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so many investigations, so little time, so few answers. let's go to david spunt and what we're learning right now. hi, david. >> i'm at the famous justice department where karine jean-pierre is instructing everyone in the briefing room to relay their questions to. i've reached out multiple times to folks here at the justice department with attorney general merrick garland's office. also with special counsel robert hur's office. no surprise, no comment. they're being incredibly tight lipped with information about this investigation in to the president of the united states and these cl...

"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 congressman's 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 adjourned to allow time to deal with the rest. what exactly got him this far is unclear. we know some...

>> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it's over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn't a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn't that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1...

at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didn't come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republicans created new chaos at the capitol, president biden honored the men and women who protected the bu...

that will be next tuesday. anything can happen, make no mistake. we'll be talking about the results one week from tonight. we'll know the results hopefully in all states. five senate races in more than two dozen house races are within two points. this is why i'm not poll pollyannaish, why don't want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic. within two points. that's five states. that's within the balance of power in congress. a few thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical left democrat social party will have key control over your government...