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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 needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as ...

chair. >> we were in that much danger, and we didn't know it. >> what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys, and a girl spent the new year's holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. amid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. >> it's a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lots of kids. >> but as you say? in a town which is very safe, but it didn't seem particularly ...

steven briar and his first sit down since leaving the court. opens up about the dobbs decision that ended abortion rights during his final and toughest year on the bench. was that frustrating for you to lose important case after important case? >> yes. >> but how frustrating? >> very frustrating. >> then music legend shania twain whose singing career continues to thrive despite brutal setbacks which could make for one pretty great country music song. you've got consider the possibility my career is over. >> yes, i did. i believe after seven years. >> later, movie mogule tyler perry. ...

the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. >> cara was the kind of teacher students just love. >> she was a rock star at her school. >> with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. >> the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. >> but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. >> i was scared to death. i didn't have any other choice. >> you shot him? >> i shot him. >> she said the man attacked her. >> he told me he was going to kill me. >> she'd ...

get down! >> orlando -- >> three tense horrifying hours. >> hands up! >> it was unimaginable. >> all units. newtown -- >> 27 people lost their lives. 20 of them young children. >> a mass shooting at a fourth of july parade. >> a shooting in highland park, illinois. >> why? why? >> those horrific events and so many others like them have come to define the united states. the most recent figures show that every day on average more than 100 people are killed with a gun in america. in total, there were over 19,000 gun murders and 24,000 gun suicides in 2020. compared to other rich count...