at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didn t come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republicans created new chaos at the capitol, president biden honored the men and women who protected the building and his its occupants from an angry mob just two years ago. and, while gop lawmakers bigger with one another, democratic representatives rallied around their leader, akeem jeffries. while the white house has confirmed that president biden reached out to congratulate mccarthy earlier today, the 118th congress is off to an unforgettable start. we are talking about what comes next, tonight, on
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. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won t know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. no doubt you the american peopl are being patient, but the patients is wearing thin. the vote totals remain unchange for three straight days for a 200 publicans supporting mc carthy 20 supporting somebody else in the past 24 hours might kevin mccarthy has made several additional assurances to the holdouts, thi is before these meetings today including eight new one-vote threshold for motion to vacat
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