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Murder, its not an area where a lot of people are circulating. you have to go looking for this particular house. i hadnt appreciated that until i saw garys reporting. make sure youre voting at smerconish.com on this weeks poll question. the aftermath of the speaker battle. im asking should the house speaker, thats now kevin mccarthy, allow c-span cameras full access to the house chamber for all proceedings? mine is a yes vote. up ahead, with his explosive new memoir, has harry now ruined his r...

Negotiations in the back of the chamber, the scrums roaming through the aisles, or any conversation between members that isnt this front of a microphone. this was an unusual event. its not unheard of. every speakers election, independent media organizations, typically c-span, are allowed to put cameras in the chamber. this just happened to be very unusual speakers elections. >> unusual is a good word. thats a good delicate, safe word, in which to describe this. so people watch c-span because we ...

To be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling again. they undertook a 15th vote. andy biggs changed his vote to another candidate to present, got a standing ovation. then representative elect eli crane changed his vote to present. the calendar turned over from the second anniversary of january 6th to now january 7th. in the end, mccarthy had 216 votes, hakeem jeffries maintained his partys 212, the last six holdouts all voted present. the uniqueness ...

Playing out for the c-span cameras, which we know dont have as much control as they will now, now that speaker has been named. how interesting do you think it was for viewers to be able to see the interactions that you see on the house floor. >> i mean i think people have this bonded very positively to be able to really watch their representatives interact with each other and do their jobs on the floor. and i think it will be interesting to see whether this is something that they end up allowing...

Social media showing him killing aoc. and republican congressman george santos, whos already admitted to a series of lies and fabrications, possibly facing a house ethics investigation just days after being sworn in, there he was sitting all by himself. the members did not want to associate with him as he sat there in his suit and sweater all alone. and of course last night we saw matt gaetz and boebert huddling as people tried to sway them. these are all things you would never have seen except ...

Are we going to go next, whos important right now. i might have texted them every now and again to say, hey, can we get a little bit more of x or y, but these guys know their job. theyre pros. they really were extraordinary. >> so ben, you know, we all learned a lot -- those of us who are in the business to those who dont watch c-span all the time and are riveted by what they were able to see. do you think now that we will be seeing more of this, more of c-span taking advantage of opportunities ...

Chains, i really hope that the house will consider allowing independent journalists in with their cameras on -- on at least on that limited basis moving forward. >> yeah. yeah. and -- i understand. its not just an issue of entertaining, move watching opportunity, we just had a fun jeanne moos piece, people who had popcorn. it is about learning, people understanding and learning the process, very important process of what makes this a democracy. >> and its about transparency, frankly. i mean, i t...

Can you understand why rogers got so upset? >> absolutely. i think everyone sympathized with congressman rogers. we were all frustrated. we were all tired. like i said, i dont think anyone, especially the freshman, no one ever expected that getting sworn in their first time to the united states house of representatives would be 2:00 in the morning on a late friday night. one thing that i think is positive that came out of this is i dont think weve ever seen this many people interested in the cha...

Was a tie. 15th vote, kevin mccarthy is the speaker of the house. your reaction. >> okay. ive got a lot to say about thi- [laughter] so just grab your coffee and stand by. a couple things. number one, to the crowd out there that was whining and moaning and wetting their diapers about, oh, my gosh, its chaos, what a clown show, you can shut your piehole, okay? if this is a constitutional are republic. its not north korea. we dont go with kim jong un behind closed doors and beat the crap out of pe...

What do you make of the series of concessions that mccarthy had to make to win over support from the far-right? >> i love the fact that c-span had control over their own cameras and could roam the thing and give us real insight into watching all this in the free-for-all chaos that existed. and also the fact that mccarthy was sitting there, begging matt gaetz, one of the most fringe people in washington, for a vote or for at least some help in this. the rules they are setting up are basically goi...