-dimentional shape. there are customer who s buy things and customers who buy things and customers who are looking to find some respite from the outside world. so we have a lot of people who come in and jam. everybody who ever comes here, it makes it special.