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doors to get the gavel. those holdouts who were keeping the the speakership from him now have some plush committee assignments. lauren boebert, scott perry, and where they got assign and why the white house is watching so closely. our congressional reporters are here to explain what those members will now be able to do. they also learned about, more about why congressman marjorie taylor greene might have gotten so close to mccarthy, becoming one of the loudest supporters for him to get...

a pivotal vote for house speaker coming up. mccarthys focused on two holdouts right now. can he change their minds? one congressman who did change his mind is "outfront." plus, who are the final holdouts? one of them just arrived in washington for the first time, has never held elected office and was a contestant on "shark tank," a successful one. and another top story were following, chilling new details emerge tonight that tie the suspect in the idaho murders in a really sick way...

"ac 360" meantime starts now. and good evening. it is another night of drama and uncertainty in washington tonight. in a little less than two hours the house will reconvene and test congressmans kevin mccarthy confidence he can win the remaining hold outs he need to become speaker elect and avoid this fate for a 14th straight time. >> a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> after that losing effort which saw him flip 15 no votes over to his side, the house ad...

were now about an hour away from the house reconvening and hopes to vote immediately or eventually will make him the next speaker of the house. spending the night trying to twist these arms belonging to the six hard right republicans that you see on the screen. it was so close, that absent members some of them came out of surgery or other medical provide tour procedures making they are way to the chamber. all of this has extra resonance. manu, so, we talked to you in the last hour, i...

conservative or chaotic members of their conference who have put us in this position, but they honestly cant afford to wait around, let this come out and potentially risk not being able to get a set of rules to govern the conference going forward. >> speaking of transparency, jamie gangel, what about the fact weve had so much transparency we havent been in legislative business so the c-span cameramen and women have been able to shoot anything they want as opposed to the government seiz...

youll find out the things you disagree upon are not insurmountable and we can finally get to resolutions and get to yes. >> the first test is -- well, first test was electing a speaker and that proved to be quite difficult. but im glad you can laugh about it now. the next one is rules package for anyone out there wonder what that means. its a package that dictates how the congress, the house in particular is going to run for the next couple of years. and its not clear whether or not ev...

the football field last weekend. well be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. well have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. thats all ahead on "cnn this morning." it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. >> great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up wat...

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...

covid lockdowns was anti science. tonight i can tell you that democracy is grinding through its process and there could be a speaker of the house elected tonight. now, i know thats a change from what youve heard all week but we can report that in the next few hours, it could actually happen. the house is reconvening any second, and the ingraham angle is hearing from a high level source kevin mccarthy does have the votes to get elected. lets go live to capitol hill, things are very flui...

and eli crane has voted president. review c of the bottom of your screen now. up next we are waiting for the votes of matt gaetz and bob good . matt gaetz we are told will switch his boat from present th kevin mccarthy and that we believe would be enough to put them over the top. is not a fair assessment quick. >> we have to go through the entire roll call and see how many total people have cast ballot by name. that is the process every singl time pretty dont know what the numbers goin...