alexandria hoff live on the late-night session. hey, alex. alex: late night, indeed, 14 failed vote over 4 days and tense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in final tally that took place well after midnight and ended up with speaker mccarthy handed the gavel and met with standing ovation. from the great state of california and next speaker of 118th congress kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? i never thought we would get up here. squeezedded by 216 votes, democrats backed ha ha hakeem jeffries. right after the 14th vote failure congressman elect mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after antic anticipate appeao confront matt gaetz. some of you are new but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. the first matter of business swearing in of the 118th congress that was delayed by the stalemate that started tuesday was led by members of the house freedom caucus that resistance broke do