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a warm welcome to all of your viewers in the united states and around the world. i m paula newton. coming up this hour. and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you re about to enter, so help you god? yes, i do. congratulations and god speed. and god speed indeed. with that, kevin mccarthy finally becomes speaker of the house. hear what mccarthy had to say as he takes over that gavel, and how democrats are already responding. all this comes as washington marks a dark day in its history. how the january 6th insurrection was commemorated and the latest prosecutions against those involved. and a school shooting in virginia leaves a teacher badly wounded, parents shocked and a 6-year-old boy in police custody. announcer: live from cnn center, this is kcnn newsroom with paula newton. four days of marathon voting have finally ended with kevin mccarthy as the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. right ....
newsroom the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting and tense moments on the floor, the house elects a speaker. i never thought we d get up here. how the drama played out and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. we got our boy. excitement from buffalo bills players on safety damar hamlin. the latest on his condition and more on that moment when he facetimed his teammates. california slammed with heavy rain, flooding and mudslides and the danger isn t over. we re tracking the next line of storms as millions remain under flood warnings. it was really devastating and me not knowing exactly what the situation was, because all i heard was gunshots. shock and anger in virginia after a 6-year-old shoots his teacher. what we are learning about the moments that led up to the shooting. the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug and it s a mixed bag of benefits and risks. ....
speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as he walked away looking dejected, enter arms services committee chairman mike rogers who lunged at gaetz and had to be restrained by fellow republican congressman hudson. many thought this was game over and the vote to adjourn until monday box office to pass be but then a breakthrough with gaetz was reached. mccarthy changed his vote on adjourning, and dozens followed. then the 15th time was ....
we will see. all that coverage, kaitlan, thank you. we will see you on monday. thanks, everyone, for hanging out with us this week. have a good safe weekend. we will see you monday. cnn newsroom is now. very good friday morning to you. no break from the news in sight yet, i m jim sciutto. yeah, it is quite a friday, it s been quite a week, i m erica hill. at this hour on capitol hill the standoff continues over who will be the next house speaker. we are entering the fourth day here and there is no clear end in sight. kevin mccarthy once again failing to get the votes he needed, failing for the 11th time on thursday. that hasn t happened in 164 years. afterwards, though, mccarthy telling reporters he s you know, he s going to be here. buckle up. no, no, i m not going to need a timeline. i just think we have progress going on, we have members talking. i think we ve got a little movement so we ll see. so we ll see. mccarthy allies and hardliner holdou ....
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the ....