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speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy neede...

and eli crane has voted president. review c of the bottom of your screen now. up next we are waiting for the votes of matt gaetz and bob good . matt gaetz we are told will switch his boat from present th kevin mccarthy and that we believe would be enough to put them over the top. is not a fair assessment quick. >> we have to go through the entire roll call and see how many total people have cast ballot by name. that is the process every singl time pretty dont know what the numbers goin...

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 ...

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...

snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? im erin burnett and were "out front". >> were at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. were told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. >> it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as were watching this, were told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. theyve ...

>> i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house...

plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still dont have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? were in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former ...

good evening, everyone. im laura coats, and this is "cnn tonight." well, theyre going to come back and do it all tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. thats congressional time for 9:00 a.m. and they barely got the votes to do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy is few more hours to try to make a last-ditch deal that would give him the speakership. >> i think its probably best that people work through some more. and i think -- i dont think the vote tonight will be any diffe...

tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. apparently that is congressional time as opposed to 9: 00am. and it just barely got the votes to even do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy a few hours to try to make a last ditch deal that would give him the speakership. >> i think it is probably best that people work through somemo. i dont think voting for it tonight -- i think voting in the future will. >> do you have a deal with those guys right now? >> we made a lot of progress. ...

vote for house speaker starts right now. ♪ any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. im erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnns special live coverage. >> im jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebel...