i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it s over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn t a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn t that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1:39 a.m. formally getting the gavel to become speaker of the house, but it s what s left after all of that that has a lot of people wondering. alexandria hoff followed this from the beginning with how it ended. what a great compilation it was. it showed how much back and forth has happened in four days. there were moments last night where i felt like i was watching the u.k. house of commons rather
jeffries and six voting present. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. hello, molly. hello, griff, i m molly line. the new members of the 118th congress were sworn in and now the house is adjourned until monday. the contentious battle for the votes. it carried it the end. at one point it looked like this was not going to a 15th vote. following the 14th vote. congressman mike rogers from alabama had to be physically restrained after attempting to confront representative matt gaetz, but minds did change, a 15th vote was held well after midnight and congressman mccarthy was handed the gavel. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. and now the hard work begins. 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. speaker mccarthy won the majority with just 216 votes. 212 democrats backed
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
did that. that during the 14th about it last night as gates was an opponent of mr. mccarthy. lawmakers you can see stepping in to prevent a scuffle on the floor of the house. we will ask washington examiner if that might be a preview of more inviting to come and they wondered 18th congress, hello everyone this is fox s live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hi everyone i am arthel neville but two other major stories we are following this hour, president biden prepares to visit the southern border for the first time tomorrow, former border patrol chief rodney scott on that he is ahead. at first law enforcement removing two mattresses that may have been blood stained from the home were fort university of idaho students were brutally murdered. this, as we learn more about how investigators track the suspect in the weeks leading up to his arrest. former d.c. homicide detective ted williams is just moments away from the crime scene and idaho. but first, chief correspondent jonat
crisis overwhelms communities there and is felt nationwide. will his visit really help stop flow? and the nfl plans a league-wide tribute to buffalo bills safety damar hamlin who is recovering as the owner of the new orleans saints and pelicans takes measures in her community to address medical emergencies like damar s. saints owner gayle benson will join us in just a few moments on that. eric: but first, parents who lost their children to fentanyl poisoning are speaking out about the huge amounts of deadly narcotics flooding across the southern border as the toll is continuing to take on families across the country. we have team fox news coverage of the ongoing border crisis. charles watson on how the disaster extends beyond our border, lucas tomlinson on president biden s first vet to the epicenter of the crisis tomorrow, but we given with christina coleman live in los angeles with the new, disturbing details on the fentanyl surge here in our country. reporter: hi,