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let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had vo...

happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewer...

series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries today. >> we'll come back tonight and i believe at that time we'll have the votes to finish this once an...

snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? i'm erin burnett and we're "out front". >> we're at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. we're told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. >> it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as we're watching this, we're told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. they've been behind closed doors trying to hammer out a deal in an attempt to show some progress. but...

were, you know, put in exile. that's what they'll have to get to. you'll have the folks. >> mary miller just -- >> miller. let's wait and see, chip roy and if you have scott perry voting yes, you'll have the serious people will now come over to kevin and then you'll have the kind of the clown show for lack of a better phrase, right? the people who are just -- they're just here for theater, right? if those are the folks still outstanding mccarthy will win. >> that's i think the key point. >> that was mary miller. >> mary miller who had previously been part of the bloc of 20 just flipp...