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
arthel: hi everyone i am arthel neville played through the big stores were prone here at this hour, record high gas prices and rising inflation continuing to drag down president biden s pole. approval rating below 40%. also a firefighter killed several others pulled from the rubble. the burning building and philadelphia. lasting for hours. an l.a. district attorney being criticized after the shooting death of two los angeles police officers. critics say the suspect s out of jail because of his soft on crime policies. we have live fox news coverage chad on the arrest the crew on capitol hill. breanne is in los angeles on the follow-up for those police officers killed in a line of duty. jonathan on the death of a firefighter in philadelphia. first will go to lucas and tomlinson. his life at the white house president facing first we have to ask how is he doing after falling off his bike this afternoon? bumpy roads for the president not figurative but literally. he fell off his
The socalled hush money payments. I call them a Legal Expense. A Legal Expense. Norah the Cbs Evening News now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with those fireworks inside a manhattan courtroom. After a day he was dreading, donald trump left his criminal trial defiant this afternoon after nearly four hours of testimony by Stormy Daniels. Daniels testified under oath about an alleged sexual encounter she had with trump back in 2006, and at times it was graphic. Trump denies any such encounter took place and his legal team aimed to paint the porn star as a greedy liar today. But it is the alleged coverup of the 130,000 hush money payment to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election that is at the heart of this case. Prosecutors claim that trump falsified his companys Business Records to hide the payment by recording it as a Legal Expense to his former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen. And let me tell you, it is not ov
In cairo, the pentagon says its finished construction of that floating pier to boost aid deliveries to gaza. Weather permitting, it will be connected to the gaza shore in the near future. Norah. Ramy inocencio, thank you. Here in washington, President Biden marked the days of remembrance for the victims of the holocaust, calling out the resurgence of antisemitism around the world. Cbss ed okeefe is at the white house with more on the president s message. Weve seen a ferocious surge of antisemitism in america and around the world. Free, free palestine. Reporter after weeks of protests upending college campuses, President Biden once again today condemned antisemitism and said he fears widely accepted behaviors that led to the holocaust are reemerging. Hamas unleashed this terror. It was hamas that brutalized israelis. It was hamas who took and continues to hold hostages. I have not forgotten, nor have you, and we will not forget. Reporter the president has struggled to balance his suppor