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o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast and is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we were to get up here. now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. will: 15 rounds of voting. after 15 rounds, the cost elects kevin mccarthy as speaker. rachel: mccarthy takes the gavel in a late-night session. the gop looks to get to work. pete: just after midnight, if you haven t seen it, alexandria hoff is in washington. reporter: the final tally took place after midni ....
filling in for rachel. thank you, it ll be a great morning ahead and tomorrow too. will: excited to have you. pete: you re headed to the southern border tomorrow with joe? will: i am. hosting from we both have layovers along the way to the southern border. i ll be hosting from el paso tomorrow. it s our first show, technically, of the new year. we were together, two of us at 1:00 a.m. or whatever. that s during that new year sort of broadcast, i got there a day or so early, the family said go on out to the new hegseth manner. emily: that s great, that s awesome, you guys. will: re-arrived right as christmas presents were being unveiled. pete: kids ripping around on the dirt bikes and learning and falling and there s part of the new hegseth militia there. white pants and nice denim shirt and he jumped on the dirt bike and it took off and he bit it kind of hard. will: right away. emily: did you hurt yourself? will: no, just mud from shoulder to toe. pete: hurt ego and ....
here. now, the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week: i never give up. pete: that s the truth. it happened just after midnight last night after 15 rounds of voting, the house elects california republican kevin mccarthy as the speaker of the house. emily: mccarthy taking the gavel in a late night session as the gop looks to get to work. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with more. good morning, alexandria. reporter: good morning. it took 14 failed votes flipping more than a dozen holdouts and a final tally taking place just after midnight but speaker mccarthy has the gavel and we have the 118th congress sworn in early this morning. that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter so help you god. i do. congratulations, you are now mcellroy members members of the 118th congress. reporter: it is conclusion of drama-filled four days ....
emily, great to have you here today. emily: such an honor, always. we rang in 023 together 2023 together, but i was virtual. it s so fun to be together on the couch and, of course, be with all of you today. pete: absolutely. and you know what, if it s a new year, it s a new list of resolutions for will cain. and if you re following him on instagram, he has 20 resolution- emily: 2-0. pete: many about march we re going to do a segment where we check in, but one of those is getting in shape, and you have started a new rowing program. we just did the a little rowing will: yeah, we did. pete: i don t understand it. emily: i had way more fun than you guys did. i love rowing. [laughter] pete: i get it. the aspect of legs and core. but you even said it, will, 45 minutes is a long time to pull on a cord. will: your back will get sore if you re not doing the form right. back to the resolutions, look, you can keep up with them if you want. i have laid out my philosophy, it s v ....
i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it s over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn t a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn t that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1:39 a.m. formally getting the gavel to become speaker of the house, but it s what s left after all of that that has a lot of people wondering. alexandria hoff followed this from the beginning with how it ended. what a great compilation it was. it showed how much back and forth has happened in four days. there were moments last night where i felt like i was watching the u.k. house of commons r ....