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Be seeing play out immediately after this vote takes place is that there are some moderates that are not comfortable with this rules package, which was a part, just one part of the lengthy negotiations that are gonna get ultimately get kevin mccarthy to the finish line. and theyve already been some moderates of come out and said theyre not gonna vote for the rules package. well, just like the fight over the speakership, they can only afford to lose five votes on the rules package, and it will be...

Then the house will make a package governing how it will be handled. the mccarthy believes theyre there on the cusp of the speakership and the question is which holdout will flip. >> you reported on comments hes made on the negotiation. some which have not been made public. what are they? >> they have not publicly released what the concessions are. while theres a rules package that will be adopted later, that includes what is known as the motion to vacate. one member of the house can call for a ...

Place. that is what he is supposed to be doing. maybe they sorted out and it is all for now but the whip has no been impressive yet. >> lets go back to bret baier who has some breaking news. >> just being told that there i a possibility at least two sources on the floor saying tha they are not going to do a vote package tonight, even if all of this comes together it looks like its going to with the speaker. you cant do anything in the house without a rules package going forward but they are goin...

>> oh my gosh, katie, so much drama. 15 ballots he had to go through before you finally secured the speakership. seven years after you first began going for it. really, in 2015, when he was blocked. so this was a heated moment. i was standing outside the speakers lobby when the rubble was going on, a member of the floor, democrat, sent me a picture of that saying, no rules yet. they were able to take the pictures and videos in the flow. and on monday facts actually what they can do next. they we...

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...

Members, we just saw that scuffle, there thats not necessarily the image of unity you want to portray. >> yes, be careful what you wish for, lindsay. kevin mccarthy gave away the -- in order to become speaker of the house. the way you could tell just how weak he is in that position to start off, they didnt have the votes last night to pass a rules package, basically, the underlying rules for the house for the next two years. that is usually done immediately after the speaker is elected. now, the...

A pledge to rein in spending. we will see if he is able to achieve that. certainly a rock isky start. >> congress is taking a break after a crazy week. they are coming back monday. whats up next? >> reporter: one of the chief tasks now is to vote on the rules. we saw the c-span cameras this week able to get into the chamber and allow the american public to see all sorts of things we dont normally see because this place operates on rules. and now that republicans have retaken the majority, albeit...

Moderates to try to get them to support this package, whereas the last two days he had to appeal to the hard right faction of his party. just showing you, and foreshadowing the next two years to come of this delicate dance that mccarthy now, as speaker, is going to have to do in order to get any thing passed on the house floor, any of his priorities in this divided congress. i want you to take a listen to what democratic republic representative roger christian where the told our colleague well a...

The typical pageantry and protocol that we are used to seeing when a new congress begins. it just isnt usually at 1:45 in the morning. >> although it is january 7th, and this is around i mean these small hours of the morning what happened two years ago on that sober anniversary all americans watching what happened in these very chambers. i want to go right now to melanie zanona on capitol hill. you have been holding down the fort over there. what happens next tonight if we can predict anything? ...

What do you make of the series of concessions that mccarthy had to make to win over support from the far-right? >> i love the fact that c-span had control over their own cameras and could roam the thing and give us real insight into watching all this in the free-for-all chaos that existed. and also the fact that mccarthy was sitting there, begging matt gaetz, one of the most fringe people in washington, for a vote or for at least some help in this. the rules they are setting up are basically goi...