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at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didnt come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republica...

series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries toda...

residents. officials fearful people living alone without power may not have survived. marramaker yrsnm thecdc.own onc e s.imposing covid t from china, as the country faces a surge of new coe vud infections, pushing hospitals to the brink. urgent concerns tonight for the health of retired pope benedict. the vatican revealing today the 95-year-old former pontiff is, quote, very sick. marcus moore at the vatican, where pope francis is asking r prayers tonigh growing frustrat southern bo...

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 ...

of covid-19. yet, as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through ecohealth alliance to the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasnt come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speake...

business-to-business website interface. >> is that the police? >> yes. >> um-huh. >> well, this is what happened. ryans big project was the web site. which wasnt doing so well. so, ryan, to give the impression of sales, recorded them twice. another good term is fraud. >> jesse: and some of the biggest tech busts have come out of the federal government. we all remember when obama told us a website called healthcare.gov would change our lives until it crashed good luck getting the studen...

the historically high inflation and crushing rate of soaring interest rates all robbing people of any chance to realize the american dream any time soon. and the cost of food is sky high. the white house finally now trying to convince voters that they care about the economy, the democrats. and its actually the republicans who are the enemy. that will be their battle plan. >> they are trying to take away the gains weve made. the plans that they have put forth is not a plan to fix inflat...

dollars worth of damage. and to mark martin luther king day, boston has unveiled a bronze sculpture to celebrate the life of the the civil rights leader, but its not universally popular. tonight with the context, the democratic strategist mary anne marsh — and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. hello welcome to the programme. when david carrickjoined londons metropolitan police in 2001 he was already a criminal suspect in a domestic abuse case. the vetting procedure failed. not...

because it took this long, we learned how to go. well be able to get the job done. >> jesse: the dam could be breaking in the battle for the gavel. it kevin mccarthy inching closer than ever to capture how speaker but hes coming up a little short the arco mccarthy was able to flip 15 of 21 republican holdouts but not enough. needs a few more votes to save yours truly from the embarrassment of calling kevin speaker for the last few months. right now, republicans are taking a timeout unt...

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