. . temperatures the longest speaker contest in 164 years, but before it ended, the house floor turned into a stage for some stunning political drama, the 14th vote should have been the clincher as mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes in the bag, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the very end of the balloting process to vote present, even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up the house floor to confront matt gaetz himself. mccarthy walked away dejected. it almost came to blows. armed services committee chairman mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. this looked like the end of the line for mccarthy. in those final moments, kevin mccarthy found a breakthrough with matt gaetz. republicans quickly changed the vote to adjourn and then held the decisive 15th vote for speaker and gavel in hand, mccarthy administered the oath of of
everything that we ve heard, i haven t had any conversations with mr. santos, but i will say with everything that we heard, you know, a lot of the individuals that he embraced or embraced him during this campaign i ve spoken to, and they do feel violated. they feel that they ve been had, and you know, that it was a world of lies. and when you live those world of lies, it s i think very hard to step now in and roll up your sleeves and govern. all right. congressman anthony desposito, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you, happy new year. you as well. coming up, talking and flexing, the latest on damar hamlin s recovery is next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. well, announcer: cnn newsroom, brought toto you by progogressi. get a business insnsurance quot online in as little as six minutes. visit progressivecommercial.com. and the mirror from your van is hfway down the street