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let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy wa ....
They debt ceiling is lifted, but as kevin mccarthy, the new speaker said, he said i m not going to give a blank check. those discussions, i believe, are going to start amongst the president, senator schumer, and now speaker mccarthy. congressman, i am appreciative. you had a as later night as i did. even yours might ve been later. i appreciate you joining us is. when i was good to see, other publican congressman, andrea garber reno of new york. let s bring in someone else who i know didn t get any work closely mostly by got last night. the other are levy. nbc news cap we were on tv together, late last, night covering the speaker vote. ali, what s a night. so many curveballs and changes that we didn t expect. i am dying to get your analysis this morning after either in our sleep, or zero sleep. i think what i did is technically a nap, but it s probably the same for you. and i have to tell you, last night was such a rollercoaster. we have been tracking this the entire time. my coll ....