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We're just weeks now from republicans retaking control of the house of representatives. and democrats retaining control in the senate. lawmakers though on both sides of the aisle are bracing for new gridlock and a crush of investigations when the new congress begins on january 3rd. melanie zanona is tracking this for us. in the midst of the preparation for the next section, kevin mccarthy is facing questions about his hopes of becoming a new speaker. what are you learning. >> he'll have a lot of work to do between now and january when the speaker vote is an ott house floor. as you remember, 31...

For everyday americans. >> reporter: paula, this is going to be the first time in nearly two decades, as you noted, that there is going to be new leadership in the house democratic caucus. he is expected to become the minority leader. he will be facing a possible house speaker kevin mccarthy. that is a whole entirely different situation as well. because right now, as it stands, mccarthy does not have the votes he needs to clinch the speaker's gavel. there needs to be at least 218 votes in favor of him. a simple majority for him to become speaker come january in the new congress. as of now, he ...

Board. >> that being most important. thank you. top of the hour, on this tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> sand i'm jim sciutto. right now as republicans edge closer to regaining a majority in the house, they only need three more wins currently leading in six races. there is a major vote to decide who will lead the party. that vote just hours from now. for the current gop leader kevin mccarthy, his road to speaker of the house got a little bit more rocky overnight after the freedom caucus member andy bigs confirmed that he is jumping into the race to challenge him. and at the same time, de...

Investigations is going to be problematic for them, they also very much believe that republicans are going to overreach, and that in ove overreaching that the american public is going to see republicans not focusing on inflation and the economy and issues that matter to them, but instead focusing on these investigations, many of which are borne out of personal or travel grievances. >> help me with the context. i don't know if we know the answer. there are always tribes within the tribes. nancy pelosi faced a challenge from tim ryan who ran for senate. one of his calling cards i voted against n...

You think there's a real challenge to mcconnell? >> i'm not sure how many people would qualify as a lot. it's certainly clear that mcconnell has a majority of his conference. i would tell anybody who is thinking about challenging mitch mcconnell, you've got three facts in life, death, taxes and you ain't beating mitch mcconnell. he'll be re-elected party leader for sure. >> back to the house for a second. if it's not andy bigs who would offer a true competitive race against kevin mccarthy, does anybody stand a chance at beating kevin mccarthy? >> certainly you can't beat somebody with nobody. ...