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The peoples gavel. to a son of bakersfield. a former small business owner. a proud product of a firefighters highs hold. the gentleman from the great state of california, and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy! [applause]

Rules package being in place. its the rules for how congress runs. beyond that, its anybodys guess. republicans have set their focus on launching frivolous investigations into things like covids origin, the so-called woke ideology. mccarthy actually said that last night. many of which mccarthy highlighted during his first speech as speaker. but if last week is any indication of what, or if this last week is any indication of what the 118th congress is going to be like, theres going to be a lot m...

Gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household, the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ applause ] >> kevin owen mccarthy first elected in 2006, finally elected on the 15th ballot here. lets listen in to his first speech to the country as speaker of the house, second in line to the president.

Tensions spilled out in the open as florida congressman matt gates exchanged words with mccarthy and with other lawmakers on the house floor. at one point, representative mike rogers of alabama watching appear. he confronted gaetz, shouting. he had to be held back and let away by one of his colleagues. the house was seconds away from a adjourning for the weekend until monday at noon, when gaetz approached mccarthy. look at. that. the appeared to strike a deal of some sort on the 15th ballot. mcc...

Continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. >> it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former -- of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause]

Adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 15th ballot, mccarthy finally won. and early this morning, five days after the speakership voting began, the 118th congress was sworn in, and speaker kevin mccarthy took the gavel. but even though we have a speaker as of 1:38 this morning, the story is far from over. it remains to be seen exactly what speaker mccarthy had to give up in those negotiations that eventually ...

[cheers and applause] >> as speaker of the house, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party. my responsibility, our responsibility is to our country. pete: fox news alert, kevin minute californiamy -- mccarthy is speaker of the house as the 118th congress is sworn in. emily: indiana congresswoman victoria spartz voted present eight times, then flipped her vote back to mccarthy. will: and she joins us now. thanks for being with us this morning. wed lo to know your thought process through thes...

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 rather than the u.s. house. thats how lively and intense things were through the very end. at one point it looked like there was not going to be a 15th vote, but minds changed and well after midnight congressman mccarthy was handed the gavel. >> ...

Voted present. and 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans voted present, that was strategic, how contentious things became after the 14th vote failure, congressman elect at the time mike rogers of alabama had to be physically restrained after appearing to lunge at gaetz. still, victory for mccarthy took just one more round. >> not all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. >> well, mccarthy immediately swore in the ...

Desire, votes on term limits and ca budget resolution to balance the budget in 10 years plus an array of spending cuts. with the speakership sorted, the 118th congress was finally sworn in. >> and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on. >> you are about to -- on which you are about to enter so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] you are now members of the 118th congress. [applause] >> reporter: now, speaker mcthink has a maintained th...