up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al
which were flooded. o donnell: cbs news exclusive president biden s uncertain answer about running for re-election in 2024. but is it a firm decision that i d run again? o donnell: cbs ed o keefe reports on the fallout. and, the showdown over busing and the showdown ove migrants re-ignites the immigration debate. cbs manuel bojorquez is in el paso. this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this monday night. we are here outside westminster abbey. this is a church that is nearly 1,000 years old, and has held coronations, royal weddings, and today, the funeral of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii. the other big story we are covering tonight is what s happening in puerto rico, where there has been devastating damage caused by hurricane fiona. in just a moment, we ll speak with cbs david begnaud, who is on the ground in san juan and seeing the des
exclusive president biden s uncertain answer about running for reelection in 2024. is it a firm decision that i d run again? o donnell: cbs ed o keefe reports on the fallout. and the showdown over busing migrants reig nights the mimigration debate. cbs manuel bojorquez is in el paso. this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. o donnell: good evening. and thank you for joining us on this monday night. we are here outside westminster abbey. this is a church that is nearly 1,000 years old and has held coronations, royal weddings and, today, the funeral of her the other big story we are covering tonight is what s happening in puerto rico, where there has been devastating damage caused by hurricane fi fiona. in just a moment, we ll speakbss on the ground in san juan and seeing the destruction firsthand. but first, here in london, the state funeral steeped in centuries of tradition and viewed by billions aroun
joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the president s condition? president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. we re told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white house s routine screening procedures, that s according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin o connor, who says that the president is now experiencing mild symptoms, which include a runny nose, fatigue, and an occasional dry cough. the president s physician recommended that he begin a course of paxlovid, that antiviral that is considered the gold standard of care for coronavirus, particularly early on in the onset of the disease. and, we re told by the white house that the president has, indeed, begun that course of paxlovid. now, i also spoke separately with dr. ashish jha, the white house s coronavirus coord
the first lady will travel to delaware after events today in michigan and georgia. this morning outside of an event in detroit, she gave reporters an update on her husband s condition. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he is doing fine. he is feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. kamala harris landing in charlotte minutes ago. a white house official says she tested negative this morning and was last with the president on tuesday. today at 2:00 eastern, we expect to hear from dr. shaw and white house press secretary for a briefing on the president s condition. let s go to the host of this show, andrea mitchell at the aspen security forum in colorado, peter alexander and kristin welker, yamiche alcindor and dr. zeke emanuel, a member of the president s covid advisory board during the transition. thank you for being here. zeke, let s star