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>> and without question in my mind, speaker emerita pelosi will go down in history as the greatest speaker of all-time! [applause] throughout her time, throughout her time, though in congress she has been a legendary legislator. a fabulous facilitator, and a no nonsense negotiator. we know that nancy pelosi is a woman of faith. a loving wife, a mother a five, a grandmother of nine. a defender of democracy. a voice for the voiceless, and a powerful champion for the children, the climate...

family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. heres some what she said. >> the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trumps pur...

area the snowball effect cant keep up to connect crews to aircraft. >> julie: mike tobin is following this from chicago international airport. >> there are some reasons to be a little bit optimistic or have some optimism. the ugly visual the island of misfit bags is gone. doesnt mean all bags are reunited with their owners or made it to the proper city and moved to storage and people are showing up to baggage help at midway airport being sent to the storage longer where someone takes a...

in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples 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 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, huh? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me, its not how you start its how you finish and now we need to finish strong...

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] >> that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you...

finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, im katie fang, lets begin todays show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night >> mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between th...

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...

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 a 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 ballot was 1823, but, we will come right back to this, but just to put in some perspective, what the history of this is, you are looking at here, this is every speakers race in h...

in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand whats happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. >> and good morning. its out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. im ali velshi. as...

of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> well here is a bit more from nbcs aly tally. >> its official. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california havent received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] >> that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. >> it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. >> and, now the ...