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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...

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...

>> bill: its four key races remaining locked in a dead heat. >> inflation, crime and border security is driving voters to the polls. voters trust republicans way more to handle all of them. republican senator tim scott details how important your vote is. >> theres no doubt when you look at the midterms in my lifetime. theres not a more important midterm for americas future than this year. we are just days away from putting america back on the right track. we can change the course of am...

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...

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...

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