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♪ a warm welcome to all of your viewers in the united states and around the world. im paula newton. coming up this hour. >> and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which youre about to enter, so help you god? >> yes, i do. >> congratulations and god speed. >> and god speed indeed. with that, kevin mccarthy finally becomes speaker of the house. hear what mccarthy had to say as he takes over that gavel, and how democrats are already responding. a...

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...

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...

>> we will see. >> all that coverage, kaitlan, thank you. >> we will see you on monday. >> thanks, everyone, for hanging out with us this week. have a good safe weekend. we will see you monday. "cnn newsroom" is now. ♪ very good friday morning to you. no break from the news in sight yet, im jim sciutto. >> yeah, it is quite a friday, its been quite a week, im erica hill. at this hour on capitol hill the standoff continues over who will be the next house speaker. we are entering the...

concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? >> reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the...

grabs, dysfunction and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this, its embarrassing, its dysfunctional. its dangerous, its stupid. those are the word that is republicans have used. >> 11 rounds of voting and we still dont have a house speaker. as the deadlock enters a fourth day we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that just might give kevin mccarthy the gavel. plus, we get the latest from the war in ukraine as russia calls for a brief cease-fire to ob...

Voice say, its okay, im going to help you. the roommate opened the door and saw a dark figure in black clothing and a mask walk past her. why did no one call 911 until noon on sunday? >> i do know that she was petrified and i think people respond a little bit different. i think she was just scared. very scared. you know, its not like how people behave like they think they would. >> reporter: dna led police to the suspect. a knife sheath left on one of the victims beds that contained dna similar ...

What appears to be from the record staked out in the area of that murder house a dozen times since august. >> reporter: still, no details about why the 28-year-old suspect chose this house and whether he knew any of the four victims. ethan chapin, xana kernodle, and madison mogen. one of the roommates heard a voice and then saw a dark figure in black clothing and a mask walk past her raising the question why did no one call 911 until noon on sunday. >> i do know that she was petrified, and i thi...

Roommate says she was woken up because she had heard activity, somebody playing with a dog, she had heard some noises, and according to police they were actually able to see that xana kernodle was awake around 4:00 in the morning because they saw activity on her tiktok. it was around this time when the surviving roommate was awoken that she had heard -- she had opened the door a couple of times just to kind of see what was going on, didnt see anything, but then she heard crying coming from xana ...

Murder house a dozen times since august. >> reporter: still, no details about why the 28-year-old suspect chose this house and whether he knew any of the four victims, ethan chapin, xana kernodle, and kaylee goncalves. >> so you read the affidavit and you just find out that nobody understands exactly why, but he was stalking them, he was hunting them. he was just a person looking for an opportunity and it just happened to be in that house. and its hard to take. >> reporter: the affidavit also re...