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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...

finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, im katie fang, lets begin todays show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night >> mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between th...

>> i always had a few questions about it. >> reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. >> you know, i didnt know about that. it happened -- i was not notified about that until a later date. >> reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? >> yeah, i didnt know about it until a later date unfortunately. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. >> some ...

right? it also buys time for more negotiations to take place behind closed doors after kevin mccarthy suffered five more defeats today for a total now of 11. so, whats gonna happen in just a few hours? how will that change things, he hasnt seen the progress yet? plus, we have new news on the buffalo bills damar hamlin. he is awake and making remarkable progress just three days after he collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest during monday night football. the nfl has officially cancele...

>> john, thank you very much. and you guys, everyone is not going to want to miss this. new cnn original series, giuliani, what happened to americas mayor, premiers this sunday, back to back episodes. cnn this morning continues now. >> i would love to know, but were working through it and made progress today. >> three days into this, the longest since the 1850s. >> well, i have the longest speech on the floor so i like to make history. >> another round, but the question is, is it the l...

>> we have a long way to go, but weve come so far and cant quit. you dont fire a guy who is winning. >> it is not dysfunction, what it is the exchange of ideas. >> house republicans under speaker kevin mccarthy will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get the economy moving. >> we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life without kevin mccarthy looks like. >> ashley: alexandria hoff has the latest, good morning. >> alexandria: 11 votes in three days, enough for the history ...

imries rosemary church. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," two presidents, two special counsels, and classified documents that neither should have had. well discuss the politics and possible punishment. just hours after celebrating back-to-back national championships tragedy strikes the georgia bull dogs football team. what we are learning about a deadly car accident in athens, georgia. plus epic flooding in california, deadly winter storms have forced evacuations, shifted landscap...

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republican president richard nixon. why did he resign? because republicans gave him no option. >> i have come to the conclusion that richard m. nixon has beyond a reasonable doubt committed impeachable offenses which are in my judgment of such sufficient magnitude that he should be removed from office. brian: thats a republican. and it was a majority. bill clinton, the monica lewinsky link was revealed bit "new york times." "the washington post" aggressively pursued the hillary clinton...

>> and the republican party looks like an embarrassment right now. the 20 that are doing this, they have done a good job. they need to keep talking, and then they need to do what every single successful person does, you take your deal, you take your win, you take your victory lap, and lets move on, and lets get on with business. >> wow, rare agreement between president biden and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. both labeling the mutiny among the house republicans as emb...