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come back monday, try again. but at the very last second, there seemed to be a deal reached between gates and mccarthy. and a 15th round again. finally, kevin mccarthy was elected to be the next speaker of the house. >> let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new. but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. >> joining me now from capital of the hills nbc news capitol correspondent julie circuits. let's talk a little bit about the deal that was made to get mccarthy over the finish line, and what you're hearing about in next epsilon with c...

of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> well here is a bit more from nbc's aly tally. >> it's official. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california haven't received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] >> that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. >> it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. >> and, now the hard work begins. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job...

Will do a forensic kind of review of what happened. i think you're going to see a lot of ties to the trump orbit. this is not what we want to be doing as a country that for so long stood for so much good in the world. >> we have much more on this ahead. but we'll turn to politics in america for a moment. after 14 failed votes and a dramatic friday night on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy is house speaker this morning. the california republican won the gavel. late last week on his 15th try after finally reaching a deal with the detractors from his own party that involved several major concessions ...

But then when you actually see a member of congress lunging for another, that's a whole different matter. what is at the root of that? >> reporter: yeah. you know, it appeared that mike rogers of alabama apparently reached his boiling point and got really frustrated. this was during the 14th vote when he lunged at matt gaetz. matt gaetz was in the position where he was the only person left, and he voted present, and mccarthy could not secure the victory as expected during the 14th vote. ultimately mccarthy was successful during the 15th try, but that really i think finished the deep divisions ...

Capitol hill. eva, what finally pushed mccarthy over the edge for these republican holdouts? >> reporter: well, he was able to convince those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately vote present and that is how he secured this victory on the 15th try, fred, but also by making some key concessions. so, for instance, those hard lines republicans, they'll have the opportunity to serve on the house rules committee. that is a powerful committee. as well as also a lot of votes on issues that are important to conservatives and then also key having 72 hours to read a bill and that actually is something that ...