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 the ch
not so bad. i mean, look, i understand this business, and i understand the variables, and you know, the old expression, man proposes and god disposes. you never quite know what s going to happen. i also believe in planning for the upside, not just making a movie herky jerky and waiting to see what happens. plan for the upside and accept that if it doesn t work. aveatar the way of water is the ninth top grossing movie of world time. the original avatar sits at number one, and another cameron classic, you may have heard of it, titanic is number 3. you can catch chris s full interview with james cameron tomorrow night at 7:00 here on cnn. coming up, 15th time is the charm. the behind the scenes deals and late night tense conversations and a bit more than that all leading to this moment for kevin mccarthy. he is now the speaker with gavel in hand. that s next, you re live in the cnn newsroom.