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from the west. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over... ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republica...

kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over... ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house...

Delayed this vote. sanchia berg, bbc news. benji hyer, the us correspondent for feature story news, was in the chamber until the final vote. he says things got heated, as lawmakers struggled to find consensus. it was pretty wild, actually. an extraordinary night even by us standards and the reason for that is the context that was alluded to in the report just there which is that these representatives who had not really been sworn into the lower chamber of congress had been going through this pro...

Is why there are so many heightened emotions in the room in the early hours of saturday morning. confrontations between the speaker going face—to—face with one of the rebels who had staunchly opposed him throughout this whole process and intervention from another republican colleague who had to be physically restrained on the house floor and also a call from the former president of the united states which was put speakerphone by one of his allies, the controversial republican representative ...