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>> david scott. >> effries. >> so heres the thing you can see the tally chart on the right-hand side. we are making sure everybody has voted. we believe the magic number is 217. as you see right there kevin mccarthy has 216. when they start another roll call we will go back to that immediately but in the meantime lets bring in our chief congressional correspondent chad pergram chad do we appear to be one vote short. >> thats right. this is why it always takes a while at the end because...

♪ oer 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 ♪ ♪ oer 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 repre...

filling in for rachel. >> thank you, itll be a great morning ahead and tomorrow too. will: excited to have you. pete: youre headed to the southern border tomorrow with joe? will: i am. hosting from -- we both have layovers along the way to the southern border. ill be hosting from el paso tomorrow. its our first show, technically, of the new year. we were together, two of us at 1:00 a.m. or whatever. thats during that new year sort of broadcast, i got there a day or so early, the family...

what we know about this attack so far. nbc has learned that the man who broke into the home of speaker nancy pelosi and paul pelosi attacked paul with a hammer and was looking for the speaker, confronting him by shouting "wheres nancy?" paul pelosi had to be hospitalized after the attack, but hes expected to make a full recovery. ben rhodes served as deputy national security adviser under president obama and is an nbc political contributor. harry lipman is a former deputy assistant att...

but germany wont cocommit to s the commitment. president zelenskyy addressed allies saying the time for talk has passed. >> the war started by russia does not allow delays. and i can thank you hundreds of times and it will be absolutely just in fear given all that we have already done. but, but hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks. >> earlier today germany said it will take an inventory of its tanks, but again did not commit to sending them. and in ukraine the battles rage o...

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: thats 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...

emily, great to have you here today. emily: such an honor, always. we rang in 023 together -- 2023 together, but i was virtual. its so fun to be together on the couch and, of course, be with all of you today. pete: absolutely. and you know what, if its a new year, its a new list of resolutions for will cain. and if youre following him on instagram, he has 20 resolution- emily: 2-0. pete: many about march were going to do a segment where we check in, but one of those is getting in shape...

>> 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: its over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasnt a national nightmare, i mean, it wasnt that long in the schem...

but at what price? he made a whole lot of concessions and it darn near came to blows. more on that later. just how did things unfold the way they did on that crucial 15th ballot, and how did mccarthy forces get those 6 never kevin members to end up voting present rather than against mccarthy? pennsylvania republican scott perry was a no vote on mccarthy too, but with he changed his mind a few voting rounds earlier. why then? well ask him, because perry is here now. and so is texas cong...

jeffries and six voting present. welcome to fox news live, im griff jenkins. hello, molly. >> hello, griff, im molly line. the new members of the 118th congress were sworn in and now the house is adjourned until monday. the contentious battle for the votes. >> it carried it the end. at one point it looked like this was not going to a 15th vote. following the 14th vote. congressman mike rogers from alabama had to be physically restrained after attempting to confront representative matt ...