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im levy reiser in new york. a truly historic, chaotic, and tense night in washington, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, republican kevin mccarthy of california has been elected the next speaker of the house. it began at 10 pm eastern last night, with a vote that saw matt gaetz vote president instead of voting for mccarthy. that was a move kevin mccarthy seems surprised by, as it sunk the california congressmans latest attempts and made him lose that 14th round. tempers then spil...

mccarthy is getting support from former president donald trump but that support has failed to move the needle in his direction, not even by one vote. meantime democrats are relishing the leadership chaos on the other side. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us where things stand right now. a long day today. good evening, chad. >> bret, things are getting worse not better for kevin mccarthy. his support is eroding. mccarthy says hes not backing down. now even a couple...

im thinking of the house republicans and "the grateful dead" if you plant ice you will harvest wind, which is one of those lines that could mean anything, but sometimes what it means to me at least is, yeah, you put stuff in the ground that is not a seed, that is not meant to grow, its not going to work with the surrounding environment. what are you going to get? and i was watching your coverage and thinking what you said that this is what they want. how do you negotiate with someone f...

And thank you for joining us on news night. Laura coates live as always starts right now. Hey, laura. Im always live. I love that. As always. Congratulations on a wonderful week. Thank you. You too. A lot of news arriving for both of us, but i know youll be covering it. Good news tonight. Thank you. Well see you again on monday. Thats right. Well, Two American Hostages Released by hamas. Thats the good news. Now, what will happen to the rest . Tonight, on laura coates live. Thankfully, a sigh of...

President biden heading to israel this morning on a wartime journey that could prove to be the most important Foreign Mission of his administration to date. But even before touchdown, mr. Biden is encountering turbulence. It just might destroy any hope of warding off a full blown mideast battle. Good morning, everybody. Kevin corke In Washington with live one hour coverage. A special on the latest developments in the mideast. It is 3 a. M. Here in the nations capital, 10 a. M. In israel this mor...

Thank you, jomana. We salute this very courageous woman. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Out front next, trump returns the favor backing jim jordan in the race to be the next speaker of the house. Someone whos leading the way on trying to impeach biden and one of the biggest backers of trumps rigged election claims. Plus, breaking news. An appeals judge denying trumps appeal to halt the fraud case. Michael cohen will be out front tonight. Putins latest strike killing a young boy. Tonight...

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that the Republican party will move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

The White House has a war room to prepare a response to potential GOP impeachment efforts against the president, an aide told NBC News.

Republicans wanted to, but the things they dont want to do, like raise the debt ceiling to ensure the credit of the united states, and to spend money to keep the government operating next september. kevin mccarthy has got his work cut out for him. he is going to be answering to a lot of answers. >> just yesterday, democratic representative jim mcgovern had this to say about the holdouts all the straw that was unfolding. quote, the reason these people want to be on the rules committee if they wan...

>> no member elect, having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> you know, to have a congress that cant function is just embarrassing. were the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? >> these leadership challenges are a good thing for our party. and theyre actually a good thing for america. the days of just power by acclimation those days are over. it needs to be earned. >> people who are voting against kevin mccarthy in the republican conference are...