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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 br ....
mccarthy. the current republican leader has sent the new proposal to his colleagues to try to overcome significant resistance to his ascension. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight. hello, chad. the math. there are at least five g.o.p. members who oppose mccarthy for speaker and, perhaps, more. kevin doesn t have the votes. what we ll do, we ll block kevin. there will be 10 to 15 members vote against him on the first ballot tomorrow that will vote for andy biggs. mccarthy can only lose four votes and still prevail. mccarthy is desperately making concessions. do you think the rules package you released last night has moved any votes to yes. yes. and what will you do if you don t have 218 on the first ballot? mccarthy finally agreed to one demand. he would lower the bar to hold a new confidence vote for speaker if members don t think he s doing a good job. but that didn t satisfy mccarthy detractors. there is no ....
left is walking down the street in bedroom slippers, wearing his pajamas beneath a bathrobe. this man is vincent and the fbi says he is the mafia boss of the richest mafia family in the country. his doctor says the man in pajamas is mentally ill not a godfather but a man with the mind of a child, afraid of the dark. he s crazy as a fox. and he has played this game for many years. the last time that gigante was arrested, in a bribery case in the early 70s, the charges were dropped, when his lawyers produced letters from psychiatrists, calling him a schizophrenic, with little chance of recovery. gigante has even been hospitalized here from time to time. his younger brother, a catholic priest on the right, walking down the street with gigante in these photos, says gigante is a sick man, too sick to talk with us. the priest called the fbi s version stupid. police insist that gigante is a mastermind. a smart man would be smart enough to act a little crazy. just befor ....
Dead or missing after the hamas attack on israel. This is the scene live in gaza well have the latest on the escalating conflict. In other news, all flights at London Luton Airport have been suspended until this afternoon after a fire caused the collapse of a multistorey car park. The Israeli Military has now sealed all israeli borders with gaza and the rafah crossing, which leads from gaza into egypt, has been hit by israeli air strikes. An egyptian Human Rights Group said that has led to The Crossing Being Closed though that has not been confirmed by officials. Israel has launched several thousand air strikes against gaza saying it is targeting only hamas. These pictures show the destruction of entire districts. Earlier i spoke to ghassan ab ....