come back monday, try again. but at the very last second, there seemed to be a deal reached between gates and mccarthy. and a 15th round again. finally, kevin mccarthy was elected to be the next speaker of the house. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new. but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. joining me now from capital of the hills nbc news capitol correspondent julie circuits. let s talk a little bit about the deal that was made to get mccarthy over the finish line, and what you re hearing about in next epsilon with congress. a lot of concessions were made. some of the moderates are really unhappy about that. because mccarthy was willing to go pretty far in order to secure the speakership gavel. one that he has been trying to get since 2015. so some of the concessions he made to some of those hard-line conservatives, including matt gates, lauren boebert, and others, have to do with the budget, have to do with
i m levy reiser in new york. a truly historic, chaotic, and tense night in washington, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, republican kevin mccarthy of california has been elected the next speaker of the house. it began at 10 pm eastern last night, with a vote that saw matt gaetz vote president instead of voting for mccarthy. that was a move kevin mccarthy seems surprised by, as it sunk the california congressman s latest attempts and made him lose that 14th round. tempers then spilled over at another republican congressman, mike rogers of alabama, appeared to lunch at gaetz, and a number member pulled rodgers back. it was then the gop moved to adjourn in order to try to come back monday to do it all over again, but the very last second, there appeared to be a deal reached between gaetz and mccarthy, and a 15th round began. finally, kevin mccarthy won the elusive speakership. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, what i hope one thing
the trump campaign and russia. russia, russia, russia. you know, he spent four years and brought her in cases brought three cases. they pleaded guilty. the two big cases he brought to trial, both of them were found not guilty. they were acquitted. it was not a terrifically successful enterprise. you know, he not only hurt the democrats hammering him, but you also saw matt gates, a far right republican as well. i don t think it served any purpose for the judiciary committee. certainly not john durham. to his credit, he came, to the questions, to the criticism. that is all we can ask of people. just to stand up for whatever they decide to do in the course of their work. chris, don t go anywhere. you just spoke to senator cory
the state of california have been received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [crowd chanting] [applause] hello and welcome, i m in new york. a truly historic, chaotic, and dramatic night in washington, after four days and 15 rounds of voting. republican kevin mccarthy of california has been elected the next speaker of the house. it began at 10 pm eastern last night with a vote that saw matt gates present instead of voting for someone other than mccarthy, which is a move that mccarthy seemed surprised by. because california congressman s latest attempt sunk him. making him lose that 14th round. that was one temper spilled over. another republic by the name of mike rogers had to be restrained restrained as he appeared to confront gates. then they had to adjourn and