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happy holiday. my first time seeing you. im fredricka whitfield. its official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, r...

>> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- ill never give up for you, ...

>> the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- ill never give up for you, the american people. and i wi...

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...

temperatures, ten up to 12, below average for the time of year. this area of low pressure going nowhere fast, trapped by high pressure in europe, so thursday is an unsettled day with outbreaks of rain moving north and east across the country. sunshine follows, but there could be a few showers later in the day. still very mild for most of us with temperatures coming up in northern ireland at 16 degrees as we head through thursday and if youre looking for signs of change in the weather f...

in the uk, labour calls for the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi to be sacked, after reports he paid a tax penalty, as part of a multi—million pound settlement with authorities. chris hipkins is set to become new zealands next prime minister, replacing jacinda ardern who announced her resignation on thursday. millions around the world prepare for lunar new year. and britains andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spains roberto bautista agut in four sets in wh...

rolodex. he clenched the record for the longest speaker contest in 164 years. this was the scene after four days and 15 rounds of voting. [ cheering and applause ] >> mccarthys journey to the speakership was fraught with drama. it got a little intense. it almost came to blows last night. the 14th vote should have been the clencher as mccarthy and allies thought they had the vote in the bag. but matt gaetz thought they had it in the bag. he waited to the end to vote present even though ...

fall with octoberpest. i can -- octoberfest. i can almost set my clock to the show, its a good old time. will: its a fun time. sausages, mustard, sauerkraut. rachel: i think ricks still going, its a theme from yesterday, right? [laughter] pete: yeah. rick and and will and i did some extra extracurricular team building after the show, we celebrated and watched texas mow down oklahoma. will: yes, we did. pete: and we mowed down just a few adult beverages, but we got to know each other ju...

for all of you watching in the uk, on pbs in the us and around the globe, welcome to bbc news as we bring you continuing coverage of the death of the brazilian footballer, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, pele. he died at the aged of 82 and had been suffering from cancer. during his career, he won three fifa world cups, the only player to do so, and received countless awards and titles. in brazil, he is hailed as a national hero for his achievements in football, and ...

office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. its understood the dispute over mr zahawis taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. president zelensky says hell keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uks high court ruled that the permission of la...