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newsroom" -- >> the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. >> after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting and tense moments on the floor, the house elects a speaker. >> i never thought wed get up here. >> how the drama played out and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. we got our boy. >> excitement from buffalo bills players on safety damar hamlin. the latest on his condition and more on that moment when he facetimed his teammates. california slamm...

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. im fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during mondays game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a ph...

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...

. . >> temperatures the longest speaker contest in 164 years, but before it ended, the house floor turned into a stage for some stunning political drama, the 14th vote should have been the clincher as mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes in the bag, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the very end of the balloting process to vote present, even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up the house floor to confr...

and now we have to finish for the american public because it took this long. now we learned how to govern. >> so now well be able to get e the job. positive spin on things.e the dam could finally the be breaking in the battle for the gavel, as were calling it. gavel.kevin mccarthy inching t a little closer than ever to capturing house speaker, but hes still coming upo a little short. mccarthy was able to flip r 15 out of the twentyhold one republican holdouts, but its wasnt enoug h. he...

new cnn reporting spotlights the momentum and the maneuvering inside the house gop effort to impeach the homeland security chief. and a revenge plot stoked by delusions of a rigged election. police arrest a former republican candidate in new mexico. they say he paid cash, gave gunmen address, even pulled the trigger in a scheme targeting the homes of elected democrats. up first for us this hour, the president of the united states unable to escape the gravity of a self-inflicted crisis....

emily, great to have you here today. emily: such an honor, always. we rang in 023 together -- 2023 together, but i was virtual. its so fun to be together on the couch and, of course, be with all of you today. pete: absolutely. and you know what, if its a new year, its a new list of resolutions for will cain. and if youre following him on instagram, he has 20 resolution- emily: 2-0. pete: many about march were going to do a segment where we check in, but one of those is getting in shape...

alexandria hoff live on the late-night session. hey, alex. alex: late night, indeed, 14 failed vote over 4 days and tense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in final tally that took place well after midnight and ended up with speaker mccarthy handed the gavel and met with standing ovation. >> from the great state of california and next speaker of 118th congress kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? i never thought we would get up here. >> squeezedded...

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...

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...