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continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. >> it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former -- of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you...

Won tonight by the affirmation of his colleagues. >> that is exactly what we saw in the speech, if you will. we got a glimpse of what kevin mccarthys priorities are. he talked about the fbi investigations, the irs. he talked about the origins of covid. he talks implicitly, aghast, about the hunter biden investigation, all of these things that are red meat to the base of the extreme right wing of the republican party. they made their way into his speech after he was humiliated and embarrassed ove...