rolodex. he clenched the record for the longest speaker contest in 164 years. this was the scene after four days and 15 rounds of voting. [ cheering and applause ] mccarthy s journey to the speakership was fraught with drama. it got a little intense. it almost came to blows last night. the 14th vote should have been the clencher as mccarthy and allies thought they had the vote in the bag. but matt gaetz thought they had it in the bag. he waited to the end to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up to confront gaetz himself. mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. i spoke to republican congressman tim burchett who was in the area of the incident when it happened. here is what he saw. realized that both sides have some older members and it was getting late, and i suspect most of them had missed the early bird special at the sizzler and they were
Sewn on. joining me to talk about it the legendary bob costas. there s an incredible detail that when he woke up the first thing he asked his doctors was, who won the game on monday, which blows my mind to think about that. in that detail former bills coast and espn analyst rex ryan was emotional today. let s take a listen. ah. it is a lot. it s all right. yeah, when he came out, did we win, we needed that. yeah. as fans, we needed it. i mean this guy is a legend, a legend. you talk about a fighter? right he is a fighter. he is a legend. thank you. i need ied it, as a dad, as a coach and as a fan of this game. yeah. sorry. bob, this is a football country and i can t tell you how many folks i have talked to in
Of success and incredible amount of access and he didn t want to hoard that. he wanted to share that. so it was lovely that lebron james remembered him from 20 years. that was remarkable especially the sport grant was known for and lebron remembered him two decades later but as up thing for me were people that remember his small acts of kindness. as you point out the sport he s known for which is soccer which is not every american s favorite sport. we are much more a football country. what was it about soccer that so captivated grant? great question. it s not as though he was a college player or had a pedigree in the sport. he was captivated by the sport when he went to south america in college and just saw the magic in it and he just never got rid of the passion. it only grew the more he emerged the more contacts the more trips
In. but so did, and i think the pointedly, so did interns. and people who are lower than him on the org chart that he helped out along the way. he took being a mentor very seriously. and this was someone who had an incredible amount of success. an incredible mom out of access. he didn t want to where, that want to share that. and those lovely that lebron james remembered him from 20 years ago. i think it s remarkable it wasn t even the sport they re graham s best known for. and the bond remembered him to decades later. but again, just as important to me where the accounts from people who remembered small acts of kindness that stayed with them for decades. john, as you point out. the sport football country. what was it about soccer that so captivating for grant? it s a great question. it s not as though he was a college player.