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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...

tonight on "the reidout" -- >> we have got to get to proceedings. >> there has to be somewhere we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect a president of the united states. >> its been exactly two years since the january 6th insurrection. and watching nancy pelosis leadership in a crisis is a stark contrast to how we currently have no speaker of the house at all. and while kevin mccarthy ma...

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...

midterm election season and an all-out dash to the finish line with many key races coming down to the wire. critical battleground states of georgia, nevada, arizona and pennsylvania could tip the balance of power to either party in washington. many voters have already made up their minds. more than 38 million early ballots have been cast in 47 states. president biden and former president obama and trump alhe of pennsylvania this weekend where a razor close race could hold the key to a ...

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...

theyve got everything that they want it essentially. they are out of moderates who may not want to move forward with this. and as ryan just said, that may play out in the passage of the rules package, so it govern mccarthy becomes speaker, we still got about three or four hours in front of us of work that congress has to do tonight that might not get done. >> and indeed, they wont have been -- i mean, there is the swearing in that has to happen. the opportunities for this to get delaye...

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...

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...