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alexandria hoff live on the late-night session. hey, alex. alex: late night, indeed, 14 failed vote over 4 days and tense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in final tally that took place well after midnight and ended up with speaker mccarthy handed the gavel and met with standing ovation. >> from the great state of california and next speaker of 118th congress kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? i never thought we would get up here. >> squeezedded...

did that. that during the 14th about it last night as gates was an opponent of mr. mccarthy. lawmakers you can see stepping in to prevent a scuffle on the floor of the house. we will ask washington examiner if that might be a preview of more inviting to come and they wondered 18th congress, hello everyone this is foxs live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hi everyone i am arthel neville but two other major stories we are following this hour, president biden prepares to visit the sou...

up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. >> reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. >> from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought wed get up here. ing....

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of the state of california has received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheering] [applause] >> alright heres how the vote finally broke down. mccarthy with 216, hakeem jeffries got 212. and six voted present which help mccarthy clinch the gavel by reducing the number of votes he needed for the majority. ♪ usa too. >> in the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. hooks ultimately th...

won the week two. all in with chris hayes starts now. l in with chris hayes starts now. >> good evening from new york. im chris. hayes i want to get ahead of the story. it appears this long week may be coming to a close and more ways than one. if grading on a curve, strong curve, would be speaker of the house kevin mccarthy had his best day yet today. i should say he still lost two more rounds of votes. he did manage to win over most of his detractors, including some previous hard-line...

will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 -- thats a pretty -- i dont know if i would bet for him to -- last a year? >> i take that that in the opposite. >> i think i probably would, yes. -- >> given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean -- im not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the sessio...

of this vote. and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of the history lesson here? compare this to any other time in modern history? >> any other time in modern history there is none, because the last time the speakers vote went past one ballots was 1823. but, we will come back to this board. but to put you in somes perspective what the history of this is. youre looking at here, this is every speak...

speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. look to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. but the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, you write? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me...